Love Transforms a Shabby Street Villa Meeting
Felix Dare, an artist, rents a front room at Mrs Beals’s boarding house on Catalpa Villa street. Annabelle, the shy maid, pays a debt by degrees while pursuing her art. Their romance grows through music and quiet scenes under the catalpa tree on Greenlawn and Hope Cottage.
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Catalpa
Greenlawn
Catallpa Villa
Felix
Mrs. Beals
Mr. Dare
Annamie
Vermont
Benzeet
Adolph Benzeet
Annabelle
Dan Beals
Dan
Widder
Dare
Felix Dare
Catalpa Villa
Hope Cottage
Annabelie
Mourning Fashions Shift as War Casualties Rise
The piece discusses mourning norms for WWI losses, noting a proposed three inch black arm band with a gold star for each deceased family member. It cites government guidance on avoiding heavy crepe, lists acceptable fabrics, and predicts broad adoption of black bands and later gold stars by institutions and women.
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Wilson
Anna Howard Shaw
Woman's Committee
Council of National Defense
America
Red Cross
War Department
Satan Atte
Only Thing She Didn't Know About Driving
A Washington father bought a horse and carriage for his daughter who eagerly offered to drive it. The child claimed she knew how to drive except when to gee and haw, saying she learned last summer at grandpa’s.
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Washington
Canada to abolish nobility in radical reform move
Ottawa reports propose ending hereditary titles for British subjects in Canada and removing recognition of titles after a set period. The plan cites historic French regime titles and notes the existence of a Canadian college of arms and noble lineages among residents and American descendants.
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Ottawa
Canada
Providence Journal
France
College of Arms
General Gordon
General Vance
Duc
Arkansas
Baronet
Novia Scotia
Canada Plans Compulsory Fire Prevention to Cut Losses
The Providence Journal cites Canada’s push for compulsory fire prevention per the commission of conservation. Excluding forest fires, losses since Confederation total $700 million with about 200 deaths and 500 injuries yearly. Canada and the United States show high per capita fire losses, attributed to enforcement gaps and owner accountability.
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North America
United States
Canada
Commission of Conservation
Providence Journal
Confederation
England
Switzerland
France
Europe
Colored Regiments in the Regular Army History
A summary of 1866 to 1898 events shows colored regiments becoming part of the regular army, their reorganizations into the Twenty-fourth and Twenty-fifth infantry, and notable actions in the Spanish American War including San Juan Hill and Hi Caney with the Tenth and Ninth Cavalry supporting Roosevelt and the Rough Riders.
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Ninth
Tenth Cavalry
Cuba
Roosevelt
Rough Riders
Twenty-fifth Infantry
Hi Caney
Twenty-fourth Infantry
San Juan Hill
Boston Globe
Isabella's Mother's Remark on Of Like Minds
The fragment notes Isabella repeatedly faced attempts and a mother’s remark after many actions. It hints at a larger narrative about effort and guidance within a family context.
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Isabella
Nervous Breakdown Repaired by Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
In Newark New Jersey Miss Kelly describes three years of nervous breakdown and daily headaches. After two years with a physician and a friend's tip she used Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and felt better from the first day, returning to work and recommending the remedy publicly.
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Newark
N. J
Lydia E. Pinkham
Miss Ae Kelly
14Th St
Miss Kelly
Yankee Private Declares Pigeons His Battlefield Duty
A western bishop recalls a World War I tale of a trainee who, upset at repeatedly tending carrier pigeons, marches to the general’s tent and leaves a note on the crate reading I am going to fight. The anecdote highlights the fighting spirit of American soldiers in France.
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France
New York Critics on Grant's Tomb Billboard
Editorials complain Grant's tomb is used as a billboard despite the public memorial status. The piece notes public anger in New York over commercial uses of the tomb.
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New York
iIt
Grant
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Clarissa
Mackie
McClure
Newspay Aper Syndicate
Chris
Pied
Belle
Beals
Mnany
Pring
Ss. Beals
Tam
Faille
Lydia E. Pickham
Schiffmann
Cuticura
Army
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