Catalpa Villa Leads to Love Across a Sordid Street
Felix Dare, an artist, rents a front room at Mrs Beals's Catalpa Villa. There he helps Annabelle, a Vermont student turned boarded musician, pay debts, and through shared music and patience wins her affection. Their trolley ride ending at Catalpa Villa seals a hopeful future.
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Felix
Tay
Vermont
Benzeet
Adolph Benzeet
Annabelle
Mr. Dare
Mrs. Beals
Dan Beals
Dan
Widder
Felix Dare
Catalpa Villa
Catalpa
Hope Cottage
Greenlawn
Gold Star Mourning Band Proposed for War Casualties
A New York fashion column discusses mourning customs for WWI casualties, endorsing a three inch black band with a gilt star on the left arm to honor families who lose members. It notes government guidance favors practical dress over heavy crepe and catalogs fabrics and colors acceptable for mourning.
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Anna Howard Shaw
Tthe
Woman's Committee
The
Council of National Defense
New York
France
America
Red Cross
War Department
Little Washington girl learns horse driving from grandpa
A father bought a horse and carriage for his young daughter in Washington. The girl eagerly tries driving and quips she knows everything except when to gee and haw, claiming she learned at grandpa’s last summer.
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Washington
Canada to Abolish Nobility A Radical Change Across Borders
Ottawa reports propose abolishing hereditary titles for Canadian residents and curbing recognition of British subjects with hereditary status. The measure notes that old French era titles may no longer be recognized and cites examples like Duc d Arkansas and Baronet of Nova Scotia among historical orders.
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Ottawa
Canada
Providence Journal
France
College of Arms
General Gordon
General Vance
Duc
Arkansas
Baronet
Novia Scotia
Canada to require fire prevention to cut U S and Canada losses
The Providence Journal notes Canada plans compulsory prevention measures to curb fire waste. Since Confederation, losses excluding forests total 700 million dollars, with 200 deaths and 500 serious injuries yearly. Canada bears the highest per capita loss, with 2.73 dollars versus 2.26 in the United States.
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North America
United States
Canada
Commission of Conservation
Providence Journal
Confederation
Iengland
Smaall
Switzerland
France
Europe
Colored Regiments in the Regular Army History
The 1869 consolidation reorganized the Ninth and Tenth cavalry and the Thirty-eighth through Fortieth regiments of infantry into new Twenty-fourth and Twenty-fifth infantry units. The units, noted for frontier Indian fighting, served with distinction in the Spanish American War including San Juan Hill and the Hi Caney battle.
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Ninth
Tenth Cavalry
Cuba
Roosevelt
Rough Riders
Twenty-fifth Infantry
Hi Caney
Twenty-fourth Infantry
San Juan Hill
Boston Globe
Of Like Minds Isabella Faces Years of Effort and Corrections
A reader notes Isabella’s persistent struggle with a complex task, describing repeated corrections over time and the patient support of a mother who remarks on the process and progress.
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Isabella
Mother
Nervous Breakdown Reversal with Vegetable Compound
In Newark New Jersey Miss Fie Kelly describes a three year nervous breakdown and daily head and body pains. After two years of medical care she used Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and felt improvement from day one and fully recovered.
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Miss Kelly
Lydia E. Pinkham
Newark
N. J
Fie Kelly
14Th St, Newark
Frontier Soldier and the Pigeons Frontline Prank
A western bishop recounts a World War I anecdote showing the fighting spirit of American troops. A recurring task of a private named Yank was to manage carrier pigeons for officers, a duty he despised until, before battle, he placed the crate at the commanding officer’s door with a note declaring he would fight alongside the birds.
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France
New York Board Upset Over Grant's Tomb Billboard
A satirical note claims the city's conscience is calm if the digestive system is fine, while New York grows angry over a billboard placed at Grant's Tomb.
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New York
Grant
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McClure
Niled
Chris
Gil
Belle
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Excelsior
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Boston
Army
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