Good Ship Roosevelt romance unfolds on icy Hudson
Betsy Cobb and her doctor brother pursue a chance to reach Peary’s ship on the Roosevelt amid frozen Hudson ice. A chance meeting with Paul, a former fiancé, reignites a long lost romance as Betsy confesses their engagement and Paul recovers hope after years apart.
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Betsy
Hudson
Peary
Betsy Cobb
North Pole
New York
Roosevelt
Sulka
Lee
Jersey Shore
Benny
Ale
Dr. Cobb
Manu
Miss Cobb
Miss
Judy
Paul
Poollah
Sixty-ninth Street
Mina Cobb
How to Seal a Letter Securely in Old Texts
A fragment describes sealing a letter with a technique involving the white of an eye, noting that steam or boiling water cannot open it as heat adds to the process.
Ostriches Loose On Steamer Route To Havana Mix Up
Report describes a chaotic scene aboard a steamer bound for Havana after ostriches escaped from a shipment. Witnesses recall birds banging about the vessel while the crew attempted containment. details are unclear due to partial, garbled text.
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Havana
Nice
Altemania
Barbour & Danawon
Barbone
Two Birds Roam Aboard Ship Amid Unlikely Chaos
A ship bound for the city experiences chaos as two ostriches loose from cargo roam the deck. Interpreting misread actions lead to a quarrel over hooded birds. Crew improvise with sand, salt, and broken bottles to restrain the stubborn birds and tow them ashore.
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Romme Anott
Ahip
Lim
Petrela
Africs
Indy
Tim
How He Broke Into Literature and Its Legal Echoes
Frederic Harrison, friend to George Eliot, provided a vital legal opinion on points of law used in Felix Holt. His concise note guided her fiction, appearing as the attorney general’s final authority within the novel. Harrison greeted Eliot’s choice with pride, predicting enduring literary resonance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederic Harrison
George Eliot
Felix Holt
Agele
Harrison
George Filot
Philadelphia Press
Sapsy Pronunciation Quip At Liverpool Street Station
A London Spectator letter recounts a booking clerk at Liverpool Street refusing to recognize a place name. The exchange centers on Saawbridgeworth and the clerk jokes that locals pronounce it as Sapsy, highlighting mispronunciation and humor in travel lore.
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Sapsy
Liverpool Street Station
London
Sapsworth
Saawbridgeworth
E. H. Cook
Londor Spectator
New Life Pill Promoted by Local Drug Store Ad
An advertisement touts Dr. Kine's New Life Pill as a remedy for headaches malaria jaundice and other ailments. It claims abuse of unhealthy foods and vice contribute to appendicitis and urges readers to visit Hivgon & Robertson drug store to purchase the product for 25e.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kine
Hivgon & Robertson Drug Store
Clubbing Rates With Louisville Dailies
A fragmented notice outlines annual clubbing rates for newspapers in Louisville including The Sun The Louisville Times The Sun and the Daily Cancer Journal and other titles. It lists options for three days a week subscriptions and mentions the Courier Journal and Louisville Post with varying one year terms.
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the Sun and
Daily
Kentucky State Journal
the Sun
The
Louisville Times
Daily Cancer Journal
Inchuidinda
Daily Courier- Journal
iier-Journal
Louisville Herald
Esa
Louisville Post
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Ence
South
Bontenegro-Riehm Music Co
Louisville, Ky
Chickering & Sons
Decker & Sona
Haines Bros., Sterling, Schubert, Arin- Birongs
Marshall & Wendell, Foster & C
Montenegro
Riehm Music Co
Fourth Avenue
Louisville
Prighs
Homer Sprague
Aera Eee
ETS
Delige
Iman
Sun
Springfield, Ky
the Daily
Associated Press
Seca
Posta
Li Pcals
W. P. Wanton
Frankfort, Ky
L. and
Nev
O ‘ Sun'y
Dail
Siz
Bards
Springfield
Bardstown
Wingfield
Louisvill
Courier-Jow
Ligincott’s
Magazi
Scribner’s M
Ledger Mon
Harper's Weekly
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