Moonlit kiss and secret peril in English manor
Sydney and Herbert Linley confess a forbidden love during a London countryside visit. A bracelet drops revealing their guilt, while Mrs. Presty watches and plots for glimpses of truth. Linley plans a public facade to protect his wife as the family tensions rise toward a cliffhanger ending.
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Sydney
Sydney Westerfield
Catherine Linley
Kitty
Linley
England
Mr. Linley
Mrs. Presty
Discovery
Herbert
Mrs. Linley
Darling
Papa
Catherine
Hal
Mrs. Pretty
Miss Westerfield
Letter from the Antipodes Reports on Japan and diplomacy
Rear-Admiral John Davis writes from Chefoo China describing Anglo Russian tensions over Afghanistan and possible outlets for Russia. He details visits to Yokohama meeting Col Denby the new minister to China and a ceremonial audience with the Mikado. He praises Japan’s rapid modernization and comments on President Cleveland and Democratic reform.
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John Davis
W. J. Davis
Carlisle
Cheefoo
China
Dallas
Texas
England
Russia
Black Sea
Persian Gulf
Japan
Perry
Yokohamia
Col. Denby
Minster
Yokohama
Hubbard
Cleveland
Notable tonic claims in Brown's Iron Bitters ad
A testimonial showcases a cheerful healthy woman as proof of the tonic’s power. Miss Mattie Benson of South Parsonfield Maine says Brown's Iron Bitters cured her weakness appetite and energy, transforming her condition and demeanor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mattie Benson
South Parsonfield
Home for every man woman and child urged in editorial
A Chicago Sentinel exhortation declares a home for all is a watchword for the debt burdened and taxed in the United States. An advertisement promotes cure for lower bowel diseases with the World's Dispensary Medical Association offering a book of particulars for 10 cents from 663 Main Street Buffalo NY.
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United States
Chicago Sentinel
World's Dispensary Medical Association
Main Street
Buffalo
N. Y
Tone Faith in Sunshine After Loss and Hope
Poem in verse features a speaker urging acceptance of grief with a smile. The Congregationalist voice contrasts a mother’s death with cheerful memory. It speaks of Italy and classic skies as solace and of a safe talisman shielding joy from sorrow.
Cheer Up for Women Health and Irish Relief
A misjoined editorial fragment urges cheer for delicate women and promotes Dr Pierce's Favorite Prescription for female ailments. It contrasts with a call to aid the starving poor along Ireland's western coast, highlighting distress and a plea for immediate relief.
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Ireland
Green Isle
Inside the Holy White Elephant Degree Secrets
The Paw Paw Times talent editor Mr. E. G. Cass reveals Freemasonry’s thirty fourth degree rituals in a Chicago News summary. The article explains admission, masking, marching in a maze of symbols, obligations and seals, crediting St Bernard commandery of Chicago and John A. Ladd of Sterling for the ceremony’s development.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. G. Cass
Paw Paw Times
Cass
St. Bernard Commandery
Chicago
John A. Ladd
Sterling
Chicago News
Compliments on White Wine of Tar Syrup and Rural Finance Critique
A pastor in Clarksville Missouri praises White Wine of Tar Syrup as a superior medicine easing a child’s ulcerated throat and coughs. The letter thanks the doctor and notes plans to buy more in winter. The piece also cites Augusta Georgia Chronicle on high interest and usury harming trade and farmers.
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H. D. Groves
M. E. Church
Clarksville, Mo
Crowder & Reed
Augusta
Chronicle
Simmons Liver Regulator Claims Malaria Cure
The advertisement touts Simmons Liver Regulator as a superior vegetable tonic and alterative. It promises quick relief from malaria without the side effects of calomel or quinine, claiming it keeps liver bowels and kidneys in perfect order.
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Simmons
Treasury surplus harms government prudence and causes waste
The article laments large federal surpluses urging that idle money in the Treasury spurs extravagance and folly. It notes the danger of government money being held idle and the broader costs to national business interests. It then briefly mentions a Boston woman frightening a bedbug to death by scolding it, joking about the husband’s reaction.
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Seattle
Wash
Ter
Post-Intelligencer
Boston
Finishing materials and health notes in 19th century ads
An assortment of advertisements and quotes including Alabastine wall coatings claim cheaper, better results than paint with free sample cards and a $350 prize. The Chicago Sentinel notes treasury surplus boards, while religious notices urge using Mishler's Herb Bitters and Dr Jones' Red Clover Tonic for digestive and liver ailments.
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Alabastine Co
Grand Rapids
Mich
Labor and capital united for common prosperity
The New York Herald asserts that all people are workers, with no permanent rich or poor class, and argues that labor and capital should join forces to achieve shared prosperity.
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New York Herald
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Ideal Young People's Magazine
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Mary Mapes Dodge
Frances Hodgson Burnett
W. D. Howells
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Horace &. Scudder
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T. A. Janvier
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Rossiter Johnson
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Sophie May
Hezekiah Butterworth
W. O. Stoddard
Harriet Prescott Spofferd
Alice W. Rollins
Charles G. Leland
Henry Eckford
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Edward Eggleston
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Y. C. Hultz
Marlow & Robbins’ Drug Store
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Ae C. Chaney
C. B. Robbins
Chaney & Robbins
Sol Goodman's Clothing
L.stewart's Sons’ Insurance Agency
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J.L. Berry
J. Humphreys
Justice OF the Peace
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Sol Goodman
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Ae A. Catlin
Southwest Corner Public Square
Politcal Directory
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George W. Burt
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Jane
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David Crawley
Charles L. Davis
Lemmel H. Willis
Cee Sherif
William Arnett
William Schaffer
Jacob Billman
Nathan Thomas
James A. Marlow
V.D. Cummins
Jackson
George P. Bunce
James Johnson
Fairbank
Joseph M. Hayden
Abraham McClellan
Hamilton Morgan
Murray Briggs
K. Sherman
G. W. Higbee
Edward Akin
R. L. Jenkins
Charles Gwin
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C. H. Barker
Bede Johnson
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Jackson Hinkle
J. D. Baldridge
Robert Cummins
Bhrlburn
Erastus French
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Hosea Hawkins
W. B. Stark
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J. T. Beasley
R. H. Crowder
R. M. Dear
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