Love Letters and an Odd Colonial Dining Hall Tale
A meditation on genuine loving letters contrasts with a curious description of a Dining Hall in New Salem featuring sage palm motifs, skulls, and carved figures. The piece also reports Mrs Frank Spencie of Putnam having her nineteenth child Frances, named for Frances Cleveland, with Pres Cleveland’s wife sending blessings and a $25 gift to the infant.
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New Salem
Frank Sponcie
Putnam
Hoy
Father Wygen
Cleveland
Lim
Frances
Thaa
Spencie
Mise Spencie
Bnayme
Giving Himself Away. A Carmine on Trial at NY Court
A defendant in the New York Court of General Sessions testified he was innocent while the District Attorney asserted a witness was in the room when the watch was taken. The accused denied the claim, saying he searched the room and found no one else present. The jury returned a guilty verdict without delay.
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Carmine
New York Court of General Seasions
J. M. Dough
Virginia City
New Hebs
Douglass
Aod Sianeare
Fraught Train Car Scene of American Hog Insults
A crowded Third Avenue car becomes a stage for class and gender tension as a woman loudly rebukes men for denying a seat to a girl. A cork-legged Civil War veteran quietly intervenes offering civility and a card threatening social consequences, while bystanders cling to their papers and ignore the rowdy remarks.
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Mabel
Itamel
Twelfth Corps
Forty Seventh Street
Harlem
Pease
Tim
Potter Build
An Ideal Girl From a Flawed Portrait in Public Writings
A nostalgic fragment describes an ideal girl as fearless and witty, yet feminine, capable of guiding a man through darkness. The piece warns against women who manipulate others and highlights a contrast between strength and tenderness, noting a preference for a woman who does not revel in the downfall of others.
Water Diuretic Power and Healing Anecdotes
The article claims water is the strongest diuretic, capable of accelerating tissue waste elimination and stimulating appetite. It notes gout patients may benefit from increased water intake with potassium salts. It also recounts a Christian Science recovery case, and a short item about J M Dough, a wealthy Virginia City misers facing court.
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Brunton
Mother and Son in a Ben Hur Inspired Exchange
A fragmentary reminiscence links a Mrs Zerelda Wallace to Lew Wallace's Ben Hur. The tale recalls her reply to the author's request for opinion on the book’s appearance and a cryptic exchange about a copy of Daniel Swarr's Inferno. The dialog hints at character inspiration drawn from blood and kinship within a domestic scene.
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Ben-Hur
Lew Wallace
Mis
Zerelda G. Wallace
Mariah
Daniel
Youriother
Beside the Cradle and a convoy through Berlin
Fragmented prose laments a child and lost happiness while a dated dispatch describes a costly convoy of fifteen iron trunks carrying five million gold rubles moved from Berlin toward Paris and Amsterdam, with Paris stock brokers handling Russian loans and a wary populace.
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Berlin
Germany
Paris
Amsterdam
Stock Exchange of Paris
Russa Ts
Imperials
Spring of Acid Water Near Meridian Celebrated as Curiosity
About fifteen miles south of Meridian, near a hill, a recently discovered spring yields water as sour as lemon juice and with a hint of iron. When sugar is added it makes a passable lemonade, though the spring is viewed mainly as a curiosity with no known value.
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Meridian
Misa
Lebel gun described as rapid repeating rifle
The Lebel repeating rifle, used by the French army, fires smokeless powder bullets at up to 1000 revolutions per minute. It can penetrate brick walls at 500 yards and is estimated to pass through a person at a mile. Cartridges are tiny, allowing about two hundred rounds per soldier, far exceeding previous limits.
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Brich
The Michigan News Promises Reading for All
An early description extols a Michigan newspaper as universally valuable. It vows clear concise coverage of daily news for all readers and pledges to guide and inform the public while remaining a friendly weekly companion.
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Michigan
Rendion Juut
Columal
Michiown
Michigan edition carries state news and market reports
The Detroit paper offers a glimpse of Bee Werk market notes and premiums with liberal terms to agents. Subscriptions feature sample copies and a new tenement section, framed as the latest in the Michigan edition.
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Bach Neue
Wrsert
Ekereles Fom Tite
Gott Tnstract
Michigan
BOHY
Detroit
Mich
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Tee
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Ike
Amartcan Hing
Third Avenue
Mia
Sharman
Dex Moines
Register
Des Moines
Alent
Laspus
Goodness
God
Detroit Evening News
the Sunday News
Iito
Price
THE
Echo Pages
Honey Bee Coffee
Japan
Corn Grocery
Corn's State
Superior Street
B. W. Ellison
Viller Bros
Mber
Ronk Baughmans
Corom
Arhildren
Ron& Baughman
Alma, Mich
Tinke
J. I. Lancashire
Saginaw, Mich
Tink & Lancashire
Planing Mill
Alma
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