Three Times Not Dead Widows and a Wedding
A tale of Anson Davis Caleb Jones and Mary Doyle who duel for a widow's hand. Caleb dies and returns multiple times, prompting wedding delays, mistaken burials, and a final choice between two rivals while the widow endures repeated near-matches and moral quandaries.
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Anson Davis
Caleb Jones
Mary Doyle
Caleb
Anson
Philadelphia
Mary
Jones
Davis
China
Ohio River
Cincinenati
Boston Globe
Smiles-What Is Jon Doing Now for a Living
In Chicago Evening News style a brief exchange shows Giles asking about Jon’s current work while Jon replies Breathing. The fragment suggests a humorous or casual column snippet reflecting ongoing habits ornown identity.
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Jon
Giles
Chicago Evening News
French Conscription System Through History and Structure
The article outlines the evolution of French conscription from 1792, detailing the shift from a lottery draft to mandatory service for 25 years. It covers the stages of service, reserve periods, and the modern distribution of 580,000 peace-time troops across 20 corps and diverse arms, including infantry, cavalry, artillery, engineers, and colonial units.
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France
Remaiins
Edilors
Territorial Army
Spahis
Sunday Trading in Hull Faces Persistent Fines System
Hull corporation collected over £1000 in fines from traders for Sunday trading last year. Police report 4049 successful prosecutions under the Lord’s Day Act of Charles I with a fixed five shilling fine plus costs. Strikingly, most tradesmen send others to pay. few appear in court, and many pay week after week, treating the fine as a licensing fee.
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Hull Corporation
London
Hull
Old Town
South African Women And Their Customs From A Mission Desk
Mrs Ellen Good from the South African mission field describes Zulu and Kaffir life in New York. She notes infant care with baths and clay paint, back slings for children, and men as tailors. food, huts, and household roles, including women cooking and managing homes. She details attire, body ornamentation, marriage customs, and legal rights for women under traditional authority.
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South Africa
Ellen Goodthough
Globe-Democrat
New York City
Sears
Had to Be Small. He What tiny feet Mise Tooze has
In Harlem Life a playful caption notes the tiny feet of Mise Tooze with the line Only her boots. The vignette hints at a child or small figure and a light moment in city life.
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Mise Tooze
Harlem
Beginnings of a Great Career
An elderly philanthropist meets a tearful boy digging along a wooden sidewalk seeking a penny but gives him a coin and a nickel instead. The next day he finds another child hoping to recover a half dollar dropped in the same hole, fearing punishment from his mother.
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Gettysburg
Pennsylvania
Lincoln
Edinburgh
Scotland
Athens
Chicago Tribune
Makings His Toilet and a Dark Night Question
A fragment from the Indianapolis Journal quotes a humorous exchange about taking medicines in the dark Aunt Minerva denying ever taking medicine by night and confusing it with shoe polish or hair tonic A separate caption mentions a tramp rubbing against barbed wire fence and a world news note about a makings his toilet scene with a comic exchange.
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Minerva
Indianapolis Journal
Ten Room house plan priced at 2200 dollars
The design outlines a ten room home with rubble stone foundation 18 inches thick and brick above ground 12 inches. Basement 7 feet high includes cement with wire nails, stone chimneys, guttering, veranda across front, and complete interior details from joists 2 by 10 to cedar shingles and gas piping ready for occupancy. GEO A W KINTZ.
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Geo
A. W. Kintz
Lightning risk of oaks in German forests prompts caution
A German study across Lippe district reports oaks as most prone to lightning while beaches resist. Of 275 trees struck in three years, 58 percent were oaks, 21 percent firs, 8 percent pines, and 7 percent beaches amid a forest composition of 70 percent beech, 11 oak, 13 pine, and 6 fir.
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Lippe
Beach
Beverages Expenditure in U S Reaches 1.15 Billion
An American Grocer estimate shows total consumer cost for beverages in the United States for the year ending June 30, 1899 at 1,146,897,822 dollars. Alcoholic drinks account for 973,589,080 dollars while coffee, tea, and cocoa total 173,308,742 dollars. Per capita spending runs about 15 dollars annually for 76,011,000 people. Also notes over 100 stokers feed the fires of a fast Atlantic liner.
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United States
Worried Half to Death by a Mother Over a Baby
A mother fears her nine month old is unusually small and worries that smart children may not grow up while her partner reassures her. A lighthearted aside follows from an Irish market scene where a boy guards a donkey and jokes about fists with recruiters.
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John
When Humor Ceased Casey and Cassidy Exchange Banter
A playful verse exchange contrasts bachelor life with marriage and quick quips about love. The lines feature witty dialogue on relationships and a light note about peach blossoms and ice cream as a backdrop to a conversational mood.
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Casey
Cassidy
Puck
Quotations From The News Oddities In Then And Now
A garbled fragment cites a janitor philosopher remark about a theft of four kisses and punishment by eight married life sentences or hard labor. The passage includes stray dialogue about a dog and a line about trifles from Town Topics and Chicago Daily News.
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Chicago Daily News
Lydia E Pinkham Ad Advice From Experience
A promotional note touts Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as the best source of female health advice due to Mrs Pinkham's twenty years of experience handling over a hundred thousand cases annually. It urges women to seek free guidance and obtain a bottle, then write to Mrs Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Pinkham, Lynn, Mass
Parson's Revenge Sermon Draws Out Funeral Sermon
An Atchison man walked out mid sermon after the preacher kept audience late. The preacher then delivered a funeral sermon lasting one hour and fifteen minutes, citing the departed as a factor in the sermon length.
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Atchison
Thur
Atchison Mrse
Renanthus
Atchison Globe
National Conventions Prohibition and Democratic Tours Offers
The Chicago Great Western by announces tickets on sale for the June 27 28 1900 Prohibition convention in Chicago and July 4 1900 Democratic convention in Kansas City. The Maple Leaf Route promises vestibuled trains free chair cars and fine dining with unmatched sleeping car service. One fare round trip. Details from Chicago Great Western agents or F H Lord 113 Adams Street Chicago.
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Prohibition
Chicago
Democratic
Kansas City
Chicago Great Western
F. H. Lord
Adama. Street
Marquette Michigan Summer Resort and Healthful Appeal
Marquette on Lake Superior is highlighted as a charming summer resort accessible via the Chicago Milwaukee St Paul Railway. Its healthful location scenic beauty hotels and fever immunity are touted for a healthful restful outing. A sample postal offer invites readers to request the Lake Superior Country brochure from Geo Heafford.
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Marquette
Lake Superior
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
Mich
Copper Country
Geo Heafford
Chicago
Ill
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N Mrrs. Pinkham
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Carter
Palmer
Burnham
Rhel
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