Novel Scene Depicts Daughters of Governors in Border Tale
A new novel set on the North Carolina South Carolina border features two charming daughters of state governors. Their wooers display Nicholsonian wit and good humor as the plot unfolds with lighthearted double entendre and refined satire.
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North
South Carolina
Great Love Stories: Napoleon and Josephine
A portrayal of Napoleon Bonaparte and Josephine from their courtship to marriage and estrangement. The piece traces Josephine’s rise and decline, Napoleon’s early worship turning to doubt, their political alliance, and eventual divorce as he crowns himself emperor and she remains empress.
Fortunes for Inventors in a Paris News Sketch
A Paris newspaper writer speculates on the fortune of the safety hatpin inventor likely reaching at least 200000. He cites precedents with Fox 1200000, shoe tip 1000000, India rubber tip hawker 100000, round India rubber for heels 800000, Giabolo revival 690000 showing the lucrative potential of clever inventions.
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Paris
Fox
Not Fit to Repeat in Stray Stories
A humorous exchange between Mrs Black and Mrs White about a blunt husband who speaks plainly, with Mrs White recalling him digging in the garden and possibly uttering a different phrase. The brief joke hinges on misheard words and everyday domestic life.
Parental Glory and a Noted Statesman in the Crowd
In a scene at a gathering, onlookers discuss a modest elderly man named Stiggins praised for education and charity. A speaker realizes the crowd misidentifies him as the father of a famed half back, prompting a humorous correction about his true relation to the athlete.
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Stiggins
Smallest Mill in the World at 254 Coffin Ave
Lawrence, Massachusetts claims the largest mill while New Bedford boasts the smallest. The Home Knitting plant run by Burgoyne Fish at 254 Coffin avenue occupies 11 by 14 feet with one ribber one knitting machine and one looper to produce stockings and socks. A two horsepower motor powers the operation and daily output runs from 60 to 72 pairs.
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Lawrence
Mass
New Bedford
Coffin Avenue
Burgoyne Fish
Textile Manufacturers Journal
A Gentleman a Man of Character Says New York Sun
The New York Sun extols a gentleman as clean inside and out who treats all with respect. He never brags, never cheats, and respects women and children while brave enough to tell the truth. He accepts his share of the world and lets others keep theirs.
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New York Sun
Deadly Firearms and a Supposed War Mortality Rise
Dr. Fessler of Dresden argues in Der Militair Arzt that a new military rifle could cause gunshot wounds to deflect and wound at angles, greatly increasing lethality in future wars and fueling a call for peace.
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Fessler
Dresden
Apology of RacEm Blames Woman for Tariff Claim
The speaker notes Adam blamed the woman for the issue and claims there was no tariff. He concedes the man had done his best in the situation.
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Adam
Farrar
Post Card Club offers Gold and Silk Finish Birthday Cards
Beautiful postcard samples available from Art Post Card Club at 793 Jackson St Topeka Kansas. Free stamps sent for five samples. Designs feature colorful, loveliest art. Quote by Farrar about eternity appears on card.
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Art Post Card Club
Jackson St
Topeka
Kan
Lydia E Pinkham Vegetable Compound Ad Promotes Cure
A Baltimore reader endorses Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for relief from female ailments including irregularities and nervous distress. The ad cites Mrs. W. S. Ford of 2207 West Franklin Street and urges others to try the remedy, noting advice from Mrs. Pinkham in Massachusetts.
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Baltimore, Md
Snadham
W. 8. Ford
W. Franklin St
Baltimore
Sony
Lydia E. Pinkham
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