Marriage Mishap Ends In Three Proposals
In a chaotic tale from a New York World report, Sexton faced a tangled sequence of weddings and elopements. He pursued Clarinda, then both former sweethearts, only to be spurned by all three sisters as plans unraveled and he returned home unmarried.
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Spence Alaterg
Hes
Allen Spence
Moorea
Sexton
Biwil
Ainerie
Tit
Eégar Hizhly
Sulfor
Ohlo
Doen
Scense
Spence
New York World
Lesson from First Day in School Tale
State superintendent W. W. Stetson of An Me recounts a childhood school tale at Newport. He recalls sitting apart from his brother as a young pupil the day a young teacher asked him if he liked her, illustrating a misread moment in early schooling and its humorous consequences.
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Len. W. W. Stetson
Publc
Newport
Isle
Memory of a Schoolroom Punishment Story
The narrator recalls a classroom moment where a teacher asked a question to both siblings. The brother answered yes, maam, while the narrator hesitated. The author jokes about the outcome of the pudding punishment term and how the family worded their replies.
Bristol man breaks leg while pulling boot
Andrew J. Curtiss of Bristol, a commercial traveler, sued AIK Gurting in Granby alleging a boot pulling accident caused a fracture of the public bone. He claims over a year of total disability and ongoing pain from the injury reported by the Hartford Times.
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Andrew J. Curtiss
Bristol
Curtis
Hartford
Fragmented OCR: Muzaled women of Muncat and eye features
The readable text describes Muzaled women of Muncat with limited facial visibility and a provocative Cleopatra reference. It notes eye and nose features, suggesting cultural judgments of beauty and physical constraints amid fragmented phrasing.
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Muncat
Allahabad
Mice Made Home In Potato in Danbury Shop
A Danbury Connecticut dealer found a potato in his back shop hollowed out by mice. A family of young mice had gnawed the interior and lived inside the shell, revealing an unlikely home.
Death Near Reason Found in Kidney Pills Story
A Chicago woman credits Donn's Kidney Pills with saving her from Bright's Disease and related symptoms after a long struggle. The ad cites 1903 as the start of relief and notes the product is sold by Foster Milburn Co. in Buffalo New York. The piece also includes at home earache relief tips for children.
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Chicago
Dean
Foster Milburn Co
Buffalo
Clyde men trap frogs for Philadelphia market
Several young men of Clyde near Philadelphia have been catching and shipping frogs to the city market. The business pays from six to two dollars a day, yielding sixty to 180 pounds of frogs legs daily, sold at fifteen cents a pound.
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Clyde
Philadelphia
Chinese soldiers did well at WeblHat Wei siege
Report from The Chau tauquan by Mary Porter Gamewell notes British officers commanding a company of native troops fought alongside Chinese Imperial forces near Thenein and during skirmishes preceding the march on Peking. A British trooper defended the Chinese as brave soldiers under fire.
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Great Britain
WeblHat Wei
China
Mary Porter Gamewell
Wei
Thenein
Peking
True Friends Visitation Debt in Prosperity and Adversity
Quote framing true friendship as those who appear in need rather than invitation, noting that true friends stand by us during adversity and only visit in prosperity when invited, attributed to Theo phrastus.
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Theophrastus
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