Letters as timeless links across distance and memory
A Chambers's Journal meditation on how letters bind hearts across parting and time. It reflects on the comfort, joy, and sometimes sorrow they bring, noting that words written survive beyond faces and distance, preserving friendships and memories.
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Chambers
Dress Suit Fiasco Ends In Humorous Betrothal Twist
Judge Winkler faces a tailor’s delay on his wedding day and borrows Charley Held’s suit. Bertha’s discovery of cigars and a love note triggers a shocking reveal that tests trust. Aurelia forgives with a lesson on honesty, vows and pockets.
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Mr. Held
Bertha
Charley
Judge Winkler
Winkler
Greenwald
Mrs. Winkler
Winker
Aurelia
Winkie
Christmas handcraft gifts from the New York Journal
Simple and inexpensive handmade ideas for holiday gifts include shoe bags clothes bags and a brush and comb holder. Instructions use chintz fabric pasteboard and braids to create hanging organizers and decorative storage items suitable for a small bedroom and easy gifts for children to make.
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The
New York Journal
Defence of a Much Abused Word
The Writer laments modern usage of claim in various contexts and argues that reporters and editors have become claim agents. He contends claim should mean a right or demand, but is being misapplied to assert or allege in countless situations.
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Murray
Ry Peaman
A New York Man Returns from China and Shares Oddities
George Dean, a Ninth Ward native, returns after 25 years abroad and recounts Chinese customs he found strange in New York. He notes etiquette, tea etiquette, coffin gifts, bed comfort, study methods, and daily life, explaining why he longs to go back to China.
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China
George Dean
Ninth Ward
New York
Liverpool
Desert
Shanghai
Dean
aePy
Sete Vel Harsek
Improving On His Wife s Method
In Buffalo a man named Georgie Benedick was trusted with caring for the couple s dog Fido while his wife visited a friend. He bathed and pampered the dog as instructed then strapped it to a post and hosed it down, causing the dog to yelp in distress.
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Greg
China
Buriel
Buffalo Courier
Benedict
Benedi
Georgie
Fido
George
Reunion of ex Confederates recalls Pea Ridge bayonet tale
In a Fort Worth reunion two G A R posts hosted an informal dramatic recollection. Union veteran McNamee and ex Confederate Strong relayed a Pea Ridge battle scene where a cavalry gun was shoved over a ravine, a bayonet wound revealing the survivor’s scar as proof.
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Fort Worth
Tex
G. A. RB
McNamee
Strong
Pea Ridge
Seteap Ravine
Mark
Union and railroad settle after hearing in Minnesota case
In Mankato Minnesota the Manufacturers and Jobbers Union reached an agreement with the Minneapolis and St. Louis Railway after a hearing and before the commerce commission issued its opinion. The commission treats the case as a settlement without publishing its factual findings.
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Manufacturers’ and Jobbers’ Union of Mankato, Minn
Minneapolis & St. Louis Railway
Anteratate Ecommerce Commission
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