The Invisible Girl Amid the Italian Rock
A visitor narrates a year end stay in Italy near Likea where a haunted rock allows two unseen voices to converse. George and Lenore unknowingly fall in love across distance, guided by a discovered acoustic property in the rock and a matching reveal at Count Villani's estate.
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Italy
Likea
Peninsula
Tam
Lenore
George
Cap
Antonio
Ile
Villani
Tony
Count Villani
Nan Penn
A Thing to Keep Clear of From Hall's Journal of Health
Pneumonia begins with a chilling night fever and sharp side pains. It progresses rapidly, often affecting a single lung and sometimes all lobes leading to death by suffocation if all lobes are involved. Avoid overwork and sudden weather changes to reduce risk.
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Hall
Journal of Health
Postal Detectives Fight Swindles In Mails Network
Hartford Globe reports the Postoffice Department maintains a large force of inspectors to curb swindles via mail. Criminals use circulars and newspapers to reach victims, selling lists and sensational schemes. Artful con artists target artists, deafness cures, fake diplomas, and cheap music boxes, profiting before enforcement slows them.
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Hartford Globe
Postoffice Department
Knaves
Ge Gtr
California
New York
The Sexton and the Praise Meeting Farce
A baptismal joke unfolds at a western city Baptist church prayer gathering as a wealthy member Bascom boasts humility and a colored sexton delivers a passionate frontier hymn about heaven’s robes and trumpets, declaring joyous entry without greeting the crowd.
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Harper's Magazine
Bascom
Dar
Ebermore
Brudders
Brudder Bascom
Nineteenth Century Club Adage Predicts Baldness for All
Dr. William Hammond spoke at the Nineteenth Century club in New York declaring in an address that in a thousand years all men will be congenitally bald.
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William Hammond
Nineteenth Century Club
New York
Whittier’s Views on Biography and a Tur keys Trial
The article cites Mr Whittier regarding biographers and fame after death, noting he dislikes biographies though he accepts casual sharing of his thoughts. It also describes a Colusa county turkey case rumpus with overturned files and a juror beating another in a room dispute. It mentions ex Senator Lilley dying at ninety five in Nottingham and James G Blaine Jr preparing for a trip to Washington.
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Colusa County
Cal
Joseph Lilley
United States
Lapeeens
Nottingham
James G. Blaine, Jr
Maine Statesman
Selldie
Bert Tal
What He Bought Clara Bell's Letter and a Nightgown
A young Episcopal curate plans a gift for Henriette but the narrator warns him to beware social misinterpretation. He presents a white nightgown with delicate blue lace, prompting a startled reaction and a comic clash between romance and propriety.
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Clara Bell
Henriette
Clara Belle
Mary Morand Makes History as Mississippi State Librarian
Mrs. Mary Morand of Jackson Mississippi, a state librarian officeholder for ten years, becomes the only woman elected to state office in Mississippi, marking a historic achievement for women in state government.
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Mary Morand
Jackson
Miss
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