Arthur Gordon's Devotion and Elinor's Dismissal
Elinor Garrison rebukes Arthur Gordon for long unrequited love. He declares lifelong devotion and offers brotherly care. A Boston match with Miss Marion Hepworth is announced, but Elinor confesses love only when it is nearly too late. Gordon returns, redeems the moment with a tender confession and embrace.
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Elinor
Arthur
Arthur Gordon
Elinor Garrison
Jordan
Ellie
Gayly
Miss Garrison
Marion Hepworth
Boston
Gordon
Mrs. Olive
Lear
Gerithenau
Lindsey
Olive
Swedish Manners in Travel Observations
In My Sweden from London Society, traveling in Sweden is noted for its extreme quiet and taciturn people. Swedes rarely push or shout and rely on signs. bowing and hat lifting slow movement, with hats lifted to departing travelers and to those on stairs or in shops. Gentlemen must bow to ladies and hats are a social requirement in many public actions.
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Sweden
London
England
Alaska Glaciers Described by San Francisco Educator
James Denman of the San Francisco Call and namesake grammar school chairman returns from a month in Alaska. He lauds Muir Glacier as a vast, dynamic river of ice in Bernard Bay, towering cliffs, and dramatic icefalls breaking with thunder into the sea, a spectacle beyond description.
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San Francisco
James Denman
Alaska
Mrnman
Switzerland
Eurae
Muir
Ier Bay
Court ceremony vivid entries and preparations described
The narrator details training for a royal audience in a West End drawing room, the strict etiquette before presenting to the queen, and the awe of entering the palace with pageantry. The scene moves from instructress homes to the red and gold presence chamber to the powerful organ and Mendelssohn's Cornelius March.
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Baptiste
Cornelius March
Mendelssohn
Thundering Big Organ in San Francisco Alta Description
A historic San Francisco Alta piece extols a colossal organ with 2 704 pipes and 57 stops. It notes 32 foot pipes large enough for three bodies, 48 foot towers flanking a niche for the Goddess of Music, and hand carved detail. The piece hints at unknown costs and distant freight by ox teams in earlier days.
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San Francisco Alta
Rockiaen
High Speed on Railways Trials and Speed Records
Trials of railroad speed grow common on new lines with claims of fast runs. A July 9 West Shore test from East Buffalo to New York covered 423 miles at 59.7 mph average, with a 15 mile segment clocking rapid times. Other runs include 202 miles in four hours, and East Buffalo to Newark in 93 miles at 89 minutes.
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West Shore Road
East Buffalo
New York
Newark
Great Western Railway
England
Western Junction
Yatton
Bourton
West Shore
Railway Register
America
St. Louis
Chicago
Neyreni Baneess
Farmer Allen and the temperance tale at Portland camp
An elder recounts a Portland camp memory of Farmer Allen a renowned temperance advocate who visited a clambake. Seeing a barrel of punch he pretended to seek lemonade and drank multiple cups, leaving the scene rosy and unsteady before reflecting on the moment.
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Farmer Allen
Portland
Allen Bacon
Allen
Brown's Iron Bitters Headache Digestive Aid
Patent medicine advertisement claims Brown's Iron Bitters cures headache digestion biliousness dyspepsia nervous prostration malaria chills fever tiredness general debility back pain and other ailments. It warns to buy only the Genuine with crossed red lines on the wrapper and to take no other.
Fragmentary notice on May dates and pension matter
OCR reads as a fragmented note about a May date related to a pension, mentioning Clem ter DY Hawle and Elm C Bla Sirn. It references institutions and individuals without clear context or full names.
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Elainia
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BROWN
Perry Davis
Pain Killer
Tutt’s
Tutt
Express
Murray St
Dero
Mics
Royes Bros
Overey
Ryan Dug Company
Lyman Eliel Drug
Cen i
Mar
Fror O
Ning Mac
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