Fire Captain Ahearn Heroism Recalls Bravery in NYC Fire
A Riis profiles Captain Thomas J. Ahearn of the Fourteenth battalion in Wakefield. He saved a mortally injured man amid naptha reservoirs at the Consolidated Gas works and later rescued a child from a burning tenement, earning a medal and a retirement after severe injuries.
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A. Riis
Riis
Fourteenth Battalion
Wakefield
Esraeren
New York
Bresman
J. Ahearn
Consolidated Gas Works
Ahearn
Fie
Board of Fire Commissioners
Rivington Street
Tuat
Thomas J. Ahearn
Abenrn
Good Fortune in Disguise Inspires Operator’s Rise
A Cleveland telegraph operator fell from favor with the chief after an unguarded speech. Yet misfortune spurred him to greater ambition and success, proving fate can mean well in disguise. He had once done 60 in a crumbling era, a turning point noted in his career.
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Tam
New York
Cleveland
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Bie
Pearson's Weekly
Queer Australian Contrivances In Indigenous Games
In a description from Outing, native players demonstrate wooden devices including a cigar shaped piece with a reed tail called a wichi-wichi. They also use the balawalla and hulawalla during rituals, with the latter used to warn women away during a sacred birth dance, the sound carrying miles on wind.
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Warrigul
Artful Advice From A Modern Ovid On Love And Competition
A witty note warns a man courting a girl with marked interest to withdraw if trusted, lest he lose favor to a rival who will claim the field. The piece suggests the rival gains only snubs until a future encounter. A second snippet notes asymmetry in hands and feet, with the left foot typically stronger as people habitually stand on that foot.
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San Francisco Argonaut
Meats and Vegetables: Traditional Roast Beef Dishes
A catalogue of beef dishes paired with varied vegetables. Roast beef served with tomatoes and potatoes. fillet of beef with stuffed tomatoes and fancy potatoes. beefsteak with lyonnaise or French fries. mignon of fillet with vegetables. beef a la mode with carrot and potato balls. sour roast with potato dumplings and prunes. braised beef with seasonal vegetables. corned beef with cabbage and sprouts.
Traditional Roasts and Vegetables Menu Highlights
A New York Press excerpt outlines classic roast meats with paired vegetables and starches. Dishes include beef salad, roasted mutton and lamb with peas and cabbage, veal with creamed spinach or cauliflower, pork with sauerkraut, turkey and chicken with cranberries, and various duck, rabbit, venison, and game preparations served with potatoes, onions, corn, and related sides.
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New York Press
The Southern Girl as Page Describes Her
A collage of observations on social life and the southern girl from Thomas Nelson Page and contemporaries. The piece contrasts flirtation, elegance, and gentility with fleeting modern changes, noting the girl’s enduring charm and place in Virginia society.
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Thomas Nelson Page
South
Virginia
Mr. Page
Southern belle beauty and a brave Confederate tale
A vivid portrait of a refined Southern girl marked by grace and virtue, her coquettish charm yet steadfast tenderness toward life and lovers. The piece follows Dave Saddler, a Confederate soldier hospitalized in Richmond, who rejects socks from a visiting preacher after learning his feet were shot off, ending with light humor from a London Fun cartoon caption.
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Dave Saddler
Richmond
David
Affection and misreads in a Victorian vignette
A faint exchange reveals affection and failed hope as a suitor tries to read a maiden’s heart. A joke misfires about intoxication and waistlines, followed by a quip about Alpine climbing from a child. Dulwich’s tollgate remains a relic as London grows.
Prohibition Link to Disease and Sanitation Claim
A physician writer links preventable diseases to filth and germ causes and argues lax sanitation fuels illness and alcohol use. He states banning disease would bring prohibition and cites urban pollution and tainted water as drivers of drink.
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America
Champion Woman Golfer of the Sand
A poem celebrating a female golfer skillfully escaping sand with graceful motion. It extols her as the champion golfer of the land and contrasts ancient athletic glory with modern journalism and prize money.
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James B. Connolly
King of Siam’s Jubilee Visit Reveres Knights and Their Dogs
The king’s Westminster Abbey stop sparked a remark on English customs of burying a favorite dog with its master. The piece notes the greyhound as a knightly symbol, tied to fidelity, seen in monuments and effigies at the feet of knights and sometimes women, reflecting a broader symbolic reach.
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Siam
Westminster Abbey
England
Hamilton Smith
Ranch for Sale Near Townsend on Alfalfa Land
For sale is a ranch formerly known as lly ranch about four miles from Townsend. The property includes 20 acres with 120 acres in alfalfa, strong water rights, and terms deemed reasonable. Owner: H. Goopmay.
Townsend Lodge No. 6 Meets on 1st and 3rd Saturdays
Regular meetings of Townsend Lodge No. 6 are on the 1st and 3rd Saturday evenings each month at Masonic Hall Broadway Townsend. Sojourning brethren are invited to attend. G E Poox M W H Brooninr Recorder M Gunnert Financer.
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Townsend
G. E. Poox
M. W. H. Brooninr
M. Gunnert
Order
Marrie$McCormick
Movie Maynetic
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Townsend Messenger
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Woodmen of the World
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