Mutual Consent At Ness Ends Quiet Engagement
In a seaside home, Nancy Messinger breaks off her engagement to Jim after discovering her feelings have deepened beyond a youthful crush. Jim returns from India pondering love, and a late confession leads to a renewed romance as they admit lifelong feelings and plan new letters.
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Messingers
Mrs. Messinger
Nancy
Jim
Mary
India
Ned
Iffs
Ness
Tam
Goodby
England
Waverley Magazine
Silver dollar saga outlines long coin history and designs
A chronicle traces the silver dollar from 1794 to late 19th century, noting weight and fineness changes, key acts, and design evolution. It highlights portraits by Miss Ann W. Williams, 1838 artistry, the 1864 In God we trust mark, and later Liberty and trade dollar eras.
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Congress
United States Mint
Ann W. Williams
Girls’ Normal School
Philadelphia
Atlants Journal
The First Piano Evolution Traced Through Time
A historical note traces the piano’s origins from a mid medieval dulcimer to the clavichord and finally to the modern instrument. It mentions an 1711 attribution to Cristofari of Padua and contrasts early forms with a later refined tone.
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Christofal of
Padua
St.Louis Republic
Georgia lawmakers clash over county courthouses and taxes
The Georgia House and Senate meet with sparse attendance and quick votes on local and general bills. Amidst routine readings, several measures pass including courthouse construction in militia districts and amendments to tax and licensing laws. Chancellor Boggs addresses the joint session on Georgia University needs.
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HOUSE
Mownpar
Gray
Catoosa
Alex Sauceman
McDonald
Gwinnett
Grand Jury
Blackshear
Tatnall County
Conyers
Irwin County
Lanatic Asylum
Supreme Court
Superior Court
Thomas
Coweta
Sharpsburg
Marietta
Goldsmith
Calvin
Richmond County
Commissioner of Agriculture
Georgia
Committee On Agriculture
Boggs
University of Georgia
Gordy
Chattahoochee County
Hill
Merriwether
Ham
Hall County
Messrs. Branch
Wheeler
Harrison
Quitman
Quitman County
Senate
Smith
D. N. Speer
Treasury Department
Fleming
John Jones
Corput
Committee On Lunatic Asylum
Boynton
Calhoun
Judiciary Committee
Boiseuillet
Bibb
Committee On Education
Jones
Washington
Chambers
Twenty-First District
J. L. M. Curry
Virginia
Wilson
Congress
House of Representatives
Annie Pixley Dies in London After Brain Fever
American actress Annie Pixley died in London at her brother in law Edwin Fulford's residence. Her husband Robert Fulford was present at death from brain fever. Born in New York in 1855, she grew up in California and began on stage with her parents. She gained fame as M'Liss in Bret Harte's Luck of Roaring Camp and starred nationwide.
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London
Annie Pixley
Edwin Fulford
New York City
California
Australia
Robert Fulford
Fulford
Miss Pixley
Scale Signed by Large Mahoning Rolling Mills
After two days of sessions on Saturday night three of the largest rolling mill plants in Mahoning valley accepted the scale submitted by the National Finishers Union. The scale mirrors the amalgamated association agreement but with no expiration date set.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Mahoning Valley
National Finishers Union
Amalgamated Association
Human Body Facts Baffle The Curious Mind
A collection of physiological figures outlines the body’s workings. It notes blood circulation completes every twenty seconds and the heart can lift about 120 pounds daily. It cites millions of cells and 30 million retinal rods in the eye.
Pop Song Fame Baffles Critics in Theaters
A Minneapolis Commercial article laments popular songs that captivate the nation despite lacking merit in melody or sentiment. It cites tunes like Annie Rooney McGinty and After the Ball as trivial jingles that ride on catchy phrasing, provoking disdain for mass taste and artistic worth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annie Rooney
McGinty
Harrison
Nbeapolis
Bombing at Barcelona Lyceum Kills Fifteen in theater attack
A Barcelona special reports two bombs hurled from the gallery during a Tuesday night William Tell performance at the Lyceum. Fifteen people died and many more were injured as chaos erupted, with authorities cornering suspected anarchists among the arrested.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barcelona
Spain
William Tell
Lyceum Opera House
Thanksgiving Proclamation by President Cleveland
President Grover Cleveland proclaims a national day of thanksgiving designating the 80th day of November as a holiday for praise and reflection. Citizens are urged to forego work, attend worship, and share charitable gifts to aid the poor and needy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
United States of America
Grover Cleveland
United States
Jacksonville Money Pledged for Corbett Mitchell Fight
A Jacksonville dispatch reports local syndicate backers have posted 20000 dollars to secure the Corbett Mitchell bout. A telegram to Richard K. Fox fromHarry Maron and T E T Bowden indicates the funds are mailed with conditions to be followed and a letter to come. The National Bank of Jacksonville cashier Brow Banster signs the notice.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Richard K. Fox
New York
Harry Maron
T. E. T. Bowden
Corbett-Mitchell
Brow A. Banster
Cishier National Bank of
Trainsmen Wage Cut Agreed For Three Months In Knoxville
Chiefs Arthur Clarke and Seargent met with the East Tennessee road receiver to discuss pay cuts. They agreed to accept the proposed reduction for three months with restoration of old rates at the end. The receivers signed the written agreement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knoxville
Arthur, Clarke
Seargent
East Tennessee Road
Gold in Arbocooche Mine Near Heflin Alabama
A Birmingham dispatch reports a quiet new syndicate mining gold at Arbocooche near Heflin Alabama for profit. The vein was worked thirty years ago and fed U S mint shipments. past gold minted from these mines exceeds eight million dollars. A Cuba revolution rumor started in Key West claiming fighting at Cienfuegos with uncertain confirmation.
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Alabama
Birmingham
Arbocooche
Heflin
Ala
United States Mint
Cuba
Key West
Fla
Cienferegos
Mascotte
Havans
Cannon Ball Express Held Up in Arkansas Robbery
Seven masked men stopped the Cannon Ball fast express No. 51 of the St. Louis Iron Mountain and Southern at Oliphant Arkansas seven miles north of Newport. Passenger conductor J P McNally was shot and killed while trying to protect his train.
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Fast Express
St. Louis
Iron Mountain
Southern
Little Rock
Arkansas
Oliphant
Ark
Newpoint
J. P.mcnally
Pale
Tryitg
Immorial Trees and Youthful Love in Atlanta Journal
A poem by Vivian Castane from the Atlanta Journal portrays a noonday scene among trees and green gloom. Two lovers stand before brush as sunlight falls and a distant dove calls, interrupted by a thrash of a glad thrill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vivian Castane
Atlanta Journal
Quotations and quips from various newspapers
A collage of jokes epigrams and gags from Puck Buffalo Courier Indianapolis Journal and Chicago Inter Ocean wit and wordplay touch on courage money optimism and social mores. It includes quips about truth luck women and legal puns with multiple credits and ages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Puck
Buffalo Courier
Applis Journal
Flynn
Chicago Inter-Ocean
Watts
Boston Courier
Maude
Belle
Grace
Brooklyn
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle
Dansville
N. Y
Miss Scadds
Kate Field
Washington
Cannibalism Origins and Cultural Variations
Henkenius argues cannibalism arises after social advances, due to hunger and beliefs about enemy parts, with religious motives a later development. Continental Asia shows little cannibalism, Polynesia and Central America link it to rites, and Maori prohibitions are noted. The piece sees missionary influence reducing the practice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herr Henkenius
Deutsche Rundschau
Henkenius
Continental Asia
Polynesia
Central America
Dahomey
Electricity and Life in the Humanitarian
Mr. H. Newman Lawrence argues that metabolism and bodily functions are chemical changes, all chemical changes involve electrical manifestations, life requires chemical change, and thus life is always accompanied by electricity, while electrical energy is not the immediate vitality source.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. Newman Lawrence
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