A Spell in the Music Brings Despair to a Young Composer
In New York City during March a rising musician Paul Bianchy falls for Mabel Normington. After love and thwarted marriage, he discovers a magical melody that could control memory. He tries to stop the wedding by self sacrificing power, but the second ceremony proceeds with Branchy as organist and triumph.
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City of
New York
Wainter
Broadway
Paul Bianchy
Ising
Tic
Rochester
Mabel Normington
Normingtons
Branchy
Mavle
Bovney
Uiancly
Parnassus
Jis
Lairly
Washington Park
Marie Normington
Jones
Normington
Paul
Bianchy
Lez
Madison Avenue
Miss Normington
Miss Normingon
Mabel
Resurrection Flower Awakens In Egypt Tale
Travelers report a tiny ball like a poppy head on a fragile stem. Immersed in water it awakens, unfolds starry petals, then fades as daylight returns. Dr Deck, the naturalist, was told an Arab gifted the flower said to be from an ancient mummy. The plant supposedly revived hope for years.
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Egypt
Deck
Upper
Ivis
Ruby Valued Higher Than Diamond at Five Karats
Experts say a flawless five karat ruby is worth ten times a diamond of equal weight and may be the rarest gem. This reflects ruby rarity and market demand.
Budget of Fun Not Singing Old Songs and Quips
A humorous collage of vignettes and dialogues from a era column. Subjects include a singer unable to recall old songs, a hen and egg joke, name etymology, church sermon costs, a boy hiding preserves, a lawyer client pun, a wife receiving a cooking lesson, a wooing scene, and a crowded train heat anecdote. Characters include Mrs Brown, Miss Knight, John and Mary, Bobby, and Mr Sampson in brisk, lighthearted sketches.
Chaos at Missouri Ball Sparks Threats and Flight
An unnamed narrator overhears quarrelsome partygoers at a Missouri ball. A menacing elderly man demands closing windows to suffocate someone, then open to freeze another. A fake belle and a dawning threat from kin escalate as family members threaten violence to force exits.
Novel Indian War Tale Ends In A Mule Endurance
A Toronto World item recounts a comic frontier mishap where a major strapped a small howitzer to a mule for a mock display against Indians. The mule bolts, the fort erupts, and the crew dives for safety as the explosive backfires. the Indians soon declare the whites had help and depart.
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Missouri
Tie
Injen
Toronto World
Remarkable Meerschaum Pipe Worth $500 From Prana lfress
A rare fourteen inch meer schaum pipe, crafted in Vienna by Prana lfress, was exhibited in Europe and Australia before reaching East Aurora owner James Addington. The carved stump bowl shows a lizard and ferns, the stem bears a three horse scene with carved muscles, and the amber mouthpiece features a horse head. The piece, carved from a single block over three years, fetched high value and rare praise.
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United States
James Addington
East Aurora
Prana Lfress
Viennaheis
Germany
England
France
Sidney
Australia
Addington
Meerschaum
Dusjalo Courier
Bohemian Music and National Talent Reflections
Anton Dvorak notes Bohemia values music with every child studying it. He recalls old laws, praises Slavic love of tunes, and envisions an oratorio using local chorales. He observes peasant daily toil, Sunday music, and dancers paid by musicians, sharing earnings with the Presidency Journal. First U.S. cotton was raised in 1621.
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Binnehy
Branchy
Forty-seventh Street
Mr. Jones
Archy
Anton Dvorak
Serein
Gardy
Presidence Journal
Curious Facts From A Fragmented Page Of History
A collection of odd notes recounts diverse curiosities from different eras and places. It mentions U.S. farm values, early printing in China, Lincoln’s emancipation proclamation copying, and a large number of grandchildren in Jones County. It also covers animals with unusual traits, sea captain iceberg tales, a Missouri village’s forgotten election, betrothal customs, a prized meerschaum pipe, cabbages as wedding payment, creosote pollution in England, young Buffalo girls rescued near Indianapolis, a captured cannon shot in Tennessee, a mistaken cent payment in Hartford, and old umbrellas and Egyptian use of the device dating back centuries.
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United States
China
America
Lincoln
Chicago
Sally Summers
Jones County
Missouri
Murzig
Sheboysan
Mich
I Renmark
Gener
Pacific Coast
F Reight
Midland Railway
Carlisle
England
Indianapolis
Frankin
Tenn
New York
Holland
Albany
N. Y
London
American Explorers in Every Sea Says Professor Gardner
Professor G Gardner extols American explorers for mapping the ocean surface and uncovering currents that shape climates. He notes discoveries from polar to tropical waters, submarine mountains and plateaus, and the role of explorers in opening a new geography of the sea.
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America
Professor G. Gardner
Africa
Europe
Columna
Stanley
Unur
Great Briton
Alaska
Pacific Ocean
Pacifc
Cath
Ufs
Dells
Ocean
Neethines
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Charles H. Webb
Bazar
George K. Starks
Columb
Heaven-Born Pond
Burdette
Miss Knight
Smith
Hoge
Jurdye
John
Jobn
New York Sun
Bobby
Spo Hk
Heason
Joln
Hushard
Mary
Edgeways
Boston Courier
Lou
Mr. Bampson
Leopla
Cy 7
Lst
Ben
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