The Ocean as A Matchmaker
Anne Stone Sykes recounts the tale of Tom Roundtree an American in Australia who sought a wife across oceans. After failed plans with his sister and then a betrothed, he marries a Russian on the Pacific voyage and learns his initial betrothed survived a shipwreck only to wed the purser. He concludes ocean travel makes marriage nearly inevitable.
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Tom Roundtree
United States
Australia
Atlantic
Pacific Ocean
Aimes
Australis
Tom
Trousseau
America
Pacific
San Francisco
Melbourne
Anne Stone Sykes
Cartagena’s Ancient Wall Guards Old Colonial City
A New York Herald account notes Cartagena Colombia as one of the hemisphere’s oldest walled cities. The sea facing wall stretches miles, once costly to build, with sentry boxes and a government prison at the sea end. Tourists seek the confined prisoners’ shell and wood carvings.
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Cartagena
Colombia
South America
New World
Spanish Main
New York Herald
In Case of Fire A Wandering Author Drifts Into Arkansas
A famed author, traveling for material, stays in a single frame hotel in Arkansas. He asks about fire exits and is told by the landlord to show the night watchman a paid bill and have the bulldog tied. The anecdote appears in a Cleveland Leader excerpt.
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Arkansas
Waal
Bill Foh
Cleveland
A Mission That Failed in a Damascus Moment
Brother Yves of the preaching friars meets an aged woman in Damascus as she carries a bowl of fire and a bottle of water. She explains she seeks to burn heaven and quench hell to do good solely from love of God, not fear or reward.
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Sire de Joinville
St. Louis
Yves
Damascus
Forgotten Hotel Keys Acknowledgment Slip
A guest asks about forgotten hotel keys and a clerk shows a printed slip from the Blank hotel. It thanks the return of key No. is omitted, noting many keys are mailed back by forgetful guests and a key acknowledgment was printed to save time.
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New Orleans Times-Democrat
The Goose as Domesticated Bird and Symbol of Idleness
The goose, an emblem of id icoy yet a wise bird with good habits, is profitable for the fancier. Homer mentions his geese 1,200 years before Christ, and ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics show they had been tamed for centuries.
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Egypt
Married Blanche de Smythe to Walter Beere Reveals Secret
Mr. Younghusband reads aloud and recalls Blanche de Smythe's engagement to Walter Wellington Beere. Mrs. Younghusband blushes as he ominously implies deeper memory and past ties in this illustrated Bits snippet.
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Mr. Younghusband
Blanche de Smythe
Walter Wellington Beere
Mrs. Y
Walter
Mr. Y
Blanche
No Vacation for Minister's Husband Cited in Exchange
A Philadelphia Press item quotes Mrs. Chatters questioning if the minister had no vacation. The reply clarifies that the minister's wife says he had no vacation. The exchange highlights concerns over time off in the church role.
Pain Is in Me The Little Man
A kind old gentleman asks a boy if he is in pain. The boy answers no, explaining the pain is inside him. This brief exchange centers on inner suffering rather than outward injury, reflecting a somber, intimate moment in a local gaze.
Quote on giving and losing from George Sand
A George Sand reflection on generosity restraint and acceptance touching on how to give freely avoid regret and balance desire with mercy without malice
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George Sand
A Yankee Trick
A border feud between Dutch Connecticut and New York ends with Jonathan Pym and Katrina Bleeker marrying after a ruse. Yankees disguise as Dutchwomen lure guards to let them into a fort, seize the fort, and secure Katrina. The celebratory wedding follows as the Dutch realize the butter and eggs sold were fake.
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North America
New York
Connecticut
Jonathan Pym
Katrina Bleeker
Pym
New
Katrina
Jonathan
Wanted assistant manager for county and territory
Advertisement seeks an assistant manager for Chicago wholesale and mail order house covering the county and adjoining area. Salary twenty dollars weekly plus expenses, expenses advanced. No investment or experience required. Work is permanent and pleasant. Send self addressed envelope for full particulars to General Manager 134 Fe. Luke St. Chicago.
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FE. Luke St
Chicago
Norwegian Language Services Schedule At Local Church
Rev Chr Christianson presides over weekly services every Sunday at 10 30 a m and 7 45 p m with Sunday School at noon Prayer meeting Thursday 8 00 p m Ladies Aid and Helping Hand meet on alternating Wednesdays All services in Norwegian except Sunday evening which is in English on the third Sunday each month.
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Fpengilly
West Fifth Street
Epworth League
N. Epworth League
Chr. Christianson
Ladies Aid Society
Helping Hand Society
Complexion Improvement Through Blood Purification
A 19th century health ad advises against cosmetics and beauty doctors, promoting Green's August Flower to purify the blood via a healthy liver. It claims to enrich the blood, purify the complexion, cure constipation biliousness nervousness and aid sleep. It promises relief for dyspepsia and digestion with trial bottles for 25 cents and regular bottles for 75 cents from A Frost and Spies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. C. Dewitt & CO
Chicago
Witie
A& Frost & Spies
Refund Guarantee For Syrup of Tarif From Fox Brow
A signed notice offers refunds on Green’s warranted Syrup of Tarif. customers paying 25 cents may get a full refund if the cough or cold remains untreated. The guarantee promises satisfaction or money back.
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Fox Brow
Times Job Printing Ready For Your Wants
When you want anything in the line of job printing The Times can supply your wants in first class shape.
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The
Times
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His Wife
Goose
Chicago Wholesale and Mail Order House
Foley Shoney
Q. W Frost
Seventh Street
Washington, D. Cc
W.H. Irish
A.M. Warden
Trudge
Sauve
A. B. Severson
N.M. Oscar
Circuit
E. c. Alvord
Solicis
J.smith
N. G. Mertens
Hugo Nelson
Job
Fieseth
Pol
Gity
Usen
H. P. Axenberg
E. BE. Renfield
Washburn Public Library Board
N.N. Oscar
W.J. Trish
Bryan
W. J. Irish
Charles Peterson
Wm. O'Neil
A. Oscar
EK Bryan
James A. Sheridan
Pastor's . Pin
Core Street and
Seventh Ave
West
M. M. Sweet
Washburn, Wis
H. A. Robinson and
G. Broman
Pratt, Wisconsin
St.john's Episcopal Church
Pallifer
Father Dunstan
Benedict
Methodist Episcopal
Trave
Munn & Co
Scientific American
All
F St
Washington, D. C
C. Gutekunst
M. E. Rev
N.S. Hanson
Congregational Church
JR Wise, ’Astor
Christian Endeavor
Lippincott's
Washington
Ninth Street
United States Patent Office
Tom Northwestern Farmer
Farm and Home Journal
Cragz
C.d.babcock
Northwestern Farmer
Manominee, Mich
Craings
Washburn
Washburn and Iron
River Express
Canada
Alaska
China
Japan
A.M. Cleland
St. Paul
Minn
B. Duffy
Paris
London Globe
Central Postoffice
Far East
Havre
Marseilles
Cherbourg
Southampton
Asia
O. Ry
South
Ashland Junction
Ashland
Northwestern
WIS. Central Trains
Mail and Express
Limited
Josephine Turck Baker
Evanston, Il
Hollister
Becky Mountain
Ho Uster
Dave Gompany
Madison
Wis
Orin
Syd
Q. W. Frost
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