Molly and Claude Sealed By Fireside Rescue
Molly flees to her aunt but falls after leaping the Fence during a stormy night. Claude finds her and carries her home, doctors and servants aiding as she recovers. In time they confess love and become engaged, easing the Earl’s long-held fears and memories of his wife.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Molly
Cromwell
Betty
Tabby
Claude
Stanton
Mary Draper
Mary
Evelyna
England
Ireland
Mavourneen
Lady Molly
Young Stanton
Earl
Darce
Claude Stanton
Mike
Iver
Pigeons Followed Ship on Gulf Voyages
Capt. Cowdy of the British steamship Cayo Manzanillo shows homing pigeons locate their lofts across long ocean passages. Belgian birds once lost from Vera Cruz returned to the ship from as far as 500 miles away, and a 200 mile inland test to Mexico City saw them fly straight back to Vera Cruz and the vessel. One bird that disappeared during a storm later reappeared, then flew off, suggesting a bid to reunite with the ship.
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Cowdy
Cayo Manzanillo
Galveston
Gulf
Vera Cruz
Condy
Mexico
Capt. Condy
Capt. Cowdy
Houston Post
Spriggins
Making Gold Roses From Real Flowers in North Chicago
Real pink roses are transformed into metal rosebud hatpins at a North Chicago factory. The process preserves every vein and leaf while hardening the petals beyond destruction, producing accurate, fragrance cue rose forms for jewelry stores.
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Chicago
Wanted to Be Peaceful. Mrs Henry Farman Interview Tale
In New York Mrs Henry Farman wife of the noted aeronaut says Americans show naïveté. She recalls a Brooklyn luncheon where a child asks his mother what birthday gift she bought for a boy named Harold and why she bought it to pacify him. The anecdote humorously contrasts politeness with blunt requests.
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Henry Farman
New York
Brooklyn
Harold
The Cause of St Stella What bankrupted him
A clipped note from the New York Sun discusses the cause of a man’s ruin, with his wife Bella dressing to mask the sign of bankruptcy and keep public perception from mistaking his financial collapse.
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St. Stella
Bella
New York Sun
Butterflies Found Near North Pole Emerge After Warming
Mountain climbers report frozen butterflies lying on snow, so delicate they break if mishandled. Brought to warmer climate, these frozen insects recover and fly. Six copies of butterflies were found within a few hundred miles of the north pole.
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North Pole
Green Flag in Battle and Irish Regiments
A Chicago Inter-Ocean account recalls Irish regiments in the Union Army flying green flags besides blue. Stories include Pat delaying a capture to fetch a comrade, a Chicago Irish regiment delaying cartridge in battle, Casey at Bull Run holding the line, a captain with a shovel over sword, General Morgan and General Stanley aiding buried dead, and a sergeant recounting capturing a rebel flag and earning the rank of Sergeant Spriggins.
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Indiana
Dallas
Ife
Pat
General Gross
Casey
Bull Run
Kenesaw
J.D. Morgan
Davis
Cheatham
I. S. Stanley
Fourth Corps
Morgan
Inter-Orean
Sergeant Spriggins Reveals Wilderness Action That Won His Chevions
At a Old Soldiers club meeting a veteran recounts a Civil War Wilderness firefight. Corporal Spriggins led a scouting party of ten into enemy shadows and encountered twenty five to thirty Confederates. The moments tested nerve and marked his military distinction.
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Old Soldiers’ Club
Spriggins
Detroit Free Dress
Bad Men of Southwest and Civil War Memories
A farmer lad recounts his Civil War service in the 8th New York Light Artillery and brutal combat near Goldsboro North Carolina. He recalls fallen comrades buried and a desertion execution, then shifts to anecdotes about Kinch West Johnson and Frank James, noting connections and surprising traits observed at a hotel register and a St. Louis fair vaccination.
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New York State
8Th
New York Light Artillery
Goldsboro
N.C
Frank James
Kind West Johnson
New York
Kinc West
New York Telegraph
Southwest
Dennison, Tex
Mr. West
Kinch
Dennison
Kinch West Johnson
Kinch West
Young Johnson
Fair Grounds
St. Louis
Frank
Odd Facts From The World And Science Curiosities
A collage of remarkable stats and curiosities spans populations, library holdings, zoology, fossil skulls at Yale, Philippine coal output, breadmaking machinery in Lyon, and India’s rail coal sourcing from Natal, suggesting global trends and quirky measurements in a late 19th or early 20th century style.
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Thomas A Kempis
Yale University
Philippine Islands
Humor Exchange Across Newspapers and Clubs
A collage of humor lines from various newspapers and magazines shows quick wits on marriage, money, law, and daily life. Jokes poke at domestic life, work, travel, and social manners with brisk one liners and sharp contrasts, reflecting early 20th century light entertainment.
Creditor and Editor Clash on Bills and Manuscripts
In a quoted exchange from the Cleveland Leader a creditor complains that his bill sent a month ago was ignored because the editor noted on the back to call and settle. The editor states they pay no attention to manuscripts written on both sides.
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Cleveland Leader
Not about life insurance or bread but worth in work
A reflection that a man’s value isn’t measured by assets or consumption. It compares life insurance to a baker who eats all his bread, suggesting character matters more than material policy. The quotation signals prudence in evaluating effort over possessions.
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Calcutta
India
Natal
Bengal
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Earl Darce
Lizzie Saunders
British Museum
Lyon
France
Barker
Umpher
Puck
Cleveland
Boston Transcript
Philadelphia Record
Rich
Benedict
Eben
Washington Star
Willie
Chicago Daily News
Johnny
Stone
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