Annete’s tale begins in Tenerife and London
A young woman narrates her bereavement and flight from Tenerife to England after her father's death. She recalls their ruin, contemplates living with cousin Elizabeth Fitzgeorge, and arrives at a London townhouse seeking shelter. A mysterious miniature with the inscription M. F. and Dollie’s love hints at future connections.
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Dad
Garvin Tremaine
England
Canaries
Tenerife
Santa Cruz
Carlotta
Missy
Elizabeth Fitzgeorge
Garvin
Annette
Elizabeth
Fitzgeorge
Tremaines
New Zealand
Nan
London
Ryves
Tilbury Docks
King’s Mansions
Ireland
Usband
Mr. Mohun Fitzgeorge
M. F
Dollie
Mr. Mohun
Mohun Fitzsedge
Jail Chaplain Explains Silence in Church Sermons
A church congress debated why congregants leave during sermons. A young preacher boasted his flock never leaves, claiming his dull style keeps them. It turns out he is the jail chaplain, explaining their quiet attention through confinement.
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Chicago Daily News
Chicago News
Washington Star
Herlock Sholmes
New York
Brooklyn
Philadelphia Press
Peck
Paris
Beck
Los Angeles Herald
Mike
Boston Courier
Delayed Meals Spark Tense City Kitchen Scene
A fragment recalls a rude exchange in a crowded dining room where a colored man-of-all-work insists on serving despite delays. The piece juxtaposes harsh humor with a critique of kitchen labor under pressure. Separately, Scranton’s Central Labor Union plans a $50,000 temple for trades unions, signaling strong labor organization activity in the city.
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Central Labor Union of
Scranton
Trades Unions
Tas Ciigs
The War Time Pickets at a Confederate House
A detail from Dwight R. Scott of Worcester Massachusetts guards a Confederate house near Warrenton Virginia. The wife of a Confederate officer fools the guards while her husband plots to seize rations. Scott and seven men capture four mounted infiltrators, a pig and chickens, then escort the spoils back to Union lines. The tale lauds Lincoln era sacrifice and marks McKinley’s reflection on American volunteers.
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Massachusetts
Warrenton
Dwight R. Scott
US V. L
Worcester
Mass
Tebel
Scott
Potter
Tenth Massachusetts
Lincoln
Papa
America
Ben
Appomattox
Lee
Grant
Abe Lincoln
American Tribune
William McKinley
McKinley
Humorous Exchanges Spark Reader Laughs Across Papers
A collage of brief witticisms and quips from 19th and early 20th century papers. Jests cover poverty pride doctors and scholars, with lines about singing to babies, alarms, divorces, and social manners. Notable snippets include remarks on doctors deference and the moral paradoxes of wealth and poverty, reflecting newspaper humor of the era.
Interesting ttem a
The excerpt lists odd facts and claims about costs and quantities, noting the St Gothard tunnel cost per area, foreigner percentages in Holland, candle versus gas light, Japan’s fashion stability, Vienna organ grinders hours, Canada fuel supply, Ontario coal absence, and peanut protein compared to steak energy per ten-cent portion.
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St. Gothard
Holland
Japan
Vienna
Canada
Ontario
Prof
Jaffa
The
State University At
Berkeley, Cal
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Everybody's Magazine
Cleveland Leader
Louisville Courier- Journal
Catholic Standard and Times
Nell
Maude
Belle
Philadelphia Record
Green
de Short
Brown
Bobby
Detroit Free Press
Brakeley
Markley
Plaven
Mr. Wyss
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