Jessica Reconsiders City Life and Returns Home
In a quiet village Jessica longs for life beyond Newton. She travels, faces scandal, financial ruin, and heartbreak, then discovers a letter from Robert revealing his love. She returns to Aunt Priscilla, garden, and a renewed life with Robert by her side.
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Priscilla
Jessica
Marcia
Ancle
Williston
Robert
Aunt Priscilla
Robert Liston
Newton
Frand
Stock Exchange
Blue Blood and the Vere de Vere Line
A historical sketch traces the Vere de Vere family's reputed nobility and enduring prestige in England. It notes Macaulay praising their line as one of the most illustrious, Tennyson's homage to their ancient blood, and Aubrey de Vere appearing in Domesday Book as a great holder across Essex Cambridgeshire and Sussex.
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Vere de Vere
Macaulay
de Vere
England
Tennyson
Aubrey de Vere
Essex
Cambridgeshire
Sussex
Tuning forks and insurance facts from historical notes
Tuning forks were invented in 1711 by John Shore, Handel's trumpeter. Premiums for life insurance in this country amount to 50 million annually. Canada has a larger railway mileage per population than any other country. The first 100 earned by Chauncey M. Depew was left untouched in Peekskill Savings Bank, deposited in 1861.
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John Shore
Handel
Canada
Country
Chauncey M. Depew
Peekskill Savings Bank
Life’s Greatest Happening of a Boy Running Home
A boy recalls a dramatic childhood moment when he ran away on a mule to the Black Hills to fight Indians. After a night’s ride he finds himself at a welcoming farm where his mother reunites him with tears of relief, while his father contemplates punishment. The tale centers on family misunderstandings and the return home.
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Black Hills
Beck
Old Beck
McGuffey
Joe
Cave Creek
Tom Sappington
Mother
Return to the Old Family Home After Long Absence
The narrator recalls a painful reunion with a highly sensitive child and family members as tears flow. He reflects on a long, difficult journey west and a providential morning return to the ancestral house after many winters of hardship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe
Far West
Federal Aid Debate at UT Faculty Stirs national concern
The Times-Herald reports UT's faculty criticizing the Towner Sterling bill for federal education aid. It argues federal grants raise taxes, inflate national authority, and can restrict state and local funding freedom, warning citizens that heavy federal taxes burden states and impede desirable local spending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Times-Herald
University of Texas
Hall's Catarrh Medicine Claims Cure for Deafness
Catarrhal deafness cannot be cured by local applications. a constitutional remedy is required. Hall's Catarrh Medicine claims to act through the blood to reach mucous surfaces and restore the Eustachian tube. The ad guarantees one hundred dollars for any case not cured, pricing at 75 cents with free circulars from A. J. Cheney & Co. Toledo, Ohio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hall
A. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
Federal aid described as a Greek gift by Dallas paper
The Dallas Times-Herald notes that federal aid is often viewed as a Greek gift, a seemingly generous offer that can carry hidden costs or long term consequences for cities. The commentary frames aid as something that may undermine self reliance and local planning.
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Troy
Dallas Times-Herald
Overdrawn Budget Sparks Wife’s Sharp Response
Last week the household finances were in trouble and now the realization grows that the account is overdrawn. The wife protests with disbelief, claiming she has half the checks still left to use.
Sun Office Sees Surprise Typewriter Paper Sale
A fragment notes a Sun office listing typewriter paper 81 percent by 11 inches for sale, claiming cheaper prices than elsewhere, with a husband asking what it means.
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Sun
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Twenty-ninth Street
New York
George Clarke Houghton
Houghton
Dyer & Jones
Garland
Garland Market
Ode Crowell
the Drayman
J. W. Davidson Quality Groceries
Vestal Music & Machine Co
Sherman, Texas
Petey
Kellogg’s
Kellogg
W. K. Kellogg
Holley
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