Fragmentary lyric fragment from historical column
A fragmentary verse reflects personal anxiety about duties at a hall during a week of responsibility. The speaker laments needing to cook and sweep and fears the weight of Bach lor a Hall duties while noting a spouse’s absence and feeling overwhelmed.
Count Du Bois Proposes To Bessie In European Tour
Col. Gaylord leads an American party touring London Paris Rome and Switzerland where Count Du Bois declares love for Bessie the niece. Repeated refusals and comic countermoves follow as the count pleads at hotels, on stairs, and in the Coliseum shadows, with the colonel offering blunt advice and a ten dollar bribe to stay from despair.
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Col. Gaylord
Bessie
London
Paria
Count du Bois
Countess du Bois
Monsieur
USA
Paris
Rome
Switzerland
Miss Lizzie Johnson Case of Casey Illuminates Strong Spirit
The Casey Ill resident Lizzie L Johnson has endured an eighteen year battle with a crippling neural affliction while remaining fully devoted to Christian missions. She funds five Indian pastors, two Bible women, three Chinzei seminary scholarships in Nagasaki, Bible workers in China, and a pastor in Africa. Revenue comes from selling silk bookmarks bearing scripture and poetry, with extensive correspondence managed personally despite a constant workload. Her family, led by her retired father, resides in Casey and supports her charitable efforts.
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Casey
Ill
Lizzie L. Johnson
India
Chinzei Seminary
Nagasaki
Japan
China
Africa
Cunningham
Mss Johnson
Woman's Foreign Missionary Societies
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Novel Cost Mine opens two coal pits near Shel b i n a Missouri
A coal operator near Shel bina Missouri opened two mines offering union and nonunion labor. Eleven men started in the nonunion mine and fifteen in the union mine. Both mines pay on the same scale.
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Shelbina
Union
Art in Home Decoration and wall coverings
Decorators say room purpose guides choice of wall coverings. Plain papers calm living rooms, self-toned stripes seem solid. Big flowered papers suit a guest chamber with a pale plain ceiling for balance.
EX-EMPRESS EUGENIE SHAPED FATE OF FRANCE AND EUROPE
The article portrays Eugenie Montijo as a world traveled, powerful figure who shaped France’s destiny through marriage to Napoleon III. It notes her enduring beauty and intelligence, her later life in Farnborough, and her belief she may live to 100. It recalls her rise, widowhood, and the striking contrast of a life of glory and quiet domestic shrines.
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Eugenie
Egypt
Suez Canal
Far East
South Africa
France
Napoleon
Eugenie Montijo
Europe
Oxford Street
Emprese Eugenie
Chislehurst
Farnborough
Prince Imperial
Eugene
Spain
Maria Kirkpatrick
Napoleon HT
Woman's Social Power Shapes A Church Community
A pastor's wife, praised for kindness and sociability, greeted newcomers at a church door and collected addresses to foster contact. Her quiet diplomacy revived a declining congregation, transforming it into a lively social and spiritual center known for its welcoming handshake.
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William J. Peck
The
Ledger Monthly
Chicken Policeman Chickens and Kittens in Gentle Turmoil
An orphaned Plymouth Rock chick grows tame and bold at home. He raids tables for mashed potatoes, breaks up kitten duels by pecking heads, and earns the nickname Chicken Policeman after a puppy rescues the troubled birds. The tale appears in the Cincinnati Commercial Tribune.
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Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Elephants Trained in Physical Culture for Circus Feats
An advance agent for Ringling Brothers explains that elephants undergo daily winter training in Baraboo Wisconsin to develop strength and coordination for tricks. Trainer Pearl Souders leads sessions, including sitting upright on tubs and balancing on neighbors, aided by windlass hoists for neck and shoulder work. The method keeps elephants fit for pyramids and other acts, though the trainer resists the term physical culture.
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Ringling Brothers’ Circus
Baraboo
Wis
Pearl Souders
Souders
Sauders
Kansas City Star
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