The Capri Sail and a Lost Message
In Naples Stanton plans a last Capri trip with Miss Braddon, hoping to confess his love. She presses him to reveal why he seems unhappy, and he reveals a vow to win Esther Thorn dike and ask for freedom from his wife. She leaves with a final blessing, leaving him torn and ready to return to America.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Naples
Capri
Bay of Naples
Jove
Tf Stanton
Stanton
Mrs. Is
Esther Thorndike
Mr. Stanton
Esther
Abe
Stanton Seeks Solace as News Reaches Braddon Mystery
On December 5, 1893, Stanton arrives in New York and hides in a hotel. A flood of messages welcomes him at home where Esther Thorndike’s card and Jeremiah 40:4 weigh on him. In Brooklyn he meets Thaddeus Braddon’s daughter, recalling a Naples vow as an unknown woman confronts him with a past he cannot reveal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Esther
Papa
Brooklyn
Stanton
Thorndike
America
New York
Miss Braddon
Sam
Esther Thorndike
Mr. Brasdon
Jeremiah
Mia
Neamen
Babylon
Christopher Columbus
Samuel
M'rin
M'rla
Samuel T
Thaddeus Braddon
Jerusalem
Pari
Naples
Quaint Sayings and Reflections on Life and Death
Fragmented reminiscences quote Edward Noyes Westcott and others on desire fate and mortality. The piece recalls philosophy, humor, and a Roman childhood savings story from Smithsonian notes, noting a 1994 date and scattered reflections on character, time, and memory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Noyes Westott
Dwight
Jed
Miscellany of notable names and odd anecdotes
A collage of items mentions Franklin Farrel and daughter Elsie as a stenographer, Sir Ford North contemplating natural history, Boston servants reading classics, Warren Ohio postmaster candidate John Campbell resembling the president, and comic vignettes about a Sioux man in Paris and Ruskin’s limited local appeal in the lake country.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin Farrel
Connecticut
Elsie Farrel
Ford North
England
Boston
Goethe
Schiller
Masschusetts
John Campbell
Warren, O
John
Warren
Noveau Clique
Paris
Bronx
Red Man
Ruskin
London
Brantwood
Irate Boer Anecdote and Boston Smoke Joke
An angry Boer tale depicts misperception of foreigners on a Transvaal farm with Geordie Ferguson guiding shelter. A Boston exchange contrasts trivial sightseeing with a boast about a nickel cigar. The piece cites Guernsey cattle breeders numbering about 12 000 head in the country.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Transvaal
Reo
British South Africa Company
Loer
Geordie Ferguson
Ferguson
Fereguson
Dan Platherty
Cymric
Cincinnati Enquirer
Guarnsey
America
Guernsey
Journal
Armored Trains and Potent Patent Remedies Featured
A mosaic of ads and snippets notes armored trains aiding British forces in the Boer War and promotes patent tonics like Allen's Foot Ease and Putnam Dyes. Humorous quips and readers’ letters weave through questions on marriage, work, and daily life, reflecting a busy urban paper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Archie Young
West Superior
Wis
Trent
Swanson
Mer Alexander Malcott
Vanndale
Ark
Cascarets
Weary Western Canada trip ends in Duhamel Alberta
Thomas Tate writes from Duhamel Alberta in January 1900 about a winter journey to Wetaskiwin and back. He details building a log house and stables, owning ten cows and six horses, and steady work all winter. He notes temperatures from thirty-two below zero to twenty-two above and sends regards to Mr. Hutchison.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hutchison
Thomas Tate
Duhamel
Alberta
Canada
Deafness Cure Claims and Patent Remedies
An article discusses deafness from inflamed Eustachian tube lining and appeals for cures through constitutional remedies. It cites Hall’s Catarrh Cure, Hall’s Family Pills, and a $100 reward for any deafness caused by catarrh cured by these remedies, with testimonials and unrelated notes about other medicines and quack claims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hall
J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Piso
John £. Boyer
Trinity Springs
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J.P. Lippincott Co
Bam
Ainslee
Thomas Wilson
Smithsonian Institute
Osala
Ancient
Rome
B.C
Wilson Fouxe
Wien Alle
Dutchman van
Bunker Hill Monument
Commons
Old South Church
Brookline
College Grounds
Charlestown Navy Yard
New Academy of
Plymouth Rock
Washington
Hostetter
Chicago Evening News
Allen
Rample
Allen 8
Olmsted
le Roy
N.Y
Ian
Farmer
Salzer
Catal
John A. Salzer
Brown
Tauiday
Putnam
Monroe Drug Co
Unionville
Atchison Globe
Chivego Daily News
Chicago Daily News
Harlem
Western
Melita
Chicago Democrat
Ata
Walla
Ceil
Grand Rapids
Mich
St. Jacobs Oil
Fish Brass
Calaoge RI Tower
Weadena
An. KG
Dol Met
Mane Tetselia
Meurt Waskense
Curt
Addons Sterling Remedy Company
Chicago
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