Wild wager wins by dandy hunter on Scotchman's ground
Virginia tale recalls Jack Mason, a fearless youth famed for wild escapades. He bets a horse he can shoot on a Scot’s land with permission from an unseen owner. A dapper lad appears at dawn, shoots birds on a level wheat field, while dogs and a stringed decoy helper execute flawless work. The owner, enraged then awed, learns the mystery hunter is Elven, and Mason wins the bet.
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Jack Mason
Alexander Hunter
Oitig
Theldeeks
North
Virginia
Ned Vuritan
Cheristryz
Jock Masott
Tentines
Ie Yong Planters
Taro
Adduil
Warwick Hall
Court
Wader Rupert
Mrs Dintr Wi Be a Tinsy Woman at Exposition Board
Mrs Dintr Blair is named president of the ladies managers board for the Louisiana Purchase Exposition in St. Louis. The body may advise on a suitable building design and could gain full power to erect a structure with national commission oversight. Blair, a prominent society figure, is praised for organizing and elevating music in St. Louis and wields wide Washington and national connections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dintr Wi
St. Louis Worth
Thurs Lawrence Hat
Board of
Indy
St. Louis
Iadtest
Mes. Clair
National Commission
Blair
James Lawrence Blair
Washington
New York
Philadelphia
San Francisco
Chicago
Morning Choral Club
Midiocrety
Anra Blatt
Exposition Company
Woman's Department
St! Louia
American Dorothy Tennant Tops Stage Debut Plans in Foothathte
American Dorothy Tennant, famed California socialite and debutante, prepares for the stage as Alice Laughham in Richard Harding Davis' Soldiers of Fortune. A trained actress from the American Academy of Dramatic Arts, she excels in shooting, driving, swimming, and other athletic pursuits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorothy Tennant
Dorothy ‘Tennant
Henry M. Stanley
Dorothy Tennan
San Francisco
Wanted to Get in He Seeks Entrance to Library Door
A long countryside man stands outside the Library of Congress reading room, hoping admission. He asks how much it costs to be a member, saying he belongs to a lodge but cannot afford much. Three congressmen enter, ignored his plea, and he remains hopeful for entry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Library of Congress
Congress
New York
Aneer Humors and the Russians Fear in Afghan Tale
Asinife Huwer recounts an anecdote from a public dinner where an excited native prostrates before the ameer and urges watchful eyes for Russian invasion. The tale, seen as evidence of trust in Russia or as quaint oriental humor, ends with a remark on Afghan attitudes and satire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Asinife Huwer
Ameer Abdur Rahman Khan
Stephen Wheeter
Ameers Ufe
Sahibjie
Addbon
Russia
Afghanistan
A Chinaman’s Protest Reflects Foreign Perceptions
The Peking Gazette contrasts how Chinese in foreign lands are treated with how they are perceived at home. It notes foreigners speak differently yet are not labeled devils, while Chinese visitors in other countries receive courtesy, hospitality, and cultural gifts. The piece warns some laundrymen in this country may disagree with this view.
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Peking Gazette
China
France
England
America
Japan
Spain
South America
Light Without Light We Perceive Via Brain Nerves
The Chamberals Journal notes that perception of light or sound can occur without the retina or ear functioning, as nerve stimulation reaching the brain suffices to evoke light or sound and even questions how many ghosts could be destroyed by such processes.
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Chambera! Journal
Answered as She fest A Formal Visitor and Girl
A formal visitor asks a little girl how she is. The girl replies very well and then, unexpectedly, tells the visitor to ask how she is. The exchange ends with the girl indicating she does not want to know the visitor’s wellbeing.
Vocabulary Impresses Daughters In New Wing
In a grand palace setting the daughter receives praise for her splendid vocabulary. The exchange notes a preference for a vocabulary over a desk or escritoire, with a playful remark about furniture and wit. The Chicago Record-Herald quote frames the scene as a social anecdote about education and refinement.
Young Bos War Historian Captures Washington Attention
A young historian, the eight year old grandson of Hon J W Foster, secretary of state in Harrison's administration, is said to be the youngest Bos war historian. His work is circulating widely in Washington.
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Allen Welsh Dulles
J. W. Foster
Arrison
Washington
One Wife Too Many Digamist Dialogue From Toronty Moon
The fragment records Mrs Wederly reacting to her husband’s paper and a digamist joke. The exchange centers on marriage, satire, and newspaper banter as the couple discuss a possible account of the doings of a digamist. The tone mirrors a quarrel of wits and social mores.
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Hila
Mrs. Wederly
Toronty Moon
The Art of Interrogation and Impertinence
A discussion on asking questions as a social skill. Well asked questions aid understanding and ease, while coercive or insincere questions offend and betray motives. The piece warns against traps improper intrusion, stressing respectful, purposeful inquiry as essential to conversation.
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Loudon
Odd Notions of Women in Superstition History
A historical column surveys female figures and their superstitions from 19th to early 20th century. It notes Tosa Bonheur keeping a lucky St Anthony image, Caroline Merscheirm firmly linking morning meetings with star signs, George Eliot under the influence of a hunchback figure, Lady Millnis fearing doom on sidewalk cracks, Harriet Beecher Stowe hoarding worn toothbrushes, and Queen Victoria’s belief in ring removal and a lucky Manx cat, reflecting widespread beliefs.
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Tosa Bonheur
St. Anthony of Padua
Caroline Mersche
George Eliot
Lady Millnis
Fragmentary quote on love and pride in Globe text
A fragmented line discusses a woman's love for a man pushing to distraction and others mistreating her for lacking pride, attributed to the Globe. The garbled OCR fragment suggests social judgment around romantic dynamics.
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Globe
Purgative Pleasure for Constipation Promoted by Dewitt Pills
Dewitt’s Little Marty livery purges biliousness with a pleasant effect. The pills clear the liver and rid the system of bile without gripe or sickness, restoring strength. W H Jowell of Houston Texas endorses Little Barry for constipation and headaches. sold by all druggists.
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Dewitt
Marty
Jowell
Houston
Texas
Little Barry
G DeWitt & Co
Chicago
The Pleasure of Hating and Digestive Remedies
An old advertisement promotes ixodal dyspepsia cure claiming it digests food, sweetens the stomach, and improves nutrition for the whole family. It lauds Rocky Mountain vea as a family blessing and pitches remedies for chronic throat troubles and bronchitis with generic, non-specific claims.
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Aood
Arakes
Rocky Mountain
Fragmentary Advice on Cold Remedy from a Quackish Note
A garbled vintage note offers home remedy tips for a cold. It suggests soaking feet in hot water with raw salts, taking a spoonful of a vain killer, and ending with Baio ailler in hot sweetened water at bedtime.
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Verry Davis
Baio Ailler
I Never Knew Pain Miller to Fail before what can the matter be
A reader asserts doubt about Pain Miller and questions the efficacy and origin of a pain killer claiming the druggist made it himself. The note mentions long use for diarrhoea cramps and stomach aches and concludes it never failed.
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Pain Miller
Perry Davis
Consumption and the necessity of early treatment with Scott's Emulsion
The piece argues that only neglected consumption is dangerous and urges prompt use of Scott's Emulsion to cure or halt the disease. It promotes free samples from Scott & Lowne, chemists in New York, and claims the product has helped thousands. It also includes stray humorous dialogue about mothers-in-law from a Boston Traveller excerpt.
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Scott
Fragmented adage of riding humility and a Greensburg cure
The piece blends a comic quip about a boy learning to ride and a Greensburg Louisiana man praising a health tonic. Welland claims two years of indigestion and sleepless nights were cured by Kodol Nya hepsla cure, restoring restful sleep. The ad mentions Rocky Mountain tea and cosmetic advice, with 35c Schultz offering products.
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Malland
Greensburg
le Welland
Humphreys Medicine Co Book Promotes Cure All
An antihomopathic ad lists remedies for multiple diseases including lung fever dysentery and indigestion. It promotes a book mailed prepaid on receipt of price from Humphreys Medicine Co at William and John Streets New York.
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C. C
Orient
Price
Humphreys’ Medicine Co
Cor
William & John Streets
New York
Very Low Rail Fares to South and West from Cities
Railway sale announces exceptionally low round trip fares from St. Louis Chicago Louisville and Cincinnati to New Orleans Atlanta Mobile Montgomery Birmingham Pensacola and several western points with twenty one day return validity and stopovers on the way. The notice urges travelers to inspect literature and request maps from Louisville and Nashville Railroad officials for further details.
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Hot Springs
Chicago & North-Western Ry
Missouri Valley
Omaha
Black Hills
Sioux City
Lincoln
Hastings
Superior
Nebraska
Iowa
Dakotas
Chicago & North-Western Railway
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Vy. A
Lawisvile and Nashville Railroad
St. Louis
Deansville
Lawisville
Cinemoati
Kenturky-Tennessee
New Orleans
Athenita
Aobile
von Montgomery
New Anguns
Uoustan
Dacksonslle
Florida
Poitite
Tate
Atlatba
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Jack Jasons Waver
Sepichtman
James G, Blatr
Mpa
Bullngtons
Josiah
Voley
Sqott & Lowne
Pearl Street
Frank
Little Chronicle
Schultz
Ayer
U. P. Jolly
Avoca, N.Y
Louisville
Nashville
RFR
C. L. Stone
Miseinet Asume
Fred' Unseath
Coantry Club
Beatom
Mich
Cardus
Madison Cin Ie Cos
Madison
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