How He Got His Commission
Major Alan Wharton rewards Sergeant Willard Farnum for exposing a ruse that robbed B company pay. Farnum and Wharton outwitted Indians, faced danger, and, after a tense investigation, Farnum earns a commission while the paymaster’s funds are recovered for the unit.
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Alan Wharton
West
Willard Farnum
Far Fnum
Parvum
McKeuut
Flint
Kenna
Tarnum
Fargum
Madlona
Wharton
Rto
Jim
Weator
Farnum
Fernvum
Farquin
Bia
McKenna
paya@aster
Mouna
Siegscost
Morrie Wenn
Why Me Waa Timid Timed Speech Fragment
A fragmented dialogue centers on fear and social avoidance. A toll anthropic figure explains avoiding agreeable and interesting people leads to life insured in a bad company. The text preserves archaic phrasing and fragmentary quotation.
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Tom 4
Tollanthrope
A Baby Elephants Prank Delights and Endangers Mother
An English observer recalls a form of elephants in the timber trade where a baby elephant tricks its mother. The youngster theatrically obstructs a log, then releases it causing the mother to stumble and fall, before the driver calms the situation with a whispered warning. The botched prank ends with the mother showing care, and the baby later receiving consolation.
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Bown
Hla
Magic Top Spins Odd Marks On Paper
A sharpened lead pencil is placed into an empty spool and a small plug inserted to grip the winding string. The resulting top is said to be magical, leaving unusual marks as it spins rapidly across soft white paper.
Triplet Glasses Experiment Setup in Three Glasses
A brief note describes an easy experiment using three old fashioned champagne glasses and two wooden sticks plus penholders. The illustration shows the arrangement and invites tentative trial to observe the setup and motion.
Leopard's Spots Puzzle and Glasses Trick
The excerpt describes balancing glasses to hit a precise point and then attempts a follow up with four glasses. It includes a quirky verse about a leopard and notes a German professor and Herr von B discussing a Jeopard's change. The playful pieces hint at a zoo visit and observations of behavior.
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Bald x
Herr von B
Tyo
Ven Kloty
Queen Alberta's Coronation Victory Unites Two Kingdoms
In a tale of a young Queen Alberta, power struggles among nobles threaten her coronation. Prince Adelbert, son of King John, steps forward with a bold claim and love, winning the queen’s favor by offering himself and a union to unite their kingdoms. Boniface the ambassador aids the momentous reveal ending the feud.
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Alberta
Manarch
Mng
John
Adelbert
Alverta
Jobo
Boniface
Gala
Heaid
Frince Adelbert
Surgeon's Tools Shrink in Modern Operations
A New York Postgraduate Medical School staffer notes a surgeon can carry all necessary appendix tools in a small pocketed package. He recounts faster operations, fewer tools, and the shift from heavy sets to precision hand forged instruments reflecting United States craftsmanship and advances in sterilization.
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New York Postgraduate Medical School
United States
Fourneyman
Tvory Sui
New York Post
Suburb of Their Own in Washington’s Rural Dream
A group of six Washington newspaper men plan Adburbia a secluded, streetsless rural suburb near Chevy Chase. They will build low rambling log bungalows on twenty three acres of forested land with dirt roads, kept private from outsiders by a suburban trust.
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Washington
The
Washington Post
Plana
Chevy Chaseway
Clean Deinking Manor
Chevy
Chase
Nick Jones
Suburban Trust
Doct ors Up In A Balloon Pirot Ascension In Interest
A Philadelphia balloon ascent by Dr Samuel Jottinger and Dr T Cunhners Fulton aims to advance physiological research. They reached over three miles, observed extreme altitudes, and collected data on nervous and respiratory diseases, blood circulation, and meteorology with instruments from the Weather Bureau and medical societies. The 55 000 cubic foot balloon was lent by the Aero Club of New York and prepared under Professor Charles King.
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Pirot
Philadelphia
Samuel Jottinger
T. Cunhners Fulton
Jo@erson Medical colleges
Saya A
Philadelphia Special Dispatch
New York
Media
Aero Club of New York
Charles King
Aeronautics
United States Weather Bureau
Farm solves scarcity with powered milking and chores
A practical farmer near Winsted Conn named B. B. Moore claims a milking machine, gas engine, and electric motor solve farm labor. The World notes he powers wood sawing, cutting, goat and sheep shearing, milking cows, milk separation, butter churning, laundry, lighting and house burning with this setup.
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B. B. Moore
Winsted
Conn
New York World
Moove'y
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Llocal Law Institute
Brinacle
Folin Scullin
Scullin
Illinois Central
Chicago
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the Heeling
Ilinois Central Railroad Company
Nelson
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Illnois Central Railroad
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A. Herring
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HOORK
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Repton
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Humphreys' Medicine Co
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Hollister
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