A Wife's Devotion at a Texas Ranch Grave
An Indianapolis Journal feature recounts a English widow on a Texas ranch who kept her husband buried in the yard, living alone with a piano, library, and magazines. She endures isolation, maintains his grave site and a half-open gate, and awaits joining him in the afterlife with unwavering fidelity.
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Indianapolis
Texas
Lone Star
Indianapolis Journal
Sierra Madra Mountains
Capt. Follett
England
Fier Ranch House
Plano
Must your faithful swain obtain a word at last
The verse addresses Phyllis and the speaker Sir Charles Sedley, lamenting a muted passion and asking if love must fade without a single word. The speaker recalls months of silence and fiery desire, urging Phyllis to acknowledge his plight and explain.
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Phyllis
Charles Sediey
Czar’s Ring and the True Cross Relic tale
The czar of Russia is portrayed as deeply superstitious, trusting a ring said to hold a piece of the true cross. Originally Vatican treasures, the relic was given to an ancestor for diplomatic reasons. A famous incident shows pride in the ring after a nine hour delay when a messenger retrieved it from St Petersburg to Moscow, keeping the train halted until its return.
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Russia
Vatican
Seeuie
St. Petersburg
Moscow
Toothless Creature Puzzles Kindergarten Class
A playful classroom moment shows a teacher guiding a lesson on edentate animals. Young David volunteers and asks for an example of a toothless creature, sparking giggles as the class explores the idea. The exchange ends with a humorous misstep as a student calls out grandma.
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Order of Edentata
Tean
David
Grandma
Cam
Modeling as a New European Fad in Art Pets and Portraits
The piece portrays modeling as a rising fad across Europe, with princesses and empresses cited as practitioners. It discusses materials like wax, clay, and plastique, notes clay as cheapest at six cents a pound, and urges beginners to seek lessons and invest in basic tools and a modeling table before attempting figures such as domestic animals.
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Europe
Valdemar
Denmark
Princess Valdemar
Royal Copenhagen
Russia
Victoria
Tom Lynch and the mud rescued wagon tale
In a vivid circus reminiscence, Tom Lynch recalls a nine‑ring event where a ten‑ton wagon sank in mud. He describes hitching 38 horses and 100 men, then enlisting Babe and Mandy the elephants to push, finally lifting the wagon as mud flew and tempers flared.
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Tom” Lynch
Voss
Tom
Babe
Mandy
Cale
National Pantheon to Honor Mexican Greats in Mexico City
The Mexican government plans a national pantheon in Mexico City with an estimated cost of 5 million dollars. It will serve as both a memorial and burial place for the nation’s great men.
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Mexico
Fitz as a Practical Joker in Bath Beach
Bob Fitzsimmons, known for humor and horseplay, devised a cruel joke with forged horseshoes for visitors at his Bath Beach home. He tossed a hot iron shoe in pincers toward a guest, who instinctively raised his hands and stepped back as the shoe dented the floor, prompting Fitzsimmons to joke about waking him up.
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Bob Fitzsimmons
Bob
Bath Beach
Pye
Fitz
Surgeon Belisario Sasa Heads to New York Study Tour
Dr Belisario Sasa a notable surgeon from Tima Peru departs for New York to study the latest advances in medicine and surgery and will report his observations thereafter.
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Belisario Sasa
Tima
Peru
New York
Northwest in the Lead Emigration and Cross-border Citizen Exchange
The Northwest states remain ahead of Canada by about 2 million people in the ongoing exchange of citizens as emigration trends continue to favor northward movement toward British Columbia.
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Northwest
British Columbia
Canada
Ideals Before Money In an Age of Wealth Worship
The piece argues that modern society worships money and materialism, citing examples of great figures who declined lucrative lectures to preserve ideals. It recalls Agassiz Sumner Spurgeon and Emerson as models of integrity, noting a youthful era of generous idealism in college days.
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Agassiz
Charles Sumner
Iy Drlee
Massachusetts
Spurgeon
America
London
Emerson
Francia Bellamy
Germans in Great Britain population figures
The report states 150000 Germans living in Great Britain and the Colonies, compared with 120000 in Austria, 112000 in Switzerland, 100000 in Russia, and an unspecified figure for France.
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Great Britain
Colonies
Austria
Switzerland
Russia
France
Eight Year Old Stops Continuous Singing Across Street
Chicago Inter Ocean recounts Braley who endured hours of a neighbor girl’s singing until he taped a window sign declaring a “Continuous performance” crackdown. The tale follows his growing misery from admiration to irritation as the girl across the street endlessly belts popular airs.
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Chicago
Braley
Chicago Inter Ocean
Dreams of the Blind and Their Sensations in Dreams
A lifelong blind man describes how his dreams rely on sound and motion rather than visual images. He explains that shapes exist for him mainly as mental impressions of color and light, but dream content consists almost entirely of voices and auditory sensations.
Extraordinary case shows jury unable to speak English
In Southwark, a barrister recounted a Whitechapel county court action where jurors could not state a verdict because none knew English. The judge, solicitors, and jury had engaged in proceedings with the assumption they understood English. The remark noted that the jury spoke Yiddish, not English.
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London Express
Sunset Poem Fragment on Prairie Sky and Night
Fragmentary verse describes a sunset over a prairie field two miles beyond a town. It conjures orange red skies and lingering daylight as the sun sinks, with imagery of a night horizon and a shifting mood from day to night.
Malayan Tree Dwellers Sakais Build Tree Homes
The Sakais of the Malay Peninsula inhabit forked trees a dozen feet high, reaching houses by bamboo ladders that can be drawn up. Dwellings are bamboo shacks with rattan bound floors. the people are small, pale, and lack religion, idols, or a written language.
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Malay Peninsula
New Yar Herald
New York's Big Hotels Grow to Seventy Five
In a New York Letter the writer notes about sixty first class hotels in the city and the addition of fifteen more will raise the total to seventy five. A stacked building of that many hotels would be 750 stories high, cover seventeen acres, and cost 75 million dollars. It would hold 22,500 bedrooms and accommodate 50,000 guests daily.
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New York
Etty
Giants Promising Center Rush Material In Football
The Sporting News notes a trend of oversized high school players entering college football. 18-year-olds at 6 to 8 feet and 200 to 250 pounds are described as promising material for centers, raising questions about the source of growth and whether the game adapts to the athletes or vice versa.
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Ivery Football University
Atx
Sporting News
The Care of Locomotives Portrayed by Proud Engineers
The Newburyport News notes engineers and firemen take pride in their locomotives. They polish brass and enamel, keep cabs clean despite cinders and waste, and treat the engine almost as a living thing, with the engineer seated by the lever feeling genuine pride in the great machine.
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Newburyport News
Wealthy merchant to cook brother in Asia draft note
A Chicago Tribune report notes a domestic tale from Asia and the Malay Peninsula. One brother is a rich merchant sending funds to the other, once a restaurant cook on Clark Street. The draft is payable in New York and asks the recipient to visit brother Thomas in Texas along the way.
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New York
Faroff Asia
Thomas
Kiss Me Now Or Remember Later In Phrased Verse
A lyric meditation on fleeting joy and forgetfulness in a romantic encounter. The speaker pleads for present bliss while fearing the future weight of memory and aging. The lines evoke a Philadelphia poet’s voice, with passion and wistful reflection.
Morgan's Quiet Rebuke at Wall Street Duel
A recalled 19th century exchange between J Pierpont Morgan and John W Gates during Gates heavy market and race rack plunges. Morgan warns Gates against public display, Gates replies doors are open. Morgan tells him doors were made to shut before they part in New York press.
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Mr. Gates
Mr. Morgan
New York
The Janitor Philosopher Says Size Isn’t All
A fragment quotes a janitor philosopher saying size does not determine insight. He claims Thor is seen more clearly through keyholes than a large window, illustrating a playful view on perspective and perception.
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Thor
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