Easy Money Scheme on a Sure Thing Card Game Tale
An English ranch owner rides a Mississippi side wheel steamer and resists an American trying to dictate terms in a card game. The American bets five dollars that a nonword nictate exists, then proves it by showing the dictionary that defines the term as wink. The playful tale ends with the American claiming the win for the day.
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Enallahman
Checkera
Thia
Los
Eneliehman
Americnan
Menging
A Beasts Claim to Superior Intelligence
A Cras cup orator recounts a dog outsmarting him at home. He describes a yellow puppy solving a corkscrew problem and removing a cork with a rusty button hook, then returns to his wife and friend Deering for reaction.
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Deer
Ing. Crosscup
Deering
Hena Ownership Case Settled by South Jersey Justice
A Philadelphia press anecdote recalls a South Jersey justice of the peace who held many posts and settled a poultry ownership dispute by releasing the hens from a coop to wander home, cutting his own fee and delivering judgment based on the birds’ direction.
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Hena
Jermon
South
Jersey
Pooh Bah Himaef
Jeéermon
Piradelphia Preas
Boston Likes Senator Daniel at Merchants Dinner
Senator John Warwick Daniel of Virginia attended a Boston Merchants Association dinner where a Boston daily praised his appearance and presence. The Virginia senator was described as the cynosure of eyes and the figurative head of the table, exemplifying old stock gentry and the F. F. V. tradition in refined manners.
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Virginia Statesman
John Warwick Daniel
Virginia
Boston Merchants’ Association
Boston Daily
Daniel
Birthday celebration of German Shakespeare figures at Wetwar
Smaneepesee's Birthday Ostenstra marked by a festivity for German Shakespeare revival with English and American guests. Herr Von Postayt of Davarias court theater Munich gave a lecture on Beenery in Shakespeare’s era illustrated by an Elizabethan model. Dr Oachelhoneor presided, a founder of the Society.
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Wetwar
Herr von Postayt
Davarias Court Theater
Munich
Beenery
Shakesseare
Oachelhoneor
No Trace Patient Quip About Crobes in Kisses
A fragment quotes Patrice noting crobes in kisses and a patient remark about no mark left, implying a humorous or evasive exchange. The lines hint at invisibly lingering germs and a casual attitude toward infection in a vintage dialogue.
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Patrice
Concertgoers So Loud They Spoiled a Chamber Evening
A Chicago Journal account describes a chamber concert by a famed string quartet disrupted by two talkative matinee attendees. The chatty pair's neighbors, a patient couple, finally refrained the interrupters with a sharp glance and the performance proceeded to a more enjoyable close.
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Chicago Journal
Yankee drains bog by four inch well method
A Florida west coast resident used a four inch well to tap groundwater in a bog at Nila plantation. Water rose to surface then drained into subterranean channels, drying the bog within hours. The land was plowed and became a valuable truck farm. Scientists say wetlands can be drained similarly with care to keep debris out of the well.
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Florida
Nila Plantation
Grandpa Dutton recalls circus apple-shot stunt
Grandfather Dutton tells of a Nixon and Kemp’s circus act where he aimed rifle balls at an apple on a boy’s head from ten paces. He admits misses occurred but claims there were always plenty of boys to choose from and jokes about waiting after a miss.
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Grandfather Dutton
Nixon & Kemp's Circus
Nebraska Stock Growers Association Officials List
A sanitized ledger lists the Nebraska Stock Growers Association officers and executive committee members with names and hometowns including Rushville Alliance Hyannis Potter Kimball and other small Nebraska communities. The document records roles such as president vice president secretary-treasurer and multiple executive committee members.
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Nebraska Stock Growers Association
A.M. Modisett
Rushville
BR. M Hampton
Alliancn
BR. M Searlett
Treaeurer
Ognn Lu
F. P. Myers
Lena
Rt. Kincaid
Bingham
John Brennan
Alliance
J. BR. Vannoxkirk
Allinners
EF. E. Lowe
Hyannis
John M. Adams
Potter
Fragmented Verse Fragments From A Coastal Scene
A stream of poetic fragments describes mud flats waves and coastlines with imagery of the sea and lake reflections. The text shifts to personified figures and distant hints of places including Westminster and a car scene, blending urban and natural visions in a looping, half coherent flow.
Parkhurst and the Immigrant The English visitor chats with the Reverend
An English visitor spoke with Rev. Charles Parkhurst about Tammany’s New York City election victory. He suggested it stemmed from the immigrant vote. Parkhurst quipped that Adam and Eve would have managed the immigrant if they had been decent people.
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Dn Parkhurst
Charles. Parkhurst
New York City
Christmas Box and Boxing Day origins
The article explains how Christmas box, the alms-box placed in churches on Christmas morning, served to collect donations for the poor. Since the funds were distributed the following day, December 26 became known as Boxing Day.
Spain Sees Rise in Nitrate and Ammonia Imports
A Bilbao report indicates strong likelihood of increased import trade for nitrate of soda and sulphate of ammonia for agriculture as Spain steps up cultivation methods. Bilbao uses about 4 000 tons of nitrate yearly for acids and chemical manures.
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Spain
Bilbao
Survivors of 1877 Electoral Commission Named
Only three of the fifteen members survive the famed 1877 electoral commission ex Senator Edmunds Senator Hoar and Gen Eppa Hunton of Virginia. All five Justices on the commission have long since passed away.
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Electoral Commission
Edmunds
Hoar
Eppa Hunton
Virginia
Supreme Court
German Belgian steamship line eyed Antwerp to Congo
Negotiations continue between the Congo Free State and German shipping firms to establish a steamship service linking Antwerp with the Congo. The talks aim to create a joint German Belgian line operating between the two regions.
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Antwerp
Congo
Congo Free State
Brandon Dog Steals Brooms Habits Thefts
A Brandon Vermont dog has developed a habit of stealing brooms and bringing them home. The owner reports the dog already has about six brooms and cannot determine where they are obtained.
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Brandon
Pro baseball standings tease from Midwest circuit
Lincoln Omaha Chicago St. Louis battle for dominance visible in fragmentary notes. Kansas City and St Louis appear in standings with a win value and city pairings.
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Lincoln
Omaha
Chicago
ST. Josep Kansas
Louis
Official Directory State Officers Listing
An expansive roster of state and county officials including Governor John A. Mickey and Lieutenant Governor FE G Metiliien. It enumerates secretary of state A Galosha, auditor F Mo Searle, attorney general Peter Mortenson, and others across land, court, and city offices with judges and clerks named. Also lists church, fraternal, and civic society heads and local police and fire officials.
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John A. Mickey
FE. G. Metiliien
A. Galosha
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