The Sioux Ghost Dance and its Decline in 1890s America
A historical overview traces the Sioux Ghost Dance from its origins in hopes of a Messiah to its suppression by military and police actions after the Wounded Knee siege. It notes the ritual’s ties to whirl dances, the ghost shirt, and the eventual fading of the movement as government forces quelled the practice.
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Turkey
Egypt
North America
Pine Ridge Agency
Sitting Bull
Wounded Knee Creek
Big Foot
Ini
Novel Party Idea Uses Left Hand Invitations
A hostess invites guests to come with right hands bound and to write their names in a blank book on the desk. The scene features a left handed soloist and an elocutionist, creating playful chaos for an entertaining evening.
Bet On Sure Thing A rail car tale of a trestle bet
A veteran traveler recalls a railroad wreck on the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe in Kansas. A fellow passenger, a race horseman from Lewisville, wagers on outcomes, and after the train derails the man offloads a $100 bet noting they could have been on a trestle.
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The
Cosmopolitan
New Orleans Times-Democrat
Atchison
Topeka
Santa Fe
Lewisville
Kansas
Louisville
Kentucky
Names From Celebrities In Language History
The piece traces how famous figures inspire everyday terms such as Wellington boots and Gladstone bags and notes the boycott origin from Captain Boycott. It also discusses how notoriety without fame can spark coined phrases like black Maria and references Amelia Bloomer.
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Lord Brougham
Capt. Boycott
Land League
Amelia Bloomer
Dail
Maria Lee
Boston
Black Maria
Among the Thieves Train Carriage Boosters and Diamond Swindles
The piece describes jewelers preyed on by boosters a group of dressy male and female thieves who enter shops with a wealthy couple facade. They use a staged viewing to pocket genuine diamonds and later swap them with fakes, leaving the jeweler with missing stones and a haunting suspicion of a return visit.
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Boosters
Loss in English Travel Cuts Paris Lyon and Mediterranean Traffic
The Paris Lyon and Mediterranean railroad reports a $60 000 decline in traffic due to reduced English travel in France, reflecting a drop in traveler numbers affecting the line's revenue.
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France
Paris, Lyon and Mediterranean
Defeat as Education First Step to Something Better
A reflective quote frames defeat as education and a pathway to improvement. The saying emphasizes learning from loss and using it to pursue future success.
Valuable wild beast gorilla fears and fortunes
A dealer notes no wild animals match gorillas in demand for exhibitions. A full grown gorilla stands about four feet six inches, worth 1200 to 1500 dollars. Captures are dangerous and difficult due to disease, climate, and superstition. London zoo houses a four foot nine inch specimen valued despite high offers.
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Aoweys
Africa
Animal Kingdom
Zoological Gardens
London
Avoidable Accidents From Familiarity With Explosives
An elderly Pittsburg railroad worker warns that familiarity with high explosives breeds carelessness. He recalls a wrecking train accident where two workers failed to properly handle a capped cartridge, causing a catastrophic explosion that wiped out the crew and damaged the tracks.
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Pittsburg
Commerce of Belgium Sees Surging Growth and Global Reach
The Belgian economy shows remarkable progress from 1831 to 1899 with total foreign commerce rising from 202 million francs to 6.298 billion. Special commerce grows to 4.831 billion, while Belgium's 6 million population makes it a major industrial nation. Bégeun, once little known, now ships products worldwide, placing Belgium as the seventh largest industrial country.
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Belgium
Be'geun
Globe
London
Price and land rights clash with Mars bound jug
The great chief declares a price paid to establish laws and seize lands, then, after drinking from a traded jug, tilts it toward Mars and expresses satisfaction, signaling a symbolic act of surrender and foreseen upheaval.
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Mars
Conjurer Outwitted at Country Fete Egg Trick
A conjurer at a country fete tries producing eggs from a hat and asks a boy if a mother can get eggs without hens. The boy replies that she can because she keeps ducks, eliciting laughter from the crowd.
Brave birds and the courage to defend offspring
Dr. Henry Van Dyke recalls a June encounter with a hen partridge and her brood. A sandpiper mother defends her young with dramatic feints, drawing the narrator into a moral reflection on courage and the cleverness of a protective mother.
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Camp Harmony
Mowett's Rock
Henry van Dyke
Famine in India Deemed Vast and Horrific by Missionaries
Leslie's Weekly reports a 250000 square mile famine region across central, southern, and northwestern India. Photographs show starving natives begging at missionary homes as 60000 mouths remain unfed. 15 dollars a year would feed one person, amid crop failures and alleged misused famine funds.
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India
Leslie
Akzzaxa Exclamation and Death Attracts Prize
In a boy's magazine puzzle, Tommy decodes a letter agram from a Krugers policy line. He trims letters to form the exclamation Akzzaxa and the shock twist by Miss Nellie Pullen's death. The editor awards Tommy, noting the irony if she spoke only English.
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Akerexa
Kruger
Tommy
Nellie Pullen
Reminded Hee of Home in Stray Stories Quote
In Stray Stories a line recalls a family away from home with Grace asking if they thought of her. Mamma responds by recalling a hotel breakfast commotion and says that is like papa.
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Papa
Mamma
Grace
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