Compton the piano man of Ames at Farmers Congress
Farmers National Congress Colorado Springs Colorado August 21 31 1900 vendor details excursion tickets via Chicago Great Western Ry August 15 19 return by September 20 special round trip fare inquire of any Great Western agent F H Lord G P T A 118 Adams St Chicago
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Famers National Congress
Colorado Springs
Col
Chicago Great Western Ry
Great Western Agen
F. H. Lord
Adams St
Chicago
Offenbach Tricked by Practical Joke at Cafe
M Ernest Blum and friends played a joke on Offenbach as La Belle Helene prepared for its premiere. They sang tunes Offenbach feared would leak, prompting a dramatic confrontation that ended when the composer relented to avoid losing his music.
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Offenbach
Ernest Blum
Blum
Albert Wolff
Wolff
A Gastronomic Cyclone at the Dinner Table
The narrator recalls a summer resort dining scene where a woman eats prodigiously, devouring 12 ears of corn at a single dinner. Her gluttonous, chaotic table behavior leaves a path of desolation, and she has worn three husbands to widowhood, prompting the grim joke that she might have eaten them.
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John Gilmer Speed
Criterion
Handel Version Puzzles Worcester Music Shop
A young woman asked a Worcester music shop for a copy titled Angels Always Polished. Clerks offered a stack of coon songs and suggested a shipment. She clarified it was by Handel and the clerk guessed Angels Ever Bright and Fair.
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Handel
Worcester Gazette
Famous Gamblers and Royal Wagering Tales
The article notes Mme du Barry as the era’s famed female gambler, though gambling was a pastime for her. It highlights Mme Pompadour entering games to win, with records claiming enormous winnings including a single session that emptied the king’s pockets by 25,000 louis d or.
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Mme. du Barry
Louis X YV
Mme. Pompadour
Of His Mind Exchange Over Borrowed Item
A brief dialogue features a debtor and lender trading quips about a long borrowed object. The lender presses to settle the debt while the other deflects with a wry remark, implying ongoing reminder and reluctance to part with the item.
Tartaran Alphabet Claims World’s Longest Script
The Tartaran alphabet contains 202 letters and stands as the longest in the world. Some characters function as symbols to convey phrases and emotions within the writing system.
Land in England Worth 00 Times More Now Than Two Centuries Ago
A historical note states land in England is valued at zero times its past value, claiming no change in worth over two hundred years. This phrasing suggests a dramatic shift or placeholder value rather than a factual price comparison.
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England
Thoroughbreds and Bold Talk in a Field Scene
A vivid dialogue centers on horses and riders as Nell and her bay mare run free. The speakers praise speed and vigor while plotting a fearless ride to the hills and beyond. The scene highlights rivalry, passion, and the allure of athletic animal vigor.
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Nell
Absent Treatment and a Faith Cure Tale
A husband recounts his wife’s illness and her belief in faith cures. She claims a cure from an absent treatment by Professor Fake after sending him five dollars, only to reveal a misdirected letter. The tale ends with the postman delivering the dead letter, leaving the outcome unresolved.
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Jones
John Henry
Fake
Professor Fake
Fakir
Detroit Free Press
French climber plants flag on Swiss peak after summit gamble
Basel tale recalls a French mountaineer who sought a famed ascent at Gopaltenborn. After repeated attempts he reached the summit and later claimed in a hotel that his blue silk flag bore his name. An English guest later won the flag from the peak by bold act and sent it to him.
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Basel
Switzerland
Gopaltenborn
D’hote
Seroras and Senoritas of Colombia Hair Flower Rules
A brief cultural note explains that in the United States of Colombia women distinguish married and unmarried by flower placement in the hair with senoras wearing flowers on the right and senoritas on the left.
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United States
Colombia
South America
Making a Billiard Ball Requires Skilled Labor
The article describes turning a billiard ball in two halves using fine steel tools. Each half is dried for nearly a year in a net before the second half is turned and polish applied. Whiting and water with rubbing are needed to finish, and the ball must reach a precise weight to the grain.
A Jericho failure and the Jericho Guards scheme
Pap Perkins recounts Bill Lapham's bold Jericho Guards plan and the town’s scramble to volunteer. Deacon Spooner, Abner Jones, Moses Plumber and Lish Billings spar over leadership while Lapham insists on top billing and crowds swell with dubious patriotism.
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Pap Perkins
Bill Lapham
Lish Billings
Jericho
Spain
Mexico
Canada
Deacon Spooner
Sons of Freedom
William Lapham
Geese
Goslin
Bill
United States
Henry Clay
Daniel Webster
Jericho Guards
Willin
Abner Jones
Abner
Moses Plumber
America
Moses
Monmouth
Lish
Noop
Mules Rats and Men Insight From Mines
A Denver Post piece argues miners are practical, not superstitious, as rats first detect danger and mules follow, with men delaying action until warnings accumulate. The inspector notes that desertion of rats signals imminent slides, and human judgment should heed such signs rather than superstition.
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Denver Post
Cruel Joke In Yale Summit Story
A Yale Summit girl finds a love letter from her father to her mother and reads it aloud substituting her own name and lover. The mother erupts in anger forbidding contact with the letter writer as the home grows quiet and tense.
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Yale Summit
Saltsbury Press
Down and Up and True Friendship
A fragment from the Albany Journal shows Mike Flesla discussing current tasks as he plans to cut down a tree and, tomorrow, cut it up. The note contrasts false friendship with true friendship, likening the former to ivy that damages a wall and the latter to something that renews and supports.
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Flesla
Mike
Albany Journal
Never say die Expire sounds much better
A terse Chicago News line frames a sharp phrase about perseverance and mortality, implying a preference for decisive action. The quotation hints at a rhetorical stance on endings and resilience in public discourse.
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Chicago News
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