Commodore George Dewey Profile in Naval Service
A historical sketch highlights George Dewey as a capable and reliable naval officer. Born in the United States, he entered the Navy in 1854 after graduating from Annapolis in four years. He served in the Civil War on the Mississippi, fought at New Orleans, Hudson, and Fort Donelson, and rose from lieutenant in 1861 to commander in 1872, rear admiral in 1884, and commodore in 1889, later leading the bureau of rent and writing.
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Sent
Annapolis
Mississippi
New Orleans
Hudson
Fort Donelson
Cam
Mim
Bureau of Rent and Writing
Union Pacific President Jace Burt and vast Iowa land sales
Jace G. Burt named new president of Union Pacific guiding the Vandalia era since 1867 with brief gaps in 1871 and 1873. the ad-style text lists numerous Carroll and Calhoun county farms in Iowa and surrounding states with varied sizes, improvements, and terms for sale.
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Union Pacific
Jace G. Burt
Union Pacific Railroad
Vandalia
Carroll County
Rylow
Allen
Psacres
Calhoun County
Reverence In Wit and the Mocked Reverent Life
A compact essay contrasts reverence and humor in English writing. It notes how Mark Twain’s irreverence toward Adam and Arthur challenges strict solemnity and argues that honest satire can honor truth and memorialize well.
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Mark Twain
Adam
Arthur
Cardinal Borromeo and a palace charity remark
Visitors to a vast Borromeo palace on the Italian Borromean islands hear a dialogue about wealth and charity. The fellow notes the immense sums spent, while Cardo Borromeo counters that the money supports labor versus idleness, stressing differing notions of charity.
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Cardinal Borromeo
Borrome Islands
Cardi Ywai Giulio
Ial Borromeo
San Francisnaut
Comic linguistic frazzle from Dresden paper on beutelratte jokes
A Dresden Weidmann humor piece riffs on kangaroos and rain cages with layered German compounds. The piece segues into a tangled street of names like Hottentotenstrottertrottermutterattentater and ends amid reflections on a horse show, a six day bicycle race, football confusion, weather, and currency reform in Detroit.
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Dresden
Weidmann
South Africa
Attentater
Strattertrotel
Detroit Journal
The Fat Lady Heavings Meander Mystery Mentioned
In a playful New York Journal snippet two figures discuss missing items described as fat lady diamonds while one notes glass eaters chewing on something moments earlier, suggesting a lighthearted urban anecdote.
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New York Journal
Through Sleeping Car Route to Florida Announced
The Louisville Air Line unveils a through sleeping car service to Florida starting December 26 leaving St. Louis at 9:15 p.m. daily and stopping at Louisville Lexington Chattanooga Atlanta and Jacksonville arriving next morning. Overs like Asheville N C offer year round resort access. R A Camp Bell is general passenger agent in St Louis and the route serves Kentucky Tennessee and Carolinas.
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Superior
St. Louis
Jacksonville
Louisville Air Line
Florida
Louisville
Lexington
Chattanooga
Atlanta
Asheville
N. C
Potatoes Fetch 75 Cents a Bushel at Berkley Store
A farmer sold fine potatoes in Berkley for 75 cents a bushel while a bystander joked that in New York they’d bring 1.50. The farmer quipped that with a pail of water in hades he could get 10 cents a glass, and the traveling man collapsed.
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Berkley
New York
Hades
Hedge Doctor inquest mocks quack Irish healer
The Hedge Doctor is examined at an inquest over a patient’s death. He testifies he gave ipecacuan and quips that aurora borealis would have been as useful. The court remarks on his reckless treatment.
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Irelani
A Rising Photographer in Old Cleveland Scene
A brief dialogue captures a photographer named Rastus at Mr Simmons' place. Rastus explains he is taking photos, while a woman asks what he’s doing. He mentions photographing pullets left in the kitchen, reflecting a casual local moment from the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
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Camerer
Rastus
Mr. Simmons
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Taken at His Word in Brooklyn Whist Exchange
Sallie de Witte questions Mr Lange about playing whist and contemplates the game. Willis Lange replies with uncertainty. The playful exchange appears in Brooklyn Life reflecting social billiard table humor.
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Sallie de Witte
Mr. Lange
Willis Lange
Brooklyn
Warden and Convict Argue Over Job Discharge
A dramatic exchange unfolds as a convict challenges his employment status, insisting he did not apply for the job and questions why he should be kept if his work fails to meet expectations. The warden listens, signaling tension within the prison setting.
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New York Journal
Mrs Bixby’s Sudden Death Shocks City
A somber note from the Chicago Record reports the sudden death of Mrs. Bixby. The frontier of daily life is jolted as neighbors recall her deeds and the community contemplates the upcoming charity bazaar she was to attend.
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Chicago
Literary Club Plans and Reading Hints
A wry verse from Navi Johnson in the New York World offers guidance for a literary club evening. It wittily pairs poets like Mackintosh Hood Moore Longfellow with playful costume and supper cues as a child’s imagined performance unfolds.
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Navi Johnson
New York World
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