Chicago and North Western Train Schedule Fragments
A clipped railway timetable lists Chicago and North Western routes east west north and south with trains including the Overland Colorado Special Omaha Express Mail and Dakota Des Moines Express. It notes departure arrival times in several towns and advises delivery of tickets and room minutes before arrival referencing W Rogers.
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Overland
Dm& Chicago
Colorado Special
Sa & Ieee Ee
Pacific Express
Mail
Carroll M & Exp
Omaha Express
Pal
Overland Limited
DM & Dak
Sioux City
Dakota
Des M
A. W. Rogers
Low clubbing rate offer for three women’s magazines
The Intelligencer advertises exceptionally low rates for Ladies Home Journal and Saturday Evening Post with a three-month subscription pact. The package includes these three publications for $8.25 instead of the regular $4.00.
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Intelligencer
Ladies Home Journal
Saturday Evening Post
America
Difference Between Bipeds and Quadrupeds Revealed
A Boston delegate to a Philadelphia educational conference recalls a pupil in a public school answering a natural history professor. The student defines the difference as two legs, noting a biped has two and a quadruped four.
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Fromm
Boston
Philadelphia
Tolc
Lunatic Private Awaiting Guard During Regimental Move
An officer at Cape Town encounters a private in a shed who declares I am a lunatic waiting for the corporal's guard. He is correct the guard had forgotten him as the Welsh regiment prepared to sail for England.
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Cape Town
England
Just a Hint from Miss Merrileigh on Conundrums
Miss Merrileigh and Reggie discuss a riddle about the difference between a financee and a financier. She suggests there should be none, sparking a playful exchange about names and roles.
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Reggie
Merrileigh
Beautifier Miss Planely Reggie Comment
Miss Planely Reggie says I grow prettier every time he sees me Miss Roastern replies you ought to have him call oftener. Cleveland Leader.
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Planely
Reggie
Disappointed Cannibal in a Religious Paper Tale
A missionary recounts eating canned sheep tongues and a native who misjudges them as human tongues. The native's delight fades when he learns the tongues are not a sign of religious revival, leaving the missionary unconverted and the tale somber in tone.
Not Caught Belle Question on Age
Estelle refuses to reveal her age when confronted by Belle and he asks again about the number she previously gave. The scene centers on confusion over a past answer and the narrator’s inability to recall the number.
Tautology and repetition in a classroom exchange
A teacher asks the meaning of tautology. A boy defines repetition and cites a dinner example with sheep's head and his sister Elsie’s young man joining the meal, then the teacher directs them to move to the top.
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Elsie
Barnstormer Plays Tough Part on One Meal a Day
In the Detroit Free Press a remark shows a performer embracing a grueling schedule as he plays a man with the goat, describing life on one meal daily and the theatre demands in a challenging role.
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Barnstormer
Detroit Free Press
The Habit of a Whole Life Quote Defends Patience
A short adage asserts that lifelong habit outweighs argument, attributed to Pope. The line emphasizes discipline and constancy over logic.
Ney's Dramatic Death Becomes Grand Lesson in Dying
A witness recounts Marshal Ney facing firing squad with calm dignity. He refused to kneel or have his eyes bandaged and proclaimed a protest of his sentence as he placed a hand on his heart before the detonation. Drums roll and cries of Vive le roi ensue.
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Ney
de Place
Augustus de la Rochejaquelin
Grenadiers
General Rochechouart
The Creek Indians Early Foodways in Indian Territory
The Kansas City Journal describes Creek foodways in early Indian Territory with staple crops like corn beans and field peas. It notes diverse corn varieties from roasting ears to flour corn and surkey and details storage of sweet potatoes in sand cellars under kitchen cabins. Pumpkins and melons are cited for drying and winter use as well.
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Indian Territory
Kansas City Journal
Max Muller's Struggles Highlight a Change in Fortune
The famed philologist Max Muller faced income woes after arriving in England in 1847. A Strand shopkeeper long owed him ten shillings, mistaking a sovereign payment for ten shillings. After weeks of dinnerless days the man returned the extra ten shillings, explaining he had miscounted and believed Muller needed it.
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Max Muller
England
East India Company
E&e
Muller
Strand
Mulier
The Diversified Crew Of Great Atlantic Liners
The article notes Atlantic liners function as floating cities with about 500 crew, illustrating a wide range of trades from engineers, plumbers, electricians, and refrigeration experts to chefs, bakers, butchers, storekeepers, barbers, bartenders, bootblocks, editors, wireless operators, printers, musicians, carpenters, and seamen. It emphasizes the shift from a sailor‑only crew to a cosmopolitan, self reliant crew supporting navigation, health, news, and daily life aboard. The piece underlines the presence of medicine, law, clergy, and various skilled trades as essential to the modern voyage.
The Use of Jewelry
A London Saturday Review essay discusses jewelry as a display of social power rather than mere vanity. It notes that wealthy women show wealth through ornament, while established families display discreetly on formal occasions to reinforce status.
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London Saturday Review
Vanity Keeps Favor With Self That Others Do Not Share
The quote notes that vanity preserves self-approval among those disliked by others. It reflects a lone inward esteem that fails to align with external judgment.
The Implacable Critic and Gumbleton Banquet Remark
A humorous exchange notes Gumbleton's displeasure at a compliment during a professional banquet. The speaker claims he is among the few in his field who never errs, but Gumbleton is upset because his wife was present in the gallery.
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Gumbleton
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Candlefish of Puget Sound Fireside Wonder
The candlefish of Puget Sound is a peculiar fish that is dried and boxed like candles. Fishermen used them to light homes by placing the fish head down in a candlestick and lighting the tail to burn as a wick. The fish is eaten and cooks itself due to its fat content.
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Puget Sound
Sound
Man Claims Sanity With Mount Pleasant Insane Asylum Papers
An Oskaloosa man boasts he is sane and shows a discharge from Mount Pleasant Insane asylum as evidence. Bystanders react with astonishment as he insists the papers prove his claim.
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Mount Pleasant Insane Asylum
Eloping couple debate hiding garden ladder
The eloping girl asks how to dispose of the ladder and the gallant lover suggests hiding it in the garden. He warns they may have to use it to return if her father forgives them. Philadelphia Ledger.
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Philadelphia Ledger
Pointed Reply Sparks Needle and Pin Witty Exchange
A Cleveland Plain Dealer quip features a needle sparring with a pin. The needle tells the pin it lacks a head while the pin retorts that pins have fine points. The exchange plays on wordplay about sharpness.
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Cleveland Plain Dealer
Dream Vision Sparks Odd Exchange Between Brute and Wife
A night dream from the New York Times depicts a quarrelsome exchange where a man claims his mother was dying and another remarks on a laughed response, revealing a tense domestic image.
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Younghusband
Brute
New York Times
Woman weighs future of baby in thought
A New York Press note describes a mother pondering if her newborn will grow into a great man or a good man, reflecting on potential paths and character.
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New York Press
Quote on liberality and vanity by Rochefoucauld
This fragment presents a provocative view that true generosity is often disguised vanity. It asserts people prize the act of giving more than the value of the gift itself, highlighting moral irony in charitable display.
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Rochefoucauld
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