Tricks of animals and their meek defenses
A London Spectator inspired roundup of animal tricks shows predators deterred by feigned death and passive resistance. Possums hedgehogs porcupines armadillos and starfish employ camouflage retreats or dismemberment to avoid capture while foxes dogs beetles caterpillars and weed louse imitate dead or roll up to escape. The land tortoise also uses a defensive lock.
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London Spectator
W. H. Hudson
Pampas
Misspelled Sign Sparks Public Talk at Kansas City Theater
A haberdasher notes customers flock after spotting errors in signs and grammar. In Kansas City a theater curtain once showed verses instead of versus prompting chatter and eventual correction to boost interest and profits.
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Kansas City
Kansas City Times
Absent Are Like Children Says Reade
A quotation attributed to Reade notes that the absent are helpless to defend themselves, framing a moral perspective on vulnerability and protection.
One Gold and Another cold season warning note
The notice warns that the first cold may be mild but a second cold could last longer and be troublesome. It advises caution and promotes Scott's Emulsion as both preventive and curative. Do not take chances with the second cold.
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Scott
Russian Easter Customs Through a Visitor’s Eye
The piece describes Russian Easter rituals including widespread kissing at meals and greetings, cemetery feasts for the dead, and New Year visits. It notes social pressures on English governesses, elaborate foods, drinking, and the rowdy post holiday scenes, plus peculiar manners at table and public life in Russia.
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Christ
Russia
Fted Cross
Red Cross
Curiosity at Public Library Counters
A Westminster Gazette excerpt notes amusing remarks overheard at Hull libraries. A girl tells her sister not to choose Miss Braddon’s book because their mother will want to read it, delaying chores. A boy asks for any book for his father, highlighting everyday library humor.
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Hull
He Was Home Early After Marriage Note
The excerpt records a domestic exchange where Mr Newed warns he may be detained downtown until after midnight and asks his wife to leave the gas burning in the ball when he returns.
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Mr. Newed
Mrs. Newed
Theatre Fire Ends Company After Devastating Loss
A manager laments a theater fire leaving no sticks left for his company. A sympathizer questions if the entire cast perished in the blaze.
Woman observes man to gauge love or hate
When a woman begins to watch a man's acts gestures and speech she has started to love or to hate him based on his behavior and words.
Train Schedules and Baggage Rules for Chicago Lines
The notice lists multiple trains including Overland Limited and Atlantic Express with departure and arrival times. It specifies baggage handling rules requiring all baggage to be at the baggage room six thirty minutes before arrival and that checked luggage must be delivered two minutes prior.
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Dm& Chicago
Ebart
Overland Limited
Colorado Special
Atlantic Express
Pacific Express
Wam
Carroll M & Exp
Omaha Apell
Colorado
DM & Oak
St, P
Eagle Grove Pas
St P& DM
St P
Giraffes Seen Bracing Long Legs in Grass Feats
A New York Tribune quote notes giraffes in zoological gardens stretching to reach grass beneath their feet. The sight of giraffes with legs spread and crisscrossing draws amusement as observers imagine handling a test of balance and neck length.
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Zoological Garden
New York Tribune
King of the Sandwich Islands in a Chariot Race
P T Barnum invited the late king of the Sandwich Islands to New York to ride in a chariot with him. The stunt created a racy news item that served as an unexpected advertisement, mixing dignity with spectacle in a memorable showman’s act.
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P. T. Barnum
Sandwich Islands
New York
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