Home of Cats and Miles Boyhood Tales in Knoxville
In Knoxville Mrs Dangerfield keeps a lively cat home with twenty seven cats in a shaded yard and two story inn and annex. Cats named Grover Cleveland Yankee Doodle Uncle Remus Buffalo Bill and others are fed and watched by a careful maid. The piece also recalls Nelson Miles as a boy playing army with siblings and farmyard gear imagining West Point. Harper's Young People.
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Knoxville
Tenn
Grover Cleveland
Yankee Doodle
Remus
Corbett
John
Samaritan
Picayune
Nelson
Nelson Miles
New England
Miles
West Point
Boston
Harper’s
Hang or Marry in Scottish Feudal Custody
A border laird Sir William Scott raids Sir Gideon Murray lands but is caught during a cattle foray and ordered to be hanged. Maggie Murray protests the execution of the handsome youth, prompting Gideon to agree to a marriage arrangement to save him. The incident blends feudal justice with household urgency.
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Scotland
Sir William Scott
Gideon Murray
Gideon
Harden
Maggie
A Heartless Horse
A two year old Wyoming girl named Helen was much pleased by a horse in a local scene. The brief item notes a child’s delight with a horse, reflecting light local life.
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Helen
Wyoming
Are Birds Struck by Lightning on the Wing
A discussion cites observers who saw birds killed by lightning and ponder whether birds on the wing can be struck without ground contact. It notes the storm approach may trigger instinctive shelter seeking and questions birds’ sheltering behavior in forests and shrubbery during storms.
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England
Old Friends the Best Christmas Night
Grandpa finds comfort in a new armchair on December twenty six as Santa brings small joys. Paps trudges home through snow, warmth returns with old slippers, and Marrory lies asleep with waxen nose toys around her. The fire has melted away, leaving quiet memories of Christmas night.
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Paps
Little Marrory
Anelique
Hannah Jane
Skater Reflects on Tragic News of Drowned Boy
A boy cleaning his skates hears news of a drowning on thin ice and compares it to a recently reported electric car death on the way to school. He sighs at the misfortune, while his mother notes the grim report in the paper.
Teacher Now Willie Promise Puzzle
A humorous exchange shows a teacher asking Willie a math riddle about adding promised cents, and Willie answers that he only counts the ten cents his mother promised. The joke hinges on Willie’s literal interpretation rather than arithmetic.
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Willie
Currency Plan Explained Carlisle Bill changes banknote security
Representative Springer outlines the Carlisle bill as a radical shift for national banknote circulation. It replaces bond security with a 30 percent guaranty fund, a 0.5 percent annual tax raising to 5 percent, and a first lien on bank assets plus double liability, aiming to stabilize currency.
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William M. Springer
Washinatox
Springer
Associated Press
Carlisle
United States
Populist National Committee Opens in St Louis
The opening session of the People's Party national committee convened at the Lindell in St Louis with about 200 attendees. A credentials committee was named and delegates heard talks by J S Coxey on non interest bearing bonds and by delegates on Alabama election issues, with Adams warning rights may be challenged.
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Chicago
E. V. Debs
Lyman Trumbull
J. C. Manning
Alabama
Reformers of
South
New Orleans
St. Louis
National Committee of the People's Party
Lindell
J. 8
Coxey
Howard
Manning
Adams
J. G. Weaver
W. D. Vincent
Kansas
Milton Park
Texas
United States Senate
W. V. Allen
Illinois
Mr. Lloyd
Omaha
City Central Committee
Scrambled valley squatter tale from Smoky Mountains
A Detroit Free Press-quoted squatter family in a Smoky Mountain valley debates religion across Presbyterians Baptists Adventists and Universalists while poverty shows in a wretched log cabin corn stubble and a moonshine plan. The husband Daniel and wife recount a life of relocations and shifting faith in a bid to work and survive.
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Smoky Mountains
Detroit Free Press
Daniel
South Carolina
Georgia
North Carolina
Universal
Vandalism at Capitol Senate Building Raises Alarm
The senate capitol end has suffered vandalism including broken bowls in the basement closets and theft of barber shop razors and shears. Officials fear further damage to pictures statues and archives, blaming a small capitol police force of sixteen for limited deterrence.
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Senate
Capitol
Demurrer in Moore suit challenges income tax injunction
Assistant Attorney General Whitney filed a demurrer in the District Supreme Court to John G. Moore’s complaint against Commissioner Miller seeking to stop income tax collection under the new tariff. The hearing is set for January 86 as officials doubt Moore’s equity case exists.
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Washington
Whitney
District Supreme Court
John G. Moore
Miller
Internal Revenue Bureau
Department of Justice
Supreme Court
Moore
Lord Churchill Restless After Night in London
Lord Randolph Churchill passed a restless night with no material change in condition from yesterday. London reports his status remains unsettled this morning.
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London
Lord Randolph Churchill
Powers Seeks Bribe To Block Anti Cigarette Law
Chicago Alderman John Powers faces a bribery scandal after a Herald investigation alleged he offered to flip a council majority for $25 000 to defeat an anti cigarettes ordinance. The report details a hotel meeting with McCoul and notes Powers’ denial amid pending grand jury action.
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Cago
John Powers
Chicago
Chicago Herald
American Tobacco Company of New York
McCoul
Herald
Alderman Powers
Powers
Grand
Wilt K Retaliate Against Spain
Washington reports state that the President and Secretary Gresham are pursuing retaliation against Spain over tariff policy. They argue reciprocity pacts were not treaties and could be altered or repealed by Congress.
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Spain
Washington
Gresham
Congress
Man Moves Entire House From Seattle to Olympia
A Seattle homeowner who built a house for 5000 dollars moved it sixty miles to Olympia after buying a lot there. He rolled the house to a river, loaded it on a scow, and ferried it to Olympia. Despite the journey, no timber was strained and no contents were removed.
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Oregon
Seattle
Olympia
Pleasantries From Pari Sians Gaulois Joke
A Gaulois item notes a Paris subscription hall incident where a man steps on a woman's dress train. The woman reacts with anger then smiles and says in French that she nearly was angry thinking it was her husband, lightening the moment.
Public cookery and laundry instruction for girls in London
In London 122 locations offer free public cookery lessons for girls over 11, and 42 places teach laundry work for older girls. Teachers receive liberal salaries, and the prepared food from these schools is sold to help cover costs.
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London
Remote Kitaba Island Natives Preserve Peaceful Tradition
Off the northeast coast of New Guinea Kitaba island is ringed by an 800 foot coral wall and houses twelve villages where war crime and poverty have supposedly been unknown since tradition began.
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New Guinea
Kitaba
Last Waltz Exchange Between Mlle and Monsieur
A brief mock exchange on a dance request features a mademoiselle and a monsieur in a dialogue about waltzing. The snippets hint at an impromptu concert program moment between two characters, Grelot Havrais.
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Mademoiselle
Monsieur
Grelot Havrais
Not Particular Suitor Declines Emma in Humor
A rich father rejects his daughter Emma after character inquiries. The persistent suitor counters by proposing another daughter, delivering a wry nineteenth century newspaper style exchange sourced from Fliegende Blaetter.
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Emma
Fliegende Blaetter
Change in Waters After Pledge Raises Fishing Rift
A Life magazine item notes Waters stopped inviting the speaker to fish after signing a pledge. The remark highlights a personal fallout linked to public commitments.
Government's Tax Case Promptly Briefed for Hearing
Assistant Attorney General Whitney sues Commissioner Miller over the new tariff in a test case. The demurrer is brief and general. Hearing is set for January 8 with officials predicting the complainant has no case and that an injunction is unlikely.
Important discovery Artesian irrigation in plains
Experiments in western Kansas and Nebraska show artesian wells can irrigate drought affected land. Water lies 150 to 200 feet deep, wells with pumps and windmills cost about 350 dollars, irrigating ten to twenty acres. Investment comparable to ditch rights. capital expected as rentals. Farmers optimistic about increased yields with less work.
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Kansas
Nebraska
Denver
Quadruple Tragedy Shocks Bururmeton Vermont
William S. Whitman of Winooski Vermont shot his wife and two sons aged 13 and 15 then killed himself after a visit to say goodbye to the children. Divorce and intemperate habits are cited as context for the killings.
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Bururmeton
William S. Whitman
Winooski
Whitman
Brazil in turmoil as Rio state rebels threaten revolt
Rio Janeiro is in panic with troops refusing to move south to fight rebels. President Moraes faces an army loyal to ex President Peixoto and officers balk at field command. Over 200 officers have been arrested with rumors of releases, heightening fear of wider conflict.
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MontTevipro
Uruguay
Rio Janeiro
Moraes
Peixoto
Rio Grande Do Sul
Peixote
Talmage to Preach in New York Academy of Music
Rev. Dr. T. De Witt Talmage announces he will begin weekly Sunday services at the Academy of Music in New York starting January 6. He says the arrangements are permanent and include a new musical style to follow the Congregational Church regatta.
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Tennessee
Kharry
Santa Claus
WM. M. Springer
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Ositions
National Capitol
Lord Churchill
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