Lost in the Circus Journey from San Francisco to Monkey River
Andrew Meyer recalls being taken from San Francisco by circus actors about 24 years earlier. He narrates his life from childhood in Francis Street and Dupont street areas through Mexico and Central America to Panama, detailing family ties, code names, and his eventual settlement in Monkey River British Honduras. He notes mixed West Indian heritage and describes a life amid circuses, ship carpentry, and local myths.
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Monkey River
British Honduras
Andrew Meyer
San Francisco
Mr. Meyer
Pamic Street
Dupont
Tee Jont Street
Franciss I Na
Emma
Louise Meyer
Mary
Batrou
Dupont Street
Oakland
Batton
Ico
Preserving Old Letters Keeps Memories Alive
The piece weighs pros and cons of keeping versus destroying letters. It argues that letters form an intimate, often revealing record of family history, love, feuds, and youth, valued especially by women who treasure tender notes tied to blue ribbons as reminders of what might have been.
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Othrs
Unmasked by Science Drama in a Laboratory Reveal
A lady professor confronts her husband over a hair found on his coat. He admits it is hers. She investigates in a Laboratory door scene. After an hour the door opens and she declares the hair was bleached, but her husband is gone.
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Cleveland Plain-Dealer
Meandering Mike on Work in Bananas and Snow
A quip from the Washington Star features Meandering Mike claiming his ideal job depends on location. He jokes that in Oregon he would pick bananas while in Florida he would shovel snow, illustrating a humorous take on available work.
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Mike
Oregon
Florida
Washington Star
And He Lets Her
A brief quarrel over domestic duties features a wife blamed for poor cooking while her mother praises her kitchen skills in a Chicago Record snippet. The exchange centers on bringing up and fire building as markers of domestic competence.
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Tom
Chicago
Quick Work of a Sly Exchange in Pittsburg Press
A quotation from the Pittsburg Press contrasts deception by men and women, noting that both sexes lure others with a glance. The remark points to universal gullibility in social interactions.
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Pittsburg Press
Moon Question Sparks Distant Witty Exchange
A fragmentary dialogue hints at a playful dispute about a woman in the moon and a honeymoon, with a judge referenced in a brief snatch of conversation. The lines suggest a humorous or philosophical exchange rather than a formal report.
Discovery of Neon and Other Gases in Octave Theory
The article chronicles the search for undiscovered gases predicted by Newlands periodical law and Mendeléev's tables. Neon emerges in combination with argon, filling a gap between helium and argon, with krypton and xenon noted for their vivid spectra.
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John Newlands
Japanese youth Yamadera Yamachita attends University of Nebraska
A 20 year old Japanese traveler named Yamadera Yamachita arrived in Lincoln after writing to William Jennings Bryan during the presidency campaign. He sought to become Bryan’s son and now studies at the University of Nebraska while living with the widow and children of John Fitzgerald. He proved persistent despite Bryan’s initial discouragement.
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Lincoln
W. J. Bryan
Itsu
Mikado
Japan
Yamachita
Nebraska
San Francisco
Bryan
John Fitzgerald
Mr. Yamachita
Mr. Bryan
Italy
Yamadera
University of Nebraska
Yamachera
Senate and House Actions in Early January Congress
Washington reports show the Senate executive session on the peace treaty with a brief transmittal message. House debates Alaska crime legislation and adjourns for Morrill's memory. Subsequent days cover Neil expansion debates, the Paris treaty inquiry, districts of Columbia appropriations, and naval chart funding scrutiny.
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Washington
Senate
Davis
House
Alaska
Morrill
Caffery
Modest Man and Palmistry Remark
A conversation reveals a modest man claiming palmistry skill. He asserts predicting a friend would receive money, noting the friend later gained about $50 to $60 after a four-ace palm reading, as reported by the New York Herald.
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Herbert
New York Herald
The Pride of the Poet. Towr Topics
Short column notes a writer’s vanity and humorous complaints about poetic conceit in Towr Topics. The piece playfully surveys self-regard in verse and public perception of style.
A Unique Postage Stamp Reflects Empire Unity
The British empire’s vastness is highlighted on Canada’s new penny postage stamp. A world map in miniature shows the empire in red against a dark background, with the crown and oak and maple leaves signifying unity between Great Britain and Canada.
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Canada
Mulock
England
Great Britain
New York Evening Post
Knack of Saying Things in a London Advert
A London advertisement reframes a plea for a foster parent, praising a blue eyed girl in her fifth year as a covetable lady with gentle descent and a provision on coming of age, contrasting with harsher common phrasing for a healthy homeless girl.
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London
Iowa Patent Office Reports Four Patents Issued to Iowa Inventors
Des Moines reports four U S patents issued on the 3d to J H Nelson Atlantic for a plow elevis to regulate furrow depth and width S Heberling and H W Parker Des Moines for a combined minnow trap and vessel Caskey Page for a wagon box dumping center T H Maytag Laurens for an adjustable receptacle enclosing samples of window shades and maps Drafts specifications and claims and all work for patent prosecutions offered with free consultation to inventors.
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Des Moines
United States
Iowa
J. H. Nelson
Atlantic
S. Heberling
H. W. Parker
G. Caskey
Page
T. H. Maytag
Laurens
J. J. Duncan
Waukee
J. H. Peterson
Literary Notes and January Magazine Highlights
Stephen Bonsal writes battlefield sketches for McClure's January while Hamlin Garland recalls Rising Wolf. A Conan Doyle and F Frankfort Moore contribute stories to Ainslee's New Year Number, with Hovey's ballad The Cross roads. Feature pieces span Harper's Bazar Harper's Weekly and St Nicholas with portraits and serials, noting Militia campaigns and Roosevelt campaign coverage.
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Stephen Bonsal
McClure
Caney
San Juan
Hamlin Garland
Rising Wolf
A. Conan Doyle
F. Frankfort Moore
Ainslee
Richard Hovey
Starper’s
S. A. Staunton
West Indies
Carlton T. Chapman
H. W. Wilson
Albert Bushnell Hart
Johnathan
Secretary Wilson warns beef controversy could cost U S
In a Washington interview published by the Brooklyn Eagle, Secretary of Agriculture Wilson says the beef dispute among Major General Miles, Commissary General Eagan, and meat packers may cost the United States about 100 million dollars. He notes the impact on exports could be half the cost of the Spanish-American War, even if meat is proven sound.
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New York
Washington
Brooklyn Eagle
Agrculture
Wison
Miles
Eagan
United States
Spain
The Railroads Kill One Passenger Per 2 250 000 Carried
A historical reflection notes one death per 2 250 000 passengers on US railroads in the year ended September 1. The piece compares social ranks with terms like prince and Mr. across nations and questions why a pony of brandy is not a fiery steed.
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Russia
England
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Chicago
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