Shooting Sea Lions and Flying Fish On California Coast
A Chicago Tribune correspondent describes sea lions on Coronado islands near San Diego and California flying fish seen eight miles offshore. The piece details lion behavior, hunting methods, and the dangers of killing them, plus notes on quail, walruses, and the economic use of hides, livers, and tusks in distant markets.
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Chicago Tribune
Coronado Islands
Florence
Bkill
North Island
Bay
San Diego
Pacific Coast
Walioas
California
San Francisco
China
Dream Theories On Sleep By Marne And Tanner
A student asks Prof Marne whether dreams signal anything. Marne says dreams show the dreamer was half asleep as vague ideas drift. Dr Tanner argues he had no dreams due to no sound sleep during the ordeal, hindering psychological study.
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Prof. Marne
Tanner
Marne
Mistaken Delivery Reveals Forgotten Family Secret
A young man delivers a suit for pressing and learns the householder believes her brother has been dead eighteen years. He admits a possible mistake and leaves as the woman reveals the man he saw was her living brother.
Incendiary theory debated after Chicago fires
Chicago fire officials push incendiary origin for recent blazes but lack evidence. They cite dry lumber piles and high winds aiding rapid spread while noting no new motive appears. Firemen tend to favor incendiarism despite facts not supporting it.
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Chicago Fire Department
Lazy Summer Me Time Scene and Jokes
A collage of light verse and comedy notes about summer leisure at a resort and domestic sketches. It includes playful lines about a magicked woodland setting, a safety pin joke, and a dated joke about a Chinese person, reflecting old humor styles.
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Miss Learned
All In the Way of Business First Beggar
A brief fragment shows a two line exchange about expanding a business and a retaliatory injury. The first speaker claims a large extension of enterprise while the second asks how. The first replies that breaking a rib was the price or consequence noted.
Five Great Powers remark sparks era of wit
A quip attributed to Le Conteur du Vau dois lists England Germany France Russia and woman as Europe’s great powers. The humorous line frames a lighthearted exchange about influence and gender. Edith and Maud exchange jokes about a lover’s call and a ringing speech.
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Omeone
Prince
Europe
England
Germany
France
Russia
le Conteur du
Vaudois
Edith
Maud
Sudden Moment Sparks Romance Between Knight and Maid
The ancient knight rests on his lance when a modern maid reacts with sudden alarm. She calls out Roderick as the emotions shift in this swift, period flavored encounter.
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Roderick
Ring Promise Sparks Finny's Admonition In A Tender Exchange
A couple discusses a ring purchase with the woman sternly refusing further trade at Finny's. She insists she specified the desired ring, while the man recalls the promise and truth of the exchange.
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Finny’s
Banter About Mrs Bangs Sparks Poised Tea Host Mention
A fragmentary exchange notes Naw Mrs Bangs reputation and Kitty’s remark about her red hair. The dialogue mentions a pink tea given recently, reflecting social gossip in a clipped conversational tone.
Advising marriage sparks clash over妻_option
A quoted exchange shows one speaker urging marriage to a wife who would create a happy home while the other balks at the idea of marrying a woman who might abandon him, revealing a clash over domestic expectations.
Open Air Play Scene Sparks Laughter and Mosquito Jests
In a lively Open Air Play Rosalind jokes on frantic applause while Celia quips that the sounds are mosquitoes being struck, capturing a playful moment between characters.
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Rosalind
Ople
Celia
Thieves Quarter Family Celebration After Home Arrival
In the Thieves Quarter Adams asks Brown about the music and dancing at his house. Brown explains a family celebration for one of the boys returning home from the penitentiary.
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Adams
Brown
De mortuis nil nisi bene meaning and public forgiveness
John ny Fizzleton asks his father for the meaning of a Latin adage. He is told that when a man dies the public is expected to overlook wrongs he committed in life.
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Johnny Fizzleton
Smythe Warns Daughter on Suitor Choice
Smythe tells his daughter to heed her mother's advice on a suitable husband. Miss Smythe retorts that her mother showed poor judgment once.
Store Manager Chides Propriety Son Over Disinterest
A store manager remarks that the proprietor’s son lacks business instincts and appears as a blemish on the family, eliciting a melancholy response. The exchange portrays a somber, clipped tone of criticism within a domestic business setting.
Cheque Leads Young Man to Fortune and Course
A young man dallies with Fortune through a cheque and bets on a horse, chasing luck at the course and keeping the stake squarely in view.
Good Blinding Matter
A clipped exchange hints at relationship strain with a sharp line about blindness to faults. The reply accuses the other of deception, framing a tense moment between two individuals.
Adam and Eve dress mystery in cartoon dialogue
Nellie asks which figure is Adam or Eve while Bertie jokes that clothing is needed to tell them apart. The exchange plays on humor about nudity and identity in a lighthearted cartoon caption.
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Nellie
Adam
Eve
Bertie
How She Fixed It Mr Surprice Sabbath Song Confusion
Dialogue unfolds as Miss Julie sings a secular tune on a holy Sabbath. Mr Surprice objects then Julie explains the song named Last Night marked the day as Saturday in her reasoning.
What She Was Meant For
A genteel remark on Irish charm ends with a witty counterpoint at a party. A refined speaker praises Ireland, while a quick Erin son counters that the woman was meant for an Irishman, adding humor to the exchange.
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Ireland
Erin
Epitaph for Donaldson Robertson in Shetland Mausoleum
The Cross Kirk Yard mausoleum in Shetland preserves an epitaph for Donaldson Robertson born 1 January and died in June 1848 at age 63. The inscription notes his peaceful Christian character and laments his death caused by Laurence Tullock of Clotherton who sold him nitre instead of Epsom salts, killing him within three hours.
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Laurence Tullock
Clotherton
Pearson’s Weekly
Poet Wife Quips On Rhyme With New Bonnet
In a witty exchange, a poet’s wife remarks that another poem has appeared while he muses that sonnet rhymes with new bonnet. He adds stanza rhymes with bonanza but jokes the outcome is not the same. Source: Indianapolis Journal.
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Indianapolis Journal
Didn't Expect Mim A Brief Misleading Caller
A young wife prepares to greet a caller at the door with hurried grooming. In moments she disguises her appearance with ribbons and powder, while the supposed gentleman touts cheap clothes lines.
Doing Him Wrong. A Counterfeit Dollar at the Saloon
A boy explains he went into a saloon to buy cigaroots and pass a counterfeit dollar on the new bartender. The man accuses him of depravity, but the boy defends his actions as mistaken, not evil.
Balloon trip ends in suicide note shock in town
A man left a note saying he was quitting this world and distressed his wife Mme Y- Adelaide. Two days later he returned in high spirits after a balloon ascent, according to the Carlino correspondent.
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Mme Y
Marewell
Adelaide
Il Carlino
Timber Pirates Implicated in Minnesota Fires and Loot
St. Paul Minn Sept 10 Timber pirates are suspected of starting fires to hide pilfering millions in pine from school lands. A state senate committee probes frauds and today looks to uncover evidence tying arson to deliberate clearing to defeat stumpage suits.
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St. Croup
Minn
Minnesota
Pine
Kanabec
Carlton
Pine Belt
Prestige River
South
Rain Ends Forest Fires Across Multiple Districts
Reports from Plainfield Green Lake Nevada Green Bay Hurley Junction City Grand Rapids and others say heavy rain ended drought and quenched forest fires. In Escanaba Michigan a downpour since last night has extinguished fires threatening property. Cumberland Wisconsin recorded the first rain in weeks easing fire fears though relief committees note ongoing destitution from rural areas.
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Milwauiker
Wis
Plainfield
Green Lake
Nevadah
Green Bay
Hurley
Junction City
Grand Rapids
Escanana
Mich
Cumberland
Relief Committee
North forest fire relief appeal from Brule Wisconsin
D L Fitzgerald of Brule asks aid for settlers starving due to forest fires. Poor Commissioner Kennedy sends the issue to the relief committee and provisions were dispatched on the first train. Brule town is surrounded by fire. Musser Sauntry Lumber Co. loses camps logging equipment and vast pine stands along Moose River.
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West Superior
Wis
D. L. Fitzgerald
Brule
Kennedy
Musser-Sauntry Lumber Company
Moose River
Forest Fires Threaten St John and Surrounding Areas
Forest fires rage near St John New Brunswick threatening several villages and crops in Charlotte and St John counties. Winds dictate whether the fire will engulf suburbs as smoke blankets the city and officials warn of disastrous outcomes.
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St. John
St. Joan
N. B
Charlotta
Ishpeming Encircled by Fires Amid Timber Blaze
Forest fires rage around Ishpeming near IsaveMine and Mica on Sept 10. The city remains distant from homes with no immediate property danger. Light rain fell earlier but did not slow the flames.
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Ishpeming
IsaveMine
Wisconsin aid boosted by Ashland appeal
Milwau kel, Wis Sept 10. In addition to calls for aid another has come from Ashland. There are 200 people there who deserve assistance. Gov. Peck will likely name Spooner as the supply depot for the region. Contributions received to date total 2724 dollars.
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Milwaukek
Wis
Ashland
Peck
Spooner
Two National League Games Voided in Record Shuffle
New York report says two NL games were expunged from the league record. Transfers of these games, one moved to New York by Louisville and another to Philadelphia by Cincinnati, require unanimous club consent. Eight clubs objected, bringing the matter to this vote.
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New York
Loursville
Philadelphia
Cincinnati
Inferno in Minnesota Forests Leaves Hundreds Dead
Reports from Hinckley and surrounding towns recount a massive forest fire that devastated Minnesotan communities. Officials estimate 336 dead earlier, with later figures suggesting 500 to 600, as search parties comb burned districts from Hinckley to Sandstone and Pokegama. Relief funds surge nationwide while medical staff from Twin Cities boost Pine City and nearby hospitals.
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St. Paul
Hinckley
Pokegama
Rutledge
Sandstone Village
Pine City
Duluth
Superior
Twin Cities
Banner Lumber Company of
Sandstone
Mission Creek
Mansfield
Minnesota
Minn
Sandstone Junction
Pokeyama
Skunk Lake
Durruth
Brainard
Lion Coffee Premium Giveaways From Woolson Spice Co
Toledo firm Woolson Spice offers Lion coffee drinkers free pictures and premium items including books, knives, and games in exchange for Lion coffee wrappers and headsets. Send name and address to receive illustrated premiums or ask grocer for the Premium List.
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Woolson Spice Company
Toledo
Ohio
New Gospel Narrative and Magazine Highlights
A late work by Rev. John Hall on The Earthly Footprints of Our Risen Lord is published by Fleming H. Revell Company. The issue also features an Illinois Naval Reserve article by W. H. Burke in Outing for September and reviews in the Review of Reviews and North American Review with pieces by Lodge Spaulding Mallock Head and Crosby.
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John Hall
D. D
Fleming H. Revell Company
New York
Chicago
Evangelical Literature
Lord
Lord Jesus Christ
Outing
Illinois Naval Reserve
W. H. Burke
National Guard
North American Review
England
Henry Cabot Lodge
Bishop Spaulding
W. H. Mallock
China
Japan
Korea
Augustine Head
United States
Dunham White Stone
Washington
Howard Marlin
Pekin
Crosby
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Esse
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Crusher
Cross Kirk Yark
Shetland
Donaldson Robertson
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