Snake Catchers of the Mississippi River Bottoms
A Missouri river region vignette describes fall snake migration across the Mississippi to bluff lands for hibernation. Snake catchers use wooden tongs and sacks to harvest water snakes, garter snakes, and rattlers, sometimes selling to buyers in St. Louis. An old river resident recalls crossing the river by skiff when the day is warm, and a hunter notes locals who trap snakes from the bluff edge, a seasonal occupation with both recreation and profit.
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Alton
St Louis
Missouri Point
Aiton
St. Louis
Hy Ind
Mississippi River
Saya
Waverly Magazine
A Musical Bear Intrudes on San Francisco Summer Romance
A San Francisco girl Mary Carter visiting relatives near the American River encounters a bear while practicing piano at a remote ranch. The bear paws the piano and cavorts in time with a wild can can, then exits as Mathews attacks with an ax. The incident shocks the family and the community spectacle ends with Mary fleeing in fear and a tale of a surprising animal concert.
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Richard Harding Davis
Abe
Benjamin Constant
Algiers
Pierre Loti
Tangiers
Mohamed
Taane
Ismay
Tiaae
Capitala
Mary Carter
Mary
Elmira
San Francisco
American River
Matthewa
Brain
Mr. Matthews
Howan
A Tactful Empress of Japan Empress Merit in Charity
A damaged passage describes an empress of Japan praised as kind and charitable, detailing how she aids children and supports causes. It references Prince Iwankura as a Japanese invader figure and hints at a royal visit amid tense regional events. The text contains garbled OCR style phrasing and fragmented names.
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Heber
Ace Palace
Yashiles
Miss Chicago’s Breezy Entrance At Warm Hotel Gathering
A lively scene unfolds at a hotel breakfast with Miss Chicago arriving in bright attire. She greets guests warmly, speaks of consoling a gouty father, and proposes joining bowls after breakfast to discuss matters, adding cheerful, swift dialogue amid a disrupted wrecked morning.
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Spiritioas
Wollington
Victoria
The Railroad in Palestine Opens a New Era
Selah Merrill notes the 1893 opening of the Palestine railroad as a Columbus year symbol in a land long cut off from Western civilization. He sees it as a spear thrust against despotism, marking a dawn of modern progress and social change amid courtly Vienna gossip and Hapsburg bridal rituals.
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Palestine
Holy Land
Chicago
Selah Merrill
United States
Seriimer
Weel
Turley
Mabarajon
Rapoorthella
Vienna
Austria
Hapsburgs
Church of
Rozen
The Best Medicine Ayer’s Pills Endorsed by Builder J O Wilcon
J O Wilcon builder of Sulphur Springs Texas praises Ayer’s Pills as the best general remedy. He claims decades of use in his family and among friends curing chills bilious fever sick headache rheumatism dyspepsia constipation and related disorders. He notes higher satisfaction than other pills and recommends continued use as needed.
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J. O. Wilcon
Sulphur Springs
Texas
Ayer
J. J. Perry
Spottsylvania
C. I. Tlood & Co
Lawall
Mass
Hood
Sodavilla
Oregon
Wood
Free Northwest agricultural weekly subscription offer
The Northern Pacific Farmer, Portland Oregon, in its twenty first year, promotes its weekly agricultural content and market reports edited by Frank Lee. New subscribers paying one year in advance receive a free one year subscription to The Pass. Back subscribers paying in advance also get the free year.
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Northern Pacific Farmer
Portland Oregon
Northwest
Frank Lee
Granger
United States
Great Northwest Journal
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Ing
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Royal Society
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Amehiua
Indian Territory
Quanna Parker
Washington
Morgan
The
New York Sun
Yellowstone River
Pete McDougall
Jackson
Chi
Bull Eyse
Petepmt
Azaell
Ott
Gen. Grant
Carlyle
Japan
Iwankura
Ivader
Ita
Ani
Waa
Miss Chicago
Sai, Soames
Angie Thom Bodaville
Pacific Farmer
Oregonian
Ine Gees Pears
Aences Solisite Union Manufacturing Co
Toledo, Ohio
Albena
Dire, Denice
E. Moneius
J— East
Union Northern
Pacific
Spokane
Minneapolis
ST. Paul
Denver
Omaha
Kansas City
Portland
Athena
W. FL
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Ersty Glenn
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Laew Straw
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