Washington and the Tariff Recalled on Washington's Birthday
The article recalls Mr. Depew praising the first act signed by Washington urging duties on imports to protect and encourage manufactures. It contrasts republican origins with current politics and cites a St. Louis Post-Dispatch clipping about Mr. and Mrs. John R. Scott planning a professional tour after his resignation from Washington University.
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St. Louis Post Dispatch
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John R. Scott
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Washington University
Death by own action derides desertion in battle
Albany Evening Journal condemns suicide in wartime as cowardly and self-defeating, calling it a cowardly act that taints life’s narrative, compares it to a poorly acted comedy, and laments its erasure of the hero’s final fate.
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Albany Evening Journal
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Concord
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Athlophoros
Asert
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Maenac
Sen
Louise Dugany
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Wall St
Bobby and the verse at breakfast and a reluctant congressman
A Hartford boy named Bobby struggles with a Bible verse chosen for him at breakfast. His mother learns the line, and the incident prompts a revision of his scripture study. A new congressman visits society and bolts on introduction, fearing exposure in the crowd.
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Hartford
Bobby
Drum summons at Flint institute for the deaf and dumb
In Flint Michigan the institute for the deaf and dumb uses a drum placed on the floor to wake everyone each morning and to call boys from the playground. Teachers say those who cannot hear still feel the vibrations and come to the summons.
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Institute For the Deaf and Dumb
Flint
Mich
Texas ranch wires fence to shock cattle and alert via bell
The owners of a major Texas ranch hire a Chicago firm to electrify the pasture top wire. Any animal touching the line will receive a shock and a portable device attached to the wire lets cowboys telephone headquarters. A fence break will trigger a bell at headquarters.
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Texas
Chicago
Notable Exchange in Tobacconist Shop Between Penn and Story
William Penn and Thomas Story sheltered from rain in a tobacconist's. The owner, a local justice of the peace, challenged them for entering without leave. Story retorted that his friend “thee” is Governor, implying authority beyond the shopkeeper.
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William Penn
Thomas Story
Story
Breslau Report Describes Eight Foot Chimney Height
In Breslau Germany an eight foot high chimney is described in the article fragment. The note notes concerns about construction and local conditions. Further details are unreadable in the provided text.
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Breslau
Germany
String Trick Mimics Thunder Using Touch
An app experiment may be performed with no apparatus but a piece of string five or six feet long. A person’s hands are held over the ears as the string is passed around the head and drawn over the cord. The result is vivid tympanic impressions and sharp thunder like sounds.
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Boston
James
Minerva
Savings Bank
Boston Courier
Dakota Naming Debate and Ice Park Observation
In Omaha a Dakota naming joke frames a talk on two states possibly adopting new names Kota and Overcoata. A Central Park skater slips to the ice prompting a helper quip about a first time or last time skate attempt.
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Omaha
Dakota
Upper
Lower Dakota
Waiter challenges guest after finger snap gag
A guest snaps fingers to summon a waiter who replies by asking if the guest is calling for the dog. The guest exclaims astonishment and explains he was about to request sausage, highlighting a humorous miscue in a Baltix Herald item.
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Baltix
Leap year labor woes spark tireless February complaint
A couple jokes about February’s 29 days and a muffled grievance about wage in the leap year era. He laments working twenty nine days in February for an ordinary pay. The exchange highlights labor fatigue and economic strain in a domestic scene.
Prayer Paper Pellet Faiths In Kyoto Temple Spotted
A letter from Japan describes an unusual ritual at a Kyoto temple where worshippers chew prayer paper, form it into a pellet, and cast it at a deity through a wire screen. If the pellet sticks, the prayer is answered. if it hits the screen, the prayer is void.
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Japan
Buddha
Kioto
That Tired Feeling in Spring Sold by Hood’s Sarsaparilla
Spring fatigue grips many as winter air fades and warm days arrive. Hood's Sarsaparilla is advertised to strengthen the body and purify the blood, claimed to build up health during seasonal changes.
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Hood
Hoon
Hovuss Hunter Reflects on Life and Real Estate Realities
A terse dialogue reveals Hovuss Hunter lamenting a grim, aging market. The real estate agent notes life is short and living far from conveniences is tough, suggesting enduring the gloom for a few years rather than permanence.
South Carolina Keeps Dakota Out of the Union
The article notes South Carolina will have nine Electoral College votes next and Dakota none. It suggests South Carolina is likely to vote solidly to keep Dakota out of the Union.
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South Carolina
Dakota
Little Clarence recalls snowless year in playful quip
Four year old Clarence tells his father that one year there was no snow, then jokes it was last summer. The exchange captures a child’s witty memory of seasons.
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Littte Clarence
Clarence
St Louis Becomes Favorite for Democratic Convention
The National Democratic Committee largely favored St Louis as the venue for the Democratic Presidential Convention citing the city's reputation for fine beer and oversized schooners as a contributing factor to the decision.
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St. Louis
National Democratic Committee
High license law shifts business across Pennsylvania border
Reportedly the newly passed high license law in Pennsylvania will push part of the liquor trade across state lines into neighboring areas, changing where customers obtain alcoholic beverages. The consequence may affect local outlets and cross-border sales dynamics.
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Pennsylvania
Lysewine Party Claims Misidentified Murder Suspect
A fragmentary note reports the Lysewine party apologizing to a widow after admitting they lynched her husband by mistake. The text hints at regional chaos in Sevora Mexico and mentions a troubling infestation industry and mosquitos in Ainaba harming dogs.
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Lysewine
Proverbs on Food and Frugality From Old Kitchen Wit
This collection offers pithy maxims about dining, spending, and appetite. It links appetite to character, warns against debt, extols moderation, and notes contrasts between meat, taste, and fortune. Readers are reminded that prudent eating and orderly habits shape wellbeing.
Mysterious herb cures poison and other curiosities
The item collection covers the mongoose remedy tale and Dr. Pierce’s pellets, then shifts to Bonanza Flood’s wheat syndicate loss, the old law map disposes, and assorted quips about babies, editors, clergy, and odd anecdotes from newspapers.
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Bonanza
Unity and Sozodont in Boston Courier Vignette
A fragmented 19th century newspaper snippet blends a mock romance between a Boston schoolteacher and a suitor, a verse praising SOZODONT, a humorous line about Spapping’s glue, an ad for a new shoe-lasting machine, Hood’s Sarsaparilla as a spring medicine, and a Washington dressing room mirrored like a Venetian palace.
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Washington House
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