War of the future as a card game satire
Derringer Dan discusses a future war envisioned as a poker style contest with strategy and bargaining. Other speakers, including Broncho Bob Piute Pete and Rattlesnake Pete, debate the mechanics and ethics, noting dangers and the impossibility of perfect rules. The Washington Star quotation frames the piece as speculative humor on warfare and technology.
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Derringer
Chance
Eich
Pinte Pete
Derringer Dan
Broncho Bob
Rattlesnake Pate
Piute Pete
Town Professes Progress as Train Pauses in Mississippi
A traveler notes a lively town near a train stop in Mississippi. He calls loafers at the station the barometer of progress, contrasting bustling southern loafing with past decades and the change he observes in the area.
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Progess
Mississippi
Hite
Nur Northermair
Qaak
Stan
The Parating of Berne and the Island of S Aiea
A garbled excerpt discusses Berne and the island of S Aiea and mentions a meeting of a territorial institute or committee led by Mr Gilbert. It hints at a discussion of unique ferns and plant variety, suggesting a claim that no other equal area produces as many ferns.
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Berne
sAiea
Adele
Gilbert
Mattrr
Medicing
Tremont
Drsp Kennedy & Kergan
Da3
Euguin Ay
Pungent Paragraphs and Witty Exchanges Across Papers
A collage of fragmentary quotes from Chicago Record Boston Transcript Lonkers State... culture notes of ditzy banter. The snippets mix waiter lines promissory gossip and family quips showing thin social veneers in humorous exchanges.
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Linslow
Chicago
Boston Transcript
Lonkers Statesman
Clain House
Indianapolis Journal
Nebraskas Supreme Court Overruled by Thirsty Justice
A Nebraska tale narrates Justice Alstadt known as Dis marck who on a hot day, weary of legal authorities, overruled the state supreme court in a dog case. He declared for the other side, asserting the court’s need for a drink and his own thirst driven ruling. The anecdote mocks strict reliance on precedents.
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Supreme Court
Nebraska
Supreme Courts
William Alstadt
Technick’ Dawrer
Bismarck
de Oder Feller
Dismarck
Sheneral
Bill Alstadt
Til Alstadt
Gonsineel
Court of Xebrasky
Dill Aistadt
Nebraska Tris
Chicago
Orange Deneret and Dessert Preparation Steps
The text describes peeling and segmenting oranges to remove the bitter white rind, shredding the rind for a syrup, boiling water, and arranging orange sections on a dish. It mentions pouring a preparation over the oranges and letting them absorb flavors in a single preparation sequence.
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Sontag Roedsted
Lecrage
West Virginia Hangings And Charges At Fayetteville
A Fayetteville crowd of about 1500 witnessed Jerry Brown, a Black man, hanged for the assault of Mrs. Lea Indford. He died by strangulation after a long delay, with testimony comparing hanging and electrocution. Mrs. Radford attended, publicly describing the crime and Brown’s execution.
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Payetteville
West Virginia
Jerry Brown
Leaindford
Brown
Kanawha
Fayatte County
Grows
Short
Gan
Ancy
Crown
Clark Lewis
Albert Voiers
Lewis
Voiers
Farecteville
Fayetteville
Fayetteville Court House
Lack Ware
Carigas
Cynosure
Isaac Radford
Heltaig
Herband
Tre Fay
Sherif McVey Ie
Wratherton
Washington
Alower
Devon
Jesus Laver
Mrs. Radford
United States
Ohio
Haas and
Wiler
Columbus
Haas
Wiley
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Mannie
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Kibo
Sarina
Ever
Yar Somerville Journal
T. Buck
Delaney, Ark
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Atlacu
Klondike
Fairbank Company
Louis
New York
Boston
Philadelphia
The
New-York
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Geo
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New York City
Fey
Stamford
U.S
Mery
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Aod
Jo Gomphlet
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