The College Bone Man and Odd Swiss Law Tales
A tunnel of curiosities opens with two students in Angora car toying with a skeletal prop as passengers gape. A girl screams when the makeshift joke escalates, then the tale shifts to Swiss tax law barring nonpayers from beer gardens, and a wry anecdote about Sir Noel Paton and a cracking mirror.
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College
Bill
Sixteenth Street
Evwynoty
Philadelphia Bee
Canton of
Bern
Switzerland
Chicago
Making Over Mat Styles Seen At Millinery Store
A Corry woman, unable to buy a new five dollar hat, visited a millinery shop. She learned late styles, returned home and pounded her old hat with a rolling pin for half an hour. She then pinned a feather through the hat and attended church the next Sunday, becoming the envy of all the women in town.
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Brie Dispatch
The Outcast Newspaper Man of the City
A portrait of the newspaper man as an isolated observer, always present yet unseen. He works holidays and Sundays, watching life unfold while others live, earning his livelihood by recording others. His lamp lights the night and his notebook captures fleeting moments under the stars.
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Gerald Stanley Lee
Atlantic
The Emergency Clerk and Tales of a Hospitable Clerk
A hotel guest praises a New Orleans clerk whose service and quick wit impress him as priceless. The tale recalls a lawyer and client moment from a Chicago Times-Herald piece. A separate vignette describes an English tourist nearly joining a desert prospector, aided by a surprising kitchen incident with a king snake in hot grease at Maggie Springs.
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Wallapa Mountains
Santa Fe Pacific
Desert Express
Hurros
Maggie Springs
Remarkable Salt Lake Tabernacle Building Feature
A Salt Lake City tabernacle is praised for its curious acoustics. The article notes sound appears to travel vividly as visitors tour the building, creating a notable impression on strangers hearing a pin drop.
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Tabernacle
Salt Lake City
Proposals and a Long Canal Tale in New York
A flirtatious exchange features Allis Cayenne and Willie Washington as she plans to see how many proposals she can collect this season. The note adds a quirky claim about the world’s longest canal in New York, supposedly spanning 41 miles from Albany to Buffalo, in a humorous digression.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss de Vere
Allis Cayenne
Willie Washington
Washington
New York
Albany
Buffalo
How Far Apart Did They Live? A Capitol Conversation
A Washington Star excerpt recalls a lawyer noting two southern members discussingGen al Bloods plantation while debating a bill. The dialogue raises a geographic puzzle about the distance between the major's plantation and the general's, left unsolved.
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Capitol
Boston
Majah
Gen'al Blood
Colon
Minjah
Washington Star
First Aid on the Battlefield and Distant Snippet Notes
The text discusses battlefield first aid focusing on hemorrhage control splints and antiseptic dressings. It describes triangular bandages made from a 38 inch square, improvised splints, and securing injuries with available materials. It also includes unrelated anecdotes about trout, copper tempering, and a Chicago Tribune quip.
Neill Reveals Why His Crop Guess Missed
Henry M. Neill explains his weather based crop forecast method failed for this season. He cites a Alabama plantation example where 600 acres yielded 70 bales despite favorable conditions and labor, suggesting a truly exceptional cotton year with unforeseen factors.
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Messrs. Neill Brother
Henry M. Neill
New Orleans
Alabama
Sen
Suspect Arrested in Goebel Assassination Case
Gabriel A Teal of Biardinsberg is brought to Frankfort by Breckinridge county sheriff on March 14 for suspected complicity in Governor Goebel’s assassination. He stayed overnight at the Capitol hotel under guard as officials withheld details. Also, Congressman Fleming of the Tenth district near full recovery and attended the boss in Washington, signaling good news to supporters.
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Ceylon
Montana
Washington Star
Frankfort
Gabriel A- Teal
Biardinsberg
Breckinridge County
Goebel
Tsol
Capitol Hotel
Washington
Pleming
Tenth
Cincinnati Enquirer
A Place of More Luck in Calaveras Mines
In Calaveras county a luckful strike arose from Becker and Trimmer woodcutters turned prospectors. Snow, a hot earth, and a buried rock yielded a $000-per-ton treasure, changing two poor men into wealthy miners within a year.
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Calaveras County
Cal
Henry Becker
John L. Trimmer
Connecticut
Caleras County
Becker
Trimmer
Jedge
Philadelphia Times
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John W. Ball
Noel Paton
Yorkshire
Bile Noel
Franklin Fyles
Ladies’ Home Journal
Journal
New Orleans Times-Democrat
Chicago Times-Herald
Davis & Lawrence Co., Limited
Perry Davie
Rockland
Bangor Whig and Courier
Deus
Poydras Street
Vnlly
Auch
Jy Nanau St
Providence
Oakland Beach
Faherman
Cleve- Plain Dealer
Thomas Harper
Bellevue
Roundhouse
Chicago Tribune
Nion
Gagster
Throggina
Mtte Tilbury
Throggins
Chicago ‘Tribune
Neill
Wes
Texas
Kentucky
G. A. Test
Mardineberg
Jel
Dr. J
Huthaya
Atlanta, Ga
Pennynoval Pitts Seater Nee Seg Het
Marchitih
Tawny Drum
Lord Dake
Nancy Moon
Woolever
Fleetwoods
Commercial
Capa-Clark
Rand
Roget
Wood
Natural History
Robinson Ornsoe
Kebles Christian
Baron Munchsosen
Baje
Ireland
He Emerton
Wandering Jow
Charles O'Malley
Harry Lorrequer
Don Quizote
Reskin
Venice
Melirepar
Athem
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