Mohair and Alpaca Are From Different Animals
A New York importer explains Mohair cloth comes from the Angora goat and alpaca cloth from the Andean animal of the same name. He notes alpacas thrive in Peru and Chile, are raised by natives, and attempts to breed them in Europe or Australia have failed.
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New York
Peru
Chile
South America
Andes
Europe
Australia
Baltimore
United States
South Africa
Asta Minor
Echange
Paris and London Contrasts in People and Manners
Paris and London are contrasted across daily life and social customs. The piece notes traffic directions, housing, dining styles, meals, beverages, sleep spaces, and workplace behavior, highlighting French sociability versus British reserve in a London Tit-Bits styled roundup.
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London
Wrenchman
Paris
Parie
Defective Education in Alabama Fence Talk
An old Alabama man taunts a neighbor’s son at Atlanta University about schooling. He questions the pace of education and the time to fetch back a hatchet, implying delay and skepticism about learning. The caricature contrasts rural slang with academic effort and mocks progress through a rural vernacular anecdote.
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Alabama
Atlanta University
Philadelphia Ledger
African Natives Drum Signaling Across Africa
Across Africa drums form a rapid signaling network from village to village. Drumming happens at night when sound carries farther, letting a person hear distant echoes two miles away as messages spread swiftly through the continent.
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Africa
Wide World Magazine
Bohemia Defined as Youth in Sydney Bulletin Note
The Sydney Bulletin portrays bohemia as youth bound by barren deserts of middle age and mountains of success. The true bohemian lives on ambitions and ideals, avoids headaches, but often wakes with an empty stomach and no breakfast.
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Bohemia
Sydney Bulletin
Public Opinion in History and Its Re current Folly
A Boston Herald quotation laments public opinion as a will o the wisp that shifts with time. It claims the public has repeatedly blundered and condemned itself through its acts across eras and nations.
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Boston Herald
Business Sense and the Foresight of a Son-in-Law
A fragmented humorous exchange notes a titled son-in-law’s business sense. Mr Dustinstax praises his relative for foresight and sagacity, while a Washington Star quips that death holds no terror for him, as he is married.
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Mr. Dustinstax
Goy
Washington Star
Suggested by a Lady at the Post Office
A humorous exchange unfolds as a polite lady asks for five two cent stamps with a wish to mail from home. The counter clerk jokes about sending letters monthly and mentions reporting the idea to Washington, preferring anonymity for the source of the suggestion.
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Washington
Catching a Bride in Siberian Tradition Tale
A bridegroom chases a bride through a tented scene as bridesmaids confront him with obstacles. In a quirky twist, the impediments target the groom rather than the bride, making the pursuit comic. When he nearly gives up, he is allowed to catch her as she protests the suddenness of the moment.
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Hippomenes
A Live Steak
A New York Waiters' club president notes that English taste for beef is often more done than American. He recalls a tale of an English duke who calls for the butcher after a waiter serves a very rare sirloin, remarking the meat isn’t quite dead yet.
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New York
Charlotte Bronte Last Words and Stronger Word List
The item recalls Charlotte Bronte’s final plea to remain together as she neared death after nine months of marriage to Nicholls and notes a London contest selecting ten strongest English words. It lists hate blood hungry dawn coming gone love dead alone forever.
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Charlotte Bronte
London
Not Herself. Farmer Seeks Doctor For Wife’s Ailment
A rural farmer asks a doctor to visit his wife who, after a morning of heavy chores including milking cows, feeding pigs, making breakfast, washing dishes, and tending the washhouse fire, complains of fatigue. The farmer believes she needs medical attention and a dose of Loudon Scraps.
Wedding Delay Turns Into Witty Retort
In a light exchange, Clara waited thirty minutes at the church for Jennie’s wedding due to a misunderstanding. Maud quips that thirty minutes mean little to a woman who waited thirty years, turning the moment into a humorous remark about patience and time.
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Uatem
Charity
Clara
Jennie
Maud
Anxious Professor Stone and the Geology Loan
In a terse London Telegraph aside a geologist’s view causes anxiety as a professor recalls a temporary loan of £2 to a man with alarming opinions. The exchange underscores doubts about judgment and credibility in scientific circles.
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Stone
Scott
London Telegraph
Progress Reported With Tales From the River
In a lighthearted exchange the speaker says no fish were caught yet claims to have crafted entertaining stories to tell at home. The Washington Star quotation frames a humorous moment of fishing luck versus storytelling wit.
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Washington Star
Poker and Bridge. Knicker-I Was Sitting Up With a Sick Friend
A brief social quip notes the speaker and MrsKnicker recalling late night and afternoon vigils for ill spouses. The exchange hints at concern and companionship during illness without further detail.
Hogs And Cattle Markets From Chicago July 28
Chicago markets report hogs receipts 10,000 with mixed to strong prices from 5.90 to 6.70. Cattle receipts 5,000 with beves from 3.90 to 7.80 and cows 1.65 to 5.40. Sheep receipts 16,000 with lambs 4.25 to 6.55. Estimated tomorrow hogs 25,000 cattle 11,000 sheep 10,000.
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Chicago
City Market Report
LIVE STOCK Hogs five twenty five six seventy peeves five fifty six zero cows and heifers three twenty five five oh grain Wheat eight seven cents corn six zero oats forty two barley fifty rye sixty produce Bitter eighteen twenty cents eges twelve cents potatoes sixty one hay seven to ten dollars straw six dollars
Omaha timetable cues and train numbers listed
The notice lists train numbers and scheduled times for the Omaha flyer and local passes. It notes that numbers 63 and 64 do not run on Sundays and includes details for the Chicago Express and the Chicago Flyer services.
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Omaha Flyer
Colo
Calif
Mail and Express
A. M. Limited
Wall and Express
Chicago Express
Chicago Flyer
Train schedules for Audubon and Griswold branches
Northbound Audubon Branch trains No. 839 mixed express Sundays 6 40 a m No 861 mixed express Sundays 2 20 p m No 21 Sunday only. Southbound Griswold Branch trains No 393 mixed express Sundays 6 36 a m No 395 mixed express Sundays 2 30 p m No 323 Sunday only. 2 35 p m All trains daily except Sunday.
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Audubon Branch
Griswold
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City Market Report
Rock Island & Pacific
Iowa Trust and Savings Bank
Cass County Abstract and
Chas. A. Grubb
Jon Ifs
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News Publishing Co
Atlantic, Iowa
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