Night Train Bandit Robs 100 Passengers in Kansas City
A lone bandit boarded Missouri Pacific train No. 112 at Leavenworth Junction and robbed over 100 passengers of money and watches before escaping in darkness. He fired a scalp wound at Capt. H. L. Newbold who resisted, then continued through the cars taking valuables and coins. He cut the air signal rope after leaving the Pullman, leaving the train without air signal connections.
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Kansas City
Missouri Pacific
St. Joseph
St. Louis
Leavenworth Junction
Leavenworth
Northwestern Junction
Kas
May
H. L. Newbold
Fort Leavenworth
Newbold
The Age Secret a Father Kept for His Daughter
A writer laments gender age bias and recalls a father who never told his daughter her age or birthplace. He foresaw future embarrassment and ensured no birth records existed in the family, sparing her from lying about age.
Bladensburg Milk Shop Sells Sleepy Town Myth
A Bladensburg Maryland merchant naps in his shop while a boy requests milk in a tale that mocks the town’s reputed sleepiness. The shopkeeper sighs that no one else apparently sells milk, highlighting the humorous local legend.
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Bladensburg
Wise Advice on Work, Thought, and Community
A Chicago American excerpt urges readers to stop overthinking shop life and extend their thoughts beyond workplace confines. It champions personal growth through interest in thinking and in the achievements of useful men within the community and nation.
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Chicago American
Silent Heroism in Poverty’s Quiet Hovel
In retirement and squalid poverty, acts of magnanimity thrive beyond public gaze. The piece likens such self denial to a grand, unseen spectacle on the edge of death, comparing it to a cataract that roars without onlookers to witness its grandeur.
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The
Missouri
Borrowers of Books and the Writer's Frugal Taste
The speaker muses on lending books and poems, joking about binding opinions and chaining volumes to shelves for readers. He notes borrowers vary from slow readers to those who borrow to gauge the lender’s sagacity, and defends money lenders against caprice.
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Charles Lamb
Famine in China Affects Millions Worldwide Relief Urgently Needed
New York reports indicate three million Chinese citizens are affected by famine due to crop failures and floods. An interdenominational mission committee cites the imperial government pledging 40,000 taels for twelve counties, but experts warn relief remains temporary and insufficient to meet the broader crisis.
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New York
China
Arthur J. Brown
Boards
Societies of Foreign Missions
United States
Canada
Interdenominational Committee of Foreign Missionaries
Shanghai
Kiang Su
Anhui
Edwin C. Lobenstine
Imperial
Wise Words on Envy and Humble Fortune
Bacon argues envy targets those flaunting wealth and power. He contrasts plain generous bearing with crafty pomp, noting openness lessens envy while concealed pride provokes more. True greatness invites less jealousy when shown without arrogance or vanity.
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Bacon
Waiters in New York Organize Against Insulting Tips
The piece notes New York waiters forming a mutual protection bloc to refuse insulting tips. It questions penalties for tipping offenders and suggests fines or imprisonment may be lacking, while predicting some waiters might still pocket tips like Pooh Bah.
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New York
I. T
Pooh Bah
Aged Hunter Saved by His Dog in Bear Attack Near Long Valley
Ebenezer Ramsey, 72, near El Dorado Placer counties, shot three bears after his dog treed a mother and two cubs. The mother chased him until he armed with an ax killed the bear, the dog keeping it occupied. Ramsey called it the most exciting hunt.
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Ebenezer Ramsey
Long Valley
el Dorado
Placer Counties
Ramsey
Pincerville
San S*ransisco Chronicle
Gilded youths in Newport dispute newsboy change
A fallible father-in-law and two gilded Prov idence youths encounter a Newport newsboy. One pays 50 cents, can’t get change, and the others argue over lending a nickel. The quarrel ends with the remark that one father-in-law is alive and the other is not, highlighting vanity and class humor.
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Providence
R. I
Newport
Mystery Soldier Body Found Sewn in Sack
A French newspaper item reports the discovery of a soldier's body in the river, cut into pieces and sewn into a sack. The notice states the circumstances rule out death by suicide and suggests foul play.
Entirely Cured
A quotation shows Mrs. Lapsing resisting a roller coaster ride saying she fits all the time as if she were turning dropsy turvy. The line highlights comic phrasing and a playful self description.
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Mrs. Lapsing
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U. S
Boards of Foreign Missions
Red Cross Society
Morrison Ranch
Hinkley
T. G. Nicklin
Barstow
California
Fowler
Todd
Mohave Valley
Bartow
Cal
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