Wonders of Ant Life Stirs Curiosity Across Oceans
The London Spectator reports ants sowing and harvesting grain and packing seed, while another observer notes ants cultivating mushrooms. Brazilian and West African foragers inspire awe as elephants and pythons avoid them. A curious theory suggests ants enslave larvae, yet the British slave-owning ant is said to compel its captives to fight.
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Col. Bykes
Poonan
London Spectator
Lincecum
Texas
Parwin
Linnaea Society
Brazil
Equatorial Africa
Dutch Minister Falls Engaged to Miss Elizabeth Glover
Falls, Minister Van Swinderin of the Netherlands, announced engaged to Miss Elizabeth Glover. An exchange at a Washington musicale had him quip about seeing a man named Blank at Chevy Chase on horseback, noting he rode “well” and that it was “anon.”
The Strength of Michael Angelo in the Sistine Chapel
Charles H. Carlin in St Nicholas notes Michelangelo relied on form sculpture not painting. He told Pope Julius II he was a sculptor, then after four years of work the Sistine ceiling revealed a vast 10 000 square foot program with 343 principal figures begun at age thirty three.
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Michael Angelo
Charles H. Carlin
St. Nicholas
Julian II
Sistine Chapel
Rome
Jeremiah
Laughing Edison and the Green Journalist Tale
A newspaper writer recalls Thomas A. Edison testing a complex machine and repeatedly asking for explanations. Edison teases the writer about being green while recounting a Canadian telegraph office memory. The piece closes with a joke about a woman who married a foreign nobleman then left him.
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Thomas A. Edison
Mr. Edison
Canada
Aisnuise
Early Carrying of Mails in 1747 Albany Post Service
The New York post office supported the postal department with about 6 million a year. Bradford's New York Gazette reported Cornelius van Benburgh intends to depart from Albany by week’s end to carry letters by post. Winter mail routes used sloops or foot messengers, with notices urging timely letter delivery and a Gazette schedule adjustment.
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New York Post Office
Bradford
New York Gazette
Cornelius van Benburgh
Albany Post
To &T
Spring Garden
Hudson River
Albany Mall
Boston
Philadelphia
New York
N. B
Gazette
Troy Times
Willie's Question About the Land of Sleep
A child asks where sleep leads and describes a dreamland with candy mountains, flowers on giant trees, and friendly animals. The poem recalls a mother and father in the dream, and mentions a Lady who returned from coven.
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Mamma
Papa
Wali
Littleors
Independent
Souvenir collecting during a country ride
A man recalls his wife’s desire for a keepsake as they spot an oriole nest. They stop, he retrieves the nest, and the conversation follows about whether it contains eggs or young birds. The exchange features a humorous tone and a distant, pondering look.
Turn of Lifes Wheel: White and Widow Belle Revisit Fate
A dramatic sketch outlines Justice White and his wife Mrs. White hosting entertainments. It recalls his Louisiana origins, rise to the Supreme Court, and a heartbreak when a former beloved chose wealth over love. The story notes her rumored Washington presence and distance from receptions.
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Justice White
Louisville
Pewee Valley
White
Supreme Court
New Jersey School Superintendent Makes Anatomy Mistake
A suburban New Jersey district reports a public school superintendent misnaming the vermiform appendix during a physiology lesson. He described appendicitis as caused by inflammation of the appendix and called an operation to remove it an amputation. A new superintendent has since taken the post.
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New Jersey
Fad for Optimism Inspires Brighter Public Mood
The Philadelphia North American notes a growing social trend toward cheerfulness in public life. It credits outdoor living and new social poses with fostering happier communities and healthier personal outlooks.
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Philadelphia
Brave twelve year old girl repels tramp with gun
In Crystal Maine a farm girl Emma Rowe age twelve faced a burglar alone. She grabbed her father’s unloaded gun, pressed the trigger on the intruder and warned him to flee. The tramp fled, leaving the girl unharmed and the farm safe.
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Maine
Greve
Mra Orrin Rowe
Crystal
Keama
Tate House
Tramp
Emma Rowe
Portland Argus
Tomato packing in 1904 shows nationwide decline
American Tomato Pack reports a 16 percent drop from 1903. The United States total reaches 8,671,000 cases. Maryland leads state records with almost 8,600,000 cases, followed by Indiana about 1,000,000 and New Jersey around 800,000.
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United States
Maryland
Indiana
New Jersey
Night Pleads For Rest In Velvet Darkness
A fragmented verse invokes Night to soothe the day’s din and weariness. The speaker seeks dreamlike aid and peaceful shelter from care, requesting a cloak of darkness to shield and calm the anxious mind. An elusive reference to J. W. Folcy in the New York Times appears amid the garbled text.
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J. W. Folcy
New York Times
Exploration of the Rio Colorado Delta Desert Flora
Dr. D. T. MacDougal reports on an expedition to the delta of the Rio Colorado and the arid Mexican desert around the Gulf of California head, noting xerophytes including perennials with latex and species secreting volatile oils, resinous gums, and a lack of plants with large storage organs due to uniformly scant rainfall.
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Mexican Desert
Botanical Gazette
D. T. MacDougal
Rio Colorado
Gulf of California
No Money in Voting Controversy Sparks Poll Tax Confusion
A Brooklyn registered voter, new to voting, struggles with questions about residency and legality. He asserts he never voted before and explains that in North Calling you must pay a two dollar poll tax to vote, after which only one dollar is given for voting.
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Brooklyn
Noth Calling
Vaccination Under Red Light Claims No Scars
Report from Paris hospitals describes vaccination done under red lighting producing no scar and less pain. The procedure uses a room lit only by a red incandescent lamp.
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Paris
Northwestern Line Special Summer Rates to Lakes Region
Low rate round trip tickets every Saturday and Sunday to Mercer Manitowish Lac du Flambeau Woodruff Shoshank Lake McNaughton Rhinelander and Gogebic. Travel valid to return until the following Monday. Apply to agents Chicago North-Western Ry.
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North-Western
Mercer
Manitowish
Lac du Flambeau
Woodrutf
Shonshank Lake
McNaughton
Rhinelander
Gogebic
Uul
Chikxago
North-Western K’y
Dying of Consumption Described and Cure Promised
A testimonial from Wm Meyers of Cearfoss Maryland describes consumption as a long torture and credits Dr King’s New Discovery with a quick, complete cure after other medicines failed. The ad claims relief for coughs colds sore throat bronchitis and more and states pneumonia prevention. Available at F B Jones drug store with a one dollar price and a free trial bottle.
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Wm. Meyers
Cearfoss
F. B. Jones’ Drug Store
Wisconsin Central Railway Milwaukee to Duluth and beyond
The line runs from Chicago to Milwaukee and Minneapolis with connections to St Paul Ashland Superior and Duluth. Pullman sleepers free reclining chair cars and meter coaches are available. Meals are served a la carte. Tickets and sleeping car reservations through company agents or Jas C Pond Milwaukee Wis.
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Wisconsin Central
Chicago
Miwaukee
Mamitower
St Maul
Minneapolis
Ashland
Superior
Duluth
Sunday Excursion Rates to Ashland Begin May 21
The C N W R will sell Sunday excursion tickets to Ashland starting May 21 and every Sunday thereafter through September 24, at fare and return for one and one half times the round trip price.
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Ashland
Satisfactory guarantee for Greene's Warranted Syrup of Tar bottles
The undersigned offer a refund on a 50 cent bottle if it fails to cure cough or cord. A 25 cent bottle is guaranteed to prove satisfactory or money refunded.
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Greene
Lewis and Clark Exposition private car party offer
Portland readers are invited to join a private car party for the Lewis and Clark Exposition. Wisconsin residents are urged to contact J. N. Terner, Special Exhibition Agent, at 100 Wisconsin Street Milwaukee for details and better value.
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Wisconsin
Portland
Ore
J. N. Terner
Spi
Wisconsin St
Low Rate Exercise Tickets via Northwestern Lines
Exercise tickets to Green Bay Wisconsin via the Northwestern Line will be sold June 5 1987 at favorable return limits on account of the Biennial Meeting of a fraternal order. Apply to agents Cirage & Northwest-Western Ry. Limited to returning travelers on the account of the order.
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Noeth-Westera Lins
Matera Wonlener
Cirage & Nesth-Wertera Ry
Order of Eagles
Appy
Mers Coicaco
Bucken's Amica Salve Promises Quick Ailment Relief
Claiming to treat cuts burns ulcers fever sores sore eyes and boils the ad cites D L Gregory of Hope Texas praising Bucken s Amica Salve. The product is priced at 25 cents and sold at F B Jones' drug store.
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Bucken
D. L. Gregory
Hope
Texas
F. B. Jones
Very Leon Rates to Northern Wisconsin Seeagerfest
Excursion tickets offered to Weusas Wisconsin for Northern Wisconsin Seeagerfest via the Noth Western Line. Dates Janae 22 25 and 24. apply to IES CR. Feth Western Ry.
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Wisconsin
Weusas
Wis
Noth Western
IES CR
Feth Western Ry
Northwest Openings for Small Capital in New Towns
The Great Northern Railway promotes openings in Northwest towns offering opportunities for small capitalists. A booklet describes how dozens of emerging towns along the line present business activity near abundant raw material supplies and growing factories, aiding manufacturers seeking proximity to sources.
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Vas
Great Northern Railway
Ikolasss
Adopustety Amt
Maar
Amiootias 2
Train Schedule Fragments From South Bound Listings
Fragmentary railway timetable shows multiple southbound trains with numbers and times. Entries include No 32 Hay 7:03 pm and No 20 Daily ex San 2:28 pm, No 24 Daily ex San 0:30 pm, No 26 Daily 32 pm, plus a Scoot Passenger service and freight note.
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North-Western
Sazon
Copper Country
Sun
Saxon
Hay
Naba
Scose
Oere
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Willie
THE
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Little Bear of
Lee
Upper Peninsula
Michiegan
Tas
Atlantic
Milwaukee, Wis
Green Bay
A. A. McNiff
Treae Paarw
Wwe
Torsten
A. R
Plains
West
Calumet Houghton
Ishpeming
Marquette
C.& M. Rys
Calumet
Houghton
Sault Ste Marie
Montreal
Michigan
North Bessemer
John A. O'Hara
Essemer, Mich
Wisconsin Central Railway
Wiecensis Central Hy.Co. Wil
Heesemer
Bessemer
Hl.cummins
Ravenswood
E. C. Dewitt & CO
Geo. Rupp
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