Nervy mountain railroading demands nerve and skill
An interview with a Rio Grande Western official details the dangers of Colorado routes. He explains that mountain grades, sharp curves, landslides, and trestles test engineers and require youth, strength, and calm. a single mistake can mean disaster.
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Cololo Midland
Denver and
Rio Grande
West
Colorado
Marshall Pass
Royal Gorge
Butte Inter- Mountain
Ingenious horticulturist seeks truly black flower
A 17th century style note discusses the quest to produce a flower that is entirely black, noting that despite many efforts over three centuries and literary fame like Dumas The Black Tulip, no truly black flower exists yet.
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Alexandre Dumas
Deceitful Woman Lures in Belief with False Trust
A fragment describes a deceitful woman who appears confiding. The speaker notes that her seeming trustworthiness hides a lack of real confidences and character.
Insects Intoxicated by Cosmos Flower Nectar Study
Research by Dr. J M Weir Jr shows cosmos flower nectar and pollen intoxicate insects. Bees and beetles appear to become drunken after consuming the nectar or pollen, with observed behavior including staggering and exhilaration after ingestion.
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J. M. Weir, Jr
When Everything Sticks humor on muggy weather and burglary
A retired burglar recalls muggy weather making lock and drawer work risky. He notes instruments may stick or fly open, causing falls, rusted tools, and danger, shaping his rule to stay home on humid days to avoid mishaps in break in work.
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New York Sun
Correct Coat Buttoning Theory Before Nine Tells All
A fashion note argues that nine of ten people button coats wrong starting at the top. It explains the collar and lapel area is the weakest for shaping and that fastening by the top button strains the shoulders and neck, harming the coat’s appearance over time.
Made Good Matchen and the Fish Message
A playful exchange wonders why Mrs Wise serves fish at nearly every meal. He suggests it might be for phosphorus or for making matches, while She rebukes the insinuation about girls and brains. The dialog hints at health notions and social chatter.
City council sets price on Auckland rats and a grocer’s boy sells scalp
A Sydney Bulletin item notes Auckland officials price rats, a grocer’s boy kills about 30 rats and brings back the scalp money. The master then declares the rats belong to him and tells the boy to pay the money to the cashier.
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Auckland
Aberdeen Gray
Sydney Bulletin
Dictionary shows how others spell our language
A Minneapolis Times quotation defends the dictionary as a mirror of mispellings and shows how little of the language each person actually uses, likening words to a vast ocean and our intake to a small cup.
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Minneapolis Times
Fond of the Girls Love Affairs of George Washington
The Chicago Times-Herald recounts George Washingtons early romantic life. It traces initial attractions to a landlady called the lowland beauty and to Lucy Cary, then Betsy Fauntleroy who rejected him, followed by Mary Phillipse in New York. He finally wooed and wed Martha Dandridge Custis at Waynes Ferry in 1758.
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Iflaire
George ‘Washington
Oneland
Mary
Lucy Cary
Colonel Airfax
Virginia
Betsy Fauntleroy
New York
Mary Phillipse
Waynes Ferry
Willamsburg
Martha Dandridge Custis
Daniel Park Custis
Chicago Times-Herald
Household Hints For Cleaning And Preservation
Practical tips on pantry storage with lime to keep dry air, flannel care for napkins, silk stain removal with alcohol, window glass cleaning with alcohol and whiting, whitening feathers using naphtha and sulphur vapor, and making clear starch by boiling and thinning with blue water. Includes stain removal steps and safety notes.
Including the Frame
A self taught artist shows off his framed painting in a Strand shop with a pretty companion. He asks the price and learns the window picture costs three shillings, the dealer adds that the frame is included.
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Strand
London
Scott
The Successful Doctor and the Ghosts
The king of purgatory seeks a skillful Chinese physician. Lictors visit doctors whose doors have no aggrieved spirits. At last one door has only a single shade, deemed promising, but they learn he began practice the day before.
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Purgatory
Earth
Giles
Be Wice Says Uncle Eben On Reputation
Uncle Eben counsels patience and listening to the youth speaker to gain respect. The quote contrasts wisdom with talk and notes listeners may leave thinking you cannot help being wise after long listening.
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Eben
Washington Star
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Chopin
Seateh Thrift
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C. A. Perrin, M. D
Helena
Montana
T. V. Overhuls
General Merchandise
Grey Cliff
Mont
Northwest
Oscar H. Will 4 CO
Bismark, N. Dak
Eureka
Eureka Harness
Standard
Oi! Company
Harvey Brothers
W. W. Beasley & Son
Stock Commission Brokers
Ste Timbe Monthon
T. A. Gillespie
Live Stock Commission Merchant
Ont
A. Perrine
Henry Nicholson
T. Paul
Minneapolis
Duluth
Spokane
atTiTi
BIG Timber
Tacoma
TLA
California
Jerenees A
Pacific Express
W. J. Ang
Pullman First Class
Raynor
Amgot
Chas
Fon G. PA
Butte
Billings
Millan Fur &Wool
Minn
Mit
Encaranes
Taman
Gapacityg
Interior
Land Offee- Depareemaan
Montane
B. M. Mielde
Timbe
District Court
Onites
Dana W. Cross
Adaline
E. Ee Bee
Vis
Alma Croes
Charles O. Hathaway
Thomas Nevin
H. Cummings
Melville
A. L. Love
Register
United States
C.N. Skillman
Solin Weinsboelen
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Iddicombe
Sid Thamling
Mstrlenticma
Grant Keller
Henry Lamb
Big T Timber
Department of the Interior
Bozeman
B. M. Midde
John Marehall
M.P. MN
Solomon J. Craft
Horace B. Yerke
Charles King
Irvin Woolsey
McLeod
United States Land Office
H. C. Jewett
U.S
Kern's Ranch
Orrin A. Fairburn
Peter
Larson
R. M
Hatch
W. A. Bell
Arthur C. Anderson
Absarokee
Emma B. Baker
McLean
Sweet Grass County
Ney SW
Co. N. Skillman
U. S
Sustem
Ewipe O| Clark
Big_ Timber
Ralph &. Baker
Primus Braffey
Henry Andrews
Gettlor
Emma R. Green
Emma R. Forsythe
Ozear A. Fallang
Adelbert Whitney
Oren M. Lanphear
John Hoff
Prosper Tessier
John F. Pratting
W. Ney
C. N. Skillman
Said
Thomas W. Scott
William Ver Beck
Chris Christensen
Samuel G. Webster
Ontana
U. Reo
Swift. &Co
U.S. Patent Office
Washington, D.C
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