A Glimpse of Tokyo A Contrast of Sights and Sounds
A detailed 19th century travel portrait of Tokyo describing pollution, crowded streets, multilingual friction for foreigners, crowded markets along Ginga Street, deficient plumbing, and the hard life of laborers. It notes smoking odors, curious crowds, rickshaws, baths, and health concerns among children and workers in the city and province.
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Tokyo
Japan
Orient
Yokohama
Chicago‘chronicle
Rarest of Pheasants and Their Odd Habits Described
The article describes the rarest pheasants in wild forests of Sussetra and the Van peninsula, noting their extreme shyness and elusiveness. It details the seven foot long fully grown males with wing displays revealing opal feather patterns, and contrasts with the Reeves of China whose six foot tails and dramatic courtship rituals are described.
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Sussetra
van Peninsula
Bornes
Jenith
China
America
Plausible Inference Remains Single Says Boston Transcript
The Boston Transcript notes that Miss Morrin has stayed single by choice, indicating she has not married. The remark implies no scandal or pressure, simply a personal decision reflected in public comment and social norms.
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Gilbert
The Oyster's Left Side Life Explained
A Philadelphia Record article discusses why oysters rest on their left side and how flipping them to the right side hinders feeding. The explainer notes the left side is the natural, energy-efficient feeding position, while the right side makes opening the shell extremely difficult, potentially killing the oyster.
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Chesapeake Bay
Choptank River
Philadelphia
The Bowie Knife Inventor James Black Explored
Indianapolis Sentinel recounts ex governor Dan W. Jones's tale of James Black a Washington blacksmith whose tempering plating and Damascus steel secrets made his Bowie knife famed. It covers Black's early life apprenticeship arrival in Washington Bowie's order and the legend of Bowie's use in the Alamo era, plus Black's guarded mastery and reputation.
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Uere
James Black
Dan W. Jones
Arkansias
Aaron Clark
J. N. Smithee
Little Rock
Liere
Jones
New Jersey
James
Philadelphia
Henderson
Washington
Black
James Bowie
Bineck
Bowie
Alamo
Davy Crockett
Damascus
Indianapolis Sentinel
Education and Success in the Age
The article cites World’s Work stating an uneducated child has a 1 in 150000 chance of distinction, a common school education raises odds about fourfold, a high school diploma boosts the common school child’s odds twenty threefold, a college degree increases the high school student’s chances ninefold, and overall yields about 219 times the chance of the common school child and over eight hundred times the untrained.
Do You Know the Wages of Sin Johnnie Tale
A dominie questions Johnnie about wages of sin as he ties a can to a dog’s tail. Johnnie answers he does it for fun, insisting it is not work but mischief. The brief anecdote from Lanston Post captures a cheeky exchange and playful mischief.
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Johnnie
John
Lanston Post
Tess-Joe Proposal Stalled by Hef Toward Tomorrow
In a Philadelphia Press item, Tess declines Tess-Joe's quick proposal, noting he must wait until tomorrow due to his impatience. The exchange shows playful banter as Tess asserts she will not be hurried into commitment.
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Tess
Joe
Jess
Philadelphia Press
Where Diogenes Was Foolish in Boston Transcript
A quip on Diogenes and honesty. Mrs Potter-Bigger fool be says honest men are not on the street at night but at home with their families in response to the Lantern search for an honest man.
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Diogenes
Potter
Mrs. Potter
Boston Transcript
Song and Fate Told in Yonkers Statesman Snippet
A Yonkers Statesman fragment notes a writer named Patience or Patrice shaping a song believed to endure. The piece hints a listener killed the tune before it could live, a cryptic claim about reception and destruction of art.
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Patience
Patrice
Yonkers
Reward Offered in Yellowstone River Bridge Bomb Plot
The Northern Pacific Railway company offers five thousand dollars to arrest and convict those implicated in the attempt to blow up the Yellowstone River bridge at Livingston. The incident occurred about 1050 p.m. on August 2 near Bozeman, involving an attempted bombing of the railway track three fourths of a mile west of Bozeman. Authorities seek those responsible and the motive remains under investigation.
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Northern Pacific Railway Company
Livingston
Bozeman
Stray Cattle Branded DX Owned by Unnamed Person
Strayed cattle marked DX on left ribs and not vented are the property of the undersigned. They will be taken up wherever found. Date 6 25.
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ANL
Notice of Laundry Purchase and Possession
To whom it may concern Joe Loem Pock has purchased the Sam Lee laundry and will take possession on Oct 26 Sam Lee will pay or collect all accounts due or against him up to Oct 36 Lorem Poct Big Timbuar Mont Oct 15 1903.
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State of Montana
John Rezinger
John Rexinger
Henry Nicholson
L. P. Tintinger
A. G. Haten
Justice of the Peace
Joe Loem Pock
Sam Lee
Department of the Interior
Bozeman
Mont
Settier
C.N Skillman
U.S
Big Timber
Montana
Charles P. Curtis
Sem
Wyney
Nem
M.e.m
Peder J. Egeland
Oscar B. Curtis
Cyrus J. Gareth Robert Roberts
Monani
Lewistown
Cettler
C. ON
Skillman
Benjamin PF. John
H. EB
E.W. M
Edward H. Churchill
Charles Bryan
Jacob Hi. Karnop
John W. Russell
Big Elk
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Anderson House
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T. A. Gillespie
Live Stock Commission
U. S
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Lewis C. Bativ
William Curtis
Alexander Duffey
Charles A. Bailey
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Register
J.N. Skillman
Torger Brandli
M. P.M
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Thomas Kent
James H. Whiting
Milton Whiting
Grey Cliff
William L. Shanks
M. R. Wilson
C. N. Skillman
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Essevesseres
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I. John F. Asbury
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Assang
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Sweet Grass County
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F. E. Taylon
C. T. Busia
Alais
United States Land Office
William Nelson
McLeod
C. SN. Skillman
Solomon Craft
Edward Hughes
Charles Boyan
Lewis A. Nelson
M.R. Winson
District Court
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County of Sweet Trials
Lizzie Mills
Jasper Mills
Angoyee
H.C. Pound
John T. Smith
R. S. Stockton
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Hurlewton
Big Timbuar, Mont
McLean
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Lewis Nelson
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William H. Ellison
Frank Clouse
Charles
McKenzie
Selwin E. Dore
Charles F. Borris
Ontana
M. R.wison
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Joseph Lay
Ney
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Thomas C. McCall
Milton C. Whiting
Jasper N. Lay
M. R. Wison
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Patriot
Swift & CO
U.S. Patent Office
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United Ste
Mexico
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Aseneee
Canada
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