Dilly of Logan Rumored Dead in War and Circus Tragedy
The story recalls George Dilly of Logan West Virginia believed killed in the Santiago campaign. At Ronceverte a circus incident involving an elephant led to a fatal attack on a man among the crowd, as Dilly watched the event with other spectators.
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George ‘Dilly
Logan
W. Va
Santiago
Ronceverte
Dilly
Little Mountain
Circus
St Ronceverte
Junny
Bog Ah Ma Ge Shig and the Pale Face Conflict Poem
Fragmentary readable piece depicts Bog Ah Ma Ge Shig and warriors in pine lands amid encroaching pale faces. It weaves old chieftains, forests, and birthright loss with a lament for fading native heroes and settling death as honor in battle. A later fragment mentions poison experiments and royal gifts from France.
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Northiland
Bog-Ah-Ma-Ge-Bhig
Ponemah
George Horton
Bachelor hosts rise in social life with expanding entertainments
A London era piece notes how bachelor hosts have broadened social life with dinners luncheons teas and dances. It highlights clubs both in and out of town and even undergraduates at Oxford and Cambridge who frequently entertain ladies in rooms during term and commemoration weeks.
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London
Flata
Eaton
Oxford
Cambridge
Poets Remain to Muster After War Says Puck Quote
In a witty exchange the editor laments war as hell while a friend notes fighting has ended. The joke ends that soldiers stop killing but poets will be mustered out for years to come.
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Puck
How They Get On May
A quip from the Philadelphia Record notes Mr. Little with a large family survives on $12 weekly. The joke highlights the strain of frugal living and the humor found in small acts of aid.
Jealous of Himself Inspired by Matrimony Rumor
A Cincinnati Enquirer quip notes a man’s envy of another who has become married, joking that matrimony has transformed him into a different man and left the first man envious of his own changed state.
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Cincinnati Enquirer
Prayer over stolen mutton and Russia’s war aims
The National Review denounces Russia as grasping land by war and seeking delay to bless its stolen gains. It accuses Russia of poisoning Menelik, manchuriating in Persia, and building railways to harass British India. It warns that the St Petersburg conference could spark Armageddon rather than peace.
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Russia
National Review
P. Hughes
Adowa
Blue Nile
Sinai
St. Petersburg
Poison and plots of sixteenth century Venice
The Venice Council of Ten employed poisoners to target enemies. An assassination tariff from 1513 lists ducat payments for killing the Grand Turk, the king of Spain, the duke of Milan, the marquis of Manchua, and the pope. Notable poison makers, including Michael Angelo Salamon, are noted. other anecdotes describe sleepwalking and odd medical tales.
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Council of Ten
Venice
Sigismund
Matthias
Corvinus
Marsilio Carrara
Filippo Maria Visconti
Charles VIII
Pius
John
Ragusa
Grand Turk
Spain
Duke of Milan
Manchua
Pope
Peter Paul
Padua
Nichele del
Red as the bridal color in Chinese weddings across classes
The article describes red as a deep rooted bridal color in China with gold as a future note. It details wedding customs across social strata including gift exchanges, red cords joining vessels, sedan chairs for the bride, and attendants wearing red hats and carrying banners and lanterns.
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China
South
Pedestrian Definition Cited By Observer
A Tribune note quotes an observing boy who defines a pedestrian as a person "that can not run over by a bicycle." The remark captures a humorous, local façon de parler about safety and perception on streets.
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Newath
Tribune
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Calcutta
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