One Girl's Funeral in the Montana Boomtown
A Montana justice of the peace recalls a cold winter funeral for a gambler’s companion in a rough pine box. No Bible, no prayers, yet a community effort to ease the sin stained girl’s passage with sorrow and hope for forgiveness amidst pines and rock.
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Marty
Montana
Krota
Northern Pacific Railroad
Safell
United States
Dennis
Northwest
Orting
Gown Ordered Amid Dressmarker Changes
Mrs Kingley asks about dressmarker changes while Mrs Bings confirms her old marker affects all classes. Mrs Kingley notes she ordered a gown from the marker recently and Mrs Bings says the marker claimed it was done.
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Mrs. Kingley
Mrs. Bings
Parachute Jumper Survives Narrow Escape at Ottawa Fair
Mrs. Carl BE Myers recounts a dramatic balloon descent at Ottawa fairgrounds described as America’s first parachute descent. The ascent involved a balloon towed across by canoes and a steam tug, a ripping bag, a near fatal fall, and a safe landing in spruce trees after a 15 mile horizontal and three mile vertical journey.
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Carl BE. Myers
Fair Grounds
Ottawa
America
Mr. Myers
Finail
New York Sun
A Chinese Columbus and the Buddhist Priest Claim
A fragment notes the idea of a Chinese Columbus being acknowledged by scholars roughly a few years ago. It mentions a Buddhist priest from the fifth century as part of the contested claim.
The Editor Rejects a Poem From a Pale Applicant
A pale young man arrives with a poem titled The Siren Voice of Love and seeks publication. The editor dismisses the piece as unsuitable and mocks the author Simeon Hobbs, noting the name would not fit the paper’s staff. The scene ends with the poet crushed.
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Caid
Horse Reporter
Comstock
Garome Algernon Gervais
Simeon Hobbs
Aly Naine
Simeon Robbs
Whcky
Browning’s Monthly
Discouraging Burglars Warns of High Tech Vaults
A Boston Chronicle note mocks burglary by noting San Francisco subtreasury vaults use brick row wiring that triggers an electric warning when disturbed. The piece suggests earnest burglars face inventive deterrents in the modern era.
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San Francisco
Boston
Canriex
Echoes and weapons exchange amid cliffside crowd
A fragmentary scene shows a crowd near cliffs with a repeated pistol shot tally of 15. A request for a gentleman from the west to discharge a pistol appears, followed by a man from Kentucky offering a seven inch bowie knife kept in his boot, reflecting hard edge frontier dialogue.
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Kentucky
American Industries
Elephants Plentiful Across Africa Amid Expedition Report
An expedition officer reports vast elephant herds between the coast and Usgunda with a seemingly inexhaustible tusk supply. He notes seeing over 300 elephants in a single herd west of Mongo. The text also mentions plans to illustrate ancient gardening in Versailles during the 1900 Paris exhibition, highlighting available grounds and lakes for floating garden displays.
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Diephantine
Gereld Portal
Usgunda
Africa
Mongo
Versailles
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