Charon’s Earthbound Visit With Hermes On Modern Toys
In a surreal dialogue the ferryman Charon tours modern America with Hermes as they ride in a motorized balloon to view Niagara Falls and distant landscapes. The piece mingles myth with city hustle, hints of a sensational interview, and nods to contemporary urban life.
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Charon
Styr
Mercury
Hermes
Dutice
Jupiter
Lucian
Earth
Pelion
Ees
Olympus
Charons
Ben
Pluto
Styx
Tartarean
Helios
A Clergyman's Predicament
A fragmentary report discusses a clergyman facing a dilemma during a proposed marriage ceremony. He contemplates stopping the proceedings but resumes the rite after considering the betrothed and the need for sobriety. The text reflects on common adult challenges in marriage preparation.
Fragmentary note hints at a tragic fate
The readable lines imply a doomed individual may die, with urgent emotions and a sense of imminent arrival or rescue, though specifics are missing. The fragmentary text evokes distress and an intimate pledge of love amid looming danger.
Menzies Sentenced for Selling Girl to Chinaman in Victoria
In Victoria British Columbia a man named Menzies received eight months imprisonment for selling a girl for 150 dollars to a Chinese man. The judge denounced the crime as a sacred church ordinance misused to prostitute a child and condemned the practice of bartering children for prostitution under any guise.
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Menzies
Victoria
B. C
Mezaies
Gray
Ja Sen
Moeaszies
Man rescues baby after beach chaos at low tide
A man walking along a New York beach during low tide encountered a young woman with a baby who asked him to take the child into the water. After ten minutes of holding the infant and searching for the mother, he dressed the child himself in a bathing house and took the ferryboat Southfield, attracting sympathetic glances from onlookers.
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New York Sun
Scout
Ping
Charg
Southfield
Mrs. Moses Fraley of California Flaunts Extravagant Life
A Baltimore Sun correspondent depicts Mrs. Moses Fraley as a strikingly beautiful woman with 48 trunks 5 maids 200 pairs of shoes 6 dogs and 1 million dollars in jewels. Her prized King Charles spaniel Favorita wears a diamond set gold collar. She changes outfits five times daily and recalls her poverty-stricken youth while praising her husband’s self-made wealth.
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Dra
Moses Fraley
California
Baltimore Sun
Tights Become Latest Underwear For Women
The article notes tights as a new private life fashion among women, with black pairs favored under gowns for chic Parisian appeal. It describes how tights are worn like actresses, pulled up from the feet, and smoothed to the body, with praise for light cool comfort in hot weather and a link to changing silhouettes.
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Aera
Borate
New Women Clubs Rise in Cincinnati Scene
A woman suffrage club a woman's press club and a woman's paper debut in Cincinnati amid talk of female education and domestic roles. The piece notes English women seek to qualify as housewives while China restricts girls schooling and boys receive full schooling from dawn to dusk.
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Woman Suffrage Club
Woman’s Press Club
Cincinnati
Nevada
London
Mra
Agnes B. M
China
Achoo
Uelpa Business College
Geneva
Ite
M. MacConmics
Fall millinery trends include ribbons and two tone trims
The article notes women favor red hats with ribbon forms and stripes, using combinations like moire and grosgrain. Felt hats trimmed simply will be popular, but simplicity will not dominate as richer trimmings arise. Early fall millinery features clove fitted bonnets and turban shapes with varying crown heights and brim widths.
To Cure a Corn Pain Free With Putnam Extract
A reader note extols Putnam's Pain less Corn Extractor as a simple painless cure for corns. It claims the remedy removes the corn when used as directed, without other treatments needed.
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Desser
Putnam's
Cattle Ranching Rise Spurs Texas To Lead Range Industry
The article traces Texas cattle origins from Spanish stock to the postwar boom that sparked vast western grazing. It notes ranchers moving herds into the plains beyond the Missouri, drawn by prairie grasses and new markets, and marks the emergence of the cowboy figure as a defining symbol.
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Spain
Mexico
Rio Grande
Republc
Texas
United State
California
Kansas
Nebraska
Missouri River
West
Northwest
Sui Generis
Feeding Dairy Cows Better with Albuminoid and Carbonaceous Mix
An early dairy science piece argues for a daily ratio of at least one part albuminoid food to five parts carbonaceous food. It notes albuminoids digest poorly when concentrated, so they should be dispersed on hay or mixed with bran oil meal cottonseed meal pea meal or bean meal to improve digestion and milk yield. It portrays the dairyman as an engineer tending a digestive mill in his herd.
Pea crop failure blamed on poor germination in May and June
Peter Henderson argues in Popular Gardening that Canada and Northern New York peas face widespread loss due to unprecedented drought. He cites delayed germination from dry soil and hot air, noting an example where an unfirmed bean row lagged ten days, risking total crop destruction without timely rains.
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Peter Henderson
Canada
New York
Illlinois Forester Tests Staking Down Young Trees in Cold Latitudes
Hon G W Milner president of the Illinois Forestry Association describes a method to grow trees in colder regions. He digs trenches on opposite sides of saplings before ground freezes, bends them to the earth, and covers with soil. Milner, over seventy five, can lay down ten trees daily and reports several trees staked for multiple winters with promising results.
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G. W. Milner
Illinois Forrestry Association
Rye Patch Keeps Hens Fed Through Winter
An eighth of an acre of autumn sown rye by a poultry yard sustains hens through winter. Hens feed as sprouts appear and again in spring before grass. Snow may cover the plot but trees shelter it. rye then grows tough and is avoided until ripe. Each day a forkful of grain is given, supporting health and steady laying.
Lion Hunt Tactics Described In Desert Herd Encampment
An excerpt explains a hunter’s method in Africa detailing how an old lion uses scent and display to incite a stampede among oxen and cattle. It describes the lions mane, the windward approach, and the roar that drives frightened beasts toward hidden predators, amid social notes about Queen Natdie’s domestic trouble.
Numerous Remedies and Notices from a Blended Journal
A mix of advertisements and notices covers health elixirs and tonics from Dr Sage and Dr Purce, with claims of cures and remedies for coughs and digestive ills. Other items include tourist harvest excursions by rail, a note on fashion rail advances, a promise of a bridge rebuild in Cincinnati, and a Canadian rail expansion tally.
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Maia
Jove
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Emsky
Joveno
Cea Hera
Aphrodite
Gam Hephestus
Benedict
Dade
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America
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Quebec
Mississippi
Mackenzie
Lakes
Ontario
Superior
Huron—Erie
Michigan
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Athens
Cadeon
L'Esvorr
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Orea
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Garel
Philip
de Gee
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Lauixe
Ryg Fok Poultry
Africa
Leeward
Natdie
Sage
Warnerviller
Purce
Rocei
Minnesota
Dakota
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Turaday
J. M. Hecxrys
Trav. Pass
Palmer House Block
Toronto
F. L. Whitney
J. Booxwatter
Huntington Railroad
Lubon
M. V
Wellington Street East
Maine
Chicago & North-Western Railway Company
Iowa
Chicago & North Western Railway
E. P. Wilson
Chicago
Swayee
Sweeten J Pnes
Oureas
A. P
Mitchell
Daarrtos
Canoes
Englists
Panbene, Ont
Ntario Veterinary College
Bevins
Prof. Smith
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Yongest
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Butler
Ficsocial Agt
King
J. E
Thors
Koife
W. L Smita
Quesit
Suaiante
Australia
United States
Steck
J. Taylor
Darts
Cleveland
Aurora County Fair
Mollie
Ida
Ray
A. K. Dart
Hamburgh
N. Y
Wells, Richardson & CO
Montreal
Whiton Manufacturing Co
Ont
J. W. Cel
T. Dewitt Talmage
William Briggs
Waltiam
Singer Sewing Co
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Arcade
Yonge St
Texac
Dominion
E Dixon & CO
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Beaver Line
Liverpool
J. Murray
Neue Joaes Square
Church ST
Chas. Robinson & CO
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Choice Farms
Manitoba
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Widowall & CO
King ST
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Sato H. F. Murray
Geo's
Custom House Square
Monrteal
McAusland & Son
King St. W
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C. W. Alen & CO
World Building
Winvense
Lista
H.W. Petrie
Brantford, Ont
Ziroo
Barnum Wire and Iron Works
Windsor, Ont
Toronto College OF Music
Pembroke St
F. H. Torrington
Shetland
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Fiiecy
Lee
Plath
Stampel Tilus
Pst
Carata
Henry Davis
Treoto
Las Genes Nanan Aia
Championdale
Kimball
Craig St. P
Allan Line
Royal Mail
Port Thevekday
Halifax
Svepest
Trans
Londonderry
Scotland
Ireland
Battmore
St John’s
Balifas
Ortland
Rowton
Philadelphia
Glasgow
Mon
Kosten
Schumacher & Co
Baltimore
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Shea & Co
St. John's
N. F
Winson & Co
John
N. B
Allans& Co
Love & All
H- Bourlier
Toron Allans
Roe & Co
Churchill &Co
Wei En
Poon
Gray Medicine CO
Torento
Miopus
Oon Max
M. Y. Lubon
M. V. Lunon
Wellington
Oat
Whaley, Royce & Co
Yonge Street
Ageonta
Besson
Higham
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