He Was Taken For a Being Slovid Treated Like a King
Max Scheuer recalls how a Chicago to St Louis mileages ticket led conductors to pressure him to sign his name. After a symbolic badge labeled him a spy, train workers treated him with odd deference, until a seasoned railroader explained the “spots” on his shoes identified him as a rail spy. He then altered his shoes and found the attitude reversed.
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Max Scheuer
New York
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St. Louis
Porter
Nashville
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Writing Process From a Young Author and the Great Bed of Ware
The piece shares a method for outlining novels with synopsis chapters acts scenes and situations. It notes the famous great bed of Ware as a relic of Elizabethan times dating 1463 or 1333 1603 with dimensions 10 ft 9 in square and 7 ft 6 in high and valued at £500 mentioned by Shakespeare in Twelfth Night season.
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Kate Lee Ferguson
Hertford
England
Elizabeth
Louis Republic
Army Justice Harsh on Minor Discipline Offenses
The report notes military penalties far exceed civil punishments for small disciplinarian lapses. It cites how temper outbursts or drink indiscretions can lead to loss of vacancies and long disadvantages in service, often with short prison terms. It also references a science aside about light and straightness from Engineering Mechanics, citing the eye testing straightness by aligning with a ray of light.
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Mechanica
New Orleane Times Democrat
Educated farmer harnesses science to improve farms
The educated farmer of today stands beyond competition as doctors lawyers and mechanics loom nearby. Scientific knowledge enables him to apply occult laws of nature to farm life through economic botany, optimizing soil use and selective practices for farm success.
They All Married Her Story From a Denver Times Account
A mining man recounts that a former wife married his two rivals after a country town courtship. He divorced years apart, learned she later wed the second suitor who died, then married the third rival and now lives with him on Capitol Hill while maintaining friendly relations with all.
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Mining Exchange
Frank
Capitol Hill
Denver Times
Beck's Narrow Escape and a Village Proverb on Justice
Two short items from old newspapers recount a youth group plan to intervene in domestic violence that backfired when the abused wife doused them with boiling water, leaving scars as a warning. The second tale recalls painter David Beck feigning death in Germany, then revived by a drunken servant’s mistaken burial ritual and a final dram.
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Beck
David Beck
Vandyke
Germany
Sala
Detective target: fake collector swindler hunted by businessman
A Indianapolis Journal quote recalls a business man urging a detective to seize a man posing as a company collector who has swindled funds. The businessman instead offers to hire the impostor, while the detective says he will have him jailed within a week.
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Scott
Indianapolis Journal
Wished They Were All Blind Joke From Burns Era
In an anecdote quoted by Youth's Companion a blind licentiate of the Church of Scotland Dr Blacklock preaches in a country pulpit. Deaf women in the crowd mutter that he cannot read and one jokes that she wishes they were all blind.
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Robert Burns
Blacklock
Church of Scotland
Saving the Eyes From Strain
The Eclectic Medical Journal advises taking short breaks during tasks like sewing typesetting bookkeeping or studying. Look up and around the room every 10 to 15 minutes to relieve muscle tension rest the eyes and improve blood circulation.
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Eclectic Medical Journal
Bidel the lion tamer fends off bear in circus clash
In a Bidel household display a polar bear attacked an elephant during training. Bidel interposed as the bear grabbed him, he fought free, pounded the bear’s nostrils, freed himself, and struck the animal with a stout stick until calm returned.
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Bidel
Love and lace at the window in a moonlit tale
In a Kansas City Times piece, a young maiden shelters a cage with a robin song hoping the bearded suitor will notice her. She seeks to hide when he passes, but his approach and a rosebud prompt a tense romance. The tension swells until their lips meet as a fate of love and binding desire unfolds.
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W. D. Howells
Kansas City Times
One Day At A Time Lesson From A Mother
A Rest Islander reminiscence recalls helping mother store apples and learning a lesson in focus. She teaches to not take on too much at once, but to do the next thing next, one moment at a time.
Edison on Ocean Rapid Transit–oil bed for ships?
Edison argues water friction dominates ship resistance carried water along by the vessel. He suggests slipping on a bed of oil under the water line to reduce friction, allowing Atlantic crossing like greased lightning. Also reports a bear attack on Lake Whatcom and a one act play of a short tragedy.
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Edison
Atlantic
London Cathedral services attract thousands weekly
It reports 10 000 attend St Pauls Cathedral London with 2500 in morning and afternoon and 5000 in evening. Notes sponges propagate cheaply, Camperdown sails Mediterranean in British squadron under Rear Admiral Markham. Bee makes 20 trips daily drawing sugar from 120 000 flowers. Daniel Webster homestead portion bought by Mrs Eunice Huntley. Europe’s agricultural capital doubled since 1840 and US up over six times.
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St. Paul's Cathedral
London
Europe
Tough Tolo Pony Transformation and Western Hardiness
A rough bay pony from Colorado foothills is described through harsh sun and desert blood, showing rugged endurance from foal to saddle horse. The piece links hardship on the plains to future performance in Newport or Cedarhurst, noting breaking methods and the boss’s favor. Historical notes on early blackboards conclude with a Columbus Republic citation.
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Colorado
Endesstlas
Newport
Cedarhurst
Wentiam
Mike
Dun Colt
Buckskin
Van Arndt and Father-in-Law Exchange in London Tit-bits
A light exchange in London Tit-bits features Van Arndt and his potential future father-in-law. The dialogue hints at family ties and acceptance of a marriage in a witty social note.
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van Arndt
London
Hood's Sarsaparilla Promoted For Blood Disorders
The letter endorses Hood's Sarsaparilla as the only effective remedy for scrofula and related blood disorders. It claims notable improvement and cites a testimonial from James Colter of Elnora Indiana who reports curing hogs with Dead Shot Hog and Chicken Cholera treatment.
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James Colter
Elnora
Ind
Royal Ruby Port Wine Ad Promises Health Boost
A meat chemist certifies Royal Ruby Port as absolutely pure and well aged. The ad touts health benefits for convalescents, the aged, nursing mothers and the overworked. Bottles sell for $1 per quart and 60 cents per pint, sold by R & Eveltigh in Bloomfield.
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Eveltigh
Bloomfield
Ted
Ocean’s might and mercy in a Sunday reflection
A contemplative piece on the sea’s grandeur and danger, comparing its tides to a vast army and a flood of wrecks near Hatteras and the Jersey shore. The author ponders life’s uncertainty, mortality, and faith, citing Revelation and urging readers to prepare for death, with a request for correspondents and old newspapers also noted.
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