Apgar's Venture and a Gambler at Morrissey's Club
A Utica Observer item recalls Edgar K. Apgar on the sixth anniversary of his death. He and G. Hilton Scribner met an old gambler at John Morrissey's in New York who recounted a famed win and a later encounter at Saratoga. The story ends with the gambler identifying Scribner.
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Apgar
Gambier
Edgar K. Apgar
New York City
Albany
John Morrissey
Mr. Apgar
G. Hilton Scribner
Morrissey
Saratoga
St. Paul
Mr. Scribner
Scribner
Roger Pomski
New York
Spaarn Dam
Rice Disguised Traps on Train Ride in Buffalo
A young couple and a town visitor were offered a luncheon by a Buffalo hostess who hid rice in clothing and parasol. As they boarded the train the rice spilled on the car floor, raising speculation about the outcome due to the shy man and bashful woman involved.
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Buffalo
Buffalo Enquirer
Sunday Night Drunk Clerk Asked by Employer
A Boston News quip quotes a young clerk confessing he drank too much on a Sunday night. His employer, the speaker in the exchange, asks where the alcohol came from and implies difficulty finding anything open on Sundays.
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Gayboy
Boston News
Professional Humorist Sees Jokes Replaced by Stranger's
A Chicago humorist recalls boarding a car and finding a fellow passenger laughing at a column of jokes that were not his own. The incident highlights misattribution in print humor.
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Boston Courier
Fragile Thread Ties Us To Those Earlier Days
A reflective note recalls how people cling to past days as fate's curtain rose on life’s sad stages. The lines hint at memory, loss, and enduring ties to earlier times.
Six Newfoundland schooners go to sea and wreck in Bay of Islands
The Sea Foam and five other schooners sail from Petipas in late autumn. A northeaster shifts to the south and the Sea Foam, after passing Guernsey Island, is driven toward the coast. Stranded in a cave with dwindling provisions, Captain Fowler and his son Jack endure a brutal winter. Only three survive as months pass with hunger cold and a final death. Jack clings to hope that rescue will come while recalling family prayers and a Bible on board.
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Petipas
Bay of Islands
Newfoundland
Tair
Gulf
Blamidan
Ouibal
Guernsey Island
Jack Fowler
Gulf of Lawrence
Fowler
Straits of
Belle Isle
Jack
Ape
Nova Scotia
Miracle Rescue After Deathlike Winter in Cabin
After his father's death, Jack lies on a cabin floor and nears death. An old man and a boy enter, revive him with a few drops from a flask, and warm him with tea and porridge. Jack regains breath as the “spring” returns after a harsh winter.
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Jack
Just for a Minute Ends a Two Year Absence
A Vernon Avenue woman leaves her sleeping infant with neighbors while she visits a dressmaker milliner and returns to a dramatic chase. The husband repeatedly relocates the child as she wanders, finally meeting him on the street two years later with the ultimatum time.
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Vernon Avenue
Chicago
New York
Remarkable Trick of an Intelligent Dog Monk the St Bernard
A New York gentleman’s St Bernard Monk performs a staged rescue to a lifelike Alpine tale. Monk lies rigid as his master acts out a Wanderer’s fatigue and revives with a dramatic display including snow and a mock howl. The audience applauds the canine demonstration.
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New York
the Times
Monk
Alps
The Old Trail Through New Mexico and Its Storied Route
In 35 years after Columbus Cabeza de Vaca landed in Florida and traversed a long overland path to Mexico, a route across present New Mexico became famed. The ancient trail hosted soldiers scouts and Indian fighters and later influenced railroad engineers. figures like Kit Carson Phil Kearney and F. X. Aubrey left legends along its length.
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Columbus
Alva Nunez Cabeza de Vaca
Spain
Florida
Mexico
New Mexico
de Vaca
Phil Kearney
Kit Carson
F. X. Aubrey
Santa Fe
Independence
Pittsburg
Elephant memory and retaliation in camp incident
The elephant shows strong memory and animosity after injuries. It crushed a coconuts on the driver and head of a lazy quartermaster who had injured it. The elephant later captured the quartermaster with its trunk and hung him in a tamarind tree before letting him fall.
Discharged Patient Dies After Ward Clerk Announcement
At City Hospital a ward clerk told Henry Juelg he was discharged, but Dr. Wolf said he was not well enough. The patient then collapsed and died before the doctor could speak.
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City Hospital
M-ward
Henry Juelg
Farming and horsebreaking life amid plains and pastures
The Rocky Mountain Husbandman describes farming joys and the beauty of rural life, then details the domador horsebreaker capturing a wild horse with the lasso and cruel bit, showing the brutal training as the horse fights, finally noting fertilizer use and prices for phosphoric acid and nitrogen in a separate agricultural aside.
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Tropilla
Domador
Corral
Incubator troubles and farm waste products explored
The writer seeks advice on incubator difficulties noting two thirds hatch rate with army incubation and asks if top plus bottom heat improves results. He compares with hens that hatch all fertile eggs and requests explanations for failures. The piece also discusses rendering plant byproducts as nitrogen rich manures for gardens, lawns, and greenhouses with suggested application rates.
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Farm, Field and Stockman
J. F. Wood
Farmer champions Typha latifolia for corn fodder ties
An Ohio Practice writer notes farmers can use Typha latifolia blades as sturdy corn fodder ties. Cut before frost to cure partly, dampen if too dry, and cut with a grass sickle. The plant lasts for years, thrives in rich black soil with abundant water, and may yield more bands per area than rye while needing less care.
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Ohio
Bees show intelligent planning in honey storage claim
The Phrenological Journal argues bees act by intelligent thought not instinct. It notes bees store honey only in climates with wintry weather and suggests Australian summers drive bees to stop storing honey, needing imported queens from cold countries to maintain honey supplies.
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Phrenological Journal
Australia
Prevent Lice in Poultry with Early Cleanliness and Whitewash
Lice threaten poultry as warm weather returns. Saturate perches with kerosene now, burn old nests, and whitewash coops with hot lime wash to prevent infestations. Hot application helps the whitewash penetrate cracks and corners for better effectiveness.
Sheep as the Best Paying Stock Warned for Farms
The American Live Stock Journal says sheep offer the best returns and brush destroying traits make them vital for many farms. It urges careful, well ventilated, dry pens in warm weather and emphasizes cleanliness to prevent disease, noting wool’s enduring value.
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The
American Live Stock Journal
Advice on poultry care and breeding from old farming notes
The fragment offers guidance on hog constitution, poultry nutrition, and management. It covers shelter for young fowls, health via access to forage, timing of roost use for chicks, milk in turkey care, and hatching guineas under hens as a gentler method. It notes egg size vs germ quality and hints at fertilization effects.
Delmonico Dinner Table Teases Courtship Tales
In Delmonico's, guests examine suitors Eddy Vladimir John and Fred amid a spread of chicken patties duck liver game caviar and Russian salad. Emily praises Eddy's timid gentleness while Kathryn notes Vladimir's melancholy look and John recalls a slapped face, all amid high society chatter.
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Delmonico’s
Emily
Eddy
Kathryn
Vladimir
John
Fred
Mariel
Inskipp
New York Times
Lincoln Joke on Private Soldier and Judge Scofield
Judge Glenni W. Scofield, friend of Abraham Lincoln, sought clemency for a Warren County private who knocked down his captain. Lincoln told him to secure a congressional act authorizing such an act before returning for pardon. The judge recalled the moment with laughter at Harrisburg.
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Glenni W. Scofield
Abraham Lincoln
Warren County
Scofield
Lincoln
Capitol
Congress
Harrisburg
Clever Bon Mots Highlight French Wit Across Nations
A collection of sharp French replies and witticisms shows national temperament in Europe. Anecdotes include a clever diplomat answering a question on polygamy and a French minister silencing whisperers in a chapel. A quip about national traits contrasts Europe and America, ending with a court-bow joke about being filled jugs.
Remarkable Blind Deaf Mute Learns Trade at New York Institute
Richard Clinton, born in Dublin with sight and hearing, lost both by childhood accident and scarlet fever. At the New York Institution for the Deaf and Blind he acquired education and the chair bottoming trade, learned to write by a guiding rule, and now uses a typewriter. He communicates via sign language and reads responses by touch, recognizing people by touch and facial feel. He endures rough play without resentment and is only angered by pity.
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New York Institution For the Deaf and Blind
Richard Clinton
Asylum
Dublin
Ireland
New York Institution
Clinton
Crescent appears in every Dr Harter ad claims free lithographs
A quirky ad from Dr Harter Medicine displays a 3 inch display with a single repeated word across issues. It invites readers to identify the uniform word, promising free famous lithographs of samples upon discovery and response.
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Dr. Harter Medicine Cais House
Sen
Wa Poe
Rose Bluemen
DR. Harter Medicine CO
St. Louis
How to Roll an Umbrella Excerpt from a Sale
A Chapel Street salesman demonstrates rolling an umbrella to prevent rib ends from spreading. He unfastens the band, folds the silk, and as he rolls, keeps the ribs aligned with the wood. The finished umbrella shows metal tips pressed closely to the stick.
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Chapel Street
New Haven Pallaium
Advertisements and Health Weights from 19th Century Patents
A collection of short ads touts Syrup of Figs for kidneys liver and bowels and warns of health perils. It promotes Allen's Tron Tonic Bitters for pimples and Hostetter's Stomach bitters for sleep malaria constipation rheumatism and liver and kidney issues with a country versus city moral.
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Allen
J. P. Allen
St. Paul
Inn
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Chichester
RED Cross
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Northwestern Conservatory OF Music
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Collet Ave
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A. Marshall
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