Bess and Brandy Save the Fruit Yield in Idaho
In a drought ridden Idaho fruit ranch tale, Bess and her horse Brandy avert disaster when a cave in near the irrigation ditch threatens the crops. She frees the saddle to plug the hole, endures freezing water, is rescued by workers, and the fruit is saved. The family later dreams of Canada while praising her daring act.
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Bess
Teddy
Canada
Ted
Besa
Idaho
Pess
Boda
Jessie Wright
Jess
Jessie
Mrs. Harris
Bessie
John
Mr. Harris
Mrs. Morris
Brandy
Soda
Beas
Superstition in educated women and Ice Bay fish town
The piece discusses educated women clinging to dreambooks and luck beliefs despite modern learning. It profiles a cautious, superstitious but intelligent woman and notes fear provoked by dreams of children. It then describes Fish City Michigan a winter fishing town on Sagina w Bay with ice huts and spear fishing.
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Spencer
Browning
Emerson
Baltimore Newen
Fish City
Mich
Saginaw Bay
Review of the Year Concluding Century Memorable Events
A retrospective of 1900 highlights wars in the Philippines and Transvaal, the Pekin legations siege, political assassinations, and devastating fires. It notes scientific milestones, notable deaths, and key political shifts including Goebel’s murder and Kruger’s mediation appeal, with a dense ledger of incidents through December.
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China
Pekin
Philippines
Transvaal
King Humbert
Italy
William E. Goebel
Kentucky
New Orleans
New York
Hoboken
XN. J
Galveston
Texas
Chicago Drainage Canal
Rummage sale uncovers lost pearl ornament in Topeka dress
A old party gown once worn by Bishop Millspaugh's wife was sold in Topeka rummage sale when a clerks found a valuable pearl ornament hidden in its folds. The discovery referenced a decade of loss and sparked attention amid a collection of eclectic cuttings and quips.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bishop Millspaugh
Topeka
Juvenile Smoking Debate in Australia Schools
In Australia juvenile smoking appears tolerated rather than discouraged with talk of fitting smoking rooms in schools already on the agenda. The notion, though odd, reflects the era’s attitudes toward youth smoking and school environments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Australia
Mixed Blood in Mexico and a Punch of Puck Jokes
A fragment notes population makeup of Mexico as mixed or Indian. It then includes a Rudyard Kipling style quip about matrimony from Jack Bachelor and Ned Newlywed. A stray reference to a visit and Paris exposition appears amid disjointed phrases and a missing context.
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Mexico
Jack Bachelor
Ned Newlywed
Scott
Puck
Cleveland Points The Way to Democratic Restoration
Grover Cleveland contributes a long article to the Saturday Evening Post reviewing the Democratic Party's defeats since 1864, condemning alliance with populism and free silver, urging a return to true Democratic faith and methods, and calling for empowering the rank and file.
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Grover —Cleveland
Saturday Evening Post
Philadelphia
Cleveland
Boer Movements Weigh On Cape Colony and British War Aims
The article describes Boer forces under De La Rey and De Wet crossing the Orange River into Cape Colony, seizing Colesberg, while British Genelral losses mount north of the Vaal. It notes Dutch sympathy rising in England and the potential impact on Hay Pauncefote and Clayton Bulwer treaty debates. English public sentiment remains divided over canal control and American involvement.
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South Africa
Dewet
Delarey
Lord Kitchener
Transvaal
Orange Free State
Vaal River
Orange River
Cape Colony
Colesburg
Garoere
Dewet and Delarey
England
United States Senate
The
Times
the Standard
Henry Labouchere
Charles Dilke
America
Powers settle prelim terms with China over indemnity and safeguards
The major Powers have agreed on preliminary terms demanded from the Chinese government. China must pay indemnity and provide safeguards for the future. While the pact may preserve territory and prestige, recovery of lost trade will take years. The piece also notes Esterhazy’s exile for his role in the Dreyfus affair and its ongoing international interest.
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John Sherman
Stephen Crupe
Roberts
Pretoria
Mia
Gladstone
Baron von Ketteler
Pekin
Taku
Kloomington
McKinley
Roosevelt
Ublicans
Philadelphia
America
Derby
Cape
China
Esterhazy
Dreyfus
London
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Bantam Ice
Review OF the Year
Sunnyside Laager
Achaikalek
Russia
Deroulede
Paris
Ladysmith
Edward McGlynn
George K. Nash
Ohio
L. M. Shaw
Iowa
Peters River
St. Mary's Bay
N. F
Felix Morris
Warren
Spion Kop
Tugela River
Wm FE Goebel
Frankfum Kr
Goebel
Dayton
Indianapolis
Ind
Yevernestown
Sprigue, Warner & Co
Spice Will
Chicago
Wiliam E. Goebel
Frankfurt
Feeath
Bravid M. Key
St Louis
Collusvile
Escanaba
Richard W. Thompson
Indianna
New England
Bickering
Hudson River
Kimberley
Senate
Leslie E Keeley
Dwight
General Cronje
Newark
House
Buller
A. C. Harmer
Pennsylvania
Montgomery
W. Va
Theater Francais
S$. Sp
Newark N
Fritteh
Bloemmfontein
Kruger
United States
Inherts
Bloemfontein
Frances Hodgson Burnett
Stephen Townsend
Columbus
John Arende Bingham
Piet Joubert
Columbia Theater
Viola Horlecker
Hastings
Neb
Archibald Forbes
Broadwoods
Kansan City
State Court of Appeals
Beckham
T. Iram
Austin
Oxnard
Mississippi
Northwest
Fenste
Quay
Penneyivan
Holland
Ottawa
Waco
Ofield
Utah
Veath of
Munkacsy
British Lake Brindfort
William C. Endicott
Pautileon Garcia
Calvin Kimbiein
Pueblo
Colo
Cumnock Mines
N. C
Johannesburg
Lord Roberts
N. J
Tacoma
Wash
Parkersburg
Greworks
S. Standard Ol
Bayonne
Wm J. Bryan
Adial E. Stevenson
Illinois
Ilinois
Mayfield
John H. Gear
Prescott
Ariz
Conger
John Clark Kidpath
Cage St. Vincent
Catlin P Huntington
Japan
John J. Ingalls
Kansas
Akron
Ohin Jo of
Dolliver
Hatteld
Democrata
Arkansas
Reesachuircwns
Vermont
Arthur Sewall
Bath
Maine
Great Lakes
Cuba
Pennerlvania
Tess Chu
Morristown
Minn
John M Palmer
Parent
Quebec
Seattle
Miagway
Gusyame
Porto Rico
St. Nikander Monastery
Huxsia
Wuson
Charles Dudley Warner
Sims Reeves
Tarrant & Co
Pearl Forbes
Leavenworth
Kan
Monticello
Bay of Fondy
R.G Dun
Marcus Daly
Montana
Henry Villard
Yosemite Fost
Guin
Preston Porter
Limon
Missisippi
Tennessee
Chas
H Hoyt
Gifford
Ark
Gus J .C. W. Beckham
St. Olaf
Labrador
Sir Arthur
Sullivan
Paul Kruger
France
C K. Davis
Minnesota
San Francisco
Oscar Wilde
Congress
Northwestern
Indiana
Santa Fe
Fredonia
N. Y
Aormal
Griesenau
Malaga
Rockport
Brown
Booneville
Baltimore American
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