Return to Each Other After Ten-Year Split
Barnabas Buffington and Miss Patty Chickson, once lovers, end their quarrel after separating over temper and pride. Buffington seeks a modest boarding house with a cat, meets Chickson there, and they agree to start anew together despite their age and social differences.
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Barnabas Buffington
Patty Chickson
Miss Chickson
Mr. Bullington
Barnabas Buttington
Buffington
China
Mr. Buffington
Miss Clickson
Barbara
West End
Daily Paper
Barnabas Bullington
Betsey
Mr. Barnabas Bufflington
Miss Chicksom
Mr Buffington
Fragmentary fireplace scene description
A fragmentary line places people seated with a gray cat between them beside a hearthrug. The text notes a bill being taken down permanently, as clipped from a Cleveland Plain Dealer passage.
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Cleveland Plain Dealer
Erratic Rivers Cause Mayhem for 19th Century Railways
The Rio Grande and the Colorado repeatedly shifted courses during the 1880s causing major trouble and expense for the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe Railway and local towns. Los Lunes NM saw a grand bridge opening only to be stranded by floodwaters four miles away, while the Colorado’s shifting path left a US Army paymaster’s party stranded before continuing by wagon.
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Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway
Rio Grande
Los Lunes
Valencian County
New Mexico
Fort Stanton
Panhandle
Rio Colorado
Arizona
California
Colorado
Yuma
Grand Canyon
Fort Mohave
Aos
New York Sun
Pickle and an Emergency in Waldo County
A Waldo County homeowner saved her burning house during a drought by dousing the roof with brine after repeatedly muttering Here’s a pretty pickle. The salt water extinguished the fire and the home was saved, as recounted by the Lewiston Journal.
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Maine
Waldo County
Wes
Lewiston (Me
Pendulum chronoscope promises precise time measurement
The new pendulum chronoscope is touted as the world’s finest timing instrument. It measures to one thousandth of a second and works like a stopwatch without requiring electricians or mathematicians. It uses a mechanical design with simple electrical attachments and can time a cannonball, a revolver shot to runner start, or a boxer's strike.
Global newspaper print statistics reveal massive output
The world prints about 12.0 billion copies annually requiring 781,240 tons of paper or 1,749,977,000 pounds. Even the fastest presses would take 332 years to print a year's edition, creating a paper stack nearly fifty miles high.
Seven Cities Claim Poets As Era Shifts
A playful exchange notes that seven cities now claim poets like Homer while Miss Cayenne argues the custom has spread to seven poets per city. The quip reflects changing notions of literary fame and urban self-importance.
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Homer
Miss Cayenne
Washington Star
Beefs and Bets at Watita Club Beef Cutting Contest
At a Chicago stock yards picnic the Watita Club staged a beef cutting contest for 250 dollars. Mike Mullins, famed for fast work, won the prize after rivals including contender French Mike posted strong times in dressing a steer.
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Watita Club
Chicago
Mike Mullins
Watita League
Mike
Wedding of Giants in Berlin
Berlin hosts a giant wedding at the Panoptikom as Oswald Balling a 7 ft 2 in Bavarian groom weds Hee-Sun from Tonkin. The tall pair, praised for looks and carriage, are joined by two dwarfs as best men Ole Olsen and Wiy Wendt. Balling served in Munich royal guard 1896 to 1898. he is 22 and Hee-Sun is 20.
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Berlin
Oswald Balling
Bavaria
Hee-Sun
Tonkin
Oswald
Hee-Sin
Munich
The Enduring Panama Hat Worth a Lifetime
A hat dealer explains a Panama hat can last ten to forty years with proper care. He cites examples from East Washington and local physicians, noting hats worn for decades, often passed down or renewed. Original prices were under 14 dollars.
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Panama
East
Washington
Washington Star
Woman Swimmer Foils Mine Threat Near Far Rockaway
A young woman swimmer at Far Rockaway kicked a strange object under water. She screamed and reached shore where lifesavers recovered a mine that had broken from its fastening in the harbor.
Typical Family of Chinese Christians
The Boxers brutalized Chinese converts to Christianity. Teng Pao Tien, pastor of Pekin First Presbyterian, led street preaching and helped translate Christian texts. His wife Ruth taught at a girls school for fifteen years, and their children Hannah, Mary, Peter, James and John excelled in studies.
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Teng Pao Tien
First Presbyterian Church
Pekin
Ruth Teng
Hannah
Mary
Peter
James
John
Famous Indian Chief Spencer of Yakima Reserve Near Centenarian
Chief Spencer of the Yakima Reservation is described as a nearly century old figure famed for his memory of fierce battles with whites who first explored the Northwest. A former foe who vowed to kill every white person he met, he later aided Gen. Sheridan as scout and interpreter and helped negotiate with Nez Perces and Spokanes. Now 98, he remains vigorous despite a long history of war and Indian clashes.
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Spencer
Yakima
Fort Vancouver
United States
Phil Sheridan
Moses
Northwest
Mount Adams
Washington
Yakima County
Kiickitat
Klickitat
Spenccer
Sheridan
Gen. Sheridan
Burned Ticket Redemption Surprises Pennsylvania Railroad Clerks
A man presented ashes and two charred card pieces as proof to redeem a burned ticket to St Augustine Fla. The plates matched a sold ticket number and destination, prompting an investigation and issuance of a replacement ticket after confirming the original sale through connecting lines.
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Pennsylvania Railroad
St. Augustine
Fla
Philadelphia
Trimming Finger Nails Waste Across Humanity
The piece notes that people trim about one thirty-second of an inch weekly, totaling roughly an inch and a half per year. With a global population near 1.3 billion, this results in about 28,400 miles of finger nail waste per generation.
France’s 25-Ton Bell Hangs in Paris Sacred Heart Church
The largest bell in France is installed in the Sacred Heart church belfry in Paris. It weighs twenty five tons, can be heard twenty five miles away, and its vibration lasts six minutes. A man’s ideal woman is one who looks pretty without time spent on the mirror.
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France
Church of the Sacred Heart
Paris
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Barnabus Buttington
Buttington
Jassie
Miss Is
Miss Chick
Ole Olsen
Wiy Wendt
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