Prizefightersville and varied musings from a Colorado era
A collage of quick takes and quips from The Record touches on politics, religion, diet, and South Africa, noting Senator Quay’s Senate seating dispute, Presbyterian revision talk led by Nassau NY, vegetarian diets and Japanese health trends, Boer war demographics, and a prediction about New York stock seats versus the Senate. It closes with jokes about Admiral Dewey and Holland boats for Manila Bay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Presbyterian Church
North
Theodore L. Cuyler
New York
Presbytery
Nassau
N. Y
General Assembly
The Celebrities. What a Man Must Do to Become Famous
The Fortnightly Review notes many pursue writing and acting but fewer achieve lasting fame. Clergy decline, law grows in appeal, and medicine gains with imperialism. Musicians rise while artists and engravers decline as engraving fades into a process-making role.
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England
Quaker Woman Survives Rattlesnake Cave Tale
Alice Wilson of Kokomo Indiana told a remarkable snake saga from her girlhood after falling into a cavern of rattlers near Rattlesnake creek. Grandfather Morton Ellis led a two hour assault to close the den and clear the spring passage, leaving 521 snakes dead. The spring remained a pristine water source and the girl escaped unharmed.
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Indiana
Alice Wilson
Kokomo
Ind
Morton Ellis
Alice
Mr. Ellis
Chicago
San Antonio Climate A Delightful Texas City
San Antonio lies in southwestern Texas about 600 feet above sea level with hills around the town. The climate is mild and pleasant with hot days and cool evenings. Signal service records show about 14 freezing days per year, frost uncommon before November or after April.
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San Antonio
Texas
Signal Service
Violin Making Hub in Markneukirchen Saxony
In Markneukirchen Saxony and nearby villages about 15,000 people rely exclusively on violin manufacture. From children to elderly residents all contribute to making various parts of violins, creating a staple industry for the district.
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Markneukirchen
Saxony
Enocomizing By Removing Judge
Removal of a judge for purely economic reasons not personal to him or relating to his administration is held not authorized by the state constitutional provision for removal by concurrent vote of both houses after notice and copy of causes.
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McCulley Re
State
Tenn
General Assembly
Bullet-Proof Knapsack Makes Field Forts Practical
Soldiers gain a portable fort with armor sides and ground spurs to set the knapsack upright. Spurs at the bottom hold the device in place while slots at the top receive another knapsack’s spur, enabling quick temporary fort construction.
Boer Soldier Praised For Kindness To Wounded Correspondent
English Daily News correspondent H. Hales and Australian Lambie were wounded and captured by Boers while escaping. Hales recounts humane treatment by Boer fighters, noting water, first aid, and respectful dialogue. He says prisoners were treated as men and that fellow countrymen report generous treatment.
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H. Hales
London Daily News
Hales
Lambie
Earth
Heaven
Paris Exposition Telescope Surpasses Yerkes in Size
The Paris exposition telescope towers 197 feet long and 49 inch lenses weigh 1320 pounds. It dwarfs the Yerkes observatory at Lake Geneva as the world’s largest, with a 21 ton body and 36 mile moon reach. The giant lenses are a rare monopoly controlled by M Mantels in Paris since Guinaux.
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Yerkes
Chicago
Yerkes Observatory
Lake Geneva
Paris
M. Mantels
Guinaux
Eagle repels trio of wildcats in Susquehanna County
A Pittsburg Dispatch report from Susquehanna County describes a big eagle wintering near Fiddle Lake that fended off three attacking wildcats. It killed two by gripping one cat and dropping it on rocks from about 100 feet, a third survivor retreating down the slope.
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Susquehanna County
Fiddle Lake
Pittsburg
Difference Between Insurance and Assurance Explained
Definition joke contrasts insurance as what the agent wants to sell with assurance as what he possesses. Philadelphia Press cites a quip: insurance is what he fetes to sell you and assurance is what he has.
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Willie
Philadelphia Press
The Worm Turned A Tale of a Long-Suffering Clerk
A store complaint man famed for tact wins temporary harmony with customers until a single insult shatters his restraint. After twenty years of patience he lashes out at a domineering customer, ending his career and exposing the buried anger of a tranquil facade.
Picturesque Corfu and Its Legends Unfold in Isle Tale
A travel sketch portrays Corfu as a charming Ionian isle with legends such as Ulysses turning to stone. It notes residents’ athletic pursuits, olive oil export, primitive ovens, antique lamps, and vivid island customs including dances and a Greek funeral scene with open coffin illumination.
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Corfu
Ionian Isles
New York Tribune
Ulysses
Neptune
Ithaca
Sicily
Malta
Trials and Tiny Revolver Highlight Janus of Realism
An author struggles to write realistic prose amid heat and distraction, while Stephen M. Van Allen of Jamaica is gifted the smallest revolver ever made. The inch long self acting weapon fires six tiny charges and can pierce a half inch pine board as tested.
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Stephen M. van Allen
Jamaica
van Allen
New York Sun
Texas Street Car Decision In Electric Service Case
The Citizens' Railway Company v. Ford (Tex.) 46 L. R. A. 457 held an ordinance requiring street users to halt or check near crossings does not apply to electric street cars. Also includes stray humor and a church quote about prayer versus Satan's influence.
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Texas
Citizens’ R. Co
Ford
Tex
Race for a Claim on Cherokee Strip Rush 1893
In September 1893 the opening of the Cherokee Strip sparked a frantic land rush led by M F Graves and his son in law John Rolfs. Their mule and horse pulled a loaded wagon as thousands surged toward claims, causing accidents and chaos as riders and animals bolted into the new unsettled territory.
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Wichita
Hoke Smith
Interior
Oll
M. F. Graves
John Rolfs
Rice County
Graves
Rolfs
Blind See-Through Brain Vision Claim Shocks Reporter
Dr Peter Stiens, a Russian electrician, says an electrical apparatus lets blind people see with their brains not eyes. He demonstrated by reading objects while the tester remained blindfolded and described their shapes after linking to the device.
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Peter Stiens
The
Central News
Stiens
Dr. Stiens
Graves Captures Augusta Claim After 32 Mile Sprint
Mr Graves drives through Cottonwood canyon to reach the Eagle Chief valley and secures a quarter east of Augusta later to join the town site. The mule and horse complete a 32 mile run in three hours, exhausted but victorious as wintering cattle prosper on native grasses and buffalo seeds.
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Mr. Graves
Cottonwood Canyon
Eagle Chief
Astounding advance gains confident forecast
A description notes a surge in progress described as one of the most astounding and electrical advances. The speaker expresses firm belief the outcome will be a landmark achievement, with excitement about its potential impact and significance.
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Cess
Harrow exam papers reveal odd student notions
A Harrovian monthly feature collects humorous exam answers from Harrow School students. Examples include the Bible tale misreadings, a French savior joke, Quebec river navigation misunderstandings, political misstatements, and erroneous natural history claims such as an elephant eating three meters of flour daily.
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Harrow
England
Moses
Job
Ruth
Boaz
Elisha
Gehazi
Quebec
Ovid
Gunner dives for cover as shell bursts near Modder river
report notes a Boer shell nearly overwhelmed a gunner who saw smoke ring and leapt under a limber to dodge shrapnel. The surrounding earth sprayed by 300 bullets in the deadly blast. Gen Cronje owns a 6000 acre farm near Potchefstroom.
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Modder River
New York Press
A Wise Woman and Odd Notices From The Globe
A quirky Atchison Globe snippet notes a woman who keeps to her room to avoid sharing troubles, sparing friends the chance to coax a confession. The page also references health ads and humorous lines about the era, including Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters and Allen’s Foot-Ease.
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Atchison
Atchison Globe
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Canon City
Colorado
Buller
Bobs
American Steel and Wire Company
Quay
Senate
South Africa
Cape Colony
Transvaal
Natal
Orange Free States
Rhodesia
Central Africa
New York Stock Exchange
United States Senate
Dewey
Spain
Manila Bay
the Celebrities
D. A. Blose
Congregationalist
Akron
Ohio
M F. Graves
Graves and Rolfs
U F, Graves
Gen. Cronje
Potchefstroom
Chisags Evening Post
Hood
W. E. Baxen
Milford
C.I. Hood & Co
Lowell
Masa
Security
Carter
Englad
United States
Allen
Allen S.olmsted
LeRoy, N. Y
Mmaclara Manufacturing CO
Omaha
Neb
J.D. Best & Sons
Denver
Cole
O'Parrell
New York Avenue
Washington, D.C. DC
Enollin
Wea
I . Ay
Rugginte
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