Oddities and Local Happenings From Various States
Odd snippets report a woman seeking postmastership in Daviess County Missouri. A Nebraska corn husker rallies 75 bushels daily. A warped board hid 125 pounds of honey from a hive, in Forbes Missouri. Bees and pigeons race home in a Westphalian village. A Morgan Hendrickson digs seven feet for a wild dog den in Shelby County Indiana. A Japanes bomb injures a mill worker in Westbrook Missouri. Maine trapper William Brown claims 83 foxes and many other animals last season. A Baltimore classroom scare ends with fire department aid. An aquatic mystery in Anastasia Beach Florida is deemed an octopus by a scientist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daviess County
Gage County
Neb
Forbes
Shelby County
Ind
Morgan Hendrickson
Westbrook
Maine
William Brown
Oakland
Paying for the Honor The Real Chinaman and cross cultural jokes
The article surveys how costs differ by status in China with examples from a Peking barber charging foreign ministers and officials more than natives. It shares anecdotes from travels and youth humor about dress customs and language puns in old time journalism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
China
Peking
Legation
Holcombe
Japan
Wolves Multiply in Wisconsin Despite Hunters Bounty
The St. Louis Globe-Democrat reports gray wolves increasing across northern Wisconsin, especially in Bayfield Washburn and Douglas counties. Hunters describe them as elusive, clever predators that target cattle and livestock, with at least one rider killed, a woman near Spooner seeking shelter in a tree, and escalating losses prompting talk of driving wolves out for safety and property protection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana
Wisconsin
Bayfield
Washburn
Douglas
Wastburn
Ear Spooner
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Thackeray Did Not Write The Virginians Chapter
A London party tale reveals Thackeray offered to let Kennedy write a Virginians chapter about the hero’s escape from Fort Duquesne. Kennedy later penned the fourth chapter of The Virginians volume two, making the topography accurate to the wilderness journey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thatckeray
Fort Duquesne
Thackeray
London
Anthony Trollope
Willie Collins
Kennedy
Twice-a-Week Courier-Journal Debuts in 1897
The Times announces the Twice-a-Week Courier-Journal beginning January 1 1897 with editions on Wednesday and Saturday. The Wednesday paper covers news and politics while Saturday focuses on stories poetry pictures and family content. Price remains $1 per year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Courier-Journal
Henry Wattercon
Bell in Church Box Sparks Honest Giving
D Ogden and Alice Morse Earle report in Atlantic a church used a bell concealed in the contribution box to ring with each gift, ensuring detection of stinginess during the sermon. Woodcock eggs in Sweden face decline as locals favor woodcock eggs sold in Stockholm markets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joan G. Paton
South Sea Islands
Alice Morse Earle
Atlantic
Sweden
Stockholm
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Baltimore
Clara Evans
Anastasia Beach
Fla
St. Augustine
Calien
Oda
Matmima
Spankum Spanktorum
K. ¥. Journal
Boston
Fosdick
Keedick
Boston Aeronautical Society
Hartford Times
Washington Times
Courier Journal
Daily Courier-Journal
Law
Orwin
J. D. Emmons & CO
Irwin’s Block
Columbus, Ind
G. W. Cooper
Grooper
Coper & Cooper
Attorneys-at-Law
Masonic Building
Columbus
Indiana
FASLF
COX
Attorney-At-Law
Office Croup’s Block
Court House
Colmeus Weekly Star
The
Columbusstar
Roland M. Bb
Rervonn Bispeas
PPRIO
Grftitt Biek
Wester
Union Telegraph Otier
George
Trinkenschuh
Washington ST
Clumnes
U.S
Orr
Washington, D. C
Bowlen,& Lay, Proprietors
Pennsylvania
Indianapolis
Daily
Ex. Sun
Sun
Levisvitux
Madison
Ory
Wy. Dowrr
D. Ogden
Otto
Chamberlain
Q. J. Noblitt
Nerous
A. Strauss
Menaber, the Tamer
C. Ulrich
BIG Four
G. Branch
Franklin Sts
Nixe
D. B
Martin
Cir Chenaty
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