The Rubber Ball Boy and a Society Heroine
A New York World feature recounts Anton Mochty a 10 year old with six fingers and toes and exceptional weight who moves with a childlike manliness. In Chicago a society girl defies authorities by riding in a patrol wagon to accompany a frightened boy home, prompting center city spectators to question appearances.
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Abe Mochty
Colossus
Anton
Nature
New York World
Chicago Tribune
Pronunciation match games amuse clever party guests
A description of a party game where a leader calls out a letter and contestants name a city starting with that letter within five counts. The game continues with quick responses and a forfeit for the loser. It can be played as individuals or by sides as in a spelling match to declare a winner.
Bag of luck party game for children
A New York Post idea describes a playful school party game. A stout paper bag filled with small gifts and candy is hung in a doorway. Blindfolded children strike the bag with a stick, earning a prize for the first hole.
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New York Post
Right Angled Edge Key to Fancy Skating Skill
The article explains that proper skate ground is essential for fancy figure skating with emphasis on the right angled edge. It warns that snow ice, not black ice, is most likely to fail, noting black ice and frost are hardest.
Head pencil comes un corked in a comic slip
In a brief quip from a Youth's Companion item, Ned laments a pencil with no rubber and jokes that his lead pencil has come un corked, a humorous punctuation of a common classroom moment.
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Ned
Law and Lawyers A Hard Fighter’s Edge in Practice
Richard D. Doyle discusses a brutal approach to lawyering in The Southern Magazine. He recalls advising clients against lawsuits to avoid weak claims and notes that aggressive partisan zeal often drives modern legal success more than pure judgment.
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Richard D. Doyle
Southern Magazine
Erskine, Wirt, Webster
William Pinckney
Rufus Choate
Charles O’conor
United States
Coffin obsessed man dies after long hoax in Ohio
In Alliance Ohio in fall 1890, Barney Frickers who dreaded daily death finally died. For over twenty years he slept in his self made coffin each night and prepared for burial. His coffin, carved with allegorical designs, matched his morbid ritual, as reported by the St. Louis Republic.
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Barney Frickers
Alliance
Barney
St. Louis Republic
Indian in Kansas City suburb case stirs education scare
A Shawnee Indian seeks a legal share of a Kansas City suburb claiming land rights. The Chicago Post notes the case reflects tensions as the individual appears increasingly educated.
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Kansas City
Chicago Post
Ancient Adverts Echo Through Time From Eve To Rome
A Cornhill Magazine excerpt recalls advertising’s antiquity from the first human trade to biblical plagues and Roman town criers. It notes early methods like lead curses on temple statues and wall notices in Herculaneum and Pompeii, including gladiatorial game announcements and weather safeguards.
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Inquirer
Herculaneum
Pompeii
Cornhill Magazine
Whisky Merchant’s Generosity Becomes a Cautionary Tale
A Louisville whisky merchant recalls a tale of charity that backfired when a dishonest man used a broken bottle ruse to claim a free drink. The man returned with green glass fragments and water, exposing the deception after the merchant had offered a bottle in good faith.
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Louisville Courier-Journal
Man to Arbitrate Bigamy Case Involving Rosarks Trio
John Pearson of Rosarks West Virginia married Anna Lewry about three years ago. After a brief honeymoon he disappeared and was mourned as dead. Anna remarried Franklin Sears and lived with him until Pearson reappeared. Pearson threatened to murder Sears to end the bigamy. Sears and Pearson agreed to a meeting and to avoid the wife while a settlement is sought.
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John Pearson
Rosarks
W. Va
Anna Lewry
Pearson
Jin
Franklin Sears
Seals
Baltimore American
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Anton Mochty
Bag of Luck
Urban Bowers
Holden Block
Hudson
Hard Fighters In Law
Enoch Arden
Chicago
Iowa
W. A. Haynes & CO
Maynard, Mass
N. B
C.d.holmes
Sealtety
Hudson*National Bank
Caleb L. Brigham
Geo. C. Keith
Boynton
S. R. Burroughs
S. Hoar
West Acton
C. Keith
Concord Junction
James Mullin
James T. Foote
Charles EB. Watson
Summner St
Maynard
D. Dilmore
Arthur E. Walker
Fire Insurance Agency
Best Companies
P/O
Abel G. Haynes
H. Ss. Hapgood
Stow
Anterprise
Horacettle
W. A.cunningham
H.P. N. Dahl
Riverside Block
Maynard Mass
H. P.n.dahl
James Devane
West Acton, Mass
Benest Hosmer
B. D
Acton
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