The Odd Hobbyist Poster Artist in New York
A World story recounts a bill poster crew pasting images of angels devils tigers and a bear with a baby on fences. The piece notes changes in bill posting, now controlled by rents and warnings like Post no bills, with a humorous court anecdote about a man arrested for infringing a sign.
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Fanny
Salvation Army
Cesar
Booth
A. Bi
Lecall
Kinderty
Ronte
New York World
Secluded Study Stressed by Noise and Companions
Quotation from Chambers Journal recalls a tale of a restless muse inspired by social uproar. The passage notes a man surrounded by children, guests, and activity finding stimulus in a lively, noisy environment for creative work.
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Padua
Montaigne
Chambers’ Journal
The Brightest Light in the General Electric Car Probe
A description recalls a powerful searchlight built by General Electric shown in Chicago and later at a Winter exposition in San Francisco. It found a final resting place near Lowe, California where its light could be seen from about 200 miles away on clear air.
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General Electric
Chicago
Winter Exposition
San Francisco
Lowe
California
Philadelphia
Fleasdronic Corruption Mentioned in Digit Ban Discourse
The fragment notes corruption term linked to W. in a digit ban flow discussion. No further readable specifics or names are available from the OCR excerpt.
The Cab as a Symbol of France in Theophilus’ Eye
The text laments modern democracy via Paris cab culture. It mocks the cab as relic of absolute rule and a friction point between old regality and new order. The author contrasts privilege, punishment, and public spectacle in a biting social portrait.
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Louis XV
Theophilus
Paris
Sieuan
France
Louis AV
The Dyake of Borneo in Fort Lightly Review
The passage describes the Dyaks of Borneo under Rajah Brooke as bloodthirsty before reform, detailing head hunting customs. It recounts rituals where a head is presented to wives, skulls as tokens of love and respect, and trophies smoked and fed at family meals as signs of status.
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Borneo
Rajah Brooke
Tespoot
Terrific Shock Referencing Chicago Street Car Accident
Mrs Bangleton reads of a Chicago street car crash to her husband. She says the tars ran together and a bystander Miss Wabash was thrown. The husband jokes that the tars were going a hundred miles an hour. Detroit Free
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Detroit
Danger In Everything Science Warns Of Hidden Dangers
A fragmented text warns that everyday items like butter and bread may harbor unseen germs. The passage emphasizes risk from pathogens and the idea that unseen contamination could cause illness, though the exact claims are unclear due to garbled wording.
Fragmented Verse Fragment Reads Like Obscure Lyric
A garbled text fragment appears to reference celestial imagery and love. The lines suggest incomplete phrases about stars, heaven, and devotion, but the meaning is unclear from the damaged source.
Superstitions About Tea From the Philadelphia Press
Quaint tea beliefs claim a balanced spoon predicts marriage years while tea bubbles show weather. The column notes signs of visitors, gender of a future guest, and rain forecasts based on cup shapes and sugar bubbles.
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Philadelphia Press
Burns A Poet’s Life Amid Poverty and Pride
Hawthorne toured Burns bereft of comforts in Mossgiel and Dumfries noting filth and stench. He lauded Burns’s heroic merit despite squalor and intemperance, arguing hardship sculpted his genius and fate. Burns died at 37, attaining unparalleled poetic achievement with little aid. Westminster Review.
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Nathaniel Hawthorne
Dumfries
Burns
Mossgiel
Hawthorne
Jean Armour
Westminster
Hastings Trial Session End Brings Parr Mockery
In Hastings case a juror crowd gathers in the anteroom as Dr. Parr stalks the floor praising Fox and Sheridan. Burke, omitted, finally asks for approval and is told his speech is overloaded with metaphor and parentheses and amplification by Dr. Parr.
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Warren Hastings
Edmund
Dr. Parr
Mystery of the Dark Ball and the Mustache
A Washington Star item notes a pupil questions a teacher about perception in darkness. The quiet drama centers on a sister who asserts insight that others miss, hinting at a change in Mr Jones as he shaves his mustache.
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Nes’m
Mr. Jones
Washington Star
Dollar origin and wheat alchemy split in early notes
The Cincinnati Tribune recounts a classroom exchange on the dollar mark with lines signifying pillars of society and crooked paths for money. It adds a remark that southern wheat contains more aluminous compounds and suits macaroni better than northern grain.
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Tommy
Paw
Cincinnati Tribune
Coleridge Abandons Family Without Farewell
Coleridge left his wife and children without apology or farewell and never would see them again, according to the account.
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Coleridge
Train Schedule Corrected for Union Passenger Station
Time table corrected at Union Passenger Station on Causeway Street Boston as of September 30, 1894. A note records adjustments to arrival and departure times and platform assignments.
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Boston
Montreal
Fitchburg Railroad
Washington Street
UNION
Causeway Street
Marilboro Branch Theatre Train Schedule Fragments
Schedule fragment shows a theatre train from Boston leaving Wednesdays and Saturdays around 1 pm with intermediate stations and times, including a 12.59 pm note and references to Mast pate Phere nd. Conveys a transit timetable snippet with partial station names and times.
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Boston
St Tay
Psn
Atoning
Aise - Cay
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