Across Country Charles Berry's Trip to Rossland
Marlboro writer Charles A. Berry recounts a long journey by rail from Boston through Montreal Winnipeg and the Canadian Rockies to Rossland British Columbia. He describes dramatic mountain grades wild scenery abundant trout, mining life, strict law enforcement, wages, living costs, and encounters with cougars and camaraderie in the American mining camp.
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Marlboro
Charles A. Berry
Diamond A
Rossland
British Columbia
Frank
Boston
Montreal
Brockton
William Armstrong
Seattle
Ottawa River
Wattawa
Thunder Bay
Lake Superior
Lake of the Woods
Winnepeg
Winnipeg
Calgary
Rocky Mountains
Banif
Rockies
Great Divide
Glacier House
Albert Canyon
Revelstroke
Victoria Hotel
Arrowhead
Robinson
Trail
Jack Fulton
Columbia River
War Eagle
America
Canada
Murphey Creek
Columbia
Kamloop
John McKenzie
Spain's Greatest Need Uses Electric Bitters in Aiken
Barcelona resident Mr. R. P. Olivia reports back pain relief after using Electric Bitters during winter in Aiken. The advertisement claims the remedy cures liver kidney trouble purifies blood strengthens nerves and restores energy. Sold by Johnson Maynard and J C Friend in Concord.
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R. P. Olivia
Barcelona
Spain
Aiken
America
All
Johnson, Maynard
J. C. Friend
Concord
Best carriages at Marlboro Junction by O P Walker
Call at O P Walker's Marlboro Junction for the finest carriages as the long run best value and easiest to obtain.
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O. P. Walker's
Marlboro Junction
Social Notes From Cleasondale and Nearby
Miss Ida Minch stops with Mrs. Roberts while Gilbert Shearmur suffers rheumatism. Mrs. H. P. Underwood and two children visit her Maine sister. A girls party with mothers and friends spent a day at Boons Pond and dined there. Mrs. Jessie Porter and son visit Maine relatives for three weeks, Porter rides to Salem and stays through Sunday. Miss Mary Powers and brother Richard Powers visit Thomas O Brien Miss Ethel Phillips Everett and James Sullivan South Boston.
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Gilbert Shearmur
H. P. Underwood
Maine
Jessie Porter
Porter
Salem
Mary. Powers
Richard Powers
Charlestown
Thomas O’ Brien
Ethel Phillips
Everett
James Sullivan
South Boston
Five fine business horses for sale at once
Sale listing from W A White at Vose farm Maynard offering five work horses and one extra nice wagon horse for immediate sale before August 1. Owner will consider any half decent offer. Milk market wagon included.
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W. A. White
Vose
Maynard
Early spelling note on favor from 19th century UK politics
London Leader cites a historic printing error in Gladstone's Newark canvassing card. It shows "Mr Cladstone to solicit the favor of your vote and interest" and argues the "favor" spelling predates modern American usage, noting the Tory candidate's era and Oxford education.
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Loui
Gladstone
Newark
Cladstone
London
Delicate Earth Tilt Instrument by Horace Darwin
A precision device designed by Horace Darwin detects minute crust tilts and pulsations. It uses a circular mirror hung by two unequal wires. slight tilting amplifies mirror motion and a finger on the support shifts the reflected light spot by about half an inch.
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Horace Darwin
West Virginia Sunday School Echoes in Dialect
An adapted comic dialogue from Llarper's Bazar portrays a teacher questioning a child about his father in a West Virginia mountain Sunday school. The pupil answers with clipped dialect fragments, highlighting regional speech and miscommunication.
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West Virginia Mountain
Nonmie
Nome
Pup
Llarper
Bazar
Is That Your Father’s Grindstone
A wry exchange from the Cleveland Plain Dealer frames a sharp remark about a father who can sharpen a dull appetite. The joke hinges on turning a grinding stone to reveal skill and wit in a simple family scene.
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Cleveland Plain Dealer
Noontide at the Pole A Curious Time Concept
A Youth's Companion excerpt explains that all longitudes meet at the north pole making it noon everywhere at once. The piece notes the pole has no single time zone and could be any time of day chosen by a resident. It uses examples from London Boston San Francisco and Peking.
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Equator
London
Boston
San Francisco
New York
North Pole
Peking
Pole
A Woman Refuses to Acknowledge Old Clerks at New Shop
A lifelong patron, famed for courtesy to shop clerks, refuses to greet the old staff after they move to a new firm. She calls the overtime change unfair and dishonorable, though she visits the new store for curiosity and offers no explanation.
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New York Times
Illinois Governor Refuses 25 Cent Cigars in New York
The Chicago Chronicle recalls Dick Oglesby during the Cleveland Blaine campaign visiting New York. Over a luncheon he declines 25 cent cigars insisting on five cent at home and ten cent in New York, fearing political ruin if noticed.
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Dick Oglesby
Cleveland Blaine
Uncle Dick
Ilinois
New York
Chicago Chronicle
Young Johann Kathner Runs Away To Berlin For Aunt
A inexperienced youth named Johann Kathner leaves home with 100 marks seeking adventure. In Berlin he finds his aunt by mistaken identity, dines, then loses clothes and money. A passerby takes pity, cares for the infant, and a police end resolves the situation with his father paying expenses.
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Joln Kathner
Berlin
Kathuer
Abbau
Elimmel
Greenhorn
Johann
Notable Tax Paying Man Cited In Passage
A character lauds a man who pays taxes on all his property and never complains. Another speaker asks for a pause and inquires about a hurried departure. A glimmering line introduces a plot thread about disposing a gold brick and finding a possible counterpart across the street.
Voodoo Charm and Nervous Disease Referenced by Doctor
A physician recalls a patient alarmed by belief in a voodoo charm hidden under a mattress after being discharged by an old servant. The tale exposes superstition among educated people and the doctor’s simple remedy.
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Safetreater Gemurery
New Orleans Times-Democrat
Hezekiah Pioneered Jerusalem Waterworks and Conduit
The passage credits Hezekiah the king of Judah with creating a water system that fed Jerusalem. It describes pools near Bethlehem, a six to seven mile conduit to the city, a ten inch earthen pipe encased in stone, and the practice of boiling water even in ancient times as noted by the Seattle Post Intelligencer.
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Nevekiah
Hezekiah
Judah
GSS
B. C
Jerusalem
Ife
Gihon
City of
David
Hezekial
Solomon
Bethlehem
Seattle Post Intelligencer
Lawyer’s Advice Backfires in Counterfeiter Case
A well known attorney recounts defending a counterfeiter who pleaded guilty on his lawyer’s instruction. The judge questioned the plea saying the defendant acted under counsel. The client replied his lawyer warned of no chance before the judge. The court then ordered a not guilty plea and the counterfeiter was acquitted.
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Philadelphia
Parlor Vase Riddle and Seaweed Scale
A humorous exchange shows Mrs Banks promising a spanking if the vase breaks while Tommy reveals Papa has already broken it. The piece notes seaweed as the longest plant, with a tropical variety reaching 600 feet.
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Tommy
Mrs. Banks
Pommy
Harper's Bazar
Venezuela claims vast territory near Alaska size
Venezuela asserts an enormous territorial claim covering about 632000 square miles, comparing its extent to Alaska and Artsona. The statement emphasizes the country's substantial geographic reach.
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Venezuela
Alaska
Artsona
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Cleasondale
Miss Ida Minch
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Boon's Pond
Ile
O. P. Walker
Marlboro, Mass
Maple St
Victor
J. W. Henderson
South Acton, Mass
Maynard Restaurant
Wre
Hi, E. Boyd, Maynard Block, Maynard
Westerly
Quincy
Qo, S. Fowler, Maynard
H. Richardson
E. H. Maker
Mass
Drop Head Singer
McWalter
C. D. Brochu
Concord Junction
Ernest Hosmer
D. D
Acton
Hapgood
Stow
P. O
Aynard
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