Life at a busy transatlantic cable station explored
A New York Herald correspondent portrays life at the Canso station of the Commercial Cable Company in Nova Scotia. He describes the station grounds and ocean backdrop, the daily telegraph rush between London and New York, and the unique bohemian fraternal life of cable operators.
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Waterville
Ireland
New York City
Wall Street
St. Pierre
Miquelon
Canadian Pacific Railway
Atlantic
Europe
America
Canso
Commercial Cable Company
London
New York
Mercury
New York Herald
Flo’s Letter to God About a Toothless Baby
Flo writes a letter to God asking him to finish the toothless baby, noting the infant cannot eat yet. Grandma and Flo discuss the child’s missing teeth and the family plans, then Flo drafts the note with care at home in Pittsburg.
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Flo
Graedma
Little Flo
Pittsburg
To Do Away With Drunkenness
Col John J proposes state funded asylums for drunkards to be built at public expense and financed by saloon keeper taxes. He says confinement and physician verdicts could curb intoxication and that a drafted bill once existed but was dropped after friends advised against it.
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John J
St. Louis Republic
Guessing the jar count wins prize in San Francisco
A San Francisco exposition jar of type drew £200 bets for the correct total. Two men matched the correct figure 84 200. One had earlier guessed 95 000 shot items and derived a third as many type, while the other found a lottery ticket with 34 200 guiding his guess after a lucky pencil discovery.
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San Francisco
Uncle Mo's Philosophy in Dialect Verse
A jurist remarks on foolish honesty and fear of ghosts in a humorous dialect meditation. The tale contrasts clever talk with truth, noting how some avoid danger while others boast. It closes with a reflection on fear and law in everyday conduct.
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Uncle Mo
Rumytiz
Cables at Sea Show Mixed Lifespans and Preservation
The article notes cables pulled from 1.5 miles deep with hemp coverings degraded and armored wires worn by strong currents at half a mile deep. Yet some specimens survived over thirty five years without deterioration, suggesting water preserves insulating compounds and raises questions about long term cable durability.
No Barking Sign Offends Paris Tenant
In Paris, a doorkeeper posted a large placard reading No Barking Allowed to curb dog noise. An angry tenant challenged the sign, and the doorkeeper explained the notice was not for him but for the dog.
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Paris
The Case Decided Yet Late The Cod Man Abraham and Hagar
The Oregonian notes that Abraham in his era was a coder man of his age yet critics condemn his handling of Hagar and view Ishmael’s treatment as vile injustice, calling it a stain on his character.
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Abraham
Agec
Hagar
Ishmael
Oregonian
Future of Hawaii and annexation debate
London Financial News argues Hawaii should be annexed outright rather than governed locally. It notes 91 percent of Hawaiian trade is with the United States and suggests Hawaii already functions as a de facto American colony with Honolulu echoing American ideas. It calls for absorbing Hawaiian communities into larger states as monarchies fade.
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Hawaii
Washington
Great Britain
United States
Honolulu
London Financial News
Freddie Keene Almost Suffocates Inside House Chimney
Eight year old Freddie Keene climbed a rear roof flue to play Santa Claus. He wedged himself five feet down the chimney and could not back out. Nearby workers freed him after the chimney was torn down to rescue him.
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Charles Keene
Freddie
East
Norwalk
Santa Claus
Womb Trouble Candidate Recovers With Pinkham Remedy
A chronic patient from New York described severe womb and heart trouble with paralysis and fainting until Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound was tried on doctor’s advice. She credits rapid improvement and full recovery, praising the remedy and recommending it to others.
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Lupia E. Pinkham
Lynx
Mass
TELL TALE WHISKERS
A short moralizing essay classifies facial hair styles by character. It links full beards to iron will and vice versa, notes clerical long beards project piety, Burnsides signal vanity and gourmand tendencies, and hints at careful mustache grooming as a sign of practicality.
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Wicks
John Calvin
House of the Lord
Burnsides
W. Dannettell
Evansville
Ind. Tribune
Anecdote on Nationalities In The Austrian Empire
Four Australian soldiers stay at a peasant’s home in the empire. A Pole notes the host’s watch was nice, the Hungarian suggests taking it, the Bohemian claims it, and the Croat finally admits he had already stolen it from his comrade.
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Austrian Empire
New York News
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Concord
James Devane
West Acton, Mass
Richardson
IK. HI
Concord Mass
Tucker
E. Bothwell
Prop
Maynard
Haynes & Tourtellot
Maynard, Mass
Canada
Cornfield
Planet Jr
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