Almeda Brown Inherits Fortune Then Builds Horses Hospital
Miss Almeda Brown, once penniless, inherits a large sum after a relative’s death and visits New York to explore life. She dedicates part of her wealth to founding a country infirmary for retired horses, inspiring cousin Anson Brown and Jane to rethink fortunes and social circles. The project attracts Benson, leading to a marriage with the humane society leader and a shift in city charity circles.
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Miss Almeda Brown
Miss Almeda
Tommy Tinker
Fela
Almeda Brown
New York
Anson
Jane
Jeffries
Cousin Anson
Cousin Almeda
Almeda
Al‘a
Anson Brown
Europe
Mr. Brown
Benson
Humane Society of
City
Park Avenue
William Henry Benson
Smallest human brain found in autopsy of Daniel Lyons
Autopsy at New York City morgue on Daniel Lyons a 49 year old Pennsylvania tunnel watchman revealed a brain weighing 24 ounces far below the normal 48 to 50 ounces. Dr. Philip O Hanlon and Prof John E Larkin noted Lyons was intelligent and capable despite the small brain. Cause of death was kidney inflammation.
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New York City
Daniel Lyons
Pennsylvania
Lyons
Philip O'Hanlon
John E. Larkin
College of Physicians and Surgeons
Dr.o'hanlon
Matomists
Gambetta
France
O’hanlon
Admiral Evans Tells Shanghai Court Justice Tale
Rear Admiral Robly Evans recounts a Shanghai court story where three Chinese defendants named Ah Ling and Ah Lee are jailed for drunkenness, each receiving thirty days, followed by an American sailor pleading for thirty days to be released. The tale contrasts local justice with naval perspective.
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Admiral Evans
Robly D. Evans
Shanghai
Ah Ling
Diunk
Ah Lee
The Sweet Pursuit of Dark Brown Sugar
A wife and excellent cook laments the loss of old fashioned dark brown sugar. She recalls how it made molasses cookies and gingerbread taste as they did in days past and notes younger cooks never know that flavor. She keeps hoping to find the true sugar of childhood, but retailers misidentify light brown sugar.
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Sicily
Salaams Low
Life on Governors Island Prisoners Keep Strange Time
Report describes over a hundred military prisoners on Governors Island living by a separate culture. Time is counted in brooms with a broom lasting about a month and two brooms equaling two months. Prisoners perform ground duties and avoid saluting officers, using folded arms and fixed stares. Prisoners are identified by official numbers rather than names on their clothing.
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New York City
Governors Island
Bottling Up Wrath Suggestion From Street Exchange
A humorous exchange has Gyer advising Myer to visit a nearby bottling establishment to bottle up his wrath. Myer admits he is so mad he can hardly see straight, turning frustration into a comic plan.
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Gyer
Old Man
Myer
Life Span Duo Graybeard and Youth in Time’s March
A reflective piece contrasts Graybeard and Youth as they walk through life from boyhood to old age. It follows the aging process, invoking a woodland path, a bridge, and a grave, with meditations on time, memory, and the cycle of life. Also includes light aphorisms and seasonal notes.
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Graybeard
Grandpa
Rag Time Echoes From Public Printer to Dog Catcher
A collage of wry vignettes. Public Printer Stillings pays a man 1200 dollars yearly to keep printers cockroach free. A Nashville woman seeks the town dog catcher post at no pay. An Ohio man’s life allegedly influenced by a newspaper incident. A Georgia man kills four rattlesnakes with an empty jug. The Times of Smithville ends with a proverb about laughter and sunshine.
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Stillings
Uncle Sam
Nashville
Ohio
Georgia
Smithville
Tex
Battle Creek cure described for Mark Furry
The Alden Times reporter Mark Furry undergoes a second day of spa therapy in Battle Creek Michigan with a hot towel along the spine and alternating ice rubs. The author notes uncertainty about the ailment yet suggests the treatment may stiffen his back.
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Mark
Mark Furry
The
Alden Times
Battle Creek
Michigan
Britt
Tribune
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Byron Williams
Joseph's
Charlie E Thompson
Heinemann Building
Central Avenue
Connersville, Ind
John Stoll
West Hill
Sixth Street
Sixth
Washington
Frazee
Charles Myers
the American Review
Albert
Albert Shaw
Times
the Review OF Reviews CO
Astor Place
Room
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