Worldly talk of farms and fairs in 1894
Figures show US farms in good standing with air of growth while New England farms mainly owner operated. Mention of World's Fair Jackson Park plans, Austrian invitation to Vienna exposition, whaleback steamers on the Pacific, and ancient New Mexico ruins. Also notes on anarchist agitation warnings from New York Herald and immigration shifts toward the South.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans Picayune
Mississippi
Jackson Park
United States
Vienna
Archduke Francis, Ferdinand
Austria
Pacific Coast
Chicago Herald
Portland
t.Oregon
San Francisco
Chicago
White City
Vast Sums and Oddities From Global Ledger
A sprawling collection notes huge investments in the British Navy and docks, the size of the mercantile fleet, New York bank deposits, and crop damages from the Russian thistle pest in 1893. It cites Suez Canal receipts lagging 1892, Eskimo child development, a deathbed will, Manchester Ship Canal costs, an oyster case in Brooklyn, and Chicago’s tramp asylum issues with relief strain and street labor needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
New York Post
Eleonhorn
Bureau of Streat and Alley Cleaning
Golden Rule on Advertising Space Costs Cited
The Boston Globe notes that advertising space costs have risen, with a top advertiser buying 850000 words in a year, now needing 3.8 to 6 million dollars annually. It highlights the Golden Rule of business success and reports strong demand for American stores in Amsterdam, Holland.
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Boston Globe
Amsterdam
Holland
Mother Heart in the Storm Poem by Maurice Franais Egan
A lyrical meditation on a stormy winter night beneath one roof where a mother’s care shelters children. The verse laments loneliness when the world is cold and winds howl, contrasting danger outside with warmth inside and ending with a plea for peace and safety.
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Maurice Franais Egan
Tom Raffles Gunner Earns Victoria Cross
Tom Raffles, a gunner in a Lahore cantonment, battles neglect and temptation until a dangerous elephant run with Bertie Stratford ends in a dramatic river rescue. After a daring escape from a perilous situation, he earns a reprimand but later seizes a fresh chance in battle, ultimately earning a corporal stripe and the Victoria Cross.
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William. Graydon
Hen
Tom Raffles
St. George's Barracks
Trafalgar Square
Norfolk
Tom
India
Hoe
All India
Lahore
Punjab
Stratford
Bertie
England
Norfolkshire
Raffles
Rafiles
Ramal Pindi
Black Mountain
Malton
Lalore Cantonmenty
RaMles
Sultan
theTevion
Rafllon
Abionco
Cantonmenta
Cavary
Amit Waparkle
Elephant A
Stretford
Rainies
Rafles
St. Louis Republic
Monster Marine Specimen Spooks Seattle Readers
A six foot dark brown cone shaped sea creature with sharp teeth astonishes Seattle Press Times readers. Found in Queen Charlotte Sound its unknown species defies classification and Indian fishermen recall a fierce battle before it was killed and sent to an eastern museum.
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Denver
Seattle
Vom Eastern Museum
Trolley wire shocks stray witnesses on Maine Street
A broken trolley supply wire on 50m0 Way touched an iron pole and sprayed electric current along the sidewalk. Passersby and a small dog received severe shocks as curiosity turned into peril before the wire was repaired and the sun returned.
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Maine
State
Amun
Ifo
Springfield
Mass
Inventor's Lamp Lets Doctors View Brain Directly
St Louis resident Donald H. Furqushar describes a globe lamp with lenses and tubes to concentrate light for examining the brain. A mouthpiece aligns with the head to observe brain activity while the heart and digestion can be monitored by directing light to the chest or stomach area.
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Donald H. Furqushar
St. Louis
Patchwork Comic Snippets From Varied Sources
A collage of humorous vignettes and captions drawn from multiple sources. Frames include skits on dinner choices, arithmetic humor at the table, stage gags about theater boxes, and light domestic exchanges. The collection leans toward playful, lightly absurd humor with familiar newspaper joke cadence.
Farcical Dialects and Classy Quips From Gossip Columns
A collage of humorous lines from New York Herald Washington Star Texas Siftings and Washington Star features a flurry of sharp witticisms about engagements diamonds jokes and social foibles. It closes with a brief note from a railey station waiting room mentioning a Hoveless case likely a misspelling of Hoveleshe.
I Don t Believe You Understand Me
A montage of small humorous vignettes from a variety of papers. The scenes include a life insurance agent and a man with a valise discussing life’s brevity, a teacher and a dull boy in a counting joke, a cabinet of geological specimens tossed to cats, and a breaking engagement resolved with a hopeful note. The tone is lightly ironic and playful.
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Chicago Tribune
Tammany Times
Funeral rites of Omahas reveal blood song and hope
The Century account describes Omahas mourning rituals for respected individuals. Men bleed from left arm, wear only breech cloth, march with green branches to the deceased’s lodge, and strike willow rods to pace a funeral song. The ritual blends violence with tenderness, reflecting belief in life beyond and communal sympathy.
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Aung
Water-seeking sense in reptiles and amphibia noted in field observations
The narrator recalls a Texas expedition where a large tortoise, beheaded yet still steering toward water, demonstrates a water location sense shared by several West Indian species and some aquatic apes. The phenomenon, tied to sand contour, appears unaffected by head loss and is rarely mentioned in literature. Observations highlight a family trait across multiple species.
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Texas
Cook Cage
Sincon
St T Lonis Republia
Domestic Arts Guide From A Cold Weekend Script
Miscellaneous household tips cover laundry with waxed bottles and flannel, stock making with ham and herbs, drying prunes into gelatin molded desserts, skin care and poultice recipes, brass cleaning with washing soda, and cake mixing guidance. Practical domestic hacks favor quick cooling, precise fat control, and simple pantry fixes for a busy home.
The Yaluto of Cottonsedd
A cryptic, damaged OCR fragment notes rotten witd rotting carbon seal at cotton gins in the South. It mentions pracnety pay and oil mits with vague figures and place names Lexas Far and Raves.
The Boy About the Place by A E Hutchinson
A poem describes a boy about the place through scenes of home life and hardship. The speaker notes roughness and mess as signs of youthful industrious mischief, ending with praise for the boy’s spirit and a blessing from a parent.
Fragments of humorous quips from era newspapers
A collage of jokes and lines from various papers shows quick wits and social satire. The snippets feature unnamed dialogue about marriage, finances, and manners, with figures like Mr Mastery and Miss Spohrtie appearing in brief, punchy exchanges.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Florida
New York
New England
Kentucky
New Mexico
New York Herald
France
Spain
Italy
Royal Navy
British Mercantile Marine
One Illuminating Company
New York City
London
Gew
Nothwest
John ‘Nolan
Superior Court of
Manchester
Liverpool
Suez Canal
China
Australia
Manchester Docks
Justice Pratt
Supreme Court of Brooklyn
Riage
Rofilea
Lahord
Bertie Stratford
Raffies
Raffes
Rawal Pindi
Peninsular
Peshawn
Snntan
Nabob
Rafilen
Rayi
Iad
Apring
Raftich
Rafaes
Hofiles
Winnan
Cleveland
Mr. Nuwifo
Papa
Jimmie
Harper's Bazar
Neddyo
Ethel
Tos
Wille
Willie
Bill
Arthur Hally
Laura
Arthur
Pop Was
Astead
Kim Bo
Uallo
Flossie
Pops
Momma
Romeo
Jenkins
Washington
COND
Nature
Jessie
Max
Texas Siftings
Willie Wibbles
Washington Star
Weil
Indianapolis Journal
Bimplipxini
Slater
New York World
California
New York Tribune
A. E. Hutchinson
Philadelphia Record
Gladya
Mastery
Chicago Inter-Ocean
Detroit
Detroit Free Press
Willie Wibble
Clara
Tock
Pronella
Kate
Field
Vokes
Hicks
Sappy
Wicks
Boston Transcript
Josh Sassafras
Harlem
Mrs. Chatter
Mr. Clatter
Brooklyn
Lanks
Flint” Flint
Helen
Harry
Florence
Chicago Inter- Ocean
Maria
Carrie
Dot
Rupert
Ruport
Harper
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