Sam Patel the daredevil jumper of the Genesee river tale
The St Louis Republic recounts Sam Patel born in Rhode Island who rose to fame for dangerous leaps from ships and cliffs. His 1829 Rochester Genesee river jump ended fatally with uncertain cause, possibly drowning or entanglement, his body later found near Genesee river mouth.
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Sam Patel
Iis
Sam Pateh
Samatch
Rhode Island
Paterson
N. J
Passaic River
Sam
Niagara Falls
Goat Island
Genesee River
Rochester
N. Y
St. Louis Republic
Keep on Smiling Sign Delights Waiting Room Crowd
A little girl named Julia sits in a busy four-doctor office waiting area. She smiles at every person around the circle, boosting everyone’s mood as nurses and patients watch. Her mother finally asks why she keeps smiling, and Julia points to a sign over the stenographer’s desk that reads Keep on Smiling.
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Exast
Julia
Lippin
Preferred Her Playing
A Boston Judy asks Professor Blackenstein what makes him thoughtful and receives a witty exchange about piano playing. The professor suggests he listens to her, while she notes the piano listens to her, highlighting playful banter and performance insight.
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Boston
Blackenstein
Cinetins
Enquirer
Anaxagoras and His Early Theories of Nature
The fifth century BCE Athenian philosopher Anaxagoras taught his scholars wind as rarefaction, Moon light from the Sun, rainbows from reflection, comets as wandering stars, and fixed stars far beyond the Sun, along with other ideas later seen as primitive experiments in natural philosophy.
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Anaxagoras
Christ
Local News items offer paper and goods for sale
Local notice lists typewriter paper and Graded School letter heads for sale at the office. Mentions Capt Ingersoll transported by a servant, a Atlanta cook hired for Porter Springs visitors, and bakery moves to the public square. Promotes Pure Herb Tablets and notes a mining slowdown after a blizzard. Calls for school attendance, praises Rev. Cunningham, criticizes Pentecostal tongues meetings, and invites new subscribers with a dollar.
For sale farm near Dahlonega and local notes
Small farm six miles west of Dahlonega Georgia is offered for sale by Glenn Rider. The item lists merchants installing Best Light in their store and notes locally sourced news from Ath ens and Washington City. The column ends with December weather data and historic rainfall records for Dahlonega with figures from 1898 to 1991.
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Glenn Rider
Dahlonega
Chas. W. Henderson
Washington City
Munch
Nuagev
Georgia
Sanny South
Governors' inauguration favored in January plans
A sweeping 1910 story notes Gov. Smith backs January inaugurations for governors while Atlanta records 18 murders and 22 personal crisis reports this year. It cites 303 white women arrested, a fatal prison escape near freezing, and varied local incidents across Georgia and the South.
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Gov. Smith
Atlanta
Pennsylvania
Congress
West
South
Apegro
Florida
How He Made It A C Daily Cotton Harvest
A C Daily of route 2 reports a Langford cotton yield of 2200 pounds seed cotton and 876 pounds lint from one acre. He turned land in January, used 600 pounds fertilizer, planted with a Cole planter, cultivated weekly, and applied 100 pounds nitrate of soda twice on June 15 and July 15. Last year the land grew corn for about ten dollars.
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A.C. Daily
Route 2
Langford
Cole
Acra
Keeping onions for winter storage
Instructions on storing onions in a dry place such as a barn loft. Spread them in thin layers on the floor or shelves. Do not disturb if they freeze, and cover with sheets of paper to prevent sudden thawing. If layers are not more than 80 thick and the location stays dry, they will keep without difficulty.
Telephone Man Saved in Snow Slide Rescue
Ellensburg Washington December thirty first describes how Joseph Hutchinson a telephone lineman was buried by a snow slide on the Cascades then dragged to daylight by the pole aid. He used a pocket telephone to call Cle Elum for rescue and was saved on a steep bank.
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Ellensburg
Wash
Joseph Hutchinson
Cleelum
Hutchinson
Federal suit for back stamp tax against Stratton estate
After five years of litigation the federal government by virtue of a decision of the supreme court of the United States became entitled to press a suit against the executors of the estate of the late Win fred S. Stratton, the Colorado mining magnate, for nearly 86000 for back stamp tax under the Spanish American war tax measure.
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Supreme Court of the United States
Winfred S. Stratton
Colorado
Rescuers Free Man From Frozen Cable Ledge
A party of linemen repairing a nearby cable pulled themselves along the line to reach a man trapped on a pole. He had been imprisoned for over three hours and was frozen, then carried to Cleetham hospital for treatment.
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Cleetham Hospital
Neighborly Intrusions Stir Up Quiet Suburban Rivalry
A New York Press vignette portrays a suburban neighbor who resents a newcomer who moves in to force casual acquaintance. The tale details staged visits, telephone fabrications, and decorators, culminating in a vow to invite the woman only after she has seen the occupants at their best.
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John
New York Press
Thackeray’s Dinner with a Lifeguard Captain Neighbor
A brief Thackeray anecdote after Vanity Fair shows him dining with a friend and resisting a jokey remark about a character from his novel. He cooler remarks that there is a time and place for jokes, especially given the guest’s true identity as Captain Crawley of the Life Guards.
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Thackeray
Vanity Fair
Crawley
the Lifeguards
Lifeguards
Disraeli Fame Caught By A Cabman Tale
London Chronicle recalls Disraeli’s fame as a public idol. A cabman recognized him after the driver opened the trapdoor and said he had read all his books including Lothair. The note contrasts this with Beaconsfield’s setbacks and a later anecdote about meeting Gladstone and being asked if he was Mr. Disraeli.
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Disraeli
Dorothy Nevill
Beaconsfield
Publisher teases author on tale with mid chapter climax
A Cincinnati Commercial Tribune quote shows a publisher telling an author his story ends in the middle, and the author explains the device aims to keep women from reading the last chapter first. The gag highlights a literary tactic and public reaction in a witty exchange.
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Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
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Capt. Ingersoll
Charlie Anderson
Porter Springs
John Summeronr
Auraria
Dablonega
Mr. Cunningham
Methodist Church
Bishop Candler
Merchant. M. Jones
Nimblewill District
Jane Benson
N. G. A. College
College Camphe
General Assembly
General News
Alabama
J. C. Nobles
Macon
Macon Telegraph
Bibb County
Julian B. Rice
Gainesville
Fultons Jail
Brittain
Maine
Griffin
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