Typical Bad Men in the West Collide with Scotch Humor
A Western stereotype essay recounts encounters with the mythical bad man. A Scotch traveler on a steamboat meets a boastful frontiersman who recognizes him as from Inverness. A Connecticut man at a California hotel faces a namericker who turns out to be from Connecticut as well.
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West
Far West
W. D. Lyman
Atlantic
Bret Harte
Inverness
Scotland
Hartford
California
Connecticut
Pard
Two Dogs and a Drowning Man
In a country river a Frenchman mocked a Newfoundland's instinct to save. Two dogs leapt to aid the immersed man, each grabbing a coat tail. The coat tore, both dogs returned home proudly with cloth, and the master swam to rescue his friend.
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Turk
Dog No. 2
Nail sizing by penny weights in historic measurement
The article discusses explanations for the sixpenny eightpenny tenpenny and other nail sizes. It cites theories that penny size related to weight, price per hundred, or weight per thousand, with figures such as 80 sixpenny nails per pound, 50 eightpenny per pound, 34 tenpenny per pound and 29 twelvepenny per pound.
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Book World
Living Down a Hoodoo in a New York Hotel
The New York hotel once crowded with first class patrons became an apartment house haunted by nightly noises in 350 to 400 rooms. Guests lost sleep and nerves, women feared to be alone, lenses broken, tenants fled. Rumors of ghosts spread nationwide. After widespread panic, the owner sold, others moved in at reduced rates, and the hoodoo was finally lived down.
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New York
New York Press
Obeyed Orders. Johnny Eats While Chopping Wood
A Philadelphia North American child tale shows Johnny eating cake between chopping wood. His father had ordered no eating while working, and the boy replies he is following orders, since he cannot eat and work at the same time. The hatchet lies nearby as he continues his meal.
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Johnny
Philadelphia
North
Banknote Threads Show Two Silk Strands Defeat Counterfeiters
A Secret Service official explains why genuine Treasury notes use two silk threads running lengthwise. He notes paper mills, high costs, and penitentary risk deter counterfeiters. He cites one bad bill with a single thread, showing how it can be detected when split and rejoined.
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Secret Service
Trawsecy Department
Abe
Treasury
Pkace
New York Herald
Eyes That Made A Courtship A Science Tale
The tale recounts the late Sir George Iy an eminent astronomer who, famed for shyness, marries after a friend notes a double refraction in a woman's eyes. Intrigued he observes her eyes, studies them, and in time proposes. The courtship, born of scientific curiosity, ends in a happy marriage.
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Sir George
Pee
Lidy
Jests of Two Lord Chancellors and a Language Laugh
A collection of brief anecdotes shows Lord Chancellor Eldon and Sir John Sinclair using a sheet of paper to seal a joke and Erskine’s witty reply. A New York French teacher recalls learning English through mixups after seeking calf brains in translation and asking for “the intelligence of ze calf.”
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England
Eldon
Liying
Fisher
Esponn
John Sinclair
Scotland
Erskine
Sir John
Ernakine
New York
Value of Mud and its blessing to the lowlands
Professor O. C. Schmucker argues that the mud carried by rivers, though unsightly and obstructive to navigation, deposits fertile silt that has built much of the nation’s best land. A map would show how sediment shapes agriculture and settlement, reframing mud as a national asset.
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8. C. Schmucker
Ladies’ Home Journal
He Was Too Good Clarence Fails as Suitor for Old Man
A Chicago Herald tale shows Clarence Darlington pleading to marry the old man’s daughter while denying any liquor use or tobacco habit. The father lists vices as disqualifications, then dismisses the matter with a penny for candy.
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Clarence
Daniel Gettenhold
Clarence Darlington
Fim
Chicago Herald
The Fixed Stars Move But Our Skies Remain Constant
The text argues that stars are in motion at speeds up to 250000 miles per hour yet the vast cosmic distances keep their relative arrangements visually unchanged. It notes no constellation has altered in 3900 years, with Sirius Arcturus and the Pleiades remaining in place while Orion’s 81 stars drift independently.
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Sirius
Arcturus
Orion
Dangers of Spontaneous Combustion in Households
The article warns about substances causing spontaneous combustion when exposed to air and contact. It notes volatile oils and rags soaked with turpentine or alcohol can ignite from a spark. It also highlights oil-soaked rags, hay, and sawdust as fire risks and advises destroying greasy rags immediately, especially those contaminated with linseed oil and turpentine.
Gopher Trick and Laughing Plant Tales
A prairie boy in 1886 used a boot lace trap to capture a gopher and survive until rescue. A baying dog and birds’ habits prompt questions about animal behavior. The article describes a laughing plant from Arabia whose seed induces brief intoxication and mirth lasting about an hour before sleep.
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Prairies
Assiniboia
Canadian Pacific
Blackwood
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