Clever Wildcat Outwits Hounds Then Fails to Escape
A Tennessee wildcat evades a pack by using a camouflaged tree perch and rope-like chase tactics. The creature dives beneath a broken trunk and freezes as hounds surge over the log. After a tense moment the cat remains motionless until the dogs pass, then slips away, only to be finally stopped by a shot from a hunter.
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Tennessee
Buffalo Creek
Alabama
Lmb
Sid
Ubhort
Submerged Presbyterian Evades Denomination Question
A minister greets a stranger and learns he is a submerged Presbyterian. He explains he was raised Presbyterian while his family attends Methodist Baptist Unitarian Church of England Congregational, and he supports all churches financially. The tale frames religious affiliation with humor about multi denomination involvement.
All Hats Alike to Him in a Washington Hat Shop
A New York writer recalls a Washington hat shop where the proprietor sold every hat at the same price. The owner lounged reading a West Virginia paper, tried hats on customers, and claimed all hats were alike and all priced the same. Change was scarce, and the narrator left with a $10 hat and no change.
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Arkansas
New York
Washington
National Capital
Cincinnati
Fit
West Virginia
West Virginiia
Hiis
New York Sun
The Ideas of Dreamland Are Plausible Yet Empty
A New York Herald piece features a well known writer who derides dream inspired ideas as largely impractical. He recalls nocturnal writing bursts, dream ramblings, and the peril of forgetting vivid plots upon waking. Dreams seem brilliant yet unravel into incoherence or comedy when faced with daylight.
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Fiddlesticks
New York Herald
Shifting the Blam A Yorkshire Child Hand Defect
A mother brings her five year old son with a rare hand condition to a hospital. The surgeon laments delayed treatment and questions the mother about neglect. The mother shifts blame to the child in a strong Yorkshire accent as she scolds the boy for not speaking up earlier.
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Yorkshire
Tommy
Inquest Remarks on Child Welfare and a Grim Eye
At an inquest into a child found near a tire the coroner cited a grim remark about chaining children to deter mischief. He contrasted this with comments about Chinese practices of hanging children in sacks, noting the comical sight of many children hung on walls in a large house.
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London Globe
Diggs and Meeker in Married Dressmaker Case
Diggs marries Meeker shortly after his wife dies and then weds her dressmaker. Riggs notes Diggs planned to cancel his wife's debts but the scheme failed. He remains paying the bills, now larger than before. Chicago News reports the odd marriage sequence and ongoing financial struggles.
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Diggs
Meeker
Riggs
Chicago News
The Sneeze That Cost a $10,000 Reward
A veteran detective recalls a costly sneeze that unravelled a bank robbery sting in Atlanta from the eighties. He hid in a boarding house closet to overhear two suspects plotting the division of stolen money, but a dust allergy sneeze blew the operation and led to the escape of the robbers. Report cites a $10,000 reward.
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Stara
Atlanta
Avanta Constitution
Stranger Than Fiction Divorce and Jewish Law Dilemma
A Polish Jewess who married a Polish Jew divorced under communal law comes to England posing as a widow and marries a Cohen. He later refuses support. English magistrates refuse to recognize communal law, imprisoning him for non maintenance. He may seek a decree of nullity. whether the divorce court will recognize communal action echoes a Zangwill problem.
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The
London Chronicle
Zangwill
Caramels for papa and a generous liecheerful girl
A Memphis-Scribbler tale recalls a little girl who buys ten cents of candy with a dime to please her father and get his kiss, insisting on caramels to keep the joke intact. The piece then shifts to Coldwater’s growing crow colony in Seeley's park and finally to a Russian winter hibernation method for gulls called nejka, described by a Paskovy bureau report.
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Papa
Memphis Sclmitar
Coldwater
Ils
Seeley’s Park
Ehnost
Russia
Russian Bureau of Statistics
Paskovy
Ruasla
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J.B. Merrieken
W.F. Pennington
Eugene Lynch
R. T. Carter
W.H. Anderson
H. C. Hobbs, W.R. Peters
M. L. Blanchard
W.S. Lord
I. T. Baker
J. Culver, ER. W. Ingram
Wye
Tuckahoe
Denton
Greenwood
Ellendale
Milton
Lewes, Bee
Queenstown
William M. Conn
WM. Hopps & CO
Baltimore, MD
Hughes Lumber and Coal Company
Maryland
Hughes Lumber and Coal
Railroad Ave
J. W. Wheatley
Dover ST
Easton, MD
Mathushek
Ludwig Bush
Gerts
Weaver Carpenter
Columbia
Queen
Easton
Wheeler & Wilson
James T. Cooper
Undertaker
Cooper
Prempcy
Seale Dence
Main Street
T. W. Smith
W. Smith
Ridgely, Md
Americus Fertilizers
Americus Royal
Caroline County
Charles F. Smith
Ridcel”’, MD
J.N. Rickards
Ridgely,md
Colston’s Pharmacy
Colston
David Hiarum
Richard Carvel
Robert Hardy
Philp Strong
Peck
Uncle the
Red Headed Nay
Lquire John
Dora Tenny
Virginia
Andrey
Charles
Nerine
Dorothy
R. J, Colston
Ton
L. John Blossom
With
Stevens Brothers
Produce Commission Merchants
S. Charles St
N. W. Cor
Camden St
T.S. Day, Swing & Company,anufacturers O
Fallowfield & Temple
Marydel
W. W. Golpssorovan
Queensborough
T. L. Day
Wrofield Scott
John Anderson
Anderson
Broadway
Fells McClosky
General Scott
Ladies’ Home Journal
Newspape
Pupp Ptis
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