My Dream Comes On In Lofty Wave Of Freedom
A fragment from the Pittsburg Bulletin opens with a poem about dreams expanding life with truth and grace, envisioning freedom and a destiny of love. The piece shifts to a Yellowstone outing report in which Everett Paxson and companions boast bronzed skin and bear tales, including a bearskin mishap.
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Pittsburg Bulletin
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Sticky Tales and Muddy Tracks in a Club Tale
A club man known for boastful first person stories faces a jab from a friend. He recounts being held up by highwaymen in Kansas on a cold wet night and claims the robbers escaped. When pressed, he says muddy ground hid any tracks because the mud sticks to their feet and they carry tracks away.
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Electric Light Acid at Three Cents a Pound
An economical small scale electric lighting system uses chromic acid derived from a new method. Inventor Mr Kookogey reduced the cost of producing the acid to three cents per pound, making chromic acid usable for lighting instead of the previous $1.25 per pound.
Green tinted hair at Ward mine sparks miner mystery
In Ward at the Martin White mine the ore is roasted and emits no noticeable fumes yet a curious substance turns hair and brows green. The hair remains soft and glossy, with the virgin copper tint in the ore blamed for the color change reported by the Virginia City Chronicle.
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Nevada
Martin White
Ward
Virginia City Chronicle
Vegetarian Diet Debate Sparks Dinner Table Tale
A club discussion features a physician asserting meat and fruit should dominate diets over vegetarian fare. He claims potatoes and cereals cause obesity and diabetes, brown bread inflames intestines, and cereals stiffen joints, while urging limited cereals in favor of meat and fruit. The note credits the New York Telegram with the opinion.
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New York Telegram
The Jolly Man and hearty laughter in life
A reflective quotation from the Chicago Herald extols hearty, contagious humor and rejects sterile etiquette and hollow smiles. It contrasts robust merriment with the deceitful grin of villains, praising true mirth that lifts the spirit and brightens daily life.
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Chicago Herald
Skin Grafting on a Foot at St Mary's Hospital
In Astoria at St Marys hospital Ole Anderson suffered a crushed left foot at the jetty. A delicate graft used skin from the ankle down the foot and a donor section from another patient. From Andersons leg and a graft from the donor arm, four of six pieces are growing well and expect full coverage soon.
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St. Mary's hospital
Astoria
Ole Anderson
Anderson
Portland Oregonian
Ingenious automated system moves molten metal at Detroit wheel foundry
A Detroit car wheel foundry uses an overhead trolley system driven by a wire rope to transport ladles, flasks, and wheels from cupolas to soaking pits and back. The plant handles about 400 wheels daily and processes roughly 130 tons of metal in six hours with the new machinery.
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Detroit
Iysa York
Footway not safe at rail crossing yields 20000 verdict
A case against the Delaware Lackawanna and Western railroad saw a verdict of 20000 affirmed by the Court of Appeals after a girl’s foot was caught on a board at a crossing beside the rail, narrowly escaping a passing train that could have severed her leg. The Turkish journal The Tarik reports on a separate tale from Diarbekir with millet rain during a tempest. Local Melessa and Mahal residents gather millet, grind it for bread amid the weather.
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Turkey
Asia
The Tarik
Melessa
Mahal
Vacations Mailings Connect Bath Letter Routes
Dr John C Berry then in Asia mailed a letter and a postal card to Dr R D Bibber of Bath on the same day. One item traveled west via St Petersburg while the other went east via San Francisco. Both reached Bath in the same mail.
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Asia
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Bath
St. Petersburg
San Francisco
How Senator Evarts Tested a Rural Hired Man's Eating Capacity
A Vermont anecdote features Senator Evarts testing Ivory Hall's legendary appetite. Over multiple meals, Hall devours breakfast, dinner, and supper, declaring readiness to work only after finishing each course, then refusing to work after supper. The tale ends with Hall choosing rest over the field.
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Boston Globe
Cut Rate Tickets At Turkish Bath Stir City Buzz
A New York Star note reports a Turkish and Russian bath house advertising cut rate tickets at 75 cents while bath prices stay at one dollar. The piece compares scalper practices in theatres and rail travel, suggesting the promotion targets bargain seekers amid ordinary patrons.
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New York Star
Delicate Thoughtfulness at a Picnic
A lady at a picnic exclaims about thimbleberries and wishes for Thad. A party member forages berries, noting her light gloves. He uses a smooth leaf to hold the berries and hands them to her, a delicate attentive act praised as charming.
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Ife
West Shore
Wet Feet Warns Against Wet Shoes and Health Risks
A New York Ledger excerpt notes frequent mud and wet feet leading to coughing, rheumatism, and throat or lung infections. It argues people should guard against damp footwear after coming indoors to prevent serious illness and fires in the body.
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New York Ledger
The Country Cries for It. Professor Strabismus
In a brief exchange, Professor Strabismus asks about the nation’s most pressing need as Mr. Bloxem replies with a quip about a five cent cigar, reflecting a satirical take on trade conditions in the country.
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Professor Strabismus
Bloxem
Painted Shirt Fronts in Paris Fashion News
Paris fashion notes predict hand painted dress shirts as the coming season's elegance. Shirts will feature wearers tastes with watercolors of regattas, dogs, horse racing scenes, and other personal motifs on the front, turning attire into a living reflection of hobbies and personality.
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Paris
Philadelphia
Best Safe Expert John Henry Williams of Cincinnati
In Cincinnati, John Henry Williams is known as the best safe expert in the country. He balances a billiard cue while nearby social elites, yet he can instantly judge cracked safes and identify the maker. He has long worked in the field, often called upon after burglar attempts to inspect vaults, though police receive credit in reports.
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Cincinnati
John Henry Williams
Deaf Cat Snowball Charms New York World
Snowball, a four year old deaf Angora in the city, mother to seventeen spotless white kittens, weighs twelve pounds with a sky blue gaze. She performs tricks, fetches thrown balls, and chases moving shadows for hours with graceful movements though she prefers raw liver for food.
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New York World
Nails In Wis Drain At Eastbourne
Tradesman Thomas Wickens charged with attempting death by self harm after driving four nails into his head with a hammer. Four nails penetrated three inches into the brain yet he recovered fully and now resumes work. Medical staff call him the most wonderful case on record and he has been discharged.
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Eastbourne
England
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Banquet Toast Echoes Ancient Dining History
A merchant was asked to speak at a banquet and began with a wandering remark about the practice of eating meals dating back to the most remote antiquity. The anecdote, drawn from Yonti's Companion, highlights the habit of orators to spin lengthy histories to fit a moment.
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Yonti
Winter Wood For Sale Signs Found In City Back Yard
A real estate dealer who missed many planted signs searched the south eastern city area and found twenty different For Sale notices in one back yard, some bearing his own Apply to. When he tried to recover his property a Polish woman released a dog and chased him away saying her husband would teach him better than stealing the winter fire wood.
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Detroit Free Press
New wager tests narrow boat speed skills near Albany
Veteran fisherman Dink Melvin, famed bateau paddler, offers to risk 3100 that in swift current he can paddle a boat eighteen inches wide between two posts nineteen inches apart. The contest would showcase precision and balance on local waters near Albany.
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Dink Melvin
Albany
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