Ped's Return Sparks Family Reunion in Rural Story
Silas Bugford and his wife recall Ped Bugford who left years ago for work and dream of a future invention. A surprise visit by the grown Ped reveals a fortune from a Chicago firm, uniting the family in shy joy as Silas tests recognition. Mr White reveals the ruse and Ped clears the table, hinting at a new chapter for the Bugford household.
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Silas Bugford
Ped
Mr Bugford
Bugford
Sug Johnson
Mr. White
Bugford’s
White
Chicago
Mrs. Bugford
Silas
Sing
Gosh
Will Lisenbee
Waters o Moyle and the White Gulls Flyin
Moira O Neill in Blackwood's Magnazine speaks of Moyle waters and wild skies. The poem notes seas, wind, and snow value, with Antrim hills and the distant half of the world between. A lyrical ode to nature, sea, rain, and flowers across Irish landscapes.
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Antrim
Moira O'Neill
Blackwood
Magnazine
A Four Year Old Thinks on Company at Home
Moonshine recalls a boy named Cyril who just got a baby brother and encounters a strange lady in the reception room. The thoughtful child quips that more guests ruin cricket, deeming the new arrivals unfit for play as he keeps his hands in his pockets.
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Moonshine
Cyril
Murderer Executed On Crime Scene In Servia
A Servian killer must be executed on the exact spot of the crime. A pit is dug, he is blindfolded as a firing squad fires. If alive, a revolver finishes him, then earth covers the body. The New Orleans Times-Democrat notes this as poetic justice. Anxious Parent-Doctor asks about a daughter going blind before marriage. The doctor answers the wedding may open her eyes.
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Servia
New Orleana Times-Densocrst
Now what to Eat meal question by class in story
A classroom joke centers on a teacher asking children to name the morning meal. The pupils quickly respond with a playful mispronunciation claiming the correct term is qatmeal.
Curious vegetarian crocodiles of Lake Chiuta reported
A report by George Hoare in the local gazette describes crocodiles in Lake Chiuta as strict vegetarians. They supposedly avoid men fishing, leave the lake to travel overland for roots, defying known carnivorous, land-immobile habits. Efforts will seek a specimen of this abnormal amphibian.
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George Hoare
British Central Africa Protectorate
Lake
Chiuta
London Tablet
Strange Viz of Bismarck and Arnim in Versailles Closet
At Versailles Lord Odo Russell found Bismarck alone with Count Harry Arnim known as Ape Arnim. Arnim fanned himself and opened a window after being overheard as perfumed. Russell observed the chancellor fanning in an open casement and remarked on strange tastes. The piece mentions a Chicago Fire recollection with hats and shoes flying as flames consumed Wells Wells and Lake streets, illustrating dramatic upheaval.
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Versailles
Odo Russell
Bismarck
Count Harry Arnim
Arnim
Russell
Charles F. W. Mieglaiz
Chicago
St. Nicholas
Mr. Mieglatz
Wells Street
Washington and
Randolph
Lake Streets
Wells and
Growth of U S Rail System Reflects Generational Scale
The United States rail system runs 36,000 locomotives and 26,000 passenger cars with 1,250,000 freight cars, plus mail and baggage cars. A typical passenger train weighs about 4,184 tons, freight trains reach 550 tons, and car costs range from 4,000 to 20,000 dollars. The system’s vast equipment marks a generation’s growth and may impress future posterity as it does today.
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United States
New York Tribune
Golden gray eyes proposed for fiction by Nina Allen
Nina Allen in Lippincott's notes gray eyes not yet used in fiction, praising golden gray eyes seen in nature as luminous iris tones. She cites examples like violet gray in characters, but endorses a golden gray as a fresh literary device, seen in a dog and a child, depicting soulful light.
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Ossa
Pelion
Nina Allen
Lippincott’s
Anelie Rives
Iva
Paul @eiceeter Ford
Verdi and the Priest and Other Fragments
Verdi as a boy considered for priesthood, then urged toward music after a priest’s remark. A courtly tale recalls a girl making artificial flower stems and pondering real petals. A London burial plot stores old clothes for paper making, with 2000 numbered graves exhumed for rag processing.
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London
Orpheus the Ex-Sea Captain on Pacific Island
A former sea captain living in Sydney recounts a tale from long ago. Convicts mutinied aboard his ship and forced him to steer to an island. After proving his prudence, they marooned him with his violin. He calmed hostile islanders with music, was revered as a god, received gifts, married the chief’s daughter, and ruled until a ship called in and he departed.
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Sydney
Orpheus
Sydney Bulletin
Vienna Lottery Ruin Prompts Self Inflicted Tragedy Attitude
A long list of suicides follows the Vienna Municipal Lottery losses. A woman who spent all her money on tickets and never won a prize hanged herself, yet residents still favor the lottery, claiming it helps keep tax levels down.
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Vienna
Crying About What JJ Wants Says Indianap olis Journal
"What are you crying about now dearie" asks a fond mother. The child replies that JJ does not know what he wants, and the exchange turns into a plea for guidance. The Indianapolis Journal quotes the humorous domestic moment highlighting parental care and a puzzled child.
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Indianapolis Journal
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Ideal
Longman & Martinez
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Shannahan & Wrightson Hardware CO
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Queenstown
William M. Conn
Queenstown, MD
WM. Hopps & CO
Baltimore, MD
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Everngam
Uhler & Hughes
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Boston
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Julius Hinus & Son
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Ridgely, MD
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Burrsville, Dd
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