San Francisco Lodger's Cat Tragedy in Court Tale
A San Francisco boarding house drama unfolds as Alexander Smart quarrels with his landlady over cat noises. A bungled punishment ends with a cat dead, the landlady injured, and Smart fleeing amid a chaotic scene of wrecked rooms, a canary, and a glass globe centerpiece. The piece mixes comic detail with a court-room note on the ensuing arrest.
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Alexander Smart
San Francisco
Commonwealth
California
Smart
Merrick, Disenbury & Co
front Street
Te hay
iate
Mr. Smart
Iadim
Phidias
Minerva
Kalakaua
Chang
Dom Pedro
John McCullough
Moses
DARIC WIS
Enraged female confronts editor over cooking column
A fierce local woman storms the Weekly Pedine office after a column on currant cake drew harsh words. She confronts the editor, claiming published instructions misstate ingredients and methods, then strikes with a sand-club like weapon.
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Petadumna
Peanine
jiga
Library romance at church sociable ends in marriage proposal
A theological student helping two young ladies with a Sabbath school library catalogue uses book titles as romantic signals. After a playful exchange about “Why don’t you do it” and “No time like the present,” he asks Miss M. to be his partner for life. She agrees amid light laughter and secrecy.
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Mr. Smart
Laing Pickering
agaiuch
Edison
Brother Jonathan
London
New York
Johnny Bull
A Printer's Dream of Hell for Nonpaying Subscribers
A weary printer dreams of visiting Hades where Satan reveals a fiery hell for debtors. He shows gruesome punishments for those who fail to pay subscriptions, including molten metals and searing devices. The dream haunts him as a moral warning about debt and unpaying customers.
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Morpheus
lower
Hades
Satan
eclines
Sign of an approaching proposal in Duluth tale
A Duluth girl tells her mother she suspects a marriage proposal is near after Harry asks if she is tired of living with such a wagerer as her parents. The old lady, removing her glasses, beams at the prospect of the union.
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Duluth
Harry
dad
Bright boy debates fight timing with aunt
A young boy, after a quarrel with another child, is admonished by his aunt to wait for the other to strike first. The boy retorts that waiting would risk no fight, revealing a wry, humorous take on conflict and courage.
Honest as the day is long line from a witty verse
A comical remark describes a girl in the South End accused of reckless extravagance for owning seventy five dresses and being courted by nine suitors simultaneously. The line presents the girl as "too honest to deny it" in a light satirical tone.
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South End
Sad romance and market chatter in a quirky column
A collage of whimsical vignettes traces a romance’s sad ending as Eva rejects Charles Augustus, a salmon dealer critiques a price, and a Newfoundland etymology misfires. The column quips about fashion bonnets, flirts with language, and riffs on peculiar phrases and observations from daily life.
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Eva
Charles Augustus
New Bridge Between New York and Brooklyn Planned
A ten year wait ends as a new private bridge begins construction linking Seventy first street to Ravenswood. With a 2062 foot length and 7 4 span it will rise 180 feet above high water offering space for vessels. Connecting Grand Central railways to Long Island lines the $5 million structure aims for completion in about three years.
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Caicago
Des Moines
Council Bluffs
Omaha
Lincoln
St. Joseph
Atchison
Topeka
Kansas City
Kansas
Nebraska
Colorado
Wyoming
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Arizona
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Oregon
California
Fort Scott
Denleon
Dallas
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Austin
San Antonio
Galveston
Texas
Palace
Forest
Joe
United States
Canada
J.Q. A. BEAN
Washington &t
Boston
Mass
Broadway
New York
AMIS R. WOOD
Chicago
J. POTTER
Brooklyn
Blackwell’s Island
Seventy-first street
Ravenswood
Hunter's Point
East river
Grand Central depot
long island
Sahara described as plateau with oases and less heat
Dr Lenz in Paris lecture revises Sahara myths after journey from Morocco to Timbuctoo. He describes a 1100 foot Atlantic plateau not a sea bed, varied landscapes with oases and fossils, fewer wild beasts, and rare dangers mainly Tourneg tribes. He notes 20,000 inhabitants, many schools, and rich libraries amid ruins en route to settled regions.
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Sahara
Aato
Timbuetoe
Lenz
Knout Punishment in Russia Quoted by Reformers
A speaker recalls John Howard’s Russia visit and describes the use of the knout on a man and a woman. The account notes executions persisted under Alexander II, now secret but not abolished, with a French remark on Russia’s path to civilization.
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Tne Kyovr
Russia
John Howard
Howard
Alexander II
Toland
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