Pro Philippenoze era and Democratic party woes
A long letter criticizes the Democratic Party over its stance on the war in Spain and economic hard times. It advocates shifting immigrant votes, importing Filipino voters, and challenging Republicans with a cautious but provocative plan. Mentions Cleveland, Bryan, and political maneuvering amid national turmoil. Includes brief notes on Senator Hansbrough and Mrs. Hansbrough visiting Grand Forks.
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Cuba
Rollin
Cruoul
England
Pennsylvany
Mr. Cleveland
Leo
Teddy
Jonah
Spane
Bryan
Chicago
Hansbrough
St. Paul
Transportation Committee
North Dakota
San Francisco
Devils Lake
Grand Forks
Washington
Peace First and Philippine Future in Senate View
Senator Hansbrough outlines future of the Philippines asserting limited self government for Filipinos, extension of U S commerce, and no added dangers from Cuba or Porto Rico while maintaining control. He says the administration will progress, and the country will come out honored with benefits to Filipinos.
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Philippines
Grand Burks Herald
Hansbrough
The
Herald
Cuba
Porto Rico
United States
Atkinson, Aguinaldo & Co
Congress
Merce
Orient
Manila
Washington
Yellow Journals
Cuber
Republican Party
McKinley
Bey Val
Old Dutch Customs Note From 1668 New York
A preserved 1668 instruction to Cornelius Van Ruyven, collector in New York, demands daily duties at the Custom House from nine to twelve, requiring payment in beaver or its value, with no credit and records kept in English to aid later verification.
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New Amsterdam
Cornelius van Ruyven
New York
Francis Lovelace
Holland
Beaver
A Joke on the Jap Americans Mock Japanese Words
A Boston Transcript note recounts a joke about Japanese students and American humor. A Harvard student said Good morning in Japanese resembles the English word Ohio. American classmates shouted Pennsylvania Kentucky Virginia New Hampshire Rhode Island, but none said Ohio, revealing the joke’s punchline.
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Harvard
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Boston Transcript
It Must He Torture and the Camel Ride Parable
Dr Nachtigal visits a Hamburg merchant whose son yearns to ride a camel. The explorer offers a stark analogy: sit on a raised office stool in a wagon over rough ground in July or August with no food or water for 24 hours to grasp the desert camel ride’s rough poetry.
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Nachtigal
Hamburg
Africa
Left Hand Skill Ties to Japanese Drawing Practice
The article argues Japanese drawing excellence stems from teaching children to draw and write simultaneously without aids. It notes equal hand use by children and explains right-handed predominance as a physiological outcome of vein and nerve distribution, while acknowledging some natural left-handers.
Dress coat mischief shows secret tailor tag
A town man recounts how a Poole dress coat carried a hidden silk sign inside the collar. While in Florida a Chinaman repaired worn buttons, and at a Detroit club a visitor noticed a pink label reading Charley One-Sung, Merchant Tailor, Wayback, Plat, replacing the Poole tag.
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Poole
London
Florida
Detroit
Jove
Charley
Wayback
New Orleans Times-Democrat
Force of Habit Opens Morning Wake For Ill Lady
An Indianapolis Journal excerpt describes a nurse recalling a curiously punctual patient, an 80 year old woman who insists on 5 am face washing and cap changing. The nurse laments the early rise as the father trained her to wake early, despite the patient’s weakness.
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Indianapolis Journal
Wonderful Appetite Of A Heron Described In Detail
The article from Forest and Stream extols a heron's digestive power and capacity to swallow large prey. It notes a flexible neck like rubber, the bird’s ability to gulp beef bones intact, and the instinct to pierce catfish with its beak. When sand or debris accompanies food, the bird ejects it, rinses, and swallows again.
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India
The Intelligent Jury in a Cornish Murder Tale
A Cornhill Magazine excerpt recalls Hicks telling a law court story about a Cornish doctor accused of murdering his mother in law by arsenic in a rabbit dish. The tale follows court scenes, jury swearing, speeches, and the judge's charge, culminating in a verdict of acquittal with humorous juror commentary.
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Hicks
Hicka
Oman
Cornhill Magazine
Siamene Magic and the Malay Cremation Mystery
An account describes Siamene Magic claims by Siamese magicians who supposedly destroy enemies by transforming buffalo parts into smells then back, inflicting agony before death. It notes pig and fish offerings, and reports a cremation clue where a child’s chest part refused to burn revealing salt pork.
Not Quite Persuaded About Simplified Spelling
The Perking Tanction Palladium editor favors simplified spelling in principle yet doubts eventual adoption. The piece mocks the notion by describing the editor walking down the aisle and smudging mud on flora, ending with a satirical note attributed to the Chicago Tribuns.
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Hia Lars
Muddessbuez
Chicago Tribuns
For Culinary Reason. Why a bad actor is called a ham
In a brief whimsical exchange a child asks why a bad actor is called a ham. The father replies with a jokey culinary rationale suggesting the ham is paired with eggs, reflecting a playful newspaper quip from the Catholic Standard and Times.
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Little Willie
The Day That Isn’t A Day On Earth
A historical explanation shows a day lasts 24 hours only in common sense, while precise solar time requires 28 hours 56 minutes for one Earth rotation and about 6614 turns per year, due to Earth's orbit and the sun's apparent motion across the sky.
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Ita Axia
Chinatown Lottery Customs in American Cities
Chinatown residents engage in a local lottery using square yellow papers with 80 characters in a green border. Numbers are interpreted from commonplace phrases such as Heaven and earth or Birds fly. Twenty characters are chosen, wagers placed, and payouts range from stake back to 200 times.
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Chinatown
Poe tale of Poe portrait and hunger from Harrison
Gabriel Harrison recalls Edgar Allan Poe in a studio tale. Poe refused portrait sittings due to shabby clothes, then posed for an engraved wall image three years before his death. He once felt faint while walking with Harrison, citing empty stomach since morning and a cafe wine and biscuit helped.
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Poe
Gabriel Harrison
Edgar
Allan Poe
Societies and Churches in Local Community
The piece lists services at Presbyterian Church corner Farrington Ave and 5th St including morning 11 am and 7:30 pm sermons, Sunday School after preaching, and Y P C E meetings. Advent Episcopal Church holds 11 am service and noon Sunday School with Rev C. rer Feotor INNEWAUKAN LODGE F and B M officers and members, plus other fraternal lodges and orders with meeting times and officers.
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Y. P
C. E
Churen of the Advent
Epiacopal
Bundi School
C. Rer
Slavery Era Auction Records Featured in Old Slavery Times
The Columbia Herald reprints a prewar item listing prices for enslaved people including a 13 year old girl at 50 dollars and a 8 year old boy at 1 dollar, with many names and estates cited. The piece also notes Freemason and Republic Army officers and monthly meetings, reflecting fragmented historical notices.
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Columbia
S. C
Peter
Mary Shock
Clarkson
Mary
Alex
Conny
H. R. C. Cowden
Miss
A. Sublett
OTC
Oracle
Eigen
Hogs and Cholera Preserve Hogs With Ash Bed Feeding Trick
A western farmer saved his hogs from cholera by feeding on an ash pile at a deserted sawmill, while neighbors suffered losses. A neighboring farmer copied the method by spreading ashes and making a bed for feeding, and avoided the disease. The account, from Indiana Farmer, notes ash and charcoal as a protective aid against cholera in hogs.
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Indiana
English Attaché Boasts Navy Might to American Belle
A past remark by a young English attaché in Washington claims the Bering Sea affair could be wiped out by Britain’s superior navy. The American belle responds with a single word, “Again?” in a quip cited by the Christian Register.
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Legation
Washington
Bering Sea
Christian Register
Unhappy illustration prompts moral lesson from boy
A teacher scolds Johnny over honesty and parental guidance in a dialog about truth and deceit. The Ohio State Journal notes a South Pide grocer with a value-laden scene illustrating moral judgment. In Pompeii archaeologists report numerous tumblers of gold silver glass marble agate and gems. Japanese university living costs for a student are estimated at seven to twelve dollars monthly.
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Johnny
Ohio State Journal
Pompeii
University of Tokyo
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Cleveland
Sandwich Islands
Lil
Menny Hosses
Spirost li Lins
Grover Cleveland
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Innewaukan Lodge
B. M
Chivas Baker
Parctyal Fone
R. J
ORIC
BR. M
Pee Wrkeling
Klos
Fred’ P. “Mann
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A.J. Stade
A. P
McClory
W. B.C
Walls SC
Dunes
Valedatics
Vail
BE. A. Pipree
Santini
Tern Star
Packitioneh
Mra
Mary Collinson
W.m.i
Qille Rawson
W. Er Bilda Kaligntks
Mire Jeans
Nellie Looe
Jessie Carnathan
Ruths Awell
Bathiars Piss
Innie Bennett
Martha
May White
Electa
Mary Crewe
5. McIntosh
Warde
Grace Sotumgari
E. A
Antinel
Order of the
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D. E. Orgay
Wid F. Cowan
Mec
Iors
Streid
Vi Stewart
Mann
Greene
Dolin Nimmo
Ed. Pierce
Ropton Lodge
Fy Eeory Weduilin Grozee
D. We Pinkurran
George Elmelis
Ole Serumueard
Sreaaurer
Maebe
Rebekah
Trosea Graham
N. G
Susie
Minnie Sparks
Lucife Hale
Smith
Pythias
Voli Nimmo
C. C
Frank Pitcher
V.G
Bolyen
Axel Mouth
Donnie H. McGulmo
Mary J. Rodenbach
Depuys Su Feiy
Queen Hive
Olly Rankin
Stella Root
Butanene
Isaac TL. McGahian
Record Hospers
Etoma J. Lee
Parker
Pert Aas
Mary E. Carpenter
Mary Schlaborg
Ouernbla Consul
A. P. Orlegand
W. A. Emil
Arabe
Nor
Dm. Cialine
Wibt
S. Nye
W. Ey Swanston
Howteuatt
Ella Thronsen
Ceremonius
C. W. Groote
C. P. Brainerd
B. J. Leo
P. J. MecClory
Cient Order OF
United Workman
Moeet
P. J. McClory
Scrumgard
Jos. Denoyer
Wm. Hurst
George Hi.Rhuberg
Hodgkingen
George Duotgens
C. P. Bidy
Waremin
Crawwal Hodges
As. A. Solute
Woones
C.W. Greene
John van, Liow
W. F. Crewe
Pattoo
Albers Rober
Isabella Roberts
Ada Elliott
Moore
Halay
Caruthers
Retta Elliott
L. D. McGahan
F. M On
Duell
Metta Relief Corps
Temperance Owmon
Presbyterian Fauna
Young Men's Christian Association
Gogine
Minnesota
Standard
Leblock Music
Strip Quartette
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