The Featherweight Johnny Faces a Saloon Standoff
In an 1860s frontier scene a dapper young man named Johnny travels with Bill. At a relay station saloon they challenge a heavyset local to a fight for prize money. Johnny, a featherweight boxer bound for Brisco, dodges blows, wins by a diving strike, and leaves with trainers promising free tickets to a Sacramento bout.
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Union Pacific
Laramie
Bill
Johnny
Jobany
Pill
Hin
Wild West
Ger
Becked
Bil
Fiat
Totterers
Bill Mack Lik
Jim
Biff Hunker
Johnny Ike
Jonny
Drew
Ike
Brisco
Sacramento
Emen
Heat of the sun bends Washingtons giant monuments
The article explains how sun heat causes tiny but measurable expansion in the Washington Monument and Capitol Dome. It details marble and cast iron responses, the pendulum plumb bob in the monument, and how daily temperature changes shift the structures, with readings reported to the War Department each morning.
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Capitol
Washington
Harper’s Weekly
Washington Monument
Tne
War Department
Potomac River
Secret Service Love Triangle at Memorial Day Play
O'Callaghans present a War era drama Secret Service at the Grand Opera House on Memorial Day. Herman Huesgen plays Arrelsford in a pursuit of Capt Thorne, a Confederate officer who is really Paul Dumont, a U S secret service man, who wins Edith Varney's hand after proving his honor and valor. The production promises swift action and strong local talent.
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Arrelaford
Secret Service
O’callaghans
Grand Opera House
Arrelsford
Herman Huesgen
Thorne
U. S
Paul Dumont
United States Secret Service
Richmond
Edith Varney
Ruth Varney
Misery Ahead as Green's Music Brings Trouble
The Detroit Free Press excerpt hints at mounting tension as gossip centers on Miss Green, her music, and a notable yet unnamed man. The dialogue flickers with urban melodrama, suggesting a stormy development for Mrs Green and her companion.
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Detroit Free’ Press
The Point of View: A Father and Boy on Visits
A humorous exchange contrasts a visit with a visitation. A parent asks the boy about the difference and cites visiting grandmother Jones versus a visitation, while references to The New York Times and society figures appear in fragmented form.
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Ulead
Mother Jones
York Times
Witty observations mix with social notes in town chatter
A column of reflective jabs on gender roles and manners blends with local social news. It jokes about men and women, laments on upbringing, and notes a W C T U meeting at the library hall where delegates to a district convention are elected for June in Cando.
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Library
S. C. Bondelid
Fountain pen history cited from 1784 shorthand treatise
The excerpt notes Samuel Taylor's Universal System of Shorthand Writing from 1784 referencing fountain pens used for expeditions and writing shorthand. It mentions a pen with ink reservoir feeding a smaller pen nib and acknowledges difficulty in finding a good example of this device.
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Samuel Taylor
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