Travel Debate Over Mountains and Waterfall Sparks Irish Rivalry
An American traveler in Switzerland compares Wicklow mountains to Mont Blanc and mocks Ireland as inferior. The dialogue shifts to the Ex waterfall near Killarney, where locals defend Irish scenery while the visitor belittles the Falls and O Sullivan boat.
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Imeeting
Switzerland
Ivy
Lrminun
Wicklow
Mont Biatc
Chamonnt
Manny
Killarney
Cockfighting and Gambling Rumor From Manila Scene
Fragmentary report notes cockfighting and gambling linked to a Philippine islander, with scattered references to a writer’s works in The Nineteenth Century. The text hints at a favored, distinctive creature and a notable public appearance, though many words are garbled and unclear.
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Manlis
Eagu
Fragmented notes on a betting game and spectators
The passage describes strict regulations with many clauses, spectators standing on a sloping floor, a $50 maximum stake, and one spur per cook. It mentions a Chinaman forming the baller and collecting bets, with wealth implications for the company and Tagals staking small amounts and failing to sleep afterward.
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Iawae
The Secret of Beauty and Odd Exchange Snippets
A column on beauty urges tepid baths over cold plunges and links skin health to overall well being. It notes external lotions rarely rival internal care and mentions late rising and sweets harming appearance. A humorous exchange about engagements and a mock stock-teller joke close the item.
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Ruth Ashmore
Ladies’ Home Journal
North Dakota Railroad Property Tax Amendment Proposed
The Fifth legislative assembly proposes amending section 179 to have railroads and related utilities assessed by the state board of equalization at actual value and apportioned to counties and cities based on mileage within each district. The measure seeks submission to the next legislative assembly and then to voters for adoption or rejection.
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North Dakota
House of Representatives
Senate
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State Board of Equalization
Ae Temas N. D
State Amendment Text On Pardons In North Dakota
A concurrent resolution proposes amending Section 76 of Article Three to set a pardon panel including the governor, attorney general, chief justice, and two electors to remit fines, grant reprieves and pardons for all offenses except treason. treason cases may be suspended until the next legislative session for action.
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Fifth Legislative Assembly
North Dakota
House of Representatives
Senate
Legislative Assembly
Supreme Court
State of
Board of Law
Proposed Constitutional Amendment North Dakota Lands Sales Provisions
The text outlines a concurrent resolution proposing to amend the North Dakota Constitution Section 168 to regulate land sales. It sets minimum prices, cash payments, installment terms, auction procedures, subdivision rules, reappraisal timelines, tax obligations, and contract voidance upon unpaid taxes, approved March 10 1897 and dated August 16 1898 in Bismarck.
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Legislative Assembly
North Dakota
House of Representatives
Congress of the United States
A. Bismark
Quick Biscuit Fix Ends With Powder Panic
A New York Times tale recounts a housewife forgetting baking powder while baking biscuits. She tries to salvage the batch by sprinkling powder atop, but the biscuits fail to rise, prompting a humorous recount by the mistress and the patient husband. The piece reflects on social excesses and party habits of the era.
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Hever
New York Times
Premature Burial Fear and the Death Test Discussed
In Pearson's Weekly an article explores the fear of being buried alive during plagues and pestilence. It explains that medical judgment can declare death but doubts may arise. It notes exhumation distortions often reflect decomposition, not living burial, and discusses electric testing and Vienna practices.
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Expeiencou
Vienna
Pearson's Weekly
The Prince and the Actor at the Garden Gate
In a royal setting the grand duke plans to entrap an actor who heads to depart the next morning. A tense exchange occurs in the garden near a road to the station as a carriage arrives and a messenger retrieves a box from a writing table. Two crosses are noted but dismissed as the prince directs the coachman to take the second.
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Ant
Harz B
Dermot Dear and the Brown Wind of Connaught Poem
A fragmentary verse recounts Dermot's wooing under a brown wind in Connaught. It features sea mist, mourning women, and a ghostly gate, with recurring cries and a fairy tune tone. Bhan Van Vock
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Connaught
Malrgread
Batrgread
Copnaught
Dermot
Bhan van Vock
Acting Afraid Of Dogs Nature Of Fear In Dogs
A fragmented news item discusses dogs and human fear with references to Lipincott magazine and dog behavior. It shifts to a Bank Clearings report showing Far ge bank clearings at 326,527 with a 210 percent rise. It ends noting the accidental poisoning death of Blanche Chamley, four year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Chamley of Courtenay.
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Ami
Premima
Lippincott
Warge
Farge
Birds Sing Like Humans Yet Many Are Silent Most of Year
Notes from a 19th century column discuss how birds vocalize like humans in spring and summer during nest building, while many species remain silent, including waterfowl, raptors, and game birds. The piece notes differing motives for vocalizations across birds and ends with a separate事故 about Bert Seaton crushed by a threshing machine cylinder near Jamestown.
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Laketee
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