The Crystal saloon memory and the Morrissey Scovel poker game
A reminiscence of the Crystal saloon adjoining the Frear House as a famed gathering spot for sporting men including John Morrissey and Jim Scovel. The 30 year old six handed poker tale centers on a late night raise duel and a $8,071 pot won by Scovel with a pair of jacks after Morrissey bluffed.
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Frear
John Morrissey
John Daly
Jim Scovel
Jim Scoves
Scavel
United States Senate
Morrissey
Scovel
John
Jack
Jim
Wes
Morriesey
Big John
Soovel
Pat
Albany
Philadelphia
Troy Observer
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Ingenious town wit exposes lime adulterated sugar
A clever resident outwits a dishonest grocer who sold sugar mixed with lime. After an advertisement threatens disclosure, the man receives the cheated sugar back, followed by seven more parcels from other grocers, suggesting widespread dishonesty.
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Harper’s Round Table
When a Man Is Fifty Finds Sunrise a Habit
Colonel Peter Toliver of Philadelphia notes age affects rising time waking with the sun. He recalls waking with daylight after turning 50 and says many men around 40 sleep less too without clear cause. He claims the shift is a sure sign of advancing age and cannot be reversed by drugs.
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Peter Toliver
Philadelphia
St. Louis Republic
BR. J. L. Browne
London
Browne
Bat
Cosaman
J. H. Salisbury
New York
Besley Thorn
London Lancet
Cashman
Morrvitin
N. Y
Jan
Dave
T. Douglas Morton
Krxostow
H. Latham
Corea
Cobh
Vincennes
Ind
Dearboro St
Chicago
Expansion of the Order of the Garter
The Order of the Garter was instituted by Edward II with a core limit of 25 members aside from the sovereign. Later statutes expanded the rank by admitting foreign sovereigns and royal family members in addition to the 25 members.
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Order of the Garter
Edward II
What Noah lived on after the flood ends
A Sunday school scene features a teacher asking what Noah lived on once the ark provisions ran out. A child finally answers dry land, prompting a concise retort from the Chattanooga Times.
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Chattanooga
Considerate Biscuit Exchange Turns Sour in Brooklyn Life
A humorous exchange reveals family banter about biscuits and beauty. The piece contrasts a sharp quip about a mother’s biscuits with a joking remark on stuttering. The broader note discusses stuttering and a large number of affected children in the national schools, labeled as infirmity.
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Mrs. Nuwed
Mr. Nuwed
Brooklyn
Germany
National Schoola
Gaban the Tartar dwarf Casan in early Mongol era
In St. Nicholas Mary Shears Roberts recounts Casan, a tiny Mongol Tartar leader flourishing in the early thirteenth century. Born near Karakorum, he stood under three feet tall yet commanded bold riders, trained in horse handling, archery, and lance, leading a troop of fierce youths on hunting expeditions and raiding lonely dwellings.
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Pertaken Amt
St. Nicholas
Mary Shears Roberts
Casan
Roberta
Asia
Karakorum
Genghis Khan
Casau
Casian
Water bears survive extremes in gutters and rain
The water bear or tardigrade endures drought heat and even vacuum. It can dry for months then revive in water and feed vigorously. Its body protein resists high temperatures, and its two tough skins aid survival. Tiny, plump and curious, it moves with four leg pairs among debris, boasting eyes brain and nervous system. London Tit Bits.
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London
Professor studies dialect ends in miscue at depot
A university professor seeking authentic black speech to fuel a story encounters a blunt example of dialect when he asks a coal black wagon driver at the Union depot if he can pull the heavy load up a hill. The man replies with a joking estimate about the load as the professor reflects on the "degeneracy" of the modern negro.
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Union Depot
John
Remus
Nashville American
X ray Reveals Lime Deposits in Arm Artery Case
After long study doctors photographed an adult arm artery to diagnose a troubling arm condition. The X ray showed lime salt deposits in the blood, guiding treatment based on these findings.
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New York Ledger
Clothes and Credit and Snakes in South Africa
A fragmented note cites a Somerville Journal quote about debt extension urging a man to buy a new suit as creditors dislike seedy appearances. It also mentions secretary birds in South Africa and a cryptic line about snakes fearing the bird, with unclear numbers and words.
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Somerville Journal
South Africa
The Wild Rose Morning Air Poem Excerpt
A poem excerpt by J. L. Heaton from The Quilting Bye compares the wild rose morning air to a beloved voice and eyes. It uses spring imagery with bluebird sounds and star light to claim the beloved outshines gold and all worldly shine.
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J. L. Heaton
Simple contact printing for lantern slides
A Harper's Round Table note explains the simple contact printing method to create lantern slides from clean negatives. It covers selecting a defect free negative, blocking out areas, using needle paper or nonactinic paint, and exposing in a lantern with careful development and drying to avoid dust and magnified imperfections.
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Gover
Harper’s Round Table
New Cure Claim For Consumption Promised
An advertisement from T A Slocum of 98 Pine Street New York offers three bottles of a newly discovered remedy claimed to cure consumption and all bronchial throat and lung diseases. The dealer promises free trial bottles to any reader who writes with their address and says to mention the paper.
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Huebaks Ephor Trisunz
Express and Post Office
T. A.,slocum, M
Pine Street
New York
Justifiable Theft in a Flat Building Court
A Chicago Post item recounts a comical neighborhood dispute where a big man admits he picked a lock to reach a cornet in a neighbor’s flat. The judge labels it justifiable theft and fines the plaintiff six dollars for wasting court time.
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Shudge
Leotle
Criminal Court
Grand Juf
Chicago Post
Insane Bird Shot by Hunter on Wenatchie Divide
A hunter recounts a pheasant hunt near Wenatchie divide where a redheaded woodpecker was shot with a Marlin 22. The bird scrambled up a tree and then screeched while pecking after the hunter approached. After the neck was wrung, the skull showed a superficial bullet scrape causing temporary brain concussion and insanity.
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Wenatchie Divide
Dinner party plans cue bonbons from confectioner
Mrs Carrox asks her husband to telephone the confectioner for two or three pounds of bonbons to accompany the dinner, noting it is proper to have some between courses. The exchange appears in the Washington Star.
Ritualism in English Church Grows Across Parishes
The Oimahs World Herald notes rising ritualism in England with incense used in 808 churches, compared to 9 in 1882, and altar lights present in 14 3,598 churches versus 8 3 in 1883, alongside warnings about zealotry and dangerous preaching.
Public notice of land entry hearing at Missouri Montana
The notice states a final hearing for an entry in the United States land office at Missouri Montana before the register and receiver. The hearing date is August 6, 1897, with first publication June 2, 1897, signed by John Branns Register. The document references NECE section 10 and township details, mentioning Jane and Hamby.
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Land Office
Mimouls
Mont
Jane
Hamby
JBM
United States Land Office
Missouri
Montana
John
Missoula
Mon
L. J. Price
Clerk District Court
Dillon
Clara E. Dixon
D. L
Martin Sorenson
Fox
John Olsenberg
Samuel Peterson
Peter Jensen
John M. Evans
Missoula Mont
Jesse, Jackson
Beaverhead County
Atention
Neyne
W. Francisa
John Peterson
Wisdom
John O Berg
Warren
Samba Peterson
Joan M. Evans
Register
U. K
John Waldilf
William W. Bentley
Range
Ls W
Heaverhead
United States'Land Office
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United States
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Gaban
Clothes and Credit
Tribune Publishing CO
Tribune Pub. CO
Dillon, Mont
Intive Age
Washington
D. C
Trisune
Mining and Scientific Press
Marker St
San Francisco, Cal
Cushman
Mr. Dadeleigh
Miss du Million
Oimahs World-Herald
Eaddleon
Birch Creek
Walter Banzour
The
Minneapolis Penny Press
Twin Cities
Trin- Une
Tripone
Tripune Office
Tribune Pub Co., Agente
Dritox, Montana
America
Munn & Co
Scientific American
Seay
Broadway
Poindcal Nk & Orr, Dillon, Beaverhead Co
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