Nebraskas Supreme Court Overruled by Bill Altstadt U S Justice
A humorous tale from the Chicago Record retells how Justice Bill Altstadt of Nebraska, angry after a day of lawyers, overruled the state supreme court. He declares the high court binding no longer and orders the case to proceed with fees paid, asserting local jurists follow his judgment.
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Shakespeare
Nebraska
Supreme Court
Supreme Courts
William Alstadt
Bismarck
Sheneral
Bill Alstadt
J. P
Bill Altstadt
Dirsty
Dot
Neprasky
Dig
Subrome
Bill Alteradt
Chicago Record
Good Cheer Restores Mr Billtops After Dinner Protest
In a New York Sun item, Mrs. Billtops quickly dispels Mrs. melancholy with a sharp cheerful stance at the dinner table. Mr. Billtops, glum at first, brightens after a hearty meal and renewed family banter, ending in praise of cheer and hope.
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Mrs. Billtops
Mr. Billtops
Billtops
New York Sun
Photographic Caricatures Inside a Bottle Effect
Harper's Round Table describes a two negative technique to create a person appearing to stand inside a bottle. It uses a dark glass bottle photo and a distant portrait, with the head blocked on the negative and combined on printing paper to yield the effect.
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Gihon
Harper's Round Table
Benzine Destroys Insects In Homes And Cracks
Household guidance notes benzine as a quick insect killer for unoccupied houses and crevices. It warns to apply in daylight with doors and windows open, and to avoid flames due to its inflammable nature.
Folly of the Boosting Boy and Political Graft
A verse from The Fun Foundry mocks a candidate who seeks support but spurns the common crowd, gifting praise to friends while withholding fruit. The contrast shows hollow majesty and the marble heart of vanity. A second fragment depicts a tense farewell where a couple hides an uneasy reunion and hopes to meet again on Thursday.
Doubter Refuses Belief Reflects Comic Exchange
A Cincinnati Enquirer quip features a man in the back seat declaring he cannot believe in anything and is a born doubter, countered by an evangelist who admits occasional doubt about the superiority of his bicycle.
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Tam
The
Evangel
Cincinnati Enquirer
A Considerable Admission in a Family Bearing
A blushing young man notes his aunts say the baby resembles him while questioning his wife. The elder man asks her opinion and she concedes the baby may resemble him a little in a lighthearted exchange from an Indianapolite journal.
Tharlem Life Keeps Hope As Dye Chooses Another
In a tense exchange, she lets Mr. Hardleigh down gently while acknowledging she remains his only chance for happiness. Dye’s prompt interjection underscores a pivotal choice.
Fragmentary line from New York Journal text
Fragmented OCR snippet shows a dramatic moment with a man placing an arm around a woman and a kiss followed by a scream, cited as from the New York Journal.
Marriage Banter Between Friends Recounts Daughter's Union
A humorous exchange notes a daughter's marriage and the irony of freeing daughters while keeping their husbands active. The playful dialogue reflects social chatter about weddings and family roles in a lighthearted tone.
Compliment on Nose for Eyeglasses Here in Boston
A light exchange among Miss Baytebay Miss Fenway and Miss Bacquebay recounts a remark from an optician praising Miss Baytebay’s nose for eyeglasses as the best ever seen in his professional care. The banter appears in the Boston Transcript with playful formal tone.
Memorial Epitaph for Uncle Peter Dinels
A brief poem notes Uncle Peter Dinels buried beneath a stone with a clay lamp, referencing a May departure from winter flannels and a Chicago Tribune context. The verse evokes memory and seasonal change without additional detail.
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Peter Dinels
Chicago Tribune
Neighborly Sagacity in Public Discourse
A reader quotes Chicago Record remarks on mothers in public life. The piece notes skepticism toward calling women indulgent mothers and critiques the notion of interference with children's behavior.
Church cushions removed to boost pew attendance
A note in the Indianapolis Journal recalls a church experiment to raise attendance by removing cushions and turning pews into bleacher style seating, joking that the space would resemble a baseball stadium.
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Indianapolis Journal
Beauties of an Tandem Admit Town Pride in Brown
In Springfield Illinois the town sees Brown gain status with a tandem bicycle prompting talk and pride as locals note his rise in popularity and influence, reflecting a humorous social scene from the era.
Eccentric Fellow Echoes Tide and Rocks
A fragment from the New York Journal quotes a remark about an odd old man who compares traits to the tide here and notes how he hides rocks when he falls. The lines read like satirical chatter on behavior and appearance.
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Gop
New York Journal
Greece Faces Fresh Health Crisis Amid War Strain
A brief Chicago Tribune note reports Greece entering a renewed period of illness as troops and civilians grapple with disease. Authorities warn against fatigue and warn the public to guard against coughing and contagion in the aftermath of ongoing conflict.
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Greece
Chicago Tribune
From Bad to Worse on the Wheel of Fashion
An odd verse fragment notes Thear gliding on a wheel and wearing sleeves inside out as bloomers. It references Bellows mourning his mother-in-law and two friends carrying him from a saloon, signaling social satire in a New York Sun day journal style.
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Bellows
New York Sunday Journal
Mood at service praised as heavenly by attendees
The dialogue notes a mood of pastoral reverence with lines about the music being heavenly. Tom comments it was unearthly while the service overall is described as perfectly heavenly. The exchange hints at a ceremonial, lyrical tone without further detail.
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Tom
Turned Up Noses and Turned Down Toes in Town Topics
The verse recalls fashion and fate with a playful image of a turned up nose and a brown hat, while the speaker laments being turned down, capturing a lighthearted urban vignette from Town Topics.
The Bicycle Abroad and Local Cycling Topics
The piece surveys cycle costs in Rio de Janeiro and exports from New York to the United Kingdom. It notes large Danish factory electricity use in Copenhagen, a 26 member Strassburg cycling family, and frequent bicycle accidents in Paris. It mentions the electric triplet reaching 55 kph and a Florence omnibus notice banning bloomers, plus Lord Salisbury’s quirky noncyclist stance and failed experiment.
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Rio Janeiro
Great Britain
Denmark
Copenhagen
New York
United Kingdom
Strassburg
Paris
Florence
Lord Salisbury
The Fast Riders and Racing Notes Across Europe
Lucien Lesua, European middle distance rider, is managed by George Banker. Houben the Belgian crack shows strong form with recent prizes. Willie Windle, once champion, now resides in Boston running a business. Arthur Zimmerman may sign for exhibitions to shape for the season. Champion in Paris two days race defeats Bouheurs and Bauge, improves 5 km track record, hour total 46 km 140 m. Harry Reynolds suffers a bad training accident at Freemantle, Australia, sidelined for three weeks as he nears form.
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Lucien Lesua
George Banker
Houben
Willie Windle
Boston
Paris
Bouheurs
Bauge
Harry Reynolds
Freemantle
Western Australia
Fernald Returns From Japan After Book Success
Chester Bailey Fernald and his wife traveled through Japan seeking material for sketches of Japanese life after his successful first book The Cat and the Cherub. The Critic notes disappointment with changing standards as they visited remote areas where children fed carrots to bicycles.
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Chester Bailey Fernald
America
Mr. Fernald
Japan
Fernald
Senator Stewart Learns to Ride on Bicycle Brigade
The Nevada senator trains daily at a riding academy. After circling the track between two men, he vows to practice each morning at 10. A watching young woman admires him on the bicycle, likening him to Father Time with the hour glass and scythe fading in favor of the silver champion and bike.
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Senatorial Bicycle Brigade
Stewart
Nevada
Washington Post
Appearance matters more than steering in bicycle stems
The article explains that stem length above the top bearing affects appearance more than handling. A long stem worsens the line, with only about an inch showing above the head. Short riders should use upturned bars and not raise the stem to gain height, since a long stem risks bending or breaking during hill climbing or hard pulling.
Bicycle Misadventure Ends With Evasive Flight
A bicycle incident on a city street ends with Romeo striking his partner after another rider flirts with her. She falls, he mounts her bike, and both ride away as police arrive, the two fleeing in opposite directions.
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Romeo
Juliet
Detroit News
Carnegie buys bicycles for Scottish summer voyage
Andrew Carnegie, before sailing for Scotland, bought several new and costly bicycles and will spend considerable time this summer cycling. He will stop at Cluny Castle, which he owns. The multimillionaire is a firm believer in the wheel.
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Andrew Carnegie
Scotland
Wheeling
Cluny Castle
New York Journal
Desert Land Notices and Probate in Beaverhead County
Notices announce filings for desert land proof and final proof in Missoula and Dillon Montana with witnesses named. Also court order in Beaverhead Probate to sell estate assets of Frank C Slader, set for October 20 1897, printed in Dillon Tribune.
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Fifth Judicial
State of
Montana
Beaverhead County
Frank C. Slader
Josephus Rich
Dillon
Beaverhead
Tate
Dillon Tribune
Said
M. H. Parker
District Court Fifth Judicial District
William R. Gilbert
Lambert Fliel
Theodore Nelson
Boulder
Jefferson
Missoulian
Missouri
Missoula
W. M. Pannen
Guardians' Account Books for Estate of Minors
Fall instructions for guardians on managing minor estates. Indispensable reference for guardians. Available only from Trisenz PusiisHina Co., Dillon.
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Trisenz PusiisHina Co
Dillon
Tareunz Posusaine Co
Dillov
Beaverhead County Sealed Proposals For Care and Medical Attendance
Beaverhead County commissioners will receive sealed proposals until December 6 1897 for care and maintenance of the sick poor and infirm and jail prisoners for one year from December 7 1897. Proposals must cover feeding clothing nursing and burial plus farm rent and comply with fileed terms with the county clerk. Best chairman Dillon Montana September 18 1897.
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Board of County Commotee Borare
Commissionera Ie Sie
Board of County Commissions
Beaverhead
Montana
M. Best
Dillon
Mont
Land Office Notice of Abandonment Claim Dillon Montana
Complaint filed by James R. Abrams to cancel entry No. 5104 made July 29 1801 in Beaverhead county Montana Abandonment hearing set Nov 2 1897 at 10 am before W S Barbour notary public in Dillon Testimony to be taken Oct 28 1897 at his Dillon office
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United States Land Office
Missoula
Mont
William Montgomery
Fox
Montana
L. J. Price
U. S
Dillon
Milton Valentine
Fez
New
West
Au Illo
Swan Melin
James Henneberry
Horn Peter Nelson
Joan M. Evans
Register
James Hennebery
Sam Peterson
O Do
Joan M.ewns
Hotels
L. J. Brice
A. S
William M. Neagle
Dildene Montana
Louis Krueger
Bannack
Richard Haines
John ‘I Cox
William Driscoll
W. E. Cox
James Innes
Bex
Pee States Land Office
Alfred H. McVa
Mon
W. A. Francia
Wisdom
Alfred Hatton
Nis
Nels Nelson
Geo. H. Steuart
J.G. Paddock
de J. Arnoja
Jon M. Evans
Ayrree
Land Ofdice
Helena
James R. Abrams
O. W. Eckstrom
Beaverhead County
Barbour
Notary Public
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