Brother Abner's Awful Cat in Wyoming Frontier
Abner Rayner, a Wyoming settler, keeps a bold tame cat named Tom who mimics his owner, attacks dogs, and eats from a plate. His sisters Elizabeth and Olive travel from Connecticut and, arriving at Medicine Bow, confront Tom’s wild antics before reuniting with Abner at his two room cabin.
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Abner Rayner
Wyoming
Tom
Abner
New England
Connecticut
Elizabeth
Olive
Ollie
Silas Hope
Mike
Medicine Bow
Bow
The
Klonike
Klondike
Elk Mountain
Hanna
Ed Riding Hood
Suler Benas
Quaint and Curious Items From An Early 20th Century Page
Brief notes record six young whales stranded at Pars Island near Beaufort DC being captured. Jersey City bachelors disbanding. accent changing Chinese meaning per Chester Holcombe. Miss Minnie Newby adopted with life insurance tied to funded training. M Garner wins a 1000 franc piano wager in Marseille after 27 hours playing with rest breaks. oriental horseshoe and beraturned lighted windows in German boiler works using pneumatic glass stones. quotes on monopoly of being right from Washington Post and a remark on people unable to do what they can do.
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Germany
Pole Raising Machine Replaces Several Crew Members
A new pole raising device simplifies electric line work by replacing several laborers. The telescoping pike carries a lower sheave and an upper spike with toothed arms to grip the pole as a rope anchors the lift. The invention reduces the need for a larger crew during pole installation.
Portable Forge Designed for Shifting Worksites
A portable forge shown in engravings from an English exchange promises use anywhere without moisture or extreme temperatures. It operates a treadle eight inch fan to provide draught, with an asbestos hearth and pan built to resist wear. The unit folds for compact transport and can be repaired quickly by a typical workman.
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Frank Hendson
Lafayette Ind
Portable asbestos table pad and other gadgetry on offer
A column showcases various inventions and devices from a Brooklyn forge wrench to a folding hammock chair and an automatic handcuff lock. It highlights an asbestos dining pad for tables, a giant angle wrench, a pocketbook with extra bill space, a folding life buoy, and a flashlight pistol concept, with humor interspersed.
German electric mine lamp debuts with eight volt cells
A German manufacturer introduces a safety mining lamp named the Headland lamp with four accumulator cells and eight volt lamps. It carries two cells in the top cylinder and two in the bottom, uses reflectors above and below, weighs about a quarter pound more than typical lamps, and can burn thirteen hours with charging advised after ten hours.
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Sussmann
Humorous Exchanges Highlight Comic Burdens and Banter
A string of wry dialogue pieces features Scribbler Scrawler Blobbs Nell Belle and others trading quips on poetry publishing, manners, marriage, and social pretenses. The jokes pivot on wit about money talk, in laws, proposals, and a mock cradle scene concluding with a morbid twist.
Overboard and Endings Read Like The Last Word
A fragment describes a scene of a woman seeking the last word and reading the ending first. It mentions a girl with diamond loaded fingers fond of wringing her hands, suggesting a dramatic or literary mood.
German Gold Mines in Korea Reported by Cologne Gazette
A Cologne Gazette correspondent on horseback from Seoul visits the German gold mines in the interior. He notes 450 workers employed, progress in installing modern machinery, and exceptionally rich deposits. The mines lie about five days from the Korean capital.
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Korea
Cologne Gazette
China
Seoul
Also Mentioned on This Page
Brother Abner
Rayner Sisters
Pars Island
Beaufort
D. C
Jersey City
Merry Bachelors of
Greenville
Chester Holcombe
Mrs. C. Eaton
Boston
Minnie Newby
Tocost
M. Garner
Marseilles
France
Orient
Washington Post
Zacvence
Lus
John Bauer
Brooklyn
N. X
Service
Trigger Tom
Ontario
Malta
Milady
Monty
M. George Broussel
Crarpe Fendott
Goldsmith
Scott
Hawthorne
Dickens
Thackeray
Industree
Newport
Chicago Record-Herald
Blobbs
Nell
Belle
Impecune
Miss Millyans
Sillicus
Rimer
Mr. Kostique
Kostique
Chatterton
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