Zeb Bowen's Christmas Horse Prank and preacher gift saga
Uncle Bill recounts Zeb Bowen's Christmas gift to a minister a horse learned from a card game with traveling men. The tale shows Zeb's mixed piety and mischief as auction play leads to a church scandal and a pledge for a buggy for the preacher, ending with the line that the devil's pranks sometimes aid the Lord.
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Uncle Bill
Zeb
Bill
Zeb' Bowen
Ike
Cy’ Prewett
Horace
Lewis
Prewett
Beth Wiggers
Lewis Weld
Aman
Walt
Agin
Steel furniture for Baltimore marks navy advance
The cruiser Baltimore, rebuilt at the Brooklyn navy yard, will be outfitted with fireproof steel furniture. Desks, cabinets, and rolltop desks are crafted from thin sheet steel to resemble wood, with an adjustable extension table. The set weighs about three times heavier than wood and costs at least double, with $30,000 estimated to fit the ship.
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Brooklyn Navy Yard
Navy Yard
United States Navy
Navy Department
Uncle Sam
Brooklyn Eagle
Parish house loans offer 1 percent monthly interest
A New York parish house and pawnshop lent $20,000 in the year with interest at 1 percent per month and repayment by natural mind. Over the last three years $700 of $200,000 loaned was lost, a notably small loss rate.
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Jane
New York
Natalimente
Auction of Mile Wanda de Boncza belongings draws buyers
The New York Tribune notes Americans flocked to the Hotel Dronot sale of Mile Wanda de Boncza’s personal effects. Over three days jewels fans and linen brought in more than 200000 dollars, with four days left. A single row pearl necklace sold for 51500, once bought in Paris for 25000. A seven-row pearl necklace fetched 19800 after a recent purchase by the actress for 10000. Many bric a brac Sevres cups Louis Quinze silver and table service were also acquired by buyers from New York Heaton and Chicago.
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New York Tribune
Saye
Hotel Dronot
Mile
Wanda de Boncza
Comedia Francaise
Paris
Mlle. de Boneza
Rue de la Paix
Comedienne
Harpoons and Alligators in the Cypress Swamp
From Country Life in America, a hunter recalls perilous alligator harpooning in the Great Cypress Swamp. The chase features a heavy fight, boat capsizes, and a late shot ending the quarry, with dangers noted from tangled mangroves and elusive prey.
Study of Men in Dark Africa Sociological portrait of marins
Henry M. Stanley argues in Success that travel writers overlook serious sociological study of African marins. He notes cannibalism near the equator, questions diet and environment on stature, and reflects on how various foods shape physical and mental traits across tribes.
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Africa
Equator
Lémel
Henry M. Stanley
Pointed Paragraphs and Framing Puzzles From a Hazy Chicago News Fragment
An OCR fragment notes witty aphorisms and social quips about nerves buzz from a sewing bee to night drafts and train of thought. It mentions honesty, premiums, and job seeking behavior with a Chicago News flavor.
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Chicago
Pointed Paragraphs of a Curious Era
A mosaic of wry maxims and social quips reflects everyday life and mistaken judgments. The snippet surveys vanity, commerce, infrastructure, gender, accident, luck, and money with a sharp urban voice. It features cites about soap prices, bridge building, appearances in romance, and a quip on undertakers’ books.
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Kansas
Border crossing humor in a Belgian town
A tourist and an American traveler discuss their move into Belgium, joking about labeling and national identity as they struggle with the dual language signs and the border’s confusion.
Dodd's Kidney Pills Bring Health to Winnipeg to Whatcom
In Whatcom Washington A M Ferguson recalls traveling from Winnipeg Manitoba to obtain Dodd's Kidney Pills after Bright's Disease diagnosed in Winnipeg. She reports symptom relief within days and a return of swelling when treatment lapsed. Neighbors also sought the remedy as it gained popularity locally.
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M. Ferguson
Winnipeg
Manitoba
Dodd
United States
Bright
Whatcom
Alire
Coe
Profit in Sumatra Tobacco Meets Connecticut Valley Gains
The shade grown Sumatra tobacco program in Connecticut valley shows strong profits. In 1901 a total of 41,046 pounds baled from 36.88 acres yielded about $49,265.20 at $1.20 per pound, netting growers $25,075.84 after costs of roughly $23,579.26 and delivering about 1,144 pounds per acre baled.
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Sumatra
Connecticut Valley
Department of Agriculture
Connecticut
Havana
Hall's Catarrh Cure and Pills Featured Remedies
An advertisement touts Hall's Catarrh Cure as a constitutional remedy taken internally to cure catarrh, with a $100 reward for any failure. It also promotes Hall's Family Pills as the best. The text shifts to news on Sir Joseph Ward era politics in New Zealand, mentioning Seddon and a possible appointment in South Africa, before noting mothers adopting Mrs Winslow's soothing syrup for teething babies.
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Raadere
Hall
KF. J. Chendty & Co
Toledo
Seddon
New Zealand
London Chronicle
South Africa
Imperial
9 Company
Mr. Seddon
Swiss engineer M Ilg returns to Abyssinia with financiers
The Swiss engineer M Ilg, the principal minister of Emperor Menelik, has returned to Abyssinia with French and Belgian financiers. He has worked on the Djibouti Adis Abeba railway, reaching Harar but halted by lack of capital. Ilg reportedly has funds to resume work and plans a European tour for the Emperor next year.
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Emperor Menelik
Abyssnia
N Nmber
Djibouti Adis Abeda
Harar
M. Ilg
Arctic Traveler Peary Describes Raw Weather
A Chicago observer recalls Lieut Peary in Washington describing temperate climate travel as raw weather. Peary, wrapped in a heavy overcoat, sits in a street car by a heater, while the observer on the platform feels comfortable.
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Lieut. Peary
Washington
Notable notes from around the world and industry
A collage of brief items: M Sdintos-Dumont receives a Brazilian congress gold medal for a 1901 airship voyage around the Eiffel Tower. Butterfield named president of Rhoda Island State College of Agriculture. NZ government to pay fodder freight for drought relief in Australia. Sardine season declines along the east coast. Saxony appoints a special commissioner to St Louis exposition. Indians urged to work on rails. many accept railroad jobs in Nebraska and South Dakota. A Prague meteorologist warns of volcanic destruction in 1903. Poe memorial efforts in Boston gain traction. Icebergs off Cape Horn noted by British ship Anglesey. Wisconsin GOP fundraiser totals and key donors. Indiana tax proposal for collateral inheritance tax. U S advertising impact on business failures cited. Paris waiters push for tipping reform. Russian beef plans to export to London with subsidized steamers.
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Hiffel Tower
Parta
Kenyon K. Butterfield
University of Michigan
Rhoda Island
Australia
von Nostiz
Berlin
Saxony
St. Lonta
Herr Lewald
Iiitchcock
Nebraska
South Dakota
Petit Blew
Herr Zinger
Prague
Boston
Holwar Allan Poel
Poe
Haymarket
Richardson
Dartmouth
Cape Horn
Saya
San Francisco
Chicago Inter-Ocean
Thompson
Newcastle
England
Not Hard When You Show Tow in Snow Fun
A Caribou Saturday stroll near Burleigh hotel ends with a playful misstep as a couple navigates a snow drift. The narrator recalls meeting a young woman who teaches a waltz like promenade through the drift, ending with a lighthearted, brief romance moment.
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Caribou
Burleigh Hotel
Benead
Inks Offered by Sigmund Ullman and Jaenhoke Co
Advertises book inks in 6 and 10 pound quantities with 25 percent discount. Lists Columbia Black Delineqtor Black Shepard Cut Black and Special Black with catalog numbers. Mentions news discount on cans and barrels, credits to SIGMUND ULLMAN and JAENHOKE PAINTING INK CO. with guarantee and Central N. U. listing.
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Shepard
Hastories
Sigmund Ullman
Jaenhoke Peinting Ink CO
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