Polly's Dinner Party and the Lazy Sloth Tale
A children story set features Polly hosting a dinner for her cats Diogenes John and Brother with mishaps over plates and fish. The issue then shifts to a nonfiction piece about the three toed sloth living in Amazon forests, famed for slowness and unusual pain insensitivity, with details on its habitat, movement, and offspring.
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Polly
Diogenes
John
Brother
Mother
Amazon River
South America
Without a God a Father Finds His Faith After Daughter’s Question
Eben B. Rexford recounts a father who, hearing his little girls debate God's existence, realizes he may be without faith. Long night of doubt ends with him discovering belief, prompted by his daughter proclaiming her father now has a God. The story probes faith, fatherhood, and awakening belief through childlike insight.
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Eben B. Rexford
Bandit Lamprey Attacks Fish in New York W
In New York rivers and lakes a roaming lamprey preys on bass and pickerel, feeding on their blood until death. Professor Gage of Cornell reports 12,000 lampreys spawning at Cayuga Lake’s outlet, estimating they kill more fish than all state anglers combined. He suggests stream traps to curb their spring spawning.
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Bandit
New York State
Gage
Cornell University
Cayuga Lake
Disgraceful Band Incident At Civil War Camp
A comic Civil War anecdote recalls a band sent to entertain General-in-chief at a James River fortification. The general, annoyed by the band’s noise during dinner, ordered cease firing and dismissal of the bandmaster. A staffer notes the general’s restraint compared with Commodore’s harsher command to jettison the band.
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James
Appomattox
Snake skins as fancy work novel item for bazaars
A New York Herald note describes how discarded snake skins are repurposed into decorative garments for bazaar stalls. A savant with a glass-lined sanctum notes a wardrobe of skins, ranging from perfect to damaged, that fetches high prices and satisfies ladies seeking ready made serpent attire, while lamenting waning demand for his old clothes shop as bazaars offset seasons.
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New York Herald
Atock
Mistaken His Calling in a Humorous Exchange
A witty exchange where one claims a physician’s calling to chemistry rather than authorship. The author notes every book he writes becomes a drug on the market, prompting humorous pushback about his true vocation. The dialogue riffs on calling, craft, and market impact in a light verse style.
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Horace
Patents Issued Last Week to Northwestern Inventors
List of patentees, including John Bett Jordan Minn vegetable cutter Reuben B Disbrow Owatonna Minny combined churn and butter worker Herbert H Freeman Pierre 81 hot holder Victor Klinger Sing ton Minn steam pollet tire front Tinney Sprague St Paink Minn and TR Sprague Cedar Rapids Lowa rotary evaporator D Merwin Patent Lawyer 010 Moneer Press Building St Paul Minn Cablegram dispatched from Manchester Eng to Victoria B C answer received in ninety seconds after questioner touched wire distance traversed 4p 13 000 miles
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Northwestern
John Bett Jordan
Reuben B. Disbrow
Owatoute Minny
Herbert H. Freeman
Pierre
Victor Klinger
Sington
Minn
Tinney Sprague
St Paink Minn
TR. G. Sprague
Cedar Rapids
Lowa
D. Merwh
Moneer Press
St. Paul, Minn
Manchester
Eng
Victoria
B. C
Mita First Trip Ends With Escalator Escape
A fragment from the New York World notes a boy and an elderly man on a rapid elevator ride ending with a startled push and a plea to return for a remembered item. The item is humorously tied to a scam pitch by Peruviana Remupy Co. offering a free kidney and liver cure.
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Mita
New York World
bin Reuters
Peruviana Remupy Co
Wth St
Chietnunti
Ohio
Sacred joke sparks Bible memory in class mishap
A teacher probing Bible knowledge mutters a quiz on Samson and the Philistines. To prompt recall he taps his jawbone and asks What is this. Students respond with a grand, humorous chant that echoes the famed phrase jawbone of an ass.
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Sanson
One Thing Overlooked in the Senator's Praise
An exchange in the New York Journal quotes an old senator praising a new member's speech as genius, then corrects the misquotation reflecting a proper quotation miart tmart. The scene turns on a political miscue and the strain between flattery and accuracy.
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New York Journal
Remarkable sight of year prompts Mamie remark
Grimshaw recalls a striking incident as a young woman named Mamie impressed with poise and sense. This vivid social snippet frames a memorable moment in the year.
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Grimshaw
Mamie
Puck
Pointed Paragraphs and Pearls of Profound Irony
A collection of pointed quips on marriage wealth and hypocrisy. It mocks clever philosophers, rich widows, and the futility of boasting while noting coincidences in rhyme and the paradoxes of honesty and peace. The tone is satirical and concise.
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Kiss
Miss
Bliza
Dentha
Indians Save Many Lives in Narrow Rescue Effort
In the nick of time, quick thought and strong nerve enabled an Indian group to avert disaster, showing decisive action and determination that saved numerous lives amid a tense emergency. Authorities praised the resolve and teamwork that guided the operation to a safe outcome.
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Tae
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P. Mull & Co. Props
Nashua
N.H
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Baltimora
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New Haven
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State Medical CO
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