Mother Hen tale ends with mystery after brother Wille is killed
A village fable describes a hen family policing Willie’s rights and duties while a minister visits. The sisters mislead about Wille’s disappearance, and an ax tragedy follows as Mother Hen tries to console and declare a coming change. The text shifts to dog breed notes citing Gordon setters and retriever traits.
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Mother Hen
Willie
Wille
Qother Hen
Sigers
New York Tribune
Boots for Bed as Kaffir Servant Is Ridiculed
An army officer in a South African native district gifts a Kaffir boy a pair of heavy nailed boots. The boy, thrilled at first, wears them briefly but later explains they impede walking and running. He keeps the boots for use in bed.
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South Africa
Chums
Origins of a Well Preserved Joke in Ennius's House
In Cicero's De Oratore Nasica tells of a mistaken home arrival. Nasica, misled by Ennius's maid, claimed Ennius was away. Later Ennius asked for Nasica at the gate. Nasica denied being home. Ennius asks if Nasica believes the maid yet not him, a witty exchange on voice and credibility.
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Nasiea
Ennius
Nasica
Cicero
de Oratore
Impudence Shown By Brick in Geology Field Class
A geology teacher tests student specimens from a class outing. He identifies quartz feldspar and sandstone, then humorously calls a brick impudence, highlighting a joking misfit among the rocks and the prankster student.
Superstition and the Wedding Ring
A Grand Magazine note links a broken wedding ring to dire fate, arguing thin rings foreshadow death. It cites superstition and observes modern rings are thicker and heavier to counteract the belief.
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Grand Magazine
Freddy's Fear at Dessert Over Cakes
Freddy fears scolding as he reaches for the biggest cake. He hesitates then cries while his mother asks why. The scene shows a child learning impulse control and parental reassurance during a family dessert.
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Freddy
Woman's Way and Wit Across Quotes
A collage of quips and witticisms from newspapers. Items include a humorous exchange about shoe size and gifts, a call to rely on oneself for prayers, a proverb urging virtue, a joke about secrets, and Goethe on age and innocence.
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Klaus Huizenga
Westfield
N. D
Married Woman's Woes and a Sea of Oddities
A fragmentary OCR passage reflects social mores with phrases about married and unmarried women and pity for those never married. It includes a humorous exchange about a ring and fidelity, a father and sons money lesson, and a seaside hotel crab anecdote ending with a diner who ate the whole crab shell and all.
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Ada
Virginia
Emmeline
Frederick
Petemige
Anne Hagen
Harper's Bexar
London
Pope Epitaph Promoting Elizabeth Corbett Memory
The piece notes Pope’s epitaph praised by John, honoring Elizabeth Corbett buried at St. Margaret's, Westminster. It extols virtue, serenity, and self-command as enduring qualities beyond external praise.
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Pope
Johnson
Elizabeth Corbett
St. Margaret's, Westtmulnster
Irregular Humor Bits from The Tex Transcript
A collage of quirky exchanges and short jokes from a 19th or early 20th century humor page. Scenes include misfit marriage quips, a boast about charitable generosity, a tip for removing a fruit stain with sulphur fumes, cheerfully pretentious motto sales, and a gag about dunning letters signed with fictitious names.
A Fresh Clerk and Customer Exchange in Cleveland Market Scene
A brief Cleveland Plain Dealer scene shows a fresh clerk assisting a customer as a grocer calls for a moment’s pause. The exchange hints at daily market life and service rhythms in a bustling shop.
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Grocer
Johnny
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Dinner Guests at Sir Joshua Reynolds Studio
The London Spectator notes Reynolds hosted a literary circle with Dr Johnson Burke Sterne Hogarth Wilkes and Ramsay. At dinners minds ruled over bodies with lively talk and improvised meals as guests crowded the seven or eight seats.
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Sir Joshua Reynolds
Dr. Johnson
Gokismith Garry
Burke, Sterne
Hogarth
Wilkes
Allan Ramsay
Painter
Raphaela
Correeghs
Ruff
Cou
Malone
London Spectator
The Gulf Stream and the English Fruit Advantage
The piece argues the gulf stream gives English fruit thinner skins and superior quality, noting moisture boosts ripening and comparing English apples, strawberries, grapes, and tomatoes to foreign varieties. It also briefly cites fog effects on London wildlife and recounts a Civil War era tale of the Dam Black Guards name controversy in New Bedford.
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Gulf Stream
St. James
Andrew J. Dam
New York
New Bedford
T. D. Elliott
Elliott Light Guards
Dam
Dam Black Guards
New York Tribune
Tracing the Bullet Technique and Jocular Bits
A Dundee Advertiser note describes coating a bullet with gunpowder paste and friction powder so it ignites in flight leaving a smoke trail for aim correction. The Real Article features flirtatious banter between a Youth and a Widow about gloves and a joke. Illustrated Bits adds light humor.
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Dundee Advertiser
Battle of Butterflies Reported Across An 1889 Sky
A vivid anecdote describes a butterfly battle on August 20 1889 near Nojima and Kawasaki Mura. Two opposing butterfly armies clashed before sunset with many casualties and a blue haze as spectators watched from below.
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Nojima
Kawasaki Mura
High Place and Crooked River Quirks Mentioned by Memphian Judge
A Memphis judge, Walter Malone, notes the Mississippi river in places is so crooked that a southbound steamer can meet itself coming north and barely avoid a collision. The remarks appear in a broad collection of humorous clippings and anecdotes from sources like the Chicago News and Life. The column also references a performer named DeHammer and a snowstorm scene, plus a quip about mourning signals and wealth.
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Mississippi River
Walter Malone
Memphis
DeHammer
Chicago News
Fragmentary OCR Notice Names Residents and Witnesses
Fragmented text appears to list land related notations with witness names Marta Winterburs, F segromanor, H. E. No dates, and several individuals such as Fjeldheim, Olson, and Jewell. The garbled lines suggest a legal or property notice with marked dates and parties involved.
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Asirep
Brewanck
N. D
United States Land Office
Bismarck
Floy
Cornelison
H. E
Hague
Fred Braun
M. A. Jewell. Register
George A. Bieber
N.W
Kge
Larson
Strasburg
Joseph Lauinger
Charles Gosting
Veter Wilkenheiser
Bee A
N.D
M.H
Jennie Johnson
Ui. E
S.E. NW
William Muench
Emmonsburg
Benjamin T. Johnson
Linton
Hen Haggard
John T. Ramey
M.H. Jewell
Register
James A. Gillesvie
S. E
N. RK
N. Beym
S.E
St. P.M
William T. Brooks
Abraham L. Abel
N. J
John Burty
Fred J. Herbert
M. UL Jewell Register
United States
Biemarcw
P.G. Kooks
Emmons County
Augusta Teh
Theodorus I
Anne Bakker
Hull
John O. Schaap
Hall
John J. Hayarsan
Nil
Florence Themami
N. W
Tfsin
P. G. Rooks
Usutrict
Bee
Martha
Solomons
Les
Marta Winterburs
Jobs
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Atys
Habedeiz
Bill Weil
Gordon
Elso
Bumpus
Ally Sloper
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Franklin
Baltimore American
Goethe
Ans
Lam Geng
George
John
Evcat
Germany
Alexander Humboldt
Alexander von Humboldt
Haven of Reet
London Lady's Pictorial
Mr. Misfit
Terrel
Tex
Smith
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Leodon
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Fifth Street
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Hotel
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New York State
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Rites
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Hamilton
Toronto
Moni Canada
Portland
Jamestown Exposition
Norfolk
Chicago
Las Limore
Philadelphia
Washington
F. A. Miller
C O. Smith
Nok
W. C. Wolverton
Linton, North Dakota
Diseases of the
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Flauenty
Francis Jaszkowiak
Twelfth Street
Bismarck, D.N
John Peterson
Hazelton North Dakota
United Statea Laxp Orrier
I. G. Rooks
District Court of
Winona
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Uxtred
Laxp
Biswarck
Vierok Johnson
I. Es Menesas
Lottoer
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Floyd Cornelison
John Berg
M. Um. Jewell
Asireo States Land Office
Bismance
Dis Brice Court of Emmons Secuary N. Ch
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Lipton
United States Laxp
Bismanen
District Court
Joseph BE. Kopp
St. He
Vincenz Hoffart
Ludwig Miller
Kar L. Meier
Vincenz Miller
M.U. Jewell
United States Land Oorier
Bremarck
Cinton
Samuel
Logue
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Rooks
Court of
Fromenswee N.D
KO Ke Ie Bicheer
H. Reed
St. P. M
Karl Bonreiners
Corse Bichler
Jakob Hofart
D. Peter Ihti
Perasbure
H. Jewell
United States Land Orrvier
BisManon
Suport
WILLIAM _B. LEE
Harvey B. Tuttle
James King
Karl Kenachler
N. DL
United States Lawn Office
Bremancy
Lorenz Mitzel
Joseph Schrankel
Richard Shea
John Keller
Jacob Seale
M.h.jewell
United Braves Land Order
N. 1
Sul
P.G. Rooks
Dreas Schweitzer
Marie
N. D. Jakoante
Panes de Koby Huber
Marie Nickelsler
Dakem
N.H
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Anxirep States Land Office
N. v
Ocaphena Brderson
Liniaen Dourge
Steele Hat CN
Drank Henderson
P. H. Gaban
H.ginton
M. H. Jewell
Register. Ee
Enoms County
Jakob Ducheon
Johannes Vetter
Dake
Martin Vetter
Georg Bosch
Dak Nu
Baldsar Vetter
Daken
M. OH. Jewel, Boeister
Bismancw
Eler Otite District Court
N. P
Ray L. Benedict
E. P. Zunkel
Broty
John P. Webber
Ferdinand Gau
Linto
Oswell Nauman
Jewel
Evister
L. A. Weatherby
Wolfer’s
Turner’s Restaurant
New World
P.G. Looks
Hi. E
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William Rush
Haste
Nellie Marx
Joseph Schrenkel
Jacue
Alois Schrenkel
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Oliver Wendell Holmes
Pittsfield
Mass
Namestead
Oxstrep States Land Office
HisMarch
Lassecrrit Bismarck
N. I
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Cork
Ernst Bruegel
Anton K. Fischer
Hacu
Ferdinand Fischer
Waxue
M. UW
Besoter
Dismance
Tiabucek
George W. Geldl
Hiewu
Tor Johanson
Vd Braun
Lawrens Senger
United States Lawy Vrei
Hestrict Court
Linton, Nor Dak
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