Fur bearing animals in Alaska near extinction warning
A Chicago furrier warns that fur bearing animals in Alaska are being slaughtered at alarming rates. Deer are nearly extinct, sea otters scarce, and moose vanishing due to US monopoly and British hunters. Canneries threaten salmon supply. Indians' hunting practices and trade maneuvers are described amid depictions of Alaska coast life and trading posts.
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Alaska
Chicago
United States
North American Trading and Transportation Company
Columbia River
Dawson
Cook's Inlet
Alaska’s hunted seas and wonders from seals to otters
A Chicago Inter Ocean piece recounts abundance and peril along Alaska’s coast. It cites 1800 packers preparing 980000 salmon cases at Kodiak, notes seals and sea otters once abundant but now scarcer, and details harsh hunting, legal limits, and the impact of canners. It warns of dwindling moose, caribou, deer, and hints at fragile fish stocks amid exploitation.
Beggar Actor Won A Coin In Touching Street Scene
A former companion of McCullough appears in a brief street encounter on Michigan Avenue. A worn speaker asks a downtown passerby for help, revealing a past of better days and a moment of compassion amid a busy morning.
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Michigan Avenue
Butterfly King William Watkins career in entomology
The London Express profiles William Watkins a leading entomologist of Welsh origin who started collecting at nine in Peckham and pursued moths as a life work. He sold a large India collection to Horniman, opened studios in Piccadilly and the Strand, founded the Insect House in 1881, and later bred diverse butterflies in Eastbourne earning the nickname The Butterfly King.
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The
London Express
William Watkins
Peckham
India
England
Supposed Smile World Humor and Family Quips
A collage of light hearted lines from magazines and cartoons, including cheerful world incidents, domestic banter between Mrs Jimson and Mr Jimson about seaside trips, and satirical quips on war and labor. The items reflect periodical humor and social commentary with playful exchanges.
Mutual Recognition Sparks Old Orchard Feud Recall
In a colorful exchange a gray-bearded man greets a former troublemaker with a cordial handshake. The two recall a past feud over an orchard in Chemung County where the man once climbed fences to steal apples and unleashed a dog on trespassers. The younger man acknowledges the shared history and jokes about past mischief as they reconnect.
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McCullough
Calumet Club
Bloomingdale
Donegal
Chemung County
Tam
Chicago Tribune
It Takes A Woman To Change Her Mind
A visitor declares a history lesson while a woman asserts her privilege to change her mind. A brusque man counters that he would change it himself, reflecting gendered banter from early 20th century press humor.
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Chicago Evening Post
Humorous snippets and jests in a 19th century paper
A collection of compact quips and anecdotes from an old periodical including a judge lamping a husband over a lamp, critics and artists, a kitchen inspection joke, a domestic budget exchange, a wedding prompt, and a wary chorus about censor ships and napkins. Names and dates are sparse but reflect period humor and social mores.
Lively Fragments from Late-Night Humorous Quotes
A mosaic of jokes and quips from Philadelphia and Chicago papers. Bits include stingy neighbors refusing small loans, a doctor’s billing stubbornness, a census age gag, a dolls reveal at a party, nerves eased by car travel, and a humorous take on an Indian corn dance.
Prompt Retaliation in Chicago Record Quote
The Chicago Record notes a sharp remark about guests last week and a reply claiming three daughters were sent back with visitors after they left. The exchange hints at family dynamics and social expectations reflected in a brief, pointed remark.
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Chicago
Dante Never Saw It Jinks-I Don’t Believe Inferno Text
The New York Weekly records a witty exchange where Jinks disputes Dante’s description of the Inferno and Winks questions why. Jinks replies that none of the shades comment on the heat, illustrating a humorous take on literary critique.
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Jinks
Dante
New York Weekly
The Conductor Warning Sparks a Heated Exchange
A New York World report quotes a heated back and forth about personal safety on a transit platform. The Conductor warns to keep heads inside to avoid injury while a heckler defies the danger, calling the conductor a monkey face.
The Way Hack Grudge and Street Corner Quips
A collage of vintage quips and snippets from Indianapolis Journal and Philadelphia Record. Includes racial slurs and awkward jokes about school, piano, eggs, and politics. Mentions a hummingbird tale from Monora in the Philippines and a capricious portrait of Queen Margherita.
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Indianapolis Journal
Quarrel Over Politics Marks Evening Talk
A Detroit Free encounter notes a disrupted evening as men argued over politics while a daughter and Clara endured tensions and weather-related complaints, reflecting domestic strain and public discourse spillover.
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Detroit
Hypnotism by Telephone Shocks Honolulu Observers
In Honolulu a sub ject was hypnotized by a distant operator several blocks away, with J E Davis and Mc Laughlin guiding the experiment at the New England bakery and Judd building. The subject relaxed, obeyed commands, performed a dance, and showed dramatic pulse changes during the session.
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Honolulu
Pacific
J. E. Davis
Triangle Club
Young Men's Christian Association
McLaughlin
Davis
Lanal
Tiis
Innovative coal bag and road making gear patent
A Pennsylvanian patents an improved coal bag with a central sustaining member and top gathering cord, suspended on a wooden support for filling from a chute. Also described are a Californian road stirring machine with multiple fingers and oil-sprinkling pipes, a quick-lace shoe attachment, an automatic elevator safety lock, a telescoping collar button, a telephone tablet, a whip holder for reaping machines, painter easel brackets, a dashboard restraint for runaway horses, and various notes on butterflies, sparrows, copper wire in telephones, Queen Victoria’s cigars, a new Diamond Shoals lightship, and lofty apartment house plans in New York.
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New York
United States
Victoria
Connolaseursa
Diamond Shoals
Cape Hatteras
Egg color hints at grass fed hens in local tale
Mrs Watsova reports breaking an egg that yielded greenish white. The vendor assures the issue is harmless, attributing the color to eggs laid by grass fed hens in Bomerville Journal.
Marie Hashkirteeff’s Private Thoughts Preview
A new batch of Marie Hashkirteeff writings is slated for release, promising intimate reflections from the author. Readers anticipate personal essays and candid observations shaping the public persona.
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Marie Kirtseffe
When to Marry Depends on People Time and Taste
A Philadelphia Inquirer item weighs marriage timing and age for men and women. It jokes that fit differs by individual, warns against delaying too long, and cautions against selecting unsuitable partners. It notes that older men may seek younger wives, and ridicules marrying for money or status.
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Mia
Philadelphia Inguirer
Bold wolves and coyotes deter to man in wild tales
Aanthor Buxton recounts wolves gnawing saddle straps while a blizzard rages near the Platte. He describes a large gray wolf dozing by a fire, eyes shut as the narrator sleeps. The piece lists England, Scotland and Ireland acreage figures in a closing note.
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Mexico
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Timothy
Philadelphia Record
Philadelphia
Iresa
Feen
Mer
Philadelphia Bulletin
Puck
Verena
Darling
Arthur
Papa
Tom
Tommy
Mply
Willie Jones
Indianapolis Press
Ceylon
Monora
Philippines
King Humbert
Margherita
Princess of Wales
London Mall
New York City
Fifth Avenue
Moel
Willem W. Evans
Deal's Island
Delaware
Mr. Evans
Levett Covington
Marie Hashkirteeff
Scotland
Ireland
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