National College of Prize Fighting Curriculum Revealed
The New York World reviews the prospectus for 1896 7 at the National College of Prize Fighting. It outlines aims to mold graduates into literati, orators, and financiers for the prize ring while adding ethics chair, talking lab, epithets classes, and a postgraduate course in procrastination.
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National College of Prize Fighting
Dan Stuart
Dallas
James J. Corbett
John L. Sullivan
Charley Mitchell
England
Mitchell
Dominick McCaffrey
Aebbert
Maher
Denver Smith
Heenan
Sayers
Morrissey
Oithers
Ancient History
Prospectus
Yale
Harvard
Princeton
Parson Davies
New York World
A Modest Counterclaim and Domestic Interlude
A fragment from the Indianapolis Journal depicts a sharp exchange with dark humor. Dialogue reveals neighborly tensions and a morbid joke about poisoning a daughter. A separate financier Mudge hints at strained finances and impending crisis.
Benevolent Minister and Wife Foiled by Bridget’s Dream
A humorous tale from Youth's Companion portrays a generous minister and his wife who tire of Bridget the servant yet are won over by her wit. She boasts a strange dream in which the Williams couple bring her coffee and tea, and Bridget insists the dream foretold which spouse would provide each, ending with a lighthearted moral.
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Bridget
Misther Williams
Missus Williams
Baya
Williams
Sorr
Fine Stream Argument Between Buyer and Judge
A Portland farm sale leads to a humorous dispute about a “fine stream” of water. A buyer claims the stream is too small, while the judge quips that if it were finer it would be invisible, delivering a light local anecdote from the Portland Express.
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Portland
Portland Express
The Reasonable Test from a Kitchen Oracle
A man claims oleo margarine fools no one, while his wife rejects laboratory tests and seeks a simple price clue to tell it from butter. She refuses to set up a kitchen lab and asks for a single telltale difference in cost.
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Washington Star
Real Irish. Ola Lady-Glad to see you always so industrious
Murphy and Ola exchange casual banter about staying busy while enjoying time in the garden near St. Pauls. The scene captures Irish conversational rhythm and friendly camaraderie between neighbors.
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Murphy
St. Paul’s
The Reward of Giving Advice
A careworn speaker recalls a political lesson about trusting the people and failing to gain payment as the sheriff seizes the saloon. A brash confrontation follows, showing force defeating theory. Nearby Uncle Eben scoffs at hollow pious professions and neighborly chicken pasturing in the flower garden.
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Uncle Eben
Washington Star
Poetic fragments capture rural longing and slow daydreams
A rambling verse fragment reflects on sunlit days, peach blooms, and quiet brooks. It contrasts laborers in distant fields with a longing for home and simple memories, evoking nostalgia and gentle rural imagery.
Grant’s Cincinnati romance ties to Walker and Richie families
The Cincinnati Enquirer recounts a courtship chain linking General U. S. Grant with Hannah A. Richie, marrying Samuel Walker’s wife after Grants’s boyhood friend Miss Richie. It traces Grant’s West Point years, his embracing friendship with the Richie family, and how Walker wooed Miss Richie, altering fortunes and preserving ties through Grant’s presidency.
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U. S. Grant
Cincinnati
Gibson House
Fortune
Queen City
Samuel Walker
Fifth Street
Pike Building
Mr. Walker
Hannah A. Richie
Robert Richie
Grant
West Point
John A. Richie
Richie
Dayton
John
Thomas Corwin
Alexander Duncan
Miss Richie
Jefferson Barracks
Fourth United States Infantry
Julia Dent
Walker
Lieutenant Grant
Miss Dent
Captain Richie
Cincinnati Enquirer
Potatoes Turn Up As Fuel In Canandaigua Area
Farmers discard cheap potatoes as fuel with reports of hot steady fires. Auctions show potatoes selling for about 2.34 cents a bushel while nobody can obtain enough firewood for storage. A Penn Yan farmer uses a coal stove bed of coals then feeds potatoes to kiln dry them as heat is claimed to be excellent. Potatoes valued around 2 dollars per ton versus coal at 5 dollars.
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Canandaigua
N. Y
Italy Hill
Penn Yan
Nebraska man seeks redo after funeral mix up
A Nebraska man who missed his mother in law's funeral due to a clerical error is pursuing corrective action. The mishap stemmed from a misfiled or mistaken electoral record causing the man to be unaware of the service. Legal steps are being considered to address the mistake and compensate for the distress.
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Nebraska
Fune
Fegram
Fort Wayne Market Ordinance Regulating Barr Street Market
Fort Wayne passes an ordinance to regulate the Barr Street market between Main and Washington streets. It sets retail hours to daylight until 10 am on weekdays, appoints a market master with police powers, and outlines stall auctions, pricing standards, weights and measures, and enforcement with fines up to 100 dollars. The measure includes reporting duties and repeal of conflicting ordinances.
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Common Council
Fort Wayne
Indiana
Barr Street
Main Street
Washington Street
Board of Public Works
Board of Public Safety
Your Own Pocket Housing Promises in Lakeside Fort Wayne
The advert urges readers to stop renting and buy land in Lakeside Fort Wayne with plans ready now. The Land Company offers financing through Secretary Howey in Pixley Block and claims Lakeside will see about one hundred houses built this year amid rapid growth and a population over 600.
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Lakeside
Fort Wayne
Land Company
Pixley Block
Howey
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