Subscriptions and public library note amid war tale
The article outlines subscription rates for Freeland and out of town readers, warns timely renewals and address-label expiry, and praises Peterboro NH for establishing the first free public library in 1799. It then shifts to a war vignette featuring Private Cory, a doctor, and a stern sergeant amid battlefield heat and taunts as Cory endures faint wounds and fear.
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Freeland
Peterboro
N. H
Europe
Cory
Compass image poem fragment in The Junior Munsey
A fragmentary excerpt from The Compass section in The Junior Munsey muses on fragile balance and inner faith guiding a soul. The verse likens a compass to a steadfast inner guide that keeps a vessel steady amid restless seas and distant ports.
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Junior Munsey
Cory’s heroic explosion ends the siege amid cheers
In a Boer siege scene, Private Cory grabs a live shell, fights panic, and hurls it from a tent. He then collapses fatally as comrades rush to save the wounded, a sergeant showing forgiveness as Cory dies, his heroic act met with cheers from peers.
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Cory
Astonishing Guatemalan land and rail fares described
Guatemala correspondence describes a US railroad man’s travel to Guatemala City, fare costs, currency exchange, and the poor rail track condition. It notes train composition, speeds, wages for workers, and living costs, concluding that even top US railroad workers would struggle there. It also mentions Turkish healers and Constantinople.
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Guatemala
Port Barros
Guatemala City
United States
Roid
Gattemala
Railroad
Ganette
Panama Canal Battle Report Inside a Fierce Revolt
Sir Martin Conway recalls a deadly engagement near Colon and Panama City during a chaotic revolutionary clash. The train came under fire as two large fighting camps faced off within sight of passengers. Bodies and wounded filled streets while ambulances failed and burial chaos followed the siege.
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Panama Canal
London
Martin Conway
London Times
Colon
Panama
Culebra
Gnard
Canal Company
QuAINT AND CURIOUS Items From The Era
A mixed column notes Vienna police musts telegraphy rowing and swimming, Chicago plans 24 hour store with three shifts, prairie grouse ventriloquism, European visiting cards, barred country roads in Norway, Cambodia king’s miseries, legends of fruits and flowers, and the Maryland yellow throat ventriloquist bird guarding its nest.
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Maryland
Growth of Colleges Expands as New Institutions Rise
The country sees a record rise in colleges with 32 founded between 1890 and 1901 and increasing facilities from generous benefactions. Free access to higher education grows as prosperity expands, with university enrollments likely 10 percent higher than ever, already surpassing 100000 students.
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Carnegie
Lewiston Jourssl
Pearls of Thought on Virtue Ambition and Happiness
A collection of aphorisms about benefactors kindness and usefulness. It argues greatness comes from guided intention not force and that time should balance work and rest. It urges turning sorrow into growth and ambition as destiny’s spur while shaping daily life to reduce ignorance and misery.
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Berlin
Spain
Unicr
Sie Glass Company
Upland
Wa- Dosh
Rhinelander
Wis
Tabor
Tatelie
Murslt
Vaorkimen
National Malleutle Casting Co
Indianapolis
Ind
Corermakers
Sheldon A. Harris
Ilinois State Operation of Labor
Chicago
Japan
Heaven
Despoia
A Buttonhole Case Decides Opening Precedence
A Boston Transcript tale recounts a court debate over whether the buttonhole or the button came first. Lawyers argue both sides with jokes about necessity and use, ending with a judge ruling for the buttonhole. The decision is humorously blamed on the judge losing his collar button during breaks.
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Boston Transcript
Farmer Jones
The Lime Tree and the Fast Bird
A London news note notes the lime tree prized for honey and landscape value in England and Lithuania. It also mentions the swiftest birds, the vulture and the English kestrel, with claims on their speeds.
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England
Lithuania
London
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Tribunel Printing Company, Limited
Father Mathew
John B. Gough
Peter and Hermit
The
New York Tribune
Actuarial Society of America
Mfe
Labor World
Atool Rorries
Turkey
Constantinople
Central America
Fegan
Leander
Vienna
Norway
Norohom
Cambodia
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