Two Springs in Camp Wikoff Share Mail Across Units
In Camp Wikoff the Twentieth Infantry sees sergeant Francis Joseph Spring of Company 1 from Massachusetts and private Spring of Company M from Pennsylvania swap letters and food packages after both fall for distant Pennsylvanian and Massachusetts correspondents. The pair continually meet for mail exchanges as their letters multiply.
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Twentieth Infantry
Camp Wikoff
Saga
New York Pres S
Massachusetts
Montaux Point
Spring
Pennsylvania
Private Spring
Francis Joseph Spring
Mollie
Sarah
Saved the Vase and the Penny Trap
A Manchester gentleman’s young son stuck his hand in a narrow vase while playing. After lengthy attempts by family and friends to free him, the boy refused to open his fist until his penny was revealed at the bottom, then the hand slipped free.
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Manchester
Rascal
Philosophical ramblings and a feathery sideshow tale
In a Puck style vignette, old man Sogback endures rheumatism while a minister urges philosophical resignation. A sidetracked tale then notes Hick Rickleston, a red headed man once tar and feathered, who now tours as a side show sensation earning money while critics gawk in horror.
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Sogback
Arkanean
Logback
Hick Rickleston
Puck
Road talk and election mood in rural mock dialogue
The Chicago Tribune quotes Uncle Josh debating good roads and road improvement, with a skeptical farmer preferring rough, muddy roads to deter candidates. A younger man weighs the costs and benefits, mentioning savings on horseflesh and market access.
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Josh
Mebby
Chicago Tribune
Stories of the Day About Governors Stone and Grant Era
Owen Ochiltree recounts anecdotes about Governor Stone of Pennsylvania and Ulysses S. Grant Jr. from Philadelphia Inquirer pieces. Tales include a bench conflict with a police officer and Singers of traffic and politics linking Stone Hastings Grant and Hugh Grant.
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Owen Ochiltree
Philadelphia Inquirer
Governor Stone
Pennsylvania
Colonel Stone
Washington
Capitol
Barr as a joker and a tale of a waiter incident
English writer L F Austin recounts Robert Barr’s breakfast episode where Barr demanded a lunch table from a waiter and confronted the man with a fierce look. The waiter feared violence, imagining a grim scenario inspired by Barr’s stories.
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Robert Barr
L. F. Austin
Barr
Niece of Attorney General Curis translates Omar Khayyam
At a reception hosted by Attorney General Griggs his niece Elizabeth A Curtis translates Omar Khayyam. A society woman asks who Omar was and another responds that he is a new colored poet Hike Mau Dunbar.
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Griggs
Elizabeth A. Curtis
Omar Khayyam
Omar
Hike Mau: Dunbar
Necktie Demeanor Sparks Shop Parley
A loudly dressed man enters a large shop’s necktie department and demands neckties in a lofty tone. The assistant, calm and deferential, offers fresh state patterns at a shilling. the customer scoffs claiming such a price does not fit him, and a playful correction about a sixpenny counter follows.
Omniscient Cries and a Chaotic Claim in a Paroxysm
A dramatic exchange unfolds as a man named Analine Munnyburn proclaims he will drink. She responds with hauteur, insisting he must keep the coachman. The snippet captures a tense, melodramatic moment.
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Analine Munnyburn
Curious Epiphany Legend Ties Gold to Judas and Bethlehem
A New York Times piece outlines a medieval Epiphany legend tracing gold offered by Melchior to Abraham and Terah, through Joseph, Sheba, Solomon, and Shishak, to its later capture and eventual use by Judas. The tale links money and fate to the Nativity story and the potter’s field.
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Bethlehem
Melchoir
Balthsar
Gaspar
Shem
Ham
Japhet
Jehovah
Dia
Melchior
Balthasar
Terah
Abraham
Sin
Sinai
Macpetch
Lohron
Joseph
Egypt
Jacob
Sheba
Solomon
Shishak
Sjudea
Arabia
Christ
Judas
New York Times
His Dissatisfied Clergy and the Damaged Witness
A lawyer recalls his first major case a ten thousand dollar damage suit after a powder blast in a hardware store. The claimant lost an ear and finger and pointed to an injured eye as he testified amid chaos in court. The laughing jurors witnessed a dog fight and a chaotic scene ending with a contempt finding and brief jail time.
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Bill
Detroit Free Press
Cuban Franchise Plot Tells of a Spanish Trickster in Havana
In Havana an American engineer general Ludlow outsmarts a slick Spaniard named Campos in a tampered bribery attempt for a franchise. Campos tries to use a $50 bill as leverage while Ludlow calmly accepts a cigar and exposes the ruse, a tale circulated to the War Department via the Cleveland Leader.
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Zheneral Ludlow
Havana
Campos
Ludlow
Senor,Camp“e
Senor
Campon
Zheneral
Engineers Corps
United States Army
War Department
Root
Victor Mason
Cleveland
Automatic Salt Works Near Huach Mints Salt by Evaporation
A hundred miles north of Lima near Huach a cart factory works automatically. Tide fills basins, gates stop flow, and a dry atmosphere evaporates water leaving almost pure salt scraped into sacks for market. Further inland, sea water percolates into pits forming large salt deposits. Wells yield heavy saline water drawn to evaporation ponds.
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Lima
Huach
Notable Personalities and Personal News Tidbits
A roundup notes John Burroughs as a boyhood schoolmate of Jay Gould, Theodore Crosby long tied to Canandaigua voting, Dmitry Sepiagin serving as Moscow interior minister and earlier justice, Prince David of Uawailt planning Washington as home, Joseph Arch to wed and retire from politics, Tower of London wedding of Sir Hugh Gough’s daughter to C H Style, Yeoman Wardens escort, and Cardiff judge Bucknit breaking down after sentencing a woman with children.
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John Burroughs
Jay Gould
Theodore Crosby
Alfred the Great
Canandaigua
N. Y
Dmitry Sergeivitch Sepiagin
Moscow
Prince David of
Uawailt
Liliuokalani
Washington
Joseph Arch
Lady Warwick
Tower of London
Omanye Quenes
Hugh Gough
C. H. Style
Tower
Bucknit
Cardiff
Wales
Why a Better Article Wins By Public Judgment
The public buys the better article when prices are equal, driving aggregate profits up. Chamberlains Cough Remedy is cited as trusted by long use, outperforming fashionable novelties for coughs colds and croup. Emmert and Burrell, Druggists, sell it.
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Aus
Chamberlain
Emmert & Burrell
Sultan of Turkey Center of Attention and School Builder
The Sultan rises at an early hour in seclusion at Yildiz palace to attend state affairs. He has established 50,000 schools across the empire including girls, a rare move for his race. Also noted are chest pains from colds and a home remedy with Chamberlains Pain Balm. Descendants of Lord Baltimore in Maryland keep a rosary once owned by Lord Baltimore, carved from Mount of Olives wood.
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Turkey
Yildiz
Chamberlain
Emmett & Burrell
Lord Baltimore
Maryland
Mount of Olives
It Hits the Spot and Other 1900s Ads
An advertisement blend promotes Foley's Honey and Tar for sore throats with claims of immediate relief and a warm healing sensation. It mentions H J Moogh and W F Jungkunz & Co as sellers and cites a separate note about park police ambulances hosting two bantam chickens as companions. An anti skin salve Banner Salve is also advertised for chapped hands. A Scottish salmon breeding note claims American salmon are stronger and larger after ten years of fry transplantation.
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Foley
H. J. Moogh
W. F. Jungkunz
Moogh
W. F. Jungkunz & Co
Scotland
Blue rose predicted to flood markets soon
A grower in the valley of Nezanlik Austria reportedly produced a blue rose after generations of nurserymen yearning for the feat. Meanwhile Fo ley's Honey and Tur restores voices and relieves coughs for speakers, singers, and a disturbed congregation, with H J Moogk and W F Jungkunz & Co offering the remedy.
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Nezanlik
Austria
Double Daily Fast Trains Via Florida Announced
Washington delegates announce double daily fast trains to Florida. Public notice lists W. A. Tors as General Passenger Agent in Washington D C and Wm H Taylor as Assistant General Agent in Louisville Kentucky with the date 11 20.
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Florida
W. A. Tors
Pasar
Washington, D.C
Wm. H. Taylor
Renee
Louisville
Midland Route Tourist Car service resumes Chicago to San Francisco
The C M and St P Ry resumes the Midland Route Tourist Car schedule from Chicago to San Francisco. It leaves Chicago at 10 35 p m Friday, reaches Omaha Saturday 3 65 p m, continues to Colorado Springs Sunday 10 45 p m, Salt Lake City Monday 9 30 a m, and arrives San Francisco Wednesday 9 45 a m. An optional day at Salt Lake City is offered for sightseeing. Eastbound service departs San Francisco Saturday 8 a m and reaches Chicago Wednesday 8 25 a m.
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C. M
St. P. Ry
Midland
Chicago
San Francisco
St. P
Omaha
Colorado Springs
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