Obeying Orders in a Civil War Bushwhack Narrative
A Civil War cavalry patrol tracks a bushwhacker after a rider is killed. They burn his crude pole cabin, hang the man, and burn the home and possessions while a barefooted, 18 year old girl smokes a pipe on the doorstep. The accused man is silent and emotionless as his wife and child watch. A five dollar note is given to the woman as the troop moves on, leaving her to an uncertain future.
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Jed
M. Quad
DeWitts Little Early Risers Sold by Local Druggist
DeWitt s Little Early Risers are advertised as the best pills known and offered for sale by Wm F Jungkunz a druggist located at 85 Stephenson Street.
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DeWitt
Wm. F. Jungkunz
Stephenson St
The Eccentric Shah of Persia and His Odd Habits
Muzaffar ed Din, late shah of Persia, is described as nervous before Europeans and fond of polite pleasantries about harvests. He hated bloodshed, loved music, feared thunder, and kept a vault refuge. He staged state photography, paid a state photographer generously, and enjoyed novelty from Europe, including canoes and toys.
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Persia
England
Turkey
Muzaffared Din
Europe
Shah
Ile
Marconi
Chicago News
Missouri Pronunciation Debate Sparks Campaigning Mockery
The St Louis Globe Democrat laments mispronunciations of Missouri as Missourah and Missourii. It notes Italianic flair and Iowans’ pejorative echoes, contrasting with Arkansas choosing Arkansaw. The piece argues Missouri should stay Missour i by legislative standard, urging adherence to formal naming.
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Missouri
Missourah
Omaha
Kansas
St. Louis
Vengeance by Prayer in a Japanese Village
In Shinmokubo a small village of seventy houses faced repeated robberies. After fruitless searches, villagers held a meeting and resolved to curse the robber to death. A priest offered to use prayers to paralyze and lead him to repentance, but his efforts failed as the robber persisted. The community then vowed to daily visit the village temple to offer prayers aimed at the robber’s downfall and early death.
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Japan
Shinmokubo
Hin
Daily Journal Delivering Citywide Weekly Edition
The Daily Journal announces citywide delivery service for a weekly edition. This campaign aims to reach every neighborhood, increasing accessibility and readership across the urban area.
A Superintendent's Test of Courage on a Sleeper Run
A self made railroad man recalls rising from fireman to general superintendent and testing his nerve by running a 200 mile passenger train at pace. He lets his engineer son in law Tom Millikin attempt the challenge, proving the man with nerve and character can take the reins. The tale ends with Tom succeeding and the superintendent yielding.
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Tom Millikin
Susie
Tom
Myo
Sle
Robinson Mubride
DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve for Piles Sold Here
DeWitt's Carbolized Witch Hazel Salve is especially recommended for piles. Sold by Wm. F. Jungkunz, druggist, 85 Stephenson St.
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DeWitt
Wm. F. Jungkunz
Stephenson St
F. Jungkunz
Freeport
Hll
Masson lauded as Edinburghs great English professor dies
Obituary recalls David Massons influence on four famed pupils including J M Barrie and Robert Louis Stevenson. The Edinburgh University professor of English literature from 1865 to 1905 shaped early Scottish letters, edited Macmillans Magazine, and authored Milton Life among other major works. His death ends a storied academic era in Scotland.
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Robert Louis Stevenson
JM. Barrie
S. R. Crockett
John Watson
Ian Maclaren
Scotland
David Alasson
Milwaukee Sentinel
Masson
Edinburgh
Barriesworth
England
University
Aytoun
Clough
University College
London
Aberdeen
Macmillan
Carlyle
Milton
Chatterton
de Quincey
Great
Tacuin
Starfish Found More Intelligent Than Thought, Biologists Say
Professor Ti. Jennings of Jesus Topkins University and tied to California research reveals starfish are bottom ranked yet highly capable. The creature bears about 25 000 jawlike tube feet around rings and bands that grip prey, even crabs, enabling hunting and learned temporary habits through trial behavior experiments at LadFolhy Laboratory. The San Francisco Chronicle reports the starfish’s surprising abilities and potential for learning.
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Ti. &. Jennings
Jesus Topkins University
University of California
LadFolhy
Tte
San Francisco Chronicle
Adoption plan to place 780000 homeless children
Mrs Frederick Dent Grant and Mrs Clarence Burns lead a campaign with Mrs William Jennings Bryan and Miss Mary Mc Powell to attract 2 million childless homes to adopt the nations homeless children. Short histories and photographs will be published to raise awareness.
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Frederick Dent Grant
Clarence Burns
Little Mothers’ Nid Association
William Jennings Bryan
Mary McPowell
Chicago
Disinterested Professional Advice on a Beefsteak Potpie
A Judge recounts a dining car scene where a waiter named George offers French peas and potatoes to a grateful passenger. The exchange highlights thrift and the waiter’s gentle guidance to avoid waste.
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Hetening
George
Yassah
Waiteh
Butter teems with billions of bacteria says Good Health
Bacteriologists warn butter is swarming with germs. A teaspoon of milk holds 2 to 10 million bacteria, and cream removal concentrates them. Churning gathers bacteria with fat, so a pound of butter from twenty pints of milk could contain five to ten billion bacteria.
Spleen dishes and St Catherine's caps in 19th century notes
In a Letter to the New York Tribune, Chef Valere Bragueda discusses eating spleen from pig or cow, noting sizes and the potential fashion rise to 75 cents a portion in upscale restaurants. The piece also covers St Catherine's day customs, when French girls over twenty five wear a fine muslin cap symbolizing maidhood, with jokes about old maids.
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France
Italy
Mark
Valere Bragueda
New York Tribune
Where It Doesn’t Apply Quotation Exchange
A Kansas City Independent line notes a man with a quotation habit says slow and sure is good, but one thing cannot be slow and sure a watch. The Philadelphia Record adds a paradox about a woman’s love: you can’t keep it unless you return it.
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T. T
Kansas City Independent
Philadelphia
How She Got Them by Edward Lear and Queen Victoria
In a published volume of Lear letters a tale of him teaching drawing to Queen Victoria is told. The queen admires treasures in Windsor cabinets and, when Lear exclaims, she replies with dignified humor I inherited them.
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Edward Lear
Queen Victoria
Windsor
Teal
Relief for Dyspepsia Promoted by Kodol
An advertisement urges prompt stomach relief at the first sign of trouble with Kodol for Dyspepsia and Indigestion. It recommends taking a dose after meals to aid digestion and notes sale by Wm. F. Jungkunz, druggist, on Stephenson Street.
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Wm. F. Jungkunz
Stephenson St
Railroad timetable fragment with multiple routes and stations
A dense OCR of a midwestern railroad timetable shows East and West bound trains, several named routes such as Omaha St Paul Dubuque Fort Dodge Sioux City and Rock Island to Davenport, with arrival and departure times, freight and passenger notes, and connections at Rockford Belvidere and Chicago Great Western stamps. It lists equipment types, Sunday operations, and a dispatcher J B Swhart as agent.
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Omaha
St. Paul Lim
Dubuque
Ft. Dodge
Sioux City
Dodge
Omaha Lim
Decatur
Voce BO
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Harvard
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Chicago
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Pointe
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J. B. Swhatt
St Paul
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St Joseph
Debuque
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Ske Bas
WM. Neese
J. P, Elmer
St. Paul
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H. S. Webster
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