Prairie voyage romance ends in frontier wedding
A family trip by prairie schooner from St Joseph Missouri to cross the plains leads to a dramatic Indian encounter. Betsy Henderson falls for guide Herman Harris after he saves the family by using fireworks to distract the attackers. Harris becomes part of the Henderson clan and marries Betsy.
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FOUND A HOLE FOR HIM Smxperience of a Fresh Young Man Io His Start In Business
A young man recalls starting in New York as an entry clerk with a large wholesale house. He clashes with a dictatorial superintendent, quits, and finds his own path, detailing early career struggles and lessons.
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New York
Weight Fluctuations and Daily Net Gain
A physiologist explains daily weight changes from meals and overnight loss. He notes breakfast and dinner gains and night losses totaling about four pounds fourteen ounces, with overall daily gain near five pounds. He argues the brain would improve if people ate to necessity, but urges restraint in eating.
Saving Hume by Apostles Creed in Edinburgh Bog
The skeptic David Hume nearly drowned after falling from a temporary bridge near Edinburgh. An old woman refused to save unless he recited the Apostles Creed, and after he proclaimed his belief he was rescued, illustrating the value of religious education to a wary crowd.
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Hume
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New
Edinburgh
Exhibition of large law case exhibits on London road
The London Standard notes that exhibits in law cases vary from papers to boilers and other large items. On the private roadway by the London law courts an omnibus motor car and a cab have been shown, since they could not be brought into the witness box the judge and jury went out to inspect them. One heavy exhibit was a ship's boiler furnace conveyed from Swansea for inspection.
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London Law Courts
Swansea
London Standard
Pardon Note Quip Follows Jail Break Novelty
A warden praises a recent jail escapee as the coolest and most thoughtful convict. An amused visitor reacts, noting the escaped inmate left a note to the governor saying he hopes for pardon for the liberty he is taking. The quip appears in Catholic Standard and Times.
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Catholic Standard and Times
The Intention Was Good Governess and Christabel Scene
A Punch magazine line reads The Intention Was Good where a Governess scolds Christabel for kicking her cousin. Christabel denies the act claiming she did not kick and only missed each time, sparking a brief dispute.
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Christabel
Chistabel
Jumping at Coneluatona Human Ostrich Tale
A Cleveland Plain Dealer remark describes a performer nicknamed the human ostrich who swallowed nails needles hatpins and chewed glass. The act ends with the performer suffering a painful consequence from extensive glass chewing.
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Cleveland Plain Dealer
Value Received Excerpt Reflects On Modern Life
A brief dialogue contrasts rising living costs with the value of progress. One speaker laments higher expenses while another defends modern conveniences, arguing the benefits justify the expense and time.
Enderby Seeks Niece Care and Reunited Lovers
A stranger visits Mrs. Enderby’s school to arrange care for a niece. He pressures marriage, urges divorce after fifteen years’ desertion, and, after a tense turn, reveals himself as Tom Enderby, once lost to her, now returning richer but intent on a fresh unión. The tale ends with reconciliation in a silent embrace.
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Lye
Tie
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Tom
Tage
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Amy B. Kennedy
Alligators and the Food Supply Debate
A Forest and Stream writer argues among tarpon anglers on the Myakka River that destroying alligators could add to the food supply. A 175 pound tarpon was mounted for display before vanishing, with tracks of a large alligator nearby. The piece notes alligators as duck hunters and notes the ducks’ feeding grounds as their habitat.
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Myakka
Trolley Worker Slang Explained by Philadelphia Record
A Philadelphia Record description explains trolley crew jargon such as bucking the list holding down a post run early straight early swing late straights swings and monkey terms. It clarifies phrases from the start with the company to finishing a run at the terminus and returning to the barn.
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Philadelphia Record
Japanese monuments honor Port Arthur guns at Ise shrines
The war office presented three large artillery pieces from Port Arthur to be mounted before Ise shrines. A thanksgiving service honored imperial ancestors for Japan's victory. Major General Oshlage cited prisoners taken as 84,800 rifles 110,548 and swords and lances 6,455.
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Ise
Japanese War Office
Japan
Oshlage
Snake Bite Bad For Indian
A St Augustine Record writer asks Billy Bowlegs about rattlesnake venom and Indian immunity while recounting Seminole views on bites. William Dinwiddie notes Oklahoma’s 17 year transformation from a frontier land to a growing state with farms towns mines and industry.
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Billy Bowlegs
Lake Okeechobee
Palm Beach
Oklahoma
William Dinwiddle
Appleton’s
Do you ever talk back to your wife quoted remark
A Washington Star blurb quotes Mr Meek ton in a light moment about answering a solicitous friend. He says he sometimes talks back “a very little” to show he has not gone to sleep, illustrating domestic humor and social banter.
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Mr. Meekton
Washington Star
The Daily Journal Adverts 10 Cents Weekly Delivery
The Daily Journal announces citywide delivery for ten cents per week.
Round. A New York Central freight agent taunts Crane
In a San Francisco Chronicle excerpt an office joke unfolds about John A. GM, a freight agent, and Carleton Crane. A stranger asks if Crane is present and the clerk evasively notes Crane is “round everywhere.” A guess places Crane’s height at sixty to seventy inches as the exchange continues.
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John A. GM
New York Central
Carleton ¢. Crane
Decoto
Gill
Bautis Carleton Co
Kel
Gil
San Francisco Chronicle
Odd Souvenir Ring For Phelps Stokes And Rose Tastor
A prominent Fifth Avenue jeweler will craft a gold wedding ring for J G Phelps Stokes and Rose Tastor. The simple band will feature a pair of clasped hands modeled from the couple’s own right hands. The design follows their plaster hand cast and bronze paperweight souvenir.
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Fifth Avenue
J. G. Phelps Stokes
Rose Tastor
Phelps Stokes
Stokes
New York Press
Rain and Church Attendance Quip by Bishop Olmsted
At a Denver dinner Bishop Sanford Olmsted humorously noted weather affects church attendance. He recalled a conversation with an eastern clergyman who said there are few vacant seats when it is too wet for golf or motoring.
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Sanford Olmsted
Colorado
Denver
Name Change Prank Echoes in London Mall
A fragment from a London Mall piece shows a man greeting another with a joke about names. The exchange reveals one character fearing being called Pepper as the other insists his name has also altered. The tone is brisk and humorous.
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Pepper
London Mall
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