The Cowboy and the Boxing Duel in the Alhambra
Jack Arnold, a college bred rider using a cowboy alias, defends an accused murder suspect in a western town. Traphagan accuses Arnold after a barroom assault and a corpse is found, but Arnold wins the boxing match and secures acquittal with help from a greaser girl who admits she lied to protect him. Edward Compton
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Alhambra Galoon
Traphoagan
Traphagan
Arnold
Ike Traphagan
Tie
Traphagnan
Dend Iman
Traphagari
Tye
Arpoldl
Sin
Edward Compton
Sunday excursion rates from Freeport to Decatur by Illinois Central
Sunday excursion fares announced by Illinois Central Railroad starting May 1 1907 and continuing each Sunday or until further notice. Round trip tickets from Freeport to Decatur available for a single fare with minimum 25 cents. Tickets sold Sundays only and valid for return the same day.
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Illinois Central R. R
Freeport
Decatur
The Circus as Father of Contemporary American Drama
The article argues that American drama evolved uniquely from the American circus. It traces roots to medieval and folk entertainments influencing modern forms like the local color and society plays, melodrama, and comic opera. The author claims American circus imagery shapes plot, character, and pacing more than any other national drama.
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Lfe
P.T. Barnum
Scribner’s
Ways of Scotch Justice in Early Times
A Dundee Advertiser item recaps Scots legal quirks from a Montrose bailie who fined accused and witnesses "half a croon" in a breach of the peace case and misheard legal terms. It notes a later case where a witness was said to be defunct, prompting the magistrate to order "Bring forward the de funct," which amused the court.
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Montrose Baille
Dundee Advertiser
Vamp Horn Used to Call Parishioners in Old Churches
An antiquary notes a six foot vamp horn valued at $40, once used to summon worshippers when bells were scarce. He explains poorer churches employed these horns, with the sexton summoning the congregation from the porch each Sunday. About two dozen such vamp horns remain in circulation, prized by antiquaries for their ecclesiastical link.
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Antiquary
Sexton
Averiage
A Worm That Chews Iron on German Rails
Engineers on the German railway at Elagan faced accidents at a consistent spot. Six months later the rail surface showed acidlike corrosion over about a hundred yards. A honeycombing worm two centimeters long was found, with head glands that secrete a corrosive fluid every ten minutes. When sprayed on iron it softens and rusts the metal, allowing the insect to feed. London Engineering.
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Elagan
Germany
London Engineering
Author of Fetters Unloosed named as Susan Brock
A New York club of publishers printers and authors discusses the novel Fetters Unloosed by Emery Periwinkle. Stanton organizes a supper pool to pick ten guests and the author. the winner is Miss Susan Brock, revealed as the book’s author with the publisher claiming the title fit the world’s view.
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New York
Emery Periwinkle
Stanton
Woman's Press Club
Staunton
Susan Brock
Aio
He Nover
Harold Otis
DeWitt's Kidney and Bladder Pills Advertised at Street Address
DeWitt's Kidney and Bladder Pills offer prompt relief for weak kidneys backache and urinary troubles. Sold by Wim F Jungkunz druggist at 5 Stephenson Street.
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Wim
F. Jungkunz
Stephenson Street
DeWitt’s Little Early Risers Pills Ad
DeWitt’s Little Early Risers famed pills advertised by Wm F Jungkunz druggist located at 55 Stephenson Street promoting their reputed quick relief and energizing effect for daily use.
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DeWitt
Stephenson Street
Robusta Dough Rollers Describe Pie Making Process
A Pacific Monthly excerpt details pumpkin pie production from rind removal and seed extraction to chopping, boiling in a large copper boiler, adding eggs milk sugar and spices, crust preparation, and baking in brick kiln like ovens. It praises the labor and physique of piemakers.
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Pacific Monthly
Peculiar Eyes In Spiders And Snails
A serialized note explains spider eye arrangement at the anterior end, noting two to three rows of eyes varying in size and the near sighted nature of spiders. It then compares snail eyes on the tips of two long feelers that retract when danger nears, rendering the creature temporarily blind.
Dangers of the Revenue Service praised by Gates
A Metropolitan Magazine passage by David A. Gates extols internal revenue officers for risking their lives in ambushes and moonshine conflicts while performing essential duties, noting their quiet dedication and the public’s failure to fully appreciate their service.
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Revenue Service
Internal Revenue Service
David A. Gates
Metropolitan Magazine
Messages on the Wire Tires Monday After Sunday Rest
A telegraph operator notes that wires transmit better on Mondays after a Sunday break. He likens wires to tired beings needing vacation and compares the improvement to razors cars locomotives and a newly tuned piano. The idea is that a Sunday rest lets communications flow more fully and quickly.
Opposed thumbs mark humans not monkeys in debate
A cheeky exchange notes that human hands differ from monkey paws by the thumb's opposing power enabling touch to all fingers. The quip appears amid a Pittsburg Dispatch piece and a Chicago News dialogue about marriage and poverty.
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Pittsburg
Does this powder really kill the cockroaches
A housekeeper asks if the powder kills cockroaches at the prowers while the seller denies. a quip about truth being the strongest argument from Sophocles.
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Sophocles
The Daily Journal Delivers Citywide Ne a Week
The Daily Journal announces delivery service to any part of the city every Ne a week, highlighting broad coverage for readers and households seeking regular newspaper access.
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the Daily Journal
Typographical slips and their blundering claims
A historic note on how tiny typographical errors caused major misstatements from a hospital opening to a theologian’s reputation. Examples include a death notice misread as a voyage, and a Bangor lecture misreported as theology being no science, triggering public fury before corrections. Also mentions millions of birds migrating to tundras.
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New York
Hudson River
Pond
Bangor
Time Tables East Bound and Connections notes
Railroad timetable excerpt listing eastbound departures and arrivals for multiple lines including Omaha, Dubuque, Ft. Dodge, Sioux City, and St Paul with notes on service types such as sleeper and coach cars. Connections at Rockford Belvidere Beloit and Madison. Westbound trains and freight with passenger service details and daily patterns.JOHN F. DALY, Agent. O., M. & ST. P. RR.
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Omaha Lim
St Paul Lim
Dubuque
Ft. Dodge
Sioux City
Omaha Express
Rockford
Beloit
Janesville
Milwaukee
Madison
Belvidere
Sycamore
DeKalb
Harvward
Spring Alley
Pacific Coast
Dubugee
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Waterloo
Marshaltown
Des Moines
Qmaha
Kansas City
Brewster Hous
Renee
R. Hulett
J. P. Elmer
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