Grain loading prank on a Spaniard captain and a brig
A Buffalo grain elevator superintendent recalls a joke where Captain Doncelo a Spaniard trying to load 15 000 bushels of wheat on a small brig is tricked into a rapid unloading. The crew uses the elevator spouts and power to flood the ship with grain, startling the captain who misreads the event as a miracle of efficiency. The tale blends nautical humor and a memory of a clever industrial joke.
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Doncelo
Buffalo
Baltimore
Cape Dorelo
Capt. Donedo
Doucelo
Pree
Teosay
The Most Trying Work Hour for Clerks
A veteran official notes that the 3 to 3:30 PM period is the most trying for department clerks. He explains mornings are spent preparing the day’s work, by 11 work is underway, and from 11 to 3 there is little relief amid occasional triflers who do little work at any time.
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Dandy
Seattle Post
Manners in the Sick Room A Doctor's Advice for Beginners
A famed New York physician explains how bedside manner boosts practice and income. He stresses returning to the patient’s main concern after each aside, and notes the need to keep attention on the illness to prevent perceived neglect. He warns that courting popularity with cheerful chatter can backfire without focus on the patient’s welfare.
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New York
Bill
Jae
Last Tasmanians skeleton added to Natural History Museum
The Natural History Museum displays a perfect skeleton of an aboriginal Tasmanian, one of only four known complete remains. The extinction ritual and the death dates of Mareh in March TS60 and Truganina in June 1876 are noted, with genuine busts of her and Lashand by Mr. Murray of Hobart Town.
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Natural
Tstory Museum
Mareh
Truganina
Lalla Rookh
Museum of
A Bicycle Ballt for Five
A bicycle with an extra wheel carries a box arrangement for five riders, including four children two of them twins. The five seat bicycle is seen nightly along North Broad and Diamond streets in uptown Philadelphia observes the Record.
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North Broad
Diamond
Philadelphia
Flora Temple Shoe Preserved From World Record Race
John R. Rome of New York presented Flora Temple's shoe to Matt Kimble's summer hotel near Honesdale Pennsylvania. The tiny dainty shoe, worn when Flora Temple beat her own world record in 1859, shows wear on the hoof side and gold trim worn, a cherished relic of turf history.
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John R. Rome
New York City
Matt Kimdle
Honesdale
Penn
Mr. Kindle
New York
Flora Temple
Rome
Kimble
Flora
Tacony
Flor Temple
Mystery Rider In Smooth Spider Car Draws Curious Glances
A stylish party travels in a "spider" car along Fourteenth Street with a handsome man driving, a pretty young woman beside him, and a brown-skinned footman behind. Onlookers speculate the rider is Melinkey from Lafayette Square, noting his horse handling and distinctive attire.
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McKinley
Fourteenth Street
Lafayette Suave
Melinkey
Nine Thousand Vivisection Cases in 1898 England Ireland
A parliamentary return reports 1898 vivisection totals: 9 151 experiments in England and Scotland on living animals under licenses. Seven thousand forty were inoculations or injections without anaesthesia. Of 1 511 remaining, 1 008 were without pain with full anaesthesia from start to death. Ireland records 603 experiments: 119 dogs, 1 rat, 15 mice, 1 guinea pig, 145 rabbits, 12 birds, said to be largely pain free or only moderately painful.
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England
Scotland
Ireland
London Mail
North Side Man Makes Him Eat His Words
A terse exchange from the Pittsburg Chronicle Telegraph notes Mr. Dukane retorting as Mr. Gaswell asks for clarification. The odd linguistic exchange highlights local humor from the North Side.
Iowa town saves funds by closing schools
By consolidating weak schools and transporting pupils to a central school the town records annual savings of 486 dollars per discontinued school, highlighting a cost cutting plan in Iowa.
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Iowa
Jestice
Rand-McNally
United States
Mexico
Ohio
Mississippi
Lake
Cary
American Railway Guide CO
Adama Street
Chicago
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Werner
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Stephen
Powers
Alphonson, Wood
Powers & Wood
Offina
Angola
Ind
Bank of Fremont
Susan Ball
Newr
G. Ball
Emory G. Melendy
Yotary Public and Insurance Agent
Fremont, Ind
John G. Yeagley
Notary Public
D. N. Young
Steger
West
Steger & CO
Meporienss
L. 8
M.S. R’y
AIR Line
Waterloo
H Hillsdale
Fort Wayne
Mili
Jackeon
BiNedale
J Fe
Wayne Ianch
Broadway
Washington, D
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