Wandering Bell Buoy Delights and Delivers Mystery Tale
Captain McCulloch of the British steamship Selby reports a drifting bell buoy off the Atlantic as a supposed death knell for a crewman. The bell, seen for days and eventually identified, moved across oceans, aiding hydrographic work while provoking fear and superstition among sailors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Selby
McCulloch
Nicolaieff
Russia
Samuel Marsteller
Bors
Marsteller
Nova Scotia
Cuba
Hydrographic Office
McCutloch
Teedk
Philadelphia
Philadelphia Times
Exercise for the Terrier on the Lower West Side
A street scene features a small fox terrier named Phonu chasing a rubber ball under his master’s guidance. The dog’s energetic evening routine ends with a comic display as the master retrieves the ball, illustrating a vivid, urban daily life vignette from New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lower West Side
Vic
Phonu Lie
Phen
New York
Mal and Express
The Dahlia's History and Its Blossoming Forms
A historical overview tracing the dahlia from its discovery by Baron Humboldt in Mexico to its introduction in Madrid and England, its loss and reintroduction, and the evolution from single ball forms to diverse colors and new varieties, highlighting cultivation trends and shifting tastes over the years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baron Humboldt
Mexico
Botanical Gardens
Madrid
Andrew Dahl
England
London
Change All Around.
Swinith remarks on a hopeful youth who wins a fortune after an unknown aunt dies. The man loves a city girl but faces rejection when he hides the inheritance. After the windfall becomes known, the girl reverses her decision and the man responds with a brief, cutting reply.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Swinith
Heo
Witney
Lidy
Detroit Free Press
City visitors joke over nationalities at Pittsburg poor farm
City Councils of Pittsburg tour the municipal poor farm with a German and an Irishman arguing over nationality while a patient in the asylum acts out a speech. The German quips about Irish and German jokes as the Irishman replies with a pun about brains and Drauts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Home Department
Cragy House
New York
The Poor Ones and Tommy-Paw Editors Starving
The line remarks that editors among The Poor Ones and Tommy-Paw are starving, noting the joke by the funny men and distinguishing owners of papers as the sole editors who starve.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tommy—Paw
Mr. Figg
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Lockamire & Bergman
Hall & Son
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Robert F. Rose School For
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Robert F. Rose
America
Chicago
Unity Building
DR. S. C. Wolfe
Angola
Fremont
Pratt's
Fremont Bacie
Wantel
Dewey
Murat Halatead
Domine Em Company
3Rd Floor
Canton Ridge
Philadelphia Inquirer
Sam
King of Reference
Werner
Encyclopedia Britannica
Encyclopaedia Britannica
Knauss & Dewey
Indiana
Fremont Eagle
Stepesn
Alphongo
Powers & Wood
Reever Jewelry Store
Ind
Bank of Fremont
Busan Ball
Newt
G. Ball
Emory G. Melendy
Yotary Public and Insurance Agent
Fremont, Ind
John G. Yeagley
Acialty
D. N. Young
Steger
Steger 11
West
Steger & CO
American Detective Association
Dare World
Jed Service
Gioe
Indianapolis A
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PONS
Coryariants &c
Munn
Scientific American
Newsdealera. Co
New
Aw York
Ich
Rand-McNally O@ila
United States
Dominion of Canadas
Ohio
Amlasiseippi
Lake
Anerican Railway Guide CO
Publiakere and Proprietors
Adams Street
D—L
Ne—Lea
Eve Central
Aan i ‘ tAul
Ari
Wayne Bra
Jackson
Hillsdale
Fremon
Lonnant Lake
Fort Wayne
Ole North
Throita
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