Bear Outcry Turns Profit as Perrine Builds Pen
Medicine Hat residents cried with laughter and charity as Bill Perrine, dubbed Bogus Bill, raised funds to free a bear by promising profits from its release. He bought a lunch room, built a bear pen, and collected 2.50 per train to set the bear free, a scheme that grew into a local sensation and a lasting memory in Medicine Hat. The tale closes with a legend of two Native lovers, Kahla and Mahzoo, from Michigan, recounted in reflection.
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Medicine Hat
Northwest Territory
Bill Perrine
Canada
Bill
Bill F Perrine
Canaan Pacific Railway
Perrine
Canadian Pacific Railroad
the Society For the Prevention of Cruelty
Brain
Yin
Nan Kemp
Bin
Michigan
Kabla
Mahzoo
Origin of Kalamazoo Named by Romance and Rivals
The piece discusses how Kalamazoo and Kalwanizoo became symbols of American absurdity to foreigners. It notes that the name, tied to Oshkosh and a few others, is often used to mock vernacular English, yet the romantic origin reframes ridicule when its history is considered.
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Kalwanizoo
Michigan
Tke Oshkosh
United States
Miss Sawyer
Misa Taylor
Sawyer
Taylor
Quiet Stranger Forces Bluff and Gambit on Military Strategy
A quiet stranger listens to bulletin-board strategists and then proposes an elaborate alternate invasion plan. He details landing at Tajababo and sweeping through a chain of locations to trap the foe, while the strategists quietly assent before he departs.
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Miles
Shafter
Balquiri
Tajalabo
Tajababo
Demajayabo
Berraco
Prudencia
Mogote
Quentugul
Juragua
Juraguasito
Firmeza
St Ana
Altares
Iito Justicia
Punta Julia
Gran Mesa
Busa Permiugado
San Juan
San Pablo
San Pedro
Santiago
Rosa Moling
Soldad
Hongolosango
Man Bonds on Charge of Being a Common Scold
In a Philadelphia Record note from Pronto and Master streets a man named Hartmann faced magistrate O'Brien on a common scold charge. Neighbors testified Hartmann nagged residents, even turned hose on them, threatening fines unless bail of $400 was posted for release to avoid a wagon ride.
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Pronto
Hartmann
Martusann
Philadelphia
Foolish Advice Gives a Hint of Wealth
A New York Sun reflection asserts that men may gain riches from others' advice while failing to profit themselves. The quote notes irony in sense versus strength and cites examples of those who prosper from hints while staying poor.
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Mr. Bifferly
New York Sun
Wit and Rumor and Witticisms From Comic Papers
A collage of humorous quips and cartoons quotes from various newspapers. Jests touch on rain and umbrellas, haunted castles and ghostly windows, miserliness, raises, indolent clerks, and social mismatches with playful regional voices and dated cultural references.
Army Shoes and Navy Nicknames from War Footwear
A New York Sun excerpt recalls soldiers in past wars calling their boots gunboats and madscows. The author notes a present war with Spain prompts a young recruit to name issued shoes Indians and Oregon, reflecting a habit of naval style labels for army footwear.
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United States
Spain
Oregon
Army
Navy
New York Sun
Soldiers' Schemes for Luxuries in Army Odd Tale
In a humorous army anecdote soldiers share corned beef and mustard from a surgeon’s sick call. One man claims a lame back needs mustard as a cure, prompting laughter and a twist of fate as the joke reveals the source. Missouri is noted for its lead ore.
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Philadelphia Press
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Kalamazoo
Comic Papers
Princeton Tiger
Squills
Cleveland Leader
Detroit Free Press
Mrs. Redzate
Mr. Redgate
Mapleton
Chicago
New York Weekly
Charley
Frank
Philo
Charly
Maine
Chicago Record
Chicago News
Indianapolis Journal
Eph
Hattie
Charlie
Ella
Chicago Daily News
Chicago Post
Army Shoes
Missouri
Bane Fremont
Fremont
Indaba
Juean Baty
Naw, d. Bauw
Bossa A Grnerel
D. N. Young’s
Pras
Jean Livt
John G. Yeagley
Emory G. Melendy
Odige
Bank of Fremont
Ind
D. H. Patchen
M.D
A.D. Caswell
Stephen A. Powers
Arrorney
Law
Notary Pontia
Gesedente Catates
Reeves’ Jewelry
Angole
Indiana
B. F. Wolfe
Desians Vyvvy
Copymiante &c
All New
Ni & Co
New York
Aueh
Washington
Fremont Eagle
Clncinnati
Kid Peak Bryan
Cincinnati & Jackson Mall
van Wort & Jackson Express
Jackson & Cincinnati Mail
Jackson & van Wert Express
Ceeseseeee
Jackson
Met
Cincinnati
van Wert
Bonday
W. Iason
Ae van Wert
OBIO
L. Air Line
Goma Baer
Fort Wayn Star
Mls
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