Kidnapping Plot Exposed by Kansas City Stoolpiper Police
A grand jury reveals an ingenious scheme to abduct wealthy children for ransom in Kansas City. Henry C Wilson, stable keeper, and an accomplice planned to seize two boys, hold them for payment, and improvise further captures until funds were paid. Police stopped the operation before the first victim was taken.
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Farm and Fireside Notes on Ducks and Education
The article discusses farm life benefits for education, quotes Edward Eggleston, and extols duck culture with breeds Pekin Aylesbury Rouen Cayuga. It reviews feather quality, egg production, and market viability, plus practical kitchen gear and remedies for common ailments like lockjaw hoarseness.
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Financial Failures Among Clergy Highlight Wealth Gap
A historical critique notes most Methodist and Baptist ministers earn little, with wealthier Anglican leaders and a few bishops, especially in the North and South, while some clerics amass fortunes through careful management and philanthropy. The piece also weaves in satirical anecdotes and brief city mentions.
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How to Build a Silage Silo for Herds
A Hoard's Dairyman note argues a cow needs about a cubic foot of silage daily, totaling thirty cubic feet monthly and 210 cubic feet for seven months. It urges measurers of cord wood to plan a silo at least sixteen feet deep, with deeper preferred, to fit the herd's feed needs.
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Capture of a Devil Fish Off English Harbor
The sketch recounts a giant devil fish, a Manta species, fouling a buoy rope at anchor. A midshipman harpooned and towed the creature aboard, revealing a 16 ft 4 in wingspan and a 3 ft wide mouth. Small fish clung to its nostril cavities as passengers, while the creature’s diet remains unclear before it was discarded overboard.
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London News
Illustrations and Stamps in Education and Collecting
A discussion on authentic historical illustrations in school books and the impact on learners, plus notes on forged foreign postage stamps and how collectors verify stamps by engraving, paper, cancellations, and gum. Included is a comic vignette about Sunday newspapers.
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Washington Star
Tailor's Credit Clash with Big Stores Sparks Trade Backlash
A Brooklyn tailor laments fierce competition from large and cheap shops that slash prices, demand cash, and pressure small shops. He explains the unwritten credit system favors big houses, driving better tailors out amid inferior fashion trade. The piece contrasts rising rents, skilled-labor costs, and transient clientele with a shrinking market for quality bespoke work.
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Brooklyn Eagle
Young Philadelphia sports feud ends in apology
A young sportsman mocked a referee after a local beat race and planned to confront him the next day. He received a letter demanding an immediate apology or satisfaction, and chose discretion over valor. An apology letter was promptly sent, revealing the whole thing was a staged outside prank.
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Huelan
Philadeley
Ing
Philadelphia Times
Retired Physician’s Quirky Portico Inscription
A distinguished physician recently retired from practice built a small portico with a simple inscription that reads who would have thought itt Melyas god cucumbers bought it. The odd wording reflects a whimsical, perhaps erroneous, note left by the owner in this French influenced scene.
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The Old Man Narrates a Wild Boat Ride Tale
An elderly man on a Staten Island ferry recalls a comic near disaster with a tame mare and a flying tin pail. He describes the ride as the horse sprinting down the street like a lightning express until the bucket breaks loose, then easing to a calm trot.
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Claude Melnotte
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Gov'nor's Island
N. Y. Sun
The Younger Dumas: A Portrait of M Dumas the Playwright
The article paints M Dumas as a robust sixty six year old French dramatist known for wealth and prolific plays. It notes his method a preplanned plot with twenty sheets per act his dialogue rapid but followed by rigorous critique and his view of play writing as both science and art. It highlights his orderly temperament and lifelong study shaping his craft.
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Philosopher Asks How Chick Emerges From Shell
The text describes a television philosopher observing a chick breaking from its shell and wondering how it progresses. Master Bobby's father owns a hatching machine, and the observer asks how the chick initially gets to work to break out.
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Father and son clash in rebuke over fault
Indignant parent scolds a disobedient son with the line Remember who you are talking to, sir, I'm your father. The son retorts Oh, come now, I hope you ain't going to blame me for that. Troy Times notes the humorous exchange.
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A Birthday Present From a Quiet Remark
A boy taunts a younger child over his nose shape, the youngster retorts I can buy it myself it was a t New York Evening World.
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