Missing Link Coming Darwin in Ringling Brothers’ Big Menagerie
The Ringling Brothers show arrives in town with Darwin the missing link figure living in a miniature house on wheels marked by its fireplace bay windows and electric lights. The ensemble promises unprecedented acts and records in animal life with five circus kings presenting fifty features across a grand parade and spectacular opening.
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Darwin
Ringling Brothers
Greeley
Ringling Brothers’ Circus
Rhode Island
Hingling Brothers
New York
Two Rival Helpers in New Orleans Household
In New Orleans Mrs. 8’s household, longtime cook Martha and maid Eliza clash despite shared service to their mistress. At a revival, Eliza attends and Martha balks while Eliza sprints to the mourners bench, shouts Glory, and physically unsettles Martha, claiming she will vex her foe.
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Mra. 8
New Orleans
Martha
Eliza
Liza
Mary
Myron Liza
Miss Mary
New York ‘Times
MONTAGNAIS INDIANS AND THEIR HUNTING LIFE
The Montaignais Indians of Canada live as hunters in the bush through fall winter and spring. In June they trade at Hudson Bay Company posts then rest at the post until mid August before resuming winter hunts. Several subbands are named for lakes and rivers with settlements on Lake St. John and nearby regions.
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Canada
Hudson Bay Company
Lake Mistassini
Mistassini
Ashuapmonchouan River
Nekonba River
Lake St. John
Pikonagami
Pointe Blene
Gulf of St. Lawrence
Western brides and Abyssinian skin transformation ritual
The Cape Colony Argus reports on Abyssinian brides undergoing a three month confinement to alter skin color. Covered in wool with only the head exposed, they burn green fragrant branches to remove the old skin. Fumes replace it with a new soft, clear skin while elders feed the bride nutritive meat balls.
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Cafe Au Fait
Cape Colony
Untold perils of acting spill into joke on ostrich eggs
A famous actor muses on the dangers in his field and recalls a touring anecdote from Wishaw Brown in South Africa. The tale ends with a cousin recounting how Wisham was killed by ostrich eggs at Cape Town, a dark punchline about unkind fate.
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Wishaw Brown
South Africa
Wisham
Wish
Cape ‘Town
Bank Cashier Shortage Quip Cites Headlines
A quip from the Spokane Spokesman-Review jokes that cashiers are "short" as a boy asks how big he must grow to work in a bank. The Philadelphia Inquirer notes a fashionable suitor offering himself for a birthday gift, met with a terse refusal for useful presents.
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Spokane Spokesman-Review
Undefined Historical Phrase Reflecting Power and Feeling
Fragmentary text discusses how strong emotion enhances power and enlarges capacity for action, mentioning the words Vigoria and merkon in a philosophic tone. No clear event or identifiable entities are present.
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Merkon
Landlord's Mistake In English Inn Turbot Incident
A traveling American in a town inn suspects his turbot is not fresh. The innkeeper blames a cold and explains the house serves fish to guests who appear ill or sniffly. He asserts customers with head colds cannot smell and thus eat the fish quickly, prompting the wary traveler to protest.
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England
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Long Delayed Proposal From a Yellow Rose Note
A shy French subaltern sends a bouquet of yellow roses and a note asking a love to wear one rose at the ball. She refuses, he becomes a lame General, and years later rekindles the question. The widow reveals a shriveled bouquet and finally accepts the proposal.
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London Telegraph
Widow suicides and royal loyalty in old society lore
A Wide World Magazine writer notes widow suicide as a valued act in parts of China where law and public opinion tolerate it. An anecdote about King Edward VII recalls loyalty among friends in a London billiard room as a guest offers a cigar, and the prince replies with urbane humor about host's dinner.
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China
Wide World Magazine
Celestial Empire
Edward VII
London
Prince of Wries
White Elephant Party Gift Exchange Idea
A National Mood Magazine item describes a White Elephant party where guests bring wrapped items they dislike. At four signals, each guest trades for another's item, then privately unwraps and decides to keep or rewrap and continue trading until satisfied, creating playful confusion.
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National Mood Magazine
Generous Jack-She at odds with remarks
A quoted exchange from the Somerville Journal shows Jack-She labeled generous to a fault. The speaker remarks on his own faults and the reply expresses hope for restraint in future contact.
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Jack
Somerville Journal
Time For a Touch
A clipped fragment from a page shows dialogue about borrowing money and concern over an uncle's health. The quoted lines reference a loan request of $164 and a family dispute involving Meygen dorfer Blatter.
Ridicule Talent Highlighted in Ungenerous Tempers Ad
The fragment notes a view on ridicule as a talent and backs it with a curt remark about ungenerous temperments, identified in an advertisement fragment.
Cab wit flourishes beyond France, globe notes
The Atchison Globe quotes a French saying about cab wit a clever thought after leaving a party. The piece observes that much cab wit exists outside France.
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France
Atchison Globe
How to Prepare Tender Roiled Chicken Slices
A brief culinary note from the Boston Post describes roiling two chickens until tender, deboning, mincing the meat, seasoning with salt and pepper, mixing with batter, adding enough liquid to moisten, shaping in a mold, chilling, turning out, and slicing.
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Boston Post
Seeing the Scenery in the Swiss trip amid busy camera work
A traveler laments that his wife missed the Swiss scenery while she was kept busy adjusting her camera, highlighting a gadget focused scene at the Pinta Center.
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Millard County
Utah
Burtner Irrigated Lands Co
Salt Lake City
Greeley and
Elizabeth Ehler
8Th Ave
Greeley, Colo
Rissler
Oyster House
A. Ll Clark
Fifth St
Keeley, Colo
Scott Cycle Co. Bicycles
Excelsior ‘Auto Cycle
W. W. Vandapool & Son Employment Office Real Estate, Loans
Eighth Avenue
Greeleys
Daily Tribune
N. C. Mee
Greeley Tribune Publishing Company Co
H. Wolfe
Seventh St
Greeley, Colorado
Colorado
Nelson Reynolds
Greeley National Bank
the Park
Mdse. Co
Montagnais
Mildred
Philadeiphia Inquirer
Tommy
Laoree
PTL
ASTI
Scott Bros
Oth Ave
Park Wall Paper and Paints
Apenic
Acrobay
Strarce
O.omoes
Jan Ringe
Schuman
I. M. Eby
Beati
UT 5
Sacral Ashenre
Sixteenth Avenue
J. K. Elmer
Try & Tribume
Rewire
Evela
Siniss
Eldora
Switzerland
Colorado & Southern
Hidora
Greeley Band
Tribune
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