Mars Canals and Life on Our Neighbor Earth
The London Telegraph reports on Mars observation by Perrotin and Faye and discusses canals, polar ice caps, and the idea of Martian life. It humorously questions human biases about life, gravity, and atmosphere, noting Mars’ rotation and the planet’s possible ease of aerial travel and lighter weight.
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M. Berthelot
M. de Lesseps
Dir Ector
Mars
M. Perrotin
Thames
Earth
Moon
India
Red Planet
London Telegraph
A Point Against Cremation
A Criminal Lawyer argues cremation hinders murder investigations and post mortem proof. He cites the Maxwell case where exhumation could have disproved a defendant's disease rationale. The piece notes the dangers of cremation for uncovering crime and dissenting commentary from the Globe-Democrat.
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Maxwell
Preller
Globe-Democrat
Bless the farmer boy and others in the wild world
A blend of lyrical reflections and notes on nature and peoples. The piece celebrates the farmer boy with wood lore and woodland scenes, then shifts to observations on Wild West show horses and a reminiscence by Miss Louisa May Alcott. It ends with a note on parasitic fungi harming plants and the spread of decay in produce.
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Wild West
Nate Saulsbury
New York World
A. B. Seymour
Butter Quality Provokes Quip Across Street
An elderly customer argues that flies won’t eat poor butter and moves to the shop across the street. The grocer replies that their butter has no flies on it, prompting the exchange reported by the New York Sun.
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New York Sun
Watercolor Found Beneath Ruins of Burned Church
Workmen uncover a watercolor of the original church structure amid ruins in Wrenyn. Mrs Knomach believes the painting survived the flames due to being water colored. The Herald notes such explanations appear plausible and worth consideration.
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Wrenyn
Child asks mother if she cried at vaccination scar
A young girl asks her mother if she cried during vaccination, pointing to her scar and calling it a sacrifice. The mother reacts with surprise as the girl mirrors the idea of being sacrificed. The anecdote, attributed to Young Mrs Partington, appears in the New York Tribune.
Irreverent Heir Dances At Ball Retorts To Authority
A report notes the queen's grandson George known as Collars and Cuffs dancing at a ball with a pretty partner. When summoned by another, he retorted he would dance with whom he pleased and not with Grandmother's rule. The item is styled as a humorous note from the Chicago Herald.
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England
George
Chicago Herald
Change of Fashion in Social Clubs and courting
A column-curated remark recalls old social trends. The speaker notes that mothers and daughters faced changing norms about clubs and dating. A young man’s lack of clubs is contrasted with memories of kissing games in earlier times.
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Omaha
What a Difference
The speaker recalls a line about graduation and parental pressure. A remark contrasts temperature with a one degree change, noting a difference in outcome. The dialogue centers on Jack Loafer and a brother as a humorous, hazy Harvard Lampoon moment.
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Jack
Jack Loafer
Bobby
Harvard Lampoon
Left angle puzzle on a blackboard in New York
An uptown lady teacher traced lines on a blackboard showing a right angle and then reversed the figure. She asked what the new angle was and a student answered a left angle. The quip appeared in New York.
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New York Herald
Alaska Indian’s Ninety Nine Year Murder Sentence Question
A San Francisco Call item notes an Alaska Native condemned to ninety nine years in prison for murder asking whether the government will keep him alive to serve the full term. The other snippets mention urban child upbringing, rail bridges stretching from New York to Liverpool, and a Zanzibar sultan’s daughter describing harem life.
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San Francisco
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Boston
Kennebec Journal
Eli Wheeler Wilcox
New York Mercury
Miss Alcott
Louisa M. Alcott
Goethe
Emerson
Bettina
Harper’s
Colorado
Tgkr
Tiger Hollingsworth
Strel Hower
J. Max. Clark
Lord & Stewart
Oregon
New England Live Stock Company
Lord&stewart
Deering
New York
Liverpool
Zanzibar
Deering All Steed
Binder Twine
The
Greeley Tribune
Weld County
Cele
Tribune
Oui Job Department
Carver & Dunning
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