Tom Sawyer Finds Fun In Whitewashing Fence
A reading of Mark Twain shows Tom Sawyer punished by Aunt Polly to whitewash the fence. He turns the task into a clever game, attracting peers who trade goods for a chance to work on the fence. By afternoon he amasses trinkets and wealth, learning a law of human action about desire and effort.
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Tom Sawyer
Mark Twain
Polly
Tom
Bex
Ben
Jim
Sid
Billy Fisher
Johnny Miller
Rich Belle Fourche valley praised for farming potential
The Black Hills paper argues Belle Fourche basin soils will grow small grains and vegetables without irrigation. It notes deep loam soil, abundant moisture, and drought resilience, urging new settlers to prepare by fencing and wintering stock as mining booms continue.
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Blick
Belle Fourche
Gallatin Valley
Missouri
Red River
Black Hills
Paper Car Wheels Exhibit From Hudson Mills
The American Paper Car Wheel Co of Hudson New York shows wheels with steel tires and thick paper discs made from pasted boards. Sections are pressed dried and formed into a disc then tire and hub fitted with 1 inch bolts. One wheel ran 312 900 miles on a Pullman without the tire turning. The display also features a vivid monochrome finish and an inside view of the wheel structure. The page also includes a modernized take on Tom Sawyer and a chaotic scene with a beetle and a poodle in a church, describing how the audience reacts to the antics and the boy’s amusement.
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American Paper Car Wheel Co
Hudson, N. Y
Elephants on Railroad Car Wreck Rescue
About eight miles from the city a bridge collapsed, throwing five cars of the third section into mud. Elephants, a camel and elk were aboard. keepers freed the smaller animals and freed the elephants with the car top removed. The elephants obeyed the keeper and marched on.
Remarkable Huntress at Exposition Display Captivates Visitors
A Boulder Colorado woman Mrs Maxwell is highlighted at the Kansas and Colorado State Building. She hunted for a decade, killing over 400 wild animals and preparing many mounts, with about 100 specimens saved. Her craft and family life are noted by Crotzer's Centennial.
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Kansas
Colorado
Maxwell
Boulder
Denver
Kansas and Colorado
The Queen's Tobacco Pipe at London Docks
The article describes a vast kiln near the London docks known as the queen's tobacco pipe where forfeited tobacco cigars and other goods are burned. It notes daily inflows of tobacco and other duty-unpaid perishables, including 900 Australian hams once left to rot until duties were removed.
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London
France
Bear Attack Chronicle From Reno Gazette
A Reno Gazette reprints a bear tale in which a man fights a large black bear. The hunter describes shooting at the animal and its tail being shot off, leading to a dramatic chase up a tree and further encounters as the bear advances.
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Blacky
Reno
Nev
The Bustle Critique in Fashion History
A Washington Chronicle reader laments latest bustle styles that deform and discomfort women. The letter mocks extreme designs, describing long and short bustles as awkward, harmful, and indecent, hoping for a future when women can dress comfortably and decently.
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Washington Chronicle
Aic
Man Rescued Declaration Plot Ends With Bell Toll
A well-dressed man attempted to enroll under M S Sullivan on the Declaration of Independence in Independence Hall. He was ejected, then rigged a lightning rod at the sheriff’s office, rang a new bell atop a steeple, and was arrested, jailed at Central Station. Sullivan, from New York, says he came for the Centennial.
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M. S. Sullivan
Independence Square
Sheriff' Office
Central Station
Sullivan
New York
Philadelphia Herald
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