Wagering Lunatic Bets on a White House with Green Blinds
A thin man bets strangers that a woman and five children will ride past in a white house with green blinds. A sportier challenger, a police sting, and a jail stay follow before the ruse ends with a spoof house roll by street, yielding $275 to be shared among participants as bets collapse.
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White House
Nreman
Wayfarer
Bedlam
White
Tandollara
Innatie
Jui
Pye
Edit F, Baker
Indians and the Army Hear the Red Skins Heat Friends
Washington Post recounts veteran cattle raiser Montgomery of Miles City Montana describing long friendship bonds between young West Point officers and Native Americans during 1870s campaigns. He recalls an 1876 Cheyenne Sioux outbreak when a lieutenant and three privates passed near hidden Indians who chose not to shoot, recognizing the officer.
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Montgomery
Miles City
Mont
West Point
Montuta
Nebraska
Idaho
Guster
Linas
Montana
Indiana
Washington Post
The informal Danish King on Copenhagen streets
A London Chronicle correspondent notes King Christian of Denmark walks Copenhagen informally with no ceremony. An English resident recalls a stately white haired monarch approaching, greeting passersby warmly and receiving hats lifted in acknowledgment, making his royal progress appear ordinary.
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Copenhagen
London Chronicle
Christian
Empress Tsi An Showcases Vigor and Golden Accessories
The Chinese empress, noted for piercing eyes and long nails shielded by gold, wears jade pins in her hair and dinner is taken with gold chopsticks. She is vain of beauty, proud of her hair, fond of music, and, despite rumors, appears well preserved for her age.
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Tsi An
Rough on Mark Twain and Darwin book tale
Mark Twain recounted an anecdote about Charles Darwin who kept The Innocents Abroad untouched on his table, reading it nightly. Twain bought a copy of Livy’s biography to check for any reference to himself, but found no mention of his name, only a note about Darwin’s age related paralysis and solace in light reading.
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Mark Twain
Charles Darwin
Darwin
Iisa
Liv Wits
Durnin
Henry Ward Beecher
New York
Brooklyn
Wood Harmon & Co
United States
Onj
English Missionaries Face Marriage Rules Abroad
The venerable society of mission work in Hagland and abroad imposes new marriage conditions. Missionaries must not enter engagements without sanction, and marriage is delayed until climate suitability, language proficiency, and four years of service have been completed.
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Hagland
Venerable Society
8. P.G
Thas
Electric Bitters touted as cure for long term jaundice
A 12 year sufferer from yellow jaundice credits Electric Bitters with a full recovery. The ad promotes Electric Bitters for liver kidney trouble and general debility, listing distributors and a 50 cent price. Also notes reduced railway excursion fares to Pittsburgh and several local real estate and rental notices from Indiana PA, Smicksburg PA, and nearby areas.
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Jno
Cox
Wake
Arky
Daugherty. Bros
Indiana
Sickenberger & Co
Homer City
L. N. Park
Marion Center
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Pittsburg
Pontsylvania
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Monongahela
West Penn
Allegheny City
West Mahoning
Smicksburg
David Ennis & Son
A. M. Hammers
Indiana Normal
South Third Street
W. H. Bumbehy
Thave
J. D. Johnston
Blacklick
Mary A, Robinson
Grant, Postoffice, PA
Shaffer & Keller
Wright
Way
Cravenette Rain Coats
Edward Rowe
Indiana, Pa
THE
New York Life Insurance
G. M. Marshall
PENNA
Timothy
Ville
Frank Douglass
Farmers’ 'Phone
Penn Run
G. E. Frantz
Penn'a
Purssurs
Appleby & Peterson
Lockard
Indiana County
M. Lockard
Penn’a
Philadelphia Street
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