The Drunken Man That Butler Scared Sober
E J Edwards recounts Theo dore B Thorpe a New Orleans customs house editor and humorist who tells how General Butler confronted a drunken subordinate at the St Charles hotel and forgave him after the man apologized promising to return to work with a sobering reflection on restraint and duty.
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New York Customs House
Theodore B. Thorpe
Richard Grant White
Richard H. Stoddard
Parke Godwin
Fitzhugh Ludlow
Fitzgreen Hallock
Custom House
Marco Bazarris
Benjamin F. Butler
Butler
New Orleans
Mr. Thorpe
Customs House
New York City
St. Charles
General Butler
E. J. Edwards
Why Japanese Babies Are Good For Comfort In Dress
A vivid critique of American baby clothes versus traditional Japanese dress. It contrasts tight American garments with looser kimono inspired outfits, describing easier dressing, gentler handling, and calmer, happier infants as a contrast to Western didactic parenting.
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Adachi Kinnosuke
The Wothy Beaver a Professor Afraid to Kill
From Batley's Magazine a tale recounts a beaver dam near eastern Canada seen with a Columbia College professor. The 50 foot long, six foot high structure raised water level about five feet, revealing rough but notable engineering. The professor, moved, remarks he would fear to kill a creature that knew so much.
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Batley's Magazine
Columbia College
Canada
Glass Bricks Gain Favor in France for Hygiene
Harper's Weekly notes glass bricks are being used in France as they stay hygienic and resist dust. The bricks do not crumble like earth bricks and avoid the noxious ambient particles found in traditional bricks.
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Harper's Weekly
France
Glass bricks touted as durable modern building material
Refuse glass and old window panes are melted and cast into molds to form glass bricks with a smooth surface. They resist chemical exposure, admit light, and are replacing traditional bricks in walls, floors, and bathrooms. Cities in Germany France and Italy showcase their use in public buildings markets hospitals and schools.
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Grenoble
France
Germany
Hamburg
Berlin
Dresden
Saxony
Milan
Rooma Ain
One on the Doctor from the Cleveland Plain Dealer
Dr C E Battles was woken at 1 am by a prank call asking him to check if street lights on his corner were burning. He confirmed the lights were fine and the caller urged him to blow them out. The next day a technician repaired the line.
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the Doctor
The
Cleveland Plain Dealer
C. E. Battles
Over the Hills and Far Away Poem Excerpt by W E Henley
A fragmentary poem excerpt contrasts forlorn seas and distant meadows with city life, calling readers to escape to wilds beyond the familiar. It includes misrendered lines and a stray note about novels ending with marriage.
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W. E. Henley
The Sheriff in Western town joke page fragment
A spoof dialogue from The Jester's Note Book features a Sheriff in a Western town and a highwayman moment. It parodies editor jokes about freezes to death and a mock dialogue about sovereigns, malaria, and aging. The text contains fragmented humor and playful exchanges with quirky lines.
Yankee gold that decided an English election
A long syndicated reminiscence recounts how American funds financed a British by election in 1862. It cites Henry Sanford steering a $60,000 deposit to back a northern ally in Parliament, securing a seat and shaping wartime diplomacy. The piece blends history with sensational claims about Lincoln era finance and covert foreign influence.
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E. J. Edwards
Charles Francis Adama
England
Adams
Newcastle
Frederick W. Seward
Lincoln
Johnson
Mr. Seward
John Bright
Richard Cobden
Goldwin Smith
Fremont
Oxford
London
Algo
Henry 8. Sanford
Sanford
Florida
St. John's River
Belgium
Italy
Garibaldi
Mr. Sanfonl
So-and-So
Union
Great Britain
Creatoritain
Nouth
House of Commons
Fragmentary Travel Exchange with Vague Scenic Whispers
A fragmented dialogue depicts two tourists recalling a mountaintop scene. One mentions blue eyes, blonde hair, and a gray dress seen from the vantage point, while the other responds absently, mentioning beauty and scenery without clear context.
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Eatees
The Mysterious Mexican Jumping Bean Explained
The New York World describes the Yaqui jumping bean, its worm inside a seed, and how climate affects the creature. It highlights uses for insomnia, growing trade, and the beans dancing in warm rooms for months, with Yaqui beliefs about good and bad omens.
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New York
Yaqui
Mexico
United States
Irving
An Ownership Question From The New York Herald
A woman tests a moral puzzle about umbrella ownership after two strangers visit. If an umbrella left at her house is claimed by Miss A and later by Miss B, would replacing it with another person’s umbrella be fair. The dialogue explores common property and moral rights with juristic overtones.
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The
New York Herald
Miss A
Miss B
Ua Ina
Priest Conducts Services At Jewish Synagogue In Kansas City
Cyrus Townsend Brady, a graduate of ruival acad emy and Episcopal priest, serves at St George s Kansas City after Jews offered their synagogue for his parishioners. Brady calls the move a modern church comity and notes the unusual hospitality.
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Cyrus Townsend Brady
Ruival Academy
St. George's
Kansas City
Nat Dehudah
Brady
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Wime
Mrs. Henpeck
Thompson
Henpeck
Pen
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Madagascar
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Lara
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