Champion egg fighter to retire after years as town king
In Rush Maryland William Brady known as the Wee KinK holds an Easter Monday egg picking title. He selects hard shells by bite tests then colors eggs and parades in a patched Easter suit. He plans to retire next year as his teeth fail him and rivals continue to challenge the eye king title.
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Cumberland
Rush
Here
Thich
William Brady
Wee Kink
Brady
Bradyta
Emis
Errate
Hehtiy
Montpelier Restored Prince of Pre Revolutionary Homes
The article praises Montpelier James Madison's home now owned by William Du Pont. It highlights the restored 18th century style gardens and architecture far surpassing Mount Vernon and Monticello for colonial charm. The estate spans 1600 acres with lawns, gardens, and historic features including the Italian summer house and an old icehouse site.
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America
Madison
New York Press
Mount Vernon
Monticello
Montpelier
James Madison
William du Pont
du Ponts
Virginia
South
Orange County
du Pont
Montpellier
Waiting for a Bite and Old Brook Reflections
A reflective verse connects childhood fishing by a brook to aging and the passing years. The narrator recalls waiting for a bite, the brookbank memories, and the steady drift of life. The column closes with a note that New York Run Mexico plans to spend 5,876,000 gold to improve Topolobampo harbor.
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New York
Mexico
Topulobampo
Foolish Stamp Frauds That Lead to Prison Says Post Office Clerk
A post office clerk warns of stamp fraud by cheaters who cancel stamps by hand or damage them to imitate legitimate postage. They alter edges with pins or shears, reuse stamps, or overprint stamps to cover underpaid letters and misdirect mail. Some targets include newspapers or sensitive items, and conspirators even erase indelible ink to conceal stamps.
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Post Office
Chilren
Roeser
Caucasus
Harper's
Soupsa
Island Speculation Sparks Nevada Miner’s Tale in San Francisco
Frank Bonneau, a Nevada and Utah mining man, recalls owning a South Seas island sunlit with palm trees and hogs. A young Englishman, once considered a black sheep, received the island via family remittance, then sold it for cash after a failed mining scheme. The exchange includes a $1,000 loan, an Australian voyage, and odd notes about hogs and bow-legged hogs living on coconuts.
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San Francisco Chronicle
Selanda
South Seas
Frank Bonneau
Nevada
Utah
St. Francis
Cen Tt
Inland
Australia
Wilson
Atchison Globe Lighthearted Gossip Column Notes
A collection of humorous observations and social quips from Atchison, touching on manners, fashion, relationships, and daily life. Vivid snippets mention agents, artists models, wives and husbands, young and old, with playful jabs at behavior and vanity across local society.
Distinguished Diplomat A Man Of Great Culture
Portrait of M Cambon on display at Fine Art Society New Bond Street with depictions of empire Egypt India and South Africa. M Cambon born 1843 rose to premier posts including Madrid Constantinople and James Court. He holds honorary degrees from Oxford Cambridge Edinburgh and is G C V O 1903.
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M. Cambon
Fine Art Society
New Bond Stres Don
Egypt
India
South Africa
Quesne
Paris
Henri Cambon
Rome
John Cambon
Madrid
Constantinople
Cour James
Oxford
Cambridge
Edinburg
Corres
Academy
Government to Find Work for All in New U S Agency
Rene Bache reports in Technical World Magazine that a newly established Washington agency will act as a national employment service. The government plans to place native citizens and immigrants into jobs, easing urban crowding and reducing social tension while channeling labor to where it is needed.
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Washington
Rene Bache
Technical World Magazine
Sam
Bureau of Immigration
W Ton
Alaskan Sledge Dog's City Hall Visit Triggers Wager Tale
In Nome and New York lore a dog travels by land with a driver to deliver via mail route, a wager claiming a dog and driver could reach New York in two years. Mayor McClellan is visited as the tale unfolds with a eulogy and local reaction amid the long journey.
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New York
Bevon
City Hall Park
McClellan
H. A
Nome
Boaith Hi
Eulogt
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Atchison Globe
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Mantha
Atchison
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Tim
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