Charging Lion Inspires Close Rifle Shot Tale
An account describes a hunter steadying a aimed shot at a charging lion in open country. The narrator kneels and fires, hitting the beast in the chest and triggering a dramatic, near-fatal pursuit before the lion succumbs to the wound.
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Jay
Peers
Kangaroo Joe in Old Sailor Blues
A Philadelphia Bulletin tale recalls kangaroos raiding grain in New South Wales. A farmer traps a kangaroo named Joe who learns to eat from his hand and wears a sailor blues outfit. Joe’s dinner bell rouses the herd, which flees in moonlight, leaving a swath of wrecked roos and a buried mystery of a bone mound found miles away with a bell on top.
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Philadelphia Bulletin
Murrumbidgee
New South Wales Way
Jim
Geo
Joo
South Pole
England
All England
Shakleton
What Socialism Would Overthrow
Excerpt discusses socialism as a complete replacement of capitalism and the competitive system. It argues for abolition of private property and class domination, envisioning universal cooperation where every individual becomes a partner in production. The piece emphasizes collective ownership and equal rights in the new order.
Christ Came Questioning and the Soul’s Response
Fragmentary devotional passage explores Christ’s questioning of the soul and its allegiance. It references building a house of faith, the altar and cornerstone, and imagery of fire, hammer, and purification shaping belief and obedience. The text contrasts personal conversion with public ritual.
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Uoriet
Kogald i
Pehe
Chi
Marek Neutlius
Wilderness Battle Reflections by a Soldier and Sisters of Charity
A Civil War battlefield scene recalls the Second Day of the Battle of the Wilderness. A wounded youth of about 17 lies near massed troops as guns roar. Two dark-robed sisters tend him with bandages and a canteen, offering care amid chaos and death.
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Pear
Sisters of Charity
Boots of error spark a theater caper in Kursk hotel
Murkin the piano tuner, sickly and rheumatic, searches for boots that vanish after mixing them with Pawel Alexandrovitch’s. Semjen, the porter, misplaces gear as actors in the hotel play Bluebeard. Misidentifications lead to charges of slander and a staged chase through the theater.
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Bemjen
Porter
Semjen
Markin
Jegoritsch
Ree
Rey Grace
Hemjen
Pawel Alexandrovitch
Felda
Phere
Schewelain
Heinjen
Bilstanof
Alexandrovitch
Knave
General Schewelzin
Bluebeard
King Bobesch
Kursk
Mr. Bilstanoff
Buchtoliff
Kinie & Emeeeh
Hilstanoff
Puerta
Atlomen
You Tell the Aristocracy That Dis Wares Mend Abroad
A fragment from the Washington Star recalls a courtly exchange about manners and social status. A Philadelphia Press item mentions a golf beginner and a sarcastic caddy, highlighting miscommunication and humor in everyday encounters.
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Odione
Washington Star
Nadelphia Tress
Grandmother at 34 Thrice Married in Missouri
Laura B. Milice, 34, claimed youngest grandmother in Missouri, has twice divorced and remarried to Harry M. Lawson of Sedalia. The wedding occurred in Independence after divorces from Frank Milice and Millia. Her maiden name was Laura Moreland. Her daughters are 20 and 17. her grandchild is 8. She testified about loves and cooking in court.
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Kansas City Star
Laura B. Milice
Harry M. Lawson
Sedalia
Delmar
Millie
Mra. Lawson
Lawpe
Missoura
Millia
Mra
Lawson
Park
Criticism and the Irritated Artist in Public Debate
An opinion from the Washington Blay discusses criticism and accountability in arts circles. A Philadelphia Public Lady piece mocks selective virtue while a southern gathering recounts a Negro exhorter delivering a reeet and engaging a Baptist church audience about military service.
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Ranke
Elphia
Ohio
Clings&Giro
Southern
de Baptist Church
British Explorer Shackleton Tour of America Probed
A humorous profile by Herbert Corey mocks Ernest Henry Shackleton, praising and caricaturing his polar feats. It notes his near south pole reach, debts, knighthood, and English praise while comparing American explorers unfavorably.
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Herbert Corey
Edwin Wildman
Bome
Ernest Henry Shackleton
South Pole
Cecil
London
Orrid
Earth
Edward
Shackleton
Sir Hank
Lese
Shackletton
Antarctic
Ireland
Merchant Marine
Scott
Eleta
Bo Shackleford
Twain mocks Christian Science apple cure story
In a San Francisco Star speech Mark Twain recalled the Hannibal apple cure for drunkenness. He recounts a town drunkard boasting the remedy cured him eight times, illustrating skepticism toward the method.
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San Francisco
Mark Twain
Hannibal
Hank
Matener
Blacksmith of the Revolution honored at Newville monument
William Denning, a patriot and skilled ironworker, is celebrated in a Pennsylvania ceremony dated October 6, 1890. The address lauds his long life ending December 19, 1830, his role as a founder of the republic, and the need to honor labor, loyalty, and faith in nationhood.
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Pennsylvania
Newville
William Denning
St. George
France
Union
Army of Independence
God's Acre
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