A Bah! The Panamanian Canal and a Bohemian Muse
A collage of clippings notes a foreign musician seeks favor at a village inn, a boast about cement shipments via Panama Canal routes, a wandering traveler’s tale of a stubborn coach and an engineer, and brief items on temperance, dynamite, cancer, gypsy moths, poor relief, tuberculosis, and education reforms. The jumble mashes history, travel, science, and social issues into a single page snapshot.
Dyspeptic Editorial Writer Faces Fate Over Sandwiches
A nervous dyspeptic editorial writer taunts a black hackman over a colossal sandwich. He predicts the man will die within thirty minutes after the other eats, then arranges a grotesque repeat meal and contemplates a future piece on how chronic dyspepsia should be treated, with a bird gun or chic formed.
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Star
Wes
Hackman
Dea
Inventor credits prayer for ribbon measuring tape idea
A Chicago inventor says inspiration came through prayer and long work. His device adds a measuring scale on both edges of a ribbon tape, woven with slits every quarter yard to keep lengths accurate and prevent damage during winding. A firm will manufacture the tape measuring machines.
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Chicago
Ev: Post
Standen Durin Ears
Standen
Eugene Bivert
Ice Palace Fate Sparks Canadian Immigration Debate
A New York critic argues the Montreal ice palace misled foreigners, creating a false image of Canada as snowy and bleak. The piece notes postcards and photos abroad exaggerated the spectacle, hurting immigration and prompting calls to end the ice palace tradition.
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New York
Montreal
Canada
Greenland
Labrador
Poole
France
Germany
Fce
Preparation of pate de foie gras and Toulouse geese
An extended description of Toulouse geese fattening for foie gras. It covers goose breeds, census figures, fattening methods using corn feed, occasional additives, butchers’ practices, liver sizes from three to five pounds, and the dish’s prestige in Paris markets.
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Washington Star
Paris
York
Prague
Phcaesaes
Ilkue
Toulouse
France
Este
Haute- Garonne
Auvergne
Pyrenees
Carasconne
Mont-de-Marsen
Girard
Veterinary School of Toulouse
Rere Amnas
Childs
Puria
Paria
Aelle
Polsons
Toulouse O
James Bird
Toulous Goost
Nera
Pensanta
Crom Bmietz
Fnn
Mutrin
Porte’ Maillot
Rosetta’s Jealous Pursuit of Carlo in Rome Studio Clash
Rosetta, driven by jealousy, disguises herself to spy on Carlo Reinsdorf in Rome. She confronts Assunta, enraged when she discovers Carlo’s supposed faithlessness, leading to a chaotic scene in the studio with blows and a drawn knife.
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Rome
Atair
Corso
Carlo
Fontane
Erdginia
Rosetta
Francesco
Ercinia
Karl Reinsdorf
Sor Francesco
Assunta
Carlo Dd
Little One
Inglesa
Carina Mia
Fontana
Mia
Cass Arigno
Hosetta
Eyen
Asmanita
Sho
Atsunt
Carlos
Avonita
Carle
Anethe
Hosetia
Iinia
Airone
Relnadorf
Hoseta
Etilento
Mexican landowners and the wealth of Chihuahua estates
The piece describes huge Mexican fortunes led by Benoy Tarrassas and the Corralitos company. It notes Tarrassas owning vast cattle ranges and mineral holdings, with 900,000 cattle and 1,000,000 inhabitants in Chihuahua. It highlights his palatial homes, a $700,000 official residence, and a rival town opera house built at $560,000, reflecting wealth and social contrasts with the region.
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Leas
D. Morgan
Mina
San Pedro
Corralitos Company
Benoy Tarrassas
New England
Tarraszan
Chihuahua
Wald
Eald
Senor
Kin Plater
Senor Tarrassun
America
Mexico
Mexico City
No Stomach to Spare at Roosevelt Hospital Clinic
A patient fearful of surgery sought relief for indigestion by kneading the stomach, a doctor noting that patients fear doctors and knives. The patient later returned boasting of his stomach kneading, saying he would not allow the doctor to cut.
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New York
Roosevelt Hospital
Rane
Dom
Apel
Oliver
One More Boot From Marpers Weekly
Chief Justice Puller, visiting a southern gentleman, samples mint julep served by a servant named Joan. Judge Muller arrives as Joan presents a tray, Hig cool jug, mint, and crushed ice. The judge sips carefully, jokes about the drink, and signals another serving.
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Marper's
Puller
Joan
Muller
Fragmented remark on gendered reasoning in early text
A garbled excerpt discusses perceived gender differences in reason and judgment. It contrasts men and women views with incomplete phrases about husbands and other women, reflecting conflicted or biased statements in the source.
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