Deaf and dumb joke on art talk at the Academy
Jones meets a deaf mute and his companion in a sign language chat about pictures. a surprise twist ends with Jones declaring he will kill Dummy next time. Also notes on rheumatism cures, Edison quotes, and a Chicago excursion fare of 14.76 with ticket office details.
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Jones
Academy of Design
Newmade
George
Jove
Dummy
Ernest P. Neville
Chicago
Northwestern
City
Security Bank
Fourth Street
HGC
Tobacco yields crown Kentucky as top leaf producer
The report notes Kentucky leads tobacco with 283,306,000 pounds produced last year while total U S output reached 565,795,000 pounds valued at 43,666,665 dollars. Europe produced about a similar amount.
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King of Tobacco
Kentucky
Europe
German Syrup story aids pneumonia recovery tale
An excerpt describes Albert Hartley of Hudson North Carolina recovering from pneumonia after using German Syrup. His brother had died from the illness and a local doctor could not rally him. A Texan pharmacist’s clerk, S B Gardiner, avoided pneumonia by taking German Syrup and Boschee’s remedy to lung disease.
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Albert Hartley
Hudson
N. C
S. B. Gardiner
J. E. Barr
Aurora
Texas
A Lucky Burglary and a Newspaper Dream
Edward Maxwell, on his seventeenth birthday in Chicago, seeks a newspaper career over a bank clerkship. After failed applications citing inexperience, he gains cautious encouragement from editors who counsel hard work. The Morning Chronicle promises work for a legitimate exclusive, if he proves his knack.
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Edward
Edward Maxwell
James Blaxwell
Maxwell, Gass & Co
Chicago
Academy of
Grahamstown
Maxwell
Ife
Bos
Morning Chronicle
Chronicle
Wdaward
Edward Captures Burglar and Wins Chronicle Fame
Edward defies danger to trap a burglar in his uncle's apartment and turns the capture into an exclusive Chronicle story. He delivers the thief to police, earns a staff position, and gains his uncle's praise and a newsroom triumph.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward
Atic
Idgard
Chen
Maxwell
Chronicle Stafl
Chronicle
Nadir Shah and the Koh i Noor Turban Exchange Tale
A historic anecdote of Nadir Shah a Persian conqueror and his Indian campaign. He defeated the Tartar King of Delhi and to seal friendship exchanged turbans, hiding the Koh i Noor diamond within the ritual.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nadir Shah
Rebber
Persia
India
Delhi
Koh-i-noor
Tie
Nadir
They Dig Their Own Graves Huanaco Behavior Reported
The article describes the huanaco in Patagonia that seeks its burial ground when dissolution nears and digs its own grave before dying. Darwin and FitzRoy are cited as noting this strange behavior.
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Tere
Santa Cruz
Galleyzos
Patagonia
Darwin
Fitzroy
Dynamite Jim Survives Bear Attack After Explosive Resolve
Jim Robinson known as Dynamite Jim loses his job on the Great Northern line and camps with dynamite. A cinnamon bear attacks, Robinson climbs a tree, the bear tears his blanket and detonates a stick of dynamite, injuring the bear fatally and leaving Robinson unconscious but unharmed.
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Cinnamon Bear
Great Northern Rinlroad
Montana
Jim Robinson
Jim
Cho'enu
Rohnson
Robinson
Lear
Hunters
Prayers, trains, and memory tales in old time humor
A humorous clipping blends funeral mishap over a deaf preacher praying forty minutes to an oncoming train. It also recounts cowboys with prodigious memory in a Texas Panhandle drive and Maverick branding ideas causing cattle to vanish. A Washington office riddle ends with a witty clerk.
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Pennsylvania
Pittsburg
Texas Panhandle
Indian Territory
Fancatio
Maverick
Austin
Lexas
Timaverick
Washington
John Sherman
Treasury
War Department
Sam
Mr. Sherman
Many in one small towns united have made Brooklyn
A historical look at Brooklyn’s growth from a collection of Dutch settlements to a unified city. The Heights Williamsburg Greenpoint Flatbush Bushwick East New York and South Brooklyn evolved before and after the great bridge. Population climbs from 566 089 in 1880 to about 910 000 by recent estimates.
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Brooklyn
Heights
New York
Lbreucklen
Lrouckelyn
Breuckelen
Brucklyn
Williamsburg
Flatbush
Bushwick
East New York
Jamaica
Boston
Scimitar Snake of Madagascar Spurs Curious Legends
A Malagasy scimitar snake bears a black horn along its back edged like a razor. It is non poisonous but can injure a man if it strikes. Some claim its presence explains island wildlife, while unrelated antiquated musings on animals and a quip about Samuel Rogers and John Leach close this odd feature.
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Madagascar
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Lostetter
Edison
Thomas A. Edison
France
Spain
Ital
S. Kk
Coburn
Mer
Clarice Scott
Egypt
Vornes
Klekapoo Indian Hodieine Co
Healy & Bigelow
New Haven
Gwer
A. J. Towlir
Mass
Dona
Mr. Maxwell
Lidward
Ledward
Northside
Ilo
Nadler Shah
Ana Orous
Wim
Sanuel Rogers
John Leach
Punes
Leech
Rogers
Burt
Hood
Patrick O’fannett
Washington, D
Riddew
Sonat
Thomas P Simpson
Washington, Palone O> Co
Noatty
aGuide
Prease
Hazeltine
Warren Pa
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