Nimrod Gun and Red Drab Rabbit Hoax
A winter hunting club plots a rabbit hoax on a green recruit Wilbur. Big Jack Mullany funds a staged chase with a rabbit rigged in an orchard, a cash purse, and a depot rendezvous to fool the novice into a comic, costly fools’ errand for laughs.
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Tai
Gréém Hand
Big Jack
Laugutes
Sexe
Wilbur
Bing
Big Jack" Mullanphy
Jack
Serandi
Uae
Beagles
Carmody
Wibur
Rabbit Hunt Gone Wrong in Timber Yard Tale
An oral reminiscence recounts a rural rabbit hunt with Buck and Wilbur chasing a rabbit. The scene unfolds with loaded breech loaders, a kitchen hideout, and a comic misfire as Wilbur hesitates, waiting for someone to turn off the power before firing at a mechanical rabbit.
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Tne
Wilbur
Jack
Orright
Buck
Big Jack
Big Wilbur
Alma
With Speaker Cannon Through the Tropics
A passage from What He Wanted by Congressman J Hampton Moore recalls a voyage aboard the congressional junketeer. Landing at Colon was blocked by a Panama quarantine violation before the vessel was allowed to dock. A shore pilot signaled with wigwag while Speaker Cannon and Moore watched, prompting a quip about recognition from a supposed Panama congressman.
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J. Hampton Moore
Speaker Cannon
Tropics
Colon
Panama
Representative Moore
Force of Habit in Empty Barbershop Mystery
A lone country barber sits in his quiet shop after a tense exchange of questions about a murder trial and politics. He remains unresponsive as the moment turns into a riddle about restraint and fate, ending with the judge’s remark that he had been saving himself.
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Roosevelt
Bayrom
Jone Owes Money Cited Amid Melancholia Claim
A Detroit Free Press paraphrase alleges Jone struggles with payment, describing him as a victim of stuporous melancholia while expressing uncertainty about admitting fault. The remark frames payment as a delayed matter rather than a denial of debt.
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Detroit
Mee Press
The New Way in Petme Era Remains in Debate
Fragmentary OCR note suggests an upbeat claim about a new method or movement labeled The New Way. It references prominent figures and a Baltimore American context, though the text is garbled and unreadable in places, leaving the core idea unclear.
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Race
Baltimore
Evolution. Little drops of water, shu? sreimg afs te feud the Oregw grand
Fragmented text mentions water and Oregon with unclear phrasing. No coherent facts or names present. Unable to extract a definite event, date, or participants from the garbled OCR snippet.
Poet Joaquin Miller Dines Quietly at San Francisco Home
In a rare San Francisco visit the reclusive poet Joaquin Miller attended a formal dinner at a friend's house. His hostess noted the gown worn by a guest the night before and Miller listened quietly before remarking that he liked the dress enough. The account reflects a social moment from the era with Miller’s subdued presence.
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Joaquin Miller
San Francisco
Dean's Kidney Pills Credited In Cure Of Kidney Complaint
An elderly sufferer recounts long illness with kidney secretions colored and sediment, swelling limbs, and weakened sight. After using Dean's Kidney Pills, he reports strong improvement and regained health, with advertisement style claims from Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John
Armstrong
Dean
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. Y
The Well-Informed Demand for a Gentle Laxative
The California Fig Syrup Co markets Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna as a simple pleasant and efficient laxative loved by physicians for family use. The ad claims its pasty blend is wholesome beneficial and gentle yet prompt in action. It emphasizes genuine manufacture by the California Fig Syrup Co and warns against imitations sold by other druggists.
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California Wig Syrup Co
Tes California Fig Syrup Co
Guy Cen
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