Burglar in My Room Ends With Surprise Encounter
A traveler recounts a tense night in Gravelton where he suspects a red headed thief on board a steamship journey. He awakens to eerie noises and assumes a break in, only to discover the intruder is a gentleman in the next room washing up, revealing a mistaken, comic close to a perilous night aboard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Talsy
Detroit
Prasenger
Indy
Koto
Deloek
Graveltan
Gravelton
Thia
Tam
Gen
Honan
Seven Cornish Brothers in Army Honored by Queen
Queen honors Mrs Keveth of Garrow Cornwall for seven sons serving in the army. Col Knox receives and conveys the royal message with a £10 gift and a framed print. The royal request to photograph the seven brothers together leads to a framed group photo sent to London Graphic.
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Kollorn
Col. Knox
Duke of Cornwall's West Infantry
Mra. Keyeth
Garrow
St. Bernard
Cornwall
Meresty
Jeter
Mra. Kevoth
Her
Mra. Keveth
Mia. Keveth
queen—London Graphic
To Dorothy. A Lovelorn Plea From An Elflike Heart
A poetic appeal to Dorothy pleading for love not friendship. The speaker laments scorn and being sent away as love resurfaces. He asks why friendship ends when love appears and endures the pain of longing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorothy
Kmet
Amile
Oh Nell Marries Unknown Groom in Tribal Gossip
Local chatter spreads about a marriage announcement involving Nell and a yet unnamed groom. The fragment hints at expectations of a good match within a family circle, reflecting social gossip from the period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nell
Aes
Temptation and Wonder in a Childs Night Scene
In a children's corner fragment Melite quotes a poem about vast worlds and divine design. The narrator gazes at his sleeping child and contemplates fear and awe as one small heart eclipses the boundless sky, revealing the heaven of love.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hixh
Finn
Nellie’s Temptation and a Sunday School Lesson
A city girl Nellie defies Sunday school to visit a friend with her pony. They snack and play until dusk, return home, and Nellie confesses to her mother. Nellie learns honesty matters and vows never to miss Sunday school again for worldly pleasures. The story closes with Nellie keeping her promise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nellie
Amy Alice Hooper
Little Sits
Susan Allen
Bo Nellie
Susie
Nello
The Mosquito Tool-Box Revealed in Curious Essay
A quirky piece describes the mosquito as a tool-box with about six instruments of torture including two delicate lances a double barbed spear a drill a powerful saw and a suction pump It explains the female mosquito’s role in feeding and outlines its life cycle noting many US varieties and the eye structure in water.
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United States
Curious creature Mika Mosquito's strange life cycle
The passage describes a creature named Mika Mosquito developing from a water dweller with an air tube for breathing, a tail that becomes a paddle for water movement, then a projected transformation into wings for flight. After a month of aquatic life, its metamorphosis reaches the aerial stage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Authature
Mika Mosquito
Misa Mosquito
God Hears You Turns Sinner Toward Salvation in City Depot
A man at a city depot curses while handling heavy baggage. A young girl’s plea God hears you shakes him, stirs fear, and prompts a sober, lifelong turning point as he contemplates salvation after a night of reflection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Journal
Messenger
Tant
Aittle Sri
God
Bint
A Lesson From Martha on Speaking Kindly
A colored girl recalls Martha saying her father taught to never speak ill of anyone. The remark sparks admiration for such gentle discipline and sparks thoughts that if more parents and children followed the rule the world would be happier. The Chris Ann Observer notes the sentiment.
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Alware Manat
Martha
Indy
Anid Mian
Misa Carrie
Weill
Marthay
Chris Ann
The Dangers of Divers and a Nursery Empress Tale
Divers face heat, exhaustion, and wreck entanglements below water while a tale from the Idler recounts the German emperor and the empress of the nursery. The emperor endorses canoeing for the young, but the empress vetoes danger for her children.
Great Game. Noah's Ark play in rain scene
A child named Jacky refuses to open the door in heavy rain arguing they are playing Noah's Ark. Jacky claims he is Noah and Katie is the runners, insisting she must be run the wet, as his mother urges entry. The dialogue captures a playful dispute.
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Jacky
Katie
Mamma
Noah
Harper'a
Population shifts in U S cities and historic growth
A fragmented snippet discusses urban population growth in the United States from 1800 to 1890, noting rises in city counts and inhabitants, with New York estimates and broader state patterns. It also includes an unrelated medical advertisement for a hearing product and a Hall's Catarrh remedy offer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Massachusetts
New York
George Washington
Scribner's
Facts From Natural History Mixed Species Notes
A fragmentary natural history item notes spider eyes located in the thorax, small cuckoo eggs, a 100 foot rorqual, a white crow with pink eyes near Dorhem North Carolina, a Madison Wisconsin black resident with eight live bullfrog specimens, crows with twenty seven distinct cries, and a claim that sharks have eyelids while whales do not.
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Teuenhouck
Dorhem
N. C
Madison
Wis
Revenge Basket: Georgia Youth Sends Snake Gift
A jilted Georgia youth seeks savage revenge by sending a snake hidden in a basket to his former sweetheart. The plan backfires when she asks what she did with the male inside, and he replies she decapitated it with his own hand. This lurid tale appears in a newspaper clipping from the Constitution.
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Georgia
Sue
Atita Constitution
One Vote on the Fenos from a State Man
A fragment from the Chicago Times-Herald reports National Committeeman Yerkes asking an elderly Black man in his state whom he would vote for during the campaign. The reply compares the political scene to hunting season and mentions a need for a new gun, expressing uncertainty about candidates.
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National
Yerkes
Chicago Times-Herald
Aittle Curious Notes on Coins and Creatures
A short collection notes odd facts about a 1810 United States dime selling for nine dollars, a Peruvian tree bearing commerce ivory, a Costa Rican farmer species laying 2000 eggs in three weeks, and M Vietor the French entomologist claiming a toad can live twenty eight months embedded in plaster of Paris.
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United States
Peru
M. Vietor
Plaster of Paris
Noisy Gift Sparks Tension Over Birthday Neckties
A Washington Star excerpt shows a wife defending a grotesque Asiatic idol she bought as her husband critiques her taste in art and fashion. He questions the item and she retorts about wearing the neckties he gave for her birthday, highlighting marital friction over gift choices.
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Ivor
Washington Star
Lake Baikal Described as World’s Deepest Lake
The excerpt notes Lake Baikal in Siberia as the deepest lake, larger than Lake Erie in area, with depths around 4,000 to 4,500 feet and an area of about 9,000 square miles. Its surface sits roughly 1,350 feet above sea level while the bottom lies near 9,900 feet below the surface, implying vast water volume comparable to Lake Superior.
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Dnopert Lake
Lake Baikal
Siberia
Lake Erie
Lake Superior
To Teach Science and Public Instruction Value
The article notes an estimated 582 419 value of scientific apparatus and libraries used in sap pen country instruction. It adds a quip that a man cannot foresee a pinch until a policeman pins him down, reflecting a humorous aside.
Dr Kay's Lulalos Remedy Promotes Health Claims
An old advertisement parodies patent medicine sales, touting Dr Kay’s Lu lalos as effective for sore throats and harmless, marketed by mail from Omaha and appealing to rural buyers. The piece also includes a political aside on candidates and corruption, quoting a farmer and a Washington Star remark.
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Monte
Moines
Bi J. Ray Modien
Dr. Kay
Somenokers Rennrsions Very low raten to the South
Very low rates will be made by the Missouri Kansas and Texas Mailway on November 174h December 16th and 16th to the South. For particulars copy to the nearest local address H. A. Cherrier N. B. P. A 28 Marquette Building Chicago.
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Missouri, Kansas and Texas
oFress
H. A. Cherrier
N. BP. A
Marquette Hidg
Chicago
Impeccable Wordplay Sparks Debate on Rights in Washington St
A fragmented exchange shows Impress and Dolan debating rights and responsibility. Dolan argues some people claim reverence for reform while others resist costs, with a focus on integrity in civic action and the consequences faced by those who ride streetcars and break norms.
Santa Fe California Limited resumes weekly service
Beginning November, the Santa Fe Route will resume its California Limited train as a weekly service, departing Kansas City on Thursdays and Sundays at 12:50 a.m. and arriving in Los Angeles in 57 hours and San Diego in 61 hours. The train features vestibuled Pullman palace sleepers, buffet car, and dining car, touted as the most luxurious. An additional express to Los Angeles, San Diego, and Santa Monica departs daily at 2:25 p.m. Inquiries to Hagenbuch at Kansas City, Mo.
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California
Santa Fe
Kansas City
Los Angeles
San Diego
Anons
San Elsca
Boo
Hagenbueh P
Oransas City
Not a Desirable Acquainten from Somerville Journal
A fragmentary note discusses the idea that Charles Dickens would delight in proving a calendar error, noting February 2, 1624, fell on a Tuesday and that the biographer was mistaken. The text presents a playful challenge to historical dating.
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Binks
Charles Dickens
Tureday
Somerville Journal
Notable Satire on Medicine and Life Choices
A satirical snippet contrasts a patent medicine label with a man paying a doctor’s bill, pondering whether life is worth living. The fragment hints at the era’s medical ads and existential doubts, using a pulp tone to juxtapose curing tablets with the cost of care.
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Staiy
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Hall
Corntessel
Congress
Bain
Denny Dolan
Mr. Dolan
Washington St
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Dontrover
Sherard Fish Brand
WN. U
K.C
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Paris
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Varsou
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