Patten Descendants Prepare Mount Katahdin Ascent Centenary
Bangor’s Amos Patten and two guides first climbed Mount Katahdin on July 4 1803. Descendants vow to search for a buried jug of fifty year old rum while singing patriotic tunes and marking the centenary with a trek, fife and drum, and speeches on the summit.
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Amos Patten
Bangor
Mount Katahdin
Maine
Mr. Patten
United States of America
Columbia
Pattens
Amos
Georgia
Courage of the Red Man in Montana Battle
An old miner recalls a 1850s Yellowstone confrontation with a hostile band of Indians in Montana. He describes a sunset river fight on a brush bar, praising a noble chief who is killed as the group repels the attack. The tale ends with lasting respect for the red man’s courage.
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Montana
Yellowstone
California proves soil myths wrong paving way for rich farms
The article recalls early California settlers who doubted agriculture on sandy soil, yet crops now value over 131 million dollars. It parallels with Mississippi and Louisiana pine lands, arguing they can be productive with proper methods, inviting white migration to settle profitable pine lands while river bottoms stay with negroes.
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San Francisco
New Orleans Times- Democrat
Pacific Coast
E. B. Ferris
McNeill
Miss
New Orleans
South
Pine Hills
Very Appropriate Paintings in Fifth Avenue Hotel Cafe
In a Fifth Avenue hotel cafe several handsome paintings were recently placed on the wall. A man who hung them seems to favor the idea that art reflects eternal fitness. A painting of a flock of sheep sits over a Wall Street broker sign, drawing amused remarks from observers.
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Walla
Fifth Avenue
Wall Street
New York Times
Policemen Ratios and German Export Growth
The article notes police-to-population ratios in Paris London and New York with one officer per 307 408 and 458 residents respectively. It also reports Germany's exports rising from 99.606 million dollars in 1901 to 114.495 million in 1902.
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Paris
London
New York City
Germany
Out of Sight Pat and Dan Laugh over a Coincidence
A young man tells an Irishman he feels out of sight and the Celt replies he feels pretty good. Pat then greets a friend who asks how he feels and the friend says you can’t see me, Dan. The humor rests on quirky misunderstandings and a blank look.
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Pat
Dan
Weary Willie Seeks Help Rewriting a Sad Tale
A weary man pleads for aid to reshape his life story after a banker’s defalcation, a cashier’s deceit, and a daughter’s elopement. An amused listener requests the tailed version be repeated, preferring the dramatic line she plans to hear.
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Willie
Cracked Rouvel Bell Endangers Rouen Curfew Tradition
A Rouen note reports the Rouvel bell in Rouen city hall is cracked and further use risks collapse, discontinuing the 9 to 9:15 curfew signal. The thirteenth century bell, nicknamed the silver bell, was once confiscated in 1382 by Charles VI and later recast or stored in a museum likely.
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Rouen
Charles VI
Long Career in Law in Australia and Ireland
Townsend McDermott, who acted as junior counsel to Daniel O'Connell in Ireland, had a long legal career in Australia. A Trinity College Dublin graduate of 1840, he moved to Ballarat in the 1850s, built a mining court practice, served Ballarat East in the Victorian parliament and as solicitor general, and remains alive at nearly 90.
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Daniel O'Connell
Ireland
Townsend McDermott
Trinity College
Dublin
McDermott
Australia
Ballarat
Ballarat East
Royal slang from Prince Henry visit stirs memories
It recalls how quickly Prince Henry of Prussia learned American idioms during his U S visit a year ago and how phrases like made him feel like thirty cents and go away back and sit down surfaced. Baron Von Sternburg now says the direct statement is bully-right off the bat.
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Prince Henry of
Prussia
United States
Baron von Sternburg
Difference in Prayers
Little Alice compares her long night prayers to a nurse's morning prayer. The nurse's routine is questioned when Alice asks to say the nurse’s morning line because she is tired. The mother asks if the nurse prays in the morning, and Alice reveals the nurse’s dawn quip.
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Alice
The Art of Conversation Told By Sage in Herald Quotation
A New York Herald quote frames the art of conversation as simply listening. The sage tells the eager maid that listening is the essence of agreeable talk.
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New York
Herald
Why He Was Safe In His Office Bust Near the Safe
Northwestern University president Dr Edmund J James keeps a clay bust of a famed financier known for sharp practices near his office safe. A visitor questions the choice and James replies that the man has no hands, implying no ability to steal.
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Edmund J. James
Northwestern University
James
Substantial Minnesota Mayor Faces City Weight Challenge
Charles T. Taylor mayor elect of Mankato weighs 403 pounds yet moves quickly on foot and leads as a prominent Democratic figure. The item also includes an unrelated ad for Mother Gray's Sweet Powders for Children and a humor exchange about spelling long words.
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Charles T. Taylor
Mankato
Minnesota
United States
Try One Package and See If It Pleases You
A collage of old advertisements and quips extols Defiance Starch and Baxter's Bullhead cigar, urging readers to try products for satisfaction, touting non sticking starch, smoke-free stoves, and a Montana hotel neck threat note, with miscellaneous humorous lines and a 1900 date signature.
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Baxter
Nellie
Peruna Publicity Claims Pure Health From Ottawa Case
A Globe Hotel resident Miss Della Janveau from Ottawa writes of lasting recovery after three weeks on Peruna Medicine Co. remedy. Adia Brittain of Sekitan reports three months of relief from stomach heaviness biliousness and fainting spells. Readers are invited to write Dr. Hartman Columbus Ohio for free medical guidance.
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Globe Hotel
Ottawa
Ont
Canada
Peruna Medicine Co
Columbus
Ohio
Peruna
Adia Brittain
Sekitan, O
Hartman
Dr. Hartman
Hartman Sanitarium
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