Tolstoi rants on Ibsen and plows through a dream
A spoofish scene features Count Tolstoi lamenting his failed propaganda plow work and mocking Ibsen as a useless advertisement. The narrative shifts to a British expedition where General Macintire and companions attempt to lure a python from a rock crevice. They use an elephant to drag the snake, then snap ropes and buckshot kill it after a tense tug of war. The python measures twenty one feet long and two feet in girth.
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Puck
Landsea
Peniethe
Count Lyof N. Tolstoi
Dees
St. Petersburg
Imperial Insane Asylum
Moujik
Ibsen
Jerusalem
General Macintire
Chambers’ Journal
North
South America
Mexico
West Indies
Australia
Domestic seal raising to boost Michigan lakes industry
John Farrent predicts a new seal raising industry in Michigan within years. He cites ostrich farming as a precedent, argues seals can thrive in Western lakes including Lake Erie and Michigan, and notes migratory behavior to Canadian waters but says careful basking sites and protected lakes will foster rapid seal growth and profit.
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John Farrent
Toledo Blade
California
United States
Africa
Lake Erie
Canadian
Michigan
Pacific Ocean
Toledo
Michigan Lakes
Literary Fads and Immortal Imagination
The essay argues fads fade while genuine imagination endures. It contrasts popularity with merit, noting Pilgrim’s Progress found favor among the poor long before the rich, and predicts modern works like Robert Elsmere may not endure. Eve’s rare claim to matchless attire closes the reflection with a witty remark.
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Robert Elsmere
Gladstone
Haggard
She
Arkansaw Traveler
Lottery Windfall and Curious Local Tales
A Boston man, Alfred A. Marcus, wins $100,000 from the Louisiana State Lottery after purchasing a single ticket. The report also notes his prominent real estate dealings, rabbinic role at a synagogue on Church Street, and mortgage clearance at his church. Additional items reference travel, medical cures, and light domestic anecdotes from the era.
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Boston
Mass
Juane
Alfred A. Marcus
Alfred Marcus
Church St
Louisiana State Lottery PLC
C. H. Allen
Central National Bank
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