Sorrow for the Barber in a Fat Customer Snore Tale
A learned barber endures a trying scene when M. Carbonne, a very fat patron, snores loudly during a haircut. A chic young woman visitor arrives with her brother Will, reacts with shock at the snoring sight, and leaves in dismay as the barber laments his humiliation and missed chance to impress. The Harlem doctor notes the barber’s distress and moral: act kindly in ordinary moments.
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Harlem
New York Sun
Chevalier
Knight of the
Razor
Monsieur
M. Carbonne
Morpheus
Tam
Paradise
Will
Mademoiselle
Rural Lights in City Life Where Country Traits Show
A Chicago Tribune piece contrasts country born and city bred men in urban life. It notes differences in dress, manners, and sayings shaped by rural roots, with anecdotes about frost resembling corn fields and idioms like two rows at a time and slower than molasses in January.
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Chicago
Rome
Teufelsbroch
Focal
Olean
N. Y
Boston
Chicago Tribune
Endurance Of Monkeys In 1886 Georgia Escape Tale
A female baboon escaped from a private menagerie near Tallulah Falls Georgia in fall 1886. She endured snow and hunger through December and April before being killed by hounds during a sleet storm. Her lungs showed strength, but she bore tubercular cysts from confinement. The piece notes chimpanzee limits and jailers' fears of cold.
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Tallulah Walls
F. L. Oswald
Popular Science Monthly
Recail of the Infamous Fifty-Third Congress Condemned
The Fifty-third congress draws sharp national censure from Democratic papers led by the New York Times New York Sun and New York Leader. They call it ignoble impotent dishonor and a beacon of populism with massive appropriations and tax plans. The piece argues the blame lies with voters and Democratic factions who backed these policies.
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Congress
New York Times
United States
New York Sun
New York Merald
Old Lady
West
South
Washington
Democratic Party
N. Y. Tribune
Cleveland
Fifty-third Congress
Eckles
Forum Magazine
Mr. Cleveland
Ile
Senate
House
Albany Journal
Toledo Blade
Wilson
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
N. Y. World
Dem
Bissell
Harrison
Ohio
McKinley
Cincinnati Commercial Gazette
Discredited Democracy faces a leaderless nominating maze
The piece argues the Democratic Party has no clear presidential aspirant for 1896. It lists figures like Cleveland and Wilson as discredited or defeated, notes Pattison and Gorman failures, and contrasts party turmoil with calls for new leadership amid a bleak political outlook.
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Democratic Party
Cleveland
Wilson
Eix-Gov
Pattison
Pennsylvania
Philadelpha
Gorman
Hill
Gray
Voorhees
West
Bland
Stevenson
Adlai
Whitney
Wall Street
Standard Oil
Russell
William T
Massachusetts
Moses
Toledo Blade
The Changeling Matchup in a Springtime Dream
A whimsical tale from St. Nicholas recounts two proud mothers strolling with their young daughters on a bright spring day. An elf swaps the children, causing panic as both mothers fear the other’s child, then restores them before dawn. The verses capture fashion and maternal awe in a playful fantasy.
Bragging is Foolish and Best Left Untold
A New York World column argues bragging is foolish not a sin. It cautions against talking before results or about present or past greatness, noting true deeds speak for themselves and actions draw praise without boasting.
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N. Y. World
The Smallest Loaf and a Grateful Heart
A famine story from Our Little Ones about a kind rich man who gives bread to hungry children. A modest girl Mary takes the smallest loaf, learns of hidden coins in it, and is rewarded with gratitude and a generous heart rather than jealousy. The tale underscores contentment and unselfishness as true blessings.
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Mary
F. A. Matthews
Strange Friendships Between Pets and Beasts
Esther Singleton recounts authentic tales of cross species affection from cats and canaries to cat and dog bonds. A New Orleans 1852 bear lion encounter shows a lion guarding a bear, plus a clergyman observing rats guiding a blind companion, all illustrating surprising interspecies bonds.
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Chance
New Orleans
Esther Singleton
Chicago
Inter Ocean
Moose Outwits Hunters in Maine Deer Chase
Two Maine men hunting deer are chased by a large bull moose. The animal charges, both hunters retreat, reload, and finally kill it after eleven shots. The incident ends with the hunters giving the moose a wide berth. The piece also notes critiques of children's spending and a Kipling anecdote about Dorothy Drew and Mrs. Drew.
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Maine
Effctual Warning From A Jovial Criminal in Cold Weather
A rough tale reports a vaga bond arrested for vagrancy who, while being escorted to the lockup, became boisterous over the prospect of shelter. A police officer warned him to quiet down or face consequences.
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Bounding Sea
Annie D. Bell
Paris
Richter
Detroit Free Press
Waite Reculer
Treasury
Pittsburgh Dispatch
Secretary of the Treasury
Ant
Dame
Margaret Johnson
St. Nicholas
AIC i
Rudyard Kipling
England
Dorothy Drew
Mr. Gladstone
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