Barnum & Bailey Circus Comes to Kansas City
Big crews arrive for a Kansas City visit on Saturday September 4. The Barnum and Bailey show boasts nearly 400 agents and stars, a balloon horse named Hopster, a 108‑animal menagerie with elephants giraffes hippos and a horned rhinoceros, and a grand free street parade claimed to be the most gorgeous ever staged in circus history.
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Kansas City
Barnum & Rally
Linn
Hovel Lee
Barnum & Baily
Cocet
Hopster
Barnum & Bailey
Riverview Exposition Cost and Grand Attractions
Riverview Amusement Enterprise in Chicago completed at 5,006,000 dollars. The exposition boasts vast spectacle exceeding Rome and World’s Fairs, with 10,000 capacity, thousands of dancers and show riders. Highlights include the Garden of Mean and vast water and light displays, with space and Niagara Falls reenactments and a famed parade of entertainers. Includes contact of Harry Messenger Services.
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Chicago
Riverview
Riverview Exposition
Coesir
Circus Maximus
Rome
Perenne
Ile Stoner
Eenio Xpecioc
G! W. Maconne
Butler
Valles
Enphrutes
Fort Eri
AAD LOST YEAR OF LIBERTY
A tale of Dennis and Celia recounts a long courtship ending in marriage with lingering regrets about potentially delaying forever. A returned traveler recalls the wedding as Celia’s hospitality shines, while Dennis muses on love’s urgency and Terry Lea’s importance in his wife’s past.
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Ein
Celia
Yis
Courtin
Aileen
Merried
Terry Leahy
New Use for Gramophone at Moscow Station
The Moscow Windam Ry Rybinsk railway plans a massive gramophone at Moscow station to announce train arrivals and departures to travelers. It will also ring the bell thrice before trains start. With over 70 percent of European Russia’s people illiterate, spoken timetables could greatly aid navigation.
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Moscow, Windam & Rybinsk
Moscow
Russia
St. Petersburg
London Globe
Marriage to excess warned by Twain and Globe satire
A column cites Mark Twain advising St Timothy's school girls at commencement to avoid marriage to excess. It notes habits monopolize a person and quotes the New York Globe on women adopting the habit, warning of forty adverse effects.
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Mark Twain
St. Timothy’s School
Santayana
New York Globe
First Aid Difficulty Amid Auto Breakdown
Mr Motwe greets a nearby passerby with exclamations of luck after his automobile wheel failed. The scene suggests a prompt aid moment as the vehicle broken on the road, and a witness remarks on timing and rescue.
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Mr. Motwe
Scott
Tinfoil Glitter Replaces Glassware In Summer Kitchens
The East Side improves cleanliness by wrapping chandeliers and other devices with shiny imitation silver tinfoil to shield them from flies. In fall the foil is removed, revealing brass that shines as brightly as in spring. Source notes this practice across eating houses.
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New York Press
Queen sends royal wedding gift by postal card
The queen of England recently sent a wedding present to the bride of a violinist who played with her when she was Princess of Wales. She advised the dispatch of the gift by postal card.
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Queen of
England
Princess of Wales
Humorous Jungle Episode From Harper's Weekly
Harry A. Frank recounts a comic chase in Sianowos jungles as English officials bar his exit from Rangoon. A half caste accompanies him, missteps with the guide, and the troupe invades a village where villagers mistake sugar for a food offering, causing uproar and astonishment.
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Harry A. Frank
Harper's Weekly
Sianowos
Rangoon
Frank
English Repertoire Theater and Public Education
The piece argues that repertoire houses can sustain serious drama by courting the public through necessity driven programming. It contrasts the ideal of star-laden subsidies with the belief that genuine education comes from presenting accessible repertoires and engaging audiences directly.
No Use for a Shirt and the Threshing Brownie
A Delphiston tale from Roxburyshire recounts a brownie aiding villagers by threshing corn. Offended by a harsh gift, he quits the parish saying he will not tramp the corn. The brownie closely watches household morals and reports any impropriety to his master, unswayed by bribes.
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Delphiston
Roxburyshire
T. P
London
Mercury common stock seen as bullish on street
A Wall Street note states Mercury common is one of the best buys now with violent market moves unlikely. Authorities expect a strong rise in the next month or two, predicting a move to 90 and possibly to par or above. The claim comes from a leading street gambler, Arthur Mometer, cited by Life.
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Mercury
Arthur Mometer
Toss Up Exchange Reveals Wives Subtle Support
In a quick quip, Hicks notes his wife avoids saying I told you so when plans fail, while Wicks praises her as a treasure. Hicks recalls she only comments Didn’t I say so in reply, highlighting a playful domestic banter.
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Hicks
Jove
Feeling her way dialogue from Boston Transcript
A fragment from a Boston Transcript item centers on a blunt exchange about love and money. A man professes he would pay to be loved for his true self, and a woman responds with a sly question about the amount.
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Boston Transcript
Fragmented line hints at romance dialogue
A fragment shows quoted romantic banter with descriptors of a desirable man. The snippet hints at a conversation about attraction and admiration without a complete narrative.
City schools seek student workers for winter board
Applicants for winter work to earn board while attending high school should apply to M. J. Patterson, Superintendent of City Schools. He reports many country boys and girls have already submitted applications seeking positions to cover their board for the season.
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M. J. Patterson
Insurance Rates Reduced in Lexington Dwellings and Farms
Insurance rates lowered by all Lexington represented companies for dwellings barns and farm risks. Offers best fire tornado farm and other coverages. Executor L R Smith Bryant Building Kansas City Missouri invites inquiries about 20 and 100 acre tracts formerly owned by the late Judge Joseph F. Smith near Warrensburg road five to six miles from Lexington.
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Lexington
H.C. Wabtace
Joseph F. Smith
Warrensburg Road
L. R. Smith
Bryant
Kansas City
Fine Pasturage Near Lexington and Higginsville
For sale 70 acres of blue grass timothy and clover suitable for all stock. Terms right. Located 7.5 miles from Lexington and 4.5 miles from Higginsville on the Lexington Riggs-ville road. Phone 647. T. C. Sinn.
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Lexington
Higginsville
Lexington -Rigginsville
T. C. Sinn
Wanted and For Sale Notices Across Odessa and Lexington
A collage of short classifieds lists stray livestock, cooks, furniture, boats, hens and cockerels, a stallion and mare, and 10,000 acres of unimproved land for sale. Includes contact names Robt. A. Hicklin and Louin A. Roy, with locations in Odessa Missouri Lexington Missouri and 417 Washington Ave Lexington.
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Rhode Island
Louin A. Roy
Washington Ave
Lexington, Mo
Stove County
Missouri
White River Division
Iron Mountain Railway
Robt. A. Hicklin
Lexington
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Europe
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London Daily News
Wall Street Note
Plymouth Rock
Rufus Young
William Coen
South Street
Myrtle Hotel
Odessa
T. R. Scott
H. Swartz Junk Yard
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Academy
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Atid&w
Stalling Bros
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Bush Lot
Franklin Avenue
Sparkle the Wonderful Talking Horse
Winkler
Tare
Tam
Hanebrough
Glien
Elin Bullard
Willson Co
Seiter’s Market
Clarence Warner
Roach & Williamson
Hinesley S
Ramer
Hinesley
T.B. Ramsey
Wr. King
Ron Coupee
All Throat
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