Exaggerated Comforts on Chinese Railways Debunked
A cautious take on Chinese railway progress notes vast contrasts between surveys and actual work. It describes travel from Shanghai to Pekin via steamers and a short rail segment, with harsh inns, crowded cars, and ornate but impractical cars, ending with a vivid account of a traveling giant and audience reactions in a comic scene.
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United States
Great Empire
Tien-Tsin
San Francisco
Pekin
Hong Kong
Shanghai
Pacific
Yellow Sea
English Channel
Tong-ko
Pei-Ho River
Tartar
Ureuhbors
Barenin
The Greatest of All Giants Letter Writing Tale
An elderly circus narrator recalls how the legendary giant depended on a crafty old man for writing supplies and suggestions. The elf-like caretaker leveraged small favors and items to aid promotion, culminating in a curious plan to stage a new act during the show.
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Carboy
The West and Its Air Climate’s Sanitary Promise in the Arid West
The arid West, with its dry, pure, high altitude air, is presented as a vital health asset. Mountains shape the climate, guiding moisture and storing winter rain to sustain summers, and observers note its potential to foster a robust population, with early results showing improved vitality among residents and visitors from eastern regions.
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New West
Atlantic Seaboard
Great Lakes
West
America
United States
Lakes
Gulf
Great Ocean
Coast Range
Sierra Nevada
Tts
Canada
Mexico
Rocky Mountains
Footprints tell of a long ago Georgia murder mystery
A garbled reminiscence recounts an old South Georgia crime near a pier line store burned by unknown suspects. The fragment hints at a rear location by marshlands and a murdered shopkeeper, with a peculiar clue about a right heel and a buried footprint guiding speculation about the perpetrator.
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Sotorinte
Biles
Orleane
South Georgia
Pieridae
Rome
Shoes on porch reveal store murder confession
A farmhand confessed to the killing after circumstantial evidence linked him to brogans found on a farm porch. He had stolen the shoes thinking to rob the store and fled, then returned them to avoid suspicion. The farmer later corroborated the tale with the missing footwear.
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New Orleans Times-Democrat
The Dear Child and a Father’s Questioning Tale
An Auburn mother recalls a child who questions endlessly about birds, weather, and clouds. After promising to stop answering, the father relents and lets one final question be asked and answered, a humorous twist about how far a cat can spit.
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Papa
Bangor Commercial
Dogs in Church and Parliament Anecdotes
The Westminster Gazette recounts dogs attending church with their masters and a mastiff in the House of Commons during Lord North's era. It notes a laughter provoking incident when a dog on the front opposition bench barked, drawing the speaker’s attention to a rule breach. It also mentions shepherds in Scotland guiding dogs to church and the 1843 split forming the Free Church of Scotland, with dogs often remaining in their masters' former pews.
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House of Commons
Lord North
David C. Anderson
Scotland
Dr. Chambers
Westminster Gazette
What It Meant to the Serf Memoirs
An elderly peasant recalls life under two princes at Tambov estate. A priest observes a reader whose backward pages reveal deep joys in simple faith. The tale contrasts old and young rulers, grantor favors, and village life through a single afternoon tea gathering.
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Tambov
Anton Savelieff
Bo Harm
Peter Asay
Peter
A Heroic Civil War Deed and Indian Bride Traditions
A detailed reminiscence honors Private Burns of the Tenth Wisconsin for swimming a river under fire near Chattahoochee, securing a pontoon bridge, and earning a captaincy after earlier service. The piece also traces Kiowa wives chosen for loyalty to the first wife, with agency life, displays of sorrow, and white men courting squaws for land and money amid reservations.
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Philippines
Col. Funston
South Bend
Ind
Funston
A. M. Burns
St. Joseph’s County
Burns
Wisconsin
Army of the Cumberland
Chickamauga
Atlanta
Chattahoochee River
Tenth
Wisconsin Boys
Washington
Indianapolis News
Agency
Moon Eyes
Ada
Evangeline
Starlight
Mitchener
New York Journal
Indian Kiowa polygamy ban leaves wives heartbroken
The Kiowa tribe faces a harsh consequence of the polygamy ban as many wives are left without husbands. Narjo’s and Tall Bik’s divorced wives saw suicides amid enforced separations. Army and Indian Service officials arranged a removal of women to Permingtes as dawn broke.
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United States
Narjo
Tall Bik
Pontes
Sen Taanedeve
Aroves
Dartington
Miechener
Tallineten
Runaway Courtship of Polish Artist in Essex Market
Samuel Pushky, crayon portrait artist from 159 Ridge Street, and Mary Millar of 196 Ridge Street eloped after a courtship that began in New York. The pair married yesterday in Essex Market police court with Magistrate Mayo officiating and Roundsman Casey granting the kiss, witnessed by several onlookers.
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Samuel Pushky
Ridge Street
Mary Millar
Essex Market
Pushky
Poland
Hester Street
Nottings
Easex Market
Kervick
Roundsman
Casey
Mayo
New York Sun
Dream Influences From Pre Sleep Facts Describe Warlike Vision
A New Orleans doctor argues dreams reflect pre sleep suggestions and recounts a Montgomery visit with a recurring nightmare. He recalls a peculiar bearded man appearing in his dreams, a figure linked to the spade room and nightly terror, illustrating the brain's processing of waking stimuli.
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New Orleans
Montgomery
Spere
Paved streets in Pekin and desert winds in Egypt tale
A historical column notes Imperial China funded street paving with 16000 dollars, while contractors undercut to 5000 and 2500, then only 16 dollars were spent. It recalls khamsin winds in Egypt, telegraph schemes in China, and Charlies Hematreet’s misadventures with a brass tablet.
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Rangoon
Monnier
China
Pekin
Public Roads and Highways Department
No. 2
No. 1
No. 3
Egypt
Europe
The Scheme Worked How a Telegraph Operator Secured a Nap
The veteran recalls a late night misadventure at Kane on the Wilcox line of the Philadelphia and Erie. A tired operator nearly caused a delay, but a prank involving meals and a forged telegram kept trains from colliding, ending with the operator getting a fresh job in Titusville.
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William James
Pennsylvania
Robert Pitcairn
Philadelphia and
Erie
England
Kane
Dr. Kane
Wilcox
Wetmore
Sid
Wi Cox
Kane Linea
Fifth Avenue
Flynn
Erin
Philadelphia and Erie
Titusville
Face in Wallpaper Dream Tale From New Orleans Paper
A reader recalls a dream induced by wallpaper at the New Orleans Times-Democrat, describing sprawling patterns and an accidental grotesque face profile that haunted sleep until the pattern lost its eerie hold.
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New Orleans Times-Democrat
Forget-Me-Nots From Algernon’s Garden
Algernon Brown on the ninth floor sends forget-me-nots to a typewriter girl on the eleventh floor. The girl loves the flowers and explains her grandmother tends them. Algernon notes the plants are thriving but reflects on the heat of the day and the budding affection.
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Algernon Brown
Algernon
Bangor
Statistics in Prayers and the Moody Prayer Incident
A Nashville Advocate critique praises simple prayer over ornate rhetoric. It recalls Moody's Richmond visit where a venerable minister prayed plainly for the twenty three and forty seven who asked prayers, avoiding misreading or embellishment.
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Nashville Christian Advocate
Mr. Moody
Richmond
Armory Hall
Moody
Pr. Kt
Dr. R
Wiese
Alan
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Charlies Hematreet
New York
CoenUes
Stadt Huys
New Netherlands
Algy
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