Slippery Dick and the Train Pocketbook Plot
Walter confronts a clever pickpocket aboard a train who steals his pocketbook and money. A conductor traces the thief, retrieves the funds, and warns the rogue to leave the cars at the next station. Walter then begins door to door sales, encountering a wealthy-appearing but skeptical woman who slims at his price and offers two dollars for the book.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter
Ile
Tes
Tie
Indy
Anles
Campaign Slogans and Social Rules Across Ages
A reflective piece traces 1840 and 1860 campaign theater with Tippecanoe and Lincoln as focal points, then shifts to German Berlin life describing rigid daily orders, public behavior limits, and strict social rules influencing happiness and obedience. It notes political theatrics, song slogans, and crowd reactions alongside a portrait of controlled urban living.
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William Henry Harrison
Tippecanoe
Thurlow Weed
Henry Clay
Clay
Isaacs
van Buren
Harrison
Tate
Bannock and other Shoshone bands historical sketch
A fragmentary historical note discusses the Bannock as a small brave Bannock Shoshone group living between the Missouri river area and Idaho walls. It outlines their resistance to Blackfeet and neighboring tribes and their surrender after Buffalo Hori’s death. It notes most Bannock have moved to Fort Hall reservation, with few remaining independently and a generally hostile reception to civilization. It also briefly describes their dark faces medium stature wiry build and expert horsemanship and mountain climbing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Soake River
Montana
Idaho
Oregon
Buffalo Hori
Lembhl
Fort Tiall
Walter's progress as a book agent leads to a board deal
Walter travels to Cleveland and then Earle seeking sales. He meets landlady Mrs Burton and landlord in a public house, bargaining to board a week in exchange for taking his illustrated Bible Lands book on credit. The scene shows his cautious start in a new venture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter
Hit
Buffalo
Niagara Falls
Cleveland
Greene
Messrs. Flint & Pusher
Flint
Bualuesa
Earle
The Fireplace Build It Boldly for Comfort and Unity
A short essay stresses restoring a grand brick or stone fireplace in homes to create warmth and family unity. It urges large broad hearths, minimal fancy woodwork, and avoids mats and combustibles while suggesting the fireplace fosters rest, peace, and a shared domestic circle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom
Harry
Rosale
Pf. Powell
Outing Magazine
Big Collection and Vans Move Amid Odd Claims
A humorous report notes seven vans used for furniture and six extra vans, with a quip about removing family skeletons. It also mentions Canada's population at 6,504,000 as of April 1, up 21 percent, and Venezuela's elephant beetle claimed as the world’s largest insect, weighing about a half pound.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gunner
Canada
Venezuela
Running Away From Home Forty Years Ago
A gray-haired man recalls a boy who ran away seeking freedom from tyranny. He describes planning a makeshift camp in a cranberry bog, facing cold darkness and imagined monsters, and returning home before supper. The anecdote reflects on a single runaway episode and its lessons.
Discipline in Berlin Governs Germans Strictly
Berlin residents and the broader German population show strict obedience to authority. They accept governance with evident satisfaction, reflecting a society deeply oriented toward order and control under its leaders.
Lost Venetian varnish rediscovered by Frank Della Torre
Frank Della Torre announces a rediscovery of the famed Venetian varnish used on gondolas and Cremona violins. He traces the varnish to African raw materials and claims to have found a gum varnish identical to the historic Cremona finish.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cremonas
Torre
Africa
Cremona
Not Pleasant Bacon Scientist on Photographed Thoughts
Not Pleasant, Bacon quotes a German scientist asserting thoughts can be photographed. Egbert notes it would not be possible to make some thoughts look pleasant. Yonkers Statesman.
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Bacon
Egbert
A Fitting Term and the Tailor’s Tag
A Baltimore American piece reflects on naming a tailor’s tag and the social cues tied to appearances. The commentary notes ambiguity in terms and hints at class perceptions through a boy’s hair and the father’s absence from home, portraying common moral judgments of the era.
Chaotic Sports Roundup Echoes San Francisco and Chicago
A jumbled report covers Moran's twenty round bout in San Francisco, Hamline beating North Dakota, and fast racing at Belmont Park and Downs. Notes mention Abe Attell and wrestling feats in Duluth, Sheckard injury in Chicago, Lipton sea race talk, and varied racing outcomes across multiple cities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Paul
Louisville
Ocharehill Downs
Tourenne
Musgrave
Belmont Park
Barney Oldfield
W. Whipple
Andover
V. Powers
Downs
Acros
Huff
University of Illinois
American Association
Chicago
Minneapoll
Kansas City
Duluth
Miller
Cleveland
Jamen T. Sheckard
Helder
Thomas Lipton
New York
James Y. Sven
Ile
Kione
Cincianal
Otara
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Horatio Alger, JR
Klad
Aipuecance
Tyler
Evittte
Oman
Oene
Old Tip
Benjamin Harrison
Grandpa
Polk
John Hanks
Abraham Lincoln
Lincoln
Jackson
Seward
Berlin
Wat Tyler
Stoirhsfield
New York City
William B. Ogden
Ohlengo
Walton
N.Y
Marshal WN
Quinte Bras
Belgium
Waterloo
Kingston
Carlotta
Mt. Denis Rallroad
Alps
Livingstone
Congo River
Haven
Wheeler
Abbott
Doehringsen
Jane Leiter
Hone
Representatives
Hawaii
Nan Patterson
Cesar Young
Delyasieas
Greece
Roosevelt
Oklahoma
Arizona
Hague
San Francisco
the Weekly
Historia
Hales
Qous
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