Wigglesworths Welcome New Horse, Chaos Follows
In Marble Hill a tall sorrel horse driven by Mrs. Wigglesworth and a bemused Mr. Wigglesworth unleash comic mayhem. The horse escapes, causes chaos in the stable and street, with Peggy Wigglesworth ultimately blaming the situation on a gentle donkey as the town laughs at the wild morning.
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Goure
Mr. Wig- Biceworth
Wigglesworth
Mr. Wiggleeworth
Mr. Wigglesworth
Bawyer
Mr Wigglenworth
Mre. Wiegierworth
Mr. Wiggles Worth
Surrel
Mr. Wiggleworth
Garrel
Mr. Wicklesworth
Ellery
Mr. Wreglesworth
Mrs. Wigglesworth
Oldest Merchant in the World Found by Frankfurt Journal
A fragment notes a merchant living in Hellbrozn identified by the Frankfurt er Journal as the oldest man in the world. The subject signs a letter to the editor calling himself a subnuriber from the Sret eppenrence of the pope. The journal marks Bayes year of existence in this periodical note.
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Hellbrozn
Alyies
Bayes
Newspaper Reading Room Began by J H Fiske Endowment
A Boston library opens a distinct newspaper reading room housing newspapers from many countries and languages. The room restricts materials to newspapers only, prohibiting magazines and reviews, funded by a perpetual endowment of 2400 dollars per year from the late J H Fiske for maintenance.
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Boston
J. H Fiske
Columbia College to receive new library from President Low
Announcement public that President Seth Low will give Columbia College a library valued around 1.0 million dollars and W. Schermerhorn to donate 400 thousand dollars for the erection of a building on the new site The New York Evening Post notes Low's gift totaling 1.14 million dollars and calls it a record among American colleges except Chicago University outlines the scale of gifts following his presidency.
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Seth Low
Columbia College
W. ©. Schermerhorn
New York Evening Post
Low
Chicago University
Horse meat and markets in Tacoma report
A fragmented Tacoma note discusses a horse-canning establishment serving meat for the French market. It contrasts Cayuse horses with Eastern dray horses and mentions Chicago visitors tasting Cayuse meat, noting coarseness and tenderness. The piece cites the New York Times and Cleveland Plain Dealer pondering the future horse and Bologna sausage link.
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Tacoma
Wash
New York Times
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Argentina Wheat Harvest and Export Figures Report
The latest official report from Argentina states over 7,000,000 acres sown with wheat and harvesting costs of about 229 million in paper money, with gold at a 270 percent premium. The total presence crop yield is estimated at 1,200,000 tons worth 44 million to farmers, while exports are about 640,000 tons.
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Argentina
United States
Eckels
English Gold and Silver Commission
Germany
Latin Union
Curious Facts and Oddities From Around the World
A montage of strange notes covers art in Colorado architecture and an English painter selling a Kent beech trees work for 1400 dollars. It notes paper telegraph poles, a dynamite blast in Providence quarry moving tons of rock, a warden notice at Norwich Connecticut, a strangling wisin around an elm, Galton on fingerprints, and a German report on flexible nitrate making gun cotton solutions with various oils and balmy imports.
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United States
Mancos
Colorado
Kent
Providence
George D. Colt
Norwich
Galton
Outlining Forces Foreshadowing a 16 to 1 Silver Gold Plan
A Chicago Record piece discusses monetary reform and the gold standard. It cites James H. Eckels and George H. Sebley while arguing for reestablishing a 16 to 1 silver to gold ratio to restore bi metalism, examining price effects, banking growth, and international implications.
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George H. Sebley
Chicago
James H. Eckels
Bokels
United States
England
Sauerberk
Static Society
Senate
Eckles
Marshall
Born Detective: Child’s Clever Claim Stuns Mother
A playful exchange centers on Little Johnny Predicting his future as a detective because he never sleeps. His mother questions the claim, while Johnny remains confident in his unique reasoning.
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Johnny
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New York
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Nur & FT
Ehurehber
Teith
Missouri
Ermers
Howard
Agricultural Department
Georgia
Wirgiteworth
Wigpleeworth
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