Freak Factory Man in Washington Breeds Monster Freaks
A Washington man, G Sabille, runs a curious operation breeding so called freaks for a dime museum trade. He keeps a swarthy family, parrots, monotone birds, a South American monkey, and a rat tailed rabbit. He bred a dog monkey hybrid before fearing legal trouble. He later claimed to abandon the business and limit dealings to freaks caught by chance.
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Bowery
Washington
G. Sabille
Washington Clicle
Sabille
Freags
Washington Post
Berlin
Cockneyisms and the Slaughter of Cockney Speech
A London St James Gazette piece surveys cockney speech quirks and mispronunciations. It catalogs dropped h sounds, final g omissions, and elided word runs, giving examples from phrases about fun and speech acts and noting the social reaction to these vernacular traits.
Princes but Paupers The Last Jagello and Other Vanished Houses
A historical piece notes the fall of noble lineages across Europe. It recalls Prince Ignaz Jagello in Grodno living as a poor physician, and details declines from Rohans in Hungary to the last Borgia Calisto von Borgia in Salzburg, plus descendants of Montmorency, Valois, Plantagenet, and Sickingen, now in modest or obscure roles. It cites a Paris Figaro report of Galitzin, Lipinski, and other princes working as fruit sellers, drivers, or laborers in modern times.
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Grodno
Lithuania
Ignaz Jagello
Jagelo
Tammenberg
Renzio
Grosswarddein
Hungary
Johann Szabo
Szabo
Marquis Chabaud Rohan
Wenckheim House
A Rohan
France
Rohans
Benjamin Rohan
Paris
Guigl
Salzburg
Calisto von Borgia
Germany
Bordeaux
Thames
Charles Edward Stuart
Count of
Albany
Charles Edward
Louise Stolberg
Mont-Money
Lusignans
Mont-Morener
Paria
Valois
Saint-hamas
Marquis de Fallique
Saint-Megrin
Count Charles de Busserolle
Ruffec
de la Bourdatere
West Bromwich
Yorkshire
Tudor
Wales
von Sickingen
Yorch
Sauerthal
Franz von Sickingen
Preachers in a Box Car on Rough Bangor Line Ride
A party of Maine clergymen touring the Bangor and Aroostook line endured a scary box car ride from Brownville to North Twin. The construction train sped at a mile a minute over an unfinished bed as hay bales bounced and ministers clung to safety. The enraged engineer was bounced after the incident. The piece also notes: the president has no personal rights in the House, but has a room in the Senate and can address it in person.
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Maine
Bangor and
Aroostock
Brownville
West Branch
North Twin Station
Cram
Congress
United States
House of Representatives
Washington Post
Senate
Madison
Mao
Amalli—Amallpox
White Blood and Parasol Humour in Mixed Society Tales
A collage of clipped gags and sketches contrasts a Sandwich Islander’s pride in “white blood” with social pretenses. Jokes follow about marriage, advice, disguises, a French maid misprisions, a court scene over a thief, and a quip about a jury’s power, all in a light satirical tone.
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Mother Hubbard
Humans cannot make fire says many scholars
The text argues that humans uniquely claim the ability to kindle fire while animals cannot start a fire. It notes that dogs and apes seek heat, and suggests some tropical peoples may have lacked firemaking knowledge in the past, highlighting debates on civilization and natural advantage.
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Abyssinia
South Sea
Meant About Tt Tes republicans and democrats echoed at table
The host comments on politics as the company rises. Kitty, echoing reproachful tones, notes her mother is a Republican and hints at a confirmed Democrat. The dialogue suggests family tension over political alignment and church law.
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Kitty
Miss Kitty
Winnie Quivers and the Dedicated Work Life
A brief note on Winnie Quivers expressing a wish to be married to her work rather than a spouse, reflecting a life given to professional duties. The piece highlights dedication and the balance between personal life and career in a historical college record context.
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Winnie
Coleage
Number one cough cure praised by Buffalo and St Louis families
A Buffalo resident Mr. Jas H Burnet at 243 Cedar St commends Dr Bull's Cough Syrup as the number one remedy for coughs and colds. St Louis resident Mr Chas Metzger of 217 Geyer Ave agrees, calling it the best remedy his family has used. The text also mentions a disjointed note about a young lawyer dissolving his father's injunctions.
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Jas. H. Burnet
Cedar St
Buffalo
N. Y
Dr. Bull
Chas
Metzger
Geyer
180 World's Fair Photos for 81 Part Delivery Offer
An offer lists 180 World's Fair photographs in ten parts with 16 pictures each, available for one dollar total from Geo H Heafford General Passenger Agent, Chicago Milwaukee St Paul Railway. Subscriptions by mail with drafts money orders or registered letters. portfolios sent free of expense. The text includes a quoted exchange about borrowing from a liar.
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Geo. H. Heafford
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway
Chicago
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St James’ Gazette
London
Fahd
Erry Downs
Jemima Wren
Jemima Jones
Wren
Ann
Lipinski
von Pireh-Lipinski
Jason
Gene Rally
H. M. Stover
Hood
Haneurr M. Stover
Versailles
Myseeur
Lina
Asd Shelly
Rators Sold
Feeli
Ceatiae
Tate
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