Foreign news mix features on carp, taxes, and poets
The column blends disparate items: a Washington ranch sale of roughly 7,990 horses at $2 each to a meat company, a New Jersey carp extermination drive with timetabled hauls, a United States consular report on Prussia’s income tax, and a tribute to Norwegian born author Hjalmar Hjorth Boyesen.
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Portland Horse Meat Canning Company
New Jersey Fish Commission
Wm. G. Wise
Burlington
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United States
Henry P. Morris
Ghent
Belgium
Prussia
Orville Edmonds Survives Indian Attack While Buffalo Hunting
Two young cousins Orville and Sexton Edmonds ride with a wagon train across Colorado plains. After hunting a herd they split up. Orville shoots a buffalo and is chased by a dozen Indians. He leaps a deep stream to escape, then reunites with the party under cautious warning from their guide Joe. Orville later earns pride for his first buffalo kill under safer conditions.
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Orville
Sexton Edmonds
Joe Lewis
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Lexton
Sexton
Baac Toe
Red Men
Old Joe
Ram's Horns and the Task of True Prayer
A Ram's Horns meditation argues that true religious effort requires hands-on action and genuine repentance. It warns against hypocrisy, overreliance on gifts, and public appearances without prayer. It emphasizes following Christ, personal accountability, and the need for revival through prayer and sincere conduct.
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Christ
Cure for Wild Oats Case Shows Possible Hope
A Washington Star anecdote recounts a rich young man near 30 who gambled his fortune, but a plan involving a life policy and a $10,000 business loan under a five year guarantee has kept him straight. The uncle profits if the bet fails. the man has saved $7,000 and aims to grow it, while the public lauds the experiment as a cure for reckless spending.
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Washington Star
Starman
Washington
Editor Metcalfe on Japan travels and warnings
James F. Metcalfe, Life magazine’s literary editor, returns from a four month tour in Japan via Yokohama Nagasaki Kioto and Nikko. He is not impressed and believes London Berlin and St Petersburg offer more reliable news. He warns Japan may host events affecting the world, noting heightened protection for the Russian ambassador.
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Japan
James F. Metcalfe
Life
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London
Berlin
St. Petersburg
End of the era for bad men says Col. Jenkins
The Washington Post quotes Col. F. B. Jenkins of California asserting that in modern civilization the desperado and daredevil figure has disappeared. He contrasts today with Sam Bass Jesse James Ben Thompson and Rube Burrows, noting only a few still show desperate courage. Masterson is cited as peaceful and nonviolent. The piece claims the era of notorious outlaws has ended.
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West
Thompson
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