Sicily as a land of myth and modern life in a volcanic frame
The piece extols Sicily’s ancient lore from Homeric myths to Cyclops and Charybdis, then surveys its geography, cities, and culture. It highlights Palermo Messina and Syracuse, rich mosaics at Montreale, and the shadow of earthquakes by Etna. It notes Sicilian industry, limited agriculture, and the island’s waning grain exports.
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Sicily
Charybdis
Italy
Belisarius
Kingdom of Italy
Missouri
Theocritus
Sumer
Rome
Sicilish
Europe
Bombay
Va'ermo
Messina
Syracuse
Paler
Naples
Palermo
Etna
Stromboli
Vesuvius
Walter
Henry VI
Frederick II
Germany
St. Rosalia
Patermo
Montreale
Cicero
Verres
Ence
Fiya
Malta
Arethusa
Civero
Diana
Genoa
Messing
Minos
Athenia
Athens
Syracussa
Natory
Mongivollo
Alstary
Pythagoras
Christ
Greece
Syria
Egypt
Gasaa
Java
Valcano
That's the Way I Shoot Funny Officer Exchange
An officer at a shooting event berates two privates for poor aim and boasts of his own skill after a misfire. He repeats quips toward each man, then proclaims his own perfect shot, leaving the pair amused and praising him as a marksman.
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Beng
Quotations on Truth Beauty and Public Opinion
A collection of reflective lines on wisdom honesty and social view points. It contrasts saviors with traitors and notes happiness as a past or future state rather than present.
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Judas
Prometheus
Fragmentary wartime scene with water seller in Turkey
An unclear wartime vignette describes an Arab water seller in Turkey during the last war with Russia wandering near the rear of a battlefield. He calls out for cool water and is described in disjointed terms with damaged phrases and stray names.
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Turkey
Russia
Michigan legislature eyes death by electricity law
Reports from Lansing describe bills on capital punishment by electric chair for first degree murder, with detailed rules on execution, confinement, witnesses, and postmortem procedures. Other measures discuss school superintendent qualifications, clerk salaries, express company tax penalties, and memorial exercises for General Sherman and Admiral Porter.
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MIM
Lansing
Houghton
Board of Supervisora
Rockwall
Supreme Court
Ways and Means
Cork
Hopkins
Richardson
Dafoe
State Affairs Committee
General Sherman
Admiral Porter
Ransom Post
GA. St. St. Louis
Lafayette Post
New York City
Congressional Library
Michigan State Library
W. B. Jackson
Henze
Jackson
Uiale
Aia
State Prison
New York
Representative Hall
Sherman
Admiral Portes
Agricultural College
Strong
Q. i. Beale
Samuel
Kilbourne
Washington Gardner
Albion
Vicksbury
Joseph Greusel
Fridlender
Benson
Withington
Miner
Connor
Diekema
Names of Birds Applied to Men in Classic Speech
The text explains old nicknames and slang such as Partor and parratt for garrulity, Pea cock for pride, kook for guile, and Popinjay for a vain Pel Iya man, noting how bird terms labeled people in earlier times.
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Partor
Parratt
Pyo
Dr Pierce’s Pleasant Pellets Liver Pill Ad
Taken away sick headache bilious headache dizziness constipation indigestion bilious attacks and disorders of the liver stomach and bowels. The ad touts Dr Pierce's Pleasant Pellets as the smallest yet most effective laxative liver pill. Sugar coated easy to take portable in vials hermetically sealed and guaranteed to satisfy or your money back.
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Dr. Pierce
Shilohs Consumption Cure Ad Excerpt
An advertisement claims Shilohs Consumption Cure cures coughs bronchitis and sore throats with a money back guarantee. It promises free sample bottles to every home in the United States and Canada and recommends Shilohs Porous Plaster for lung or back pain. It lists prices 16 50 and 1.00 for the cure and 25 cents for the plaster.
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United States
Canada
Shiloh
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