Attorney Fights Texas Spirit Driven Case
An attorney recounts a case involving a Texas land claim where a client claimed help from spirits. The client, willing to threaten and shoot a lawyer, pressed for aggressive counsel, prompting the attorney to refuse further service and recommend another attorney. The client returned, then departed to seek different representation, and the narrator avoided further contact.
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Jetta el Vgiven
Texas
Chad
Petersburg
Enke
Andy
Magical Trickster Tales From a Detroit Magician
A Detroit Free Press reminiscence recalls a long ago tour in the far west where a celebrated sleight of hand artist enjoyed quick earnings. On stage in a small town he sought a volunteer to act as an assistant and an eager audience member finally stepped forward after urging from others and lent him $25 during the act.
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Detroit Free Press
West
Aselat - Me
Sevan
Indy
Paper weights of bronze and glass fetch high prices
A shop displays a range of paper weights from five cents to seventy eight dollars, noting bronze dog forms sell well for their tail and head grips. Prices vary with material quality, workmanship, and the depicted flora and fauna. The clerk confirms purchases are serious and not merely for fun.
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Earth
Beggar Actor's Tale Stirs Chicago Morning Street
A faded ex-actor, once linked with McCullough in the 1870s, beggars sympathy on Michigan Avenue. He laments ruined days and says the current of life pulled him under, while a passing woman pauses to offer help amid the warm dawn.
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Michigan Avenue
Chicago Inter Ocean
McCullough
Calumet Club
Burged
Abs McCullough
Registration Rules Mention Towns and Voter Names
Fragmented OCR text references voting registration and eligibility. It notes towns Bab i Me rebk Albion and Marfaball under a charter regime. Emphasizes that every vote requires the voter's name and proper registration to be counted.
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Sward
Albion
Marfaball
Renilre
Hensel
Hensel: Jaerengeaton
Hs Own
Pant Puckiah label the Turkiah mother toads her child
An ethnographic fragment describes Pant Puckiah label and a Turkiah mother performing amulets and charms on a child. The text mentions a small amount of water steeped with charms and a forehead marking as part of an ancestral ritual.
Why Lake Superior Water Is Cold and Curious Ice Trade
A Washington Post correspondent relays a tale from a returning English traveler about Lake Superior’s frigid waters and the winter ice harvest. The story notes ice is cut into massive blocks, weighted, sunk, and later floated to shore, with the lake bottom described as paved with blocks. The piece ends with humorous commentary on American fondness for clean water and a nod to possible future English books about the lake.
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America
High Seas
Duke Superiar
Washington Post
Duhith
Yeor Ueman
Duluth
Superior
England
Lake Superior
Raw Meat as Tuberculosis Treatment Questioned
A European edition writer notes research on tuberculous cures, citing Mr. Richet of Paris. He reports dogs fed raw meat showing better health and survival than those given cooked meat, while cooked meat yields rapid death. claims raw meat may influence outcomes but urges awaiting clinic verdict before conclusions.
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New York Herald
Ricshet
Paris
Paria
Theatrical Milliner in London Press Agent Debate
A London theater discussion compares press agents to milliners as it lampoons the role and naming bias. The piece argues “press agent” echoes “road agent” and favors “theatrical milliner” for fair description, critiquing sensationalism and overstatement in theatrical publicity.
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London
Lne
Indi- Anapolia
Drury Lane
T. Louis Republic
Juei Psa
Falo
Emile
Thackeray
Dickens
Elther
Ewan Exer
Byocheo
Jewelers Speak on Gold Hoarding and Ingot Trade
A veteran manufacturer narrates how gold ingots and coins move through jewelers and banks. He notes millions in gold circulated, melted, or hoarded, with stories of bracelets, bangles, and coins ending in melting pots. He recalls a gold culture of hiding, hoarding, and removal from circulation across decades.
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Chicago
dbGising
Ehanel
Silger
Birk Jewelers
Caine
New Way To Scare Wolves Patent Drawn From Experience
Examiners note a Western patent for an automatic gun to frighten wolves on prairies. The device, patented recently, fires plank cartridges at ten minute intervals and operates from sunset to sunrise during lambing season to protect sheep. Critics doubt whether wolves will understand the trigger mechanism.
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Patent Office
Saturday Evening Post
Mapy
Quoted Fragments From Various Papers Spark Local Whims
A collage of short quotations from Detroit Journal Philadelphia North American Indianapolis News and Califeras Weekly features quirky exchanges and odd anecdotes. Notes include a love counsel misread misquoted lines about reform and a boarding house bread joke. A mysterious death claim appears as a fragment.
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Detroit
Jourakeese
Jegislatire
Philadelphia
Indianapoha News
Sarcastle—Wite
Charleal
Califer'a Weekly
Wicks
Laipposa
le Chaima
Philadelphia Frees
New Lake Vessel Designs Signal Shipyard Boom
The Lake shipyards boom as Great Lakes vessels push toward 450 to 500 feet length and 7,000 to 8,000 ton capacity. Quadruple expansion engines and water tube boilers are standard, with many ships under construction for lake and Atlantic service. Several ships head for the seaboard, others for Porto Rico trade, and plans foresee a large fleet of steamers built by American Shipbuilding Company and allied yards.
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Marine
Great Lakes
Vessarla
Atenmora
Cagzea
Tha
Yarda
Cdma
Atecl
Lake
Atlantic
Vessgla Aulted
Inkea
Inkgs
Seaboard
Porto Rico
United States
American Shipbuilding Company
Elbridge Locke Father of Chelsea Singer Dies at Home
Elbridge W. Father Locke a famed veteran singer and public school entertainer in Denton County died at his Chelsea home. He wrote The Ship of State in the 1860s and sang for Lincoln’s nomination at Faneuil Hall. Lincoln reportedly welcomed Locke in Washington in 1869 and urged more of his songs in public life.
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Elbridge W
Locke
Cirelem
Thia State
Faneuil Hall
Lincoln
Govg, Bayks and Andrews
Springfield
Wand
Beratly
Father Locke
Father Locks
Alpger
Wealthy Indian Girl Heir to Fortunes and Guardianship
Rainie Truehart, a young Kiowa heiress, was raised for wealth by the late Black Wolf chief. A Texan rancher, John Dillion, foiled a plot to kill him seven years ago, inspiring his guardianship of Rainie as she nears fourteen. The bishop of Monterey oversees her education and name, Truehart. Also reported is a six year old aboard a North German Lloyd liner who held the ship for 22 minutes while seeking his grandmother ashore.
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Rainie Truehatt
Dillan
Black Wolf
Dollnia
St. Louis ‘Republic
John Dillion
Gil
John Ai Gane
Rio Grande
Indiana Territory
Tie
Iis
Dinag
Dillion
Dita
Rank
Tin
Monterey
Truehart
Werra
Une
New York Sun
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United
Beut
Hon
Mark, Hanna
U. 5
National Republican Committee
Fia Caran Five Powyer
Sueland
Eva
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