Will Build a Library In Wisconsin Town
The Watson citizens start a $25,000 subscription drive for a free public library. In nearby Wausau, Carnegie offered $25,000 but was rejected. local donors are stepping up with hundreds and thousands to fund a home-soured project. The piece notes other local concerns and several brief notices, including a pending game law and a call for fish protection.
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Watson
Wisconsin River
Wausau
Andrew Carnegie
Alderson
The
Daily Record
Wisconsin
Fond du Lac
Superstitions and Mascots in Gambling Tales
A collection of anecdotes on gamblers and their talismans. Items include a bullet from a woman who killed herself, a gold hairpin from a theater queen, and a coin from a murderer given to a Wissahickon lawyer. The piece closes with a Royal magpie superstition exchange between the German Kaiser and the Duke of Cambridge.
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Carriea Wan
Alule
Wissahickon
Philadelphia Record
England
Duke of Cambridge
Patti's Wessoun For Success on the operatic stage
This fragment recalls Adelina Patti’s self-assessment of her qualities at the operatic orbit. She lists ten traits from musical ability to public appeal and stage presence, presenting a candid, humorous self-portrait of a renowned soprano.
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Patti
Adelina Patt
Indian child life in tepee and cheese copper dye
The text notes the Indian child in tepees grows up largely unattended with little playmates or maternal caresses and crying is rare. It shifts to a note on Italian cheese gaining green color from milk copper content. It also mentions copper vessels causing milk contact and a method to gauge activity by the dulling of polished copper surfaces.
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Tepee Ife
Abd
Nas Hadron Peabody Mi Meadical
Yeortie Fine
Gabes
Peabody
Msaton Herald
Young Old Men in The Cornhill Style
A writer in The Cornhill argues that the age perception has shifted since the early nineteenth century. He claims a man is a boy up to about thirty five, middle aged around fifty, and rarely old until six to seven years past life expectancy. This reflects changing social views.
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Cornhill
David
Clara pursues a career despite matrimony limits
Dialogue shows Clara aiming for independence while her mother worries that marriage will block a career. Clara insists she can have a career unless marriage interferes. The exchange highlights tensions between personal ambition and traditional expectations.
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Clara
Puck
Bed In His Own Field Spinning a Web Like a Child’s Play
A playful dialogue contrasts a spider and a boy presenting a spinning top as feats of spinning. The piece invites reflection on effort and skill with simple, rhythmic imagery.
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Wy Boy
Johnny
Hard Luck and Misfortune In a Curious Exchange
A fragment shows a quarrelsome exchange mentioning hard luck and a daughter who married her patient, with remarks about mischief when quiet. The text riffs on parental disappointment and a physician son-in-law, reflecting a newspaper feature tone from the Philadelphia Record and Atehinon Globe in a clipped dialogue style.
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Cheaus
Cresta
Philadelphia
Foote Placid. Eres. Poe's neck was rather long and alen der
Poe is described with long neck and a slender, erect posture that heightens a tall impression. His violet eyes glow with subdued intellect, framed by a moonlit brow and dark lashes, conveying celestial serenity amid poverty and hostile anonymous critics.
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Foote
Poe
Wella
Century
No Kick Coming And The Lomot Horseshoe Chronicle
A railroad engineer recounts a severe crash and long recovery using a New York Times anecdote about a veteran driver on crutches declaring he cannot kick. The second tale explains how a lost horseshoe altered Henry VII’s diplomatic path after Anne Boleyn’s fall and Jane Seymour’s marriage.
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Bla
New York Times
Henry VII
England
Anne Boleyn
Rome
Calais
London
Henry
Jane Seymour
Anne
Weeping Trees Across North America and Ferro
The article notes a fir species in Oregon Washington Montana and British Columbia that drips pure water from leaf and branch ends year round. It attributes the tears to a unique condensation from leaves and bark. Ferro hosts many weeping trees with tears peaking when relative humidity nears the dew point.
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Oregon
Washington
Montana
British Columbia
Ferro
Strange Idea of Deauty and Body Alterations
The text describes how some mothers flatten the back of a baby’s head, sharpen noses, and form a chin dimple as beauty practices. It notes methods like pressing the head on hard surfaces, sleeping with an object, nose pressing, chin indents, and bands. It mentions Chinooks in America practicing forehead flattening.
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America
Mec Solomon to marry again amidst collecting craze
Conversation notes Mec Solomon plans a fourth marriage. The talk links his marrying spree to collecting obsessions, comparing his wives to his hobby of collecting. The Boston Transcript is cited in the chatter.
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Solomon
MeSolomon
Boston ‘Transcript
Good Shooting In Cambridge
A curious old remark links Bret Harte and Mr Howells to Cambridge, recalling how famous men lie there and suggesting a gun could not fire from a porch without hitting two volumes. The anecdote evokes literary history and Cambridge's storied associations.
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Cambridge
Bret Harte
Pacific Slope
Mr. Howells
Optical prize offer for students in Marshfield
Local optician M Dunn of 303 Central Ave MarshfieldWis invites school age children to answer optics questions for a chance to win a free pair of ground lens glasses in a gold filled frame or a second prize for a child. Correct answers earn 25 percent off usual prices. Entries due by noon May 1.
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Pateliel
J. B. Borden
E. M. Deming
M. Dunn
Optician
Central Ave
Marsh&eld
Wis
Dedication of Louisiana Purchase Exposition in St Louis
Attendees invited to dedication exercises of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition in St Louis on May 1 1903. Write to J M Turner Special Excursion Agent Wisconsin Central Ry 400 BE Water St Milwaukee Wis to join a select party of ladies and gentlemen.
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St. Louis
J. M. Turner
Wisconsin Central Ry
Water St
Milwaukee
Wis
Town Orders Lost In Rock Town Payment Void
Town orders No. 35 and 92 on Rock have been paid and are void. Order No. 35 for 50 dollars drawn in favor of Ane Throne dated August 21, 1902. Order No. 92 for 3.25 dollars dated March 25, 1902. Public warned that orders are null in hands of Ender or purchaser from him. Hucnr Porter, Chairman.
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Rock
Ane
Throne
Deste
D. H. Murphy
Ender
Hucnr Porter
Restorative Nervine and Tonics Claim Cures
A testimonial letter from a man and others praising Dr. Miles Restorative Nervine and Tonics for a range of ailments from bilious headaches and asthma to chronic diarrhea. The writer credits Nervine with restored health after years of illness, and encourages readers to seek the remedies via Dr. Miles Medical Co.
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Ebay
Camp Randall
Miles
Hiram Bender
Sparta
Win
Huey
Free-Preas
Mmil- All
Dr. Tasita Medical Co
Ind
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George W. Bishop
Rhinelander
Board of Control
Northern Hospital For the
Oshkosh
Bishop
Geo. B. Nelson
J.J. Nelson
Amherst
Circuit Courts of
Webb
Nelson
Portage County
Helena
Brigham Young
Council of Twelve Apostles
Mormon Church
Salt Lake
Post Office Department
Minneapolis
Frank L. Zweck
New Zealand
United States
Baltimore
Apotbach
Louisiana Purchase Exposition
C. J. Lundgren
City Meat Market Soles
Emanuel
John Brackendorf
R, K. Sullivan
Horse Shoer
K. Thompson
4Th St
Ath Streal
Marshfield
Kamps Drug Store
Esas Pate
Camnoniae
Resromem
Dr. Miles
H. E. McEachron Company
Central
H. McEachron Co
Iron Works
Vedder
Chatte Mortgage
C. S. Vedder
John Schlegel
Ninth Street West
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