The Loadstone Conjurer and a Rajah’s Challenge Incident
A Nebraska tale intertwines a conjurer’s illusion with a boat club captain called a racial slur. At a university town hall in the 19th century, Waterer, a robust rival, challenges the Loadstone conjurer to move him from his chair. The feat grows perilous as the conjurer’s power lifts Waterer offstage, provoking stunned cheers that end with the sailor’s collapse and the audience demanding a retreat.
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Bix
Plato
Odre
Burmar
Eaton
Boat Club
Hall
Sue
Rome
Loadstone
Wee Waterer
Landstons
Waterer
Vrida
Rananagar
Watarer
Simultaneouslie Istona
Rejah
Leudatove
Wateree
Loudstone
Allege
New York World
Waterfront contrasts and Chicago harbor view described
The article surveys North American waterfronts from Lake Michigan ports to Chicago, detailing Harbors, piers, breakwaters, and riverfront mills, docks, warehousing and depots. It notes Milwaukee Detroit Buffalo and Cleveland features, and contrasts lakefront and riverfront layouts. It recounts a separate incident in Chicago where Russian refugees refuse work and clash with police at shelter.
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Tha Lake
Sua
Liverpool
Abe
Pees
Chicago
Téleness
Curesco
Kiog
Tibet Opens to Foreigners Yet Remains Closed
A New York Times letter discusses Tibet as the sole hermit nation still barring foreigners while neighboring empires move toward openness. It notes limited Christian travel in Japan Korea and China and cites explorers Henri of Orleans and W. W. Rockhill as rare visitors as Russia and Britain push for trade routes, forecasting a possible end to Tibet’s isolation similar to Korea’s recent shifts.
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Nagasaki
Japan
New York Times
Fnréignére
Prince Henri
Orlanns
W. W. Rockhill
Pekin
Rennin
Russia
Thivet
Great Britain
India
Himalaya
Donssa
Corea
Utiaizn
China
Lhaset
Seoul
United States
Conductor questioned woman over boy's age on train
A New York Journal account tells of a woman traveling with a boy who refused to disclose the boy's age. The conductor pressed for details while she asserted independence, retorting that she only needed a fare for both. She handed him a ten ride ticket and left.
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Scott
New York Journal
Modus Operandi in a Broadway Drug Store Encounter
An elderly imposing woman visits a Broadway drug store clerk seeking cosmetics. The conversation covers rouge types and imported cosmetics as she asks for three boxes for herself and other cast members. The polite clerk assists behind the prescription desk, humming a repeating tune.
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Broadway
Owell
Oddities and musings mix in a late 19th century column
A scattered page fragment blends philosophy quotes, household lore, and humorous asides. It includes reflections on faith, courtesy, and women’s work, plus witticisms about sympathy, polite society, and a humorous exchange about a missing actor’s lines. The tone resembles a miscellany column with varied topics and quotes.
Fragmented poem fragment on memory and duty amid war
A heavily garbled poem fragment evokes memory, duty, and loss. It blends reflections on beauty and time with references to warlike duty, a father or guardian figure, and distant children at play, hinting at the sorrow of separation and the passage of life.
Clean up and plant orchard crops in garden farming
The article covers methods for poultry, dairy, and fruit farming practices. It discusses fine tuning crop care, frost resilience, and pest control, plus practical tips for blackberry cultivation, egg packing and storage, and the benefits of adding an orchard to small farms with recommended spacing and varieties.
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Bula
Silinoiv
Roma
Planting Seeds and Man vs Shark in a New Zealand Harbor
Advice urges planting only good seed and careful seed selection to ensure crop quality. A dramatic tale from Manukau Harbor recounts Henry Jacobson fighting a large shark after his boat was swamped, stabbing the shark and surviving a two and a half hour struggle before rescue. The clipping also notes a legal case delay, a book promo, and miscellaneous notes from periodicals and vendors.
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Shride
Manukau Harbor
Henry Jacobson
Manolau
Bexcin
Jacobsoo
Ike
Jacobson
Jacbson
Monaker
New Zealand Herald
Spring Medicines Boost Blood Purification Claims
An ad promotes Hood's Sarsaparilla as a premier spring medicine to purify and enrich the blood, ease headaches, dyspepsia, and fatigue, and improve kidney and liver function. It cites common winter illnesses and touts renewed vitality with the tonic. Also mentions unrelated medical devices, voice care aids, and a miscellaneous note about a London-era biography fragment.
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Hood
Galtre
Sarasparinaso
Fenate Bigelow
Fremont
Serrell
New York
August Flower a Cure for Dyspepsia in Stores Everywhere
An old advertisement asserts August Flower treats dyspepsia and liver issues. It claims the remedy is simple, effective, and widely sold, with a large manufacturing plant supporting its broad distribution worldwide. It emphasizes that it “cures dyspepsia” and has an honored place in towns and country stores.
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Aildrexs
Folhway & CO
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Mller
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Great Waterfront
Paris
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Milwaukee
Detroit
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Grand Circus
Washington
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Buffalo
Charlea C. Rogers
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Basen
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Gruggista
Hwand
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Express
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Pradfield Regulator CO
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Reller
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Lea E Pinkutast
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Lynn
Mass
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Ainla
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Imii
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Rand
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Rash Medical College
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Crazin & Co
Philadelphia
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Mich
Stine
Klne
Palla
Brown
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Obie
Jane Scrimstaw
London
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Traxnad
Christen Index
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Michael O'Connel
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Lewis
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Oregon
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Weir
Catelogue
Temkey
OANSE
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Nto
Galdaar
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Barlow
Grocers
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Udte Wits
Meotana
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Fy Sect
Taong
Visiela
Amertal
Sas A Ba
Bororirensree Gra
Psvea
Pactfig Journal
Toas
Eo Tutt
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Pegue
Comataby
Wali
Tayem Pampiiet
DR. Harter Medicine CO
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W.barer & B & CO
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