The Unlucky Mary Ann and the Circus at the Fair
Mary Ann the Unlucky endures mishaps at the county fair with Jefferson Gill guiding and admiring her. A banana peel fall leads to a lost twenty dollar piece found and a plan for a wedding dress hinted as their future grows closer. The town’s gawkers watch as fate tests Mary Ann’s balance and charm.
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Jefferson
Mary Ann
Tefferson
Mr. Gi
Sid Jefferson
Mx Gil
Mary Aon
Jeff
Amit
Jef
Trained Monkey in Paris Reunion Notable for Polite Skills
An account from Japan’s Weekly Mail describes a highly trained monkey in Paris that behaved with remarkable manners. The creature bowed, brushed a woman’s dusty dress, fetched foods, and used utensils while observing conversations, though never exhibited publicly. It died of pneumonia at a year old.
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Paris
Japan
Folklore charms said to ward rheumatism across states
A survey of regional folk remedies notes a double cedar knot in Michigan pockets, a gall from goldeared stems in New Hampshire, grub in the gall, and various nuts and a carved potato ring used to fight rheumatism. Beliefs vary by locality, with some saying stolen potatoes and other items offer protection.
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Michigan
New Hampshire
New Jersey
Carlyle's Effort and the Upper Middle Classes
A passage from Life and Letters of Samuel Palmer outlines Carlyle's aim to reform society by elevating work and duty while disuniting idle luxury. It notes he masked his moral message with a Scotch port beverage to make the idea palatable to the upper middle classes.
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Carlyle
Bamuel Palmer
Crafty M Blanc and the Monte Carlo red draft ruse
The Riviera gambling lord Crafty M Blanc warned locals he never kept money on him yet carried a red paper draft for several hundred thousand francs payable to an endersee to ransom himself against kidnapping or robbery. His office required a telegram from him to cash the draft.
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M. Blanc
Blanc
Monte Carlo
Riviera
Perennial Notice Stops Paper at Mr Lucky Strike Request
In a dialogue from the Philadelphia Times a couple debate a typographical error in a society note. Mr Lucky Strike tells his partner to inform the paper man not to leave a Social Regarder, claiming he has been her fiancé for twenty years and will continue in that role, while a young man is described as her fiancé.
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Mary Ann
Jefferson Gill
Jefferson
Lucky Strike
Philadelphia Times
A Latin Class Exchange Fragment
A student recounts an awkward moment in Latin class, recalling a long prepared piece and a misfired improvised finale. The text references Ulysses and Dido, with dramatic imagery of a goddess like figure and a clumsy close to the recitation.
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Sto
Ulysses
Dido
Olympus
Thars
Personal mentions fill city social calendar
Social notes list numerous residents and visitors in the city. George W Wagner enjoyed a trip to Ashland last Sunday while others travel to Detroit Stratford Stevens Point Minneapolis Rochester Oshkosh and Milwaukee. Local professionals and residents including Frank A Cady W J Rush and W S Fowell appear in brief mentions alongside hospitality visits and family outings.
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George W. Wagner
Ashland
Community notes of travel visits and local events
Fred Lupient and family return Monday from Park Falls after two weeks visiting relatives. Caustina Pinion returns from Oshkosh Fond du Lac and eastern points. A dance is set at Brit ten's hall Bakerville Sunday July 28 with Dole zal's Orchestra. Various locals travel for business and leisure including a World's Fair Union store settlement trip to Chicago. Several visits to Milwaukee Green Lake Madison and Yellowstone Park are noted. Ashland Saengerfest attendees listed and the next meeting planned for Marinette.
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Fred Lupient
Park Falls
Caustina Pinion
Oshkosh
Fond du Lac
Britten
Bakerville
Dolezal
Gage and
Batson
Waupaca
Charles Foster
Lucius
Milwaukee
F. Gillett
Helen
Stevens Point
Madison
Cora Vaughn
Grand Rapids
Green Lake
Courtney
E. E. Winch
Necedah
Are
Winch
J.C. Hoffman
Medford
John A. Hofman
Lorelda Kraus
Meta Engel
W. H. Lind
Fred. Allman
Pike Lake
Pike Lake Where They Have Been Enjoying An Extended Outing, Mr. Allman
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Lillct Welker
Mary
Cong
Taft
Mr. Gill
Gutave
Viola Salemann
Frank A. Cady
Grand Rap'ds
W. J. Rush
Loyal
City
John Therolf
Jacob Glinski
J. H. White
Alma
Mary Powers
Minneapolis
Ralph J. Baker
Rochester
Minn
F. R. Pollard
Guy Sanborn
Wausau
Ww. L. Harris
Lena Browning
EB. T. Avery
Manawa
J.C. Marsh
Butternut Lake
A. B. Corey
Pittsville
W. S. Fowell
Reedsburg
Erwin Nick
Adolph Rhode
Kilbourn City
Dr. Wahley
Wm. Uthmeier
A.G
D. E. Wilson
Wausau Wednes
Ruby Riggs
Hattie Pickett
Dean Newell
Richmond
B.A. Ross
Park
Francis M. McHenry
Burlington
Helen M. Greenslade
W. H. Roddis
Mesdames Baird and
Fenters of
Ogden
J. F. Tearuan
Miller
Eeeson and
Chicago
World’s Fair Union
Camille Wahie
Mrs. Lueckenbach
Menasha
M. Lueckenbach
B. F. McMillan
4. B. Beebe
Yellowstone Park
H. H. Milbee
T. Milbee
M. J. Hickling
Barrie
Ontario
Kansas
Rosina Bille Bille
Miss Nye Morist
He Paakow
Kraus
E. Schoenher
Messers
Louis Baumann
R. A. Kalbskopf
B. P. Scheibe
H. J. Pankow
Dorpat
Albert Wertland
George Zettler
Otto Backhaus
Otto Meyer
Wick Lodovic
Herman Kaufman
America
Dulutty Minn
Ahelergaten
Fara
Humphreys
Syrnagiste
Humphreyy Medictin Co
Willian
John bin
New York
USA
Humphreys! Meds Co
Wiliam Sohn Sts
Tiffault- Kamps Mer. Co
Marshfield
Wis
Nooden
Sale
Charles Schmirler
William Hirth
Insurance, Justice, and Notary Fublic
Schmidler’s Shoe Store
Mansion House F. C
Ray
WarthBeld
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