Tattooed Iris Mirage Aboard A Rolling Ship
An onboard tale recounts a female passenger proposing to change her eye color by tattooing the iris. The physician, alarmed, guides a temporary near eye tint with India ink on the cornea. The experiment lasts about ten days. a disguised letter later claims success and a diamond prize, then the passenger exploits duty free rules for a large sale.
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Chary
Chive
EC Pelleye
Indy
Severn
Jouger
Tula
Oxpreaa
Agittaire
Hen Derby at Windsor Ends in Suspicion of Favored Chickens
The New York Herald recounts Sir John Astley’s ridiculous Hen Derby at Windsor where officers each chose a ribboned chicken racing fifty yards to reach its mother’s food. Chickens won easily in both races, sparking suspicions that Astley picked speedy cockerels, ending the Windsor chicken races after one week.
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John Aginty
Sir John Astley
Sir John
Windsor
Hla
Mark Ip
Bar Orse
Rome
London
John
New York Herald
Turner’s Ambition The Great Painter’s Bequest Plan
The painter Turner resisted selling his works at Somerset House meeting to aid a national gallery. He aimed to bequeath £149,000 for an artists’ asylum and a national collection, with “Rise and Fall of Carthage” to be hung in the National Gallery beside Claude and Turner’s other masterpiece.
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Vaare
Galf
Turner
Somerset House
Ols
Carthage
National Gallery
Griffiths
Iife
Big Country
Tareer
Liverpool
England
Hia
Rise
Wall of Carthage
Claude
Seapore
London Graphic
Didn't Give Him the Chance. A wry table tale of Schopenhauer
The anecdote recalls Schopenhauer, then a daily regular at a table frequented by distinguished guests. Lady Byron once sat beside him, and the host teased that the philosopher should have announced her presence. Schopenhauer quipped he would have liked to be introduced to her.
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Schopenkeller
Genevi
Lady Byron
Bin
Schopanbaser
Smuggling warned by New York customs official
The New York collector of customs warned that smuggling must cease and vowed to be as strict as a French officer. A pier scene is recalled where an officer inspects a tourist's swollen cheek as a test of honesty.
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New York
Washington Star
It Had an Effect on the Mokman’s Watering Request
A playful exchange from the New York Sun features a sarcastic letter to a mokman asking permission to attend to watering tasks for a cow Olter in the kitchen faucet. The mok asks if it had any effect, and the reply is lighthearted, noting only two things fall as a result.
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Mokman
New York Sun
The Error Sandy Doctor Billing Dispute
A sea captain narrator complains of being charged for advice by a physician on a bill. The dialogue imitates sailor banter and slang.
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Sandy
Lontioa Pusch
Molly Trine Heroine of the Telegraph Station
Molly Trine, a teenage telegraph operator at an O and G railroad station, repelled a robber with a monkey wrench after trapping him while awaiting help. Her courage earned a pension for her mother, schooling for Molly, and a company reward from the president.
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Molly Trine
Molly
Mary
Iater Tryne
Kue
Hix
Sever
Hee
Silo guidelines and white slave trade ad notes
The Iowa College of Agriculture Bulletin lists silo tips detailing location, airtight walls, vertical smooth walls, even silage distribution, frost prevention, double wall concrete silos, minimum depth of 30 feet, surface feeding, and stave silo anchoring with life estimates. The item then promotes a sensational book on the white slave trade with agent commissions, price, and mailing details from The Hoey Publishing Co in Chicago Illinois.
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Iowa College of Agriculture
Ernest A. Bell
U.S
Sims
The
Cincinnati Inquirer
Hook
Hoey Publishing Co
Dear
Barn St. Cafcaga
Ill
Schedule of Passenger Trains Marshfield Wis
Passenger train schedule lists arrivals and departures for Marshfield Wisconsin including Milwaukee Chicago and Minneapolis connections. It notes which trains run daily or except Sunday, with routes to Fond du Lac Merrill Wausau Oshkosh and other towns and mentions mail and budu services and connections.
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Marshfield, Wis
Omaha
Miln
Laamre
Eland Jc
Wausau
Omaka
Minn
Fond du Lac
Janesville
Shebogge Mil
Oxhaosh
N. W
Fond du la
Sree
N.W
Morrilhin
Minneapolia
Mail
BAO
Lee
Weason
Blan Bine Trainond
Mica Apolia Ta Chi
Lmited
Che
Achlund
Greenwood
Greemwoot and
Loyal
Chi— End Milw
Eau Claire
Milw
Chi
Nekooga
Grand Rapids
Nekross
Sam
Nekoosa
Nekocessad
Grand Eupida
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Danderine
Minnesota
Knowlton
DR. Turbin
Berlin
Germany
Marshfield
Blodgett Hotel
Bervons
Doctor Turbin
Randolph St
Chicago
Lars
Antndlie
Clement
Bert. Macier
Laines
Henry Wahle
Kasidsnce
A. Lathrop
Euyatcian
P. Pp
Sexton
H. &.Milree
M.D.G
Tivateian
Marsatield
W. James
Cvar Sexton's
Roardenen
Maga Survey
Walter Mazon
Wenengceit Omco
Iya
Epis Tok 2
Rud
B. Vedder
Rose Grathery
Oise
Omica
Ictor A. Mason
Brysigiar
Omewnver Sexton's
Amidence Cortrol
Maple St
Tellaphone
Mee
Ofice Hoard
Ae Adler Block Lawyers
BV Edwards
Owen Marshfield
A, Williams
West and Soret
W. T. Poad
Dawrist
Deming Block
Ading Cedar Arrests
H, Lind
D. J
Bank
Heaton
D. D. Bucceseer
Huubky
Kinlans
Marible d
Wiaconsio
Northwestern Station
Ashland
Milwaukee
Milwakew
Mim
Delly
Derm Remoun
Roe Grant Seeds
Chi and
Bele
Trafnu
Few York
SUS
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