Caught by Bandits in Greece and Escape Tale
The narrator and artist Gillam chronicle a Greek brigand capture near Histrophus, demanding a ransom of 30 000 dollars while the captors mock American wealth. After days of guarded captivity, the pair overpower the brigands, flee to Marathon, and see the leader Roberto die two years later, reportedly disfigured by a broken jaw from a kick.
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Lars
C. B. Lewis
Gillam
Europe
Greece
Athens
Marathon
Histrophus
Ilistrophus
Roberto
America
Rockefeller
Gould
Vanderbilt
Old Roberto
M. Quan
Pride and Hat Too Hard in Trinity Church
Walt Whman, a Quaker by lineage and habit, entered Trinity church in New York with his sombrero on. An officious verger asked him to remove it. after a brief hesitation Walt struck the verger with his hat, then left the church amid threats of legal action.
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Walt Whtman
Whithin
Trinity Church
New York
Walt
Sexton
Boston Transcript
Crosses and Thieves from Lip pincetts Magazine
A Lynchburg reception recalls Civil War veterans including a major from the 2 Massachusetts who saluted General Jubal Early and quipped about crosses. Early quotes a grim saying about hanging crosses on thieves. Also includes odd lines from cannibal and missionary tales from the Ohio State Journal.
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Lynchburg
W. Halsey
Lippincott’s
Massachusetts
Jubal Early
Ohio State Journal
After the Honeymoon She You Married Me for Spite
A witty exchange quoted from the Syracuse Herald about marriage, noting one partner accusing the other of marrying in vain and the other retorting that talk would make others think the union lacked purpose. The brief item captures a lighthearted domestic quip from the period.
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Syracuse Herald
Parachutes and Balloons Kept Safe in Circus Drops
A New York Sun piece explains parachute drops from circus balloons are generally safe when guided by experienced handlers. It notes parachutes are steerable, balloons heavy and fragile, and that landing sites are chosen to avoid water or structures.
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McKeesport
New York Sun
Colt's Invention First Great Improvement In Repeating Pistols
The article recalls Colonel Samuel Colt's first major improvement in repeating pistols patented on February 25, 1836. It notes the 1848 reissue, original letters signed by Andrew Jackson, John Forsyth, and Benjamin F. Butler, and lists Colt's claimed innovations such as cap application at the cylinder end, a cap partition, moisture protection, a hammer trigger linkage, and cylinder ratchet connections. It compares Colt to an earlier revolver by Collin and mentions Walker's Texas Rangers validating Colt's design, with Smith & Wesson emerging around 1848.
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Samuel Colt
Colonel Colt
New York
Andrew Jackson
John Forsyth
Benjamin F. Butler
Colt
Collin
Sam Walker
Texas Rangers
The Magical Mirror Prophecy Or Future Wife Vision
An old instruction outlines using a mirror chalk design and a silk handkerchief to create a reversible image. By breathing on the mirror the viewer allegedly sees a picture of their future wife, with the design reappearing when wiped and reactivated by air.
Odd Bits From Past Presses A Mixed Page Teaser
A collection notes curiosities from early papers including remarks on Kirby’s fate ambition and fame a jab about playwriting labor a claim that the first Minnesota book was a Bible printed in 1836 plus a tongue in cheek line about metamorphosis of seeds and fruit.
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American Bible Society
Minnesota
St. Paul
Adventure of the Solomon Island Cannibals
In John Caggin's Among the Man Eaters a narrator recalls saving a girl from execution by a Solomon Island village. He warns that a captured child would be killed or enslaved, and he ends by striking a bargain to buy her safety with a mission axe, becoming a de facto slave owner.
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Solomon
John Caggin
Called Her Son Mistake Leads to Sing Sing Prank
A Pittsburg woman visiting New York asked hotel staff to call Sing Sing for her son. The warden answered, revealing the boy would serve 30 years. The incident ended with the mother hanging up after learning the call was to a prison. Also notes on a timid giraffe reacting to sounds in Leisure Hour.
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Pittsburg
Sing Sing
New York
Fifth Avenue
Sing Sing Prison
Let It Go at That Bishop Candler Printer Mistake
In Washington at a Methodist conference Bishop W A Candler advocates looser purses strings and recalls sending an article that warned we pray too loud and work too little a printer altered it to we brag too loud and work too little. He says the error stood. The quip is linked with humorous quotations from Brooklyn Life about meals and beliefs. an anecdote illustrates self restraint and wit.
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Washington
W. A. Candler
Contradictions spark witty exchange about aging
In a Detroit Free Press snippet Digby quips about his growing gray hairs while another character remarks on his aging, eliciting a playful exchange that highlights humor in getting older.
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Digby
Detroit Free Press
Change of Time of Trains Over the Pennsylvania Lines
New schedule effective Sunday May 27 1900 shows massillon Massillon station trains: Fast 2 12 am 5 am 1 14 pm 7 50 pm 10 32 pm. West 4 12 am 8 23 am 10 10 am 5 43 pm 9 40 pm. Mail East 12 29 pm Mail West 11 15 am. Except East 7 50 pm and West 8 25 am daily. Excursions to Toledo and Cincinnati via Pennsylvania Lines with special returns and Fourth of July rates noted.
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Pennsylvania
Massillon Station
J. A. Shoemaker
Massillon
Cleveland, Lorain & Wheeling Ry. Co
North Sound
Main Line
Eis
Bellaire
M.A. M
P.M
P.M. M. Hopton
Bridgeport
Ubrichsvilie
Canal Dover
Justus
Maasilion
Canal Fulton
Warwick
Sterling
Seville
O Taxis
Chippewa Lake A
Medina
Lester
Brooklyn
Cleveland
Lorain
P.M.P.M
P.m.ip
M.A.M
P. Clevelan
Leste
Medin
Massiion
Canal D
Philadelphia
Ubrichsville
P.M. Lorain
Blyria
Ag Grafton
Bellaire Martin's Ferry
Wheeling
Masaillon
G. Carrel
Cleveland, C
Saene
Ioltig
Akron
Barberton
Oarville lv
Millersburgh
Ernon
Columbus
Lpm
Iamiam
Columbus Iv
Ternon
Millersburg
Oarville
New Br
Clevel
Warsaw
Triana
Zanesville
Dresden
Evory
E. A. Ford
Gen. Pass
Agt
Pittsburg
Cleveland Terminal& Vallay R. A
All Bop
Bop
Canton
Ron
South Bound
Cloveland
Sip
B. W. Bashy
K. Mata
Low Fare West Excursion to Kansas City for Democratic Convention
Excursion tickets to Kansas City for the Democratic convention will be sold July 1 2 and 8 via Pennsylvania Lines with return by July 9 Information on rates through time train comforts and stopover privileges furnished by Pennsylvania Lines agents Also cheap tickets to Charleston for National Educational Association meetings July 8 6 6 and 8 Apply to the nearest agent Details and special service rates available from L O Tool Canton Ohio or F H Killiners Maillon Gundays excepted 10 p m at Maasilion
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Cincinnati
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania Lines
Toledo
Coal Dealers’ Association of Ohio
Convention Ohio Christian Endeavor Union
Pittsburg
Kansas City
Charleston
National Educational Association
Pennsylvania Lin
Maasilion
L. O'Tool
Canton
F. H. Killiners
Gen
Maillon
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Colt’s Invention
Kirby
Detroit Free, Press
Leisure Hour
Mr. Hixson
Mrs. Hixson
P. K
Cash Hat Shirt Store
East Main Street
James R. Dunn
S. Erie St
Tus
Inpependent Co
Major
Hama
Girlcheater Chemical
FIGS
California
Figs Syrup Co
Traveler’s Register
Interwaben Traina
Biton
Stanndard Timr
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