Privilege Parade of British Immunities in London Tit Bits
A London Tit-Bits item surveys who cannot be arrested in Britain, noting royals, MPs, peers, ambassadors, clergy, soldiers, sailors, and Sunday limits. It explains immunity spans civil, criminal, and ceremonial contexts, with a humorous tone on how law enforcement cannot act without warrants or royal prerogative.
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Great Britain
le Firet
Westminster
England
Bobby
House of Commons
London
Rio
Brilliant Flame Wood Sparks Transatlantic Trade
New England residents burn driftwood impregnated with copper and ocean salts for brilliant colored flames. A New Bedford dealer reportedly ships hundreds of barrels yearly to buyers across the country and Europe, despite failed imitators. Submersion in seawater is needed to produce the effect.
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New England
New Bedford
Europe
New York Tribune
When to Sell Farm Produce and Livestock
A farm guide advises sellers to compare sale prices with production costs and avoid holding perishable or low-value items. Hay, corn, and grain may be kept if no loss occurs, but dairy, roots, butter, cheese, and fruits should be sold early. Watch broader markets to anticipate shortages and avoid speculation.
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Massillon
Naveen
Life of a land seeker ends in lonely wealth
A obituary-like reflection portrays a man who rose from hired hand to a land baron with 1,700 acres. He died at 63 after a life of thrift and ruthless accumulation, leaving a widow with one third of the estate and children only a share of the wealth. Neighbors recall no warmth, only his pile of land and money, and a costly monument planned by his will.
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Indiana
Focal
Nature's Sextons and the Circle of Life
The article laments human attempts to outlast nature's cycle of decay. It highlights the roles of worms, woodpeckers, flies, gulls, vultures, and beetles as natural cleaners and recyclers, returning life to elements after death. It contrasts this with mankind preserving a head through embalmment, defying natural law.
Believed in Ghosts Orinthologist Describes Spirit Visit
The Washington Post reports Dr Elliott Coues, famed ornithologist and American Academy member, recounted a vivid apparition of a deceased friend in his room. He describes a luminous vapor forming a radiant image that spoke, and argues ghosts may be real and the spirit body can outlive the physical one.
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Elliott Coues
American Academy of Sciences
St. Paul
Chicago
Washington
Washington Post
Fish Living In Hot Water At Golconda Pond
A Golconda pond fed by hot springs covers two to three acres with water around 75 degrees and bubbling areas near boiling. The warm lake is said to harbor carp over a foot long that resist hook and line and bait. Some fish have been shot, and their flesh proved firm and tasty.
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Golconda
What He Thought of It Barrymore Retort at Hoffman House
The Maurice Barrymore retort recalls an English stranger criticizing American spelling at the Hoffman House New York. The critic mockingly said Americans spell badly, citing honour and labour. Barrymore replied with a pointed pun, noting that VU would not enter the question when honor and labor are concerned.
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Maurice Barrymore
Hoffman House
New York
Barry
The Chances in the Dakotas for a Young Man
The Dakotas offer vast stock ranges and cheap lands. eastern areas yield good crops. western dry areas favor cattle and sheep with light snowfall. Prices may rise from 18 to 25 dollars per acre and stockmen can gain independence with proper water, capital, and experience.
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Missouri River
Missouri
Dakotas
America
Minnesota
Iowa
The Good Time Coming and Its Labor Question
The writer laments difficulty hiring any work and questions a future where people may do all tasks themselves. Wealth’s prerogative to hire others could vanish if everyone has enough, prompting calls to simplify living and rely less on hired help. The piece imagines millionaires doing their own chores.
Our Daily Bread and American Food Abundance
The passage extols American abundance and quality of food, claiming the United States as the best fed and most progressive nation. It contrasts American diets with other peoples and links plentiful food to national progress. It emphasizes crops, climate, science, and efficient food preparation.
Hard Heads of the Prairie Stones Traced to Glacial Origins
A boy reader asks about hard heads scattered across western prairies. The article explains these granite porphyry and schist masses originate from far northern granite regions. They were carried by ice sheets that carved the plains and left stone records of prehistoric days.
The Old Sport Tricked by Sharpers on Canal Street
A constructed gambler lures a naive planter into a gambling trap run by a group of swindlers. The plant er pretends to bet big on the turn, wins, and drains the victim of his money, ending the robber’s scheme and teaching the mark a hard lesson. The planter was a Metaphis gambler used for the ruse.
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Canal Street
Ceater
Metaphis
New Orleans Times-Democrat
Catching Smelts In Ice Tent Fishing Traditions
The Bangor Commercial describes ice tent smelt fishing with six foot long tents heated by a stove and lit by lanterns. Fishermen use six lines to lure smelts while tents stay warm and lines move continuously. Experts net hundreds of pounds. green hands risk starvation.
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Bangor
False Teeth of Antiquity A Glimpse of Ancient Dentistry
The article notes ancient Egypt Greece and Rome practiced dentistry including gold fillings and false teeth. It cites mummy jawbones and Roman Laws of the Twelve Tables referencing artificial teeth and a provision allowing gold fillings and bindings to be buried or burned with the deceased.
Ungrammatical Local Color in Coal Region Gossip
A literary man returning from Pennsylvania's coal country notes a flood of local color and recalls overhearing a striking nonstandard sentence. In Schuylkill county a man hears a woman calling and children in the road. The largest child replies with a grammatically unusual line about who is being called.
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Pennsylvania
Schuylkill County
New York Times
Eye Wash Recipe for Dogs from New York Tribune
The New York Tribune recommends a wash of cold rainwater for dogs with watery eyes, followed by a rochelle salts lotion. Dissolve three grains of Rochelle salts in four ounces of distilled water and drop about three drops into each eye twice daily using a medicine dropper.
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New York Tribune
Night of Terror and a General’s Widow’s Narrow Escape
In a dramatic note from Mrs. Livcatn, the widow of General Bureham of Macti ay Ye. faces illness as doctors fear death from pneumonia. She credits Dr Knox's New Discovery with saving her life after fearful days. After three small doses she rests peacefully and shows signs of recovery. The remedy claims to cure throat chest and lung diseases and is available at 50 cents and 1 dollar trials at ZT. Buitaly's drugstore.
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Bureham
Macti
Gioroivs
Livcatn
Abe
K Nx
Buitaly
Voices of War Along the Tugela River
Excerpt from Richard Harding Davis’s With Buller’s Column describes artillery fire and wind roaring through a valley. The text compares the air to a hurricane and Niagara while the Tugela River remains still, conveying the clash of battle and nature.
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Royar
Navy
Point Geven
Niagara
Buller
Richard Harding Davis
Scribnet
Prayed Up Bishop Bravely Faces Cold Winter Night
A bishop visiting a presid ing elder in a bitterly cold house refuses to delay prayers. He explains he always stays prayed up in preparation for nights as cold as this, while the elder frets over his haste to bed.
Natural as Life: An Old Friends Reunion
Two women who had not met for years encounter each other in the street. They greet warmly and remark on each other’s unchanged looks. They recall a decade since their last meeting and explain their absence with a remark about the weather.
Massillon Market Retail Prices Snapshot
The Massillon Market lists ham shoulder lard and sides cheese among retail offerings. Prices shown include Bran per 100 pounds and middlings per 100 pounds, though the exact figures are incomplete in the text.
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Sextons
Bell Brothers
Wooster
Ohio
Dalton
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