Ocean Peddlers Trade Across Oceans and Coasts
The article details the ocean peddler’s trade from Hamburg or San Francisco to Africa and South America, selling cot ton fabrics trinkets arms and liquor in shipboard holds while evading authorities with contraband goods. It notes navigator skill bargaining ability and the risk of sale to insurgent groups and highlights a Nicaraguan dynamite episode and Australian pearl diving impact.
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Pacific
Hamburg
San Francisco
Africa
South America
Gay
Central American
Unite
New York Sun
Pictorial Wash Records Told By Old German Housewife
A Cleveland Leader excerpt describes an elderly German housewife who used a chalk numbered pictorial system to track laundry. She drew pictures for each article, wrote the count opposite the image, erased numbers when items returned, and reused the chalk on subsequent weeks.
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Cleveland Leader
Newspaperman as Guide In Phillips Address
Wendell Phillips praised newspapers as the parent of public life and influence, claiming the press shapes religion and law and should guide society. Paris statues are described as capricious, with deposed figures stored away while new ones are erected, and yards at Mateur collect them.
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Paris
Mateur c
Water From Trees A Southern Huntsman Secret
In dry forest lands a wily huntsman taps tree veins for drinking water. He bores into a willow or cottonwood to obtain clear mineral water under pressure, described as sweeter and more refreshing than ordinary wells with a slight sulfur taste and mild carbonation.
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Nivare
Memphis
East Side Finery By Renting Gowns For Occasions
New Yorks East Side shows gentility on great occasions by renting gowns veils and dress suits for five dollars a night. Mourning attire is rented for single events and weddings feature brides in borrowed finery. Secondhand suits from Wall Street buyers provide stylish options as local tailors cater to a cosmopolitan clientele.
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Bowery
Thimostreet
Wall Street
New York
New York Mail and Express
The Human Hirds Convention Idea in Philadelphia
A facetious man imagined a convention of all people in Philadelphia who belong to his bird‑named tribe. He reviewed the directors’ pages and found a startling diversity, listing many bird names and counts from Doves to Turkey. Philip Ducks upheld the dignity of his branch.
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Bird
Philadelphia
Powls
Lawks
Jay G
Jencoc
Philip Ducks
Philadelphia Record
Denver's Mighty Grant Smelt Er Stands Tallest Smoke Stack
Denver visitors note the Grant smelt er chimney as the tallest in the United States. It rises 152 feet 4 inches with 1,945,000 bricks. Weight above foundation 12,376.40 pounds. Base pressure 160 psi and total wind pressure 396,200 pounds. Base diameter 30 feet, top 20 feet.
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Denver
Mney
Grant
United States
Denver Post
Setting a Neighbor Right in a Humorous Exchange
A Cleveland Plain Dealer item captures a neighborly quarrel over a howling dog. One resident asks if the dog is fed, and the other blames indigestion for the nightly howl, delivering a humorous exchange that reflects small-town tensions.
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Cleveland Plain Dealer
Limits of Seed Vitality in Ancient Tombs
Professor S eth Patitel a government botanist notes seeds claimed from ancient Egyptian sarcophagi fail to germinate under typical conditions. Barley shows 8-10 year vitality, wheat 1-4 years 90-100 percent, rye declines over time, corn loses germination after years. Grass seeds buried sealed also fail after long periods. Chicago Chronicle.
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S.eth Patitel
Sternberg
Prague
Europe
Chicago Chronicle
Imation
Books Narrow Escapes Save Classical Works and Talmud
Ancient texts faced destruction but survived through luck and intervention. Virgil sought to burn the Eneid, Aristotle’s writings were damaged by damp yet saved, and the Talmud endured confiscation and fires across centuries, with thousands of manuscripts burned in 1244.
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Virgil
Aristotle
Talmed
Varro
Tucea
Augustus
Sion
France
The Model's Hard Trial in the Water Bath
Miss Siddall endured a long water bath to achieve the right atmosphere for a painting. Lamps beneath kept the temperature steady until they failed, leaving her in cold water and nearly benumbed. Her father, an auctioneer at Oxford, threatened a £50 damages action. Millais paid the doctor’s bill and Siddich recovered quickly.
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Siddall
Oxford
Milla
Millais
Siddich
Sir John MiNais
Tommy and Sue Boardroom Night? Kansas City Pantomime Recalled
In a brief Kansas City Independent item, Tommy asks Sue to play a piece on the piano. Sue pretends ignorance, saying she cannot play. Tommy presses, recalling the piece Sue once urged him to request, but she forgets the title and Tommy is sent to bed.
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Tommy
Sue
Kansas City Independent
Domineering Club President Cited In Record Quote
A Chicago Record item notes long standing club leadership with Mrs Crowder described as the de facto regulator of members who could not call her to order.
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Orn
A Blow to Superstition in Indiana Tales
A fragment from the Indianapolis Journal recounts a superstition challenge with a comic exchange about a rabbit drowned in a bathtub and a joke about a rabbit’s missing limb, reflecting light regional humor from the era.
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Jimmy
Indianapolis Journal
The German Saloon Trick Ends in Bust for Liar
A trio of young men enters a German saloon and a boastful ruse unfolds as a tall man tries to shortchange the bar with coins. He pockets extra change and pays a fake fare, but the plan collapses when a conductor returns a bad dollar. He is stranded and walks home five miles.
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Janette
Map
Dildeen
Val
Chicago Journal
Training of Animals By Punishment Says Vet Circus Hand
A Cleveland World report quotes a veteran circus trainer debunking the belief that animals learn tricks through kindness. He asserts punishment, including whipping, is used to force obedience and break horses to harness, though trained dogs often endure public shows under threat of pain. Willis Cobb, once famed for dog training, quit midlife, saying he could not continue whipping dogs for a living.
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Willis Cobb
Cleveland
Silencing Guns and Repairs in Battle Narratives
A collection of quotes explains what silencing a gun means in warfare. Despite heavy damage and broken wheels, guns are seldom withdrawn and are quickly repaired with wagon support, allowing action to resume. A lawyer pays for blunt advice in a separate anecdote about embezzlement and penitence.
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Prince Kraft
Gravelotte
Army and Navy Journal
View of It in The Nation
A mock dialogue quotes Cassidy and Mulligan debating wealth and charity. The speaker dismisses amassing a fortune as folly, arguing a millionaire who gives all away is praised while one who does not is mocked. The piece uses Irish dialect and references a Philadelphia press quote.
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Cassidy
Mulligan
Philadelphia
Presa
Massillon Service Notice Arrangements and Contacts
Bundays excepted seven to ten p m for a special service rates and information apply to L O Peon Assistant Bupt Canton or F BH KrLireane Gen Agent Massillon
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Wayne
Cleveland, Lorain & Wheeling
WN Philadelp
Beaver H Agus
Canal Dover
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Ustus
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Ganal Fulton
Aes
Warwick
Alliane
Starling
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Seville
Jioursvalle
Chippewa Lake
As Eding
Maasst
Berry
A.M
Cleveland Ee
Brooklyn
Qo Medina
Sterling
Vajpayee Warwie
Canal Fulton
Chien
Jutuas
Mandane
Plymouth
OL Gilde
Philadelph
Unbrichsville
Wayne Ur
Ridgeport
BO Wert
Ai Lal . Ae
Lorain Branch i
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Bennae sUline “ Ratt Ag Iocs
P.M Mast
Air
Wa Gratton
Lester
Liath
Shreve
Ahriehaville
Wooster
Cleveland
Orrvilte
BR Bridgeport
Beellte
Benaire
Mar
Tins Ferry
Lawrence Burton
Massilon
G. Cahrrl
Craton
Tianisviky
Habsean
Aeeniino
Pae Za Gleveland
Akron & Alliance
Dla
Sorumsnsky Safem “ Agat
Pitts
Hudson
Pauly Maveph San
Clevendener Akron
Teese
Waz
Barberton
Orrville
Oarville
Nas
Humletts
Millersburg
Mt. Vernon
Toledo
Columbus LP
Niles
Youryn
Lorke
FORD
Penna Columbs
Vernon
Pennsylvania Lines
Akron
Warsaw
Trinway
Zanes
Dresden
Eacot
Hero
Ig Terrfied
Te Massillon
A. M
Cleveland Bi
South Bound
Mansilion
W. Busby
E. Main St
Ahmure VA
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F. Mermarn
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Don
James R. Dunn
Eric
Chiskeater
Chichester
Foxra
Droggiate
Chichester Chemical
Madicom Square
Pailada
Tax Inpirement Co. Will
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Interarbas 1899
Oteraaban
Una
Masailion
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