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Improbable World News and Anecdotes from a Sprawling Era
Scotiato ships 3000 to 5000 bushels of flax daily. Died Sunday: Mayge Rrep, age sixty five, English novelist. Two men in Cage county report a partnership cat sending 1725 tax payments home in the past year. Grand jury in Leavenworth indicts Oklahoma Wayne for conspiracy. Treasury reports 606 donation postmarked Allegheny City signed Clergyman. Victoria erects monument to John Brown and orders two more. Breach of promise suit against Aggie Hill dismissed as extortion. Trichinosis fears rise near Ennisleben. 20 percent fatal. Bismarck urged to protect swine health. Pullman Palace Car dividend discussed with $1,052,313 treasury surplus. Col. Ochiltree back from Europe with winnings and fine clothes. Senator Vance’s odd marital advice noted. World’s largest cattle ranch cited at Red Silver, Texas, with 700,000 acres and 250 miles of fence. Horace Greeley quoted on editing and sensationalism.