Signers of Call for South Dakota Convention Listed
Aberdeen News details South Dakota signers for a state convention with names across cities like Aberdeen Aurora Stanson Jerauld Yankton and Beadle. It notes political tensions, including anti-division factions and remarks on Major Barrett and Ordway Johnson, questioning unity and forecasting further developments as the fair approaches.
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Nuronite
Lurinouy
Aberdeen
Jumper
Vondner
Major Barrett
Aberjipublican
Wass
Indway Johnson
O. J
Kilkenny
Aberdeen faces move to shift capital and statehood
The rand Forks Herald reports the Aberdeen movement to move the capital to their city and seek Dakota admission as one state or two. The Fargo Republican cites signers from across the territory lining up for an anti-division convention in Aberdeen on December 11.
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Rand Forks Herald
Aberties
Ilneal Hort
Llakota
Dakota
Aberdeen
The Value of Smart Shopping and Honest Remedies
This piece argues daily household costs hinge on buying ethics and true value. It contrasts cheap, low quality goods with durable, effective remedies like St Jacobs Oil, citing a Perry County clerk who claimed long lasting relief after thirty years of rheumatism. It stresses the poor should seek reliable cures even if pricier, as long term health costs matter most.
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New Bloomfield
Charles A. Vogeler Co
Baltimore
Perry County
Chorus of Jokes and Anecdotes Across Early 20th Century Papers
A collage of humorous snippets from various papers. Corn on the eax shrinks little. watchman and boss. mackerel university. P T Barnum and circuses. a Mexican gentlemanly carrier of carbine. a Texas driving horse ad. a street route for a president. late trains and waking clocks. cyclone cellars. a Negro boy in schooling. political economy and reading. a politician versus a fisherman.
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Eax
Agricultural Journal
Philadelphia
Pittsburg Dispatch
Gloster
Somerville Journal
P. T. Barnum
A Mongolian Dame and Her Boudoir World
Nelly Bly visits Mrs. Ian Chong How in New York to observe a Mongolian wife in seclusion and contrast customs. The feature describes her home life, dress, and routines, the husband’s authority, and the arranged confinement, plus a note on adoption and polygamy ideas amid Chinese norms.
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Ian Chong
Bat
Hunt for the Coaching Club and Stagecoach Lore
A compact, period style note cites Overland Monthly on two drivers of a Mexican stage coach and a bag of stones for defense. The item also lists pension awards for Minnesota residents including Increase, Watson, Hoey, Smith, Kruger, and Dilbree, with locations Minneapolis Cleveland West Union Winnebago City. A Mildred correction features a schoolgirl dialogue resolving a billing capacity line.
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Overland Monthly
Wasurxatos
Nathan B. Watson
Minneapolis
Patrick Hoey
Cleveland
Charles B. Smith
West Union
J. N. Kruger
Mankato
Charles B. Dilbree
Winnebago City
Hindoo Pagoda in Singapore and Tales of fisticuffs
Singapore narrative opens with a Hindu temple scene through open doors showing burning lamps and hidden gods, guarded by four young men described with striking features and otherworldly eyes. It shifts to Civil War era anecdotes and a Kentucky battle between Clay and Sprigg, famed for a surprising fighting method, then ends with a streetwise invention, a seal ring that hides a tiny watch mechanism and costs forty five dollars.
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Singapore
New Orleans Times-Democrat
Mr. Clay
Kentucky
James C. Sprigg
Congress
Clay
Sprigg
Mr. Sprigg
Argonaut
Broadway
New York Evening Sun
Siberian travel superstition guides dog rested nights
When forced to travel at night Siberian natives halt before sunrise to let their dogs sleep. They believe if a dog rests in darkness and wakes to sun it thinks it has slept all night and will endure a full day’s travel. A one hour stop at other times relieves nothing. The Boston Judge and Jury notes. Hypnotism traders banned by Austrian and Italian governments.
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Boston
Safeguards Against Cholera Say Germs From Soil Airborne
Max Von Pettenkoffer, a German medical authority, says cholera is not directly contagious between people but part of the malarial group of epidemics. Germs reach the air via soil and lungs, so drainage and pure water are the best safeguards against an outbreak. Boston Budget. All the real wits and humanists are sedate, their wit is soberly worked out with line and plum. Uncle Esck.
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Max von Pettenkoffer
Boston
Uncle Esck
Mixed Verse and Legal Notice From 1887 Brooklyn Eagle
A collage of poems on aging and gentility, plus a grim political lament and a Dakota land proof notice. The verse laments a whitening of hair and urges refinement, while the political couplet condemns fraud and supports standing for right. Land Office notice records John I. Caster’s final proof in Mitchell, Dak. on Dec 15, 1887 with witnesses from Rome, Dak.
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Mitchell, Oak
Mitchell, Dak
Sanford Washburn
Hanson County
Dak
George Stolp
Thorson Jorgenson
John Ruble
Frederick Brenneis
Mitchell
Dak. Gro
B. Eyerrir
Register
Kate Crompton
Kate Anglum
Township
Range
John Hohn
Michael Grady
William Grady
Blanche Palmer
Plainview
B. Evenirr
RN. Kratz
Atty
John I. Caster
Vy i
Iles G. Blackman
Henry Grady
James Trving
Thomas Crampton
Joseph Curren
Abrahan Melee
Go. B. Evenirr
A. B. Haver
Henry J. Booth
Saidland
Asa Gabriel J.studebaker
Bard
Gharies V.radabaugh
Thomas Jorgenson
B. Kyenriry
R.N. Kratz
Land Ofice
Mitchell Dak
Eash
I. Blackman
John R. Custer
Willian James Irving
Edwin L. Rugg
Franz 8
Carpenter
Ethan
Geo. B. Everity
R. N, Kratz
Portion of My Family Moves On a Broadway Car
A short man with eleven children, aged about 15 and younger, stood at Broadway and Cortlandt Street yesterday afternoon. Dressed in a shiny Prince Albert and a scarfpin, he organized the group on the curb while admonishing the kids. As the car approached, drays and a cab blocked the street, and the man, lifting the youngest infant, sighed that this is not a picnic but a portion of my family. He warned that life after fourteen children may not be merry.
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America
England
New York
Pater Familias
Toto
Lee Chick San Chong
Mott Street
London
Duke of
Broadway and Cortlandt Street
Broadway
Thomas
Isabella
Asylum
New York Tribune
Disturbing the Equilibrium and Irish Jest in Grattan Memory
Obituary reminiscence of West Troy judge Justice Patrick Grattan famed for wit and kindness. A humorous court tale recalls his mercy toward a drunkard with seven children, misinterpreted as a sister. Includes a light humor note from Albany Argus and a witty Omaha World cartoon caption.
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Patrick Grattan
West Troy
Pat
Erin
Grattan
Ivery Wan
Albany Argus
Thanksgiving Reflections On A Season Of Change
The Norristown Herald notes the election is over the baseball season ended and John L. Sullivan has left the country. It fears newspapers will be full of Sullivan's doings this holiday season prompting a call for more genuine thankfulness.
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John L. Sullivan
Sullivan
Norristown Herald
Census lapse and domestic wit in old papers
A fragment from a period collection mocks Census gaps and urban routine with brief society notes from St Paul papers and humorous exchanges. It blends quotes from Pioneer Press style notes and jokes about calls, servants, and bills, ending with a quip about a $200 doctor’s fee.
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China
St. Paul
Minneapolis
St. Paul Pioneer Press
Lesson in Geography Teacher and Boy Exchange
A teacher chastises a boy who struggles to name the Blue Ridge. The boy resists, quipping that he can point to the black and blue ridge on his body. The exchange ends with the boy being treated more rigorously than before.
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Blue Ridge
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