Little Bits of a Boy and Bertha’s Drowning Cats
A children’s page presents poetic reflections on a bright boy and a tale of Bertha finding homes for five tiny kittens. Bertha writes notes with kitten names Snow and Snow White, gifting each to a neighbor, and all receive kind welcomes. The column also shares short anecdotes of a milk habit corrected by grandparents and a boy’s anxious conscience at a party.
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Bertha
Cora
Clarence
Walter
Jimmie
Mamuina
Mamma
How Mice Fight Aboard The Tripod Tail Stage
A Northwest writer notes mice battles where bucks stand upright facing each other, tails forming a tripod. They paw at faces in comic postures, lapsing into rapid exchanges impossible to photograph. They nibble crusts between rounds and tails rattle on the ground as fights intensify.
Chicago's New Postmaster Washington Hesing Named
Washington Hesing, 44, a Cincinnati native who has lived in Chicago since age five, is appointed Postmaster of Chicago. Yale College alumnus of 1870, Hesing has long led the Staats-Zeitung and holds German community influence. He served on city and county education boards and was once a mayoral candidate during Carter Harrison's previous run.
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Tiesing
Cincinnati
Chicago
Yale College
Staats-Zeitung
Carter Harrison
Not a Lost Art in Flint Arrow-head Craft
Archaeologists and antiquarians label flint arrow-head making a lost art though it persists among collectors. In Chattanooga a local craftsman has mastered flint obsidian and even glass arrow-head manufacture, producing magnificent specimens.
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Chattanooga
Early origins of ancient civilizations traced to western Asia
Recent discoveries in Egypt and Chaldea suggest histories extend beyond 5,000 years BCE and point to western Persia, Kurdistan, and Luristan as sources. The old Babylonian and Chinese civilizations likely emerged from this region, hinting at earlier times than known.
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Egypt
Chaldea
Persia
Kurdistan
Luristan
Infant on Wooded Island Causes Stirs at World’s Fair
An infant among six month olds at the World’s Fair was left on a seat and later found asleep behind a bush clutching a piece of colored paper. The mother screamed in alarm, the father raged, and a Belgian guard intervened to help locate the child.
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Sfair
Hen Sacrifices Life to Save Ten Young Chicks
In western Massachusetts a barn fire kills cattle and horses but a black hen under the ashes shields ten live yellow chicks. The farmer discovers the hen died in the blaze, yet her act spared her brood.
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Massachusetts
Untold Tale Moves Sailor in Burning Vessel Afloat
A churchman recalls a heroic moment aboard a burning deck where Casabianca stood with his father’s heart in peril. The sight deeply affected a nearby man, leaving a lasting impression of courage amid disaster.
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Casabianca
Fighting Sandhill Cranes in Western Texas
A Globe-Democrat correspondent notes Sandhill cranes are numerous in Western Texas. They are large and powerful and will fight desperately when wounded. The report mentions two young sons of Hugh Locke from Comal Springs.
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Texas
Globe-Democrat
Hugh Locke
Comal Springs
Two Brothers Hunt Sand Hill Crane Near New Braunfels
Two boys two miles west of New Braunfels chased a large sand hill crane. The elder shot the bird after the younger swam across the creek and was wounded, with the younger losing an eye. The brothers then killed the crane with a final shotgun shot.
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New Braunfels
Priest's First Sermon Sparks Irish Miracle Joke
In a rural Irish church an eager young priest preaches on the Feeding of the Multitude. An old parishioner jokes he could perform the miracle, prompting a playful exchange about doing it with leftovers from the prior Sunday.
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Ireland
Begorra
Mr. Murphy
Heard by a Listener on Gossip and Fashion Notes
A person records conversations overheard in public places and reports on 780 pope and 150 about dresses or hats. Most remarks concern other girls described as horrid or stuck up, with few topics on novels studies holidays or science. The exchange ends with a witty quip about Louis XIV furniture and the Reign of Terror.
Jokes and Quips From Various Papers Compile Laughs
A humorous mash of one liners and lighthearted quips from multiple papers. Traders tease Wall Street squeezes while readers share wry takes on manners, sleep, Dressmaker fits, and city quirks. The bits feature playful puns about love art work and daily life with a wink.
Edits Her Own Paper Mary Virginia Proctor Leader of Lebanon Patriot
Mary Virginia Proctor publisher and editor of the Lebanon Patriot for two years, a rare distinction for a woman in the United States. Born Mary Virginia Swindler in Virginia, she grew up in Greene County Ohio and educated at Xenia Female College. After teaching and assisting her husband Thomas M. Proctor, who founded Clinton County Democrat, she bought the Patriot in 1883, kept it after his death in 1891, and expanded circulation.
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Wall Street
Lowell Courier
Atchison Globe
Dallas News
Bulffalo Courier
Willis
Wallace
Brooklyn
Kate Field
Washington
Philadelphia Times
Passe
Belle
Philadelphia Record
TNE
Boston Courier
Martha’s Vineyard
Hattie
Sarah
Detroit Free Press
Inter Ocean
Somerville Journal
Maud
Rochester Democrat
Washington Star
Corr Milleer
Sleuthpup
Chief Miller
Slcuthpup
Mary Virginia Proctor
Lebanon
Mary
Sun
State
Greene County
Ohio
Xenia Female College
Ohio Soldiers and Sailors’ Orphans
Nome
Xenia
Thomas M. Proctor
Clinton County Democrat
Wilmington
Patriot
Proctor
The
Cow Dies Not After Umbrella Swallowing Mystery
Thomas Jennings reports his cow ate an umbrella during a storm when hay scarce. Dr Coleman extracted umbrella ribs and lining from an enlarging abscess on the cow’s right shoulder area. The animal remains alive and the doctor suspects more ribs under the skin.
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Thomas Jennings
West Side
New Castle
Pittsburg
Coleman
Ife
Eccentric Abner Kirby of Milwaukee
The late Abner Kirby of Milwaukee was a landlord known for quirks such as naming rooms and ordering the bell-boy to “show the gentleman up to Gehenna.” He pledged not to drink until Tilden’s election, gambled heavily in wheat, once tossed $50,000 to his wife to pay the mortgage, and wore threadbare clothes with a large diamond at his necktie.
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Abner Kirby
Milwaukee
Gehenna
Tilden
Ancient Greek slingers and relics tell tales of warning
The Acarnanians were famed slingers using stones and lead balls, with lead projectiles found in Marathon plain bearing inscriptions and epithets meaning Look out. Emperor Francis Joseph transferred Meyerling to the Sisters of St Francis for an almonry fund of 150,000 florins with twelve men to be aided, while Orankism as a plea for assassination is discussed in Guiteau's case.
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Greece
Marathon
Francis’ Joseph
Meyerling
Rudolph
Sisters of the Third
Order of St. Francis of Assissium
Guiteau
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Department For Little Boys and Girls
Uw Boy
Atherine
New York
Grandmamima
Catherine
Mudder
Washington Hesing
Lawler
Patrick Eugene Prendergast
Carter H. Harrison
Dan Obr
Sallie Giggles
Meadow
York
Puck
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