Dreams of Prediction and Disappearance Across Tales
A Kansas City Star report surveys how dreams foretell dangers and guide searches. It recounts Connie Fletcher missing, William Huntsford and his dream meeting a schoolmate in Denver, jewels found under a dream cue, a cow choking confirmed by sleep vision, and a foreman who warned workers after dreaming of a fatal fall.
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Kansas City Star
Joseph
Egypt
Cupid
Connie Fletcher
Burton-on-Trent
England
Thomas Trigg
William 13. Huntsford
Portland
Ore
Mr. Huntsford
Towa
Huntsford
Rachel
Denver
Muntsford
Des Moines
Joseph H. Pineau
Williamsport
Robert Rickards
Bridgeville
Del
Aaron Smith
Medora
Ill
Fidelity
D. E. Monahan
Smith
Irvine Smith
Candler
Atlanta
Peter McGeary
Peck
Man Believes Car Bridge Death Is Nephew After Dream
Dominic Carmone of Mt. Washington Pa. feared an unknown man who died after falling from a car on the Smithfield Street Bridge in Pittsburgh was his nephew Giuseppe Samuazal. He identified the body at the morgue, seeking reassurance and truth.
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Dominic Carmone
Mt. Washington, Pa
Giuseppe Samuazal
Smithfield Street Bridge
Pittsburg
The Intelligence of Carpenter Ants in a Mill Beam
Harper's Magazine recounts a Bellwood Pennsylvania flour mill study of carpenter ants living inside a 12 inch beam and moving pellets through a multi level system. Observations show organized division of labor and portable debris carried to the gutter aided by a breeze.
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Harper's Magazine
Bellwood
Emmets
Short Changing at the Circus Box Office
The New York Sun describes common swindles by ticket sellers and street con artists who shortchange customers. It details silver and bill tricks, the quarter dodge, and a 10-cent ticket scam that doubles the counted total.
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New York Sun
Ivor
Podunk
Rahway
Country Board Phrasing Ambition In Storefront Exchange
In a general store, the Paint Rock philosopher boasts of profit from last summer boardin city folks and declares plans to double earnings this year. He pivots to a joke claiming he will ray th as an obesity cure, drawing a tense hush from onlookers.
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Country Board
Rayth
Brute Lover Wins Kathleen's Hand in Irish Saga
George Wilmot confronts Mrs. O'Toole on a Shannon backwater as Kathleen drifts toward the weir. He threatens to save her only if she withdraws her opposition to his marriage, insisting he will marry Kathleen if she agrees to drop Denis Moore as a suitor.
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George Wilmot
Wilmot
Welr
Mr. Wilmot
Kathleen
Denis Moore
Mrs. O'Toole
Heirloom Property Question in Marriage Plans
The dialogue questions whether the nobleman will place his wife’s property in his name. The good guesser responds that he will rather put his name on his wife’s property, reversing the expectation. The exchange centers on property ownership in a forthcoming marriage.
Wedding scheme ends in aquatic rescue on the river
Kathleen and Wilmot hatch a sudden plan to marry with Mrs. O'Toole as witness, but a daring rescue foils danger when the boat teeters under a footbridge. Kathleen and Wilmot reveal the engagement plot to her mother, who concedes with a smile.
Excavations Worth Millions In New York City Skyscraper Base
The Metropolitan Magazine notes that foundation digs in Manhattan for the Pennsylvania Railroad terminal and surrounding office and hotel projects represent monumental fortune. It details private purchases, condemnations, and the demolition of buildings worth millions, turning dense blocks into a vast pit and debris.
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Metropolitan Magazine
New York City
Manhattan
California
Pennsylvania Railroad
New York
Ninth Avenue
Seventh Avenue
Thirty-first Street
Thirty Third Street
Railroad Company
Parsimonious professor buys cheap hat in Taine tale
In eastern Taine a frugal professor visits a hat store and tests a five dollar derby against a three dollar hat. He enjoys the test and offers to take the cheaper, asking the hatter to cover the price difference, exposing his keen bargain instincts.
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Irom Harper's Weekly
Taine
Cheerful Outlook From Kansas City Times
A quotation questions belief in a better future and cites grafting as a sign of pervasive corruption. The speaker notes that twenty five years hence there may be no grafting left due to the grafters being so thick.
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The
Kansas City Times
Beasts Aboard St Andrew Reach New York After Atlantic Voyage
The British freighter St Andrew arrives in New York with an enormous menagerie the largest since Noah's era. Storms at sea caused cages to fail and animals to roam, with two lions fighting, a wolf leaping overboard, and multiple injuries to keepers. The collection includes eighty lions, Caesar the tiger, Manelik and Wallace the Abyssinian lions, pumas, bears, elephants, and many other species destined for Coney Island shows.
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St. Andrew
New York
New York Herald
Atlantic
Mid- Atlantic
Bostock
Coney Island
Seventh Street
Hoboken
Matt” Johnson
Hamburg
Victor
Madam
Lowels
Menelik
Wallace
Caesar
An Irishman’s Retort
An Irishman in Troy Times recalls Pat asking why an Englishman lost a leg. The Englishman replies that Irish blood settled in the leg, so he had it cut off. The quick retort fires back that perhaps the blood should have settled in the head.
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Troy
Pat
Senator Hale Relates Awkward Reception Anecdote
Hale cites an awkward remark as he recalls a tale of two women at a reception. The conversation describes a tall blond gentleman who was attentive then stopped looking, and the punch line reveals one woman is his wife.
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Senator Hale
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