Concert at Corn Palace Opens Commencement Week
An immense crowd attended a Tuesday night concert at the Corn Palace featuring three Chicago artists: Mrs. Mabelle Crawford-Welpton contralto, Mr. Marion Green bass, and Miss Corinne Paulson pianist. The trio offered multiple solos and duets praised for tone, technique, and emotional expressiveness.
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Corn Palace
Chicago
Mabelle Crawford- Welpton
Marion Green
Corinne Paulson
Sampson
Delilah
Mr. Green
Cincinnati
Green
Pontius
Miss Paulson
Spirit of India Pillar Carved Through Ages for Timeless Temple
Description of ancient Indian temples and monolithic pillars carved by hand, moving slowly across cliffs. A Deccan journey reveals villagers dragging a carved pillar toward a temple, with a Brahman noting the enduring spirit of India thatLabors across millennia to endure beyond today.
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India
Forrest
Deccan
Penny, Bed, and Demands: A Child’s Plea in News Pages
In a clipped exchange from the Indianapolis Journal a child asks for more pay and longer hours, while a parent assigns a simple bedtime with a penny as payment. The dialogue mirrors early 20th century domestic concerns and labor themes in a newspaper snapshot.
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Bobby
Indianapolis Journal
A Memoir of Toasts From a Mississippi Governor Dinner
At Governor J. K. Vardaman’s dinner in Mississippi the toast topic featured a quip from Ashley Stockton of Montpelier. Stockton’s lines honored departing officials noting that governors begin with support but depart with none. The Vermont governor’s farewell banquet provided the occasion.
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J. K. Vardaman
Mississippi
Governor Vardaman
Ashley Stockton
Montpelier
Vermont
Fairy Tale Book Sold by Agent and Married Years
A New Yorker excerpt features agent Madi touting a fairy tale book while Mrs. Muehwed notes four marriages and dismisses fairy tales as a chestnut, reflecting witty exchanges about storytelling and life.
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Madi
Would Never Do Brooklyn Lote Gown Dispute
In a noted domestic quarrel a husband questions a loan of a gown while a wife complains it is out of style. The exchange reflects tensions over shared attire and social expectations.
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Brooklyn Lote
Untitled Reflection on Self Control and Sacrifice
A fragmented meditation on discipline and sacrifice where restraint and self mastery are presented as ideals guiding personal conduct. The piece emphasizes inner effort over external reward and stresses enduring hardship as a core value.
Bound for Success in New Novel Publishing
A terse note from publisher Cornell Widow expresses confidence in a new novel, highlighting a strong binding and the author’s hopeful trajectory toward publication success.
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Cornell
Vicar Questions Pedestrian in Patchwork Roadway Tale
London Telegraph notes a farm hand denying sight of a pedestrian. He says only a solitary man and a tramp passed by while working on a late patch, raising a quiet inquiry into a fleeting passerby.
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London Telegraph
Singular Creatures and the Tale of Women
A captioned fragment shows a teacher correcting an spelling exercise as a student cites a family remark about women. The dialogue highlights a playful mispractice of spelling and a parent’s casual remark about women being singular beings.
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Peter
Progress of Electricity Across the World and Historic Makers
A collage of notes covers the rise of electricity from a handful of cars and small generators to global adoption, highlighting Japan’s early universities, medieval knowledge, and Prescott’s pioneering work with duplex and quadruplex systems. It ends with a quirky anecdote about a janitor and a grocer testing a white powder.
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Voss
Jake
Playing For the Future Prompt Mock
A brief dialogue shows a mother asking if Johnny Jones caught a cold while playing. Johnny replies he likely caught it while washing his face yesterday morning, implying a light cold from daily activity and routine.
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Johnny Jones
English Turf Customs Preserve Race Attire After Wins
A fragmented note discusses turf traditions where worn caps and jackets symbolize a patron's status after success. The text hints at retention by owners or staff and mentions purchase or gift practices surrounding race winnings.
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Bhutan
Where Latin In Still Spoken
In the central Balkans a remote mountain community preserves remnants of Latin. Descendants of a Roman colony kept apart from locals, they retain ancient language traits. In several villages the Latin they speak is so clear that students of classic authors can understand it.
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Balkans
Bulgaria
Servia
Turkey
Bread acts and the curious M mark mention
The text notes a provision from the 1822 and 1886 British bread acts requiring any bread made with non wheat ingredients to bear a large Roman M. It also includes fragmentary humor exchanges from various captions and dialogues.
Women of Muxcie and Notes on Curiosities
A mixed collage of marvels and literary tidbits recounts feats by performers in 18th century Europe and England, curious etymologies of tip, notes on Browning and Browning’s Bells and Pomegranates, plus ancient lore about Job and the Garden of Eden. It surveys deserts, literature history, and language quirks from varied sources.
Repudiated Debts and Lofty Balloons of Historic Note
The passage recalls Spain’s early national debt of 1 million pounds in 1556 rising to 40 million by 1610 before repudiation, and France’s 1643 debt growth to 468 million pounds under Louis XIV later repudiated after the republic's rise. It also notes Santos-Dumont’s balloon ascent to 23,100 feet, explaining higher flights caused bodily bleeding before shifting focus to airships.
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Spain
Philip III
France
Louis XIV
Versailles
Louis VII
Santos-Dumont
The Cat's Eye as Ornament and Ancient Eyestone
The cat's eye stone, prized today as an ornament, contrasts with the ancient eyestone of India. The Indian agate cat reportedly served as money in some regions four centuries ago, and surviving specimens interest numismatists today.
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India
Engagement Ring Return Sparks Brief Exchange
A customer returns an engagement ring to a jeweler after purchase yesterday. The jeweler confirms it suited but notes it didn’t fit.
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Doc D
Pio
Memory feats at Giessen congress from Goettingen professor
Professor Mueller described Dr K son of five figure numbers quickly squaring any number and memorizing 204 digits in twelve and a half minutes, breaking the prior 204 digit record of seventy five minutes. The Helvetian Ladies are noted as famed ancient military women praised by Caesar and praised for valor by Roman legions and during crusades, women performing romantic and chivalrous deeds beside their lovers and husbands.
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Giessen
Mueller
Goettingen
Caesar
Rome
Switzerland
Digestive health advert touts Dr Pierce remedies
A health promotion notes that hurried lunches upset digestion and claims Dr Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery cures stomach and digestion related diseases. It includes a testimonial from Harvey Phipps of Florence Alabama describing marked recovery after three bottles and improved sleep and appetite. Dr Pierce's Pleasant Pellets are also advertised to cleanse impurities.
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Dr. Pierce
Harvey Phipps
Florence
Ala
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