Continental circuses contrast to American shows in Europe
European tents use two center poles with a round top and a tiny ring, yet charm and skill path the show. The writer notes small European tours travel with 15 to 30 wagons, high quality acts, and a festive, communal audience dynamic while contrasting American billboards and beer served in place of lemonade as standard fare.
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Alf. T. Ringling
Europe
Michael Angelo
Beethoven
Dante
Behrens
Eunopean Circus
Messrs. Smith and Behrens
Switzerland
Lausanne
August
Waysy
Piccolo
America
France
A Lenten Lament from Chicago Journal
In a playful verse a child laments Lent delaying fun and prayers. The speaker contrasts a boy named Jimmy Jones who avoids punishment and jokes about missing chocolate and fights during the forty days. The piece uses humorous regional dialect to reflect religious discipline.
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Little Heath
Jimmy Jones
Dictionary of Misinformation Diary Excerpt
A diary style fragment titled Diary of Slave Driver notes odd terms and misdefinitions such as Welsh Rabbit and S¢ABLIT. It includes humorous overheard definitions and a narrative about daily life with a slave, chores, and a train trip to Chicago ending with a cryptic punchline.
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Chicago
Slavie
Tennessee poet Mob Taylor frames life with family joy
The piece from Mob Taylor of Tennessee contends a father values happiness over wealth. He would spend for his children’s smiles rather than hoard riches and denounces greed that harms youth and song.
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Mob Taylor
Tennessee
Cain
Message Across Time by Special Delivery Stamp
A dialogue about delayed correspondence reveals a Downtownite who affixed a special delivery stamp to yesterday morning’s note, explaining the evening receipt and the differing memories of timing. The exchange underscores postal quirks in a bustling city.
Scientist Hansen returns from long Arctic plant expedition
Washington based report states Professor N E Hansen of South Dakota Agricultural College Brookings has returned from a fourth voyage to Russia Siberia Turkestan and North Africa with over 300 seed and plant lots for U S Agriculture experiments He seeks northern alfalfa and clover varieties to bolster Northwest grazing amid cycles of wet and dry weather and to aid the meat industry through new pasture crops.
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Washington
N. E. Hansen
South Dakota Agricultural College
Brookings
Russia
Siberia
Turkestan
North Africa
Department of Agriculture
Hansen
Northwest States
Great Northwest
Wilson
United States
Professor Hansen
Kent
Castle
State Department
Desert
Gobi
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Altona
Germany
Strasburger
Raney
Strassburg
San Francisco
JAM v Me. Co
Oriental Public School
Chicago Journal
Vancouver
Alis
Charles Crombie
Wex Jones
New York
Eish
Jusn
Mouse
Lion
John
Julia
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