Long Distance Mails Time of Letters From New York to Far Destinations
Report outlines transit times and routes for letters from New York to cities worldwide. Distances and durations vary by destination with routes via San Francisco common for Asia and Australia, London, Liverpool for Europe, and longer times to South America. Notable figures include 13,000 miles to Bangkok, 35 days to Adelaide, and 29 to 30 days to Buenos Ayres.
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New York
Bangkok
Siam
San Francisco
Adelaide
Australia
San F
Calcutta
London
Cape Town
Hongkong
Melbourne
Sydney
Yokohama
Honolulu
City
Rome
Madrid
Liverpool
Rotterdam
St. Petersburg
Vienna
Paris
Berlin
Athens
Alexandria
Rio Janeiro
Buenos Ayres
New York Times
Siberian Prisons and a Journalist’s Vague Praise
A traveler recounts praising Siberia as a prison habitat over Millbank and Sing Sing, urged by a police chief invitation. He notes comfort and baths in the Siberian jail but abandons plans to transfer, while observing daily life around the prison and on the river with Tai Phoon-Tai, and finds the prison clean and humane.
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Lansdell
Siberia
Millbank
Sing Sing
Harper's
Marvelous Time Mensurer and a Small Cap Shafter tale
A Scientific American description details a precision chronograph recording infinitesimal intervals, including a millionth of a second, using a vibrating tuning fork and light photography to map copper compression. An anecdote recalls General Shafter known as Small Cap Shafter after Denver proofreaders misread initials, a nickname that stuck in old newspaper lore.
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Scientific American
Shafter
Denver
Denver Tribune
Vindication in a Family Feud at Detroit Journal
A father consoles himself after a heated quarrel with his daughter, declaring he will not endure unjust reproach. The unhappy girl questions his shame while the father curses the past and sobs, his tears failing to wash away the family tensions. The scene unfolds amid domestic strain and faded upholstery.
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Detroit Journal
Lancing a Felon Ends in Irony of Pain
Dr. Stivers of New York ran a large clinic where felons were common. An assistant surgeon finally lances a felon’s finger, causing the doctor to howl in pain, remarking that what he told patients depended on which end of the knife he faced.
The Debut of the Bowie Knife Duel
A historical note on Bowie's rise to fame through a staged levee duel with Colonel Norris Wright near Natchez Mississippi. The melee involved armed witnesses and escalating violence as both sides drew pistols and knives, reflecting early American attitudes toward dueling and honor. Martha McCullough-Williams recounts this episode in Harper's Magazine.
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Bowie
Norris Wright
Natchez
Miss
Bella
Martha McCulloch-Williams
Harper’s Magazine
The Climate of the Philippines Described
A travel note explains Philippines weather as tropical yet healthy. December to March bring warm days cool nights and little rain. March to May are hot dry and dusty with highs near 105 in the shade. July to September bring typhoons and structural damage, then storms ease in October and November.
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Philippines
Manila
Isaac M. Elliott
Scribner’s
Pickpocket Gauchos Use Toes To Snatch From Pockets
A Boston Transcript note describes gauchos in Buenos Ayres who dexterously use their toes to manipulate a lasso and even steal from pockets. A French angler warned to beware, yet a nimble gaucho slipped a hook and valuables from the fisher while his gaze was fixed on a float.
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Buenos Ayres
Boston Transcript
Pride and panic in a perilous stair escape
A tense exchange unfolds as George urges a retreat down the crowded fire escape while the woman resists. She cites fear of exposure and footwear discomfort, insisting she cannot leave, even as the danger of fire looms and onlookers watch.
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George
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Economical Patient Delivers Clever Misdirection
A doctor complains that a patient did not follow orders to take a pill every two hours. The patient explains he took the same pill each time, reasoning that wasting a new pill was pointless since he could not swallow the first one. The joke hinges on literal interpretation and practical mischief.
Poisons In Food In Canned Goods
Poison risks in canned foods arise from decomposition in animal products forming toxic alkaloids and from salts generated by can contents. Though reduced by better canning methods, these dangers still exist and require careful buying and use of canned goods.
Local notes and campaigns in Mitchell and Sioux Falls
Dress making on 404 Sanborn Street and several residents travel between Mitchell and nearby cities. Homeseekers tickets will be sold on November 15 and December 1, 6 and 20. Campaign chatter features Maris Taylor and Gov. Lee aiming to discredit Kirk Phillips, with Scotty Phillips and John Q. Anderson contesting the state senate race as prominent cattlemen.
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Sanborn St
J. H. Babcock
M. F. Montgomery
Sioux Falls
Hallowell
St. Paul
Ed. Welch
Leteber
R. T. Robinson
Pinckinton
Dr. Drake
J. W. Peterson
Olivet
West Fifth Street
Peterson
Methodist Conference
Mitchell
Maris Taylor
Taylor
Gov. Lee
Kirk Phillips
Phillips
Scotty Phillips
Mr. Phillips
John Q. Anderson
Anderson
Messrs
Phillipe
Mr. Anderson
Wise Judge Abou Yusuph in Persia's Bagdad Tale
A wise Persian judge in Bagdad, Abou Yusuph, is famed for mastering anger and admitting limits to his knowledge. When pressed by a boastful courtier about ignorance, he replies that the caliph pays for what he does know, not what he does not, preserving dignity and authority.
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Persia
Bagdad
Hades
Abou Yusuph
Mustard Joke From Army Food Tale
A Philadelphia Press quip recalls soldiers enjoying corned beef in a salt barrel meal and a joke about a “little mustard” sought after a sick call in the army. Two men joke about mustard appearing after a quarter hour, claiming the surgeon’s supply.
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Philadelphia Press
Horticulture at Home Excited Nurse Delivers Little Pair
A Yonkers Statesman item notes a playful moment in a hospital ward as an expectant father asks about a peach while a nurse reveals a baby is coming as a pair. The playful exchange highlights family anticipation in a community newspaper snippet.
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Yonkers Statesman
South Dakota Election Notice for Davison County
Notice sets election for November 8 in Davison County South Dakota to select national state county and district officers including two Representatives in Congress governor lieutenant governor secretary of state state auditor state treasurer attorney general school lands commissioner railroad commissioner state senator and numerous county offices. Also proposed amendments to state constitution covering electors liquor control legislative initiative and referendum and related provisions. Polling places listed with districts and commissioner districts.
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Davison County
S. D
Congress
Mitchell
City of
State of
Southakota
South Dakota
Senate
House of Representatives
Perry Township
Badger Township
Blendon Township
Mt. Vernon Township
Mt. Vernon
Beulah Township
Mitchell Township
West Side
East Side
Prosper Township
Lisbon Township
Union Township
Aeenen Township
Tobin Township
Home Township
City of Mitchell
Abbey
Dave Shell
East First Street
North Main Street
James McKinley
LL. W. Champlin
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A. E. Hitchcock
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Roth's Plumbing Shop
Mitchell House
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California
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Pullman
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Los Angeles
Southern Pacific Co
Pacific Coast
Sunset Limited Annex
Southern Pacific
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Florida
Jacksonville
St. Louis
Illinois Central
Holly Springs
Birmingham
Albany
Waycross
Homeseeker’s
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Mississippi
Central
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Merry
Manchester
Iowa
Siberian
Ely
ELY Brothers
Warren St
China
England
Battleax
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