Oglesby Lectured Europe Long Before Holy Land Tale
The anecdote from Frane B. Wilkie’s life of Governor Oglesby recalls his failed attempt to reach The Holy Land in a lecture. In Illinois a crowded audience heard him continue Europe talk for hours, then Egypt and the Nile, before finally admitting he had not yet reached the Holy Land.
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Chicago Tribune
Sam Houston and His Coins
Professor Hiram Carson recalls an anecdote about Sam Houston in the senate chamber. He describes Houston removing boots and woolen stockings to tend aching feet, then slicing a jack knife to pare coins while passersby watched in quiet amusement.
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Hiram Carson
Cornell University
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Senate of the
United States
A Constable’s Comic Revolver Failures in Hazlegreen
A Hazlegreen Kentucky Herald story recalls a local constable elected years ago who, armed with an old pepper box pistol, fired at a sycamore tree to halt it. After repeatedly insisting on halt the tree survived and the officer was said to have been effective in his role.
Fourteen Lines From a Girl's Essay on Boys
A school for girls assigns an essay on Boys. The curious sample notes that boys shout loudly and resemble a frog when loud while girls remain quiet until spoken to and respond with restraint. It contrasts boys growing into husbands with a grown girl becoming a widow who keeps house.
Two Sweet Girls Speak On The Sea's Worth
A fragment from the Chicago News describes two young women on a beach discussing the sea. One proclaims love of the sea while the other candidly notes earlier attempts to extract gold from the waves failed.
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Jernagan
Chicago News
Boy helps as teacher faints at school
A public school scene ends in confusion when a teacher collapses. A calm boy named Peter keeps order from a bench and asks to fetch his father, who makes coffins, to help.
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The Missing Finger A Western Romance Of Narrow Escape
An elderly Detroit man recounts a near fatal encounter with Native Americans while trading on the plains. He explains a maimed finger saved his life after a fierce scalp raid, noting the incident shaped his fate though he later lost the finger while inspecting a hay cutter.
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Jim Dixon
Detroit Free Press
Tested Her Strength and a Farm Tug of War
Charley M. visiting from college competes with his father in a tug of war over a patch of weeds by the barn yard. The match ends when Charley drags the old man across the line and uproots the weeds in the afternoon sun.
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Charley
Dense Ignorance And Anigrant Confusion In Civil War Era Tales
A study contrasts provincial French conscripts failing to recognize Germany with American clerks surprised by immigrant ignorance. A French adjutant questions Jacques de Vaucouleurs about patriotism and origins, while a Boston trip promise joke from Atlanta Constitution highlights immigrant perspectives and rural misperceptions.
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Germany
Vaucouleurs
Parisian Audience Weighs Witness Truth in Dreyfus Case
The Parisian audience recalls a witness who testified in the Dreyfus case. They praise his enunciation gestures and costume while questioning whether he told the truth. The exchange appears in a Washington Star excerpt reflecting on the courtroom performance.
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Washington Star
Missionary Rescue on the Kongo Cannibal Frontier
A Baptist mission report recalls a Sunday rescue on the Kongo River near Lake Tumba. Cannibals pursuing a slave capture were thwarted by a swift chase. a pension of brass wire worth about four dollars freed the captive, showing the region’s cannibal trade waning under missionary influence.
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Iis
Kongo
Lake Tumba
Big River
New York UN
Raven Teases Pug Over Steak in Garden Tale
A Chicago News item tells of Suto the pug, famed for gluttony, who is tormented daily by a cage raven in his owner's garden. The bird toys with steak, driving the pug to frantic but futile attempts to reach the meat as the raven gleefully feasts.
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Pug
Sato
Chicago News
Leopards Aid Rescue Story From Lumsden of the Guides
In Lumsden of the Guides a Kabul river rescue is recounted. A Pathan boy, saved by Lieutenant Peyton, earned two leopard cubs from the grateful father. Peyton gave the cubs to Lumsden, whose court scene saw two leopards investigate a dying man on a bed. The man unexpectedly recovered and fled.
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Guides
London Chronicle
Peyton
Her Majesty
Kabul
Yusufzal
Made For the Place
Dr Cuyler describes a coal district town coated in coal dust yet notes a white flower near the mines that remains pristine. A foreman explains the plant has an enamel preventing dust adhesion and suggests it seems created for such a dusty environment.
Prevalence of the Lying Habit
The Atchison Globe notes people tell lies daily even when they view themselves as truthful, citing lies about hats praise hostesses and bidding farewell. It warns lying can offend and harm just as much as direct offense, urging self-awareness.
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Atchison Globe
London cemeteries cover 2000 acres with 100 million capital
The piece notes that London cemeteries span 2000 acres and the land they occupy is valued at 100 million dollars. It also mentions the inch long smallest known insect, a parasite of the lizard, as being one-ninetieth of an inch in length.
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Legends of the Apple Folklore Across Europe
The article surveys apple lore in England Germany and Austria. It notes dances for apple trees in England songs bowls of cider for harvest fates and various New Year customs. It explains seed rituals for predicting marriage and partnerships.
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Germany
Austria
Pittsburg
Not a Real Count. Myrtle
A Chicago Times Herald item recounts a conversation where Myrtle questions a count's honesty about papa's failure. Alice recalls his reaction embracing her, promising happiness despite money troubles and remaining together.
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Alice
Papa
Darling
Chicago Times-Herald
The Great Smallpox Swindle at a Western Hotel
The New Orleans Times-Democrat recounts a 1886 confidence plot in which two men exploited fears of smallpox to extort $5,000 from a hotel keeper. A fake illness, a staged transfer, and a physician’s secrecy led to the costly, preemptive payoff to avoid ruinous publicity.
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New Orleans Times-Democrat
Be True to Yourself: Call for a Blameless Life
A dated exhortation extols self faithfulness and lawful conduct as the path to personal happiness and a wholesome community. The speaker links true patriotism to living righteously and leaving behind a stain free life amid societal struggles.
Man Lives 40 Days on Water in Museum Tale
In a Chicago News item, Miles challenges a claim of 40 days on water, while Giles cites a real sea captain relative who has spent nearly four decades at sea, framing the anecdote as a museum display or stunt rather than a miracle.
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Giles
Chicago News
AWESOME TREES HOW GIANTS OF YOSEMITE IMPRESSED A TRAVELER
A Pittsburg Dispatch correspondent details a trip to the Mariposa grove near Yosemite noting the Grizzly Giant at 34 feet base diameter and 300 feet high, with dozens of other immense trees. He compares the trees to trains, stages, and even cathedral spires, and recalls Emerson calling Yosemite the Sequoia of the human race.
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Mariposa
Pennsylvania
Pittsburg
Santa Clause
Australia
Hmerson
Emerson
The Chinese Ear Cleaner At Mantlu Streets
A Manila Freedom correspondent describes a Chinese ear cleaner working on street corners in Mantlu, with a bamboo case of tools and a propeller-like razor. The Filipino also lines up for ear cleaning on Sundays, while observers note the operator’s precise nose work and the perceived discomfort of the procedure.
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Manila
Two Politicians and the Albany Capitol Guide
The Philadelphia Call describes a visitor paying 25 cents to hire a capitol guide in Albany. The guide bows and reveals the stairway portraits, but cannot name Shakespeare and Homer, saying they are the heads of two politicians whose names he cannot recall.
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Homer
Obituary Craft and the Living Subject
A Cincinnati Enquirer reflection notes how newspapers prepare obituary biographies long in advance and sometimes the subject assists while alive, shaping the life story published after death. The piece discusses the ritual of compiling life histories, interviews, and personal paragraphs for memorial notices in daily papers.
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Cincinnati Enquirer
Largest Natural Bridge on Pine Creek Near Camp Verde
The Chicago Record notes a natural bridge on Pine creek near Camp Verde Arizona that is likely the world’s largest. It spans over 500 feet across a dry creek bed most of the year, stands about 80 feet high, and runs roughly 600 feet wide, far surpassing Virginia’s famous bridge.
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Camp Verde
A. T
Virginia
Chicago
Victorian Era Explained Question on literature and queen
Miss Bookwise asks why literature flourishes with a new queen on the throne. Mr Knowlines replies that poets must write to the queen's taste to gain laureateship, a playful quip from the New York Commercial Advertiser.
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