Our Past and Memory in the City of Mist
A reflective meditation on memory and identity, imagining a ruined city as a mirror of the self. The text likens the past to a living, ancient landscape shaped by memory and emotion, whose traces remain within each person as a unique masterpiece. It asserts that our past is ourselves, shaping who we are and who we may become.
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Ees
Joe
Colorado
Mike
Mr. McCarthy
S. H
Farmers’ Home Journal
Feathered Mascot Haunts a 19th Century Engineer's Tales
The Denver Post recounts Henry McCarthy a veteran locomotive engineer who for 28 years steered trains along the Kansas Pacific and Union Pacific lines. His tale centers on a pet sparrow named Mike that rode the cab with him for two years bringing companionship and a string of misfortunes after Mike’s death.
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Henry McCarthy
Kansas City
Denver
Kansas Pacific
Union Pacific
Denver Post
McCarthy
Toby
Colorado
Lincoln County
Fort Wayne
Kokomo
Ind
Peru
Mike
Joe Hennesey
Rascal
Man-Eating Lions Halt Uganda Railway Work
London Spectator reports that two man-eating lions caused three weeks of rail work stoppage and a months long terror from March to December. Twenty eight Indian workers and many Africans were killed or injured. natives climbed trees or water tanks to escape. engineers faced fearless predators until Mr. Patterson finally shot the two lions. The beasts stood about four feet high and nine feet long.
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Lord Salisbury
Uganda
London Spectator
Mombasa
Patterson
Buried Indian Mountain Range Suggests Hidden Mass
Maj Burrard of the trigonometrical survey asserts a buried mountain range lies in central India. Observations of gravitation show the plumb line deflects southward north of the chain and northward south of it, implying a dense subterranean rock mass beneath the surface between the observatories.
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Trigometrical Survey
India
Maj. Burrard
Himalayas
Youth
Not Prepossessing Villain in Police Court Scene
A lady whispers in a police court about the prisoner’s evil nature while misidentifying his lawyer as the culprit. Her husband cautions her that the prisoner has not yet appeared, noting the man they see is his lawyer. The exchange, cited from Tit-Bits, captures casual misperception in a courtroom setting.
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Hushi
Potatoes Bug Plan Gains Nickel Rewards for Kids
In a Georgia garden column Bill Arp notes Col Reddings method to exterminate potato bugs by early inspection and killing large striped beetles. He pays grandchildren a nickel per dozen bags found, recounting the kids’ bug tally and his memories of earning. He urges humane pest control, praises children, and reflects on faith, family, and the Lost Cause.
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Atlanta Constitution
Jesus Christ
Paul
Peter
Sodom
Paris
Col. Redding
Yarbrough
Felton, Jr
Isaac Walton
Butler
Florida
North
Georgia
Dallas
Grippe
Bill Arp
Liptons Faithful Salesman Pays For His Own Cheese
Sir Thomas Lipton, famed yachtsman and head of a large British grocery firm, toured a London store and was mistaken for a customer by a cheese counter clerk. The clerk praised Lipton’s cheese and paid for a pound of it before learning the joke. Lipton later rewarded the industrious clerk with a substantial pay raise.
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Thomas Lipton
Great Britain
London
Philadelphia
Saturday Evening Post
Sir Thomas
Lipton
Tax on Automatic Orchestrions Hits Spandau Restaurants
In Spandau near Berlin a tax is imposed on automatic orchestrions as they become an intolerable nuisance with nearly every restaurant using one. Officials hope the levy will curb the problem.
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Spandau
Berlin
Diary of a Drouthy Crony Log
A compact diary style piece with daily gills of drink and social stops as the narrator notes mild events and dog whistling, a funeral, marriage talk, and aliases of neighbors or friends. It reads as a rural Scots vignette about drinking to cope with life events and the week’s cadence.
When Elephants Waltz Show Teaches Tricks With Helpers
The text describes training elephants to waltz using muscle and persuasion. A trainer at the front and another at the rear push the beast to respond to Waltz. Elephants learn by moving as forelegs rest on a rolling tub steadied with crowbars. In see-saw acts, elephants at ends and middle are held in position with tackle and men.
Farmers and Planter urge farmer organization nationwide
The piece argues farmers must unite to counteract the buying and selling power of manufacturers and merchants. It suggests forming small local clubs that connect regionally, share knowledge, and involve specialists, turning clubs into practical schools for better production and marketing. It also emphasizes dairy hygiene and cleanliness in milk handling.
Census figures urge cattle farming to boost southern wealth
The Southern Cultivator highlights a census report showing domestic animals in the United States valued at at least 3.2 billion dollars, with 93 percent on farms. It notes regional gains, Iowa leading livestock value with 271 million dollars and Texas second, while Texas has more cattle, mules, and goats but Iowa holds greater value overall.
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South Atlantic
Census Bureau
United States
North Central
South Central
Iowa
Texas
Farm Nuisance Turns into Value of Livestock
A Cor Epitomist column argues that chickens pigs turkeys and calves are bothersome yet vital on the farm. The piece contends poultry and livestock boost family meals profits and farm energy, making a farm richer and more animated for young workers.
Pig breeding and farrowing tips from Farmers' Home Journal
Immature parentage causes small litters and sickly pigs with farrowing about 112 days after breeding. Set dates, avoid feeding sour milk early, feed sparingly for ten days then increase until consumption is clean twice daily. Select sows by vigor, size, bone, early maturation. use sweet milk oats shorts middlings oil meat slop. Provide limited space, warmth for farrowing, ensure pigs have run space away from dam, and feed sweet milk in low troughs.
Cotton Crop 1901 Reported By Census Bureau
The census bureau reports the cotton crop of 1901 at 9 952 982 bales, 533 166 bales less than 1900. Also notes on feeding young lambs, mite control in poultry, and advertising advice for swine and cattle. Indicates farming tips and stock care observations, with fragmented, era-specific phrasing.
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Census Bureau
Women the More Amiable and Their Patience
ATimes column argues women are patient and lenient after transit accidents. It contrasts female forbearance with male self-interest, praising women for not filing complaints and noting their sympathy for workers supporting families. The piece highlights public disputes over accountability and exaggerates gendered behavior.
Silver coins turn black in Texas oil belt
A Beaumont Tex man cites the oil field atmosphere turning silver dollars black in circulation around Beaumont. He recalls a test where a new dollar darkened quickly after exposure to gas and oil fumes, affecting dimes quarters and halves alike, making genuine money hard to distinguish and unusable for business.
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Beaumont
Tex
New Orleans Times-Democrat
Texas
Texas Oil Belt
Must Have Been a Bird Talk Turns to Ward 2
A Baltimore News item recalls a man muttering about the Mayflower and prehistoric proportions of a mammoth boat before being placed in a straight jacket and given a ward 2 number. The piece plays on quirks and hospital confinement with a dry urban tone.
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Baltimore News
Not Idle, Mrs. Stubb A graduate shoeing in New York
The Chicago Daily News quotes Mrs Stubb noting a college graduate blacking shoes in New York, countering the notion that higher education is useless. The exchange underscores practical work as evidence of continued value from a college education.
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Stubb
New York
Chicago Daily News
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Urich Maue
Sandy
Jock Macdonald
Sax Gillet
Gill
Gills
Mrs. MacDonald
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