The Register: Oddities and Obscurities from Rome New York
A spoofish account mentions a violent local character from Rome who allegedly attacked several people and died on a picket fence. It includes remarks by Brorpen TatMace about foreign travel and a curiously detailed portrait of Congressman Sexaron Anison and others, noting overwork among Ohio judges and the song Lorena linked to Judge Johnson’s bride.
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Rome
N. Y
JapitEr W.W. Jonxson
Ohio Supreme Court
White and
Okey
Mellvaine
Johnson
Lorena
Caswell, Hazard & Co
New York
See You Later, A Student Lesson In Language
A Stillwater boy who moved to St. Paul recalls a church taught fear of punishment and a schoolroom quip about God’s justice. A German professor’s lesson on aufwiedersehen leads to a dinner miscue as the phrase echoes with irony from a pupil’s humorous reply. The tale ends with the professor repeating See you later to delighted guests.
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Stillwater
Minn
St. Paul
Stars in the sky and a story borrowed by press
A Boston Journal tale of a man and his daughter misattributed after a woman reporter recalls reading the same star story in a daily paper. The piece then notes Prince Bismarck’s forecast of his life and his plan to not intervene in the Septennate, at age 73, with thoughts on how leaders’ life expectations shape their plans. The column closes reflecting on impatience among England’s aging and youthful statesmen.
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Boston Journal
Pleiades
Prince BisMarck
England
Global telegraph cables bind world and raise hopes
A British capitalists group plans a Vancouver to Hong Kong cable linking Japan and Pacific islands, aiming to slash mercantile risks and possibly foster a universal code and even a world government. The piece recalls Gladstone and Randolph, notes fewer golden years for leaders, and recalls a Washington Senate cloakroom anecdote about senators’ drinks and appetites.
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Europe
America
Pacific Ocean
Vancouver
B. C
Hong Kong
Chna
Japan
Fact filled world notes span science to empire
The survey covers British naval outlays of 66 million and London’s growth by 65 thousand people annually. It cites 1886 US steel rails at 1.35 million tons worth 40 million, a Mekong telegraph span 2 560 feet, and inventor Louis Brennan receiving 500000 from the English admiralty. It notes four million American farms worth about ten billion dollars on three hundred million acres. An Ontario man can recite 166 Bible chapters with other ecclesiastical texts. a Linnaeus quip about flies follows.
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Tur
Great Britain
London
Mekong River
Cochin-China
Louis Brennan
Castlebar
Ireland
America
Ontario
Lincoln as a Lawyer from Century Recollections
The article portrays Abraham Lincoln's legal career as marked by a direct, plain approach soured by an aversion to manipulative tricks. It notes his ethical restraint, fear of defending bad cases, and moments of panic when convinced a client was guilty, while praising his courtroom humanity, dignity, and ability to win with clear, candid argument.
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Mr. Herndon
Lincoln
G. C. Parks
Illinois
Howleglass
Rabelais
How Men Die in Battle Faced by Dead Soldiers on Brock Road
A veteran recalls two men hit by identical wounds on Brock Road. One dies instantly with a fixed expression. the other lives over an hour before death. He notes faces often misstate mental state, sometimes smiling despite death.
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Brock Road
The Lawn Cloth Negotiation at The Country Store
An elderly customer and the shopkeeper haggle over a piece of lawn. The clerk touts quality and fast colors while the customer negotiates a lower price and possible extras, finally walking away as no deal is reached for the thirteen yard piece.
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Tl Jet
Bloodthirsty Girls and Apache Child Rearing
A lurid portrayal of Apache children with a focus on brutal upbringing. Boys are trained for war and torture while girls master domestic tasks, gathering food and securing shares of game. The piece argues both genders endure harsh education shaping strong, fleet, and endurance-tested youths.
Quotation on Hotel Phrase Usage
A traveling man asks if the expression I put up at the X Hotel is correct. The other suggests I put up with the X Hotel as the proper phrasing.
There Goes Another Victim to Circumstantial Evidence
A narrator recounts a fable about a boy on a farm who, driven by hunger, steals from seven pies and a cat during a circus raid and watches his father shoot a cat, then proclaims another victim to circumstantial evidence. Burdette.
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Jack Robinson
Captain Cook
Burdette
Origin of Cattle From Urus and Celtic Stock, Dawkins Says
Professor Dawkins argues British cattle descend from two principal stocks, the Urus wild in Europe and the Celtic Bos Ioni frons. Domestication likely occurred in Asia, with these two lines appearing in Neolithic Switzerland. Crosses and selection shaped present breeds, including polled cattle, with Galloways and Gisburne as noted examples.
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Boyd Dawkins
Europe
Charles the Great
British Isles
Asia
Great Britain
Chillingham
Britain
Ireland
Dawkins
Florence Museum
Lombardy
Nal d’Arno
Lord Selkirk
Prof
Youatt
Gisburne
Owens College
Mysterious Georgia Stone Resembles Beeswax
A yellow rock of peculiar texture has been found in Georgia. When shaved with a knife it rolls up like beeswax. It resembles rock, does not burn, and becomes as hard as flint when heated. Scientists seek its exact nature and origin.
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Georgia
Liver action and blood purification cure scrofula claims
It Should Be Generally Known That the multitude of diseases of a scrofulous nature generally proceed from a torpid condition of the liver. The blood becomes impure because the liver does not act properly and work off the poison from the system, and the certain results are blotches, pimples, eruptions, swellings, tumors, ulcers, and kindred affections, or settling upon the lungs and poisoning their delicate tissues, until ulceration, breaking down, and consumption is established. Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery will, by acting upon the liver and purifying the blood, cure all these diseases. STRANGE as it may seem, iron is not firm. The market reports say so.
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Pierce
May Queen and Dr Pierce’s Patent Cure Oddities
A fragmentary reminiscence on Tennyson’s May Queen notes a young girl’s death and suggests Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription might have altered her fate. It blends editorial whim with brief ad copy, mentioning various quack cures and public figures in a collage of 19th century advertisements.
A Daring Robbery Serial Begins in Ledger
A daring Adams Express car robbery on the Missouri Pacific Railroad in October is praised as a top example of villainy and detective work. The Chicago Ledger launches a serial story on April 13 based on the event, from the author of Manacle and Bracelet. A sample copy is offered to readers by sending name and address to Ledger Company, 271 Franklin Street, Chicago.
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Adams
Missouri Pacific
Chicago Ledger
Ledger
The
Ledger Company
Franklin Street
Chicago
Fortune favors those who seek opportunity at home
A Portland Maine ad promises home based work with no capital. Send your address to Hallett & Co. for free full particulars. Earn from 5 to 25 dollars per day and more. Work available to all ages and both sexes, some claiming over 50 dollars in a day.
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Fortune
Hallett & Co
Portland
Maine
Wells' Hair Balsam and Rough on Dirt Advertisements
A collage of vintage ads tout Wells' Hair Balsam promising color restoration and scalp healing, Rough on Dirt laundry compound claimed to whiten and dirt-remove with easy ironing and no starch damage, plus other tonics and remedies for health and vitality cited like Dr. Harter's Iron Tonic and Buc ha-Paiba targeting kidney and general weakness. The notices emphasize ease of use, safety claims, and low prices, urging readers to shun inferior soaps and use Rough on Dirt.
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