Unusual Anecdotes and Miscellany From The Register
A jumble of notes from Lancaster wedding customs and a cemetery bequest, a Pa lumberman with a gun splinter injury, Boston spiritualist claims, Central Pacific snow shed removals and rotary plows, Twain cigar trivia, Pleasantville New Jersey with 25 fingers and toes, Duke Curnay’s warm eastern Washington, Indians fishing with salmon eggs, Jory Co Premvont in New York, and a Russian Orel widow and daughter hotel register entry with 10000 ruble dowry.
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Duke Curnay
Washington
Massive Okefinokee Swamp Sale Sets High Bid Record
The Okefinokee swamp in Georgia, over 250000 acres, sold for 263 cents per acre the highest bid. Buyers claim timber value exceeds price and soil is fertile. Draining the swamp would cost about 250000 dollars. an engineer says the developers may become millionaires.
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Okefinokee
Georgia
Niagara Falls power scheme and a Chinaman's view of America
A broad survey covers the Niagara River Hydraulic Tunnel Power and Sewer Company with financier backers and hopes to harness falls for manufactories. It then contrasts American and Chinese customs through Mr Lang's remarks, noting social quirks and misunderstandings in both nations.
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Niagara Falls
Niagara River Hydraulic Tunnel Power and Sewer Company
Vanderbilts
Chauncey Depew
Drexel, Morgan & Co
Therr
Niagara
Future in Love and Fashion Insults From Boston Courier
A fragment from the Boston Courier humorously contrasts a marriage proposal exchange with a critique of a mother and sisters sewing and clothing habits. It notes the blush of natural beauty as an admired detail and mentions young women writing to papers for advice or commentary.
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Papers
Cate
The Falling of Thrones by Hila Wheeler Wilcox
A reflective Independent essay arguing progress over aristocracy. It contrasts wealth conflicts with a rising universal republic where worth and birth are merit. The piece envisions self made advancement, loyalty as gatekeeping virtue, and a swordless struggle driven by growing minds to reshape society.
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Universal Republic
Hila Wheeler Wilcox
The
Independent
Comedy of Errors Ends in Happy Union at Last
John Wayland schemes to wed his ward to Fred Wylie while Fred chases an unknown bride. A crossed plan and secret letters lead to a twist as Lelia May Payson and Fred marry, and the guardian discovers he arranged nothing but love and a grand home for them all.
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Bismarck
Julius’Cohen
Blind
Karl Blind
Berlin
Cohen
Illinois Prairie
Great Northwestern System
John Wayland
Tred Wyle
Tred
Fred
Lelia
Fred Wylie
Mary
Teolia
May
Lelia May Payson
Wayland Defends Marriage Plan for His Children
Wayland refuses to admit surprise at his children marrying, boasting that his intent was to make it fifty. He claims the marriages were planned and celebratory, presenting them as his deliberate scheme rather than accidental unions.
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Wayland
Joe Damon’s Pension Tale From Draft to Auburn Jail
An Oxford county man recounts how Joe Damon avoided front line service by helping peers, including delaying his own draft, hiding in a logging camp, and later enabling Damon to obtain a pension. The tale centers on wartime drafting, jail time in Auburn, and family pressures.
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Joe Damon
Oxford
Lewiston
Joe
Jim
Sandersons
Magalloway
Auburn
Newspaper Office Confronted by Attacker With Armied Gun
An armed man and butcher knife visited a South Arkansas newspaper office seeking the editor. The proprietor offered to help and joked about a debt dispute over a calf. He reflected on obeying his wife and the danger of future visits, noting her practicality and foresight.
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South Arkansas
Opie P
St. Louis
A Turning Point From Carpet Beating at a Merchant’s House
A young clerk recalls a day sent to the proprietor's residence to beat carpets. He begins with pride, endures the task with humor, and reflects that the experience helped shape his career while the exchange reveals a quiet lesson in humility and opportunity.
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Washington Post
A Marvelous Escape In A Narrow Well
A June 27 1882 cyclone drives a family to seek shelter in a well. The narrator recounts a hot evening, a funnel cloud, and a plunge into a ten foot deep well where a broken pump and a two inch pipe create peril. He and his wife rescue their children and emerge unharmed after the storm passes. Charlie, their five year old, is found alive on the surface. The tale ends with relief and gratitude. The account is presented as a child’s reminiscence from St Nicholas.
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Mr. Lane
America
China
Celestial Empire
Lang
Charlie
Flo
St. Nicholas
Sensational Journalism and the Public Interest
A writer argues against sensational crime coverage and intrusive reporting. He contends editors fuel demand for lurid tales by overloading papers with scandal. He urges cleaner daily papers to attract steady, loyal readers, especially family households, and questions the practice of prying into private lives.
Society Jealousies and Bitter Carriage House Exchange
Miss Matilda Snowball declares their house keeps a cow and a pew in the Blue Light Tabernacle, while a saddle-colored friend retorts they keep a goat and mocks a carbuncle on the back of her neck, revealing sharp social tensions.
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Matilda Snowball
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New York
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Dmitrovsk
Jasha
Christina
Alfonso
Great Britain
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Addie
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Arkansaw Traveler
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