Odd Bits and Observations From The Register
A collage of items including a claim that a Marxist theorist will attempt a north pole land journey on foot, notes on Wren cast and malleable iron corrosion, and a legal acquittal of a Coushatta, Louisiana man. Also cited are livestock stats from Ontario and New South Wales, smokeless powder in Germany, disease in Tumut tobacco fields, and social quips about newspapers and advertisements.
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North Pole
Tumut
New South Wales
Beet and tea notes and a tale of a famous fraud
The article notes beet delivery deals in Grand Island Nebraska and discusses global topics from Russian furs and a patented bullet to Soo Canal trade and Chinese tea losses. It also covers health myths, Darwin's illness, brain weight, Danish cream separators boosting butter exports, and the Count di Montercole divorce exposing title obsession.
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Danish Agricultural Department
The Old Ferryman and Uncle Sam Met a Fast Carriage
An old ferryman named Uncle Sam dreams on his boat as a carriage drawn by two horses appears. He muses they are in a race by judging them from their speed and tone, reflecting a playful scene of measurement and whimsy.
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Bens
Russias
Sam
Crystal ‘Lake
Frank Jones
Frank
Ben Ezra
Miriam
Philip
Chicago Mail
Turbulent stranger and Mary Melton tale unfolds
In a seaside Oregon style saga, Tom Barton the sailor and Mary Melton duel for affection against farmer Williams. A deadly night ends with a hatchet, a hidden body, and Williams fearing execution. Tom survives, Mary weds him, and Melton banishes Williams while Tom builds a fortune at sea and as a merchant.
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Brown
Lem
Melton
Williama
Williams
Mary
Barton
Rascal
Mr. Melton
Mary Melton
Tom Barton
Tom
Astoria
New York Weekly
River Rescue Ends With Charity Not Reward
A boatman saves a distressed pair as they drift toward dusk. The girl seeks help to return to her father while the ferryman declines payment, saying he only has a cart of his own and offers a bottle of liquor for the journey. The scene closes with the boatman aiding them home.
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Ous
Frost Street
Smersh
Hunter’s Point
Mary
Benjamin Williams
Williams
Brown Tom
Henry Melton
Tom
Boston
Astoria
Melton
Wiliams
East Indies
Trett
Willaams
Lou
Avast
The Foiled Rival by Roger Starbuck
A fragment from a Williamsburgh farm house tale introduces Mary Melton a beautiful young girl and her Tory English uncle in an old colonial setting. the scene hints at a historical or dramatic narrative surrounding a thwarted rival.
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Williamsburgh
Mary Melton
Endurance feats described by a mission ary from China
A Chinese mission ary cites examples of men traveling forty six miles before breakfast bearing heavy loads and others after twenty seven hours without food carrying a man fifteen miles farther. The tale contrasts endurance with a New York book sale bidding scene and a light dig at a Chicago bidder.
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China
New Yorker
Chicago
The Last Order to Go Home for Christmas
A dying man murmurs about home and Christmas as he nears death. He asks for letters, recalls childhood, and believes a better house will take him home. The doctor reassures with a comforting verse while the December dawn approaches. He finally makes the round trip and goes home.
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Ellen
Tower Talk Sparks Chicago Exhibition Ambition
In a conversational snippet from New York Weekly, Mr. Gotham and Mr. Lakeside discuss Chicago's upcoming exhibit promising a tower taller than the Eiffel, with views spanning the city, suburbs, and beyond.
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Gotham
Chicago
Lakeside
New York Weekly
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the Register
New Harmony, Indiana
Central Africa
Wren
Missouri
Oregon
Coushatta
Ontario Bureau of Industries
Egypt
Alexandria
Cairo
Port Said
Brooklyn
Colony
Germany
Ben Butler
Eli Perkins
Seth GarrEne
Illinois
Grand Island
Neb
Soo” Canal
Lakes Superior
Huron
Suez Canal
Soo
Darwin
Andrew Clark
H. D. Garrison
American Association
India
Count di Montercole
Philadelphia
House of Correction
MW. F. Hammond
Verryman
Hoe
Qld Sane
Choy
Sin
Saumny
Northern Light
Bam
Vo Morce
Samim
Ferryman
Roger Starbuck
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