Ex Senator Tavor and Famous Costs Spark Briefs
The Register reports on Tavor linked to a $250 night shirt fame, Henry Irving’s $50 suspenders, and P M Lynell’s Mormon controversy that led to a boycott and retreat. Also noted are New Orleans tax dispute with Myria Clark Gaines, coin auction prices, a grim nose value joke, timber harvest figures, and a quirky tale of Prof Jager and opium storage.
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Tavor
Henry Irving
New Orleans
Myria Clark Gaines
Wall settlement halts Fargo block rebuild and famed mind reader wager
In Fargo North Dakota a Red River Valley business block begun in 1880 is being partly torn down after a wall settled ten inches. Foundations of concrete on piling raise doubt about permanent support for valley soil. Separately in London Bishop the mind reader failed to read Labouchere’s £1000 note, though a £5 note was shown, with a dramatic demonstration before 3000 spectators.
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Red River Valley
Fargo
Oak
Manitoba
Bishop
Exeter Hall
Labouchere
Col. Statham
Henry Labouchliere
Victoria Hospital
Chelsea
Types of Gum and Their Bases in the United States
A display of interest to Gim Chewers notes three to four main gum bases: tolu spruce and paraffine. Tolu comes from a South American balsam tree, paraffine from petroleum, spruce from spruce trees, mainly Portland Maine. Rubber gum comes from a Mexican tree. About twenty five to thirty U.S. factories make gum, with sales around two million dollars annually and 5 000 to 10 000 boxes sold monthly.
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South America
Pennsylvania
Portland
Mexico
United States
A Dull Pawnbroker in Detroit Tale of a Watch
A Detroit pawnbroker receives a tale from a country youth with freckles and an old bull's-eye watch he wishes to pawn. The broker suspects deception, questions the lad, and warns of police as the youth retorts with a sharp mock defense. He ultimately offers three dollars for the watch amid street scene slang and comic misgivings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Dad
The Sins of Journalists and Women in Language Use
A critique of both journalists and novel writing women for corrupting the vulgar tongue. It discusses misused words such as humble auspices and embrace, notes on tea table talk, and defends terms like alleged and phenomenon. Ben Perley Poore quotes and comments on linguistic habits and the idea of purists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. James
Turner
Voltaire
Waller
Orpheus
Mr. Turner
Old Brown Corn and its Northern suitability
The Brown corn introduced about thirty years ago by Mr. Brown proved best for northern regions and surpassed the King Philip variety. It yielded 136 bushels per acre on Lake Winnipesaukee soil and 134 bushels in Oswego county, with large yellow kernels eight rows on a short cob. It contains 11 percent oil, a high nutritional value for the era. Mr. Brown recalled abandoning hills in favor of smooth ground and adopting three foot row spacing with hills as his planting method.
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United States
King Philip
Commissioner of Patents
Brown
Lake Winnipiscogee
Smashing Crossings and Smart Farmers Tale
A Pech's Sun column recounts rail crossing hazards from farmers driving oversized wagons into trains. Two engineers joke about a reckless rider, recounting a plowed-field crash where horses died but a rider survived. The tale contrasts bravado with danger and foresees lawsuits and tragedy from stubborn risk taking.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Smart Aleck
Kingdom Come
Jim
Pech
Sun
Resignation by a Confederate Army deserter shows home ties
During the war officers praised negro troops for promptness and reliability yet noted their strong home ties. One soldier tried to desert by handing in his resignation and walking away. The captain compelled him to return and reaffirm duty, then he resumed service. Brownsville man Juper Fork invents a spiral windmill to power street and railway cars.
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Juper Fork
Brownsville
Tenn
German View of Americans as Drinkers and Temperance Popularity
The article cites Charles Knortz presenting a German view of life in the United States. It argues Americans cannot drink properly, are hypocritical, and that temperance movements thrive due to perceived self-control failures. It contrasts German social drinking with American excess and criticizes American parenting, schooling, and moral behavior as fueling temperance trends.
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Charles Knortz
United States
Germany
Atlantic
Ile
Hell
Board of Education
Atonement Gap Highlighted by New York Counterfeit Case
The article notes a defect in criminal laws regarding suitable atonement for maladministered justice. It recalls William Pendergrast, convicted in New York for attempting to pass a fake silver dollar after an expert testified it was counterfeit. He was sentenced to Auburn prison for one year.
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Brooks
Secret Service
Washington
Pendergrast
Truth
New York
William Pendergrast
Auburn
Electric Battery Bulky Horse Caper Ends In Wreck
A man recounts a chaotic mishap with an electric device claimed to cure a bulky mare. He wired the bit, triggered a shock, the horse bolted, wire tangled, milk cans flew, wagon wrecked, and the heaviest damage fell on the operator. The editor warned of patent infringement if royalties were unpaid and possible arrest.
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Eagle
Chicago
United States
New Jersey
Peck
Sun
Where Girls Have Their Freedom at Smith College
Prof Kate Sanborn of Smith College near Boston writes on the social life there describing a liberal environment. Students live in cottages and manage housework, with little formal rules and a strong honor system. The article notes freedom in recreation and social activity and compares the college to Harvard Yale and Dartmouth in standards.
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Kate Sanborn
Smith College
Boston
America
Prof. Sanborn
Vagsar
Wellesley
Harvard
Yate
Dartmouth
Proof Positive Snippet Sparks Parlor Debate
In a sharp exchange from Texas Siftings, Mrs Ponsonby tells Mrs Rideghly she would die in Mr Samuelson’s place, while Rideghly doubts her willingness. The quip reflects wary wit and credulity among Austin social circles. The remark ends with a note on Silenor as a grand art of conversation by Haslitt.
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the Register
W. Slater
Pushseer
P. M. Lynell
Salt Lake City
Detroit Free Press
Sindis
Peoria
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Jaager
Prof. Jager
East
San Francisco
Insurance Commissioner of
Gen. Sherman
St. Louis
Charles Baldwin
St. Joseph
Department
Metcalf
Baldwin
Fouqués
Oran
Fouques
Dot
der Boleece
Ben
Perley Poore
Silenor
Haslitt
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