Albany man ships 8000 tons maple sugar this year
The Register notes an Albany Vermont resident sent 8000 tons of maple sugar to western markets in the year valued at 97000 dollars. Other brief items include a 1000 geese shot on Noxan Island Colusa County by four men after ammo ran out Isaac Harris capturing a bald eagle near Lewistown Ohio and a Fairfield Maine woman finding a $500 railroad bond long forgotten. The Emperor of Germany impressed by borrowing a forest keeper knife to trim a cigar ends remarks Take back your knife. It is now an historical relic.
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Albany, Vt
Fairfield
H. A. Small
Germany
Oklahoma Territory
Indian Territory
Oklahoma
Land Department
Lad's steel spring trap ensnares six chicken hawks in week
Herbert Price operates a pole mounted steel spring trap placing a chicken on the end to lure hawks. In seven days he has captured six chicken hawks as each bird sights the bait then lands on the pole before reaching its intended quarry.
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Herbert Price
Kansas City Annexes Neighboring Territory Threatens Boundary Clash
A newspaper note warns of Kansas City annexing surrounding square miles and foresees a future struggle when its expanded boundaries touch Chicago and other areas, likening it to the tense English Russian frontiers in Asia and predicting a major clash.
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Kansas City
Chicago
Asia
Remarkable cholera test and other curiosities
Italian researcher Bujcid proposes a chemical test for Asiatic cholera using hydrochloric acid in a culture broth to yield a violet color only with these germs. De Millefleurs showcases solidified petroleum bricks that burn slowly, are non explosive, and inexpensive. Epison’s phonograph aids Milwaukee College language teaching by repeating lessons. A Norwich tailor, Henry S. Cook, with a long beard, is noted for his odd stature and habits. A Pleasant Street anecdote tells of a man who drinks coffee at 2:30 a.m. before returning to bed. A Washington dentist advertises $100 for a perfect front tooth to replace one extracted. Omaha electrician Victor Poissant uses a home-made dynamo to kill rats in a tin-lined trap.
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M. Bujcid
Washinaton
Victor Poissant
Omaha
Mr. Poissant
Oklahoma
Land Department
Guthrie
Desperate Rat Battle and a Maine Gold Haul Tale
A caged rat bites a wire triggering a fatal shock and a man’s wild tale of a Fayette landowning settler. The story recounts a New Hampshire property sale, a Maine horseback journey, and a saddlebag treasure of gold and silver coins. He travels with unshaken nerves, caching money behind tavern doors, predicting nail prices and safely reaching Maine.
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Fayette
New Hampshire
Maine
Torture, Prohibition, and a Hidden Oak Bank Tale
Vienna Times dispatch recounts brutal police torture of Kovacs and Cseke in Hungary with a later note on a Lebanon Connecticut oak tree that served as a covert liquor bank. The tale links police abuse to prohibition and ends with the oak’s bank failing after a local deacon uncovers the scheme.
Aboard a Dismasted Ship I Salvaged a Fortune
A 1860 San Francisco ascent tale ends with a dismasted abandoned ship loaded with $400,000 cargo. The speaker claims sailing it into port and securing $175,000 salvage. When pressed for details he offers no more, warning skeptics with a knife gesture.
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Honolulu
Pacific
San Francisco
Milwaukee
The Dreamer’s Vowed Faith Amid the Sermon
A poem depicts a seated woman in a gray gown captivating the narrator’s thoughts during a long sermon. He contrasts the preacher’s earnest message with his own distraction and vows faith to the woman described as a未来 object of devotion.
Claim Jumper Romance Setstle in Oklahoma Territory
A Western settler recounts his land rush tale from before the Oklahoma boundary opened. He falls for Miss Wallack, discovers a claim jumper, battles a rival cabin, and ends up marrying the young woman after she later files on the same claim.
A Unique Game of Ten Pins by Charles Warren Stoddard
An outdoor memory of ten pins played abroad and the lively crowd of natives. The narrator describes commanding horses and visiting billiard halls as witnesses gather. He recalls ten strikes met with cheers including the tiger, but fears the alley might later lie strewn with Hawaiian slain.
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Charles Warren Stoddard
Not Easily Picked Of A Thread Pranks in a Club
A Washington Post anecdote describes an uptown club where a white thread pulled from a coat lead to a long spool prank. Charlie threads coats of ten men, with Jack paying for each caught victim. The gag centers on a single thread becoming a two hundred yard prop as the trail continues.
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Tsay
Charlie
Jack
Washington Post
Where Man Has No Rival Quote Cartoon
A witty exchange notes that women excel in many pursuits but cannot rival men in the challenge of saying truly rural late at night. The Judge’s quip underscores humor about rural speech and late hours.
Air Brake Heroism on Mountain Express
An engineer named John Akers saves a child from being struck by a moving train on a mountain route. The narrator recalls fearing the worst, but Akers leaps from his seat, secures the child on the pilot, and calmly returns to duty. The moment ends with mutual humility over the rescue.
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John
John Akers
Christianburg
Philadelphic Liem
Land Sickness: Navy Surgeon Describes Home Sickness
A Civil War navy surgeon recalls life on a Texas coast sloop and a malady he calls land sickness. He explains how months at sea breed longing for land and earth, with dreams of rivulets and June leaves, sometimes forcing invalidation or homeward return.
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United States Navy
Texas
Terralgia
There Was Something Mighty Strange About It
A young St. Thomas man, returning from New York after a week, protests to a companion that he escaped robbery and bunco without loss or confidence, claiming he fled on the last car of a long freight train and got out unharmed. The New York Sun records the exchange.
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St. Thomas
New York
New York Sun
How He Got Even Playful Revenge Note Tale
A jilted suitor responds to a wealthier rival by refusing to return a photograph, claiming it would ruin his deck of playing cards since the queen of diamonds is among his prized cards, a witty twist from a magazine.
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Ifaverly
Alagazine
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