Ventilation via pipe linked to kitchen chimney
A note suggests ventilating cellars by piping them to the kitchen chimney to carry off foul gases. Senator Epmuuxos reportedly earns 50 000 dollars yearly from his law practice with some arguing 19 dollars per word. A showman in Rouen has two months’ imprisonment for displaying a fake Angelus claiming original Miller work. A tramp on the Northern Pacific near Portland piled ties on the track and confessed after questions.
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Epmuuxos
Rouen
France
Angelus
Miller
America
Northern Pacific
Portland
Oregon
Language shift and weather noted in Western news items
A Western paper notes German language decline due to baseball terms, a German observer links air spread of organisms to soil dryness and fogs, a Croatian girl wounds a doctor near Vienna in a foil duel. It recalls the Duke of Grafton rewarding a jockey with £20 and cites modern winnings up to £3,000 for a race win.
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West
Vienna
Duke of Grafton
John Day
Old Statutes Book and Odd News From Far Afield
A Palatka attorney shows a rare 1623 law book on English statutes used in North Carolina. The clumsy debt act stands out among its acts while a fox tale from Scarcliffe, Notts features a cat mothering fox cubs. Secrets of Senate furniture and a color change in a California farmer prompt local curiosity. A Siamese government shake up and Admiral Porter’s naval notes close the eclectic column.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Palatka
Fla
England
North Carolina
What Our Navy Needs Not Needs and Other Late Items
A sweeping editorial stance questions the navy's current form, arguing it lacks essentials to defend U S shores and vast coastline. The piece contrasts New York milk testing results with dairy water content and recounts Ticino politics, then profiles Texas wealth and freedmen prosperity including Senator Burton.
Shorthand Language Sparks Shop Conversation
A man in a gents' furnishings store on upper Broadway learns from a saleswoman that shorthand can convey much with few words. The exchange features phrases like Cert, Quar. dol, QO. K., and Tra-la as the pair banter about prices and expressiveness. He jokes about never mastering it, while she demonstrates the quick tongue of shorthand.
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Upper Broadway
N. Y. Sun
Backwoods Sunday Poem Awakens Young Love in Tennessee
A backwoods Tennessee Sunday turns into a quiet poem for the rural poor as a plowboy and a girl with gaudy ribbon meet at an old church. The day blends hymn, gossip, and hopeful romance while a housewife endures labor and waiting as dusk settles on a promise of marriage.
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Tennessee
Whippoorwill
Jim
Ebenee
Tom
Alf
Sue
Liza
John
Mr. Smarty
Aleck Jones
Marg Atcherson
Uncle John
The Reader Behind Magazine Manuscripts
A critical look at the editor’s process in filtering submissions. The reader ranks manuscripts by plot and style, sending opinions to guide decisions. When writers unknown to fame submit works, editors rely on readers to judge merit and potential success.
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Court of Appeals
Coveting Neighbors Belongings Parson Advises Marriage
Dialogue from St. Louis Star Sayings humor column features Mr. Sampson and Parson Johnson debating the Ten Commandments against coveting neighbors possessions and whether marrying the neighbor's daughter is the remedy. The piece riffs on moral advice with a comic twist.
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Mr. Sampson
Parson Johnson
Johnny's Prayer and Witty Says on Wealth
A Philadelphia Times brief notes Sister Lizzie preparing for her wedding with a family style dress and cooking experiments as Little John ends prayers with a humorous line. An Atchison Globe remark follows about a man feeling rich after reaching ten thousand nine hundred dollars yet growing poorer thereafter.
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Johnny
Lizzie
John
Philadelphia Times
Learn to write by speaking known topics in youth
A New York merchant argues school themes like Virtue and The Seasons fail because students lack ideas. He says writing improves when youths write about familiar, everyday subjects such as a pet, a village dispute, or a school topic. The piece urges practical, simple expression over lofty abstractions.
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New York
John
Jennie
Three Statesmen Disappointed at Brandy Station
The Washington trio Col Turner of St Thomas and Col Stevenson and Rep Rogers of Arkansas plus Nick Bell misread Brandy Station on a Virginia trip. On the train the word Brandy triggered a halt and a jokey misunderstanding about a place, ending with the men quietly returning to the car amid laughter and slander claims.
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Col. Turner
St.Thomas
W. I
Somerset
Col. Stevenson
Rogers
Arkansas
Nick” Bell
Foghorn Bell
Washington
Brandy Station
Culpepper
Virginia
Brandy
Col.s
Judge Rogers
Nick
Col. Bell
J Washington
Con
Tribune
What a Boy Does in the Street for Sleep and Action
A boy steps from the front door eager for motion. He wanders the street with undefined aim, then bangs the gate, yells, and runs, finally tossing a stone at a dog out of restlessness. He does not intend harm, simply acting to satisfy bodily need for activity before bed.
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Washington Capitol
Moment of quiet grace in a child’s chase
A boy pauses to gaze up a tree as if seeking something unseen, then breaks into a sprint and finally settles on the curb with a sense of quiet contentment. The brief scene captures a small triumph and a moment of contemplation amid play.
Numerous Occupations Across the West in a Vermont Native’s Tale
A Kansas man reports a shop overheard conversation of Western men born in Vermont, who pursued varied careers from real estate and cattle to teaching, law, mining, journalism, and medicine. The tale ends with a quiet man noting his own long, diverse path, illustrating the wide range of ventures Westerners pursue.
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Kansas
Vermont
Mississippi
Nebraska
Texas
Lot
Variety
Boston
Colorado
San Francisco
Umbrella Love Story Ties Two Lovers Across Oceans
T A Fiske recalls a romance sparked by a wedding in Luzerne New York involving Jerome Wood and Annie Hodgson. Hodgson wrote her name inside an English umbrella in 1887, it traveled to the United States, crossed paths with Wood, and after letters and travel the couple met at Racquette Lake Adirondacks where their romance began and they married.
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T. A. Fiske
Luzerne
N. Y
Philadelphia Press
Jerome Wood
Annie Hodgson
United States
Wood
Troy
Palmer’s Falls
Racquette Lake
Adirondacks
Ma. Wood
Honeymoon Wisdom and Honest Banter
A humorous exchange shows a newly married couple quipping about their honeymoon and happiness. A child notes shifting weather as a black cloud darkens the sky. A Goop lampoon quotes a morbid-tastes joke from Harvard Lampoon amid satirical lines.
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Scarcliffe
Nottis
Eny
Oxp
Bassett
Senate
Clay
Webster
William Hunsaker
Anna, Til
Pulaski County
Jims
Kieg
Admiral Porter
United States Navy
New Yor City
Health Board
Ticino
Swiss Federation
Slocum
San Antonio
Chicago
South
Sylvester
Galveston
Milton Sterreth
Houston
C. N. Burton
Fort Bend County
Burton
State Senate
Henry Black
Green
Pecos County
Ohie P. Bead
The
Arkansaw Traveler
Atchison Globe
Romance of
Charles
Auletioneer
Harvard Lampoon
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