An Awful Bear Story Told by Captain Quinton
A clipped reminiscence recounts Captain John Barronette in Montana and Yellowstone adventures with a dangerous grizzly encounter. The narrator recalls Jack's yarns, his rise to legend, and a dramatic bear ride tale from the park era, ending with a vignette of Italian funeral rites at San Miniato.
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Quinton
Chicago Telegram
National Park
Jack Barronette
Captain John Barronette
Jack
Montana
Yellowstone Park
X. Beidler
Winchester
An Italian Funeral Through Florence Streets At Night
A visitor describes an Italian funeral in Florence with priests bearing torches and Latin dirges. Littered bodies move amid gas-lit Arno bridges, while street vendors halt as the procession advances, casting a somber, surreal atmosphere over the city. The observed ritual reflects local customs and the emotional weight of bereavement.
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San Miniato
Italy
Arno
Lung
A Goodly Old Kitchen at the Falstaff Inn Canterbury
A New Orleans correspondent visits Canterbury to recall the Falstaff Inn. Inside the old kitchen, a lamb roasts by the fire while a maid broils a chop. The scene evokes warmth, jangling dishes, mint sauce, and vivid memories of the inn and its charming windows and red hollyhocks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans Picayune
Canterbury
Falstaff Inn
Boarding Icebergs A Hazardous Arctic Pursuit
Anonymous notes describe boarding icebergs as high risk for seasoned fishemen. Bergs vary in shape from Capitol dome to Windsor cathedral spires, yet their stability is deceptive and foundations can be weak. The task resembles scaling a glass wall with imminent sea danger, risking a plunge into frigid waters. The piece notes the Canadian waters dispute or lack thereof over harvesting such ice.
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Capitol
Washington
Windsor
Anon
Guessing at It on the Monon Route
A Chicago drummer aboard the Monon Route endures a hog praising Hoosier brag while a native insists on hog weighing and seat courtesy. In Indiana a smoker encounter leads to comic misdirection. Women are coming in as baggage smashers upon German railways, and rival teams receive no quarter.
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Chicago
Indiana
Gosh
Chicago Herald
Ssw
Onions Ord & Thomas
How to Read and Reflect on a Book by Morley
The passage argues that true understanding comes from writing independent notes after reading. It suggests outlining questions, difficulties, and information to seek, rereading for accuracy, and allowing time between readings to deepen insight. It warns against passive skimming and urges disciplined, thoughtful engagement.
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Lord Stafford
Gibbon
Daniel Webster
John Morley
A Powerful Bottle and a Comical Train Tale
The General Traffic Manager of a Southern railroad helps a richly dressed lady on a crowded train into his seat. On the Jersey line a strong phosphate odor fills the cars and the woman uses smelling salts. He quips to onlookers about the bottle’s smell, earning laughs and departing to another car, forever remembering that bottle.
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Southern Railroad
New York
Elizabeth
Mr. O
Newark
Jersey City
Philadelphia
Morris & Essex
Harper's
Joe Beef's Sorrow and Odd Burial Anecdote
A Victorian column recounts Joe Beefs eccentric devotion after his wife died ordering a brass band to play dirges on the way to the grave. After the funeral he returns home and, sorrowful, marries his deceased wifes sister. The piece then shifts to a health advertisement praising Hoa tetters Stomachs Bitters as a general remedy and protective tonic.
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Joe Beef
Joe
The Clerk Could Go to Bed in Chicago Tale
A countryman and his son stay at a city hotel with the son exploring the town. An old gentleman descends at midnight asking if his son has returned. The night clerk replies he has not seen him, and the old man says the clerk need not sit up any longer.
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Chicago Tribune
What is a dead center in old humor
A humorous exchange in Tid Bits features Mrs Fangle misinterpreting a term as a deceased rat between joists while Fan gle offers a pun. A Terre Haute postmaster claims two of his chickens were treated with St Jacobs Oil on bread and recovered the next day with no trace of disease remaining.
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Ocnas
FL Power
Terre Haute, O
St. Jacobs
Perfect Flood of Sunshine Promises for Women’s Health
An ad touts Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription as a cure for periodical pains irregularities and related disorders. It claims relief from internal inflammation ulceration and misplacement with a price of one dollar through druggists.
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DR. Radway & Co., N
Radway’ Sarsaparillian Resolvent and
Dr. Radway'a Pilla
Stopping Mules from Praying at Murfreesboro Camp
A tale from Detroit Free Press describes mules in a Murfreesboro bivouac kept quiet by weighted tails after a battle, with officers amused by teamsters’ stones tactic and mule braying ceasing as they cannot raise their tails. The piece ends noting Dr. Pierce’s Pleasant Purgative Pellets as a safe remedy for various ailments including headaches and constipation.
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Murfreesboro
Detroit Free Press
A Mark of Genuineness
A Pittsburgh Dispatch quip notes oleomargarine makers fail to resemble fresh dairy butter because of one missing telltale sign. The exchange imagines hair in butter as the sure giveaway, sparking humor on product authenticity.
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Smithers
Jones
Pittsburgh Dispatch
Conjectural Passion and a Cough Cure Report
A quotation from Edith in a World gossip item debates whether conjectural passion makes sense and how circumstances affect meaning. The column then notes a Grand Rapids man reporting Lansing resident H. T. Sheldon’s weekslong frightful cough cured by Red Star Cough Cure.
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E.R. Wilson
Grand Rapids
Mich
H. T. Sheldon
Lansing
Grand Union Hotel Promises Comfort and City Travel Ease
A collage of 19th century ad style notices touts the Grand Union Hotel near Grand Central Depot with 613 rooms and daily rates from one dollar, urging visitors to store baggage and use expressage, while praising its price and comfort compared to other first class lodgings. Additional items warn of hair tonics, a quip about Abraham's son Isaac, and a venture claiming easy earnings from Hallett & Co. with at home work opportunities and broad appeal.
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New York City
Grand Union Hotel
Grand Central Depot
Hallett & Co
Portland
Maine
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Edith
Fogg
Ross
Foge
Detroit Stree Press
Hall
Abraham
Isaac
Ayer
Mopgern
WM. Hall
Plao
Dr. Pierce
Poe
World's Dispensary Medical Association
Buffalo
Menaman
Caswell, Hazard & Co
Hood
G.I. Hood & CO
Apothecaries
Lowell
Mass
Aahae
Brewster's Lafety
Holly, Mich
Br. J. Stephens
Lebanon
Ghia
R.B
A. K
LA “x
Washington, D.C
College OF Business
N.Y
M' Tg Houe
Barclay At
N. Y
OF & Jorge
Standard Silvearware CO
Boston
Woodbury
N. Pear St
Albany
Barney's
Federal ST
Sim
Rtarms
Mason & Hamlin Organ and Piano Co
Kidder
Siorn
Charlestown
Physiciana
Mas
D. M. Horr
Morris
Hertyrion
East St. Louis
Banzat N. Henpencon
Angus
Jows
Bennett
C.D. Coleman
Jefferson
Iowa
Geo
C. Vantex
T. B. Rayl & Co
Detroit
Known Chemical CO
Baltimore
THE
Century Magazine
Lincoln
John G. Nicolay
Col
John Hay
Robt. T. Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln
Frank R. Stockton
George W. Cable
Mary Hallock Foote
Remus
Edward Eggleston
Russia
Siberia
George Kennan
Siberian
the Century CO
Opiu
Humane Remedy Co
LaFayette
Ind
Dr. Frazier
Bruggiet
WMS. Mfg. Co
Cleveland, D. C
U. S
J.C. Lighthouse
Rochester
Cleveland
A. Wood & CO
N. 10Th St
Phila
Montgomery Ward & CO
Wabash Avenue
Lil
A.J. Tower
Simmons
the Union Publishing Con
Kase
Con
Piso
Cat East
GN. U
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