State by state interest rates and a French education note
The article lists state marginal rates by contract or agreement from Alabama to Wisconsin, noting varied percentages. It then laments France’s education, reporting 200000 children ages seven to thirteen without instruction and literacy deficits among soldiers and married adults. A contending legal quip about pigs closes the item.
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Danbury Man Shouts Keno at Fire. Wife Seeks Night Before
In a morning blaze incident a Danbury man, startled by the flames, shouted Keno instead of fire. His wife now asks where he was the night prior, seeking clarification amid the confusion.
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Danbury
Keno
Artesian Well Drilled 820 Feet at Fort Runsel
The artesian well at Fort Runsel Wyoming has been bored to 820 feet with no rock encountered yet. Meanwhile residents of Warrow Haveners react to the loss of a new State House by approving plans for a new morgue.
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Fort Runsel
Wyoming
Warrow
How It Affects Him and American Prosperity
A long critique on habits harming national wealth to be economical, industrious, and morally sound. It laments wasteful spending and reliance on politics over political economy, urging discipline, honest labor, and prudent financial conduct. A New York correspondent recounts a bank panic scare ending with a tiny overdraft and renewed confidence in the bank.
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Toledo Blade
Jehu
Nimshi
Ian
Gold and silver values and coin fineness from Colorado mint
Prof J Schirmer of the Branch Mint provides a detailed guide to gold and silver values, fineness, and weights. It covers ton basis, cubic foot weights, coin weights, ore content, and standard fineness used for calculations. The Denver News notes Catholic numbers: 94 churches, 100000 members, 55 schools with 8065 pupils.
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J. Schirmer
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Denver
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Portland Ghost Rumor Spooks Family After Noise
A Portland family feared a ghost after weeks of eerie noises described as a creaking perch in a bird cage. The report mentions Kellogg and Warmoth and references New York whisky in a fragmented paraphrase of events.
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Kellogg and
Warmoth
New York
Portland
A Lesson for Smokers from a Quaker Traveler
A Quaker in a railway car questions a fellow passenger about smoking and sharing utensils. The exchange hinges on contradicting social decency norms with pointed moral comparisons to smoking habits and personal hygiene. The tale mocks smokers by linking their act to improper behavior and social exclusion.
Partridge Runt Extraordinary and Townsman Clash
A wild confrontation in Ripley Tennessee ends with Captain W I Roster backing away as Mrs Partridge fires a shot, the old artillery man wounded by a knife thrust from the captain, and a temporary armistice likely to lead to peace.
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Partridge
Ripley
Tenn
Mark Twain’s brief Buffalo press stint ends
The text recalls Mark Twain editing at a Buffalo newspaper, where he settled into old faults, swapped boots for slippers, and lounged with stories for hours before concluding publishing a newspaper was not his forte after six weeks.
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Mark Twain
Buffalo
Ark
Persecution of Jones Remains Dubious Tale From Jones
A fragmentary, unverified anecdote attributed to Jones describes near death by a sewing machine agent. The tale spans a diving bell voyage, an explosion, a mistaken death claim, and a distressed agent who kills himself, ending with a warning about truthfulness.
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Jones
Women and trends blow up from hoops to buttons
A cynical Chicago Tribune quotation mocks how things women desire grow from tiny to enormous. It compares waterfalls hoops bustle and even buttons to illustrate perpetual expansion and fashion excess.
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Chicago Tribune
Toby
Descriptions and social scenes from a late nineteenth century ball
The piece surveys women as social assets and contrasts suitors with maidens in August courtship markets. It quips about mothers noting female abundance, cites a Johnstown ball description praising Miss Kate Smith, and recalls a Louisville elopement tale amid broader courtship anecdotes.
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West End
Johnstown
Kate Smith
Evelving
Miss Smith
de Trap
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