How Jim Stickings "Did" The Railway Company
Joshua Bounceboy, a London and Suburban Railway director, hatches a scheme to learn Jim Stickings travel dodge from two workers. He bribes them with ten shillings to reveal how Stickings rides North Croydon to Battersea Bridge for free. The workers reveal the method: walk and alight. Chief Detective Wiggins confirms the tale, though details remain murky amid the station chatter.
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Joshua Bounceboy
London and Suburban Railway Company
Joshua Bouncely
J. B
Joshua
Wiggins
London and Suburban Railway
Nous
Lavender Hill Station
Mr. Bounceby
Hoxton Rise
Lsten
Mr. Joshua
Detective Wiggins
Wandsworth Broadway
Tooting Road
Streatham Park
Mr. Bouncely
Bounceby
Kempton Park
Lavender
Trine
Bill
Jim
North Croydon
Battersea Bridge
Cort
Bounceley
Jim Stickings
Matthew
Mark
Luke
Hillon
Bob
Wiggin
London
Wonders of the modern microscope and its medical uses
The article explains how the microscope helps physicians detect germs, assess diseases, and guide treatments. It describes culture methods, staining to identify bacilli, and the role of white blood cells in fighting infection, highlighting germs ubiquitous in urban life and the need for lab confirmation before therapy.
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New York
New York Tribune
Quaint and Curious Social Notes From Around the World
A collection of odd facts on prerogatives of rulers and animals. It lists nations where only leaders may drive full gallop, unusual horse shoeing in Iceland and Sudan, a parrot aging in New York, and a ruling on motor car liability. It also notes global crop losses and quirky sayings about fashion and shoes.
Tennyson and Irving Port Session Parade
Tennyson joked with Sir Henry Irving about port and poured the port himself after the actor admitted liking a glass. The piece compares the Zambesi falls to Niagara, noting the Zambesi is two miles wide and drops 420 feet while Niagara is half a mile wide and 158 feet high.
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Tennyson
Sir Henry Irving
Irving
Zambesi River
Niagara
Wit Sharpening Cambridge
Cambridge Granta notes that the dull atmosphere of the alma mater sharpens the wits of her sons encouraging brightness to compensate for gloom. The piece asserts Cambridge has long produced wits and poets and that the stock will not die out despite current obscurity.
Fruit land profits and orchard value compared to city flats
A Dallas Optimist column argues that eight acre Oregon apple orchards can yield $13,000 annually, comparable to city flats netting $3,000, and suggests fruit lands are undervalued with potential for sharp price advances. It cites a Medford case contrasting $40,000 orchard income with $400,000 city property value and urges investment in orchards.
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New York
Medford
Newtown
Oregon
Dallas
Long bedroom ad in a San Francisco Chronical
Night Clerk Frank Cummings informs a midnight arrival at the Jefferson that a hall bedroom is available with a forty foot length and an outside window. The man registering reacts to the unusual description and is directed to a cot on the fourth floor.
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Frank Cummings
The
Jefferson
Bill
San Francisco
Price of wooden legs falls to lowest in years
A satirical quip notes the price drop for wooden legs and advises taking advantage of cut rates by amputating a leg. The remark reflects dark humor and sensational editorial tone.
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Philadelphia Inquirer
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