Curious Naval Battle on Horseback by Paez
A dramatic account recalls Venezuela’s first president Paez leading 3,000 cowboy riders across the Apure River to seize Spanish gunboats in a night assault. Bolivar sought river crossing, but Paez's horsemen boarded the ships, forcing surrender and securing independence efforts.
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Paez
Republic of Venezuela
Simon Bolivar
Venezuela
Bolivar
Apure
Beolivar
Revolutio
Orinoco
New York Press
Lablache and the Bear At the French Fair
An amused tale describes bass singer Lablache strolling a French fair when a bear escapes. The crowd flees but Lablache remains calm and roars from his chest, causing the bear to retreat.
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Lablache
Bear
Benen
I Was Thinking How I Could Earn Money Without Working
A Philadelphia Times tale recounts a grandfather in South Philadelphia offering a nickel to his grandson to reveal thoughts. The boy remains silent until the grandfather asks again, prompting the grandson to demand the coin and reveal his clever line about earning money without work.
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Philadelphia
Ocean
John
Philadelphia Times
Wise tips from a newlywed on money saving humor
A Boston lawyer about to wed learns from an older benedict that marriage cuts expenses. He explains he now spends far less because he simply does not have the money to spend, revealing a wry, practical comfort with shared finances.
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Boston
Benedict
Julius Caesar's Acta Diurna and its public gazette
The article notes Julius Caesar created the Acta Diurna a daily official news gazette shown in public and copied by scribes. It carried government decrees birth records and legal notices across the empire delivered by messengers to readers.
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Caesar
Julius Caesar
Acta Diurna
Are
Acta
Grim Ways in Guinea and Cannibalism Claims
Walter Goodfellow discusses the Mimika people of Dutch New Guinea citing mourning customs skull displays and alleged cannibalism of enemies in war. The account also notes a tale of a Scottish laird hiring an odd-job man ending with the man jokingly renaming him Auld Nick.
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Walter Goodfellow
Dutch New Guinea
Dr. Wollaston
Anoi
Chicago News
Tammas
Tom
Nicholas Duff
Nick
Boundary War Sparks Rhode Island Contention
The piece recalls a Rhode Island congressman condemning a boundary dispute with Massachusetts as a great injustice. Senator Dawes retorts that taking Rhode Island would be petty larceny, highlighting the heated regional clash. It then notes Steamboat Rock in northern Arizona, a battered landmark eroded by centuries of storms.
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Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Congress
Dawes
Mesa
Arizona Desert
Steamboat
Wide World Magazine
Not Familiar With the Quotation
A comic exchange unfolds as Miss Blinks teases Mr Blinks about his sleeve showing and his awkward reply jokes about red flannel underwear during a lighthearted moment.
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Mr. Blinks
Jinks
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