Feast for beggars in St Petersburg cemetery banquet
A New York Press report describes Ivan Stepanoff, the king of beggars, hosting a lavish midday banquet in St Petersburg’s Kolomna cemetery. About a thousand guests dine on graves with vodka and food, none drunken, as police tolerate the setup. Stepanoff, age sixty, maintains his charitable front while his wife and children live well, and this marks the first beggars banquet in Russia. Nearby, solariums emerge as a winter luxury fad in architecture.
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Monument for a Rooster Wins Wide Attention
Vermilion NL owner O T McCord plans a monument for Old Bill the rooster deceased at age twelve. The Bloomington Blooming ton correspondent notes the bird won numerous prizes at fairs and expositions and drew chicken fanciers from across the region. The bird learned tricks, followed his owner, and once battled a neighbor’s dog, pecking at its eyes before the dog fled.
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Iowa Millionaire Gives Away His Five Million Plan
Abraham Slimmer, Iowa philanthropist, travels the state to personally investigate need and give aid. He aims to spend five million dollars before he dies, distributing tens of thousands as he sees fit and seeing no need for accounting. He treats charity as relief from wealth, not reward for generosity. A Swiss engineer unveils a new fire escape ladder system linked to window frames for rapid descent.
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The Husband's Hour in the Family Home
In a Chicago Post account a household scene unfolds during the evening hours when a husband confronts mounting expenses. A wife buys dresses while a daughter seeks new gown and shoes, a son requests funds, and the butler resigns as costs drain the budget amid a grumbling piano of household demands.
Walking as lasting health practice and editor plea
A brief essay extols walking for health, noting it stimulates blood and muscles, open air benefits, and helps stout persons stay youthful. It compares walking to a simple remedy and urges daily exercise, then shifts to an editor’s plea for readers to submit news and gossip for the paper, with humorous encouragement and odd phrasing.
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Fragmented urban tales mix marriage woes and church notes
A Boston Courier fragment shows a jealous husband and calculating wife in a tense domestic scene about shopping bills and blamed attitudes. Interleaved letters from a Scottish church precentor mirror the era, with resigned humor about department stores and rural ecclesiastical life.
When to Shoot a Critic at Garrick Club London
A humorous historic exchange at a supper party where a theatre manager jokes about shooting critics if they are to be mastered. Joseph Knight replies that he would support such a plan only if critics are shot before being invited to view recent theater entertainments.
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Garrick club
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Jim Bakers Cabin Opened for Settlement Near Historic Site
Colorado readers learn that Jim Baker’s cabin on the Little Snake River, built in the 1840s by famed trapper Jim Baker, is slated for national park status and then opened to settlement as a 39,000 acre development spurs irrigation and rail links. The article links Baker to Jim Bridger and Kit Carson, recounts his frontier exploits, and notes a coming surge of colonization along the valley as irrigation water comes online.
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Old trappers and scouts of Colorado in epic reminiscence
The narrative recalls Baker and other frontier scouts in Colorado history. It notes Baker’s long service and Colorado ties from 1859 on Clear Creek near Denver, his moves between the Little Snake river valley and Colorado towns, plus remarks on his Indian wives and children. It also recounts Colonel Alexander Gardner’s account of a Asia stay where a Russian spy accusation arose, and the dramatic Khiva examination proving the traveler’s American identity.
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Listeners Seldom Hear Story of Quarrel Over Will
Two elderly sisters lived together one gentle and kindly the other acrid in temper. The gentle sister dies suddenly and the other, eager to claim money, hides to eavesdrop. Doctors discuss her fate and harshly condemn the surviving sister, who plots to learn if she inherits. The scene ends with the pair departing in a motor.
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Literary Stone Ends In Editorial Shove
A struggling author presents a new tale in the editorial sanctum. Casper proposes to a girl with alabaster brow, but she responds with a stony glare and gives him a marble heart. The editor cuts the piece, declaring it fit only for the stoneyard.
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Chicago News
Evolution of the Raft Origin of boats and raft growth
The article traces how the raft evolved from a single log to a multi log boat. It notes early use across nations, with Herodotus citing ancient raft use in Chalder. It highlights the shift from paddling to rowing as oars were introduced and burdens increased.
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Real Estate Plot Described In A North Carolina Deed
A deed on record in a North Carolina county notes a startling property operation. It describes a land plot fifty by fifty feet cut from the back area of Pemima Jones, beginning at Bells south corner, running north fifty feet, west fifty, south fifty, and east fifty to the start.
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Gurren's Retort in Curran Encounter
Lord Brougham lauds John Philpot Curran's witty clash with Justice Robinson as one of the era's finest repartees. Curran retorted on lawbooks and authors while the judge sought to bar him, a clash that showcased sharp barbed exchanges and Curran's clever defense.
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In the Field a Comic Exchange at a Drugstore
A brief comic vignette shows a pretty woman persuading a drug clerk to stamp a letter with it placed upside down, claiming it means something to Charlie, as the clerk loses interest.
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Louisville Conyter-Journal
Endorsed by the County Claims This Cure’s Great Popularity
Endorsed by the County Wim M Dietzedster publisher of Ostero Journal Gilberteville N Y hails The Naw Discovery as an infallible cure for colds and throat ailments. He asserts it is the most valuable prescription known for laryngeal and throat direates and guarantees satisfaction. Offered at Pestre's Modern Pharmacy for 50 cents or 1 dollar with a free trial bottle.
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Wim. M. Dietzedster
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