Count and the Manager Spare No Effort at Old Home House
A rambling tale follows Brown and Jonadab as they run the Old Home House with a fake count posing as nobility. The plan attracts rich patrons, fights, barber shops, and a proposed union with Dillaway’s daughter amid sketches of shore town life and a comic scramble for legitimacy. The count’s antics unravel, funds deplete, and a marriage pact emerges as the venture shifts toward a comic, boisterous denouement.
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Jonadab
Ted Landonner
Peter ‘T. Hrawn
Weill
Ein Iitek
Ebalr Wight
Donadaeb
Aefhermin
Suse
Peter
Dentus
Rotund
Wellmouth
Cape Cod
Berlah Burgess
East Murohy
Brown
Jopadab
Corniuska
Dillaway
Tia
Bull
Aune Sophrony
Gladeome
Plymouth
Oregon
Biename
Republic
Joundab
Hayvnow
Houself
Mideh Pune
Jonidabout
Jamidah
Ebenezer
Abed
Boston
de Longe
Jonadah
Macaront
Ray
Verer
Jase
Ebentzer Diaway
Big Grace
Dr Bulger
Scranton
Dilaway Khit
Peter T. Brown
Tulson
Buffalo in Africa: Roosevelt recounts a tense hunt scene
The article describes Theodore Roosevelt and guides stalking buffalo along a dried water course. They creep within range as a herd shifts from grazing to charging posture, a wounded bull among the group prompting a careful standoff before the herd finally settles.
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Umaty
Coninghame
Aetal
Afr
Tossevelt
Cuninghame
Male muff weari ng row sparks theater hubbub in St Louis
A large astrakhan muff in the Odeon theater foyer triggers a public dispute as society figure McNair Digintritz faces claims women will erode male privileges. He defends masculine rights against militant women while noting the era of gender shifts. Separately Cleveland lawyer Frank S Krause promotes a thirty cent egg club arguing 30 cents is the fair price and eggs are stored to curb rising costs.
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Boeins
Aristle
St. Louis
Odeon Theater
McNair Digintritz
Urst
Missouri
Hgintritz
Cleveland
Franks
Krause
Drome as New Word for Flying Machines
A quirky feature quotes Professor Alexander Graham Bell proposing a simplification of aviation terms. He claims aerodrome origins and suggests calling aircraft operations dromes, describing Canadian usage and a playful shift from aeroplane to agroplane with a plainspoken tone.
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Sci
Alexander Graham Bell
Canada
Iohns Hopkins University
A New Maine Industry in North Anson
A North Anson man raises cats for income focusing on Angora Persian and coon breeds. He rents space among farming families rather than keeping them on his own premises.
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Maine
Teddy Bear’s Diequist Translates Odd Verse Note
A garbled, playful OCR snippet presents mixed phrases about a teddy bear, poetry like lines mention polar bear, lion, and a tria, with scattered words such as back numbear and fate C. The readable bits hint at a quirky verse fragment or notebook entry.
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Teddy Bear
Bourteff Mission in New York Promotes Russian Reform
Russian exile Bourteff arrived in New York to rally Russians in exile for democratic reform. He accuses the czar and government of Russia of crimes and plans to advocate a constitutional monarchy. He publishes a weekly and a periodical from Paris and warns of Russian spies in the United States.
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J. Bourtéett
New York
Caar
Gove
Cele
America
Dom
Buneteas
Ram Stan Aples
Bourteetf
Russia
Common Cause
United States
Bourt
Czar
Paris
Cma
Hberio
Graund
Nichols
Azeff
Theverar
Sevelus
Poloneff
Ittsaian Douma
Poland
Pire
Bourtsef
Larynx Donation Controversy Steals Spotlight
Chicago singer Albert Morphy agreed to donate his larynx and lungs to Bennet Medical College after a Detroit incident. Dr James H Blair wrote letters urging the transplant as a public benefit. Morphy, famed for outdoor singing, faced family opposition and eventual retirement to Detroit.
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Medical College
Albert Murphy
Chicago
Jeter
Detroit
James H. Blair
Bennet Medical College of
Morphy
Bhir
Fadey
Bilir
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Weilth Port
Domidale
Sophrony
Iowa
Orlam
Mandoo
Domidile
Ronelady
Wingate
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Cap'n Wison
Hedford
New Bedford
Dhe
John B Wilkins
Sou
Galan
Heras
Dever
Walt
Peter ‘ Brown
Dillaney
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Roosevelt
Africa
Scribner's
Theodore Roosevelt
Mr. Beaties
Heathey
Kermit Roosevelt
Seribner
Onte
Heatley
Woundeulls
A . Pomrad Omt Idio
Oparus
Seman Ers Sore
Diequist
Quita
Bourtseff
Police Department of
Baltimore
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