Millionaire Stratton's California trip plan and a bank slipup
The Chicago Times-Herald recounts W. S. Stratton, Colorado Springs' famed magnate, posing as a traveler seeking California tickets and a private car. A clerks’ doubt, a misread bank slip, and a dramatic reveal to banker Moffett unfold a tale of wealth, disguise, and convenient extravagance.
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Moffett
Chicago Times-Herald
The Folding Bed Fracas at the Uptown Hotel
A polite clerk offers a guest a folding bed due to no rooms, but prejudice against folding beds persists despite assurances of safety. The public largely distrusts folding beds, fearing entrapment and deaths when they close. A brief note contrasts this with Vera’s birthday market tale of Verdi at Placenzica.
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Washington Post
Memorized Opera Recall and Odd Codfish Quote
The excerpt discusses Handel's extraordinary musical memory claiming he knew by heart over 50 operas. It also features a quirky line from Pick Me Up about a codfish named lucky and a student from the country, reflecting a fragmentary memory note.
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Ucky
Bander
Handel
Bergeaiaiag Te Cad
Billy Mulligan Desperado Ends in Militia Action
New York Sun reports Billy Mulligan, a noted Nevada and California desperado, dies after a standoff in Carson City. He shoots John Coleman, then is killed by a militia rifle shot from a third story window, ending a notorious life marked by fighting, drinking, and law evasion.
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New York
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New York Sun
Do You Have Mice in Your House Parker
A comic exchange has Wicks asking Parker about mice in his home. Parker replies with a humorous boast that he “provides them with a home, plenty to eat,” highlighting his blustery stance on the mice problem and inviting further quips.
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Wicks
The Only White Buffalo on the Plains 1875 Chase
In 1875 bands of Indians reported a white buffalo seen in the center of large herds across the plains. A Blackfeet hunting party and the narrator’s pursuit revealed the animal among buffaloes, running white and large. A misstep by the narrator’s horse sent him tumbling, narrowly avoiding injury as the chase continued.
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Thad
Red Deer River
Ways of Correctly Guiding the Course of a Vessel
Veni Gustav Kobbe explains methods for steering by wake, leeway and drift, using ships under different sails and conditions. He notes coasting craft follow shoreline sounds, and gives historical drills like candle-tacked legs. The Gravitation Theory piece discusses Wright challenging Newtonian ideas, arguing gravitation resists simple explanation and may imply instantaneous action or require a medium, highlighting paradoxes in the concept.
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Gustav Kobbe
St. Nicholas
Kobbe
Alaska
New York Harbor
Sandy Hook
Lowell Institute
Boston
G. F. Wright
The Chicago Record in praise by multiple sources
A collection of quotes extolling The CHICAGO RECORD as a near ideal daily newspaper. Praise from Harrisburg Call Newspaperdom and The Evais notes the paper as a model journalistic standard. Sold by news dealers and at post offices.
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America
New York
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