The Wak Park Vindicator Opinion on Chicago Newspapers
The piece notes weekly publication at 671 Plymouth Place Chicago and a Chicago traction company backed paper run as a side issue not for direct revenue. It questions the paper s purpose and warns of franchise grabbing aided by newspaper support amid rising distrust in media.
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Traction Companies
Chicago
Satan
Dalslass
Soindlay
Coles
Cromean
von Naumann
AOME
Csee
Thie
Metropolitan National Oe En Omairetait
Corn Exchange Nat. Bank
Ohio
German Exchange Bank
New York
Beare
Sears, Roebuck & CO
Inc
Fulton, Desplaines and Wayman
Gitigago
Ill
Ceuta
Burdick
Crim
Frye reports Cuban education progress on American plan
Professor Frye toured Cuba to establish a new education system. In six months eighteen hundred seventy eight free primary schools have opened and daily attendance stands at one hundred thousand. He predicts reach to one hundred fifty thousand by May 1 as Cuba moves toward broader schooling.
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Cuba
Frye
Noted Grammar Slip in Treaty Text Echoes Monroe Doctrine
The article compares a phrasing error in a U S Britain Isthmian canal treaty to the Monroe Doctrine. It notes ratifications exchange within six months of the date hereof or earlier if possible and remarks the document was crafted by a leading literary figure of the era and revised several times.
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Great Britain
Isthmian Canal
Silent moral police and lavish Russian court contrast
A western town sees officials attend a Sapho performance to enforce morals while discussing Parkhurst style scrutiny. Separately, St Louis Bank of Commerce awards a non gift pension fund from profits, and Russian empress adopts plain dress amid grand court life showing restraint at court under an empire seeking reform.
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Alphonse Daudet
Parkhurst
Bowery Hootchy-Hootchy
National Bank of Commerce of
St. Louis
Russia
Grand Duke of Hesse
St. Petersburg
Reconciled World Delays Age Fairness for Future Generations
The passage laments a global trend toward valuing only childhood happiness while neglecting conditions that would ensure happiness in middle and old age for future generations. It argues that society does not seek durable improvements for aging populations.
Age and children temper the world, Coleridge quotes
The author reflects on Coleridge about aging and children as vital consolations of humanity, suggesting a melancholy world without children and an inhuman one without the aged. The passage contemplates the emotional balance provided by both the young and the old.
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Coleridge
Animals Afraid of Ghosts Across Countries
A London Times report notes widespread belief in Europe that horses and dogs sense uncanny realities. It cites Tyrolese, Irish, and German examples of animals balking near death sites, slaughterhouses, or haunted crossroads, with various local explanations for the behavior.
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Germany
Ireland
Scotland
London Newa
Australia Turns Rabbits Into Industrial Resource
The New York Sun discusses Australia’s rabbit plague turning into a potential export industry. Colonies pay rewards for extermination but now pursue large scale killing, canning meat, and shipping to Europe where affordable rabbit meat gains markets.
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Australia
Antipodes
Europe
New York Sun
Fox Legends Across Nations and Japan
A traveler notes fox imagery widely in Japan showing devotion to foxes from mossed backs to chipped noses. He observes how foxes symbolize power and craft, matching a global thread where many cultures feature the clever fox in legends and myth.
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Japan
Juror Appeals for Meals as Jury Seeks Leniency
A juror in Billville, cited by the Atlanta Constitution, writes the judge requesting mercy for the jury. They complain eight hours of starvation and urge that their imprisonment be commuted to 13 square meals.
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Billville
Atlanta Constitution
Why He Trekked Johnny Entering Parlor
Dialogue fragment shows Johnny and Mr. Boftleigh in a parlor with mistaken identity and talk of a Boer. Johnny recalls his sister's plan to get rid of a Boer tonight as Mr. Loftleigh leaves, cited by the Baltimore American.
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Johnny
Parior
Mr. Boftleigh
South Africa
Mr. Softleigh
Sis
Mr. Loftleigh
Baltimore
Rob Gleverdale's Adventure continues across wild chase
In a dramatic escape sequence Torrero and Elvin pursue Rob Gleverdale after a staged capture. The trio learn shocking family ties and betrayals as Torrero reveals hidden kinship with Cleverdale and the route toward Black Cat Bay. Rob evades capture and heads toward safer waters.
Traitor Torrero slain as Elvin and Starne avert treachery
Elvin and Starne confront Torrero who admits a plot against them. Starne shoots Torrero in the heart after suspicions of betrayal, leaving Elvin to reassess control of the Black Cat and plan pursuit of General Quesada. Rob Cleverdale slips toward the Black Cat during the confusion.
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Torrero
Torrevo
Black Cat
Buenos Ayres
Buenos A
Rob
Starne
Elvin
Horton
Montevideo
Quesada
Black Cat Bay
Lemuel
Rob Cleverdale
Fio
Tiger Escapes Circus Cage As Rampaging Tiger Fights Back
An old wagon driver recalls Dan Rice era theatrics when a tiger escaped its cage. A small mongrel dog battled the Bengal tiger inside the tent, three times, forcing the beast back to its enclosure. The tale fueled sensational press coverage and boosted attendance for the season.
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Dan Rice
Lee
The Greatest Bicycle Town of Denver Colorado
Denver Colorado claims the nation’s highest bicycle ratio with about 40 000 bikes for 160 000 residents. Bicycles fill streets daily, affecting business traffic and even municipal votes as riders outnumber non cyclists. The open weather and good roads boost use with many riding 50 of 62 weeks.
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Denver
Col
United States
Banana and Plantain Distinctions Explained by Natives
The article notes a banana stalk yields one bunch and dies when cut, with one mat producing up to three yearly. It contrasts banana and plantain, stating both grow alike but plantains form larger, crescent-shaped fingers and are cooked, never eaten raw. It cites National Magazine as the source.
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National Magazine
Funny exchange in a Baltimore American nursery item
Mrs Nobbs remarks on a nurse of the young Archduke of Austria with a joking name Wowse. Nobbs replies that every nursery is full of wows at times in a light city page snippet.
Rival Looks at It in Senate Possibility
A Washington Star quote contrasts two politicians on a senator run. One says he views himself as a senatorial possibility while the other questions the theory behind such a rise. They discuss reform, change, and the idea that morals grow over time.
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Washington Star
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