Last of the Modocs in Indian Territory Remembered by Princess Mary
The article recounts the near extinction of the Modoc tribe, with Princess Mary telling artist Burbank tales of their woes. It details treachery and killings by both sides, the Canby massacre, and the eventual hanging of Captain Jack and others after brutal conflicts. The piece laments dwindling Modoc numbers and enduring memories of past battles.
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Burbank
Indian Territory
Mary
Captain Jack
Jack
BR. R
Canby
Thomas
A. B. Meacham
Ben Wright
Klamath Reservation
Lost River Country
Meacham
Sconchin
Black Jim
Edward B. Clark
Zebra Stripes: Dual Purpose Camouflage and Alert System
The Chicago Chronicle explains how zebra stripes serve two opposing needs. By day the bold pattern aids group vigilance and predator warning, while at night the stripes blur into a neutral camouflage, helping zebras blend with dim surroundings.
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Chicago Chronicle
Queer court suit in Japan seeks forced affection
A Japanese cultivator sues in Asuki Machi court to compel a girl to reciprocate his long in court love showing. He claims since 1897 he wooed her with baked sweets and favors but she recently fled after a party, prompting legal action. The judge is delaying ruling.
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Tokio
Asuki-Machi
Oita
Milwaukee
Wisconsin
Our past lives shape the present and future paths
A terse Victorian style reflection opens with a noble line about past lives shaping the present and future. The text pivots to technical notes on boiler pressure rising and boilers being greatly improved, implying industrial progress or maintenance upgrades.
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Sir B. Arnold
Costs of wars compare with South Africa conflict
The piece notes Britain has paid over 732 million for the South African war while the U.S. Civil War cost about 6.2 billion to the North and 2 billion to the South, with pensions urged. It cites major wars, global debts exceeding 30 billion, and roughly 800,000 American deaths in the Civil War, highlighting scale and human cost.
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South Africa
Great Britain
United States
South
France
Germany
Chicago
England
Lancashire
Costly weapons and European arms scares noted
The article discusses rising warfare costs from new guns and explosives, citing $827 per 16 inch shot and $125 per 8 inch shot, and notes the massive expense of fleets, armies, and war debt. It argues European powers spend about $3,000,000 daily on war readiness, while Britain France Austria Germany Italy and Russia maintain vast forces. It links the peace motive to American policy and warns that European elites hate US influence, urging preparedness.
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United States
Europe
Austria
Italy
Germany
Russia
England
Growing older games and shifting loves in verse
An exchange quotes Arthur Stringer in the New York Commercial Advertiser about a girl named Mistress Mary maturing from childhood games to romances. A Kenwood girl retorts a cousin boasts of modesty by avoiding potatoes with skins in front of men, then says such exposure is shocking to witness.
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Arthur Stringer
New York Commercial Advertiser
Chicago Record-Herald
Ugly tooth and the sleepy system tale from Islay
An Islay farmer visits a dentist to remove a troublesome molar. The dentist touts gas anesthesia for a painless extraction at a shilling extra and promises a minute of sleep. The farmer agrees, then jokes about counting his sister while he naps.
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Bruichladdich
Islay
N. B
London
All BIN'S WAY. The Condemned Mandarin
A Cleveland Plain Dealer item presents a distressed speaker referred to as the Condemned Mandarin who rejects suicide and insists on using a substitute method. The passage features a broken dialect dialogue about fear, fate, and swift action, with a note of self-accusation and impending death.
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Prince Sing
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Arizona Kickets and a Local Outrage at Wolf Creek
A satirical column from Arizona Kicketsshows the writer boasting of social prominence in Givendam Gulch while recounting a violent incident with lawyer John Shayne on Apache avenue. The piece also reports Wolf Creek residents finding Thomas White’s hat boot and rifle after his disappearance, noting his likely demise in the vicinity of bear tracks and rugged terrain.
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Givendam Gulch
Gulch
Indiana
John Shayne
Apache Avenue
Wolf Creek
Thomas White
Thomas
C. B. Lewis
M. Quad
Chicago Daily News
Oak Park Girl Recounts Modest Aunt Mystery
An Oak Park girl recalls her aunt described as an old maid who stayed awake three hours one night with curtains drawn waiting for the moon to set to avoid facing a feared man in the room. The anecdote highlights family judgment and social nerves of the era.
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Oak Park
The Dignified Young Man Declines in Train Car Tale
In a Milwaukee Sentinel piece the hostess recounts a Sunday dinner in a West Side boarding house. A refined young man in a smoking car refuses cards, smoking, drinking, and even a potential marriage proposal from a minister, prompting humorous reactions from salesmen and family.
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Milwaukee Sentinel
West Side
Senator Sorghum Confronts Trusts Over Wealth
A Washington Star excerpt shows Senator Sorghum defending his actions while a loyal adviser accuses him of neglecting constituents by not curbing growing trusts. The adviser insists the senator has fought to seize money from powerful trusts whenever possible.
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Senator Sorghum
Washington Star
Childish Quips and Easter Dye Joke From Local Page
A playful exchange features a debtor joke about kidnapping a cook and a comic mischief over dyeing a kitten as an Easter craft. The piece captures a lighthearted, family friendly tone with dialect dialogue and a child named Tommy delivering a punchline about dye leftovers.
Reincarnation Jokes and Germ Theory Quip
A Washington Star cartoon dialogue jokes about people claiming past lives as geese and the germ theory. One speaker notes a germ cannot loiter around a bad case of influenza without catching it, delivering a light medical whimsy.
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Washington Star
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