Nebraska Towns Show Building Boom and Notable Ventures
Reports from across Nebraska areas note Sutton discussing an electric light plant, Omaha raising funds for an auditorium, and Beatrice coal finds. Planned expansions include a starch factory at Nebraska City, a two story Masonic building at North Platte, and a Belgrade brick bank building.
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Sutton
Omaha
Humbolt
Nebraska
Beatrice
Nebraska City
Creston Statesman
Alliance
Haguewood
Church of Christ
Louisville
Paylor
Lincoln
Perlans
Feud of love and guns grips Corbin Kentucky
In Corbin Kentucky a deadly feud erupts from a courtship between Rolla White and Jane Shotwell. A volley wounds Shotwell, a store is blown up, and families clash as deputies and militia intervene. Homes burn, a bystander dies, and the White and Shotwell factions are jailed amid calls for vengeance.
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Corbin
Kentucky
Rolla White
Jane Shotwell
Virginia
Bill
Roach
Rolla
Shotwells
Rockhold
Junes Shotwell
John Shotwell
Shotwell
Judge Moffett
Holland
Shotwell Boys
Henry Hartford
Williamsburg
Sutton
Wiliamsburg
White
Quote on Education and Leadership Missteps
A fragment expresses disdain for men with college diplomas who lack direction or knowledge of their next meal. It contrasts aimlessness with true leadership and suggests greatness is not forced on flawed lives.
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Goodyear
American spectacles dominate world usage says optician
An optician notes American spectacles now outsell French, with better adaptability, workmanship, and interchangeable parts. He cites rapid repairability, widespread export to China, Australia, New Zealand, South America, South Africa, Germany, France, and Britain, and growing domestic eye care expertise.
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France
China
Australia
New Zealand
South America
South Africa
Germany
Two Converts Reunite After Split Campaign Paradox
Two shorthand reporters, one Democrat and one Republican, tracked Bryan and Roosevelt in the campaign. After months apart they reconfirmed their loyalties, each claiming the other’s politics. The tale humorously illustrates that even close colleagues may return to their original biases.
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Bryan
Roosevalt
George
Roosevelt
Suicide statistics in 19th century paupers and professionals
A note from the American Journal of Insanity cites G Styles showing early studies on self harming deaths. It compares paupers to professionals such as coachmen bankers and soldiers, noting lower suicide rates among paupers (4 in 10,000) and higher rates among certain worker groups.
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Dakota County
Spring Creek
Thayer County
Mary B. Knox
Richland
Platte County
American Journal of Insanity
G. Styles
Personal crisis reports rise across European nations 1826 1890
The analysis notes Sweden showing the lowest death rate from self harm with 1 in 92 000 and contrasts Russia United States Saxony and Paris regions. It traces France 1841 1894 with rising reports per 100 000 inhabitants and records percentage increases across Belgium Prussia Austria Saxony Sweden Denmark.
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Sweden
Russia
United States
Saxony
St. Petersburg
London
France
Belgium
Prussia
Austria
French
Denmark
One Word
A brief exchange at an Amateur Composers Club meeting prompts a light chat about the creator of a coon song. One speaker misnames the composer as Jones, while another corrects that Jaimes Jones wrote the tune and Frank Walley penned the words.
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Amateur Composers’ Club
Jones
Jaimes Jones
Frank Walley
Costly Hailstorms Ravage France Economically
Hailstorms inflict heavy annual losses on France with estimates around 83 million francs. From 1878 to 1895 the yearly damage ranged between 40 million and 134 million francs.
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France
Italians as Cotton Pickers
In the south the Italians are found to be good cotton pickers. They are quick and have nimble fingers. Stimulants seldom hurt a man if he leaves them alone.
Peruna touted as a spring tonic aiding catarrhal ills
The ad promotes Peruna as a remedy for springtime catarrh and general debility. Endorsers include Wim. A. Collier Ex-U S Senator M C Butler and actor Robert Mantell, with statements praising its tonic and nerve benefits and claims it rebuilds the entire system.
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Weil
Wells
United States
Wim. A. Collier
Fion. M. C. Butler
U. S
South Carolina
Edgefield, S. C
Marvels of the Wheel and the Bicycle's Saga
Leslie's Weekly imagines the bicycle’s origin as a fairy tale spanning ten thousand years. It contrasts the device's improbable ascent with mythic reverence, imagining a future scholar deciphering its impact on society and class, culture, and daily life.
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Atlantis
Deucalion
Sign of Spring A robin and a hatched head
The Chicago Record notes a curious spring omen as neighbors discuss a robin unseen, while another scene shows a woman with her head wrapped in a towel beating a carpet in the yard.
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Chicago
Why is the Dead Sea named so Papa asks
In a Chicago News style fun panel, a boy asks why the Dead Sea is named dead and his father muses it may be because it is dead. The exchange hints at a playful geography joke without factual explanation.
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Tommy
Dead Sea
Chicago News
An Obedient Daughter
A London Tit-Bits vignette in which a father questions his daughter after a kiss. The daughter explains he was kind and she agreed to kiss. she asserts she tried to say no when asked if she would be angry.
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London
Putnam Dyes Promise Colorful Results in Ads
An old Memphis Scimitar clipping notes a chemistry claim about dyes resistant to sweat and fruit acids used in Putnam faceless dyes sold by druggists. The second item describes a courtly nuisance involving a man in an office building asking a young lawyer to write long words, with a dialect domestic quarrel implied in dialogue.
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Putnam
Memphis Scimitar
Darkey
Food Value of Eggs and Staples
The article discusses eggs as a flexible protein source when cheap and highlights vegetables such as onions cabbage peas and beans corn and potatoes white and sweet. It ranks cereals like macaroni Indian meal oatmeal and wheat products and praises whole wheat flour while noting many so called health foods are doubtful. A lentil heavy diet is mentioned as a possible plan.
Fragmentary grocery list hints at shortages and prices
The text phrases a jumble of foods such as macaroni Indian corn onions cabbage and smoked meats and fish with notes on relishes and nourishments. It hints at a discussion of affordable food options and improvements in a work room setting.
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Lynchburg, Va
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Lake Pack Avenue
Chicago Teachers’ Federation
D. L. Wallace
International Barbers' Union
Western Avenue
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Samoa
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Grove Avenue
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