Henequen Binds Yucatan to World Grain Supply
Yucatan’s henequen fiber enables cheap binder twine essential for harvesters, boosting grain production and bread affordability. The cactus-like plant has long been grown locally, with U.S. harvesting machinery driving demand for larger fiber quantities. Nearby, Thomas Jacobs faced a nest of blacksnakes while plowing, escaping to the road in a record sprint and burning brush to scare them away.
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Yucatan
America
United States
Bayser
Jacobs
Philadelphia
Satank Kiowa Chief Dies in Texas Raid Arrest
Satank also known as Setangya Sitting Bear led the Kaitsenko real dogs. He fought a guard with a knife during arrest and was killed by bullets while shouting defiance. His death followed a 1871 Texas raid, part of a feud with U.S. forces.
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Satank
Setangya
Sitting Bear
Kaitsenko
Texas
Satanta
Big Tree
Fort Sill
Sherman
Sherwan
Texas Fortria
Captain Jack the Martyr of the Modocs
An account of Captain Jack Kintpuash facing execution at Fort Klamath Ore after the Modoc war. He rejects a ministerial comfort and proclaims his readiness to die, while the piece reflects on justice, betrayal, and white perceptions of his people.
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Jack
Kintpuash
Modoc
Fort Klamath
Ore
United States
Captain Jack
General Canby
Doctor Thomas
Ben Wright
Peace Commissioners
Squaw
Death toll clocked in quoted Ledger alert
The Philadelphia Ledger warns of imminent deaths with a dramatic time clock style. It claims every 23 seconds a death occurs in the United States and projects thousands more in the near term and year ahead.
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United’ States
United States
Philadelphia
Canadians adopt scientific farming transforms rural life
A Canadian agriculture short promotes farming as a trained profession with crop rotation and soil preservation. It notes agricultural education, colleges, experimental farms, and government literature uplift farmers and invite urbanites to take up farming. An Omaha advertisement invites readers to request Canada pamphlets from W. W. Bennett.
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Canada
W. W. Bennett
Bee Bldg
Omaha
Neb
Why the Cook Wept A Humorous Dog Death Note
A Cleveland Plain Dealer reader shares a lighthearted tale after a dog’s poisoning loss. The family mourns while the cook laments, then recalls Toto’s kitchen defiance and the dog’s saving of many meals from washing.
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Katy
Toto
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Swamp Root Kidney Remedy Ad Promoted
An old advertisement touts Dr Kilmer Swamp Root as a premier kidney liver and bladder medicine. It claims quick, mild healing with a vegetable formula and offers sample bottles by mail from Binghamton New York.
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Dr. Ilmer & Co
Binghamton, N. Y
Names of The Three Musketeers
In a Boston Transcript exchange, Athos is recalled while the others are misnamed Patmos and Atropos. The remark humorously questions knowledge of Dumas figures as a woman discusses a job lot of trinkets and her jewels.
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Three Musketeers
Athos
Patmos
Atropos
Boston Transcript
Wealth race and frugality in public life
In the race for wealth the average man acts like a horse of the long-eared breed. Few people are stingy with the things they don't want.
Errors in Pairs Highlight Tribune and Times Parody
The New York Tribune is accused of misnaming Ralph Waldo Emerson while the Times reports Mary Hastings Bradley plans to leave New York this month to hunt guerrillas in the African wilds.
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New York Tribune
Ralph Waldorf Emerson
The
Times
Mary Hastings Bradley
New York
Widow Laughs At Ex Husband's Alimony Check
A Chicago widow received a check for alimony from her ex husband at dinner. She accepted it and quipped that payment felt like taxation without representation.
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Chicago
Dull Man Finds One Extremely Attractive Quality
A description portrays a dull man who realizes he possesses one highly attractive trait that defines his appeal. The line emphasizes inner worth over outward polish and hints at social consequences of that singular strength.
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Dick Fishers
Harold
Aowdedoo
Mickie
Ann More
With ME
Felix
Vai
Thomas Jacobs
Western Newspaper Union
Modocs
Baby Specialists
Fletcher
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Finid
Perret
Ons Rey Ay
Castoria
Science ON
Colgate
Bellans
Es Colos Beatoree
Hessig
Lincoln, NO
Putnam
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