Fading Light of Day Reflections in Boston Transcript
Poem reflecting on a housemother's daily duties at dusk and the fading light. It recalls family labor, distant travels, and the hope that morning will come again. The piece links past toil with faith, urging readiness for the night and eventual dawn.
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Boston Transcript
Christmas Eve Run of the Trail Bosses
Big Jeff and the Freak battle feral cold and pursuit as they drive a cattle herd through deep snow toward the agency. They barter with Gros Ventres for meat, fend off Indian pursuit, and reach Snake Butte with a five mile lead, delivering the herd to the agent before nightfall.
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Gros Ventre
Gros Ventres
Snake Butte
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Old Bob's
Freak
Bald Prairie
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A Day of Rest and Sunday Entertainment Through Time
The Washington Star notes how Sundays evolved from a quiet day of rest to a busy social and urban activity hub. Suburban hosting, out of town musi cales, street repairs, and trolley route expansions reshape the resting day, while nostalgia recalls Puritan and 19th century Sundays with church, penance, and simple pleasures.
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Pilgrim Fathers
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Washington Star
Tricks Of The Mule Deer Hidden In Heavy Cover
The mule deer often retreat to dense cover at dawn and stay there all day making daylight tracking difficult. During moonlit falls they roam at night and feed before dawn, especially early in summer, leaving fresh tracks but proving hard to spot or shoot. Deer slip away with a silent, low head, sometimes only yards away, while the California hillside thickets hinder a hunter’s progress.
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California
Texas men form venture to drain Collins Lake for Spanish silver
A Dallas, Oakwoods, and Texas group organizes to drain Collins Lake near Oakwoods using steam pumps in a bid to recover more than 100000 dollars in Mexican silver said to lie beneath the 25 acre, 5 to 12 foot deep waters. The legend tells of Spaniards fleeing Indians and a wagon of silver sunk in the lake with one survivor guiding later generations to the spot. It may take about two months to pump the lake dry.
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Alexico
Texas
Collins Lake
Mixed Scientific Notes on Electricity Frogs and Language Museums
A compilation of short scientific items covers experiments on electrical effects and material properties, frog longevity myths debunked, Niagara Falls power localization, and the push to create language museums. It notes Borst’s memory studies, Eastman on delusions, Buck on industrial centers near falls, and phonograph language collections including Papuan speech.
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English Cancer Commission
Paul R. Heyl
Mille
Marie Borst
GC. R. Eastman
Harvard
Eastman
Niagara Falls
H. W. Buck
Engineers’ Society of
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Brigham
America
Niagara
San Francisco
Falls
Europe
India
Peech
New Guinea
Dream Vision of Telepathic Sleep Talk Then Death Link
A Welsh squire Thomas dreams of an endangered man named John Methuen who dies at a railway level crossing. Mrs. Thomas recalls the dream after seeing a newspaper report of Methuen’s death, suggesting an uncanny telepathic link or chance alignment. The piece weighs mental transmission versus coincidence and notes no practical use.
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Andrew Lang
Longman’s Magazine
Thomas
Methuen
Mr. Thomas
Backache Cure Ad With Corset Claim Sparks Debate
A published remark advocates corsets as a remedy for backache while an unrelated note describes a young woman described as pretty as a cherry apple in a sensationalized style. The fragmentary text reflects period advertising and social commentary without clear context.
Annelid Podynce Girrata Described As Serpentine Worm
A Worms kin named Annelid Podynce Girrata is a 1.5 inch long flattened worm with a smooth dull brown skin. It shows two rows of round flat plates on its upper skin that slide against each other as it moves. The text notes a mixed moral view among locals toward church praise.
Poison for Cholera Victims Told by Traveler
A traveler recalls Buenos Ayres during a cholera outbreak and witnessing a policeman give a poison-laced drink to a man dying on the street. The officer claimed the poison was a necessary measure to halt the spread of cholera, a scene the narrator found horrifying. The Washington Post is cited.
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Buenos Ayres
Senor
Actios
Washington Post
How the Japanese Live Baron Kaneko Says
Baron Kaneko notes that affluent Japanese resemble Americans in daily routines. He cites breakfast coffee from the latest possession, condensed milk from Chicago, bread from Minneapolis flour, Virginia leaf cigarettes, and a Wisconsin printed morning paper.
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Baron Kaneko
Philippines
Chicago
Minneapolis
Wisconsin
Bogton
Just One Wiss Story and Moore Poems at Bookstore
In Philadelphia Ledger chatter Miss Kremey asks for Moore poems at the i bookstore while a clerk offers the story Just One Wiss. Miss Kremey insists on Moore with a cold tone.
Woman's Power and Stereotypes in 19th Century Text
The excerpt argues that women's power lies in ruling and arranging rather than invention, noting their perception of things and roles. It cites Ruskin about women and girls, suggesting those who cannot sing may still handle caregiving and domestic tasks.
Oldest alta r in America linked to Cortez relics at Tlascala
A historical tale describes Tlascala under Cortes, noting four Tlascalan chiefs baptized at a lava font, a silvered banner, and a sacred treasure chest, with Tlascala as a small yet historic Mexican capital famed for its church and relics. The piece highlights the city’s modest modern population and aging public buildings.
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Jamestown
Plymouth Rock
Cortez
Montezuma
Vera Cruz
Tlascala
Puebla
Mexico City
Spain
Charles V
Philipp II
Barcelona
San Francisco
Order of Cortez
Mexican Union
Prices Rating Pitm and a Barber Shop Bargain
Old Joshua Martin seeks a bargain in a barber shop during market day. The barber jokes that farmers’ faces are longer and farmers should pay a higher fare, joking about price fairness and a share for 5 cents. The banter reflects playful rural satire and dialect.
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Joshua Martin
Mebbe
Fragmentary OCR Note Lacks Clear Story
Readable parts show scattered names and phrases but no coherent event. The text references people, places, and actions without forming a single identifiable news item or outcome.
Fragmentary tale of a crowd and a train incident
A garbled report recalls a chaotic scene with a crowd near a station, a train, and a young soldier. The fragment hints at a girl, a sailor, and a disciplinary reaction but lacks clear names or dates.
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