New York Public Library near Fifth Avenue opens to the public
A massive new public library on Fifth Avenue and Forty-second Street in New York celebrates a fire safe design and vast collections. It features sixty three miles of shelves for about 2.59 million volumes, a high reading room overlooking Bryant Park, and a bookcare structure of steel and hollow terra cotta for fire protection.
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United States
Public Library
Fifth Avenue
Forty-second Street
Fortleth
Bryant Park
Winedows Lnok
The Cayuse Horse Saga From West to East
The Caldwell News recounts the cayuse horse once scorned on western roads now admired in eastern cities. It notes prices from $20 to $13 on the range, breeding and age details for Idaho horses, and the shift in perception fueled by war and railroads. It mentions Caldwell shipping points and draft-team values, then ends with a brief real estate and a historical tidbit about Sir Walter Raleigh naming Virginia in 1614.
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Caldwell News
Oregon
Idaho
Nevada
Montana
Utah
Missouri River
Caldwell
Ontario
Seattle
Portland
Pickpockets Hide Cards in Pocket During Alterations
During extensive alterations in Rome county jail four pickpockets were confined and watched by a sergeant. They were later searched but no cards were found. The prisoners admitted they hid the cards in the sergeant’s pocket before he left with the pack later presented as proof, a Pearson's Weekly deck.
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Rome
Pearson's Weekly
A Bride Chooses Husband Over Jewelry in Natal Court
A Natal Durban police court case tells of a young Hindu bride urged to pick between her husband and her bracelets. The bride claimed to be eighteen, parents alleged abduction, the magistrate dismissed. A post‑court tug of war over the jewelry ensued, the girl choosing the husband who handed the bangles to her parents.
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Natal
Durban
Anya
Natal Mercury
Snt
Wandering tale of grasshoppers and distant deserts
A globe-trotting narrator claims to have just returned from the Sahara and Bihara after two months with caravans of camels. He describes eating desert grasshoppers, noting the insects tasted like English walnuts and comparing the Subara to Atlantic City’s beach sand. He hints at plans to eat them again.
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Bihara
Atlantic City
Paris
Sahara
Spelling by Ear Recitation Notes Puzzle Steno
A young French stenographer misreads notes from a public recitation. As she transcribes she mishears lines that echo a famous poem about laughter and sorrow. An expert confirms the verse starts with Laugh, and the world with you Weep, and you weep alone.
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Ehe
Chicago Tribune
Law Term Explained in Courtroom Exchange
A lawyer and witness debate circumstantial evidence while the judge prompts plain language. The dialogue shifts to an anti reading stance for women, arguing it’s a shame to teach reading and that women would be happy with things they cannot afford.
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Joll
Baden
Cleecingat
Enquirer
Nipped In the Bud and Advantaged Disposition
Fragment from East Oregonian humor column mentions phrases about daughter being angelic and allowed to have her way. It references language usage questions like lend me ten pounds versus loan me one hundred seven dollars and hints at wordplay and proper phrasing.
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Mudge
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New York
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Pendleton’s Leading Clothiers
W. H. Albee
Helix
Ore
Sir Walter Raleigh
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Wocokon
Virginia
East Oregonian
Pendleton
Bingham Springs
Blue Mountain
Tue Mountains
James Cornfield
Gibbon
Northwestern
GAS @ ELECTRIC Co
Matlock Building
Central Meat, Co. Carey, Ramsdell & Co
W. C. Minnis
Eave
Hennings’ Cigy
Peoples Ware
Orville Coffman
Empire Meat Co
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Regorian
Pendleton, Oregon
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