Colorow the Ute Chief and a Nation of Ghosts
A satirical reminiscence about Colorow, the Southern Ute chief, as the author recalls a shared past in North Park and the Muddy Pass. The piece blends humor and critique of war, pride, and mortality while lampooning frontier legends and the moral toll of violence.
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Colorow
Baskey Dell
Winchester
Theo Colorow
North Park
Muddy Pass
Owl Creek
Independence Mountain
The Club World and Women’s Sphere in Society
A critique argues that expanding women’s public roles through workrooms universities and club life erodes womanly charm happiness and influence. It warns that publicity and social bustle replace home’s subdued light and that the average woman will suffer from a club driven life denying Miranda Desdemona Juliet and Cornelia’s virtues.
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Miranda
Desdemona
Juliet
Cornelia
The Dower Chest That Binds a Boston Family
An old carved oak dower chest in a Boston family has linked daughters by a clause in the will to sew and embroider all the linen for their marriage outfits. The chest has passed through four brides, each adding a complete new set of embroidered damask and linen, keeping alive a tradition of home craft and needlework.
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Everglades
Florida
Boston
Europe
Grumbling man laments post office stamp rush by women
A chronic complainer recounts a Saturday post office visit where women crowding the window caused long delays. He laments women push others aside, contrasts with orderly male lines, and ends doubting his own judgment. The scene evokes a newspaper era gendered microcosm.
A Granger's Mistake at Depot Station
A middle aged farmer at the Union depot mistakes a weather bulletin window for the ticket desk. He taps the glass as station patrons watch, then a helper guides him to the real ticket office where he buys a ticket to a Fayette county station.
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Union
Granger
Fayette County
Strange effects at dentist chair spark nerves and chills
A dental surgeon tells how patients react oddly to visits, with chills or feverishness fading once out of the chair. The piece then shifts to Pittsburg cigar making, noting a large factory, tax revenue, and the vast, machine aided process from leaf to wrapper, plus curious labels and the industry’s national reach.
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Dispatch
Ebnica
Bendicke
Pittsburg
Allegheny
United States
United States Treasury
Bargain Hunter Tries Pittsburg Fare Sale At Depot
A rustic man about 45 demanded excursion tickets to a distant station, offering a dollar and a quarter each for four tickets. The clerk refused any discount, citing a lack of trade encouragement. A DISPATCH reporter noted such customers are common. travel novices often naysay prices yet still press for deals.
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Pittsburg
Dispatch
Novel Cure for Corns From Petroleum Soak
A Pittsburger relates a corn treatment using crude petroleum soaking the foot nightly then wrapping with a cloth and wearing a stocking. Reportedly observed among oil workers who soak their shoes in crude oil to keep corns away, though the reporter does not vouch for efficacy.
Bouquets Become Fashionable For Men In Pittsburgh
A Pittsburg florist notes growing interest in button-hole bouquets among clerks and businessmen. He recalls past eccentric views, compares with New York and London where such flowers are common, and says Pittsburgh slowly adopts the trend, seeing it as a mark of good taste on any coat.
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Pittsburg
New York
London
Pitteburg
Yards by Lake George A Honeymoon in Turbulent Courtship
On Lake George during a September cruise, Colonel Dallas and the Widow Gansett mingle with May Morris, Winston Dallas, Arba Van Rensselaer, and Knickerbocker Knox in a tangle of affections and wagers. The Colonel pressures Winston to pursue May, while Can Knox hints at a personal stake as tension grows.
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Jonas Pootle
Europe
Lake George
Gansett
Colonel
Sheeba Dallas
May Morris
May
Victor Leroyd
Winston Dallas
Arba van Rensselaer
Knickerbocker Knox
New York
Miss van Rensselaer
Fifth Avenue
Lake George excursion fuels romantic tides and family tension
A Saratoga sail to Lake George brings Knox and Miss Van Rensselaer into a social whirl with Arba, May Morris, and the Pootle party. Rivalry over May’s affections leaks into a mountain ascent, flirtation, and a threat of scandal as Victor Leroyd and Winston vie for the heiress’s hand amid temperamental elders and a tense wager.
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Rod
Mr. Knox
Miss van Rensselaer
Lake George
Europe
Dallases
Saratoga
Arba
May
Chance
Knox
Pootle
Jonas
Mrs. Pootle
Victor
Winston
Westchester Country Club
Mr. Pootle
Mra. Pootle
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Chieftan
CHUM
William Nye
Tomb of Colorow
Srina
the Great Hence
Heaven
Ousary
Yuletide
Jack the Ripper
Colorado
Valer
Coloron
Seventh Avenue
Eva
Uncle Om
City Hall
Brooklyn Bridge
New Jersey
South
FOOD
Thought
Onida
Prince of Wales
Margate
the Women OF the World
Euclid
St. Boston Courier
Salvation Oil
Whitten
the Dispatch
Be Proper
Pennsylvania
Cuba
Havana
Sumatra
Igadae
Ohio
Wisconsin
Connecticut
Te Olor
Kansas
FE. W. Barrierr
A Granger
Franklin File
Sheeba
Knick
Winnie
Sam Dallas
Atlantic
Vic Leroyd
Sheebo
Sam
Winstong
Panes Winstons
Aston
Maya
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