The Duke and the Witch and the Oak Tree Home
In a forest, poor Peter Plumpkin and his wife Eliza live in a hollow oak. A talking deer prisoner, Wanda the bewitched princess, asks for help to escape a Duke and a witch. Peter retrieves a restoring liquor, frees Wanda, they defeat the Duke and witch, and Wanda marries the true love.
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Eter Plumpkin
Peter
Plumpkin
Eliza
Tsuy
Peter Plumpkin
Peter Dio
Wanda
Ingrabad
Bor
Forrest
Vanila
Dreams of illness and doom foreshadowing disease
The article notes dreams may mirror bodily sensations and prefigure illness. Examples include Conrad Gresner dreaming of a venomous bite and dying, a scholar dreaming of a black cat bite, and a Jesuit foreseeing his death from a chest pain. It suggests dreams can reflect unconscious sensations, linking indigestion to troubling dreams.
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Conrad Gresner
The Stage and Its Fattening Influences on Divinities
A Boston Herald excerpt muses on stage life and weight gain among actors. It argues that constant activity and study fail to prevent fat accumulation, warning that starvation harms health and blood, while suggesting a lifestyle balancing indulgence and discipline as the preferable path for performers.
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Lillian Russell
Judge Raises Alarm Over Cuban Arrival and Citizenship
The court comments on Cuban arrivals as Spanish citizens and questions if laws can keep them out or compel them to comply. Readers are invited to share opinions, with the editor noting the meager payment offered for thoughts.
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Cuba
The Third Degree: Jones Confesses Under Byrnes Interrogation
In New York, detective Byrnes uses the third degree to extract a confession from Frisbie Jones after staged arrest and police pressure. Jones admits planning a robbery with accomplice Brown, who also confesses after interrogation. both are jailed. The piece contrasts the method with brutal torture and savors the detective craft.
Homeless wanderer seeks work and a Boston home
A rich Boston man meets an old schoolmate whose life of travel and financial troubles ends with advice to settle locally. The visitor insists on finding steady work near Boston and building a home, stressing that ownership brings stability. The man asserts his intention to settle and calls himself a homogeneous man.
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Boston
Mr. K
Bullfrog Bites Captain During Landing Near Cedarville
Captain Benjamin Roray, returning from a vessel near Cedarville Cumberland County New Jersey, was surprised when a bull frog crawled up his pant leg. He could not act quickly due to ladies with him and slid into a mud hole which forced the frog up his back and out of his collar.
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Phiadelphia
Benjamin Roray
Cedarville
Cumberland County
N.J
Civil courtesy from Rev Pentecost in burglar encounter
The Reverend Pentecost says if visited by a burglar he would treat him kindly allow him to take what he wants and invite him to call it a lesson. He would act wisely and consider the costs and consequences in such a meeting.
A Day With A Pope Leo XIII In Rome
Rome notes Leo XIII as a master diplomat and the restored figurehead of papal Europe. The article describes his age, court, and constant activity, detailing daily routines, extensive correspondence, and his keen interest in America guided by Cardinal Gibbons and American bishops.
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Reward for Chinese Actor Taka Wing Missing Cat
New York World reports a $40 reward for Taka Wing the Chinese actor missing his cat. The heavy rain did not stop handbills in Chinese letters on red flaming paper posted across Chinatown describing the search.
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Taka Wing
New York World
Chinatown
Lost Chinaman seeks reward for returning cat
Missed from 110 Chatham square, the cat named Mew Nah sleeps with four legs toward heaven. Taka Wing, a Chinese performer, describes the pet as a bosom friend brought from China and mourns its loss, offering a large reward for its return.
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StoLex
Chatham Square
Taxa Wing
Chatham Street
Taka Wing
Wing
China
Corn or cane in Kansas passenger car tale
A traveler mistakes a sugar cane field for corn in Kansas. An old farmer replies with a rural joke about a cat shot for a rabbit, noting the stalks might be corn if they had more ears. The traveler chuckles at the optical mix up and the farmer’s wordplay.
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Kansas
Tom
Jakev
Jake
Wes
Army Worms On The March The Strange Sight In Georgia
A group of Georgia men and boys watched a pavement sight near Z. T. Castleberry's Washington street home that looked like a snake but proved to be a swarm of army worms about an eighth of an inch long. The worms moved slowly and appeared to travel in mass, seeking suitable feeding grounds before settling.
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Z. T. Castleberry
Washington Street
Sunday Thoughts on Morals and Clergy in Modern Times
The article recalls a talk between a clergyman and a lawyer about modern crowds and rising excellence. It notes pulpit authority fading as ministers become men among men, editors work harder, and true impact comes from character over privilege. A Christlike manhood is urged to revitalize sermons.
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Lord Bacon
Wrell
Isio
Ole Bult
Sa el Emerson
Religion in daily life and service beyond the cloister
The text urges religion to leave isolation and become a daily force amid the poor and busy world. It argues for sacredness in ordinary pursuits and home life, calling ministers and laypeople to practices that shape husbands wives and parents, echoing Paul the tentmaker.
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Reuigion
Peter
Mt Tabor
Earth
Sahara
St Paul
Paris Scholar Warns American Cities On Social Poverty
M Henri Baudrillart reports from the Paris Academy on social fact conditions mirrored in America. France has 219270 windowless houses housing 1309040 people while Paris has 4000 families in dwellings with no heat. Overcrowding and malnutrition threaten morality and civic peace, a warning echoed for American cities on the Atlantic coast.
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M. Henrt Baudrillart
Paris Academy of Moral and Political Science
America
France
Paris
Ree
St. ‘Goumain
Atlantic Seaboard
Theologian quotes on science and future life
A German theologian cites Buechner to claim modern science aims to destroy belief in an afterlife and supernatural beings. Hellwald is quoted that science kills ideals and mocks faith, morality, and human rights as human inventions. Tolstoy opposes materialism, praising self knowledge and love as redemptive social forces.
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Buechner
Hellwald
Tolstar
Extravagant Back Bay Girl Keeps Charity Book
An ornate vellum bound volume records a young woman's expenses in Back Bay society. The ledger marks entries to charity while her father notes the items reflect a dressmaker’s error rather than true benevolence, urging simpler spending and more reliable use of funds.
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Mademoiselle
Papa
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