Savage Eskimo Dogs and Pack Instincts Across Labrador
The article discusses Eskimo dogs as feral pack hunters, noting incidents where dogs attacked humans and livestock. It contrasts their savage pack behavior with domesticated setter and retriever breeds, and cites a Newfoundland dog heroism tale of George Harvey and his dog aiding in saving 163 lives in 1832.
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Hudson Bay Company
Labrador
Wen
Newfoundland
Lapland
George Harvey
Dispatch
Quebec
Harvey
Isle Aux Morts
London Standard
The Faithful Clerk
Employer refuses raise and admonishes a clerk who watches the clock. The clerk reveals the clock was a gift and explains his motive. advance pay will begin from last Monday morning. Boston Herald
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Boston Herald
Odd Sayings and Jokes on Character
A witty exchange highlights the quick result of requests and the difficulty of judging character. A fall guy questions how to tell a man’s nature, and a highbrow asserts character emits rays, while the employer’s nature is shown by the lack of a raise.
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Cleveland Leader
Metempsychosis and Laughing News Fragments
A collection of witty verse and snippets from periodicals. The pieces include a mock philosophical note on reincarnation of a chicken, an editor’s reply about a dance caption, a kite ode, a comic mishearing about Septimus and Mr Smith, and a satirical lamb poem. The items showcase light humor and newspaper-style quips.
The Boy Is Still There As Fires Consume The Deck
A fragment recounts a boy on a burning deck with others fled while his mother, paralyzed, ladles buckwheat in a scene of rising flames. The lines contrast a farmer's humor with danger and fragility amid a distressed household.
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Bard of
Benzle
His Scheme
A young man who visited last night claimed there is a fool in every family. The reply questions whether he uses that as a reason to be invited into the family. Houston Post.
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Houston Post
No rose without its cruel thorn in Drawbacks note
A Cleveland Leader quote on bliss and grief contrasts with playful dialogue from Emma and Emmajean. The text includes a snatch of campus chat from the University of Wisconsin Sphinx with remarks about Nat Charles and Emmajean.
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Cleveland
Emma
Nat Charles
Emmajean
University of Wisconsin Sphinx
aL Fashionable Fad and the rye loving vegetarian
The fragment hints at a character described as fashionable and vegetarian who enjoys rye and feeling his oats. It reads like a quirky aside from a column or dialogue, but lacks concrete events, names, or a clear action to anchor a full news item.
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Cleveland Leader
The Usual Reason. The Minister-Why did you leave the straight
The Chauffeur explains the incident as a steering gear fault while the minister questions the reason for departure. The dialogue hints at a contested exit and mechanical failure as the cause.
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Straight
Arabian Nights Referenced in Illustrated Sunday Magazine
A line from the Illustrated Sunday Magazine invokes the tale of The Arabs and their legendary battles. The speaker notes swift steeds and vivid nightmares as part of the old Arabian nights.
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Illustrated Sunday Magazine
Speed of no return and its cosmic implications
An explanation of the “speed of no return” required for a body to escape Earth without coming back, pegged at about seven miles per second. The piece discusses orbital fate beyond Earth, atmospheric loss, and the fate of the Moon, noting friction and high-melt materials for any future lunar visit.
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Earth
Moon
Vince
Wade
New York Tribune
A Polish Wedding Dowry Ritual Described
Detroit Free Press describes a Polish wedding where the groom must win the bride's dance by paying into a plate held by the bride's mother. The plate, a sturdy coffee-cup mimic, must be broken with a silver coin to earn the dance, with payments often totaling 50 cents to a dollar, funding the bride's start in housekeeping.
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Poland
Detroit Free Press
An Unsafe Bird at the Medical College
A comic note recounts a parrot kept by medical students that learned professional terms. The bird's loud squawk of chloroform her at a social visit causes embarrassment for Miss Morris and the narrator fears losing the pet.
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Miss Morris
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Lack of Originality In Human Mind Cited By Philadelphia Doctor
A Philadelphia physician laments the utter lack of originality in human thinking. He argues that even the insane are imitative, predictable, and confined to uniform delusions and manias.
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Philadelphia
Diplomacy Quoted in Fractured Banter Exchange
Fragmentary dialogue shows a tense exchange on diplomacy and cooperation. Passports are handed over in a terse moment, with misheard phrases and truncated remarks suggesting confusion between characters.
The Case of Peter Striker
Peter Striker, son of Palmer Striker in Dubois town, seeks early legal rights at twenty one. A thunderbolt near a pear tree spares him from death but doctors doubt his recovery, yet he thrives after a series of accidents and scams, proving his vigor through relentless work and a fateful pull with electricity.
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Peter Striker
Palmer Striker
Dubois
Peter
Bing
Peter Mart le
Theather
Pete
Ike
Joses
Iis Ieee
Amd
Butch Grade Stallion Offered for Public Breeding
Butch, a Dapple Grey Perchon stallion of about four years, weighs 1800 pounds and is described as nearly a thoroughbred. He is offered for breeding with care to be provided to prevent accidents, though no liability is assumed. terms include 10 dollars to insure a live colt. Location at T A Steyns northeast of town.
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T. A. Steyn
Stunckel
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Baltimore Sun
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Leslie’s Weekly
Captain Bobbs
Louisville Herald
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Puck
Septimus
Mr. Smith
Mary
Eve
Chicago News
Washington
Brandon Drayman
Shire
Miagara
Rancois
New Barn
Polk
Nebr
Harness Brothers
Butch
U.P
Ohio
Williams Art Company
W.talor Street
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Iowa
Reese, Mich
Henry Falkenhagen
J. M. Bay
Nebraska
Maai
Aaana
Kystrom Implement Co
Ot Polk
Maxwell
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