Ike and Oxen Breaker of Hearts in Western Kansas
Ike, a New England boy living with his Uncle Job Haines in southern Kansas, trains two oxen named Jack and Billy. Deacon Merwin buys them for Ike, but a chaotic drive ends with Ike rescuing the pair. The deacon vents anger, Job vows legal action, and Ike keeps the oxen.
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Job Haines
Kansas
New Hampshire
Job
Ike
New England
Maine
Jack
Billy
Benny
Haines
Merwin
Deacon
Aml
Brother Haines
Isaac
Carlyle and Bores in Carlyle’s Savage View of Boredom
In this excerpt the writer reflects on Thomas Carlyle’s sharp disdain for bores and his extreme intolerance for dull company. Carlyle’s acerbic wit targets figures like Lamb and Coleridge, whom he often found tedious, preferring to distance himself from phonies and dull chatter.
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Carlyle
Scott
Fragmentary remarks on a day of disinterest
A passage records a speaker recalling a tense day with another figure who spoke little of value. The brief exchange underscores the narrator’s sense that the discourse yielded nothing useful on that day or any other.
Gentes That Will Win and the Clarke of Powder Blunder
A Syracuse Mercury item recounts a hardware store clerk who mis sold blasting powder to a country customer for a hunting trip. When the customer returned, the clerk tried to switch him to a coffee grinder as a grinding solution, failing but earning his employer laughs and a tale of genius.
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Syracuse
Frettin and the Manly Lesson in Hard Times
A Denver-voiced admonition urges resilience during hardship. The piece counsels not fretting over debt, rent, or lost love, insisting a stiff upper lip and steady effort will outlast troubles. It uses rustic dialect to offer practical mood boosts and perseverance.
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Denver
Memory of a Missionary Like Twaddles Remembered
A quirky dialogue recalls Mr. Twaddles who preached to a tribe three years ago. Ugi Ujitji responds with a jocular line about his memory. The exchange highlights nostalgic, humorous recollection of a missionary figure.
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Mr. Twaddles
Ugi Ujitji
Mastodon Skeleton Found With Massive Teeth
At breakfast Newton Benedict notes in the morning paper that a mastodon skeleton has been found with teeth weighing nearly ten pounds each. He muses that the beast would lack use for such large grinders, remarking it lived long before cooking schools were imagined. Mrs. B. questions the size of the animal.
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Newton Benedict
Bloodless surgery claim by Dr Jokichi Takamine
A Japanese doctor, Dr Jokichi Takamine, asserts a bloodless surgery method using adrenalin. Local application of the chemical in solution is said to allow nose ear and eye operations without any blood loss. The discovery is described as powerful and costly, at a dollar per grain.
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Jokichi Takamine
Paradox in a Statesman's Motto
A statesman asserts I would rather be right than be president, while a friend notes the paradox and calls it proper. The exchange implies that choosing righteousness over power involves accepting personal impact to achieve truth.
Our German Friend and the Kaiser in a Changing Tone
A reflective verse recounts a shift in view of Germany from suspicion to admiration. The speaker notes earlier doubts about German aims, then celebrates improved U S relations and the Kaiser’s perceived wisdom. The poem frames friendship as mutual strategic interest and welcomes Uncle Sam’s goodwill.
Young lovers on porch stargazing romance ends with a kiss
A couple on a porch under a midnight sky identifies Jupiter Sirius and Mars as they gaze at the stars. A footstep inside interrupts the moment, leaving the man ready to scoot away before mystery deepens.
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Jupiter
Pet
Sirius
Dove
Dialogue of Mild Wry Humor Between Miss Featherhead and Mr Boreham
A brief exchange shows Miss Featherhead encouraging Mr Boreham as he admits dull spirits. The tone is light and character driven, with suspense about his mood and self perception. The scene highlights social interaction and the contrast between perception and emotion.
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Miss Featherhead
Mr. Boreham
Mr. B
Miss F
Trotting Circuit Notes and Breeding Passages Highlights
Overview of standardbred racing and breeding notes. Hash the Kentucky trotter is sired by Mincemvnt with 22-ounce front weights. Evolture and Rastler show recent form with times around 2:14. Johan McKerren nears racing form after a 2:15 workout. Direct mares contest 2:15 pace lists. California mare Necretia debuts in the East at Hedrick, chasing 2:17. Me teor, 2:17 at 18, wins a $1,000 purse at Everett Wash. July.
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Contralte
Hash
Mincemvnt
Ont McEwen
Evolture
Rastler
Austier Russell
Johan A. McKerren
Cleveland
Necretia
California
Hedrick
Disguise Hl
England
Rince
Melbourne
Mdrim
Preliaxa
Dowtle
Bob Fitzsimmons
Alpha W
Norval
KR. Gentry
Windsor
Meteor
Lot
Everet Wash
Stage Glints and Theaters In Europe and America
Reports on national theatre aspirations in Greece and Spain. Edouard de Reszke receives the Victorian order at Windsor Castle. Della Fox rests in Liberty New York while her health and voice recover. The Duke's Motto may feature Mrs Brown Potter and Kyrie Bellew. A new drama by Stephen Phillips is announced. Carmie died in Paris at 77.
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Katha
London
Brown Potter
Kyrie Bellew
Della Fox
Liberty
N. Y
Fenimore Cooper
Enugenie Doche
Graverite
Alexandre Dumas
la Dane Aux Canielias
Wyoming’s Hole In the Wall Echoes Dooney Doone Refuge
The Hole In the Wall in Wyoming resembles Devon’s Lorna Doone landscape and long sheltered outlaws. The entrance is to be blasted for easier valley access, and readers of John Kidd’s account of the British freeboot era will seek details of the explosions at Hole In the Wall.
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Wyoming
Hole In the Wall
Dooney Valley
Blackmore
Vale
Devon
John Kidd
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Uncle Sam
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Fish
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Charles Protoran
Edward Jose
Rudyard Kipling
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