FUR TRAPPERS LIFE IN CANADA AND OTHER NOTES
A collection of vivid reminiscences and oddities. An old trapper describes life in the Canadian wilderness with fur brigades paddling along lakes and streams. The piece also recalls Bethlehem hospital era lunatics and a London Chronicle note on vagrants claiming hospital care. A Chicago Record-Herald anecdote recounts a minister challenged to preach from any Bible text using sealed envelopes. The tale ends with Balaam’s question to his donkey.
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Bethlehem Hospital
Tom of
Bediums
Alma
London
Hospital of
Bethlehem
London Chronicle
Hermid
Balaam
Boys Who Play Ball on Sunday Tale
The bishop coadjutor of Pennsylvania Alexander Mackay Smith met a boy with a ball and bat while en route to Bryn Mawr College. He asked where the boys play on Sunday and the boy replied they go to Heston's lot behind the dam. The anecdote, cited from the New York Tribune, highlights a church figure engaging with local youth.
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Pennsylvania
Alexander Mackay-Smith
Bryn Mawr
Bryn Mawr College
Heston
New York Tribune
Courageous captain's wife sails lone to Brisbane
A cholera plague struck the brig Moorburg in autumn 1877 on a China to Australia voyage. The captain's wife, with a baby in arms, navigated seven weeks into Brisbane, reefing and steering, nursing the sick during spare moments, effectively performing a full crew's duties.
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Moorburg
China
Australia
Brisbane
London
Restau rant bill reshuffles ads on menu fold
A restaurant leases the reverse side of its menu to a carriage maker for ad prints. A hurried customer, reading the wrong side, demands a odd mix of items crying out for a fly a lampshade two quictorias and a dogenart while asking for wheelbarrows amid the bustling confusion.
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London Alswers
Rejected Lineage Sparks Boardroom Name-Call
Not enough readable context to determine a coherent news item. The fragmentary OCR shows a dialogue about a father’s intelligence and marriage words attributed to a "Mr. Highball" with "Cleveland Plaza Dealer" as potential byline. No clear event, date, or location forms a complete item.
The Monstrous Woman and Her Mighty Presence
A vivid portrait depicts a colossal woman moving through a narrow street with a broad expanse of chips blocking passage. Her back is imposing like a Flemish horse, her large feet clatter in wooden sabots, and her apron strings stay tied. Her face is broad red wrinkled, quick to anger or laughter, with a swift tongue and a fearless gaze.
The Wedding Cake Evolution Through History
The wedding cake traces from three ears of wheat carried by brides in ancient times to a stack of flat cakes, then to a single grand round cake. The transition mirrors evolving rites and the influence of French culinary tradition on modern celebratory desserts.
Do Fishes Hear and Sunflower Trade in Russia
The text questions whether fish hear and cites Selentixate Dave listing about 100 Gales making sounds. It notes a New York Frew remark on inner voice when fish die. It then describes sunflowers in Russia paying well, with field value $25 an acre and seed price about $1.50 a pound, salted by merchants at retail for $8 a pound.
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Selentixate
Dave
New York
Russia
Twain Letter Reply Request Becomes Postal Joke
A man wrote Mark Twain thrice about a matter, sending a two cent stamp. After no replies, he included a sheet of paper and the stamp. By return post he got a postcard reading Paper and atamp received. Pieane send envelope.
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Mark Twain
Pieane
Language of Flowers in a Joke Exchange
Edith asks if the language of flowers helps interpret a rare orchid gift. Ethel replies that the gift signals that a fool and his money are soon parted, as noted by the judge.
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Edith
Ethel
Albert
Judge's claim of impartiality questioned by counsel
A courtroom exchange labeled prejudiced unfolds as counsel accuses the judge of sleep during testimony. The judge defends neutrality, insisting no one can claim bias from either side's arguments. The source frames a constitutional tension over judicial objectivity.
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New York Times
One Netter Affair Demands Swift Settlement
A dialog excerpt shows Mrs Witherby pressing for a discreet affair to steady social standing while Witherby negotiates cost. The terse exchange hints at financial and reputational leverage in a strained domestic scene.
Tourist Sleeping Cars cut travel cost to Pacific coast
Using tourist sleeping cars greatly lowers trip expenses to California and Oregon without sacrificing comfort. Cars are neat, comfortable, clean and attractive, attached to fast through trains and built to serve tourists traveling to and from the coast. For full information call on the agents.
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Pacific Coast
California
Oregon
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Chicago
Union Pacific Railroad
Milwaukee & St. Paul
Railway
F. A. Nash
Farnam Street
Omaha
The
Spirit of America
America
Uneeda Biscuit National Biscuit Company
Guarantee Fund Life Association
Cheyenne County
Gus Wellner
Sidney
J. C. Hudson
Insurance
Oberfelder Bidg
Web
Remington
Remington Typewriter
Remington Typewriter Company
Broadway
Farnam St
Canada
Plata
Bedlama
Johnnie
Mr. Highball
Cleveland
Piaia
SunGower Seeda
Union A
Nora A. Miller
Missouri River
San Francisco
Fos Dugeles
Porthaed
W. J. Clifton
Bethoradly
Pourlowe
Republicaia
Chicago Weekly
Inter
Ocean
Associated Press
New York Sun
New York World Daily
Sidney Telegraph
Inter Ocean
the Telegraph
Sidney, Nebraska
Twee
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