Fragmented empire news from distant press dated January 21
The dispatches report legislative actions in Washington favoring a joint resolution to honor a House figure, while Egypt sees reports of serious fighting. Updates from Jamestown and St Louis touch fires, weather, and public notices. Multiple city and state items cover politics, elections, and local incidents across the era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Witham Altea
Cearnes
Janaacy
Hos
William Aflen
House of Representatives
Washington, D.C
Egypt
Toxvox
Lord Wolseley
London
Janestons
Labor News
Trexrox
Empire Potters
Ott & Brewer's Potters
J. M. Hoyt
Cleveland
Rhodes
Cincinnati
George G. W .Milbarn
The
Elyrm Republican
Jett
Hondly
Gio
Baho Weilell
Punk Sterling
Newark
Howe Committen Om Judiciary
Jake G. Thampcom
Kilbourne-Thampea
Willines M. Eweris
New York
Toombuy
House
Trzarne
Cooper
Seaats
Hare
Don Cameron
Pennsylvania
Dlinei Geversl
Pitz
John Panter
Pellice Comeake
Etsew York
Jumeltown
Vance
North Varuting
Call
Florida
Stanley Matthews
Plamen Ball
Connecticut
Jonathan Chase
Rhode Island
Mise Powder Company
Xenia
U. S
West
J. D. Ae Tough
St Louis
San Antonio
Texas
Sioux City
Wit and Humor Snippets From a Fractured Page
A garbled humor piece presents disjointed quips about everyday scenes. Vague references include a two and three wheeled vehicles, streetcar conductors, a Kentucky man, and a Brooklyn man paying for ink. It hints at guessing games and punchlines amid scattered names and places.
Untold Monkey Tales and Old Judge Pranks
A curio of animal wit and relics from the frontier. Monkeys trained to serve, guard camps, and taste foods for travelers inspire cautionary tales about cleverness and loyalty. Witty anecdotes recount a Missouri judge who divorces himself, a large self confident jurist, and a cavalry horse resisting buggy rides, all framed in a nostalgic, episodic voice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missouri
Bluccoat
Lalla
Wilson
Shannon
Tria
Armstrong
Iit
Clerk
Stu
New York
Cavalry drill mishap with buggy in Confederate tale
A recount of a Cavalry drill where a buggy pulled by an old horse collided with platoons, smashing equipment and causing embarrassment before the horse calmed and the ride ended. The narrative then shifts to a boyhood essay scene and a moral on labor, pride, and societal values.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buchanan
Philadelphia
England
Upper
Egypt
Turkey
William
Grierson
Menger Howse
Confederacy
Peek
Little Daniel
Fragmented musings on caregiving and motherhood
The narrator muses that no man truly knows how to carry a baby and that most women instinctively act like mothers. Some welcomers in the scene cradle the infant, while others, including the speaker, recoil at the baby's cries and distress. He vows to defer culture until a future time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Urtwon
Mechanicsburg
James Redmond
McKiltip
Muncie
Ind
Daniel
Oscar
Susie Baker
Tseir
Geo
Nathan Marsh
Buffalo
Ty Mitchell & Boup
J. Frank Engle
Mississippi
Boston Herald
Dan Sickles
Sickles
Bill
Congress
Indy
Halcyon
Philadelphia
Miss Prettypert
Johnnie
United States
Boston Transcript
Norwich
Algernon
Love
Arizons
Puck
Lawrence
Mass
Americas
Jsrp
Ips
John Schermerhorn
Fi Chronicle
Char
Sbe
Polar Vine
Sepa
Billy Gruber
Emery Hotel
Lin. Com. Gazette
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Lowen, Pikley & CO
Oni Valley
Tennesare- Pair
Raive Neavow
Tennessor
Rene
Newmarket
Oray
Melton
Hittie
Hee of
Mailers
Ram Sete
Qwen
Paley
Fighting In Progress
Emperor
Sullivan
Jyne
Ryan
Lewie Baker
Elm Grove
Lews
Baker
Register
St Prat Globe
Wasarsunox
Plomb
Tadan
Joseph E
Bovax
Hom
John H. Eynns
South Carolina
Ole Legielature
Coutnee
Senate
Zanesville
Inquest
Luther
Springfield
LiTena
Harr Wagner
Thie Ity
San Francisco
Californis Eatchors
Occidental Publishing Co
Wagner
California
Shiloh
Thomas Jordon
FitzJotn Porter
Moorefield
Kate Castleton
Spreckles
de Young
Rane
Kate
Ng Sugar King
Chronicle
Dee Young
J. €. Cram
Clebeir Ifty
Behning
R. F. Brandom & CO
Kelly's Arcade
Springfire
W. Pararen & Co
Weadnerdey
Eens
Young
Arrne —Secalls
Per Bunk
Poterom
Bron
Cabence— Lulshes
Tava
Gubden
Uaeon
Darwin
Dugan
Pckin
Fu Dhouse
Mhges
Kentucky
Brooklyn
Josquin Miller
Bob
la Vaillant
Africa
Cape
Kees
Eves
Rees
India
Bama
Linsell
Howe
Thad
Dan
N’esay
Daniel Smilth
Thave
Mina F.C. Jones
Das
Society
St. Louis
Chicago
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