Goose Island hunting trip ends with capture of tramp
In a Lake Superior Goose Island excursion, four youths from Duluth chase ducks and geese, lose their boat to a camp tramp who steals supplies and gear. A pursuing captain recovers their boat, coats, and blankets, and the tramp is jailed for ninety days after a claim of theft.
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Lake Superior
Tate
Immura
Biany
John A
Henry Ford
Milukpe
Duluth
Mr. Wakefield
Taine
Frank
George
Eddie Brothers
John
Ord
Oys
John Ford
Tobias
Henry
Wakefield
Yamali Island
Isand
Goosesland
Frank Wakefield
Goose Island
Frack
Krank
Dulluth
John Ward
Kenry Bord
Ayrun
Ello
Lake Egein
Lospscent
Bina
Coats
Rainst
Tramp
Hasring
English Notions On Care Of Tierses In Seasonal Work
The article discusses horses and seasonal care for work, stressing alertness for losses, winds, and cold. It covers cooling after hard work, warm coverings, waterproofing, drying after damp nights, clipping or singeing long winter coats, and diet adjustments to support change in work load. It warns that horses recently started in fall work require extra feed and careful conditioning for slow, steady improvement.
Gladstone and the Poor Boy adapt poem to a tale
A letter to the Atlanta Constitution recounts an incident on Mr Gladstone's Wales estate. A widow charwoman's son is brought to his study where Gladstone prays with them. The incident portrays the prime minister's guidance and concern transforming the boy into an obedient son, stirring the mother's joy.
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Mr. Gladstone
Wales
Gladstone
Mayland
Florence barber tale leads to murder reveal in Chicago
Chicago Courier-Journal correspondent recalls Florence’s barber chair tale about Henry Jumpertz, a killer linked to a 1859 murder of a mistress named Sophie Wener. Pinkerton confirms details. Jumpertz was tried twice and acquitted on a third trial. island cannibal raids on Sydney area and Kabu story follow later.
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Chicago
Courier-Journal
Bily Florence
Florence
Henry Junipertz
Gus
Mr. Florence
Tally
McVicker’s
Detroit
Matteson House
Henry
Henry Jumpertz
Cas
Brown
Fierveure
Air
dUorenea
Shad
Matteson Howe
Jumperta
Jumpertz
Jumpert
Wes
Scribner’s
Pinkerton
Sophie Wener
Troy
N.Y
C. P. Bradley
Jamiperts
Cook County
William A. Pinkerton
Vicksburg
A Wicked Missionary Disturbs Gilbert Islands Conflict
Reports recount a massacre at Taputeonea in the Gilbert group linked to Kubu from the Sandwich Islands and a missionary from Honolulu. The Pannonia crew details that Kahu aided a large native conversion in exchange for copra shells and other goods. A separate note from Troy Times describes a Washington County native girl joining missions, later returning home to wed after travels and romantic turns.
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Taputeonea
Gilbert Group
Kubu
Sandwich Islands
Honolulu
San Francisco Chronicle
Pannonia
Line Islands
Fiji
Man Kahu
Storm Bird
Troy Times
White Creek
Washington County
England
Liverpool
London
Trousseau
New York
Notes on Jack Rabbits and Museum Gossip in Siftings
A collage of comic sketches and urban legends features a lengthy piece on jack rabbits with humorous natural history and chase anecdotes. It mixes verse about a skating girl and a Deadwood warning with light quips on manners and mischief in 19th century urban life.
Elopement of Grocer’s Wife In Reading Prompted Chase
Mrs L C Brittner wife of a well known grocer eloped with carpenter Adolph Brittner while husband was at church taking several hundred dollars. The husband has started after the elopers.
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Reading
L. C. Brittner
Adolph Brittner
Elopers
Farmers Debt Cautions in underdraining and investment
A rural opinion argues that debt itself harms farmers less than the misuse of funds. Judicious borrowing can fund profitable underdraining and improvements, but overextensive debts for luxury houses or costly buildings cripple farmers' capital and limit real productive investments.
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Yeortineve
Freman
Stoney
Drunken man clings to City Hall fence in comic exchange
A half drunk man clings to the City Hall fence as a passerby pauses and offers sympathy. The hapless figure laments being "half drunk and dead broke" while joking about finances and funeral expenses in a humorous street scene.
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Tiin
Car Vvlicid
Ahadia
Lanus
Atlanta Constitution
Florence’s Barber Story
Bardwell
Sydney
Kabu
Elizabeth
Bird
Sonuluiu
Mark Twein
Austin
Texas
Jie
Camel Muller
Miss Maud
Philadelphia
Patrick
Sfas
Shea
Marah
Rorde
USA
Isa Narior
Mlate
Sue
Dr. McCosit
Princeton College
Bradder
Edith
DeCourcey
Musunderstood
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