Fragmented OCR note on writing style and dating guidance
Fragmentary text discusses writing approach and cautions about providing varied dates and figures. It references bias toward one side and mentions risks of inaccuracies in data such as dates and numbers. No clear events, people, or places are identified.
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Wein
Varind
Cvan
New York
Philadelphia
New York City
Mossad
Peter Henderson
Persia
David
Fragmented musings on memory and youth in verse
A reflective, lyrical passage recalling a laughing child and vanished years. The speaker contemplates memory, time's passage, and the ache of lost moments, blending dreamy images of butterflies and distant decades with a wary sense of aging.
Dream Clue of a Kentucky Journey and Psychic Quest
A first person tale follows a traveler through Central Kentucky with a theory of psychology and soul power. He shelters in a stone farm house during a sudden storm and encounters a hospitable but enigmatic host as he ponders attraction and repulsion in human beings.
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Kentucky
Dreams and a Murderous Secret Unfold in a Mountain Town
A traveler recounts a nocturnal vision of a crime framed by a dream that mirrors a living acquaintance, revealing a masked killer among two travelers and a hidden loot plot. The narrator discovers the suspect is his companion, investigates in town, and learns the killer is connected to the dead man’s legacy.
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Strick
John Boyd
Sohn
Joh Boyd
Boyd
Jacob Lagren
Mr. Lagren
Earth
Rewwlver
Henry A. Wood
Continent
A Peep at Fekin and the Count de Noidans
The Count de Noidans diplomatic envoy to China and wife with five children stayed at the Windsor Hotel in San Francisco after arriving from China on June 17 aboard the City of Takio. They sail for Europe as the reporter notes impressions of American hotels and the Chinese political outlook, including payback of indemnities, treaty terms, and the balance of power with France and reform in China.
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Count de Noidans
China
Windsor Hotel
Herald
San Francisco
Takio
United States
Europe
Rier
America
Lang-Son
Mong
Pekin
Empire
Formosa
Ferry
France
Navy
Ordnance Department
Torpedo Bureau
Flagging Antelope on the Yellowstone War Patrol
G O Shiells recounts a 1591 expedition down the Yellowstone River with Hudman and Couley. They use a scarlet flag to lure a herd of balaloes on the Big Porcupine, then open fire. Five young antelopes fall, including two bucks and three does, while a lone fawn escapes.
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Yellowstone River
Hudman and
Couley
Big Horn Mountains
Jan
Hulman
Conley
Huffman
G. O. Shiells
Harper's Magazine
Jerry Greening’s Aphorisms Offer Rough Wit and Witless Wisdom
A jumble of aphorisms from Jerry Greening mix humor and hard truths. Notable lines mock vanity and vice while praising charity and character, with quips on luck, drinking, loyalty, and society. The collection, attributed to The Current, reads like a late 19th or early 20th century rural miscellany.
Punched Coin in Cuba and New York Links
In a curious tale New Yorkers reach Tiago de Cuba after a five to six day sail via the Santiago or Cienfuegos routes. The piece recalls how Santiago became the transit point for coins with holes as storekeepers fought mutilated money and shipped bags on steamers.
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Tiago de Cuba
Asia
Africa
Santiago
Cienfuegos
Nassau
New York
Wild Flowers of Irish Rhetoric Specimens of Florid Speech
A correspondent offers samples of Irish rhetoric highlighting repartee and bull, with anecdotes about a car-driver, a Munster doctor, and rustic misstatements. It cites exaggerated phrases and misused idioms, illustrated by humorous, malaprop laden dialogue and caricatures from London Spectator.
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Munster
Ireland
Boyle Roche
Matthew Arnold
London Spectator
Cholera and Life Insurance Impacts On Policies
An agent explains cholera fears affect life and fire policies. Tourists abroad may need permits to maintain life coverage. interior policy holders may face travel restrictions. Some firms ban inland contact with ports during yellow fever season. others lack such clauses. A Macon woman fined for striking her husband and stealing funds highlights volatile behavior amid epidemics.
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Atlantic
New Orleans
Marseilles
Toulon
Hague
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Marie Lone
Frien
Fekin
Jerry Greening
Geo
Cuba
Cholera and Life Insurance
Macon
Parta
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