The Old Miller and the Silent Mill in Summer
A fragmentary verse recalls the Hite miller once active at the old mill. The scene shifts from bustling days grinding grain to stillness as years pass. Water drives the wheels, echoing memories of boys and men who chatted, shared joys and sorrows, while the miller turned the grists to four.
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Eill
Chester
Helena
Egypt
Cudgell
Aunt Jane
Grimaldi
Broadway
Autograph Album Confession Turns to Humble Signatures
In a humorous confinement of vanity, the famed Mr Fitzphosphorus chronicles autograph seekers and grand schemes to refuse them. A street car encounter and a dinner with the Tankerdales reveal the risk of celebrity and the turn to a modest, direct sign. Helena’s unexpected request uncovers the author’s own misjudgments, ending with a promise to sign as before, now with humility.
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Charles
Mary
Florida
Fitzphosphorus
Shakespeare
Thad
Tankerdales
Tankerdale
St. Vitus
Mr. Cudgell
Papa
Helena
Helens
Jane
Hypnotism in Spain at the Royal Palace Showed Curiosities
The Madrid papers report an Italian hypnotist putting a young noblewoman to sleep in the royal palace. She ate a raw potato believed to be pie and described the queen’s working room after questions. The queen tried hypnotism and successfully induced sleep again, confirming strong will and concentration as key.
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Cudzell
Charles
Helena
Thad
Papa
Jane
Cudgell
Tankerdale
George
Cudge
Ronyon
L. F. Austin
Hare Per's Weekly
Madrid
Spain
Royal Palace
Safe Side Beans and Senate Heads in San Francisco
In a humorous exchange, a Boston grocer asks about beans for Mrs Beacon, suggesting she might sand a couple of barrels to be safe. The New York Sun notes San Francisco’s notable representation in the U.S. Senate with Senators Stanford, Hearst, Stewart, and Jones, all linked to San Francisco through residence, law, or business.
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Boston Grocer
San Francisco
United States Senate
California
Stanford
Hearst
Nevada
Stewart
Jones
San Francisco Exchange
Russian Courtship Traditions Outlined by Countess Norrigkov
The Countess from St Petersburg describes Russian love customs observed in winter gatherings. Couples perform circle singing and courting rituals, followed by formal visits to the parents. Blessings from mother, father, and priest seal the engagement, after which the couple plans marriage with neighbors joining in the celebration.
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Norrigkov
St Petersburg
Russia
Brooklyn
Moi Miloi
Rach
Swain
Amd
Conversational Bores and the Vices of Small Talk
The essay critiques habitual small talk, noting that habitual talkers fail to distinguish thought from mere sounds. It spoils dialogue with repetition, insincere engagement, and needless questions. It argues for restraint and silence to improve ideas and relationships, contrasting with a comic street encounter between a gentleman and a tramp.
A Romantic Caucasus Visit and Its Oddities
A Tiflis Cor. describes the Caucasus capital and Asiatic quarter with bustling bazaars, Georgian costumes, and hot sulphur baths. It notes cheap wines, weapons in use, and local sights amid a lively market scene. It also offers gardening advice on plum curculio control via spraying with arsenical poisons and kerosene soap emulsions.
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Caucasus
Tifles
The
Khakaty
Tiflis
Life in Minnesota Dry Air Folklore and Legends
A humorous reminiscence on Minnesota’s dry cold climate and its rumored health benefits. It recalls editorials, jokes about arctic air, a winter resort bill, and a tale of Jolmemi amid storms, trees, and frost. Lively, period-voice vignette with regional quirks and local characters.
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Minnesota
Nan Lance
Amd
Jolmemi
Hawley an inventor two patents from which he derives income
Connecticut senator Hawley recounts two patents yielding royalty income. One patent covers a pocket compass, the other a leather or rubber base washer for cartridges. He describes the elasticity problem solved for projectile bases and notes machines now place the washers on cartridges.
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Connecticut
Hecrives
Hawley
Wicer
Washington Lechter
Eye of Fire and Underwater Lighting Experiments
A Chicago Times account on electric light pioneering by Prof Baird and the Light Company noting early tests with water submerged globes, the Deep Sea exploration by the Albatross, and discoveries of fish at extreme depths under electric illumination. The narrative covers mechanical fixes, glass globe trials, and the potential of underwater lighting for guiding catches.
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Ares
Baird
United States Fish Commission
Albatross
Ky. Hastings
Tie Light Company
Ale
Bate
Bahamas
Mr. Hastings
Chicago Times
An Indian Orator Recalls Chief Logan Speech
In Chicago Times style, the Cour de Alone Indians are praised for civility as Indian Commissioners discuss a Spokane reservation bargain. Chief Seltiee addresses the Great Father, pleading to secure a lasting reservation with enduring schools churches homes and graves for his people and children.
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Logan
Cour de Alone
Seltiee
Washington
Great Council
Father Shore
Chicago Times
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Bratoles
Paris
London
Michigan
D. B. Wier
Alexandria
Clark County
Gretna Green
Illinois
Missouri
Justice Gillam
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