Strange Race Dwells Near Bennewater Lakes in Kingston
Kingston correspondent describes a secluded tribe living along the Bennewater Lakes west of Kingston. They are described as mixed Indian and foreign descent, avoiding ordinary labor, trading rough crafts, and gathering for bonfires with stolen foods and strong drink. Their lifestyle is depicted as primitive, with illegible origins, no formal marriage, and minimal education or religion.
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Kingston
Bennewaters
India
Bennewster
Charley Ross
Deluge
Mewilerar
Guldelohe
Bennewater Lakes
Pinkerton
Chirley Ross
Mvesaret
Kingaton
New York Herald
Christmas cake filled with roaches shocks Bishop family
In a Thompson Street home near Thirteenth, Mrs. Bishop gave a fruit cake stuffed with roaches as a Christmas gift. The carving knife released the infestation onto the dining room table, forcing the Bishops to abandon dinner and spend hours cleaning the yard while Mrs. Bishop suffered a nervous chill.
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Bishop
Exma
Christais
Mr. Bishop
Willy
England’s Poets Laureate List Through History
A readable, though garbled, roster of England’s poets laureate with names and term hints from early Radmund Spencer to Henry James and beyond. The OCR mix includes numerous typographical errors and misreads but preserves many titular holders and approximate dates.
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England
Radmund Spencer
Samuel Daniel
Ten Johnson
Baby Wardrobes and a Man’s Shopping Misadventure
A humorous scene in uptown dry goods where a fashionable man seeks a wife’s bustles, faces shy refusals, and endures the crowd’s laughter as clerks and shoppers gossip. The brunette worker jokes about women guiding husbands purchases while the man exits in embarrassment.
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New York Times
Paris
Castiny Ulett
Abd
Youny
Wecent
Relaria
Bustle Talk Sparks Domestic Wardrobe Gossip
A lively group of women discuss fashion restraints before and after marriage, criticizing the practice of hiding bustles and powder. A brunette notes how familiarity breeds contempt, recounting a shopper and a man overheard asking about outfits, hinting at domestic misreadings and humorous misunderstandings about adornments.
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Tata Win
Tate Toring
Vhis
Smart Oregon Geese at Cold Springs Station
Report from Cold Springs on the Columbia ten miles above tim notes thousands of wild geese. local youths attempted to lure them by soaking wheat in Chinese whisky to render them easy prey but geese ignored the bait, proving liquor did not absorb.
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Cold Springs Station
Columbia
Tim
Portland Oregonian
Southern Politeness Contrasts in Seat Etiquette
The Providence Journal notes Southern manners surpass Northern civility in public transport. It cites Virginia practices where men rise for women and offer full seat choice, and recounts an incident near the Blue Ridge where men left the waiting room when a colored woman entered.
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Mise Davis
Mason and Dixon
Virginia
Blue Mountains
Norfolk and Western Railroad
Gov. Fitzhugh Lee
Providence Journal
History of Yale Football and Its Championship Record
A historical overview of Yale football from its early informal games on the city green to the modern era. It traces the development of rules, key matches against Harvard, Princeton, and Columbia, notable kickers and captains, and claims to the championship on neutral grounds.
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Yale
Yale Football Association
Intercollegiate Association
Yale Association
Isa Yalu
Ted Yale
Harvard
Mare van Columbia
Proveton
Minnuston
Prien Os
Princeton
Sears
Polo Grounds
New York
Sistopethna
Pete
Moffatt
Hlalrvard
Ruyttin
Jersevon
Lamar
Yate
Watkinson
Beecher
New York Tribune
Witty tale of potatoes and bragging in Lewiston
The piece narrates Bob Whites of the Bee Line recounting woot stories and a rambling tale about planting two mammoth potatoes in Lewiston. He claims the two spuds yielded a winter stash while his family used early potatoes in summer, prompting interjections from locals like Joe Tras of the Lake Store and a remark about railroad workers' knowledge.
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Bob Whites
Lewiston
Joe Tras
Lake
Fifth Avenue Dialogue Reveals Buried Ancestors Question
A child asks where great grandparents are buried, prompting the mother to caution against gloomy questions as a warm street scene unfolds on Fifth Avenue. The exchange highlights family memory and the uncertainty of lineage in a casual urban moment.
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Fifth Avenue Gt
Jokes of the School Room and a Teacher’s Crank
A playful vignette recalls a strict Austin classroom where a teacher quizzes students on basics and a noisy roll call sparks humor. A graduate’s mock-pathetic farewell ends with a professor explaining a crank powered machine, showing school life’s youthful contrasts and laughs.
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Schvol
Austin
Robert Smith
Robert
Henry
Side Dish Becomes Dinner Debate Over Bread Cost
A distressed speaker pleads for twenty-five or fifty cents to buy bread, arguing bread alone cannot make a dinner. The exchange centers on whether bread can be a main meal or a mere side dish.
Lighthead and Jealous Johnny Exchange Gentle Insults
Johnny accuses his sister of favoring Lighthead over him. Lighthead questions the claim with a sly reply. Johnny cites overheard remarks about taffy gifts, implying unequal affection from his sister.
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Johnny
Mr. Lighthead
Lighthead
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