Governor A. Cooper Born in Illinois and Political Shift
Alma Record notes Job A. Cooper born November 6, 1845 in Bond County Illinois, later Knox College graduate, lawyer, and Denver insurer elected Republican governor of Colorado. The piece pivots to Mormon emigration, Carlisle Indian School progress, Christian dance debates, and US naval academy discipline.
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Job A. Cooper
Colorado
Bond County
Illinois
America
New York
Tilinois
Job
Knosaville
Knox College
Gatesboro
Greenville
Ilinois
Inst
Denver
One Year Of Infants From A Global View
A reflective piece on birth rates and infant care comparing the world in a single year. It envisions the annual seven to eight million infant procession and contrasts conditions from Egypt to Scandinavia, Kaffir lands to London. It notes disparities in upbringing, survival, and warmth, and cites notable anecdotes about weight and size from history and across nations.
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Lot
Scandinavia
Fuogla
Vountey
Isaac Newton
Fife
Nanette Stocking
London
Nuanette
Danial Lambert
Atlantic
Washington Brown
Wybrants
New York State
The Ricyely Reportar Waltzes at the Track
A chaotic dancing themed race tale from Texas Sifting describes a couple on the course as a misstep leads to a tumble. The narrator complains the scene is nonsense while recalling the moment and the crowd’s confusion at the judges stand.
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Joer Wenund
Feld
Dhateh
Waltsing
Texas
Politeness in Moxie Story From Mexican Street Scene
In Mexico PF Hupiiosen Seoith narrates a vivid tale of a ragged barefoot pair by a stall. A young Indian man, bowing and kissing a lady’s foot, replies meagerly to whispered cries, a scene filled with exotic dignity and dramatic gesture.
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Mexico
Sheba
Sure to Please Miss Jinks On Cameron & Co Photo
The tale praises photographs by Cameron and Co at Cameron & Co, calling the portraits splendid and noting their retoucher as the finest in the city. Miss Jinks and Miss Winks discuss the quality and appeal of the photography in this New York Weekly excerpt.
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Carlisle
How the Heavens Move in Stellar Drift and Collision
An analysis of celestial motions suggests the heavens move with immense speeds and that a direct collision between our sun and a nearby fixed star is possible but not imminent. Observations show stars travel at hundreds of miles per second, with parallax and proper motion revealing vast distances and dynamic gravitational relations among stars in the Milky Way. Contemporary Review discusses the implications for the solar system’s long term fate and the limits of current astronomical knowledge.
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Treen Bo
Tees
Groombridge
Cassiopule
Elicio
Averaras
Touain
Cape
Fragmentary verse fragment in early Detroit press
A garbled OCR style excerpt mentions wire lace rosebuds and an old couplet about a wife. Reads like a local column fragment or verse snippet with disjointed phrases including a reference to Detroit. The text is incomplete and lacks coherent narrative or events.
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Weill
Detroit
Spirits and Tables at a Wednesday Seance in Albany
Albany Georgia, Wednesday evening, a group gathered at Mr. Jo St Forrester’s home to attempt table rapping. The event produced unusual phenomena as the table moved, lights flickered, and participants reported tremors and raised expectations about spiritual intervention, though skepticism remained among onlookers.
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Jo. St Forrester
Hitler
Miomt
Pmo
Albany
Our Detectives and the Value of Eye Witness Testimony
A fragment reflecting on newspaper doubt toward detectives and the role of investigators in securing conviction. It argues that critics and certain judges undermine detective work by rejecting evidence, and suggests that ruling out corroborating facts weakens prosecutions and morale.
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Noth- Lefit
Texas
The Fore of Habit in Chicago Tenement Scene
In Chicago two men debate moving due to high rent as one notes the neighborhood is poor and crowded. The exchange ends with the other praising his new, better house while the first wonders about origins and the coming May.
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Chicago
Miestut
Philadelpha
New York
Abe
Indy
Typograph Float Errors From History of Printing
A long, imperfectly legible column recalls typographic errors in old printing and their humorous effects. It cites misread words, altered phrases, and joke incidents from newspapers, poetry, and ads, illustrating how punctuation and type can distort meaning and amuse readers.
Winged Missiles and Moonlit Oddities Across the Nation
A wild collage of items from the era includes a tale of fear relieved and a vow not to be buried alive, notes on Berlin theater, Oklahoma and Dakota as potential new Jeruasalems, stray references to a Libel suit, and quirky reports of animals, thefts, and peculiar happenings in towns from Augusta to Williamsport. The column threads through social quirks, local outrages, and curious legal notes with a flurry of named places and people, from Calhoun Georgia to Cedar Hill Pennsylvania.
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Ableken
Cora
Rockdale
Georgia
Stele
Vermont
Ing
Agabe
Soue Ottiot
Muntel
Kugileh
Tyre
Macy Ocaluren
Charles Sampsel
Williamsport
Oklahoma
Jerusalem
Dakota
Cedar Hill
Atere Fle
Treland
Philadelphia
Besshrool
Ireland
John G. Richardson
Br. Baker
Somerville
Mass
Corriere
Albany
Ambien
Paris
Wbia
Jean Duvell
Sanora
Duvell
San Fraceiaow
Huffalo
Music Hall
Ats Op
George Saxton
Western Union
Bilaleipols
Tristol
Midland
Herte
Muntacay
Cmne
Herman Oehirichs
Oehirichs
Europe
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ALMA
Kates
Queen's Dominion
Utah
United States
Inada
Monning
United States Naval Academy
Uncle Sam
Michael Alexander Vite
Egypt
Kaffearia
Sweden
Germany
Arkaosaw
Rome
Ube
Nation
Vale
Herron
Am, Neal
Calhoun
Augusta
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