Joss pork roast and Volapak lecture mix in New York
Wong Chin Foo describes Chinese roast pig before Joss in New York with live pigs selected for perfection and decorated for the feast. Also, Colonel Sprague lectures on Volapak as a proposed international language and godly in cross national correspondence, not spoken.
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Wong Chin Foo
The
North American Review
New York
Joss
Volapak
Charles E. Sprague
University Building
Sprague
Sehleyer
Europe
James Robinson the Greatest Bareback Rider Revealed
James Robinson, famed bareback rider, recounts a long circus career from 1845 starting as a clown apprentice to a world tour. He details dangerous falls, constant training, owning horses, and travels through England, France, Germany, Australia, and Havana earning top salaries and acclaim.
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James Robinson
Robinson
Gasson
John Bovinson
Robinson & Neldred
Clicus
Gilroy
Boston
England
Liverpool
Ashley's
London
Thad
Empire House
Ballwingville
Apaches on a Spree Amid Fermented Twin Drink
Minneapolis Tribune notes that Apache tribes, once fond of mezcal and twin, now concentrate at agencies under strict oversight. The piece describes how twin, brewed days prior, leads to extreme intoxication, suppressing hunger and elevating combativeness, often triggering outbreaks and prewar mood before the alcohol wears off.
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Minneapolis Tribune
Hair loss tale tied to thought and mind
A traveler recounts a curious exchange where a man claims hair thinning follows mental effort. He cites a debt dispute and thought triggering hair shedding, suggesting Waldates and thinking influence hair loss. The fragment hints at a belief in mind effects on physiology.
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Waldates
Owell
Jackson
Arkinsaw Traveler
Sioux Falls Circus Snafu: Children Missing Amid Side Show
A crowd joke erupts as a Sioux Falls man recalls leaving his children in the circus side show to see the living skeleton. The bungled exchange centers on locating the kids and the spectacle of the strong, red-ribboned rider.
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Sioux Falls
Scott
Curious New York Lady to Return From Europe
A New York young lady who has spent six months in Europe will soon return home without any notable triumphs. She will be regarded as a curiosity and receives a grand banquet from the refined women of the city, according to the Verrie town Herald.
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5. C. Beeleston
Argentine Republic
Korleston
Abraham Lincoln
Springfield
Robert L. Lincoln
Mecca
England
France
Germany
Havana
Lent’s Ofiens
Visi
Cooper & Bailey's
Australia
Iodia
Japan
Paris
New York
Furyope
Verrietown
Heralal
Queen Victoria
Cleveland
Grover
United States
An Heiress Outwitted In A Philadelphia Elopement
In Philadelphia last week a wealthy merchant and his sharp eyed father foil a young couple’s flight. Wilson, a salaried suitor, and Uberty or Liberty plan to wed with a clergyman friend serving as witness. The father pretends to oppose then reveals he and the cleric staged the ruse to test the couple’s sincerity, finally allowing the ceremony to proceed.
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Henry C. Jordan
Philadelphia
Lindelltom
Mesourt Beynglican
Piladelphia
Philadelpha
Uberty
Gowl
Ondomath
Not
Sonquil Te
Wilson
Tay
Wilton
Dean Cat
Ao Cliaic
Old Man Lets Plot Unfold Over Wilson’s Suitors
A faded fragment recounts how an elder man, hearing rumors about Wilson, turned against him. He later learns the tales were false and the suitor proves worthy of the daughter, choosing to let events unfold.
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Wilson
Indian Territory Encounter and a Chapter of Horrors
A traveler asks directions near Tahlequah while an old man mocks him and derides his sense, leading to a tense moment with a pistol shown. The scene unravels as the traveler meets a crude Arkansas man and a wife described as the ugliest yet, then a surprising reveal shifts the tale to a chaotic page of railroad disaster chronicle notes and scattered historical calamities.
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Tahlequah
OM Buck
Yander
Hak Coun
Arkansan
Lit of Literary People and the Question of Poverty
The passage argues that literary folks face precarious employment and poverty despite talent. It compares writers with lawyers doctors and clergy, noting many professionals also face few clients or patients. It suggests stock market wealth in large cities worsens income disparity and that poverty may spur or suppress genius, with a quoted remark about canaries fed too well.
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Stock Exchange
T. WU
Harper's Baaan
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