Dickinson Horse Sale Delayed To June 17
A long list of local items notes delays and events across North Dakota towns. Dickinson says the horse sale is postponed from June 10 to 17 while Bismarck reports a new Rock Lake telephone company formation and a county race meet set for July 16 to 19.
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Dickinson
Bismarck
Rock Lake
Biamarck
Stateman
Devils Lakers
Bisbee
R. D. Evenstzer
Fargo
Wolford
Dorr DeGraft
Towner
Will van Camp
Mississippi
la Crosse
H. C. Hoppe
Decatur
Itn
Kidder County
Raine
Dickindon
Aidle
Barne
Spaulding
Polanis
Soo
Deylly Lake
Regan
Ramsey County
Wis
Egeland
Robert E. Hartman
Kenmure
E. C
America
Harvey
Joseph Fry
Kikboy
Sitting Bull
Skiver
United States Court
Grand Jury
Franeis Fed
Tammyhawk
Red Tommyhawk
State Armory Board
State Guard
Lisbon
Hillsboro
Galley City
Devils Lake
W. C. Trueman
Grafton
Boyd
A. W. Cogswell
State Militia Board
North Dakota
Mandan
Badger & Pakins
United States
Fort Yates
Standing Rock
McKenssle
McClusky
Sykeston
Martin Tew
Overby
Mankinsoo
Wolf den
How Some Men Succeed In New York
A florist narrates meeting a wealthy man who bought a cucumber worth five cents, then failed to pay the nickel due after delaying payment with a $50 bill. The cucumber unexpectedly grew into a large specimen and the man forgot to settle the nickel. The tale casts the man as mean and pretentious.
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New York
Advice and a Clever Doctor Exchange in a Dinner Table Tale
An anecdote describes doctors fending off awkward requests for free advice. Abernethy quipped to a wealthy alderman to "Take advice" after a man sought counsel at a friend's gathering. A French doctor similarly deflected a flirtatious patient on a boulevard with a grave request to examine her.
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Abernethy
The Queerest Policemen in Cape Town
A traveler describes Cape Town policemen called Kaffir negroes who wear a uniform like English soldiers. They carry a spear with a red tassel and a long corded club that traps prisoners like a lariat. They lack firearms and act only on white officers order, guiding suspects to jail or hospital if resisted.
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Cape Town
South Africa
Dogs and Their Treatment in Columbus
Columbus welcomes a new dog catcher, hoped to be humane and fair in duty. The piece argues against mistreating dogs, noting a stone-throwing boy harms no one yet reflects wider cruelty. It links animal sympathy with fellow humanity, urging humane treatment as a civic virtue.
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Columbus
Ohio State Journal
How to Walk Gracefully Like an American Woman
A 19th century instruction describes walking with a straight head, weight on each foot, and the ball of the foot striking first. It urges chin alignment and chest uplift for deep breathing, recommending indoor practice with a book on the head to illustrate the technique.
Tactful Quip Frames Doctor’s Large Fee
A witty exchange questions Dr Knowit’s large fee from Talkative. The doctor cites Mrs Talkative’s slight nervous trouble and warns of an acute attack of inflammatory verbosity. He prescribes absolute guist to avert a paroxysm of cacaothes loquend.
Frightened by False Fire in Marching School
A humorous fragment shows Maisie taking fencing lessons and chatting about feinting during practice while a frightened speaker laments exhausting drills. The exchange preserves a playful tone with references to fencing terms and social chatter.
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Maisie
Bishop Had Ready Excuse At Divorce Reform Congress
Dr Edward Everett Hale criticized certain divorce laws at a Washington congress. He recounted a Lent feast joke about a bishop and an irreverent woman, highlighting perceived hypocrisy in apologies for harsh statutes. The anecdote centers on the bishop claiming to fast while indulging in turtle soup, calling turtle a kind of fish.
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Edward Everett Hale
Animals Fight in Shack Near Waterbury
In Bristol's Southern Prospect near Waterbury Connecticut a wildcat chased a large deer into Edson Black's 15 by 12 hen shack. The deer died from a broken neck after trample and claws, 32 birds crushed, 80 fowls and glass shattered, a watchdog woke Black who drove off the wildcat.
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Connecticut
Bristol
Prospect
Waterbury
Conn
Edson Black
Deserts of Asia north of Himalayas and vanished waters
The belt of Chinese Turkestan lies north of the Himalaya range and is watered by north flowing rivers that end in desert sands. The region’s desert conditions far exceed American deserts, with ancient villages and cities now far from water sources. Wooden houses decayed little despite ten centuries of exposure.
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Asia
Himalaya Mountain Range
Turkestan
Premere Child
Jap Turkeys and a Temple of Kinkakuji Tale
A missionary wife asks an old servant to find a turkey for guests. After a day he locates one and serves a grand roast, so perfect the knife won’t cut it. The servant reveals the turkey came from the Temple of Kinkakuji, praised as sacred and well regarded for years.
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Japan
Use of Rubber Restricted In Road Paving Study
The article notes rubber’s versatile potential yet its limited supply and high cost restrict usage. It cites a London railway station rubber pavement from 1881 worn to five eighths inch by 1902, costing under three times wood yet lasting over twenty years versus four for wood or asphalt.
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London
Maarten Maartens Honored by New York Authors Club
The Dutch novelist Maarten Maartens was elected an honorary member of the Authors Club of New York in spring 1895. A committee was startled by Joost M. M. Van der Poorten-Schwartz but Bill Nye proposed adopting the first half now and delaying the rest until autumn when it would be cooler.
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Bill Nye
Maartens
Maarten Maartens
Author's Club of
New York
Joost Marius M. van der Poorten- Schwartz
Babylon as great and ruinous warning in Nemesia of Nations
The excerpt reflects on Babylon as a mighty yet flawed civilization. It cites science and art used for humanity yet abused, noting sun dials and labor justice, and a paradox of celestial calculation versus self-regulation. It condemns waste of human life and presents ruins as a vast desert autograph warning.
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Babylon
W. R. Paterson
Nemesia of Nations
Cinchona Bark Production Dominates From Java
Java supplies about 90 percent of the world’s cinchona bark, a key commodity for quinine production. The vast output underscores Java’s central role in global bark supply chains, with minor contributions from other regions.
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Java
Riverman in Real Action
Outing Magazine profiles rivermen who ride logs down rivers as a primary livelihood. They balance atop logs, ride currents, jump between timbers, and navigate rapids with daring skill, while the rear men often race chutes shouting with bravado.
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Jack Boyd
Grand River
Outing Magazine
Music of Man and Birds From Harper's by Henry Oldys
The article argues that independent human and bird music evolve toward a common ideal, tracing music to its origins. It notes bird songs can be as complex as early human music and that earlier bird tunes sometimes surpass later human standards in some aspects, per Henry Oldys in Harper's.
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Henry Oldys Ip
Harper's
If the Sun Were Another Color
The piece explores hypothetical sun colors blue red or green and their effects on world colors. It notes blue would limit hues to blue and black while red would flood things red or black, and green would erase many bright reds purples oranges and pinks.
One Benefit of Matrimony
A diner recalls sharing soup with a generous woman at a lite restaurant. He expresses deep gratitude, explaining loneliness fuels his longing to marry for company, joking that he’s contemplated marriage to escape dining night isolation.
New Low Voltage Lamp Uses Osram Filament In Germany
A new low voltage incandescent lamp designed for storage batteries has appeared in Germany. Built with an osram filament instead of carbon, it allows batteries with few cells to supply ample current for automotive and motor boat use.
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Germany
Quote on world peace and effort to achieve it
A fragmentary quote argues for pursuing world peace and the need to overcome all obstacles to achieve it. The speaker emphasizes determination and universal effort, reflecting a wartime or postwar call to action.
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Lindsay Bros
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Northwestern National Life Insurance Co
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Leonard K. Thompson
F. A. Chamberlain
Thwestern Nat'l, Banik
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North
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Nat'l. Bank of Commerce
Geo
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W.J. Gralany
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