Odd Snatches and a Roaring Courtroom Tale
A collage of humorous sketches and historic notes from Virginia. It cites a Windsor era coffee mill banter about a dog Bowser, a patient Eden joke, and Mina Critique on Meyerbeer. It recalls John Randolph of Roanoke’s famed Kenbridge law office, its courtyard, and its role in his early legal work.
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John Randolph
Roanoke
Kenbridge
Lunenburg County
Virginia
John Tandgiph
Mitch
Bia Law
Wariler Dovo
New Elahth Wonder Bridge to Span Hudson River
Plans for a massive new river bridge near New York promise a world class feat of engineering. Four towers rising 800 feet will carry eight tracks and four driveways with two deck steel trusses spanning over half a mile. The project could cost between 25 and 60 million dollars and aims to move 100000 people per hour.
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New York
Pleza
Widde
Vroad Hudson
Brooklyn
Charles 4. Cochrane
New Broadway
New Stunts of Beggars in New York City
The New York Globe notes beggars employing clever ruses to extract money. One asks for funds to obtain prescribed medicine after hospital discharge, while another carries bread and begs a nickel for coffee to ease travel costs. These schemes aim to appear legitimate to passersby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
New York Globe
Moving Town In Boat Aboard Mount McKinley Account
Fragmented tale recounts a drifting dory with a corpulent miner asking distance to Youngstown and claiming a moving town in the stream. Also notes Leather Candy sugar content claims and Australian customs taxation on sugar fines.
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F. A. Look
Mount McKinley
Yontna River
Youngstown
Dory
Photographic Introduction Feats in Pittsburg Frauds
A Pittsburgh man popularizes a photographic ID card to deter forged introductions. The system uses a photo of the bearer together with a note written on the picture. Recipients recognize the caller, reducing impersonation and confusion in social introductions.
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Pittsburg
City Parks Ban Motor Cars With Skid Tires
The Metropolitan Park Commission of Houston bans cars with tire chains or metal covered tires in city parks. Chauf feurs operating vehicles with split or studded wheels face a $20 fine as repairs to parkways would outpace workforce.
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New York
Metropolitan Park Commission of
Hoston
Janetovka: British Doctor’s Koumiss Cure On Russian Steppes
A British physician founded Janetovka, a vast Russian consumptive resort in the Samara region, where patients drink large quantities of koumiss daily. The camp relies on air, sunlight, and folk horse herding, with 170 staff, Bashkir waiters, and vast fermentation for the beverage. Patients from America, Britain, Asia, Archangel, and the Riviera seek health, with four to five hundred cures typical each season and some gaining 30–40 pounds. No strict daily schedule governs the visitors, who roam the steppes and sample the cure at their own pace.
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St. Petersburg
Brompton
Londo
Janetovka
Sumner
Koumiis Makery
Kourmins Iy
Junetovka
Amur
China
Archangel
Riviera
Spain
Deason
American Inventive Genius and Patent Growth in Transport
The article traces a surge in patents across transport and machinery, noting bicycle era shifts to automobiles, aviation interest, and constant filings in vehicle motive power and steam and gas engines. It highlights weekly patent activity, steam turbines for battleships, and expanding patent tool usage amid rapid innovation.
Signaling With Drums In African Communication
A missionary report to the Presbyterian Foreign Board describes drum communication among West Coast Africans. Drums convey both meeting notices and messages, using hollowed log sections as instruments. A drummer once signaled in rain to summon an umbrella, illustrating drum signals’ practical reach. during native warfare, authorities ban drums to curb village-to-village news.
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Africa
Presbyterian Foreign Board
Phythia
Chile
Eulen
Newadrom
Yankees of the East Influence in Manchuria After War
A Philadelphia Ledger editorial argues Japanese traders officials soldiers and workers push into Manchuria and foresee American industry facing competition from Japan. The piece contends East Asia will be guided by Western business and race to dominate markets, challenging China without Chinese boycott pressures.
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Manchuria
East
Philadelphia
Two Men Die In Mine Explosion At Osborne Coal Shaft
Salineville May 27 Frank Skinner and John Rowe were killed and Wesley Wright probably fatally burned in a mine explosion at the Osborne Coal company shaft near here. Ed Lewis, descending the shaft in the cage, was thirty feet down but escaped with a broken ankle.
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Salineville
Frank Skinner
John Rowe
Wesley Wright
Osborne Coal Company
Ed. Lewis
The Joys of the Plunger and Betting Odds
A Baltimore Herald excerpt discusses betting at races, noting only about five in fifty win and the thrill of risking money. It explains bookmakers’ margins, the appeal for average bettors, and the old saying that fools and their money are soon parted. It also mentions a speed comparison by a photographed expert and lists speeds for various riders and animals.
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Baltimore Herald
Daily Market Report at Union Yards May 27
Cattle receipts 12,000 with 6,000 expected tomorrow. market steady. Prime leaves 6.90 to 7.20, poor to medium 4.70 to 6.86. Hogs receipts 22,000 with 26,000 expected. market strong about 6 cents higher. Sheep receipts 16,000 with 10,000 tomorrow. market steady. Calves strong. roots to extra 6.75.
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Union Yards Union Stock Yards
Chevelnd
Chicago Grain Summary May 27 Wheat and Corn figures
Grain prices in Chicago and Toledo for May 27 show Wheat May trading from 1.04 to 1.06 with closing 1.06 1.2, other months uneven around 1.04 to 1.06. Corn May 0.74 to 0.81, July near 0.68, Sept near 0.89. Toledo spot and futures show Wheat cash around 1.00 1-4, July 0.92, Sept 0.90 1-8, Corm cash 0.75, May 0.75, July 0.70 1-4, Sept 0.68 1-62, Oats cash 0.86 1-2, July 0.49 1-8, Sept 0.29.
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Chicago
Toledo
New York Dairy Shortage Report Clues Hidden in Chaos
A garbled New York dairy note cites multiple product lines and receipts with references to butter, creamery, and state rules. The fragment mentions 2 percent milk, 17.12 figures, and modest demand across regional packages, hinting at a disrupted inventory or regulatory accounting issue.
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New York
Local Grain and Produce Markets Corrected
Corrected daily prices from Merion Milling & Grain Co and Chas Turner show wheat eight cents per bushel corn seven and a half cents per bushel oats four cents per bushel rye and clover seed with various seed prices. Local produce lists butter lard onions and potatoes with selling and paying prices for several items including popcorn syrup and sugars.
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Merion Milling & Grain Co
Chas
Turner
Dee
Flour Prices From Local Dealers List
A catalog of flour and related products with unit prices per barrel or bag. Burlap brands listed include Plour B P Marlon lyrics unclear. Monach flour, Knickerbocker, Carnation, Golden Flake, Gilt Edge, Gold Medal, Alladhy Patent at 1 4 bbl and 1 4 bh price points ranging from 1.00 to 1.70.
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B. P
Marlon
Alladhy
Auctioneer ad for Marion area sales expert
An auctioneer description from Marion and nearby counties lists J. W. Clai with H. L. Protemas of Cincinnati as a highly recommended stock salesman. The ad mentions associations with Marold Wagoner and promises top service in sales, located at Office 114 Court Street Marion Ohio.
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Marion
J. W. Clai
H. L. Protemas
Cineinnat
Marold Wagoner
Ohio
Court Street
Marion C
Government pawnshop drains funds as Paris stories unfold
The piece describes a government pawnshop system with Mont de Piete in Paris accepting thousands of watches and wedding rings weekly, serving the poor while upper-class women risk public scrutiny on visits. It notes whisky drinking rising in Scotland with Highlanders adopting beer and claret smuggling along the coast, hinting at changing social habits and commerce.
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France
Mont de Plete
Thia
Paris
Mont de Pieve
Fluter
Scotland
St Cawe
el Liaplow
Te Weet
Continent
The Japanese Paria and the Birth of Parliament
The article notes Japan’s parallel to Westernization through its parliament formed about 1590 91. It cites parliamentary salaries around £80 yearly plus travel allowances and a voter base around one percent of the population. Electors must be 25 and act under a direct constitution like yen based funding.
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Japan
Aod
Eliadeou Yen
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Randay
Sonny
Bowser
Detroit Tribune
Adam
Rve
Eden
Denver News'Times
Mina Critique
Meyerbeer
Porkam
Mina
Houston
Hudson River Bridge
Australian Commonwealth
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London Spectator
Russia
America
Ofsted
Paetmate Tools Co
Signaliang
Daily Market Report
Aheep Dowdy
Plour
Tony
Mirror
Clauidte
Blaine Avenue
Rnie
Jan- Stor
George B. Chrlatian
Waterworka
G. Myens
Cleveland
C. G. Briggs
North Main St
Crom & Co
North
Columbus
Pilgrim
the Paddock Transfer Storage Co, ‘Transfer Storage and Orating
Margaret Moore
Firat Presbyterian Lehiuroh
BR. W. Gro
Peoples’ Transfer & Storage Co
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Ras Vitah
Merton
California
Atexica
Atvotyre
Eee
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