Threefold motif in ancient tales and scripture noted
A string of anecdotes recounts executions and deference in the Cairo quarters under Mehemet Ali, a presidential interview scene in which a senator’s indorsement hinges on a room exit, and a London writer’s social receptions. The piece culminates in a compact biblical survey of triads from creation to the holy trinity.
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Mehemet Ali
Egypt
Cairo
Orate Cay
Toy
Mehemet
Godren
Chiro
San Francisco
Presdent Roosevelt
Perkins
Tstener
Adam
Noah
Jianle
Shadrach
Meshach
Abednego
Job
Abraham
Isaac
Jacob
Samuel
Elijah
Samson
Delilah
Jonah
Simon
Paul
Baker
Butler
Father
Senator Clapp
Minnesota
Quay
Crash Ends Conversation at Nevada Gathering
Guests at Prima Nevada event fall silent as Mrs. Stanford trips on plane steps. Henry M. Stanley and others listen while the accident suspends chatter. The report includes remarks on a Kan sas cattle fraud and a quote contrasting French and other races amid a Senate debate on Chinese exclusion.
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Prima Nevada
Henry MM. Stanley
Nevada
Sleight of Hand Poisoning in Toxicology Lore
The passage recounts a tale from George Augustus Sala describing a poisoned peach used to kill a rival's lady. A lover serves half a peach laced with poison to the target and eats the other half, later laughing until exposed and punished.
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George Augustus Sala
Bulls and Bulls: A Parliament's Agricultural Debate
The Austro Hungarian assembly features remarks on horse breed preservation and broader reforms. Speakers urge focus on constituent welfare and press law, warning of a dark future and party opposition's recurring criticisms. The metaphor of a changing point and a sea serpent taunt frames the debate.
Quiet Cuban trip recalls unknown U.S. history incident
A traveler returning from Matanzas recalls visiting Cumbre near the city and mentions a little known incident in American history tied to a United States vice president, claiming most Americans know nothing about it.
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Matanzas
L] Cumbre
United States
Notable swearing in at El Cumbre summit in 1853
The text notes the oath of office at El Cumbre, meaning the summit, where William Rufus King, vice president with Franklin Pierce, sworn in March 24, 1853, under congressional authorization. King died of consumption shortly after.
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Congress
William Rufus King
Franklin Pierce
Do Your Work Well and Earn Respect
Advice urges steady, thorough effort to feel real satisfaction and win employer respect. Observations contrast slipshod work with consistent performance. Cautionary notes warn against adulterated foods and fake products like maple “maple” and combed honey.
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Atchison Lobe
Fragmented quotes from old newspapers on sermons and trials
Curious clippings from Philadelphia Press and Rochester Democrat present brief wry moments. A widow comments on a minister's sermon about John’s journey to an undiscovered country. A Mohawk Valley justice routinely rules for plaintiffs in civil suits, silencing the defendant with a taunt.
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Rakeleigh
John
Philadelphia Press
Mohawk Valley
Justice of the Peace
Rochester Democrat
Her Mother's Visit
Dialogue fragment shows Benham reacting to his mother’s visit in New York Herald style. Mrs. Bencham questions his lukewarm welcome and he retorts with a grim remark about life. The exchange hints at family tension and a stubborn, dark mood.
How to Avoid Trouble With a Remedy for Bowel Complaints
Advice urges families to purchase Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoe Remedy now before summer. It claims the medicine is the most successful bowel complaint cure for children and adults and available at all druggists.
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S.S.S
SWIFT
Atlanta
Origin of gunpowder linked to St Barbara legend
A German officer recounts a tale that Berthold Schwarz linked St Barbara to gunpowder when he mixed salt white heart of Virgin coal-black soul of tormentor and heaven sulphur after reading Lives of the Saints This sensational origin story blends myth with early chemistry. Also health ad offers Chamberlains Stomach and Liver Tablets 25 cents with free samples at drug stores.
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Germany
Italy
St. Barbara
Berthold Schwarz
St. Barbara's
Chamberlain
Train Schedule for Pocatello Arrivals and Departures
Effective November 12 1901 trains arrive and depart from Pocatello as follows with times and terminal notes omitted in the fragment.
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Pocatello
Fire Alarm Box Signals On East Side Sentry
An East Side report lists fire alarm box signals with box numbers and blast patterns. It notes boxes at Round House Shops Depot Freight House Auditorius Hight Clark Fifth Fremont Sherman Cleveland Harrison Wyeth Garfield Bonneville Pipeline Center and others, detailing long and short blasts and a final line says whistle blows number of box without alarm.
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Second
Whitman
Auditorius
Hight
Clark
Guyun
Fifth
Fremont
Kelly
Lauder
Coleman
Sherman
Cleveland
Sn Kincey's
Pipeline
Heeves
Col
Center
Harrison & Carter
W. H. Jones
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Arthur Stannard
John Strange Winter
International Society of Women Journalists
London
Clapp
Senate
Trugues le Roux
le Hx
Kansas
Hoplito
France
Srricks
the Tribune
Theater Party
Whittlesey
East Side
H. H. Whittlesey
Basi Center
the Home Builders
O. of
Denver
Colorado
Idaho
F. A. Falkenberg
Prof. W. Wise
Seavers
Blk
Soda Teeienetnvene
Gra Ptagues Cc
Pharmacy
Murray
Grant Avenue
Cater Street
Arthur
J F. Mcintosh
George Kimpon
George Kimpton
Mint Saloon
GEO Greenig Liquor CO
Mie RG
Gabe Packing & Provision Go
Butchers
Tronder
Moon
Mocatello
Cox
Blue Boot Shop
Cleveland Ave
Bannock Assay
Pat 440
McNichols & Wright
First Avenue
Rust Side
Povatelio
Oregon
Intermountain
Tia
Hotnr
Noop
H.v.puart
Idah
D. E. Burley
Salt Lake
Utah
Ogden
East
Norom
Polite Salt Lake
Orth
All Pointe South
West Side
Petersen’s
Garfield and
Bonneville
Franklin's
Iowa
Nebraska
Missouri
Illinois
Michigan
Wisconsin
Omaha
Chicago
Salt Lake City
R. F. Neslen
Burlington
Salt Hne City
Glenwood Springs
Colorado Spring
Pullman Palace
McBride
Butte, Mont
Gqko
W. Heintz
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