DKs Only Qualification Cowboy Frank Explains Charge
Ex Senator Manderson recounts a plains trip and a cook’s blunt honesty about qualifications. The piece also covers Finlayson’s will leaving $15,000 to Mrs Mason or her daughter Annie, and Lord Aberdeen’s Scottish land wanderings asking about soil and crops. It closes with a domestic gag about octogenarians and reading the paper.
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Manderson
Nebraska
Washington
Capitol
Gen. Manderson
Plains
William
Legacy for Fair False One Will Beneficiary Supposed Dead
In the will of the late James Finlayson a named beneficiary is believed deceased. Mrs A J Mason formerly resided in Tulare where her husband...
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James Finlayson
A. J. Mason
Tulare
Fragmentary Quote Speaks to Time Wasted and Courtesy
A partial line laments wasting others’ time and the value of acting with purpose. The speaker urges direct action and not lingering on trivialities, highlighting a call for efficiency and respect in conversations.
A Sufferer’s Plea Over Piano Tuning and Repairs
A witty exchange shows a lady asking if the piano is in good condition and a tuner replying that he tuned it and deadened the hammers. A rear roomer quips about hammering, adding a light note to the scene.
Artistic Check to Pope Leo From Brooklyn Bishop
A Bishop of Brooklyn sent an unusual $10,000 illuminated check to Pope Leo XII via the Vatican. The parchment document featured US and Brooklyn Bridge imagery, Papal insignia, and Bishop McDonnell’s arms, endorsed with a special order from Leo XII. The check, dated April 3 and deposited May 8 in Rome, directed $2,500 to the Vatican credit.
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Pope Leo
Comny
Pople’s Trust Company of
Brooklyn
Rome
Charles B. McDonnell
Leo XII
Peter
Vatican
United States
Brooklyn Bridge
McDonnell
Leo the XII
Mocanni
Bank of Rome
The Wife and the Mistress
In a dark wooded ride a husband and wife confront a life of crime and betrayal. He admits infidelity to financier Kate, while she plans a quiet exit with a valise and a station exit plan. A pursuing locomotive and tense doors close in as she sends him away and faces the consequences alone.
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Jackson
Kate
Esid
Remarked Witness Points to Wife’s Flight into Diack Woods
A fragmentary exchange recalls a woman fleeing into the Diack woods with quick, terse statements about a husband and wife. The speaker notes the wife drew suspicion and hints at pursuit or investigation, leaving the exact events and motives unclear.
Rhythm of Nature’s Songs and Ragtime Timing
In Frank Lectie’s Monthly a note on nature’s music highlights that birds sing in a four four rhythm with syncopated breaks resembling ragtime. The intelligent rooster crows in time and the oriole adapts a four four pattern with occasional dropped notes, suggesting prime style and rhythmic imitation tips.
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Grandmamma
Frank Lectie
Married women in New York and Boston suburb scandal
The New York Post notes a recently married woman in New York asking a neighbor how to kill crabs and how to drown them after an hour of failed attempts. A Boston suburb wife hosted tea for two callers when her husband arrived and she offered whisky, later returning with two bottles after an extended search.
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New York Post
Crabe
Boston
New York
Rhodes and William Discuss Cape to Cairo Telegraph Pact
Rhodes engages Emperor William in a dialogue about a German Rhodes agreement on building the Cape to Cairo telegraph line through German defense. A clause offering no obstacle to sending an army corps is noted, with Rhodes expressing satisfaction as the mobility cost of £40000 is discussed.
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Rhodes
Willem Cecil Rhodes
William
Cape-to- Cairo
Italian painter Marcus Lorenzag and the skin landscape
Italian painter Marcus Lorenzag, who flourished in the last century, paid 200 francs for a piece of human skin no larger than a dinner plate to stretch over a metal frame for a landscape painting. He spent nearly seven months producing the work, which was exhibited in several venues.
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Marcus Lorenzag
Nce
Panama Hats Rule Fashion In City Life
The Panama hat dominates current fashion as the symbol of style. Rough straw hats are frowned upon for recognition, while colored bands are mostly out, with a college exception. Clothing cuts mirror last summer, and tan or russet shoes are deemed too cheap for urban wear, leaving black boots as the preferred choice.
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New York Sun
Population Split In Hawaii Census Figures
Population totals 160000 with about 90000 Asiatic residents. Of these roughly 60000 are Japanese and 3000 Chinese. The report notes several thousand Puerto Ricans also live in Hawaii.
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Hawaii
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John Whiting
Bob
Annie
Robert
Eleanor
Eleanr
Tackson
Tomoe
Felf
Jevel
Bee
Ahe
Riverton
Lkely
Sway
Alous
Diack
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