Buffalo Jones the famed Kansan and buffalo rancher
Buffalo Jones was a renowned Kansan famed for domesticating buffalo and boosting irrigation in Garden City. Born in Tennessee, he built a desert farming legacy, led a five day buffalo hunt, and promoted Kansas agriculture with a dramatic Chicago convention banner backing Blaine and Logan. He later switched to the Populist party.
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Unique Caron
C. J. Jane
Tazewall County
Milneis State Normal School
Jones
Fifeen
Garden City
Jones’ Farm
C. J
Manitoba
Canada
Chicago
Austin Corbin
Kansas
Ocean
James G. Blaine
Blaine
Logan
Buffalo Jones
Columbia
State Street
Wabash Avenue
Dearborn Street
Maine
Buffalo
Noted Populist Leader Dies Quietly at Topeka Home
The text recalls a man once fervent for Populist ideals who marched with the Blaine banner through Chicago. In later years he lived quietly near Topeka and did not play a prominent role in public life.
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Chicago
Blaine
Topeka
Lincoln's Private Car A Deteriorating National Relic
The article recounts Lincoln's private car built in Alexandria Va used during the Civil War era. It served as an office and reception room on Gettysburg trip and carried his remains to Springfield. Over time it deteriorated, exposed to weather in Omaha yards, with prior talks in 1898 of raising funds to restore and build a proper Washington preservation site.
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National Hello
Union Pacific Railway
Omaha
Lincoln
Tme
United States Military Car Shops
Alexeandria
Gettysburg
Washington
Springfield
United States
Not Starve In Turkey Despite Corrupt Government
A historical note extols Turkish resilience and agricultural abundance. It describes grape vines, simple farming tools, and vast pastures with sheep, yet highlights limited meat consumption and reliance on pilaf and watermelons as economical diet choices. The piece portrays Turks as frugal savers of diet and resources.
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Turkey
Remnants of 1812 Campaign Mark Hancock Wood Trails
In Hancock and Wood counties Ohio a six mile forest swath testifies to Gen Hull and the 1812 army as they moved toward Fort Meigs. Nearby Findlay farms still hold segments of the corduroy road of felled logs, buried two to five feet deep. Col Findlay later camped by Blanchard’s Fork and named Fort Findlay on the stockade site.
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Hancock
Wood Counties
Ohio
Hull
Fort Meigs
Findlay
Col. Findlay
Blanchard
Auglaize
Pillar of Finance in Hullaboloo Sees County Bets
The judge recalls Jefferson Whimpers as a souidest and reliablest citizen. A village grocer praises him as a pillar of finance, noting his stakeholding in 99 percent of county bets, while the spice drummer quips about treasurer duties in Hullaboloo.
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Pillar of Finance
Jefferson
Hullaboloo
First cooperative railroad in operation between Muncie and Brazil
The Chicago and Southeastern line, once unable to pay its employer, has been turned over to the employees who now operate a 120 mile stretch between Muncie and Brazil Indiana. The move marks what observers call the first cooperative railroad as workers take control to recover funds.
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Muncie
Brazil
Ind
Chicago & Southeastern
Dear Takes Possession of a House In Wild California
Poem fragment from a children’s verse celebrating vowels and family unity. The piece presents playful personifications of the vowels A E I O U as five little sisters living in diverse settings, asserting their voices are heard in every sentence the reader writes.
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California
St. George
Bear in California Honey Ranch Ends With Narrow Escape
William Hamilton runs a honey bee ranch in California. A bear enters his kitchen while his wife is away, disarms her with a swipe, and the chase ends with the bear seen at the chimney and then slipping away into the brush after a near miss by a rifle shot. Philadelphia Times reports.
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William Hamilton Uves
California
Mr. Brain
Sho
Hamilton
the Hamilton
Bear
Mr. Bruin
Philadelphia Times
Latour dAuvergne Delivers Heroic Mountain Pass Defense
A French grenadier Latour dAuvergne, age thirty, holds a mountain pass against a pursuing Austrian detachment in 1796. With only thirty muskets in a deserted stone mill, he shrewdly feigns greater force, repels repeated assaults, and suffers heavy Austrian losses as the defense continues until the powder runs out.
First Grenadier of France Honors Latour at War’s End
Latour d Auvergne alone defended a French mill against Austrians until surrender was granted with honors. The Austrian commander praised him as the bravest of the brave and sent muskets to the French army. Napoleon offered command, but Latour declined to leave his comrades, earning the title First Grenadier of France.
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France
Latour d'Auvergne
Napoleon
Horatius
Austria
Latour
Strugéle
Latour d
Fred Myron Colby
Philadelphia Times
Thompson's Island Toads Arrive to Guard Gardens
In Concord reformatory aid, Mr Bradley receives fifty toads sent by Mr Hart and distributed by a ring drawn on the ground. Boys claim their toad by the one that hops into the circle. Sixty toads later released into flower beds and vegetable gardens to curb pests per George G. Noren in Thompson's Island Beacon.
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Thompson's Island
Bradley
Mr. Hart
Concord Reformatory
Mr. Bradley
W. G. Fancher
Stanwood School
Topefield
Mass
George G. Noren
Thompson's Island Beacon
Farm School
Boston Harbor
Mystery Parrot Wakes Night in Madison Square Park
In a warm summer night scene at Madison Square Park New York two policemen chased a midnight cry of Help Murder heard from the park. They found a parrot up in a maple tree crying Polly wants a cracker and later captured it before it vanished.
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Mysterio
Madison Square Park
New York
Polly
I Like Your Nerve and Cheek in Oscillatory Exchange
A Philadelphia Record item quotes a beautiful girl gasping I like your nerve while resisting the inevitable and a young man replying I like your cheek in a playful oscillatory exchange. The fragment captures a flirtatious scene with sharp banter.
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Philadelphia Record
The Time to Laugh. A Fortuneteller on Trial
A man posed as a mind reader posting handbills in New York. In court he claimed comic diagnosis and joked with the judge. The judge decided the misdiagnosis was not the issue and fined five dollars, choosing light punishment.
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New York
Hobbe
Gladys and the Fatal Mosquito Bite Plan
In a melodramatic exchange a suitor declares his love and, amid flustered refusals, reveals a bizarre plan to seek a fatal malaria mosquito bite rather than self harm. The scene ends with Gladys reacting to the odd confession.
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Gladys McGoogie
Gladys
House hunting with five boys provokes neighborhood choice
A house seeker backs out after learning she would share a street with other families. A grocer tests an applicant with a joke about honesty while a girl claims Plymouth Rock ancestry in a boastful aside. The scene mixes humor and social expectations of the era.
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Utley
Playhouse Rowland Scene Sparks Tense Exchange
In a spirited exchange, Rowland questions Roxey about nearly harming the manager. Roxey retorts that the manager demanded him to play in Uncle Tom's Cabin and wear a bloodhound skin, deeming the role beneath talent.
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Rowland
Roxey
Sympathetic Souls Lovers Gossip in a Boarding House
Edith and Bertha discuss a romance with Fred, noting their golf outings and near squabbles. Trem Rad and Jones joke about Brown’s marriage, claiming his wife now runs a boarding house to support the family. The brief exchange captures light social banter in a domestic scene.
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Edith
Fred
Bertha
Brown
Funny Grapes and Fiery Family Feud in Blended Dialog
A jumble of comic exchanges shows Tody proposing to Jennie amid rejections and sharp wit. Mrs DeBiinks declares denial, while Mr Hicke quips about a mother in law. A trivial pin disturbs a man’s calm as Dolly recovers, and a nurse’s joke about getting up follows a witty tug of marriage and manners. The piece skewers bachelor woes and legal pretensions with playful banter.
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Tody
Jennie
Woot
Vickw
Dolly
Leleare
Heart Condition Sparks Urgent Help Request
A man pleads for aid, describing a dangerous heart condition. He explains a doctor warned any further strain could be fatal, asking a kind stranger to help him with eight little items. The exchange emphasizes urgency and the risk of exertion.
Little Laughs A Comic Page of Wit and Puns
A collection of brief humor items and quips featuring characters like Maude Clara and Ida. Jokes touch on health recovery from a physician rim, burglars chatting with a friend about a robbery, sisters and brothers gossip, football brutality, bachelor clubs, inheritance schemes, and wordplay on secrets and business plans.
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North Side
Diack
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President Lincoln
Caate
Soule
Lundy
Grocer
Maude
Clara
Rim
Clars
Ida
Tesa
Whitlom
Singleton
Old Man
Myer
Nell
Bess
Henry Walker
St. Louis
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