Lieut Greely blamed for Texas telegraph insulator woes
Henry Guy Carleton in the New York World lampoons Brig. Gen. Adolphus Greely for a Texas weather mishap that damaged a San Antonio Fort Brown telegraph line. He recalls hornets in insulators, a 400 mile stretch, and linemen fleeing the country, ending with a warning of further trouble if more climate jokes follow.
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Texas
Adolphus
Greely
Lapland
North Pole
Esquimaux
Gen. Greely
Wiggins
Middle Atlantic States
Merry Cain
Manitoba
San Antonio
Fort Brown
Washington
Rio Grande
Laredo
Lieut. Greely
Baltimore
England
Henry Guy Carleton
New York World
A Western Wild Goose Story From a Drummer’s Car
An old farmer tells how his boy built a six foot kite with green branches atop and tar to catch geese mid flight. Eleven wild geese perched on the kite as it rose, the boy hoping to lure them north. The tale blends tall yarns with frontier humor in a roadside smoking car.
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Newbraskey
The Explanation Settled It
Dialogue fragment shows a couple bickering about yawning and loneliness. One party recalls bachelor days and insists the other misreads intention. The exchange hints at tension over affection and perception in an intimate relationship.
Markets Report Dense with Grain and Dairy Prices
The excerpt lists varied market quotes for wheat, oats, corn, butter, eggs, and other commodities across Milwaukee Minneapolis and Duluth. Prices show wide spreads from No 2 red wheat around 93 to 76 cents, butter at 12 to 24 cents, oats 32 to 48 cents, and eggs around 12 to 76 cents depending on grade and region.
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Minneapolis
Northern
O Briens Canadian trip draws mixed praise abroad
The Daily News criticizes William OBrien’s Canadian tour as ill advised yet credits his courage in facing rough treatment. It argues English opinion will be outraged by his opponents' brutality, offsetting any harm to the home rule cause.
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The
Daily News
William O'Brien
O'Brien
Bis
St Jacobs Oil touted for neuralgia and cures
A Philipsburg reader praises St Jacobs Oil for facial neuralgia relief, with others citing cures for sprained ankles and rheumatism. The item also notes centenarian research, medical endorsements for remedies, and a brief mention of Secretary Lamar as a supreme court appointment candidate.
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Philipsburg
M. Cross
Jacobs
Lamar
Supreme Court
Timely showers lightened Northern Dakota farmers faces
Random cuttings mention stock brokers in St. Paul, indorsements for Allen’s Long Balsam, and various medical remedies. Notable items include Sen Ingalls opposition to woman suffrage and a Paris theatre fire with two hundred deaths. Also notes on an elevator planned for Chicago and Carbolisalve as a skin remedy.
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Dakota
Pierce's Pleasant Purgative Pellets Promoted Worldwide
A garbled 19th century notice touts Pierce's pellets with exaggerated claims of purity and profit while mentioning a Stanley April 29 date and a shipment departure. It notes Coughe-Brown's Brunoway Trocure as a cough remedy and hints at a joint Canadian imperial resurvey plan for the St. Lawrence up to Quebec.
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St. Lawrence
Quebec
Extract of Moxie Nerve Food Promoted Yet Cited Caution
The feature touts Extract of Moxie Nerve Food as remedy against nervous exhaustion and societal decline. It warns against stimulants overwork and luxury while noting wide sales of the product and a political figure, Lord Landedowr, returning to Ottawa after a Toronto trip amid public interest.
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Liedt. Greely
Andrew Lundberg
St. Paul
Centenarians
Humphreys
Cambridge
Foots
Eee
Abram
Duryea
New York
W. O. Man
O. Man
Oss. C. Olcott
St. Paul Minn
Senator Ingalls
Kansas
H. C. Mooney
Astoria
Allen
Sy Ge Ee
Chicago
Andrew Carnegie
J.P. Allen
Paul
Minn
Senator Cheney
New Hampshire
Europe
Theatre Comique
Paris
Menrman
Pulmo
Haazard
Hasard
Propristora
Driggisa
Cole & Co
Black River Falls
Wis
CoTicura
Cortcona
Porres Cave
Sonderadsraseé Sre
Grannan
Arcade
Cincinnati
Nneapol
Fancyham
West
GIBBS
Impe
Bucher & Gibbs Plow CO
Canton
C. Liddell, Campbell & Cavnah
Gea’l Acts
Altoens, Dak
Ward & CO
Wybash Avenue
Widgalle
Tsare
Perry Danis
W. H. West
Glen‘s Falls
Ives
M. Sites & Co
Wash
Amlib
J. A. Sherm
Anna
Ming
St. St.paul, Minn
Ee Wewil
Chichester
Jou
VEN
EMSS
Pierce
Stanley
Stanley Falls
Brown
Lord Landedowr
Ottawa
Toronto
Tutt
Murray St
Procter & Gamble
Lenox
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