Bowser's Work of Art Stones a Yard Sculpture
Bowser buys a recumbent stone dog and paints it into a front yard art gallery with plans for more pieces. Neighbors, crowds, and two drunks mistake, battle, or steal the statue, while Mrs Bowser frets and Bowser vows to defend his public art project despite the uproar and mischief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O. B. Lewis
Mr. Bowser
Art
Shay
Old Cock
Stuboy
Man
Dog
Mrs. Bowser
Arizona Kicketts Parody Notes on Local Ironies
This satirical piece from a 1902 issue humorously describes Lone Jack residents and their magistrates, referencing jail sentences as occasions for literature sharing, and a Chicago paper’s accusation about aldermen. It closes with a jokey claim about firing a bullet at Alderman Murphy, preserving period voice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Murphy
Der German Cobbler and the Philosopher
A humorous 1902 vignette about a cobbler and a friend named Snyder. The narrator, feigning a dialect, reflects on honesty and social observations while sharing a quiet moment under a plum tree with a pipe, hinting at a past moral tale about two men who wronged no one.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. B. Lewin
Mass Snyder
Moscow Tops World Cities in Population Growth and Size
The article notes Moscow as the world’s tenth most populous city, with rapid growth from 200,000 in 1812 to 1,173,800 in the present reckoning. It covers about 1,700 square kilometers, less area than London or New York yet high population density differs from peers like St Petersburg, Glasgow, London, Berlin, and Paris.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
St. Petersburg
London
New York
St Petersburg
Glasgow
Berlin
Paris
London Standard
Death Notice Reflects Fortune and Heir Estimates
A cryptic death notice mentions John W. probal Hiton and the Geers or Toremost Ammarican Society. It notes the late figure of a fortune and that the heir’s share will approach the stated amount, with uncertainty about the exact sum.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John W. Probal
Hiton
Geers
Shane
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Bowser
Cushing
Bill Hewson
Colonel Chilvers
Givendam Gulch
Florence
Tucson
Jim McCoy
New Mexico
Jim
Blue Hien
Sam Andrews
Whitehouse
Grass Valley
Grayson
Eaferybody
der Mans
Essoon
Mans Snyder
den Be
Taeffer
Nis Ark
Arizona
B. Lewis
Lone Jack
Dickens and
Dumas
Kohl
Boc
Nottings
Lise
Fifth Street
Kansas Avenue
the Gas Company
Throop
Topeka, Kansas
Kansas
Morrow & O
Rourk
West Fifth Street
Jackson ST
E. G. Kinley
J. S. Ball
Kansas Ave
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