Starry gallery scam ends with sailor winning fair prize
A sailor outwits a Coney Island rifle game operator by choosing the better gun and using smart timing. After the proprietor loads two rifles and a clerk urges police, the sailor shoots ten pipes in a row and earns the $5 prize, then reels in a second claim with a police-nod verdict.
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Coney Island Bowery
Jack
Jom
Lees
Navy Yard
Togois
Howe
Paliiaman
Colonel Bunker Memoir of Gettysburg Style Anecdotes
An aged colonel recalls battlefield missteps and coffee table debates after Lee crossed the Potomac. He recounts rivalries with Majors Gridley and Caldwell, a hat lost at Antietam, and a string of duels, apologies, and political interruptions as he drinks and defends his conduct. The reminiscence ends with a whiskey toast to future meetings and enduring memories of war.
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Lee
Giada Bob
Majah Bob
Astaiie
Maja
Dubraw
Wueda
Senator Holt
Holt
Jettysbute
Coionel Caldwell
Barnen
Cannes
Daiiy Pauper
Kanath
Ara
Bae
Efe
Tor Nee Meheem
Tebre
Tudse Hil
Captain Thompson
Fated Hale
French
Gettyebure
Mendwenin
Om Lewin
City Fence Removal Sparks Street Modernization Debate
A fragment from a historic article argues that front fences must be removed to develop the modern city residence street. It notes past leniency for rural fences and suggests a shift toward uniform urban streetscape.
Fence plan debated for estate development
Fragmentary letters discuss a proposed fence along a home with a shed and parking, noting the fence would extend the lawn to the roadway and questioning its role in completing the architecture. The exchange questions whether the fence adds value or merely decorates the plan.
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America
Humor of the Day on Obretto of mutern Inusier
A collage of humorous snippets from a 1920s style column features jokes on doctors, critics, and farmers. It includes quips about handwriting on a nail, university use, and adversity as a remedy. Also present are travel deals from the Great Western Railway with prices and sale dates.
Kansas Fairs Schedule From 1905 State Listings
The notice lists Kansas fairs for 1905 including Western State Fairs at Lincoln September 4 to 11 and Texas State Fair at San Antonio September 26 to October. It names county fairs and the Allen County Agricultural Society with secretary J. T. Types and notes the fair association for the county.
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Kareas
Lincoln
Topeka
Erste Hlinois
San Antonio
Lowle Fair
Alien County Agricentural Society
J. T
Ivia
Hind
Irving
Pier County
W. Robison
Dorada
D. Ei
Woodford
Urtington
Bent
SL. Hastert Cowley Fat Association
Cowley
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Reek
Burdens
PEIN
Ortey
Neaha County Fair Association
W. R. Forts Necahe County
Pote Peeoriastion
H. Ledae
Chanute Ural
Park
Drivington
Necaho County
Pees Chanute
B. Pember
Ness City
Bay Central Kansas Patr Association
Gee A Moses
Secrecary
Dive Merserey
Eens
Toronto professor Prof Goldwin Smith analyzed in interview
Fragmentary notes describe Prof Goldwin Smith of Toronto as a commentator on American affairs. The unreliable text hints at a recent interview and his cautions about looming dangers, but many phrases are unreadable.
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Goldwin Smith
Toronto
America
Cannan
Smith
Wanted helper and sales positions in Kansas plants
A jumble of classified items lists wants for fruit budders, distantly described jobs in a tranmi factory, magicians, salesmen for fruit trees, barber trainees, room and board requests, and numerous farm, real estate, and miscellaneous employment notices across Kansas including Seneca, Lawrence, Chanute, and other locales with various employers and requirements.
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Baldwin Nurseryman
Seneca
Kan
Trani
Tas | Smith Co
Quincy Wt
Toung Mag Tc
St. Elmo Palmistry Co
Orient Hotel
Room & J
Moler Barber College
St . Louis
Moxter
C. B
Care Journal
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