Maxie the Drummer Who Wouldn’t Quit
A New York Weekly fragment tells of Maxie a tall thin errant drummer hired by a clothing house uncle Maz a dreamer and eager worker who cannot quit despite harsh treatment. He endures three months of rounds daily inspections and evictions until an elevator accident nearly ends him. He remains loyal to the pay and to his love, later tied to a rich husband.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Meiner
Addation
Evelates
Maz
Maxie
Matto
Biaxie
Mac Telagrama
Maxis
Max
Samall
Srummer
Mazin
Maxto
Dave
Maxis Ted Ignare
Ean
Kansak
Kanmaa
Saleeman
Kine Co
St. Louis
Permanent Brown, Co
Chicago
Fragmented London Visit Sparks Mixed Social Notes
The excerpt gathers garbled lines about a visiting performer and local reactions. Mentions Miss Townley and Miss Gincos in scattered quips, with unrelated banter on fashion, domestic life, and social scenes. The text is fragmented and era-bound, reflecting a gossip miscellany tone from a late 19th or early 20th century paper.
Paragon Sparkles at Mrs Hudsons Dinner Party
In a lively social vignette, Mrs Hudson plans a dinner to pair two strangers, Lilian and a guest named James. Amid flirtation and nostalgia, James reveals a past love, gifting Lilian a flower and confessing a wish for a flower pot bloom. He claims the paragon role as her betrothed, sparking inevitable union.
Cambridge and the Peete a university poet cradle
Cambridge has long been called a home for poets and a nursery of song. The piece notes Ommbeldgs as a martyr and contrasts Cambridge with Oxford where poets were expelled. It cites Clough Matthew Arnold Shelley and Trinity missteps, recalling a range of famous writers tied to British universities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cambridge
Ommbeldgs
Oxford
Clough
Matthew Arnold
Shelley
University
Jacobis Lander
Trinity
Ell
Arch Enemy of Hagland and the Kaiser's China Plan
London reports The Contemporary Review prints an anonymous piece titled The Arch Enemy of Hagland accusing the Kaiser of seizing Kiao Chau with Russia to block England. It argues Germany plans to dominate France and Russia, seeks English humiliation, and predicts Anglo Saxon alliance risks amid American Spain war minus support. The article says American involvement unsettles German schemes and emphasizes the risk of German imperial pressure on Britain to concede in Africa and China.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Justisied
Hagland
Kiao Chau
Russia
England
Huskie
Germany
Kalver
France
America
United States
Manila
Pacific
Atlantic
Africa
China
Crisi
Far East
Vineyard Haven Grapples With Devastating Harbor Storm
A violent November storm battered Vineyard Haven mass wrecking many coastwise vessels from St Johns and Maine. Dozens of ships were driven ashore or split, with several crews lost or missing. Rescue crews saved fifteen lives, while multiple schooners and others lay wrecked or dismasted along the harbor as debris covered the beaches.
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Vineyard Haven
Mass
St. Johns
Maine
Tife Auvers
Anhor
Nelson
Island City
Rocktant
Cottage City
Nelnon
Leora M. Thurlow
Capitan Roberts
BE. J. Hamilton
M. Eldridge
Nellie M. Slade
Delta
Thomastown
James
A. Brown
Newhare
James Ponder, Jr
Canuri
Lucy Hammond
Abby K Bentley
Bertha E. Glover
Sadie Withcut
Marion Draper
Thywn
Chase
Raymond
Charles Tina Quietia
Winnie Lauren
Nellie Doe
E.G. Wileres
Edith AicIntyre
RK. L. P
Falcon
Ife
Edgar
Bywus
Oteth
Ie Isle
Turquoise King of the Jarillas Mapped by Turquoise Mine Murder
A. J. Dedules known as the Turquise King of the Jarillas was slain at his turquoise mine near El Paso. A Mexican quarrelled with him over a trivial matter and shot him in the back while he ate breakfast. The killer was captured by workers and railway men who guarded him to prevent lynching. Dedules, a New York native, rose from prospector to wealth after developing the Jarillas turquoise mines.
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Denver
el Paso
Texas
A. J. Dedules
New Mexico
DeMules
Winchester
DeMulea
New York
Heles
Deer die on shipment from Missouri to Nebraska
Atchison November 29. Three deer heads arrived at the Pacific Express wareroom after a shipment from Slater Missouri to Michael Keller of Lawrence Nebraska. The buck died before archiver, several more died on arrival, the old doe and a two year old fawn died Sunday afternoon, another fawn Sunday night, and two more perished after last night on the Central branch en route to Lawrence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atchison
Pacific Express Company
Atchis
Slater
Michael Keller
Lawrence
Neb
Prosser
Central Branch
Rock Island
Doe
Barnum’s Widow Soon to Wed French Noble in Paris
Bridgeport Conn Nov 19 it is stated that the widow of P T Barnum is about to marry a French nobleman in Paris The real showman s widow took for her second husband Demetrius Callas Hey a Greek who died in September 1498 in Constantinople after a wedded life of a year Madame Callina had been to Paris for more than two years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bridgeport
Conn
P. T. Barnum
Paris
Demetrius Callas Hey
Constantinople
Madame Callina
Bloodhounds urged by Chief Strauss in crime fight
Marshal Strauss advocates bloodhounds as a useful tool for tracking criminals. He believes they deter barn thefts and thieves who target stables, noting high prices for good hounds and warning against unreliable trackers. He says eastern use proves effectiveness and urges adoption locally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Strauss
Marshal Strauss
For Rent Houses in Cartographic Districts
For rent houses description mentions one furnished room meets modern conveniences near Capitol Square. Includes trap code Goat Woory bound if desired and a seven room house with barn on Clay at Chr. Btales, 218 Kansas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quincy
Stich Clay
Kansas
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Gell
Bis Caplcyesr Secum
Sorrar
New York Weekly
Afring
Jen
New Orleans Times-Democrat
Stupia
Ada
Gincos
Paragon
Dire Hudson
Lillian
Sant
Lilian
Mra Hodson
Abe
Soreas
Coniy
Bert
Indy
Mia Judson
Josephine Mullaney
Tame Deer
Barnum
Ani
Breliep
Eheim
Beecham
Rania
M.D
Care Journal
Board House
Jane
Topeka Ave
Loveizi
van Bures
Kausas Ave
Mercer
Crosby Bees
Moen
Jal Barber School
Overton Bug, Co
East Seventh
Mt. Tee
Hararend
Todd Gabbes
Nort Oka
Tm! Ness
Woris
Cié
Kansas Ave
10Th
Monroe
Santa FE
Topeka Tras
Katipas
Topeka Rust Co
Seeaee
Chica
Topeka Trust Co
Fa Kauss
Igaes
Bee
Maaial
Tweiffth
W. E. Wise
van Bureo St
Lawautts
Mucress
Utimwood
Hurnee
Fia Kanaan
Topeka
Rica
Easfers Hansas Tara Terthekea
Notich
Btenger
Whitin West Fenthat
Mabel Martin
Epee Vitrise Brick and ‘Pacing ‘Co. Aes
Campbell Transites
W Mae Bee
Seige Elen Peng
Gurgeone
I A. Kipek
Ortige and Resideren
Cornes Gordon
Ehvnh
Bribhernor
Euccen
Tradtment Fox
E. Sheldon
Parvate
Tswan
Dac Barnes
Kanwas Aye
TAMnS B_ HAYDEN
Jeweler
Ticlan
Jen ‘Aronoure Co
Topeka Starlat Co
Wallige
Skinner
BAIRD
SMW
Gtk
Tel Sem
Mes
J. R. Hague
Fiori
Washburn
Buckinlan
Shorey
A. c. Dating CO
Biotcles
Los Adgeien
T. K King
Ceeaney & Jeffers, North Towel
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