Notable Women Highlight at Centennial Exhibition
The Philadelphia Press profiles two remarkable figures at the Centennial. Miss Allen, a young engineer in the women’s pavilion, operates a 200 to 300 horsepower engine and advocates women in engine work as feasible and less tedious than many vocations. Mrs. Maxwell of Boulder, Colorado, is an expert huntress who has killed over 400 wild animals, preserves many specimens, and plans to exhibit them in the Colorado building. }}
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Mies Alleen
St. Catharines
Ontario
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Boulder
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Denver
Colorado
Ero
Derk Bair
False Alarm as Baby Swallows Buttons in Detroit Scene
In Detroit a ten month old baby swallowed several large coat buttons during play. The crowd and mother panicked, applying back blows and home remedies under a doctor’s order. After multiple attempts, the buttons were found and the child recovered, amid tears and relief.
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Thomas Briggs
Twelfth Street
Detroit
Aire
Brigge
Mrs. Driggs
Briggs
Ssun Jae Naat
Father and son chase missing book riddle
A father sends his hopeful to fetch a book from an adjoining room. The boy returns claiming it is not there, then another child is sent. The mother later reveals the book from a different room with the joke that it was on the mental ploof. The father reads as the boy stares, then asks if there is a ghost about.
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Mr. Chester
Frank
Mary
Nellie
Owl
Tour Justo
Widow sues, taunts ex husband at waxwork show
A widow who remarried sues her second husband by frequent references to her first, provoking a sharp remonstrance. He retorts, she vows he will remember her after death. At the American Continental show, young women cover their faces to glimpse a life sized wax Cleopatra with clockwork features.
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Cleopatra
Nomination Buzz Sparks Praise From Unnamed Republican
An excited Republican hails the Ciocimnat nomination as ideal. An exile interview from the Central Flowery land questions a Republican candidate, hinting at strong support but unclear details about individuals and positions. The record preserves the chaotic dialogue and its unclear context.
Fragmented wedding bonnete and Shakespeare mistranslation
The text mocks a wedding bonnete and notes writer Hogg, Beacon, and Sarcastic Slash-Young. It parodies a French Shake passage rendering “Frality, thy name a woman” as “ademoi selle Frality.” It also humorously claims a plan to remove widows’ veils and a gentlemaking man’s declaration “Wilt thou” will suffice.
Antiquities, lawsuits, and oddities in a scattered tale
A jumble of whimsical observations and marginal news items. an Illinois judge blocks a washing bill, two Allen town Walter Knerrs share a name, a German quips about languages, a Lancaster figure gains notoriety, Harvey’s blood circulation noted, editors contrast with readers, Sultan Abdul era mocked, a precocious child jokes about fried dough holes, a boarding house man quips on poultry topics, Greenville singleman taints tobacco, and a Worms Diet misreading prompts Luther joke.
Evening’s Gate Lamps Light the Night Rationing
The passage notes men guarding fronts at night, keeping one eye on the lit street to see who passes and attend to business with the other. It highlights how streets without proper lamps leave them vigilant and exposed to activity after dark.
Cherries Ripen as Boy Glances Toward Crisis
A fragment notes cherries ripening and a small boy with hands folded over his midsection, appearing unconcerned about the republic’s fate as it nears potential collapse.
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Republic
A humorous misadventure and social quips from Norwich
A butcher boy bumps a lady with a tray provoking her exclamation and a witty reply about the tray. A Norwich suitor who courted fifty years before marriage is described as a prudent fellow. A reflection on aging follows with lines about household talk and strength testing a man’s resolve to rise from bed and discuss matters.
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Norwich
No for the New Jerusaiem headbills spark Saulsbury inquiry
During meetings headbills headed No! for the New Jerusaiem circulated in a neighboring town. They did not reach Saulsbury, causing excitement as leaders questioned the place and whether Staiman would work Sundays. The tale ends with a sea voyage joke about Alfred and Georgians.
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Jerusaiem
Saulsbury
St ‘Aiman
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Troy, MO
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Aid Hen
Louis Wolfgram
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William Kuetemnn
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