Memorial Unveiling At Wiks Lodge Honors Departed Brothers
The Benevolent and Protective Order of Wiks held somber memorial ceremonies for departed brothers with a decorative hall, wreaths, and a Greek maiden memorial statue by Gustave Zierold. Exalted worshiper Kirt Hart opened the event. speakers included John B. Wright and W. J. Kirkpatrick.
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Benevolent and Protective Order of
Wiks
Kirt Hart
Wwter
Gustave Zierold
M. P Preeman
Tucson
Zierold
John B. Wright
W. J. Kirkpatrick
Sene Endians Superstition About Mourning Bird
An old Sene Endian belief holds that after a young maiden dies a captured bird is kept until it sings and is read with caresses. The bonds are loosened over her grave hoping the bird will fly to the spirit land and deliver the burden of affection to the departed.
Rapid Army Mobilization From Berlin Telegram
The text praises a rapid German army mobilization in 1870. It notes a July 17 telegram named Krieg Mobil sent from Berlin, triggering a 500000 man army unit move to the Wraneh frontier within two weeks. Soldiers were already warned and had completed military training.
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Fa‘mous
Krieg
Mobil
Berlin
Commissariat
Wraneh
Beem
Loudon
Stockton's Kind Heart and the Marcus Aurelius Tale
A reflection on Frank R Stockton's kindness in Hearth and Home days. He created a humorous Marcus Aurelius column until a serious office boy protested the mockery. Stockton apologized and vowed to avoid hurting feelings, showing profound respect, tenderness, and charity toward others.
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Frank R Stockton
Hearth and Home
Marcus Aurelius
Mr. Stockton
George Cary Eggleston
Collier’s Weekly
The Evolving View of Artillery Its Lyddite and Rifle Role
The piece notes artillery effects are largely moral while new explosives like lyddite and faster guns revived belief in material power. It argues lyddite fails against earthworks on soft ground and that sensational tales of blast trauma were exaggerated, conceding the rifle has gained reputation.
Photographers find bath wash method for film drying
Amateur photographers learn a simple technique to wash and fix film by pinning strips to a board and floating them film down in a bathtub. Chemicals rise to the surface and are removed as the film dries, allowing unattended processing.
Calf Mistaken for Deer Ends in Tragic Farewell
An amateur sportsman shoots a calf believed to be a deer. In the final moments the dying animal pleads to its mother, uttering a plea about dying game as the struggle ends. The scene is reported by the Chicago News.
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Chicago News
Tit For Tat In The Hague Peace Congress
Lord Pauncefote drew notes with a fountain pen whose handle came from a dumdum bullet shell. A foreign envoy protested that such a murderous tool should not symbolize the congress and its quest for peace. The next day the critic begged to borrow a pen and faced the diplomat who offered a gray goose quill.
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Hagu
Pauncefote
Lord Pauncefote
Not Quite Complimentary
A nurse presents a newborn sister to Bertie the six year old. Bertie, taught by servants that the baby will take his status, privately muses that pretty babies grow up ugly. He then tells the nurse she was a very pretty baby, in playful yet edged irony.
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Bertie
On a Few Conversationalists and Language Jests
A Cornhill Magazine note recounts Browning’s amusing tale about flowers called bloody noses and quips on English pronunciation from London sources. It also cites jokes about language and an agent’s remark on railway tunnels in the Baltimore American.
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Cornhill
Browning
Lex
Moses
Not Broke. Harduppe! A Dialogue of Wits and Woes
In a humorous exchange, Harduppe insists on a hundred dollars, Riggs mocks the claim as cracked before a quick quip about insomnia. A punchline suggests a cat nearby as the distraction while the doctor prescribes a powder given to a cat in milk.
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Riggs
Harduppe
Browning's Generous Nature Revealed by Servant Tale
Century Magazine recounts Browning's kindness to his servant Giuseppina who carried a heavy basket and resisted his help. He insists on sharing the burden and notes that giving is distinct from being just. The servant recalls a small coin returning and a later grand gift as examples of his generosity.
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Browning
Giuseppina
Signore
Century Magazine
Palm oil chop at feast ends with skull shock
Europeans on a beach feast in Opobo are served palm oil chop as dessert. A human skull appears from the dish shocking the guests who fear poisoning. The chief reassures them, stating the skull is not human but monkey.
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Opobo
Chambers’ Journal
Expressive Postscript Reveals Putnam Executed Spy Palmer
In 1777 General Israel Putnam records a received message from Sir Henry Clinton about Edward Palmer, a British lieutenant posing as a spy. Palmer was captured, tried as a spy, and executed. a flag of truce arrived at Verplanck's Point as Clinton demanded his fate.
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Israel Putnam
Palmer
Henry Clinton
Packskill
Hudson
Verplanck’s Point
Putnam
Clinton
Edward Palmer
Sag
P. S
Absentminded Professor Plans Engineer For His Child
A Norwegian weekly narrates a whimsical scene where a professor declares his wish for the boy to become an engineer, then remembers they have no son. A brief home remedy suggests vervain for bee stings, noting harvest time and old Southern practice.
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Saya
Tyrihans
When a Man Weighs Less
A man weighs less when the barometer is high and air pressure increases. With air pressure around fifteen tons on a man, a rise from twenty-nine to thirty-one inches of mercury adds about one ton to the load he bears.
Miss Uppersee and Mrs Oldtimer Chorus on Stage
A Boston Transcript quote recalls a lively audience reaction to a singer and a school memory where the teacher made a student repeat a tessay multiple times, highlighting theatrical amusement and reminiscence.
Quoted Exchange Adds Color to Chicago Scene
In a vivid Chicago quip a speaker quells a waiter’s nerves with a humorous line about heart palpitations and fresh air, capturing a brisk, street level moment in the city.
Sunset Limited Schedule From San Francisco to New Orleans
Southern Pacific No 10 Sunset Limited on Coast Division leaves San Francisco at 7 p m and 9:00 a m, with arrivals in New Orleans around 6:45 p m and 8:35 a m. The trains offer diner observation compartments and drawing room sleepers, continuing to New York Chicago New Orleans and other destinations. Tourist sleepers extend to Washington Cincinnati Chicago Memphis St Paul St Louis and more.
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San Francisco
Ucsen
Arning
New Orleans
New York
Chicago
Washington
Cincinnati
Memphis
St. Paul
St. Louis
Tucson
St. Pul
West Bound 9 Sunset Limited and 7 Pacific Express Schedule
West Bound No 9 Sunset Limited leaves New Orleans at 11 45 a m for Tucson arriving San Francisco 8 25 a m with four hour forty minute layover in Los Angeles No 7 Pacific Express departs New Orleans at 9 00 p m arrives San Francisco 11 45 m and includes diner and chair car from Los Angeles to San Francisco Contacts Co M Burkhalter D F P A Tucson and R Lowrie Agent Tucson for details.
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New Orleans
Tucson
San Francisco
Los Angeles
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Monkey
Ladies' Home Journal
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Tory
Crescenf Cigar CO
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Clemons
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Sunset Limited
Gresgent City Express
Bakersfield
Pagific Express
Coast Division
M. Burkhalter
R. Lowrie
Gardiner, Worthen & Goss Co
Santa Claus
Zeigler
Ziegler
Amerloan Kitchen
J. PF. Lee
Oberon Hopes
North Fifth Ave
Glass House
E. A. James
William Mason
Lebert & Stark
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