The Blue Pencil Runs Affected Office Mischief
A talking inkpot and office tools debate fame power and bias in a Boston newspaper office tale. The blue pencil dictates headlines while the editor, the shears, and a mucilage bottle reflect on influence and the craft of shaping public opinion.
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Boston Coke Elaima
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Asia Tesle Provers Hae
I . Uaight
Bulgaria
Republic
Ioaniera
Popeer Mabuch
Bla Savage
Benjamiin Northrop
Global telegraph cables expand communications and costs rise
The article notes the spread of undersea cables since 1888 linking Europe, Asia, Africa, South America and Australia, with dense telegraphic networks around the world. It details per word charges to various destinations, cipher rules, and special postage for messages from Albany, illustrating the growing global reach and expense of telegrams.
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Te Corte
Xoesaaares
DAE
Atlantis
Europe
Asia
Africa
South America
Australia
Wni
Globe
Afar
Sumio
San
Francisco
Washington
Great Britain
Ireland
France
Germany
Alexandria
Egypt
Corea
Japan
Turkey
Canary Islands
Austria
Belgium
Bulgaria
Corsica
Denmark
Gibraltar
Greece
Holland
Hungary
Norway
Portugal
Rusia Ie
Sicily
Warde
Albany
Sea Sickness and Frontier Anecdotes From Frontier Life
The article recounts remedies for sea sickness with Lincoln's opinion noted as ineffective. It includes an anecdote about Lincoln at City Point and a Columbia Georgia pigeon pianist scene. A frontier life tale describes an 1856 Yankton to Fort Randall journey with a gun battle involving a bull and a rider, ending in injury but recovery at Fort Snelling.
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Lincoln
Ceant
City Point
Jont
Hietasarate
St Paul
Fort Snelling
Yankton
Fort Randall
Ce Yromuan
Thamoal
Cole
Amine
Pa Ace
Fort Eae
Fort T
Sone
Stubble disposal methods for grass and clover fields
Farmers across regions debate how to handle grain stubble after harvest when sowing grass and slower-growing forage. Benefits include soil protection, windbreak, and moisture retention, while drawbacks are interference with subsequent crop cutting and potential soil compaction. Methods discussed include burning, plowing under, or leaving stubble to decompose, with potash and soil fertility implications noted.
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Opie Poe
Slao
Tan Wadilny
Wit Groper
Andre's Will Published in Fest Trios Record
Su perintendent Madge reveals a barely published Andre will on record from 1777, found in a Staten Island collection. The archaic document names executors Mary Hannah Andre and Marguerite Andes and includes odd sums and phrasing, with notes about heirs and annual payments. The piece cites confusion over the will’s formation and mentions related editorial commentary from the Chicago Ledger.
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Andre
Tappan
Madge
Surrogate's Office
Amd
Henry White
William Seaton
Mary Loulin
Honeier
Aida Imanhury
Ostriches and their fierce toes in South Africa and San Francisco
An Amhgim letter describes ostriches kept on a farm with three dogs behind buildings. It notes the birds’ kicks as powerful weapons, one breaking a corral board in two. The piece compares ostrich gait to a fashionably stiff step seen in San Francisco ladies and cites travels between South Africa and San Francisco in a dated, humorous tone.
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San Francco Tate
The Typewriter Invention and Phantom River Tale
A fragmented 19th century column discusses the typewriter origin from Henry Mill in 1714 and later Milwaukee efforts, praising speed and use for clerks and schools. The text shifts to a river ghost tale near Cas Herbor, describing a white clad woman on a phantom boat seen by J. Witxon and others, with nocturnal sightings along the Milwerart river and possible hoax.
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Henry Mill
England
Thorn
Mil
Milwaukee
Charles Reade
Ind
Brodapell Carter
London
Fee Modern
Fiyteg Dutchman
Masons
Rivarmen Sith
Cas Herbor
Nevada Hercules claims strongest man in world in Nevada
An Italian named Angela Candolia, aged thirty eight, is described as the strongest man in the world living in Nevada. He stands over six feet tall, weighs about 138 pounds, and demonstrates extraordinary strength lifting heavy weights with ease, with feats including lifting a man and placing him on a chair.
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Nevada
Moston Post
Angela Candolia
Cordelia
Fragmentary medical notes on nerve pain and misattributed cures
An unclear OCR fragment describes nerve irritation and a wife cured by a remedy, with scattered patient anecdotes and references to doctors or authorities. The text is garbled, yielding partial, nonsensical names and phrases with no coherent sequence or reliable details.
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