Reclusive 84 Year Old Kellogg Remembers Wilderness Life
Benjamin Kellogg, who spent 72 years alone in Michigan forests after a shipwreck as a boy, recalls his trek from Lake Superior shores to an isolated cabin. He met Indians, traded for gear, and avoided civilization until visiting his Wells Missouri childhood home at 84. He finds telephones uncanny and marvels at trains, telegraphs, and cars.
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Chicopee
Mass
Ontonagon County
Michigan
Benjamin Kellong
Bef Hayward
Kellogg
Wells
Lake Orie
Lake& Superior
de Hut
Lover Wins a Wife at Game of Cards in Little Italy
In Philadelphia Domenico Rossi wins the hand of Elisabetta Concillo by defeating her father Giuseppe Concillo three games of tre sette. The 17 year old bride and Rossi marry soon after with parental consent. Rossi, a Little Italy merchant, secures the match amid a tense card table showdown.
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Philadelphia
Elisabetta Concillo
Domenico Rossi
Little Italy
Guiseppe Concilio
Rossi
Skil
ConcHio
Concilio
Hfe
Cencilio
Little
Italy
Lady Hobos Steal Ride On Union Pacific Freight
Nineteen unemployed women in Omaha board a Union Pacific freight to Denver. They concealed themselves in box cars, faced trainmen’s orders with defiance, and were forced off after a noisy confrontation at Millard. The group then walked toward Omaha vowing to continue their journey to Denver.
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Millard, Neb
Union Pacific
Omaha
Denver
Millard
Careless Stage Manager Ejects Fellow After Near Fire
A stage manager ejects a man after a stage carpenter reports catching another person striking a match near a fireproof curtain. The incident underscores fire-safety concerns during preparation for rehearsal.
A Little Cold That Was All Turns Fatal
A verse recounts life slipping after a simple cold as neighbors reflect on death. The poem shows illness progressing despite pride, with a doctor’s warning and a final resting scene, attributed to W. W. Stanyon in Puck.
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W. W. Stanyon
Puck
Dessert menu prompt hints at final pie choice
The speaker asks what kind of pie to have after choosing crullers chocolate cake buns strawberry tarts and ice cream implying a later pie decision. The line captures a light meal planning moment and preference variety.
The Explanation Reveals Self Kissing History
A humorous local note recounts a woman claiming she had never been kissed and later clarifies she did all the kissing herself. The remark plays on a radio toast and underscores a cheeky self sufficiency in romance.
Careful Editor Inserts Word in Libel Bound Copy
The Morning Sensation chief reporter guards against libel by editing a page of copy and adding a word to read Cain the alleged murderer of Abel. This shows newsroom caution over potentially defamatory phrasing.
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George
Morning Sensation
Cain
Abel
Great Invention by Boggs Won Praise
The Philadelphia Telegraph reports Boggs claimed his burglar alarm invention was a success until burglars broke in and pinched it, sparking questions about its effectiveness.
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Boggs
Joggs
Philadelphia Telegraph
Sweet Amenities Exchange Between Bella and Stella
Bella compliments Stella on her youthful appearance saying she looks older, then notes she is well and improved. Stella responds with politeness and mutual regard, remarking on how well Bella appears. The exchange reads as cordial and affectionate without conflict.
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Bella
Stella—Iii
A Literary Failure
A line from the Washington Star jokes that a writer struggles with an alphabet clash between letters and the phrase C GOD, noting his pace with I O U and other letters in a playful literary quip.
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Washington Star
Danger In Spending Says Uncle Eben On Rich Folks
The Washington Star quotes Uncle Eben noting that headaches arise when men try to spend and warned against clinging to money by the famous rich. He argues restraint in spending and highlights the tension between wealth and worry over finances.
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Eben
Washington Star
Neighborhood Woes Highlight Tenant Reflections
A local resident laments the decline of their area since moving in, while another character remarks that the deterioration was perhaps predictable. The exchange captures urban strain and neighborly tension in a compact street scene.
Marys Lamb and the Windy Day Incident
A brief item notes a playful tale about Mary and her lamb as a breeze affects its wool. The snippet hints at a light domestic mishap captured in a Chicago Daily News fragment.
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Chicago Daily News
Too Much Cornstarch And A Marshmallow Kiss
The passage recalls Little Johnnie resisting an overdone cornstarch kiss from well meaning friends of his mother. He endures the ritual with grace but complains afterward that kissing tastes like a marshmallow as he rubs powder from his face.
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Johnnie
Ike
Bus Conductor Denies Stop at Green's Pawn Shop
Dialogue shows a conductor refusing a specified stop and the passenger pressing for the location. The exchange mentions Green's pawn shop as the requested stop, indicating travel or streetcar route ambiguity.
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Green’s
Railway station praised amid city beauty debate
A Washington Star quote voices mixed pride over a new railway station. A skeptical man argues the station highlights the ugliness of sheds and tunnels, dampening the city’s overall appeal.
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Compla
Washington Star
Modern Stable Design Aids Horse Care Efficiency
A Breeders' Gazette correspondent describes a stable plan featuring an eight foot sliding front door, a left entrance with four harness closets, and stalls arranged to avoid turning horses. The grain room sits before the stalls, a feed door opens above the manger, hay is stored in corner racks, and stairs connect the grain room to the hay loft.
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Breeders’ Gazette
Pig finishing combinations yield cheapest gains with tankage
Corn and tankage top the list for fastest gains, followed by barley and tankage. Barley and shorts and barley with alfalfa hay also show strong results. alfalfa alone is costly. Nine parts corn to one part tankage produced 133 pounds gain, with 394 pounds corn and 43 pounds tankage per 100 pounds gain.
Lamb Creep and Grain Feeding for Market Lambs
At eight to ten days old lambs should have a creep to access grain and hay. Maintain clean feed and water, use a grain mix of one third meat meal with bran oats and fine corn meal, and feed red clover or alfalfa hay. Continuous grain feeding yields higher weekly gains and profits, per Wisconsin trials.
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Wisconsin
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Mont
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