Land of Ophir in Malaya Says Practical Gold and Tin Riches
A historical column portrays the Malay peninsula as a treasure trove of tin and gold with Pahang linked to Ophir legends. It recounts British colonial actions in the region, including the 1875 punitive campaign, the exile of a sultan, and the 1887 events surrounding a Chinese trader’s murder. It notes early gold discoveries in Selangor and warns against land purchases by outsiders, suggesting future wealth could surpass California and Australia.
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Malaya
Malay Peninsula
Pahang
Ophir
Solomon
Great Britain
England
Seychelles
Hugh Low
Barnes
Queen Victoria
Mr. Salisbury
Sir Cecil Smith
Singapore
Straits
Selangor
Haub
Colonel Sellers
Dawning of a New Industry and a Chaotic Courtroom Scene
The Chicuzo Tribune reports a chaotic courtroom exchange centered on an assault case. A prisoner, witness, and attorney riff on irrelevant items as the witness claims a robbery, detailing spurious purchase notes, watches, coats, and deeds while the attorney pressures for only the assault facts. The witness estimates net loss at two dollars and fifty cents.
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Prizoner
Ratchett & Unycroft
Scully Avenue
Bombshell & Co
Mulligaraway
Soup Alley
Congressman Bland and the Bland-Allison Silver Bill
Richard Parks Bland of Missouri, born 1833 in Kentucky, long advocated free coinage of silver. He helped craft the Bland bill leading to the 1878 Bland-Allison act, which authorized monthly silver coinage and shaped debates on public sentiment until its repeal by the Sherman law.
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Meourian
Richard Parks Bland
Ohio County
H E
Enearl
Pacific Coast
Nevada
Carson County
Lebanon
R. P. Blaydica
Committee On Mines and Mining
Senate
Bland-Allison
House
Hayes
Bland
From Poetry to Poultry in a Michigan Farm
Mrs. L May Helme-Dean runs Daisy Poultry in Adrian Michigan with two incubators and a 193 degree temp regime. She hatches 800 eggs in 21 days yielding about 600 chicks then moves them through a seven stage brooding process to reach two months old and roughly 1.34 pounds of yield before shipping to Chicago or Detroit. The operation includes a full fledged chicken hospital and a focus on a profitable business over poetry.
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L. May Helme-Dean
Daisy Poultry Farm
Adrian
Mich
Dells
Beans Comeback in Telegram Tease at Way Station
A traveler protests overcharging for beans at a restaurant counter. The proprietor charges 25 cents per spoonful, accepts the payment, and later receives a telegram from Harper's Magazine noting the high price. The bite ends with a humorous critique of the beans pricing.
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Traveler
Havrper
Don’t you know it’s wrong to smoke, my boy
An elderly woman in a railway carriage scolds a boy for smoking. He retorts that smoking cured pigs, claiming some hope exists. The exchange ends with the old woman saying, smoke on, there’s hope yet, highlighting a humorous clash over smoking expectations.
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New York Mercury
Mami
Detroit
An Irriparable Loss and Witty Reminiscence
A New York Sun column relays Mrs Duntins and Mrs Larkin quipping over a sensational elopement. Mrs Larkin recalls the cook as a “perfect treasure” and jokes that no other would wet a ball like her. The banter reflects society gossip and ironic wit.
Getting Impatient The Doctor
A fragment from Harper's Bazar shows a patient and doctor exchange about taking an extract. The excerpt emphasizes frustration and humorous mispronunciation of a medical term.
Hotels Pop Up Beside Pyramids Attracting Foreign Guests
A piece on desert hotels notes the trend of lavish hostelries near Cairo attracting 6000 foreigners during a mild winter. It cites a wealthy English tuberculosis patient who built a sanatorium and later a hotel, attracting health seekers and travelers seeking lighter social life near the pyramids.
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Pyramids
Saratoga
Stanley
Africa
Cairo
Egypt
Plara
Natick Shoemaker Faces Theft Accusation In Boston Walk
A Natick Massachusetts shoemaker is accused of a sly theft scheme to walk to Boston and back. His assets were gashed except for his tools. He resumed his trade after returning with 39 in his pocket. The passage notes patent rights underpin much of U.S. manufacturing capital valued at six billion six hundred million dollars, or three quarters of the total.
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Natick (Mats
Boston
H Sda
United States
Untitled fragment from a domestic item
A disjointed set of quick exchanges and snippets recount a kitten’s fate unresolved by adults, a boy learns manners with a knife, and an old couple at sea joke about sinking ships. Separate quips from Detroit Free Press Boston Globe and New York Sun mingle in a collage of light newspaper miscellany.
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Congressman Bland
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Dboston Globe
Emma Harkins
New York Sun
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Yenler
Krout
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Morscek Sutter
Viginda
Ayer
William WH
Quartly
Minlaton
Australia
T. J. Macmurray
Ripley
Ohio
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Baptist Church
No. Tisbury
Mass
Ae Oria Eee
Samuel Pitcher
Case
Toria
Castoria
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Oscoon
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Conway, Ark
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Brooklyn
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Castora
Berton, Mass
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the Centaur Company
Mnarray Street
New York
Warren
Front Street
Peter Greenland
Warren, Pa
MK. Wendelboe
N. K. Wendelboe’s
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Wendelboe
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Bissell
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