The Hard Working Newspaper Man Allan Forman
In this New York centered reflection a seasoned reporter explains the editor’s craft and the demands on a newspaper man. He stresses swift judgment, broad knowledge, courage, and the discipline of pursuing assigned news with system while acknowledging dangers and public misconceptions about the trade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Reichstag
Mr. Jones
Billy the Kid
Patsey
Hancock
Governor’s Island
Horace Johnson
Daily News
Battery
Star
Coney Island
Sun
Long Island
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Allan Forman
Indians of Arizona and their religious ideas Estufa well
Special correspondence from Tucson describes Arizona tribes including the Maquis and Pueblos. It notes an underground Estufa or prayer cistern used in secret ceremonies, remarks harshly on snake worship, comments on dwindling Pueblo populations, desert conditions, intermarriage, and village decay, and reflects on tribal naming practices and perceptions of ruins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tucson
A. T
Dunes
Arizona
Africa
Ebtufa
Gila
He Still Has Them Magistrate to Prisoners
A magistrate and a prisoner exchange in a New York Sun item about damaged teeth after a confrontation. The prisoner quips that his teeth were not lost but knocked down his throat, reflecting a grim courtroom moment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Sun
Gentlemen Emigrants and the English View of Farm Life
In Macmillan’s Magazine the piece argues that educated American and Canadian youth scorn farm work, while English emigrants often resist town life and prefer physical toil on farms. It explores class, ambition, urban desirability, and the social economy shaping where young men labor across the Atlantic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic
South
Wa Tsa
America
Rugby
Haileybury
American
Macmillan’s Magazine
Fires Kindred by Meteors Sparks Fire Theory
Mons. Ch. V. Zenger of the Hanis Academy of Sciences proposes that mysterious fires in woods farms barns mills and in villages and towns may be caused by sparks from meteor showers. He notes fires often coincide with periodic shooting star showers and cites violent storms and meteoric displays in early August as supporting instances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hanis Academy of Sciences
Mons
Ch. V. Zenger
Arkansaw Traveler
Hidden Authors and Transposition Puzzles
A diaristic scene with a narrator awaiting dinner and twelve authors, plus a riddle about transposition and a shipboard puzzle. Other items include charades and a schoolboy quip about flogging, all presented in compact puzzle and wordplay style from a tardy period newspaper page.
Puzzle items and solutions from No 96 to 101
A transcription of several puzzle notices including Combination Star No 96 with clues and answers, Words within Words No 97 with letter fragments, Charade No 98 Philadelphia, Entangled Scissors No 90 describing a release method, Beheadings No 100 with paired words, and The gentlemen and Their Servants No 101 describing boat crossing steps and reversals.
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Asey
Philadelphia
Lafayette
Trentlemen
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Heber Newton
Ealmly
Arctic
Uid
Lyceum
Steele Mackaye
Indians OF
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John
Hannah
Faithful John
Pio Nono
Italy
Daly
An Toshman
Paine
Ontario Centre
N.Y
Mas
J. J. Watson
Paine’s
Cas. L. Stearns
Station B
Brooklyn, N. Y
Weiss, Biczanp
Wickwampson & Co
Props
Darlington
3 & Co
Aasizeten Ve
Nelson Greenland, Undertaker and Embalmer
Exchange Block
Exchange Hotel
Warren
W.H. Pickett & CO
H. A. Jamieson & Co
Beary and Shelf Bastvran
Sherman
Jdewatt
Steve
Syracuse
American Saw Co’s
Maning
Warren, Pa
Peter Greenland’s
Water Street
Episcopal Church
Episcouat Church
High Street
Hazel and
Laurel
Phemsgraw
Somme
Graville,ny
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