Bold Press Mission in Hungarian Diet Adventure
A Hungarian episode unfolds as a North Adams Transcript reporter gains press access at the Hungarian Diet. He faces deception, skirts exposure, and witnesses Tisza’s grand speech amid paprika flavors, Tokay wine, and a Vienna style crowd in Budapest.
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Budapest
Andrassy Avenue
Kossuth
Kalnoky
Paris
Oriental Express
Constantinople
Hotel Hungaria
Danube
Schloss
Hungary
Franz Josef
Tisza
House of Parliament
North Adams Transcript
Transcript
New York Tribune
Weighty ambitions end in stone in a widow tale
An Indianapolis Journal recounts a tale of a woman who vows to reach 155 pounds and dies trying, then is buried and later exhumed yet weighs exactly 155 pounds. The grocer, ginger bearded man, and others discuss fate, love, and a grim ironical twist as the tale unfolds through a wary narrator.
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Potato Creek
Andes
Mars
Indianapolis Journal
Woman demands wedding gift at express office
A Jefferson Street woman storms an express office over a wedding present package. After insisting with sharp interruptions and a dramatic umbrella tap, the clerk identifies her and retrieves the package she asserts is for her. The incident ends with her taking the parcel and leaving.
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Jefferson Street
Express Company
A Careful Father Speech Sparks School Debate
A Washington Star quote portrays a father disputing copybook proverbs he deems harmful to business education. He argues his son should not be taught the old sayings, favoring practical training over national moral instruction. The exchange highlights tensions between traditional wisdom and modern schooling.
Drillin in the Militia Proves Boring to Private Veteran
Detroit Free Press records a humorous exchange in a militia drill where a private remarks that what is called drillin is actually borin, despite the captain's question about being drilled. The line reflects soldiers' attitudes toward routine training and military life.
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Militia
Borin
Detroit Free Press
Trinity Sunday Prayer and Faith In a Troubled Age
A devotional verse-laden call to faith on Trinity Sunday laments modern agnosticism and urges reliance on God's Word made flesh. Rev. Walter Mitchell cites heavenly guidance piercing earthly doubt to revive spiritual life and clarify the unknown divine.
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Walter Mitchell
Churchman
In the Days of Tom Sayers Prize Fight Tales
London Truth recalls Labouchere describing prize fights from thirty years ago. He details illegal mills, Rosy horsemonger Lane scenes, Bell's Life editors as referees, secret trains, swells and mob rule, and the brutal toll on soldiers and youths drawn to the spectacle.
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Bell
Life
London
Bell's Life
Haymarket
Roman Standards and Their Role in Ancient Armies
The article explains how Roman military standards functioned as state symbols and rallying points. Standards guided troop movements through camp, symbolized loyalty, and even determined allegiance when a commander sought imperial power. AH the Year Round.
Life Insurance Cautions and Distant Dwellers In Colorado
A Pomona Progress reader laments life insurance as a fraud to poor folks after a failed claim for $2,000. The piece notes astonishing cave dwellers in a southern Colorado canyon with 500 to 600 foot drops and awkward access mysteries. It mentions a Flowery Kingdom wedding overseen by Ho and Heh guiding 349 deities in charge of ceremony details.
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Pomona Progress
United States
Mancog
Colorado Canyon
Ho and
Heh
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Jewett
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Cincinnati
Baugh & Sons Company
S. Delaware Ave
Philada
A. Weiss
THE
Liars’ Club
Buffalo News
Business
United States Senate
Washington Star
Athanase
Tom Sayers
W. J. Marten
Pittsburgh, PA
Bovinine CO
New York
PISO
Abs
Laura E. Parrisson
Nauvrov
Vitalis Ete
Calumet Remedy Company
Chicago
Riegfried & Co
Fehlman’s
Fehlmans
Park Remedy CO
Boston
Mass
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