The Panther at Bajore Telepress in Oudh
In Bajore, Oudh, Bheem Das the telegraph clerk clashes with old methods after a panther haunts his bungalow. A local magician claims the spirit of Dhanda Visram possesses the beast, demanding 50 rupees to curb the visits. Bheem Das pays to end the danger, but the astrologer warns the soul has moved to a cobra in the telegraph bungalow.
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Bajore
Oudh
Bheem Das
Dhondo Visram
Visram
Bheem
Neor
Bheemm Das
Ganges
Thut
Dhanda Visram
Phondo Visram
A Noble Shot From the Eleventh Michigan Regiment
In 1862 the Eleventh Michigan drillmaster, a strict colonel, urged aiming at a named target. A private fires the unloaded gun at the colonel’s horse, another confesses, and the colonel praises the shot as noble.
A Tribute to the Flag in Paris at Holy Trinity
Two young Americans seeking entry to the Paris service for John Paul Jones are denied by a ticket check. A gendarme discovers their flag bearing loyalty, salutes, and grants admission guiding them inside to the ceremony.
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France
Avenue de l’Alma
Paris
John Paul Jones
United States
Sigsbee
Senator Lodge
Council
Nurseries for the Navy Explain Midwestern Enlistment
Admiral Dewey notes the middle west furnishes most Navy recruits. A Washington dispatch shows 30,804 total enlisted. Illinois to Nebraska contribute about one fifth. New York leads with 5,548, Massachusetts 1,512, while Pennsylvania shows 2,745 in third. Those raised inland often seek sea life.
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Dewey
Middle West
Washington
Navy Department
Illinois
Minnesota
Michigan
Iowa
Missouri
Wisconsin
Nebraska
Pennsylvania
Union
New York
Massachusetts
Man’s Role in Women’s Novels Cited by Bookman
A Bookman critique argues that in many ordinary women’s novels the male figure exists mainly as an object of pursuit or avoidance. He is pursued, married, deceived, or divorced, while other roles remain secondary to romance and love.
New York Woman Spends $375 a Day Commented On
An odd quote from the Philadelphia edger notes a New York woman spending $375 daily and jokes about a missing period in a printer’s work. The remark contrasts frugality and luxury in urban life.
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New York
Philadelphia
Edger
Mosbys Man John Puryear of Richmond Remembered
John Puryear, a Richmond native, joined Mosbys men in northern Virginia during the Civil War. Though young and fearless with striking black hair, he lacked battlefield judgment but earned praise for bold charges and close combat. Mosby once offered him lieutenant but refused to let him command troops.
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John Puryear
Richmond
Mosby
Virginia
Puryear
Mr Munson
Col. Mosby
Prayer Book Passed Through Generations From Cheraw
Thomas Knox of Kewanee Illinois was a Sherman era veteran. A prayer book once owned by Mary A Kollock and later by Alexander Gregg and James H Powe moved through Cheraw families before Knox recovered it after a postmaster inquiry led to Mrs. F A Waddill, a Kollock and Gregg relative, returning the book to Knox.
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Thomas Knox
Kewanee, Ill
Sherman
Atlanta
Carolinas
Cheraw
Confederacy
Mary A. Kollock
Alexander Gregg
James H Powe
F. A. Waddill
Mary Kollock
Bishop Gregg
Knox
Veteran Refuses Pension Over Civil War Claims
A Civil War veteran refuses an accumulated pension totaling over $16,000 on the grounds that he never participated in an engagement nor heard a gun fired during his service period.
Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Promises Relief for Irregular Periods
The advertisement asserts that Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound is the most thorough female regulator and cures painful or irregular periods. It cites Irene Crosby of East Savannah Georgia praising the remedy and urges women to take action and contact Mrs Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts for free advice, noting many have been cured.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Irene Crosby
Charlton Street
Savannah
Lydia KE. Pinkham
Erie orders 25 9 500 class locomotives from American Locomotive
The Erie Railroad placed an order with American Locomotive Company for 25 locomotives delivery to begin in March. The engines replicate the 19 already in service and are described as the largest passenger locomotives, weighing 389 750 pounds each with 16 ton coal tenders and 8500 gallon water.
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New York
Erie Railroad
American Locomotive Company
Erie
Chicago
Buffalo
Samples by Telegraph Amusing Dress Goods Telegram Tale
An official recounts a Pennsylvania woman's comic attempt to order dress goods via telegram to a New York firm. She fumbles through samples in her handbag while composing a ten word message and finally attaches two samples to the telegraph form. Her telegram reads Blank & Co. Send express four yards sample A and six yards B.
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Pennsylvania
New York
Truy
Success Magazine
Blank & Co
Witty Quote Sparks Satirical Observation in Cleveland Leader
In the Cleveland Leader a sharp quip about free concert tickets comments on social pretensions. A cynic claims compliments on generosity mask vanity as the speaker notes the paradox of comfort and complaint.
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Black Panther
Joseph B. Bowles
Eleventh
Renne
American Tribune
Returns Bible
Telegraph
Cleveland Leader
Dodds
Jas. T. Croney
Union National Bank
Columbus
Ohio
W.L. Douglas
the Swortp
Brockton
Mass
W. L. Douglas Stroop
W.l.douglas
W. L. Douglas
OF Canada
Canada
M. Witliams
Law
Toledo
Lane
Carters
Carter Little Three Pills
Brown Manufacturing CO
Zanesville
Southern Farm Lands
Southern Railway
M. V. Richards
Land and Industrial Agent
Washington, D
MOTHER @Ray
Chil-ome
Sow Norte City
Mother Gray
Nevada
Free
Kent
James Flood
San Francisco
Cal
Price
Apréingfeld
Diemer
M. Do
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