Knight of the Golden Helmet Encourages Real Romance
A fanciful Fashion Cavalier tale follows the knight in a red sash and rooster plume as he pursues heroic deeds. He encounters Billy and a woman named Margaret and misreads a courtship, only to witness the couple’s reconciliation and walk off disappointed but wiser.
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Knight of the Golden Helmet
Charlie
Charles
Billy
Knight of the
Golden Helmet
Margaret
Varlet
Mr. Golden Helmet
Fear and tetanus from nonpoisoned island arrows
The Pall Mall Gazette reports that fear and climate change can trigger tetanus in wounds. Natives in Solomon and neighboring islands were once thought to be poisoned by arrows, but a French commission found arrows were not poisoned. The wound irritation and belief in sorcery influenced outcomes.
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Solomon
Islands
New Caledonia
Pall Mall Gazette
Imagination and a Sunday School Boat Ride
A Chicago News fragment recalls a Sunday school scene in which a teacher invites children to imagine a trip to the Holy Land. Eddie, seated in the second row, sobs as his sister explains the boy feels sick at the idea of riding on a boat.
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Holy Land
Eddie
Chicago News
Tragedian Returns to Club After Tour
A light social scene at the club as the tragedian Ranter is welcomed back by friends. Tomlinson calls him in, asking about the trip and the audience, while Ranter recalls his old town and a genial stranger who lent him $2 to leave.
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Ranter
Tomlinson
Old Town
Harper’s Weekly
A Cat and a Canary Reunion Mystifys Owner
An English writer notes a canary and a cat as pets that once befriended each other. The bird disappeared after the owner left them together. The owner blamed the cat, released the feline, and found the cat returned with a bedraggled canary days later. The canary may have escaped via an open window and later sought freedom. The mystery remains how the cat retrieved the uninjured bird.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Liberty Sweet
Death Valley Winds and Heat Describe Harsh Desert Conditions
The article explains Death Valley's westward winds originate from the Pacific, lose moisture over mountain ranges, and leave an arid, furnace like heat. Sandstorms rage in peak heat, killing birds, desiccating vegetation, and turning meat putrid in hours with water only drinkable from porous jars cooled by evaporation.
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Death Valley
Pacific Ocean
Wedding Ring Posies Through the Centuries
The article surveys historic ring inscriptions or posies used in betrothal and wedding rings. It cites examples across centuries such as Deux corps un coeur, My heart and I until I die, I am yours, Love ever, Time lesseneth not my love, and Je change qu'en mourant for Florizel and Perdita.
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Hamlet
Florizel
George IV
Perdita
A Summer Tour In Finland Folklore Found
A passage from Paul Waineman's A Summer Tour In Finland notes Midsummer as Finland's great annual festival with bonfires rising to honor night and day. It recounts Kolt and Amarik, the sunset and sunrise, praying to the sky lord to remain eternally united once a year in glowing embrace.
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Paul Waineman
Finland
Kolt
Amarik
A Lesson From Nature
A college instructor urges young men to abandon childish amusements and learn from the natural world. A student retorts that the rattlesnake grows more dangerous with age, providing a witty counterpoint to the lesson.
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Chicago Tribune
Exodus Quietly Resented as Congregation Flees Sermon
During a warm English church service many worshippers rose and slipped out seeking air. The minister halted his sermon and urged the remaining crowd to stay, quipping that he is there to deliver a sermon not a soliloquy.
Women and Words
A humorous exchange compares women’s speech to men’s. Mrs Stubb-Now says women are not impulsive and measure their words. Mr Stubb sighs and wishes some women would give shorter measures, as cited in a Chicago News quip.
Nightingale in the Signal Tower Foils Train Wrecker
HELOISE AMES recalls a perilous intrusion at a railroad semaphore tower ten years earlier. A suave stranger gained access while she sang, sought control of the levers, and attempted to derail a train. She played dumb and delayed him until he fled, with wires cut and a reward awarded for the narrow escape.
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American Press Association
Heloise Ames
Wisconsin Bayfield Court Sues Susanna Olson Group
State of Wisconsin summons Susanna Herried and two infants Emandus and Contance Olson to appear within twenty days to defend a Washburn Loan and Building Association suit. Plaintiff's attorney John Walsh of Washburn Bayfield County WI serves notice.
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Washburn Loan and Building Association
Susanna Herried
Susanna Olson
Emandus Olson
Contance Olson
Wisconsin
John Walsh
P.O
Washburn, Bayfield Co
Wis
Neil & Pratt Lumber Company
State of
Sanborpa, Lamoreaux & Pray
P.O. Address
Ashland, Ashla Co
State of Wisconsin Bayfield County Probate Court Notice
State court in Bayfield County Wisconsin announces probate matters under county court for In Probate. Proceeding details and deadlines not specified in the fragment. Interested parties should monitor official records for case numbers and filing requirements.
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State of
Wisconsin
Bayfield County
State OF Wisconsin County Court
Training Canaries in German Breeding Establishments
In German canary breeding centers only male birds are valued since females do not sing. Trainers place birds in a room with an automatic whistle and breed to imitate the sound. The most apt learners are moved to a second room for further instruction and become the top singers commanding high prices.
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Germany
Lived Up to His Belief in a Passive Altruist
A humorous exchange contrasts a housekeeper’s view with a hobo’s claim of being a passive altruist. The hobo asserts he is not a socialist or anarchist, but believes in receiving and giving help where possible.
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Hobo
Boston Transcript
Marriage license doubts stall Best Man plans
In a cautious exchange cited by the Chicago Tribune a groom asks about securing a marriage license while a bride expresses reluctance to finalize, implying possible doubts about the wedding timeline.
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Chicago Tribune
Ambitious Plans Sparked by the Skyline Talk
Mrs Knicker and Mrs Becker debate a proposed thousand foot skyscraper. The exchange hints Henry may be detained at the office hundreds of feet later as a humorous jab from Harper's Weekly.
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Knicker
Olest Agency
Munn & Co
Scientific American
All
New York
F St
Washington, D
Epigram from Boston Traveler on vice and life
A clipped quotation from the Boston Traveler critiques vice with a muddled exchange about smoking and life. The wry tone contrasts a child’s warning with an elderly observer’s claim of wide experience, ending with a Benjamin Franklin remark on vice and offspring.
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Associated Literary Press
DR. Warner
Washington
Ninth Street
United States
State of Wisconsin
Angeline Clevett
Angeline Clevet
Barksdale
Bayfield
Washburn
WM. H. Irish
Official Directory
W. H. Irish
A.M. Warden
Murisigs
Sauve
A. B. Severson
Nels Myhre
A. Bell
E. CU. Alverd
Miss J.smith
H. G. Mertens
Hugo Nelson
N. M. Oscar
John Froseth
Geo. Dibbell
Nels Lee
H. P. Axelberg
Nels Westerlund
UO. Wescott
L. M. Uausen
E. E. Renfield
Washburn Public Library Board
N.N. Oscar
Bryan
Charles Peterson
Wm. O'Neil
A. Oscar
E Bryan
James A. Sheridan
Pine Street
Seventh Ave
S'T. John's Episcopal Churcer
Pallifer
John A. Orberg
Abraham U
Astrom
Port Wing
Abraham II
Benedict
Methodist Episcopal
Pengilly
OC. Guteeunst
Hi. A. Robison
M. E. Rey
N.S. Hanson
N. Epworth League
Congregational Church
J.r.weise
Astor
Christian Endeavor
Emma Holmgren
Mason Wisconsin
Johan E. Berglof
Mason Bayfield
Chr. Christianson
Ladies Aid Society
Helping Hand Society
O. Ry
Nort South
Ashland Junction
St. Paul
Chicago
Ashland
Northwestern
WIS. Central Trains
Mail and Express
Ae Limited
Lippirgetvs
Fanny Cisnary
Sovran
Litsrature
Modern Husband
Unity Supply CO
Dept. P
Ill
Chicago Wholesale and Mail Order House
Lake St
Boston Traveler
Benjamin Franklin
Foley
Foley & Company
Q. W. Frost
Seventh Street
Washington, D. c
Chicago Wholesale and
Metropolitan Magazine
West Twenty-ninth Street
New York City
A. Wolkush
Casimer
Josephine Tueck Baker
Corret English
Evanston, III
Fur Dept
N. W. Hide & Fur Co
Minneapolis
Minn
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