Vein of Valor: Vera Sacrifices for Alexis in Wolf Attack
Vera and Alexis fall in love despite class tension. When wolves attack, Vera shoots to delay their deaths but the danger worsens. she ultimately offers herself to the wolves to save Alexis, and pursuing Demidoff men rescue them. The tale ends with Vera’s noble sacrifice and a cautious approval of the union.
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Oorteiner
Vera
Alexis Denidoff
Alexis
Demidoff
Iexis
Vern
Lulu Ross Midgeley
A Follower of Precept
A fragment from a dialogue shows Simpson and Jenkins joking about boasting and desire for a thing, with playful wordplay and clipped exchanges. The snippet reflects a social exchange amid informal banter and light humor.
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Simpson
Jenkins
Animals Drunk on Palm Juice in India Says Collier's Weekly
Collier's Weekly reports animals in India such as the elephant the sloth bear fox bats palm civet and others become intoxicated after drinking palm juice. Elephants stagger trumpeting their danger while bats and civets lie helplessly drunk. The heat and thirst drive this unusual behavior.
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India
Collier’s Weekly
Australian tour tale of Max O'Rell and a deadly adder
During his Australian tour Max O'Rell faced a near death moment from a venomous death adder in a bush hotel. He woke to a cold snake beside him and later reflected that death by adder might be easier than gout or rheumatism. After hours of fear he hunted for his walking stick, finally finding it among the tangled bedclothes.
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Australia
Max O'Rell
Pomeranian Wipes Nose Between Bites
A London Times note describes a Pomeranian with an odd habit at meals. The dog repeatedly wipes its nose on a flannel between each mouthful of bread and milk and rejects the meal without the flannel. The behavior, linked to irritation from warm milk, is peculiar yet specific.
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London
Chivalry of Savages and Notable Women Respect
A historical survey notes that some savage and island peoples show marked deference to women. Maori, Druse hosts, Fiji islands, and the Kafirs are cited for courtesy, hospitality, or authority by women, with travelers like Gertrude Bell remarking on respectful treatment.
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New Zealand
Earl of Ranfurly
Gertrude Bell
Syria
Fiji Islands
Alexader the Great
Agile Osprey Snags Trout For Nesting Pair
A dusky shadowy trout in a trout stream attracts an agile osprey. The male dives with a swoop and snatches the fish, lifting it from the water and rising above the stream with the trout clutched in his talons. He carries his catch toward the nest where his mate awaits.
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W. D. Hulbert
Leslie’s Monthly
PITH AND POINT. A Lively Motto From A Schoolmaster
The piece extols culture over jewelry and urges optimism through trials. It counsels sowing again after a bad crop, avoiding a long face, and carrying hope in the purse of life. It notes success may come unexpectedly and urges steady effort and cheerful perseverance.
Jewel Lost and Found Across Continents
Fanny Kemble faced relentless pursuit in the United States by a wealthy lunatic who left a jewel as a parting gift. The gem vanished from her possession, resurfacing years later in Italy when a peddler opened his pack in Sorrento, revealing the long lost jewel with no clues to its passage.
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Fanny Kemble
United States
Italy
Sorrento
Portraits of Cats and the Challenge of Cat Portraiture
A writer muses on painting cats noting their fur behavior reveals health or fear and that many artists struggle with cat portraits. He cites a Washington gallery cat pawing a milk dish and comments on tail reactions, hinting at the difficulty of capturing feline expression.
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David Brooke
Corcoran Art Gallery
Washington
Secrets of the Body and the Rise of Medical Power
A Harper's Weekly reflection on medicine replacing priestly authority as surgeons advance. It foresees colleges funding labs and chairs, students choosing medicine, and society honoring physicians for extending life and defeating disease amid era of wealth. The piece compares past bans to future dominion of science.
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Mankind
Ministry
Bar
Senate House
Harper's Weekly
Whirlers Origin Tale and French Court Gambling
A New York Tribune anecdote explains whirlers as stockings missing feet after an exchange with a haberdasher. The piece then notes Louis XIV's gambling excesses and a court incident where a guest collapses during play, prompting the king to remark Spades are trumps.
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New York Tribune
Louis XIV
M. de Chauvelin
Louis
Quail perish in North African deserts due to ancestral routes
Professor Mivart notes instincts can doom species unable to adapt to change. Migratory quail once found comfort on the Numidian coast now face death as forests vanish and deserts replace winter res—thousands perish following the older path Pliny described.
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Mivart
Africa
Pliny
Set Him to Thinking
A dialogue fragment from Brown ing's Monthly portrays a man and woman walking and discussing rejection. She laments the pain of rejecting a man while he considers the impact, creating a moment of shared reflection and silence.
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Browning
Monthly
Fragmented engagement tale across papers and quips
Dialogues about a broken engagement reveal blame and admission, with a mix of unrelated snippets from the Philadelphia Press and Chicago Tribune. The exchange hints at conflict, misunderstanding, and a humorous aside about tying a tin can to a dog's tail amid unrelated scientific temperatures.
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Tommy
Chicago Tribune
Farley Expelled Over Suspected Race Entry Fraud
Parley, sought by Michigan authorities for alleged felony entry fraud, surrendered to police. Detroit Jockey Club accuses him of fraudulently entering Aimless and Sarah Week on June 1 at the Grosse Pointe track. He was expelled by Grosse Pointe officials, appealed to the Western Jockey Club, but stewards upheld the Detroit ruling.
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Citeggs
Perley
Atheid
Ringina
Eli
Michigan
Blineself
Detroit Jockey Club
Parley
Sarah Waek
Dane
Crosse Pointe
Faley
Crosse Polite
Western Jockey Club
Bold Lincoln robbery shocks city on bond day
A solitary stranger robbed two Lincoln businesses in daylight, taking 845.50 with a revolver. He entered FE Houk’s rooms, forced hush, then robbed Reblander’s drug store safe of 808, while clerks watched parade steps away.
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Lincoln, Neb
Bond
Lincoln
Houk
Hovek
Reblander
Corbett Stops Maynard in Two Minutes in Philadelphia
Champion Young Corbett knocked out Billy Maynard after two minutes of fighting in the first round in Philadelphia on July 25. Corbett dominated the bout with a decisive finishing blow that ended the match early.
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Philadelphia
Young Corbett
Billy Maynard
Weather forecast across states with light showers possible
The forecast predicts generally fair conditions across Indiana Michigan Wisconsin and Iowa. Local showers possible in extreme south portions with variable winds shifting to southerly in the western regions.
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East Winda
Indiana
Market summaries and crime news from July markets and local events
Chicago markets show hogs and cattle prices with wide ranges and daily receipts. East Buffalo reports varied hog and sheep quotes, while St Louis and Milwaukee grain notes reflect a subdued wheat market. Lexington hanged two teenagers for murder during a robbing incident. Roosevelt returns to Oyster Bay after a horseback ride from Sayville. Arthur Johnson dies at 11 from lockjaw after handling a toy pistol.
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East Buffalo
N. Y
Dunning & Stevens
Live Stock Commission
Moat Buffalo
St. Louis
Claude O °Rien
Karl Whitney
Lexington
A. B. Chinn
Roosevelt
Oyster Bay
Sayville
S. 1
Arthur Johnson
Keene Ties Likely to Talbot Taylor Collapse
The New York stock exchange suspended Talbot J. Taylor & Co. and W. L. Stow & Co. after a period of frenzied selling and price manipulation amid market pools. Analysts link the failure to James R. Keene through family ties and frequent involvement with the firm and its operations.
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New York
Stock Exchange
Talbot J. Taylor & Co
W. L. Stow & Co
Exchange
Hoth
Talbot J, Taylor & Co
James R. Keene
Keene
Mehaye Tery
Was Jas S Keene Involved In The Stock Affair
The piece questions James RK Keene’s link to a stock affair involving T J Taylor & Co. It notes street belief he had no connection yet mentions alleged tensions over Southern Pacific trades and Keene’s ill health keeping him away from offices. It concludes Keene’s wealth and capacity to endure losses.
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T. J. Taylor & Co
James RK
Keene
Indaw
Talbot J. Taylor
Souther Pacific
Taylor
Southern Pacific
Stock Exchange
Samuel Babcock
Wall Street
Barrett Arrested in Blackmail Claim Stirs North region
John Barrett a noted northern Hironis chai rymen and early Nigin Board of Trade member is arrested on a warrant from Martin Johnson Fl gin Clerks union president who accuses Barrett of making overtures to his 11yearold daughter. Barrett denies blackmail. Senator Dollivar of Iowa will give the principal address at the Army of the Philippines convention in St Paul on September 20.
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Flgin
John Barrett
Hironis
Nigin Board of Trade
Martin Johnson
Flgin Clerks’ Union
Barrett
St. Paul, Minn
Dollivar
Lowa
Army of the Philippines
St. Paul
Brazilian Army Suffering Fever Attacks Reported
A letter from Acre territory Brazil says the Brazilian army is per ishing under fever attacks. Mrs Blaine's will tiled disposes of an estate estimated at 500000 dollars. Margaret Laughlin a 52 year old Chicago woman died of epilepsy. Thirty four states attend the peculs conference at erophis.
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Brazil
Blaine
Margaret Laughlin
Chicago
Erophis
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