Famous river pilot Captain Bixby dies at eighty six
Horace E. Bixby known as the Mississippi river pilot who tutored Mark Twain died at his St Louis home at eighty six. Coroner Dr Rolla Bracy said apoplexy caused the death. Bixby planned to command the government towboat Nokoiis and his death ends a long era of river service. He mentored Clemens in 1856 on the Paul Jones and Twain later used his life for Life on the Mississippi.
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St. Louis
Horace E. Bixby
Mark Twain
Captain Bixby
Captain Nixby
Mississippi
Ohio
Missouri River
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Memphis
Foote
Bixby
Alton
State to honor 20 California notables in hall of fame
San Francisco will erect a Native Sons hall of fame honoring 20 native Californians with art glass and sculpture. Gertude Atherton Sybil Sanderson and Mary Anderson are among the selected. public urged to name the remaining 17. The temple walls will display portraits of others linked to California.
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San Francisco
Native Sons and Daughters of
California
Native Sons Organization
Gertrude Atherton
Sybil Sanderson
Mary Anderson
Temple
Fire Saved 62 in Brooklyn Tenement Blaze by Police
Police on Degraw Street Brooklyn rescued 62 people including 48 children from smoke in a row of burning tenements. The International Provision Company packing house suffered a major loss estimated at 160000 dollars. A second brief notes diphtheria deaths in Ontario with thirty children dead at St Vincent’s infant home.
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New York
Degraw Street
Brooklyn
International Provision Company
Veronto
Ont
Bept
St. Vincent's Indant
Gown Busts and a Pound Gain Highlight Odd Exchange
A landlord quips about a guest’s weight change and a Paris gown after a visit. The snippet shows humorous chat with cultural references and a playful tone.
Senator Cameron Helped Beck Enter Congress After War
In 1866 James Burnie Beck, future Kentucky senator, recalls General Cameron aiding his admission to the House after border-state loyalty tests. Beck, a Scotland-born lawyer, notes their shared Scotch heritage and Cameron’s pledge to use influence for his entry. The anecdote reflects postwar political tensions and cross-state alliances in Congress.
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Pennsylvania
House of Kentuckian
E. J. Edwards
James Burnie Beck
Kentucky
United States Senate
House of Representatives
Simon Cameron
Senate
Cameron
Congress
Beck
General Cameron
Scotland
Dumfriesshire
Clan
Iowa Colony Poultry House A Practical Portable Shelter
Prof J B Davidson outlines a compact portable poultry house at Iowa State College that costs about 58.22 dollars to build and houses 200 to 300 chicks in season and 20 to 30 hens in winter. The design suits experiment station use and field relocation with detailed bill of materials and construction plans.
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Iowa Agricultural Experiment Station
Ames
Experiment Station
New Head of Animal Husbandry Work at Iowa State College
W H Pew promoted to head of Department of Animal Husbandry at Iowa State College succeeding W J Kennedy who became director of Agricultural Extension. Pew, a five year graduate, rose from assistant professor to lead the nation’s largest animal husbandry department amid prior stints at New Hampshire and Iowa State.
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Board of Education
W. H. Pew
Iowa State College
W. J. Kennedy
Pew
Ohio State University
Iowa Agricultural School
New Hampshire College
New Hampshire
Iowa
Vacation as the best year end investment
An excerpt extols vacation spending as the top yearly investment for men, claiming it restores physical and mental machinery, renews energy, and enhances courage, confidence, and self-respect, thus boosting future success and happiness. It cites Orison Swett Marden in Success Magazine.
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Orlson Swett Marden
Success Magazine
Polish Women’s Rights Pioneer Marks Jubilee
The Polish women’s movement traces a half century to Pauline Kuczalaska who mentored poor girls, formed a sewing committee, and built groups such as the Society of Women’s Work and Women’s Mutual Aid. She united women’s groups and led the first congress at Orseskowa’s jubilee. She also secured 4,000 signatures for women’s suffrage in Polish cities.
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Poland
Pauline Kuczalaska
Woman’s Mutual Aid Society
Womens Land Owners’ Association
Association of Bookkeepers
Orseskowa
Iowan Scientist Gave Body for Cancer Research
Dr. W J McGee a leading soil expert and geologist from Dubuque County Iowa died at the Cosmos Club Washington. The 59 year old physician wills his entire body to Prof Edward A Spitzka for dissection to study cancer cells. He married Anita Newcomb in 1888.
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Washington, D. C
W. J. McGee
Dubuque County
Iowa
McGee
Bureau of Soils
Department of Agriculture
Cosmos Club
Gifford Pinchot
Washington
America
Edward A. Spitzka
Jefferson College
Spitzka
Anita Newcomb
New Baby Freddy Brought By Homeopathic Doctor
A fragment notes a newborn, Freddy, described as a new baby brother and humorously suggests delivery by a homeopathic doctor. The piece reads as a light, bemused family remark with casual tone and minimal context.
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Freddy
Origin of the Toast in Banquet Custom
The term toast traces to an old banqueting practice where pieces of toast floated in the punch bowl were offered to the banquet's most distinguished guests. The remark appears in Ave Maria.
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Ave Maria
Not Enough. Virtue is Its Own Reward
A brief, reflective quip notes that virtue is praised as its own reward but many believe additional incentives would better motivate people. The aphorism contrasts idealistic virtue with practical expectations.
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Puck
Borrowed Smiles and Banter at Bucksport Banquet
A Bucksport Maine banquet features humor as Dustin Farnum recounts a preacher tale about fishing and a garden of gags about travel salesmen and married life. A Sunday school scene ends with a boy answering who were the first man and woman as Punch and Judy.
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Bucksport
Maine
Dustin Farnum
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