Surprises in Draw Poker and a Fatal Boat Scandal
An anecdote of high stakes poker recounts a Parisian and an army officer debating fairness of information in play. A tale from a Union Hotel in Atlanta recalls a rigged deck and a fatal duel over a sealed envelope gambit on a Mississippi riverboat. The dramatic scene ends with a younger brother’s murder and a hidden joke revealed by a final seven card flush.
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Bsn
Union Hotel
Atlanta
Aurase
Aca of
Finger Lin
Telegraph
Teartha
Rams
Romain
Hoyle
Orleans
Mississippi
New Orleans
Secrets of the wooden leg trade told by Philadelphia maker
A Philadelphia artificial limb craftsman narrates the growing trade in artificial legs for royalty and officials. He touts lightweight, enamel coated designs with leather joints and springs, recounts wartime rush orders, and notes high demand from European, Asian, and African patrons. He cites famous clients, the lack of female attendants, and promising weekly earnings.
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Philadelphia
Elurope
Asia
Africa
New Orleans
United States
Philelphia
New York
Mountain Lion Killed by a Big Horn Sheep
An anecdotal Montana tale recounts a mountain lion pursuing big horn sheep in rugged Pewler Rives country. A hunter's rifle misfire leads to a dramatic chase where a big horn herds the lion toward a cliff, the lion falls, and the sheep survives, leaving the observer grateful for the gun misfire and the spectacle.
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Bob Wilson
Montana
Lian
Big Horn
T. Bart
Diseases of Cheeses and Yeast Bacteria in Wisconsin
A Wisconsin dairy bulletin warns that yeast bacteria in milk cause Swiss cheese disease with cheeses cracking and leaking interior contents. It notes losses to Wisconsin dairies, and mentions yeast as a disinfectant when used in bread and wound care. Cereal breakfast food tests yield no clear edge for malted cereals over dry varieties.
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Department of Agriculture
Switzerland
Wisconsin
A. T. Peters
Nebraska Station
Dr. Wiley
Maine
Minnecots
No Bouquets for the Dead in Kansas Town
A Kansas community in Brass County polices reputation by delaying praise of the deceased. A testing committee asks whether the departed lived up to their claims for a full year before monuments or sentiment appear. The practice keeps tombstones cheaper and avoids premature praise.
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Kansas
Brass
Ivor
Dr. Sanden
R. A. Buxton
Onawa
W. G. Sande
First Presidential Election Lacked New York Vote
The article recounts New York failing to name a presidential candidate in the first U S election and being unrepresented in the electoral college while Indiana later cut three votes before statehood. It notes Washington’s 1789 inauguration and New York’s limited early participation in choosing the president.
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New York
Indiana
Union
George Washington
Republic
Washington
Eskimo Girl Fay Kobortyak Comes to Carlisle Indian School
Fay Kobortyak from Alaska, a full blooded Kobuk Eskimo girl of seven, arrives at Carlisle Indian School to be educated as a future teacher for her people. Born along the Koyu kuk River, she endured privation and the loss of two younger brothers, with Christian parents hoping she will adapt and thrive in her new home.
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Hartford Courant
Fey Kobortyak
Alaska
Carlisle Tidian
Fay
Koyukuk
Arctic Circle
Fay Koborivak
Clinton
Slender Little Man Aids Vast Venezuelan Asphalt Claim
Havana correspondence describes Horatio R. Hamilton as concessionaire for a vast asphalt venture in Venezuela. The New York and Bermudez Company allegedly used a New Jersey corporation shell with dummy directors and little real cash, while Hamilton pursues a claim against the asphalt lake and Venezuelan property worth millions.
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Havana
New York Herald
Horatio R. Hamilton
Great
Asphalt Combination
Venezuela
Thare
Republic
New York and
Bermudez
New Jersey Corporation
Ile
Capt
Hamilton
Cuba
Nelson
Fethad
Guzman Blanco
New York
New York Produce Prices and Supplies Report
Commodity prices and receipts are listed for butter eggs poultry flour rye cornmeal hay and various grains and fats. Trade items include butter 26 26% creamery, eggs steady, pork prices firm, lard and tallow steady, and cotton oil crude steady.
Baltimore Markets Grain and Butter Prices on Jan Six
Baltimore markets report quiet trading with receipts totaling 2 852 barrels of flour and 16 093 bushels of corn. Wheat quotes show spot No 2 red Western around 86 to 87 cents, with futures for March to May varying, while oats and rye hold steady. Butter and eggs stay firm, with sugar unchanged. grain freights remain quiet. exports of southern white and yellow corn numbered in the hundreds of thousands of bushels.
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New York
Minnesota
Paritia
Galveston
California
Texas
City
India
Philadelphia
Baltimore
New Orleans
Hores
Rio
Cordova
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Chicago Telbune
Aurelius
Rome
Ones
Kelly
Bryant
Emerson
Bacon
Beecham’s
Niawepa
Wood
T.W. Wood & Sons, Seedsmen
Richmond, Virginia
Old Wisconsin
Capt. Hamilton
Coman Francisco
Cal
Market St.orento
Can
Rue Taltbout
Ndon
Eng
Hanover
Stockholm
Sweden
Malmski Inadmitta
Wellsley Place
Broadway
27Th ST
Canton
China
Main St
Buenos Ayres
America
Rio Janeiro
Brazil
Montevideo
Jao Paulo
Bantiago
Chile
Lima
Peru
Classified Business Directory
National Bank
Seventh Street
Jon
Chioeve
Saks Fur CG
Wolf & Cohen
Sno Cen St & Son
Cor N. J. Ve
Shdtana Eve
Tom
Conron
St. James
Po.eve, and &That
Riges
Staples
Uhler CO
Ith and
Kata
Joon
National Loan and Investment Co
Rorinesst 1Sth
G .Hn
Guv
Citizens ‘Sr CO
Commercial Bank
N. W. Cor
14Th End
G Sts
Hierator
Lab St
Colorado Bull Furniture
Sfilen
Potomac Guarantee Loan CO
F Street
Atlantic Building
American Loan CO
Fourteenth St. N. W
Cafe Calan
Natural Mineral Water
Dyer ,Co
Hurley
R. S
A. B. Lacey
Washington, D.C
Henry E. Wilkens Printing Co
4 Bros
Ave
19Th St
Monotype Machines
Anger Sle
Bom
Gasch
Real Estate
N. Y, Ave
Read Estate and Insurance
7Th St
Yeoter
Nary Norsegheer G
Harrison Street
Anacostia
Foy
Returned
Somerset
Waters
Cor
Prince Company
Surety Loan Company
St. N. W
Mutual Loan and Trust Co
FW St. Nw
Matrogelian Loan and Trust Co
Nt Furniture
Pyanos, &c
Building and Loan Association
Front Toar
National Mortagage Loan Company
BE Sy, NW
Tolman
Foam
Corcoran
Cees
Bret WriLish
London
Medical
Ree
12Th St
Twelfth Street N. W
Howe
Damiana
Stimoninis
HE Howe Medicine Company
Tenth St. Philo
Stevens
Sth
Pal
LIAMS
Evans
Electro-Medical Institut
Gov
Sunda
Webnes
Shade “Y Teat
Stormaen
BR. Leatherman
Fisk Elgin
M. Iie
Hood
Sarsaparilia
Lowel Masa
Ro Evans Gueto
Mmomnmati
W. T. Daldus
Muroua
Dragetess
O'S
Sean Rael
Scwrouss
Lara TM Adel
Ure Mariel
Ilics
Marvel CO
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