Why the Wedding Waits in a Prairie Voice
Frank I Stanton reports in the Chicago Times Herald on a rustic suitor's anxious, humorous struggle to speak his marriage vow to Maria. The speaker, a staunch campaigner, admits a loss of his usual eloquence beside the beloved, delaying the wedding as a result.
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Marfat
Frank I. Stanton
Chicago Times- Herald
Keep Cash
Chicago Times-Herald
Micky
Mr. Dolan
Washington Star
Mr. Canter
Canter
Sloper
Jesus the Apache in Sierra Madre Wardrobe of War
A long profile of Jesus the Apache nicknamed Coyote That Drags His Foot. After a two month Apache camp raid, soldiers track him and his band into the Sierra Madre. Jesus survives by ambush and theft, killing many, including a Mexican caravan party. A Holy Sister is slain shielding a dying Apache.
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San Carlos
Jesus
Mexico
Gid Geronimo
Chatto
Sierra Madre
Ife
Canyon
Winchester
Noet
Ste. Genevieve
Agual Agua
N Y Journal
Fiction roots in biography say Herbert Spencer
Herbert Spencer argues in Contemporary Review that fiction originates in biography and develops through exaggeration and storytelling. He notes ancient myths from biographers, miracles in saints lives, and the habit of embellishing tales as they pass from mouth to ear. The result is a gradual distinction where early stories are partially believed and later fully accepted as biography.
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Herbert Spencer
Bayle Ste John
Contemporary Review
The Maglco of Old Rome
A fragmentary excerpt praising Rome tonen the charm of its ancient streets and architecture while noting how its past drew attention from a wide mix of people from educated to vain. The text criticizes the romantic aura that has fascinated many, including both women and men of society and letters.
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Maglco
Old
Rome
Mariun Crawford
Dy Cemtury
Literary prizes and distant travels cited in annual French academy awards
The annual French academy awards its top prize to M. Jusserand for Literary History of the English People. Miss Dera Zahn claims the first 80 degree north latitude achievement by an American or English woman, planting the Stars and Stripes on Spitzbergen with 52 European scientists watching. Marquis Sacripanti authorized to carry zu chetti to new cardinals for the Noble guard. Empress of Austria to curb violent exercises, once boasting a 20 inch waist. Admiral Paget writes new memoirs reflecting Crimean War service and admiralty posts. Renan’s library offered for sale, split between oriental library and general philology collections.
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French Academy
M. Jusserand
Putnams
Dera Zahn
Spitzbergen
Zuchetti
Satelli
Marquis Sacripanti
Austria
Europe
Lord Clarence Paget
Col. Paget
Paran Stevens
Almeric Paget
Pauline Whitney
Admiralty
Lord Palmerston
Renan
Oriental Library
Humorous Bits From Various Papers
A collage of light humorous exchanges and cartoon captions from several papers. Jests include imitating a comedian, hair color tips tied to wealth, a measles notice, a dessert ad joke, editor bragging of stories, rural banter about a gun, a funeral sermon fee quip, and a witty preacher's billing twist.
Gold Lake in Alaska Feeds Rumor of Vast Gold Find
The Chicago Inter Ocean reports a Seattle arrival, Hangs Christian Pande, describing a 1000 by 400 yard lake in Alaska fed by a glacier. The basin allegedly holds gold dust on bed and shores with assays of eight to ten dollars per cubic yard, suggesting easy dredging from the lake’s side if true.
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Alaska
Christian Pande
Seattle
Home Hints And Help From Various Sources
Home hints and recipes from several periodicals include shoe care with Vaseline and turpentine, apple sauce bake, cream soup with vegetables, graham pudding, frosted apple pie, macaroni with cheese, and liver a la Brouchette with bacon skewers. Notes cite sources such as Orange Judd Farmer Chicago Chronicle Paulina Smith Womankind Farm and Fireside and Chicago Record.
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Chicago Chronicle
Paulina Smith
Cali
Chicago
When He Played Baseball Michigan Judge Recalls Diamond Days
A Wayne County judge, known for calm courtroom bearing, recounts a single baseball game in which he played shortstop for Washtenaw against Ann Arbor. He recalls rural umpiring by consensus, a meddling spectator-umpire, and getting out on a close call amid lighthearted competition.
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Michigan
Wayne
Robert E. Frazer
Cherrubie Childs
Cleveland
Washtenaw
Ann Arbor
Marquis of Chadwick
Frazer
Board of Appeals
Detroit Journal
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Troy
Illinois
Sea Maria
Marie
Charles Michelson
Charley Spooner
Ethel
Soston Transcript
Erie Messenger
Manna
Chitiuro ‘Tribune
Brogkizn
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