Inside the Twentieth Century Colossus Circus Visit
Visitors tour backstage as elephant trainer O’Brien explains John the elephant’s quirks and a gentle wink becomes a joke about unionizing. Dollie Julian, famed female somersault rider, charms the guests with her skill and grace, while the guide’s pomp gives way to genuine admiration.
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Colossus
2 Sirens
Phe Corner
O'Brien
John
Jeronie
Baxter Street
Johnnie
Fourth Avenue
Dollie Julian
Miss Julian
Emety
Johanna
Star N Logien
Old-Fashioned Couple Encounter Circy Life Realities
A couple views circus life through a guide’s eyes and a professor emeritus of equine education. The wife notes how modern circus folk blend happiness with ambition, while discussing a daughter training as a performer and the uneasy call of earning a living in circus versus other trades.
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Frank Melville
Melville
Andrew Johnsons Goose Heritage Relic Heads to Expo
In Laurens South Carolina a historic relic, Andrew Johnsons goose from his journeyman days, will be sent to the exposition. Johnson worked in Laurens at seventeen for two years and proposed to Miss Salle Hapre, who rejected him. The goose passed through several hands and rests now with Mrs Shirley B Whalley. The tale closes with a quip about feeding on greatness and gout.
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Andrew Johmson
Laurens
S.C
Andrew Johnson
Johnson
Salle Hapre
Greenville, Ton
Eliza McCardle
Hance
Merian Simmons
Shirley B. Whalley
The Best Day of Somebody's Year Proclaimed
A reflective piece urges use of clear calm thinking in emergencies, with examples of training, timing, and preparation. It contrasts a boy's cool response to a fire, a pear cutting trick, a Lapland clock tale, and a simple magic lantern craft to show practical thinking under pressure.
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Chicago
Buds Reveal Spring History In Winter Study
Observations on winter tree buds show how they unfold into spring, with scales and hidden miniatures of leaves and flowers. Notes mention horse chestnut coatings, velvety coverings, and how cut buds placed in water can sprout indoors. Meehans Monthly compares ancient games, highlighting the Australian sport Marn Grook as rougher football-like play.
The Walls of Sparta Rise Behind The Brick Slang Tale
An Epis ambassador visits Sparta and is surprised the city lacks walls. The king says the walls will be built at dawn and leads the guest to see them the next morning. The tale frames ancient pride and urban defense as a social joke in a brief historical anecdote.
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Sparta
Epis
Greece
Kansas Notes urge restraint amid odd Kansas stories and scams
Kansas notes recount quirky tales from baker university suspensions for watching basketball to swindles in Harvey county, a church Bible held by a preacher, trees planted at a penitentiary farm, and locals predicting droughts. It mentions a barber ad, roadworthy humor, and various small-town exploits across the state with scattered dates and names like Leavenworth, Osage, Cherokee, and Baldwin.
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Kansas
Baker University
Kiowa County
J. Deviin
Leavenworth
Osags
Bourbon County Register of Deeds Office
Uniontown
John Tennyson
Harvey County
J. Ostand
New Gottland
Sumer
Europe
Parsons Asylum For the Insane
State Penitentiary
First Baptist Church
Wichita
Jewett
Baldwin
Wilson
Secretary of Agriculture
Beloit Chautauqua
Salina
Atchison
Globe
Andee
Galena
Osborne
Mope
Gulf of Mexico
Fort Scott
Jason Frederic Stiles
Nnn
Beulah Land
Newton
Home Women and Suffering Cured by Vogeler's Compound
The advertisement targets home women suffering daily from spinal weakness and related symptoms. It claims Vogeler's Curative Compound acts on the stomach liver kidneys to remove impurities and restore strength, vitality, and vigor. A free sample is offered by mail to address in Baltimore.
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aMer Dey
Vogeler
Baltisare
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Tibottom
Samuel
Marion
Mendelssohn
Imogene
Arctic Circle
Lapland
Germany
Silhoutte
Sarnree
Meade County
Topeka
Herington
Peabody
Hia
Fis [Mame Ie
Home Women
Ai Pousias
Nathanal Kangarea
Smal ‘Atwaye Bisek
Womaling
Alabastine Company
Grand Rapids
Mich
Borse
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