Broncho Bob and the Little Fanner in Oklahoma
In an Oklahoma town a brash bronco brawler named Broncho Bob confronts a rough crowd at Badger's boarding house. A pale quiet man seated in the corner, the unnamed narrator, recalls how Bob vows violence but the tense scene ends with the crowd fleeing and the minor figure surviving shaken. The account, credited to 8 E. Kiser in the Chicago Record-Herald, captures frontier bravado and a lurking threat amid rough talk and a single gun drawn.
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Oklahoma
Badger
Moses
The Mortgaged Bride
Hiram Patton, a debt riddled blacksmith, borrows to buy his rival’s shop and weds Sarah Ann Mills. When mortgage due, he cannot pay. Sarah Ann offers herself as mortgage relief, saving shop and home. Bart Graves relents, Patton redeems finances, and the couple triumphs.
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Hiram
Hiram’ Nery
Coler
Bartimeus Graves
Wiram
Bart
Hiram Patton
Ldartimeus
Patton
Bart Graves
Sarah Ann Mills
Sarah Ann
Dart Graves
Graves
Bible and Modern Thought as Literature and Mind
The essay argues the Bible varies with each reader like the moon viewed through different eyes. It defends the Bible’s enduring value, contrasts modern scientific and historical criticism, and urges reading the Bible as literature shaped by its historical context and human experience.
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Shakespeare
Manind
Robert G. Ingersoll
Paul
Science and Industry Notes From 1901
A Melbourne sanatorium trial shows olive or cod liver oil massage shortens consumption treatment. Discussion ranges from trees vs shrubs among 124 plant species, France coal mining growth, child labor laws in France, Pittsburgh steel output comparisons, arsenic in Chinese tobacco linked to cancer, and a 1901 solar eclipse study at Lick Observatory checking for a hypothetical planet.
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Melbourne
France
Pittsburg
England
Germany
Russia
Belgium
Spain
Patrick Manson
Lick Observatory
Leverrier
Mercury
Perrine
Rude Editor Adage From Stray Stories
An authoress once sought an editor’s opinion on a forthcoming book. She offered, if not up to mark, to publish another work. After reading pages the editor replied sharply, advising, Madam, I would advise you to put this where your irons are.
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Dankforth
St. Joseph
Mich
Lydia E. Pinkhams
Porxnam
Lydia E. Pinkham
Exan Sxxpee
St. Marion
Ohio
Fragmented Humorous Snippets From 1900s Journal Wit
A collage of brief quips and anecdotes from old newspapers, including remarks on photography, stage ambitions, newspaper size, future novels, and illiteracy statistics. Notable lines reference a New York Times photographer, Charley’s self awareness, a stage dream, and a Missouri style moral about titles.
How Chinese Sleep on Roofs in Summer and Winter
A fragment describing Chinese families sleeping on roof spaces in summer and a brick bed four feet high in winter heated by a chimney passing beneath shows a snapshot of domestic practices. The note mentions at least six people sharing the elevated bed and hints at regional customs and living arrangements.
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Sumer
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Ang
Bome
E. Kiser
Chicago
Herala
Claudia May Ferrin
the Bible
Science and Industry
Madge
Dolly
N. Y. Times
Barnes
Charley
Boston Transcript
Tess
Sere
Jess
Philadelphia Press
Chicago Post
Washington Star
Indianapolis News
America
Herald
Bavaria
Baden
Wurtemberg
Scandinavia
Winchester
Rte Ny
Aneg
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