Woman's Sad Face and the Cowboys on the Range
A western tragedy unfoldsin Ness county where cattlemen cowboys harshly push homeseekers off government land. Roberts the ranch boss uses force. a settler and his dying wife face eviction. Old Jake and the cowboys offer a mineral bluff and a buyout to avert violence, revealing a grim microcosm of frontier greed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sas
Ness County
Roberts
Bean
Jake Kline
Jake
Kline
Sand
Old Dake
Carriensly
Duke
Imu
Howbie
Lola
Sam
Dean
Old Jake
Jones
Preelow
Atros
Detroit Free Press
Pith and Point Themed Jokes Across Newspapers
A collection of quips and light exchanges from various papers. It features witty exchanges about booksellers, silent partners, magazine pretexts, and a playful cider pun. The items showcase how humor travels between Chicago, Detroit, Washington, Cleveland, Pittsburgh, and Tit-Bits style humor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago Record
Chicago Evening Post
Sputtee
Detroit Free Tress
Puck
Washington Star
Pittsburgh Chronicle-Telegraph
Inside the Sultan’s Harem Baths A Woman Observer Describes Turkish Amusements
Adele Stern reports from the imperial baths describing a morning scene of Turkish wives and concubines, chaperones, cradle Kristen, perfumed air, and marble rooms. She notes the baths as recreation, the morning gossip, and a ritual of massage and coffee before departure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adele Stern
Innon
Old Acacia in Paris Jardin des Plantes Faces End
The Jardin des Plantes oldest tree, an acacia planted 240 years ago, bears wrinkles and braces as it struggles through tempests. Wounds are plastered, limbs bound, and a relief effort to save its life continues, though a fresh storm could end the venerable tree’s long life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wight
Great Botanical Garden
Jardin Des Plantes
Paris
la Nature
Elevated Road glimpses and urban scenes in a city piece
Readings along the elevated road reveal varied lives from a windows cleaning scene and a clinging spouse to a man shaving beside a child with a shiny diarpan. A fire escape cradle of two babies, a new colored colony on Fifty third Street, and a woman riding a bicycle in a boudoir mirror narrative accompany a row of observational vignettes from a newspaper piece.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fifty-third Street
Sixth
Ninth Avenues
N. Y
Catarrh Cure Ads and Miscellaneous Notes
Patchwork of patent medicine claims and light humor items. Advertisements tout Hall's Catarrh Cure priced 75 cents per bottle alongside testimonials, with other quack remedies and humorous anecdotes from varied newspaper sources.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Thos. P. Montfort
New York City
Andrews
Providence
Brown University
Chicago ‘Tribune
Hall
J. Cheney & Co
Props
Toledo
F. J. Cheney
West & Truax
O. Walding, Kinnan & Marvin
Chicago Post
Allen
Allen's
Olmsted
LeRoy, N.Y
Philadelphia
Elder
Tommey
St. Jacobs Oil
Frost City
Indianapolis Journal
Dr. Kline
St. Tacobs
Washington Democrat
Mary ‘Thompson
Obie Ave
Allegheny
Exglades
Weapen
Harlem Lite
AG Roy
Goughs
Ayer
Dr. Aver
Erne T
J. A. Gray, Trav. Baleeman Wrought Iron Co
St. Louis
Walter Baker & Co
Walter Baker & Co. Limited
Dorchester
Bae 208
Ail, Ntarning Hennedy CO
Chicago
Montreal
Ish Bray
Pommel Int. Slicker
Boston
Mass
Estey
Eaey Orgen Company
Eshape
Southern Homeseekers
Gui Krsry
Merry
Ay Kellond
D. Bua
Oincin
Illingis
Momasker
Jaartshof
Minneapolis
Woodward
Grain Commission
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