Pioneer editor in Dakota stakes out a sod shack
Maj A C Adams, a newspaper man who moved to Day County Dakota after the war, set up a sod shanty and printed a local paper. He mailed copies to the East and West, and a chance meeting with a stranger led to cautioned banter about his work. Years later Britton grew near his claim, and Adams reflects on a missed hardware venture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Paul
A. C. Adams
Webster, Dak
Adams
Dakota
Day County
Aeaack
Iowa
Britton
Marshall County
Lawrence
Singapore maniac runs amok in deadly rampage
Hadji Ibraim, a Malay pilgrim organizer, slashed and killed six people in Singapore after receiving news of a daughter's death in Mecca. He stabbed two Malay women, killed a Chinaman in the street, and wounded others before a native police officer restrained him. He offered no clear motive and was committed to hospital for examination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Singapore
Hadji Ibraim
Mecca
Creese
Akent
London
Milford Township’s Pest Tale Through Years of Farm Woes
Milford Township Pennsylvania charts a quirky history of pests from 1883 field mice to hawks 1884 to 1886 weasels skunks and finally rats. The narrative links pest cycles to evolving laws and rural life in the state with recurring farmyard upheavals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milford
Pennsylvania
Milford Township
Commonwealth
Little Meadow
Icelanders Moving Westward Scheme Threatens Population
The St James Gazette reports a Manitoba plan to relocate 75,000 Icelanders along with their flocks to Canada. It compares the move to the Exodus from Egypt and notes a fifteen year flow of Icelandic migration. Gimli Thingvalla and New Iceland colonies in Manitoba prosper and send off shoots into the Northwest under the Icelandic Society.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. James
Iceland
Manitoba
Israel
Egypt
Canada
Gimli
Thingvalla
New Iceland
Canadian Northwest
Icelandic Society
Great Flood Redraws Chinese Rivers and Terrifies Land
The Yellow River has changed course multiple times in 2,500 years. A September 28 breach flooded fertile districts, sweeping away villages and leaving thousands drowned or homeless. Water now drains toward the Yellow Sea and Yangtze through new channels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yellow River
China
Kaifeng
Yellow Sea
Yang-tse-Kiang
Niagara Ice Bridge Forms Across Niagara Gorge
A large ice bridge stretches from the Canadian falls to the river’s far shore in front of the pleasure grounds, formed Monday at about 1 am. Thomas Conroy crossed first to the Canadian side, Mamie L Edwards was the first lady to cross, and William Edwards accompanied her. The bridge may last several weeks, with ribbed ridges and high segments and a scenic view from below.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buffalo Courier
Niagara
Prospect Park
Monda
Canadian Falls
Pleasure Grounds
McCloy
Thomas Conroy
Jack le Blond
Mamie L. Edwards
Bridgeport
William Edwards
Niagara Falls
Ont
Miss Edwards
Goat Island
Park Company
Jack McCloy
The Joker Budget and Quick Wit in 19th Century Bits
A collage of humorous snippets from early humor pages including playful exchanges between characters like Mary Jane and Tom Masson, and jokes about reading, farming, and toboggan outfits. Also features light dialogue from The Sage Farmer and a brisk exchange about marriage and class mobility.
Humorous Snippets and Parodies in a 19th Century Paper
A collage of quips and cartoons spans poems about poets and editors, classroom jokes on parasites and grammar, social quirks in trains, and wry remarks from periodicals. Notable lines reference misused grammar, drunken compositors, hunting tales, and a Kentucky colonel's stoic potions.
A Foolish Doctor
A humorous Burdette quip about a patient insisting on illness while a doctor bluntly blames the patient’s habits and food. The patient promptly discharges him, illustrating the trouble of hearing harsh medical truth.
Alphone Davpet Targets Forty Immortals of the French Academy
Alphone Davpet claims to write a book ridiculing the forty immortals of the French Academy. The proposal suggests a sharp literary satire aimed at the prestigious body and its members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alphonse Davpet
Expresson
French Academy
Also Mentioned on This Page
Niagara Ice Bridge
Connecticut
Mary Jane
Delighten
Tom Masson
Miss Breezy
Chicago
Mr. Wabash
Boston
Breezy
Puck
the Sage
Farmer
Cape Cod
Boston Globe
Mamma
Chicago Tribune
Corkins
McStab
Washington
V. Y. Sun
Nell
Misouri
Philadelphia
Smith
Miss McCusker
Cincinnati
Miss Hinckley
New York
Miss McC
Amie
Paris
Miss Blanche
Lillian
Fet
Kentucky
Ashville
Massachusetts
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