The Prisoner in a Lonely Jail
Poem fragment by Sam Walter Foss in Yankee Blade describes a prisoner confined within a jail his spirit can observe the world yet remains solitary. It contrasts perfumed pleasures heard behind doors with music trains and hymns, all while the prisoner dwells alone. No lover understands the soul or completes it. the prison persists as a solitary abode.
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Lis Hfelong
Etar
Jover
Sam Walter Furs
Yankee Blade
Settlement with Gringo Perez in a Texas border town
A Texas merchant and Bill Scott of the Rangers pursue Gringo Perez in a Tex-M Mex border town. After a tense confrontation in Perez store, they deter an armed mob, seize the debt, and guard a young girl who fears her father while a plan to educate her is funded by local funds.
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Texas
Galveston
Bill Scott
Texas Rangers
Gringo Perez
Scott
Gringo
Brimstone
G. Perez
Perez
Rangers
George
Fire-Eater
Gringe
Gringo's
Tobe
Cain
Dick Simson
Rice
Hartsfield
Stever
Cap
Lief
State of
Betsey
Uv P
Sissie
Calaboose
Chee
New York Recorder
Japanese Love of Flowers in Demorest's Monthly
The article notes Japan’s Agua concept treats stems and branches as central to art, with evergreens like pine cedar fir and maple ranking highest. It describes flower sellers favoring greenery, Buddhas’ shrines stocked with sprigs, and Japanese gardeners prioritizing natural arrangement over added color.
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Japan
Demorest’s Monthly
Killer whales named bloodthirsty monsters by old sea captain
An aged captain argues killer whales are more bloodthirsty than sharks and wolves. He cites packs attacking a cow and calf, feeding on porpoises, and tearing flesh, claiming only the Makah in Washington hunt them. He notes their size are about twenty feet and their backs resemble daggers.
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Killer Vin
Washington State
Atlantic
Ced
Nantucket
The Joss Craze and Its Fraudulent Artifacts
United States Consul Bedloe notes that Amoy and Canton supply travelers with josses described as moderns and antiques. Many are fakes crafted cheap, using molds, clay, and glaze. a fair-sized image costs about three cents to make and five cents to sell locally, with higher prices to credulous tourists.
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United States
Bedloe
Amoy
Canton
Christendom
Washington Star
Slow travel imagined by Nansen as ice floe voyage
The New York News discusses Dr. Nansen's plan to drift a ship frozen in an ice floe toward the pole. It notes the idea is original but likens it to a glacier's slow movement and questions whether the floe would drift toward any open sea, given the vast frozen area ahead.
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Dr. Nansen
Mark Twain
New York News
Ancient coins collection at Philadelphia mint reveals oldest metal money
A Philadelphia mint exhibit showcases an ancient coin collection with the oldest metal money dating to 700 B.C. featuring a tortoise design on one face and rare early mintage. The piece valued at $220 bears Chinese characters, while the collection notes coin history across Asia, Africa, and Egypt with cowries still used in parts of Asia and Africa.
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Philadelphia
China
Egypt
Asa
Cleopatra
Rus
Babylon
Asia
Africa
Arabian Sea
Desert Wells Near Walters Promise Water Boom
The Pacific company reports striking water at Walters California in a desert well 4853 feet deep. The flow reaches about 9000 gallons per hour and could supply tanks along a desert line, transforming the arid area into fertile land with potential for green pastures and crops.
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Colorado Desert
Walters
Cal
Colorado
Pacific Company
Bunning
Yuma
Mesquite and Presse Herald
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Belle Hunt
Cowles
Dick Sims
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