Station master in skirts milking a stubborn goat scene shocks crew
A Belgian station master at Grodarville near Charleroi was suspended after attempting to milk a goat that only allows Mme Marchand to milk. He dressed as his wife to milk it, prompting a train-side spectacle and a police arrest. The incident led to temporary retirement.
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Marecitayo
Grodarville
Charleroi
Belgium
Mme. Marchand
Marchand
San Francisco
Highbinders
Josshouse
Chuey Sue Yee
Chun Ling San Tong Society
Joss
Queerest Animal in the World
The tuatarra, a New Zealand lizard nine inches to a foot long, is praised for extreme indifference to life’s hardships. It clings to rocks by the sea, endures spray and sun with minimal activity, and can remain in sealed cases for long periods with barely any air. Its golden eyes blink and leathery sides heave slowly, signaling a sluggish vitality.
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Ecclesiastes
New Zealand
St. Louis Republic
Little Daisy Lays Beneath May Weather Dreams
Poetic fragment urges a girl named Daisy to sleep until May while alluding to weddings and leafy rustling. A New York Advertiser verse is followed by a biographical snippet about a New Haven pharmacist's wife, once Connecticut Pharmaceutical Association president, recovering after medical treatment with Heed's Sarsaparilla.
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New York Advertiser
New Haven
Dixwell Avenue
Connecticut Pharmaceutical Association
Bette
Hood's Sarsaparilla Patient Testimonial
A woman described long illness from complica tions of diseases and poverty felt improved after taking Hood s Sarsaparilla. She credits purification and enrichment of blood with her recovery and offers to convince others.
Kindness of a Boy to a Helped Horse
A young boy helps a horse reach oats from a nosebag with a simple fix and a kind word. The narrator praises the boy's mercy, tenderness, and courage, saying such gentle traits are essential to society and better than grand plans or riches.
Devoted Little Maud Hood Cares For Burned Brother
Maud Hood a nearly thirteen year old London girl cares for seven younger siblings in a single parent home. After her four year old brother Arthur is severely burned she wheels him in a perambulator to a sick children’s home to seek admission. Despite her effort the burns prove fatal.
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Maud Hood
London
England
Pall Mall Gazette
Maud
Lower Sydenham
Arthur
Green
Rainbow in the church window charms a boy
A Chicago Times described Jackey Merry a bright eyed playful boy who finds a rainbow in a country church window. The tale follows his mother tracking him to a stone church where light from stained glass forms a brilliant rainbow seen by Jackey who proclaims it came from the sky.
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Jackey Merry
Chicago Times
Jackey
Mamma
The Woman Who Loves You Is Your Detective and Accomplice
A fragment suggests a description of a woman as both lover and partner in crime. The line frames her as a detective helper and an accomplice in ongoing themes of loyalty and intrigue.
Public Testimony Praises August Flower Cure
Lorenzo F. Sleeper of Appleton Maine reports eight years of serious illness with heart kidney and liver trouble after poor results from three doctors. He says August Flower cured him and that no medicine equals it. He testifies under oath that he would have died without August Flower.
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August Flower
Lorenzo F. Sleeper
Appleton, Maine
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Philadelphia and Reading Railroad
Texas
Alexander Bryden
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Colorado
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Tuers
Wheeling
W. Va
Leey McCierr
Lincoln County
James Adkins
Milton
Chesapeake and Ohio
Ironton
Ohio
Lucy
United States
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Bahamas
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France
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St. Johns
New Foundland
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Murdock Mills
Germany
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Shreveport
St. Louis
James McCarry
Gaskill Township
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McCarty
Westminster
House of Commons
Prince George of Wales
Prince Albert
Prince George
Dixon
Mount St. Elias
Daisy
Mar
Su Peres
Hood
Miss Hoop
the Rainbow
J. Steprmens
Lebanon
Theis Bros
Syracuse
O. P. Brown
DaRisies
Grand St Jersey
Ely
ELY Bros
Ents John Church CO
Cincinnati
T. da. Kitweer & Co
Bixonato
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