Jennie Saves the Train From a Burnt Bridge
Jennie Creek, a farm girl from Indiana, cannot join a Millgrove fair excursion due to family poverty. After the bridge burns and the excursion train nears a deadly washout, she waves her red shawl to warn the engineer, who stops the train just in time. The railroad later awards her a life pass for her bravery.
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Sydney Merryfield
Millgrove Fair
Jennie Creek
Indiana
Merryman
Millgrove
Jennie
Mrs. Creek
Willigrove
Detroit Free Press
New Forms of Kites From Kiteland by Norman Osborne
Norman Osborne writes in Scientific American about new kite types. He claims the sailor kite and a novel arrow kite with three tails fly well in light California winds but need skill and careful construction. He notes these kites are lightweight and elastic and not suited to strong gusts.
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Her Majesty
Norman Osborne
Scientific American
California
Zephyrs
Wireless Telephone Progress Report Hints at Commercial Use
The wireless telephone is under steady push toward commercial use by inventors. French naval lieutenant Jeance and Mercier, along with Mr. Lee De Forest of this city, appear ready to open ether to wire converse over 300 to 500 distance segments in an experimental way.
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Jeance and
Mercier
Lee de Forest
A Match Trick: Form Three Squares With Matches
A brief on a clever matchstick illusion using four whole matches and four half matches to create three squares. Two X crosses touch by the whole matches, and each end is completed with half matches to form squares, providing a challenging stooge-free puzzle.
Quaint Glassworks Revealed The Puntil Craft
A vivid tour of a circular glassworks shows the furnace conical brick chamber lit by multiple glowing holes. Workers blow molten batch into bottles, some fragile as beads, others forming pears and bosses, with annealing 36 hours to harden and cool.
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Calais
London Globe
Who Said Quotes From American Civil War Era
The quotes are attributed to military and political leaders of the Civil War period. The authors include figures known for leadership under fire and strong statements on duty, sacrifice, and patriotism. Each line reflects a stance on courage order and perseverance in conflict.
Neighborly Pig Sale Sparks Child’s Inquiry
A farmer who sold a pig to a neighbor visits and sees the neighbor’s boy watching the pig in the pen. The boy replies that the pig is well and asks after the farmer’s folks, prompting a brief, hospitable exchange.
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Johnny
Sunday School Exchange Sparks Pun in Classic Rhyme
A teacher asks about Nineveh and Tyre in a humorous exchange. Johnny answers Nineveh was destroyed and Tyre was punctured, delivering a quick, punny recap of biblical and maritime fates.
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Nineveh
Johnny
Tyre
Man crosses street with small step-ladder observed
George notes a man crossing the street this morning taking 12 steps at a time and carrying a small step-ladder. John confirms the odd sight.
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George
John
Foot in It Sparks Banter Between George and James
In a playful exchange George mocks James about a mishap, and James asks for clarification. The dialogue centers on a humorous misstep and lighthearted teasing between the two.
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George
James
Jimmie
Money and Brains Debate Over Proposal
Clara recalls Tom's boast that he has money but Maude counters that he has no money. The Pittsburg Post quotes the pair in a light exchange highlighting wealth and wit.
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Clara
Tom
Maude
Pittsburg
Lord Milner Receives Hats in Pretoria Tale of a Hire
A Transvaal hatter refuses sale during Lord Milner’s Pretoria reception. With silk hats scarce, he rents four hats for ten minutes each to visiting legislators, then collects them in turn, citing fairness to all customers as his reason.
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Lord Milner
Pretoria
Transvaal
Pall Mall Gazette
A Black Farmer Sings Hope From a Bad Year
A Chicago Record-Herald quote recalls a black farmer’s ironic song about not getting any of the crop year’s proceeds. He cannot read or write yet cheerfully inspects his balance sheet and pockets the page.
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Sailor Kite
New York Herald
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R. P. Scobee & Son CO. Incorporated
Winchester
P. Hackett
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Winchester Drug Co
Store OF Quality
Cincinnati
Brown Proctoria
L. M. Butsch
News
Clark County
the News
Jin
the Winches
TER News
the Winchester News. Incorporated
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