Great Northern plan to span Canada to the Pacific
The Chicago Record-Herald reports Willie Gill of St. Paul discussing James J. Hill’s plan to build a new Great Northern line from Winnipeg to Vancouver without bonds. He envisions Canada’s wheat fields fueling a transcontinental route, with rail connections to Duluth and Winnipeg, while Manitoba’s 1905 crop outlook and future grain shipments are noted.
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Janes J. Gill
Empire Builder
St. Paul
Gotham Hotel
New York
Great Northern Railroad
Winnipeg
Vancouver
William ©. Curtis
Chicago Record- Herald
Great Northern Railway
Ted
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
British Columbia
Willaiper Board of Trade
Canadian Northwest
Dominion Tron Company
Halifax
S0c Iron Company
Sault Ste. Marie
Tin
Canada
Duluth
Grand Trunk
Oen
I Won't Be Oslerized A Soldier's Resolve
A speaker in a rustic voice declares defiance against Oslerization, pledging to keep working and living with vigor at sixty, celebrating hard labor, independence, and the simple joys of life. The speaker cites pride in earned work, patience with aging doctors, and a lasting belief in personal resilience amid trials.
Fortune for ex slave Passman heir of racing estate
A will probated recently leaves Aunt Margaret Pryot of Bannockburg KY the bulk of breeding stock and real estate after funeral expenses. Legacies include $10,000 to William Howe and his heirs, $3,000 to John Gray and two sons, $500 to colored servants, and specific bequests tied to racing stock and turf interests. The document notes Lexington ties and a farm with twelve yearlings and brood mares Grace Lee and Lisa Hinsar, all sold with the rest of the estate.
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Margaret Pryot
B. G
Margaret
Wiliiath Howe
Coudin
Willim Howe
Davigh
James Howard
Bannockburg
Edward Fratler
Texas
John Gray
Hia
City
Mariot Thomas
New York
Kentucky
Thorou
Grace Lee
Lisa Hinsar
Will
Lexington
Quesia
Rostand and Bernhardt Faith Sparked a Great Dramatist
The article recounts Edmond Rostand rising amid doubt, with Sarah Bernhardt backing his early work and inviting Coquelin to witness a manuscript reading. Coquelin praised Rostand’s talent, urging him to abandon engagements to place his play, a catalyst for Rostand’s later triumph with Cyrano de Bergerac and Aiglon. It also touches on medieval kitchens and the Achaean League, detailing their roles in history.
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Patni Bernarat
Edmond Rostand
Coquelin
T Lind
Rostand
Coquella
Cyriha
Bernhardt
Lostand
France
England
America
New York
Christmas Peace and Power Shifts in 19th Century History
A compressed account notes events linked to Christmas across years 1805 to 1870. It mentions Mpance and Austria peace talks yielding territorial gifts to France, Italy recognizing Napoleon as King, U S withdrawal toward Fort Sumter in 1860, and a 1870 snow constitution in Otto haan empire granting Christian rights, with the sultan later disobeying once pressure eased.
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Mpance
Austria
France
Italy
Napoleon
United States
Charleston
Fort Sumter
Tursaey
Ottohaan
David and the Well Water and a Shark Tale
A fragmentary passage recounts Davids brave men risking their lives to bring water from a Bethlehem well, and a bizarre scene with a shark that resurfaces and speaks, followed by a evasive vow among crew members to keep silent about miraculous escapes and the strange voyage
Dowry and Count-Ach Social Fracas Reported
A fragmentary item notes a chaotic social scene involving Dowry, Gaywood-Ah, and a Count-Ach with mentions of family, a fading father, and disrupted plans. The readable text hints at a domestic or social dispute, lacking clear dates, places, or verifiable actions.
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Gaywood
The Greatest River Rivera and the Amazon Tale
The river rises in Ithiame and spans 1200 leagues, with over 100 large river and fish, 40 fat, then floods and ebbs. The Aindzén Id remains near the same height year round. Some tribes believed the river encircled the world. its mouth with Para is 180 miles wide, navigable 1000 miles inland by large ocean steamers, with the flood tinting the sea yellow for 400 miles from Brazil.
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Rivera
Amazon
Ithiame
Para
Brazil
Cold Feet and Harsh Upbringing in Froude Biography
The excerpt warns against cold feet and improper sleep habits, suggesting warm up through exercise or hot and cold water, then more vigorous rubbing. It then cites Froude’s Youthful Torment of James Anthony Froude, recounting Murrell’s brutal attempts to toughen him. The passage describes fearsome visions and the child’s gradual realization that Pegingre and Hurrell's ideas may be illusions.
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Froude
Hardeblps
James Anthony Froude
Murrell
Hurrell’s
Flying lizards of Java described as dragon precursors
The Draco yolnns of Java are small gliding lizards with extendable skin folds that allow them to glide between trees while pursuing insects. When resting their mottled backs blend with surfaces, making them hard to spot unless they move.
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Java
Sudan Railway Telegram Proves Thorough Burial Caution
A telegram from an outlying station reports the station master died and the reply instructs to bury him but to ensure he is truly dead first. Later a follow up states the station master was buried after being struck on the head twice with a fish plate, confirming there was no premature burial.
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Sudan
Peat Bog Found Beside Indiana Harbor Railroad
Morocco Indiana visitors report a bottomless sink hole near St Johns that turns out to be a peat bog. The deposit is waterlogged and light brown, burning with heat but causing rail ballast upheavals as surface weight shifts occur. Drilling to thirty five feet shows no change in material.
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Indians City
Morocco
Ind
St. John’s
Indiana Harbor
British Isles
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Railroid Company
A New Bwlnbarne Poem Swinburne for Queen's Carol
The New York Times notes Algernon Charles Swinburne wrote a poem for the Queen's Carol in a Christmas book supporting Her Majesty's unemployed fund. The verse, titled Winter, portrays winter as a harsh force affecting the poor and labor, contrasted with glimpses of nature and hope amid struggle.
Royalty talk overheard in cautious humor
in Chicago Journal a light dialogue quotes Mrs Bzee and Mrs Hzee about not belonging to royalty and nobility while recalling a comment to Uncle George about how general kings beat several queens in a terrible way, reflecting a satirical rumor or social voice of the era
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Bzee
Mr. Bzee
Hzee
George
Chicago Journal
Did You Enjoy a College Song Said In Jest
A witty exchange at a reception pits a beautiful young lady against a cynical man in a green necktie. She asks if he ever enjoyed a college song and he replies he did not. She protests claiming he has missed something.
Balloon celebrates church mortgage payoff at Bryn Mawr
The balloon ceremony at Church of Our Lady of Good Counsel marked the church paying off a 112,000 mortgage. Pastor J. Fedigan and the congregation released the balloon with the mortgage card attached then lit it in a blessing. Within three years they paid $17,000 of debt and spent $10,000 on grounds and edifice improvements, with more plans planned once funds are in sight.
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Church of Our Lady of Good Counsel
Bryn Mawr
Sys
Philadelphia
Rey
J. J. Fedigan
Princess Victoria builds cat medal cattery at Windsor Park
A London dispatch says Princess Victoria of Sleswick-Holstein, patron of many champion cats, has funded a two story Seymour Lodge cattery at Cumberland Edge Windsor Park. It features a dormitory reached by a ladder, with a bed for each cat and warm water bottles in cold weather.
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Victoria
Sleswick-Holstein
Edward
Cumberland Edge
Windsor Park
London
New York American
Seymour Lodge
Aashe
Autoist Chases Jack Rabbit in Montana
Walter J. Faul son of President J. Hitt of the Great Northern rail road arrives in Billings Montana with a forty five horsepower automobile from Lewistown The Billings dispatch reports he chased a jack rabbit across the prairie until the rabbit was exhausted marking likely the only recorded case of a wild rabbit chased in an automobile
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Walter J. Faul
4. J. Hitt
Great Northern Railroad
Billings
Mont
Lewistown
Billings Dispatch
Rockefeller Plans New Mansion at Pocantico Hills
The article reports John D. Rockefeller's excavation work for a proposed 130 by 80 foot six story stone mansion on his Pocantico Hills estate. The house will feature an enclosed veranda and a sixth floor observatory, with fire and water proofing and colonial styling. Rockefeller says he feels better and richer, enjoying estate travel.
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Alenante
King
John D. Rockefeller
Kykult
Pocantico Hills
Tarrytown
N. Y
New York Times
Rockefeller
Pring
Tlazarrytown
Lfe
Unclear fragment recounts praise for papers and medicine
A garbled newspaper fragment cites praise for DeWitt's Little Early Risers and mentions comments from the Cleveland Leader Ames Times and Toledo Chronicle praising newspapers as ideal or great. It references school scenes with a child named Bobbie and a stiff neck, plus an ad-like line about a liver cleanse product.
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Ames Times
Marshalltown Times-Republican
United States
Toledo Chronicle
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