Missionary Ordeal On State Street Ends With Homeward Ride
A slender girl and four companions performed a street revival on State Street last Sunday, drawing a growing crowd with singing and shouting. Florence, converted by a black-clad woman, is dragged away by her angry father after a dramatic exit from the wagon. Police and bystanders watch the scene, while the crowd disperses with lingering curiosity about the improvised sermon and its dramatic rescue.
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State Street
Slate Street
Florence
Lorence
Chicago
Inter Geran
Mark Twain Faces Tide of Favors in Recurring Letters
The writer notes Mark Twain endures a steady stream of requests from strangers seeking favors. He recalls compliments often prefixed to pleas, and recounts a school teacher who asks for his oil portrait, unaware of the implied cost. The anecdote highlights Twain's weary reception of solicitations.
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Mark Twain
Ite
Claim Motto of Wales Debate Over Its Origins
The Welsh motto question centers on whether the phrase Ich dieu or Ef servo traces to the Black Prince or arose from Edward I presenting his newborn son to Welsh chieftains at Carnarvon Castle. Dr William Trine argued Welsh origin tied to the moment, while many antiquarians accept his alternative.
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Prince of Wales
Bohemian
Crecy
William Trine
Heidelberg
Carnarhan Castle
Yale Man as a Missionary to Rhodesia Base Hospital
Dr Samuel Guerney of Yale medical school class of 1901 will go to Gomgalli Rhodesia to be a medical missionary. A Derby nurse who cared for Cook the smallpox patient received a gold medal from the legislature for her service. The Oom-Rallt mission is described as highly important in South Africa with Dr Guerney buying $10 000 in equipment for a manual training school and hospital.
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Yale
Samuel Guerney
Yale Medical School
Gomgalli
Rhodesia
South Africa
Cook
Derby
Oom- Rallt
Querney
Relics of Heathen Times in Norway Unearthed in History
Special correspondence notes Norway as a rich field for archaeology uncovering relics from the Viking and earlier ages. It describes heathen hav sites, Thor and Niord temples, Christianization under Olav Trygvesson and Olav Haraldson, and enduring medieval cathedrals, halls, and stave churches. The piece covers Bergen, Trondhjem, Christiania, Hamar, Aggershus, and educational roots from Bergen’s cathedral school dating to 1152, with later reforms and current enrollment around four hundred pupils.
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Kingdom
Norway
Olav Trygvesson
Olay Haraldson
Sarpsfossen
Olay
Thorspor
Baholm
Thor
Selja
Nordfjord
Trondhjem
Bergen
Ste. Mary’s Church
Stavanger
St. Swithia
Haakon
Aggershus Castle
Christiania
Europe
Italy
Trondbjem
University of Paris
Sorbonne
University College of Oxford
Peterhouse College
Cambridge
England
Winchester College
Harrow
Rugby
Eaton
Westminster
Nicholaus Breakspeare
Hadrian IV
Trondhjems Domkirke
Bygdeborger
Hamar
Ians
Christ Church
St. Olav’s
Cathedral School
Remedy for Rats Appears in Dover Innkeeper Tale
London Times October 14 1802 recounts a Dover innkeeper who lamented a rat infestation to a French gentleman who offered a cure. The landlord agreed to a charge equal to his usual bill and joked that the rats would not return if the fee was added to the debt, as reported by the New York Tribune.
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London Times
New York Tribune
Best Read Columns and Advertising's Educational Value
Advertising columns educate the public on goods as necessities or luxuries and guide buyers to where to shop. Readers scan ads to discover both purchases and the printers ink behind them.
Cat and Monkey Foster Duo Create Washington Heights Tale
A Chicago cat named Jocko was abandoned as a kitten and raised by an African monkey. The unlikely pair endured clashes, rescues, and daily antics including furniture pranks and window jumps. After quarrels led to the monkey’s sale, the cat’s loneliness drew the owner to buy back the primate. now Jocko enjoys crowds in Washington Heights, even helping shoe shiners on Sundays.
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Washington Heights
Chicago
Walt
David Miller
Jocko
Jock
Joeka
Lithia
Liber Andles
Paseorshy
Jacko
Mr. Miller
James H. Keene Portrait as Wall Street Enigma
A pen portrait of James H. Keene depicts him as a disciplined yet restless Wall Street figure. The writer notes his sharp, lucid style and daring, often generous but wary of others. The piece frames Keene as a blend of patience in campaigns and impulsive market moves, set against a modern, expanding economy.
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James TM
Keene
Wall Street Spectator
Ved
Toni
Jude
Wallstreat
James H. Keene
Wellesley Plans Farming Department For Women
Wellesley college will establish a farming department teaching scientific gardening disease treatment in wheat and grain, plus training for expert restorers. The program includes a dairy for butter making and a poultry yard for rearing and feeding chicks, highlighting the Hunnewell estate grounds as a model.
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Wellesley
Wellesley College
Northwestern Christian Advocate
America
Hunnewell
Soldier Fleeing Peru Explains Escape and Arrest
A policeman on duty in Champs Blyseos,aris watched a man climb a chestnut tree and hide among the branches. The man, Hosario Pex, claiming to be a Venezuelan army colonel, said he joined a revolutionary upheaval, was captured and escaped, fled to Europe, and later reached Paris where he stayed in a hotel and used forged papers to support his tale.
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Champs Blyseos
Aris
Hosario Pex
Kansas Governor Bailey to wed Miss Clara Williams
Governor Bailey of Kansas reportedly engaged to marry Clara Williams of Seneca Kan daughter of George W Williams president of the First Nations bank of Seneca and a reputed millionaire Bailey pledged marriage upon election event and timing uncertain
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Siskey
Willie 2. Bailey
Kansas
Clara Williams
Seneca, Kan
Williaw
George W. Williams
First Nations’ Bank of Seneca
Bailey
Question of Anatomy: Attension of Medical Men Stabbed in Crap Game
A garbled item notes medical men dealing with injuries after a patient was kicked in a corridor or vestibule and later linked to a stabbing incident in a craps game. The fragment mentions confusion and possible investigation into the events and responsible parties.
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