SEA ISLAND QUEEN MRS PAUL KOlBE RULING SOUTH SEAS
Mrs Paul Kole known as Queen Emma is described as one of the world s richest women. She has built a vast fortune of about 20 million dollars in twenty years by laying hold of opportunities in the Bismarck Archipelago now New Pomerania New Mecklenburg and New Lauenberg. She governs 100 000 islanders with a line of plantations and ships connecting the islands to Australia while introducing laws marriage and divorce and civilizing many natives. Her father Jonas M Coe was an American consul at Samoa and her present husband is Lieut Paul Kolbe formerly of the German army.
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Paul Kole
Emma
Edward
Forsayth
Western Pacific
Germany
Bismarck Archipelago
New Guinea
New Britain
New Ireland
Duke of York
New Pomerania
New Mecklenberg
New’ l Lauenberg
Islands
Australis
New Pomeranian
South Sea Island
United States
South Seas
Jonas M. Coe
Samoa
Australia
San Francisco
Mr. Forsayth
Paul Kolbe
Comparison of Belgrade coup with Napoleons historic event
An English writer contrasts the Belgrade coup d etat with Napoleon I’s 1799 seizure of power. Fifty four Victors fall in Belgrade while Napoleon’s Paris bloodshed drew European disgust. The piece links the usurper’s act to postwar monarchy gains at Windsor.
What They Were Good For Sir Lipton Tesla in Waldorf
In the Waldorf Astoria last week Sir Thomas Lipton and Nikola Tesla debated Ireland's future over drinks and cigars. Tesla argued Irishmen are capable of being used for what can be made of them, prompting Lipton to smile and remain silent.
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Sir ‘Thomas Lipton
Nikola Tessy
Ireland
Waldorf-Astoria
Mr. Tesla
Sir Thomas
New York Times
Stump Speaking Compared To Poker In Suggestive Remark
William Hepburn Russell likened stump speaking to poker after a speech before a quiet audience. He quipped that one often feels the need for a good hand, illustrating a humorous analogy from a New York Times dispatch.
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Stump
William Hepburn Russell
New York Times
Status of the Rooster meets a Vermont farmer and a noisy rival
In a Boston market Jefferson recounts leaving a City desk for farming in Vermont. He confronts Randall Cole and a crowing rooster feud that disturbs sleep and morals, leading to plans to seek a legal ruling on roosters as a public nuisance and to test a court precedent.
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Vermont
Jellison
Randall Cole
Cole
Galler
Urer
Nick
Jim
Jefferson
Boston Journal
Funeral Observed In City Of Mexico Prompting Sibley Joke
Representative Sibley of Pennsylvania visited Mexico long ago to safeguard interests and observed a grand funeral procession. Asked whose funeral it was, a local replied there was none. Sibley exclaimed that if they bury manana as well, the country would amount to something.
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Thomas
Mitzy
Fitzy
Cola
Thomas Jefferson
Cole
Sibley
Pennsylvania
Mexico
Pasziby
Manana
Not Sensitive, Willing to Accept Servant Tips
A New York Times snippet recounts a visitor at an up down manicure parlor who rebukes tipping as demeaning. The attendant replies she does not mind being seen as a servant, prompting the patron to reward her audacity with a quarter.
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Ims
New York Times
The Beggar's Final Appeal Within Archdeacon's Giant Lineage
Archdeacon Sinclair of London, towering in height, is linked by family history to Sir John Sinclair of the Statistical Account. The tale recalls the "Giant's Causeway" flagstones of Caithness and a beggar woman's plea outside an Edinburgh home, asking for a shoe to cradle her baby.
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Archdeacon Sinclair
London
William Sinclair
John Sinclair
Scotland
George II
Holyrood
John
Edinburgh
Caithness
Gladstone
A Winter's Night and the Dead Man's Rest
Poem excerpt reflecting on winter, poverty, and the dead found in a dreamless bed away from life’s wrath. The speaker endures a frostbitten night while a departed soul rests under darkness. Themes include homelessness, gods' gifts or denials, and memory of a loved one. Atlanta Constitution.
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Atlanta Constitution
Boy Climbs Spout To Get A Nest
A boy climbs a high spout attached to his parents house to reach a bird nest. He safely retrieves it but a watcher warns of danger. The lad replies that it would not have mattered since they plan to leave the house tomorrow.
Moving a Paris Bridge Involved Clever Engineering Feat
A 130 foot long bridge spanning the Seine at Passy was moved nearly eighty feet between 6 am and 3 pm as part of extending the Paris Tube. Ten weeks of preparation preceded the operation, which used hand powered windlass and wooden rollers for safety, and the move was completely successful.
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Paris
Seine
Passy
Teal
The Taste of Robbins Umbrella Attack at Boston Hotel
A pompous guest in a Boston hotel was stabbed in the back with an umbrella by a man chasing him. Realizing the error, the assailant apologized, claiming he mistook the man for his old friend Bobbins. The exchange prompted surprised remarks from the elder recipient.
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Thomas
Fitzy
Kitty
Cole
Robbins
Boston
Bobbins
Pobbins
Tulsa
Down-to-Date Girl Reads Classics and Dines with Knife
A Philadelphia North American item recalls a young woman of the modern era who devours medieval and early modern authors from Ternea to Morris and Burton to Chaucer. Her erudition contrasts with a strange dinner outing ending with her using a knife to eat.
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Minerva
Philadelphia
North American
Reward for Father's Bravery in Farragut Fleet
Henry Lehfeldt of Milwaukee was named a member of the Associated Veterans for gallant service as Otto Lehfeldt’s son. Otto, captain of No. 1 Bun on the Octorara, seized a rebel torpedo boat when it tried to explode the ship on January 26, 1865. He grabbed the torpedo boat’s smokestack and held it until aid arrived, allowing the Octorara to capture the craft and its crew.
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Henry Lehfeldt
Milwaukee
Associated Veterans of
Farragut
Otto Lehfeldt
No. 1 Bun
Lehfeldt
Won a Race With Death by a One-Armed Sheep Herder
Edward Gunn, a one-armed sheep herder twenty-five miles from Miles City Montana, was bitten by a rattlesnake while tending sheep. He rode his pony at full speed to Miles City, arriving just as poison took hold. He collapsed before a doctor’s office but survived. the pony died after the long dash.
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Edward Gunn
Miles City
Mont
Gunn
City
Ned Deat
Duckling Bonds With Kittens In Fishkill Home
In a Fishkill Landing kitchen annex at Louis Hawks residence a duckling hatched alone was cared for by a mother cat. The bird joined three kittens and snuggled among them, with the cat accepting the duckling as part of her brood and the trio playing together under the kitchen roof.
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Louis Hawks
Fishkill Landing
Ren
One Man Killed by a Turkey in Oklahoma Story
The Oklahoma incident of a two year old killed by a Plymouth Beech rooster is recalled by the Charlotte Observer, which cites a Norfolk-like tale from North Carolina about ex-judge Judes Spencer of Anson slain by a turkey after wearing a red skull cap.
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Oklahoma
Charlotte Observer
North Carolina
Judes Spencer
Anson
Richmond
Times-Dispatch
Street Lights Rest in Upton Summer Tradition
A general laugh arises over the expense as Upton, Massachusetts suspends street lighting for July through September. The town has halted lights for three months each year since the improvement society donated them, with no clear explanation for the seasonal pause.
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Upton
Mass
Improvement Society
Young Woman Wins Rifle Prize at Swiss Shooting Match
In the Grisons canton of Switzerland a young woman laughed at a challenger who urged her to do better. She accepted the dare, took up a rifle, and won a prize, proving a strong shot can triumph in a male-dominated contest.
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Canton
Grisons
Switzerland
Pearl Discovery at Sacco Rocks Drives Rumor of Treasure
A Bideford, Maine man found a dozen pearls in the Sacco rockmouths near shore. Years earlier he retrieved a large pearl from a cigar and was offered $120. The finds spark speculation of further riches along the coast.
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Lucky
Bideford
Sacco
Roanoke Doctor Suffered Nightmare Attack Breaks Both Arms
Dr. John L. Doggett of Roanoke Virginia reportedly seized by a nightmare while asleep. His wife awakened him and attempted to restrain him as he lashed out striking the bedstead and breaking both arms in the process.
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John L. Doggett
Roanoke
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