Inventor Brazelle Claims Clay To Gold Power and New Science
Benjamin Brazelle, a young inventor, says he can turn clay into gold and other metals, overturning chemistry and gravity laws. He forms a company to build a plant in Fair Lawn, St. Louis County, to manufacture metals like aluminium and iron from clay using electricity, asserting metals can grow like plants and that science has erred for centuries.
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Benjamin Brazelle
Brazelle
Fair Lawn
St. Louis County
Mr. Brazelle
Triumph of Justice Over Trunk Mishap at Ottawa
Station agent Cotton of the Missouri Pacific in Ottawa to smashed a trunk belonging to his wife after a baggage dispute. The wreck caused 42 fruit jars to break and spill their contents, while her blue silk waist was damaged, revealing the morning’s costly mistake.
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Kansas
Cotton
Missouri Pacific
Ottawa
Tom
Hole in a Man's Skull Baffles South Dakota Doctors
R I Merrigold, a 76 year old inmate at Brown County Hospital in Chamberlain, has a growing circular hole about five inches wide above the left ear, with brain covered only by scalp. The skull bone disease’s cause remains unknown as his sanity has declined over years since being brought from Rondell about 44 1/2 years ago.
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South Dakota
Puszled
Cane
R. I. Merrigold
Brown County Hospital
Chamberlain
Merrigold
Rondell
A Candid Editor and Marital Facts From Russia
A candid editor in Arizona posts a sign Gone out to take a drink Will be back tomorrow on his office door. A notice notes Marriage of Reusing Girls and cites a Russia statistic that 572 per 1000 girls marry before age 20.
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Arizona
Ofice
Russia
Attracts of Courtship and the Fifteen Joys of Marriage
A discussion contrasting medieval satire on marriage with modern attitudes toward courtship. It notes the persistence of romantic pursuit despite warnings, observing that men seek love even as social norms and vanity shape their behavior. The piece uses literary examples to reflect societal standards of courtship.
Largest church organ built by Sing Sing convict described
A Sing Sing inmate is carving what newspapers call the largest reed organ yet known. The German designer built a major instrument for a chapel in the new administration building, with plans approved by top organ makers. The convict, once felonious, now shows pride and plans two first-rate organs for Catholic and Protestant chapels.
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Ging Sing
Ita
Sing Sing
New York Times
Sage
Scramble for Bridal Favors in Berlin Court
In Max von Binzer’s account of a double royal wedding at the Berlin court the Fackeltauz follows the procession to the bridal chamber. As doors open garters with monogrammed buckles are hurled out, sparking a scramble among generals courtiers and ministers, while pages avoid the best gifts.
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Max von Binzer
Berlin
Boarded Cat Thirteen Years and Two Cents Week Charged
A family in Athens moved to a Michigan farm and smuggled back a kitten. The cat was boarded at two cents weekly for 13 years. The owner later billed for pigs and board, totaling 457 dollars, with the cat still alive.
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Athens
Union City
Mich
Cate
Careless Petition Led to Self Removal Prank
A Griswold Street lawyer recalls an Ohio case where a crafty bar member circulated removal petitions for a government post. The official, unaware, signed and then faced counter petitions from supporters. The ruse caused the incumbent to sign his own removal, prompting a stronger retention drive and continued tenure.
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Papst
Griswold Street
Detroit Free Press
Ohio
Washington
Use Of Slang Delicate Application Of It Made By Siil Tal Adepta
The piece discusses slang use in elung and the Illustrated American. It notes listeners tire of phrases like Dontcher s now and You understand me and critiques overuse. It argues slang begins with schoolboys and spreads to siblings, stressing the need to know the language to stay connected with youth.
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Siiltal Adepta
Elung
Boys
Illustrated American
Dontcher
A Sad Mistake. Heard on the Boys in Arkansas
A New York World tale reports a tourist remarking on local youths in Arkansas being a bad lot. A hotel keeper recounts a crowd planning to duck a schoolteacher but swiping Bud Swipes, the county’s champion slugger, who mauls many of them before the mistake is discovered.
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Arkansas
New York World
Pop
Hiram Todd
Hiram's
Todd House
Bud Swipes
Todd
Bud
Priests in Paris Theaters Dress Code Curbs Theater Visits
The cardinal archbishop of Paris ordered priests to appear publicly in cassocks and banned clerical attire in theaters. Some suggest a priest might still attend by concealing his short cassock under an overcoat, provoking questions about enforcement and intent.
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Paris
Effects of Severe Cold Travel Notes and Telephony Reach
Travelers in arctic regions describe cold effects from fifteen degrees above to sixty degrees below zero with terms like pleasantly warm bracing sharp very cold and a life threatening struggle at extreme lows. The Longest commercial telephone line in the country runs 1 400 miles from St Louis to Boston, twice as long as any European line.
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Arctic
Largeat
St. Louis
Boston
New Tennessee Industry Promises Vast Vinegar Spring Venture
A Memphis Commercial Appeal report describes Albion county Tennessee to host a pioneering venture based on a vinegar spring found near Reeboot Lake by Pete Bennett of Paducah. The plan envisions a large cucumber garden irrigated by spring water, with vines grown in trenches, cucumbers pickled and barreled for shipment, and a London-backed company buying 6,000 hogs to process bacon and pickled meats. Vinegar sold only in five barrel lots.
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Albion County
Tennessee
Memphis
Reeboot Lake
Pete Bennett
Paducah
Bennett
London
A Vanished Civilization The Jesuits In South America
The article praises the Jesuits as early civilized pioneers in South America while contrasting them with fortune seeking settlers. It highlights humane treatment of natives, their advanced plans for development, and lasting monuments like Rio de Janeiro aqueducts Bahia churches and Brazilian river dams, noting later settlers brought destruction and slavery.
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South America
Saya Lippincott
Amazon
Brazil
Rio de Janeiro
Bahia
Goyaz
A Tough Mushroom and a German Innkeeper
The elder Dumas, traveling in Switzerland, landed at a lonely village inn where the German speaking landlord could not understand his request for mushrooms. Dumas sketched the mushroom outline in charcoal on the wall to ask for supper, and moments later the landlord returned with an umbrella, accompanied by a Swiss visitor.
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Duman
Switzerland
Dumas
Boston
Triumph of the Wheel In Paris Soudan Debate
From Paris papers a report on the bicycle's spread into French Soudan where natives are impressed by the wheel. A Mohammedan deputy says the Koran has no objection but Arabs likely will keep their horses for romance and tradition.
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Paris
Soudan
Europe
Chamber of Deputies
Paris Lady Funds Free Summer Studio for Beaux Arts Students
A Parisian woman, wishing anonymity, learned that skilled young men from the Ecole des Beaux Arts lacked means. She has head a house in a picturesque region of France where a number of artists may spend summers and study at no cost.
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Paris
Ecole Des Beaux Arts
France
Joke From Cumberland Gap Nonsense Tale Told By Middlesborough News
A Middlesborough News joke recounts a Cumberland Gap school scene where a lady teacher asks a student to name all presidents in order. The boy replies that there were only a few presidents when the teacher was as old as he is, delivering a light schoolroom quip about memory and age.
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Cumberland Gap
Middlesborough
Epigrams of Col. Carter on Northerners and Canvasback
Col. Carter’s epigrams on Northerners and the canvasback are cited by the Chicago News. The remarks mix humor and Southern hospitality, with advice on fire talk, entertaining, aging, wine toasting, and proper respect for a canvasback in state.
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Col. Carter
Chicago News
Powerful Devil Fish Fights Boat On Gulf Coast
The Sportsmen's Review describes Naples Florida anglers battling a powerful devil fish that towed a 25 foot launch for an hour at speeds up to six knots. Ten aboard fought the beast until it was dragged ashore menacing a salt barrel sized mouth and 22 foot wingspan. A second Naples tale notes Mrs. Hugh McDonald reeling in a shark head of four feet and then a 15 foot plus shark after the initial bite.
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Gulf
Naples
Gulf of Mexico
Bob Holloway
Hugh McDonald
Dutch John’s Queer Report of a Rail Accident
A German foreman sends a peculiar account of a deadly rail crash that smashed a track, killed several workers, and left one Italian man crippled. It describes spikes, a crossing, a whistle clicker, a puffing engine, and rescuers waiting for Mike Doole to descend. John Schneider signs off.
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Fairwell Crossin
John
Thruck
Mike Doole
John Schneider
Counteraign on the Frontier in Annals of Kansas
Wilder’s Annals of Kansas recalls 1854 frontier customs at Missouri River crossings. Missourians allegedly tied a cow to crossings and allowed only "cow" to pass, while "keow" expelled newcomers as abolitionists. Kansans supposedly placed a bear on their side to welcome those saying "bear" and ostracize "bar."
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Web Wilder
Kansas
Missouri River
Missouri
Artist Sees Ancestral Portrait Unveil Family Secret
An artist recalls drawing a remembered face while sketching early. He later finds the same portrait among a family’s ancestral pictures during a visit to a country house. Inquiry reveals his grandfather was once engaged to the girl but relented under family pressure.
Immense Fish Lines On England Coast Use Vast Lines
On the east coast of England hook and line fishing is widespread. Immense lines are used with some extending up to eight miles in length and carrying nearly 5,000 pounds of line.
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England
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