Unwelcome Lover Creates Family Row and Plans to Send Daisy Abroad
A Washington society tale centers on Daisy Leiter who loves Robert Wallach. Father Levi Leiter, wealthy and prominent, blocks the match by confinement and threats, while Wallach writes a new will to disinherit Daisy if she marries him. Wallach attends a theater with Daisy under scrutiny as Lester sails to London for the queen's jubilee.
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L. Z Leiter
Daisy
Robert Wallach
Bob” Wallach
Daisy Teller
Mr. Leiter
Washington
Chicago
Leiter
George Curzon
British Foreign Office
Miss Leiter
Wormmun
Bob
Wallach
Lester
London
Peculiar Iowa case of cider habit and mother of vinegar
Alonzo Merchel of Maxwell Iowa, about 38, drinks daily between one and three quarts of hard cider. Doctors report a mother of vinegar has formed in his stomach and say only surgery can remove it. The case, described as unique, calls for an operation scheduled for Wednesday.
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Iowa
Alonzo Merchel
Maxwell
Merchel
Ies
Repairing Battleships in Dry Dock at Brooklyn Yard
The battleship Massachusetts is floated into the new dry dock at the Brooklyn navy yard for six weeks of repairs including bottom cleaning, antifouling paint, and installation of bilge keels to improve steadiness in heavy seas. Indiana to follow, with bilge keel work planned for Oregon on the Pacific coast.
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Massachusetts
Indiana
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Oregon
Pacific Coast
Portrait Bust of Mrs Stowe in New York Lectures
A Carrara marble portrait bust of Mrs Harriet Beecher Stowe, once owned by Lord Seymour Fitzgerald, has reached London and will be exhibited in New York alongside lectures on The Herve in Art by Dr Wallace Woot. The piece anchors a cross Atlantic display during a period of cultural exchange between Britain and the United States.
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Stowe
Harriet Beecher Stowe
London
Lord Seymour Fitzgerald
Bombay
United States
New York
Hervie
Wallace Woot
New Use for Hat Pins Suppressing Crowders in Chicago
A Chicago Times-Herald report describes a clever hat pin defense on a crowded elevated car. A young woman used her hat pin to jab a persistent crowder who cramped two riders, provoking a chaotic scene as the train lurched. The woman claims she might repeat the tactic if needed.
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Chicago Times- Herald
Crowder
Chicago
Tvo
Moses
Mr. Crowder
Died with his chum a noble soldier's death
In 1895 a detachment of English marines came under Russian fire on the Woronzow road. Seaman John Blewitt, trapped by a bursting shell, cried for help. His comrade Stephan Welch ran out and rolled the shell off Blewitt, dying with him when it exploded. Welch's sacrifice inspired the English army and his mother received support from an officer.
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Evelyn Wood
Woronzow Road
John Blewitt
Blewitt
Welch
Stephan Welch
Four legged traders replace items with seeds and beads
A Florida tale of a trading mouse that swaps beans for weed seeds and jewelry for trinkets. Reports describe a woods mouse moving seeds and seed pods into rooms, leaving beads and crucifixes in exchange, with a priest noting similar odd swaps.
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Florida
New York Sun
Indian River
Reversing Natures Process If Experimentalists Rule
Cassier's Magazine discusses reversibility of natural processes and imagines a world running backward. Lord Kelvin is cited as saying all phenomena reduce to molecules whose motion could reverse, making waterfalls flow uphill and man regrow younger. Prof Quercult reportedly shared related observations with the French Academy.
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Cassier
Lord Kelvin
Quercult
French Academy of Science
Close Bargain Described By Phillips Man
A Phillips area anecdote recounts a close bargain involving two steers with a sled a horse and sled and a beef side. The trader offered a large cut of meat to seal the deal but the other party hesitated and examined the beer, finally asking if William would consent to proceed with the trade.
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Phillips
Neow
William
Delicate buoy cable lift used in rough weather
A London paper describes a new method for lifting the end of a buoyed cable during a rough sea. A 3,500 ton ship paid out buoy rope and used a centipede grapnel. the end was hauled to the buoy moorings and lifted aboard, saving days of weather delay. A French telegraph engineer is credited with the idea, praised for submarine cable work.
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London
Sponge Fishermen Earn Little Despite Harsh Work
A detailed portrait of sponge fishing shows divers lying on the deck with a water glass and long pole to detach sponges. The expert must identify valuable sponges by eye and endure cold, wind, and cramped positions. Despite the skill, most sponge fishers earn only about three pounds a month plus board.
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Pearson's Weekly
Huge Muskrats Invade Waltham Town in Terror
A Boston correspondent reports muskrats of enormous size prowling Waltham streets. They reportedly emerge from old burrows to attack pedestrians at night. Incidents include a Fitchburg conductor shot at by a rat, Dr. Fred M. Stiles fending off a rat with a barrel stave, and a patrolman bitten as a rat climbed his leg before being beaten off.
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Waltham
Boston
Chicago Times-Herald
W.F. Phelps
Fitchburg Railroad
Fred M. Stiles
Moody Street
Hhim
Questions and Answers from Boston Grammar School Graduation
A Philadelphia paper quotes student responses during graduation exercises at a leading Boston grammar school. Questions cover fruits with external seeds, seed cake, Arctic animals, teeth, yeast, senses, and definitions. Answers reveal humorous or literal misunderstandings, such as yeast as a vegetable flying about and teeth as the last to come in.
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Philadelphia
Boston
Silk cocoons sorted by X ray image reveals gender
The Handy X Ray applies Roentgen rays to chrysalis within cocoons to distinguish male from female. Males yield more silk, and eggs inside the female chrysalis resist the rays, showing in a penetrating photograph. Selection by value follows.
Slate Output by States in 1900 Shows First Tennessee Entry
The Slate Output by States report shows total U S slate value at 2,740,205 with Pennsylvania leading at 1,726,319 and Tennessee debuting as a slate producing state. Exports and demand abroad drove expansion, aided by Wales strikes reducing supply.
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Geological Survey
Secretary of the Interior
Pennsylvania
Vermont
Maine
Virginia
New York
Maryland
Georgia
Tennessee
Massachusetts
New Jersey
Wales
United States
Blount County
Discrimination Complaint Against Nicaragua Official
The State Department faces a protest over Col. Torres of Bluefields for allegedly denying duty relief to American merchants. A decree intended to admit land duty free for six months was initially misapplied, with promises of May operation to extend exemption. In December Torres reversed stance, claiming the decree only covered Pacific ports, and full duties were collected on U.S. imports.
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Aganinat
Nicaragua
State Department
Col. Torres
Bluefields
O'Hara
San Juan del Novo
Pacific
United States
Grant Celebration Parade To Precede Dedication In New York
A new feature for the Grant memorial celebration includes a morning parade of city guests from the Fifth Avenue hotel to the monument. Open carriages will carry dignitaries led by troops along the military route, with President McKinley, former President Cleveland, Mayor Strong and Gen Horace Porter in the lead carriage, followed by the diplomatic corps, cabinet members, governors, senators, congressmen, generals and admirals in subsequent carriages.
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New York City
Fifth Avenue
McKinley
Grover Cleveland
Strong
Horace Vorter
Congress
Yukon Gold Country Organizes Government in Yukon
Dominion of Canada plans a commission to travel to Yukon to organize territorial government and assess conditions. Ogilvie's reports suggest Yukon fields surpass other continents in richness, with supply logistics as main hurdle. An Anglican bishop notes frequent shortages of food and necessities. In New Jersey, Madison county officials vote to spend a dollar found with a ballot. Yellowstone geysers show gradual activity increase.
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Dominion of Canada
Dominion
Yukon
Ogilvie
Geological Survey
Jersey
Madison County
N. J
Coyote Hunt Narrated By Metcalf Ranchman
Redwood in Metcalf valley Col describes sending foxhounds from New York to chase coyotes eating lambs and poultry. After days of tiring work the pack finally ran a coyote fourteen miles to Henry's ranch and killed it, ending his sightings in the area.
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Gypayn
Alf Redwood
Metcalf Valley
New York Sun
Redwood
New York
Reg. Mart
Set
Kinee
Henry
Fifty six is a fatal age noted in famed lives
A historical reading cites that many renowned figures died upon reaching age 56. Names span Dante Hugh Capet Henry VIII Henry IV Pope Alexander Pope Marcus Aurelius Saladin Robert Stephenson Scipio Africanus Julius Caesar Lincoln and others. The list links the milestone to genius and fate.
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Dante
Hugh Capet
France
Henry VIII
England
Henry IV
Germany
Paganini
Alexander Pope
George Sala
Marcus Aurelius
Rome
Frederick L
Prussia
John Hancock
Maria Louisa
Phillip Massenger
Saladin
Egypt
Robert Stephenson
Scipio Africanus
Seivetius
Henry II
the Elder Pligy
Julius Caesar
Charles Kingsley
Juan Prim
Henry Knox
Thomas Mifflin
von Tromp
Abraham Lincoln
Marryat
George Whitefield
Stabert Dudley
Earl of Leicester
Johann Gasper Spurzheim
Frederick II
Corean Paper Outshines Chinese and Japanese Goods
A writer in the Apotheker Zeitung extols a remarkable Corean paper produced entirely by hand without machinery. Using Broussonella papyrifera bark, spring harvest, and ash-infused water, sheets are formed on bamboo frames. A second method uses old scraps pulped like grape juice, stamped by feet, then combined with tackpour roots for further tenacity.
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China
Japan
Apotheker Zeitung
Corea
Woman Press Window Visit Sparks Capitol Exchange
A Washington Post recounts a bold, blond woman who ignores press wing access rules, telling a messenger she only wants to look out the window and offering to accompany him. The exchange ends without noted penalties or follow up.
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Washington Post
Fenate
Sing Lees Asylum and the Chinese Laundress Tale
Sing Lee, a resourceful young Chinaman who ran a laundry in a Colorado mining camp, charmed locals with quick wit. During a presidential election a remark by an Irish boy about Chinese expulsion met Sing’s sharp retort about changing fortunes and his own place in the town.
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Sing Lee
Colorado
Sing
Yez
China
Living mummy in Paris described as a tiny, frail figure
The Academy of Merlicine in Paris studies Cas tana vil acgording to Paris' civil regime, a 28 year old man mummy case. He stands about four feet tall and weighs 43 pounds with a parchment like skin, large forehead, beak like nose, and with eyes and limbs extremely thin, a marvel of frailty captured in grisly detail.
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Keeneb
Osannee
Academy of Merlicine
Paris
New York
Ueruhl
Castana
Nate
Shark Hooks and Shark Fishing Traditions
Shark hooks vary five to fourteen inches in length and several widths, sold with chain and swivel. Prices range from sixty cents to two dollars. Shark fishing is mainly for sport in Europe, with use of shark skin and oil noted. Coastal vessels and yachts commonly carry shark tackle, sometimes used to deter sharks or mounted as trophies or jaws.
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New York
Europe
Seeing and Believing The Eyes Play Tricks On Us
A discussion on optical illusions and perceptual tricks shows how our senses mislead us. It cites playful examples like letters S and number 8 and notes how lighting and perspective alter our judgments. The piece cautions that verifying perception through other senses or viewpoints can reveal true shapes.
Bones of St Patrick relic at Montreal church cause debate
A Rome statue of St Patrick was placed in St Patrick's church in Montreal for its fiftieth anniversary. A small box on the statue purportedly holds bones of Ireland’s patron saint. Documentary proof from the Holy Cross monastery in Saxo Urvo, Italy confirms the relic’s provenance. Catholic community watches for possible miraculous signs.
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Melics
Montreal
St. Patrick
Rome
Italy
St. Patrick’s Church
Ireland
An Iconoclasts Story in a British Naval Writer
An enigmatic snippet from a British naval writer hints at a dramatic scene aboard a burning ship. The text mentions Casablanca and a father figure who perished at sea while attempting to swim, with unclear phrases and scattered names such as Rot 8 Mira and Homans.
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Casablanca
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