Paradoxical claims and notes from the era on race, industry, and travel
A collage of 1900 era items reports school admissions, two colored officers in the Ninth Cavalry, the Paris Exposition layout, moneyed classes guarded against threats, India religious breakdown, a Carlisle Indian School marriage, streetcar history, libel margins, German Northwest settlers in Lauderdale County Alabama thriving, Professor Garner's Africa study with chimpanzees, phonograph talk, train robbery economics, and a long poem fragment by Clarence Henry Pearson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garner
Africa
New York Times
Clocks of Marseilles Foretold Death Twist in Tale
The tale recounts M Valette who dreams of a murder by his factor Le Brun and vows to visit Marseilles to bury remains. After a clock conspiracy by Mayor Danville, Valette awaits a midnight visit but is murdered in the cellar as the city tolls twelve.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco Chronicle
Marseilles
M. Valette
Marie Danville
Hia
Paris
Valette
M. le Brun
le Brun
Te Brun
M. Vaiutte
le Brin
Dhe
LeBrun
Ge Brun
Crista
Ansy
Jearn
AL Valensine
Pazis
Ing
M. Danville
Mme. Valette
Susin
Marie
Mme, Valette
Brun
Argonant
Life Among Eskimos Reveals Peary Wife Journal
Josephine Peary reports thirteen months at Redcliffe near McCormick Bay Greenland with Lieutenant Peary. She details Eskimo life including dress, infant care, walrus hunts, and a Thanksgiving visit, noting isolation from civilization and intense local customs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Josephine Peary
McCormick Bay
Arctic Circle
North Pole
Lieutenant Peary
Whale Sound
Redcliffe
Ikiwa
Mati
Mane
Matt
Morning Star Sermon by Dr Talmage in Brooklyn
The Brooklyn Divine frames Christmas and the morning star as a symbol of Christ’s dawn over creation and trials. He portrays Jesus as the herald of light, comfort, and millennial hope, urging faith amid sorrow and death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christ
Solomon
Sam
Heaven
Earth
Arcturus
Simon
Lazarus
Digarus
Bethlehem
Father
Lord Jesus
Universa
the Redeemer
China
India
Siberia
Tentern
Jesus
Harti
Bethleh
Italy
Thesa
Cnina
Napoleon
Lord Byron
Lord Nelson
Voltaire
Paul
Thayoe
Edward Psyson
Dr. Goodwin
John Tennant
So Safea Harbor
Mammoth Cave
Kentucky
Billarps Letter From Clear Water Harbor Florida
The writer travels from Tampa to Clear Water in Florida describing the gulf climate and health benefits. He notes pleasant homes along the bluff, orange groves, bathhouses, and fishing along the coast. He mentions encounters with Dan McMullen relatives, the mossy oaks, Fort Harrison ruins, and the desirability of Florida’s scenery while lamenting separation from his home and child.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clear Water
Gulf
Tom Chiltren
Galveston
North
Georgia
Florida
Broban
Tampa
Tampa Bay
Lacoochee
St. Petersburg
Pinay Woods
White House
Dan McMullen
Little Dan
Big Dan
Uncle Dan
Dan
Jim McMullen
Jimmie McMullen
Jimmy Jim McMullen
Jim Jams
Jim
Fort Harrison
Tanpa Bay Hotel
Flonda Central
Ecutrica
Fallaveere
Palmetto House
Atlante
Also Mentioned on This Page
The
New York Mail and Express
United States Army
J. H. Alexander
Charles Young
Ninth Cavalry
Trocadero
Tuileries Garden
Hartford Journal
Russia
Otto Wells
Carlisle
Penun
New York City
New York Tribune
Youngegonggcho
Lauderdale County
Alhame
St. Florien Colony
Alabama
Clarence Henry Pearson
Canton
Mel Peary
Whites
Lnst
Peary
Himalayas
America
de Vilmorin
California
Uncle Sam
New York
E. Clipper
Liverpool
Brooklyn Divine
Morning Star
Goa
Alasia
Billarps
Philosopher
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