Northen Replies on Georgia Negro Vote Record
Governor W J Northen replies to G P Walker Afro American Democratic Club Chicago explaining Democratic gains for colored voters in Georgia since 1872. He cites education funding restoration, property growth for blacks, and political opportunities, arguing blacks benefit under Democratic rule.
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Etipce
Ppp
Northen
G. P. Walker
Lub
Chicago
Georgia
Democratic
Ohiub
Sim
South
Democratic Party
Thave
Illinois
W. J. Nononen
End of big bolgism by Federal bureaucrats cited
The St Louis Republic notes a claim that federal officials oppose reelection and that the president’s pardon opinions show care in commuting or pardoning. It asks which president would undertake such work, proposing Grover Cleveland as the answer to a political critique.
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Cleveland
Washington
Harrisonseen
Minnéapolis
White House
Mnat
St- Louis- Republic
United States
C Lemency
Grover Cleve
Lund
Lasso of Human Hair Supposedly From Chief La Pier
In Wenatchee a relic hangs in the hands of an old Indian chief named La Pier a lasso of human hair fifty feet long with strands of varied colors. Priests and locals note its gruesome origin from scalped wives and daughters of warriors, yet the chief will not sell it and reveals little.
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Wenatchee
Columbia River
Mission
la Pier
Ol la Piez
Wecatcher
la Pier Q
Old la Pier
Blazkfoot Valley
San Francisco Examiner
Curious Blood Circulation Time Measured at 15 to 25 Seconds
Report from the St Louis Republic notes that Professor Dalton and colleagues conducted blood circulation experiments using ferrocyanide tracing. Blood drawn from the jugular showed the tracer appearing on the opposite side after a complete cycle through the heart lungs and vessels, indicating a full circulation every fifteen to twenty five seconds depending on the subject’s condition.
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Dalton
Tering
Poissenille
Matteucet
Blake
Bett
St. Louis Republic
A Sliding Railway Exposition Test In Chicago
An agent from France arrives to build a mile section of sliding railway for exhibition in Chicago. The train moves on flat steel rails with cast iron skates, using a thin water film to reduce friction. A 509 foot section was tested at the Paris exposition, claiming easy movement and low power needs for long runs.
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Chicago
France
Ingenious Diamond Mining Methods Described in Popular Science
The article details how De Beers and Kimberly mines extract blue ground from deep shafts, then spread it on washing floors to sun and rain for weeks. Ground is pulverized, washed in large machines, and diamondiferous material is sorted by pulsators and wearers with skilled separers and native labor.
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da Beers
Kimberly
Lord Randolph Churchill
Popular Science Monthly
Anuk
de Beers
The Interesting Ants and Their Civilized Ways
A lecturer describes South American ants building vast granaries and housing for grain storage. Wood ants divide their homes into forty compartments, while mining ants show remarkable sanitation. Some ants live on grain and others farm fungus or use umbrellas. Ant funerary practices reveal cemetery-like rites and slaves buried apart. The talk praises ant government, sanitation, nursing, temperance, and air-loving habits.
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South America
Plunket
W. F. Leisching
Cevon
Hard to Kill. Australian journal recounts strange pistol accident
An Australian journal describes Robert Campbell, linked to the Post Office Department, admitted to Melbourne Hospital with two pistols lodged through his drains after a sharpshooter’s weapon exploded during a rammed share tie incident. The report mixes garbled terms but cites a remarkable self-inflicted wound and a related safety mishap.
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Parneas
Robert Campbell
Postel
Melbourne
Alory
Aylich Hs
Ramrod Penetrates Face and Skull in Lone Incident
Medical record describes a ramrod passing through the left cheek into the infraorbital region and brain, with the wire protruding six inches. Dr Charles Ryan and Dr Harris trephined the skull, removed the wire, and extracted the destroyed eye before washing the wound. Campbell is now convalescing.
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Waa
Charles Ryan
Harris
Ben
Campbell
Chapel Car Kyvangel at Twin Lakes on evangelistic roving tour
The chapel car Kyvangel, a world unique mobile church, is sidetracked at Twin Lakes during a convention. Donated by Rockefeller and Colgate backers to the American Baptist Publication Society, it seats 100, includes a cook room and sleeping compartments, and is run by Rev. E. G. Wheeler and wife. In five Pacific coast months it visited 40 places, held 500 meetings, led 400 conversions, formed ten new churches, and distributed ten thousand religious publications. Another car is already pledged for future work.
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Kyvangel
Twin Lakes
Wayland Hoyt
D. D
American Baptist Publication Society
John D. Rockefeller
Colgate Hoyt
Charles L. Colby
John B. Trevor
James B. Colgate
E. J. Barney
Santa Cruz
Cal
Sarf
Huckleberry Gathering Traditions Across Regions
The article describes different methods of picking huckleberries in New York markets and Delaware swamp towns. It notes swamp berries harvested by families using rustic buckets and Adirondack berries gathered cupful by cupful, with campers collecting many bushels in a day.
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New York
San
Exit Pendulum a Silent Hydraulic Clock Invention
Eastern scientists unveil a mercury filled hydraulic escapement piston system as a perfect pendulum substitute for clocks and timepieces. The noiseless mechanism operates with daily vertical piston motion and is praised by a leading clock maker as revolutionary and inexpensive.
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Trigilir
Galileo
Enya
St Louis Republic
Displaced by Electricity Lowers Mood in Trades
Electric traction replaces 30 000 horses, hitting blacksmiths, harness-makers and hay dealers nearby. A New Jersey harness maker reports a £20 per county drop in business as systems expand, while brush manufacturers complain of reduced demand.
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Buig
Nsw
Dersey
Innovations and curious science notes from The Argosy
A journal summary of varied topics including blasting powder demand, electric light applications in medicine and naval gunnery, census trends in French towns, a new dental speculum, ammonia for insect bites, and a British gunboat trial. It also explains time zones by Easter Island and how a day can begin there.
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Admiralty
Devonport
China
Europe
Ocean
America
Easter Island
Pacific Ocean
Chile
Mid-Ocean Island
Celestial Empire
Fragmentary Esquiman Circus Text on Natives and Mimicry
Snippet describes how natives enjoy mimicry of animals and praises the lead as a great actor. The writing mentions a bear performer and notes dramatic entertainment, with garbled phrases suggesting death or peril tied to acts.
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Esquiman
Clud
Willi
Boa
Sen
Curious miscellany from a turn of the century column
A digest of diverse notes covers language trivia, New York fashion at home weddings, ancient and modern curiosities, Santa Fe and early American churches, Chinese parental discipline, a Philadelphia draft tale, Krupp gun specs, Baalbec stone foundations, the Gila monster, grasshopper control in California, and a marvel of asphaltum trapping grasshoppers.
The Most Wonderful Salmon Stream Karluk River
The Karluk River in Alaska is praised as a world leading salmon stream. In 1889 its mouth yielded 153000 fish and the river produced four million salmon that year in $50000 cases of forty eight one pound cans each. A fenced river prevented breeding causing starvation among upper river natives who relied on dried and smoked salmon.
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Karluk
Boston Transcript
A Sail Story of Mrs Barker and Miss Robinson
A dialogue fragment shows Mrs Barker confirming a five year absence and asking about a romance with Miss Robinson. Barker replies Miss Robinson is not dead but married Marcia, and asks if they remain friends.
Divorce Doubts Stir New Marriages In Harlem Tale
A Harlem man and a widow planned marriage and joked about renting two church pews. He suggested two seats to accommodate a possible divorce after a brief six month bond, fearing public judgment would label them as trifling with sacred things.
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Harlem
Fragmented 19th century cure ads and family quips
A collage of 19th century medical ads and odds and ends, urging Bitters and Bitters-esque tonics for rheumatism malaria and liver issues. Prominent claims tout blood purifiers Syrup of Figs and Beechams pills. Includes a Mr Parsons medical pitch and a trivia prompt about a word in a Harter Medicine Co display.
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Lille
Nantes
Montzoron Works
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Manhattan
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New Mexico
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Phildelphia Cartman
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Tis
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Gila River
Arizona
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California
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New York Witness
Snina
Thaddeus Fairbanks
Harrison
J.B. Surni& Co
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Caverdale
Japan
Prown
New Orleans
Myra Clar Gaines
California Fig Syrup Co
Parsons
Savannah
the- Harter Medicine Co
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Aescent
A.M. Priest, Drugeist
Shelbyville
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Hall
Joh Dickey Drug Co
Bristol
Vic
Beecham
Trenton
Brown
GY. Tomtom
Ase
Hood
Hipans Chemical Co-Lasmrace
Herves
DR. Harter Medicine CO
St. Louis
Ste. T. Atlant
Piso
Ll . Hazeltine
War Warren
T. Laeraeich
Washington, D
W. L. Douglas
Ems
Sera Bes
Douglas
Bari Jelas
Dreier Soars
Dougie
Steve
Lasr Lanultox
Montgomery City
Express
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Times
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Standard Authority
Sear Aes Ee
Buoksealers
G. & C. Merriam CO
Springfield
Masz
U.S. A
Swift
J. C. Jones
Fulton
Arkansas
Swift Specific Co
Atlanta
August Flower
Lorenzo F. Sleeper
Appleton
Maine
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