Deadly Bicycle Race Ends in Sydney Victory
In a Sydney electric light bicycle race before about 10 000 spectators, James Somerville led Percy Cliff to the final lap. A burst of speed neared the finish but Somerville fell after his grip loosened. The machine surged forward and collided with Cliff near the tape. Somerville won but died seconds before crossing.
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Sydney
Australia
James Somerville
Percy Cliff
Somerville
Cliff
Cuff
Chicago
Heral
Ancient Tibetan handbook praised by Russian Academy of Medicine
The Russian Academy of Medicine endorses a Tibetan medical handbook from about 1,200 years ago, noting many truths echoed by modern doctors. Excerpts describe body counts, the heart as life’s staff, illness linked to vice, and diagnostic methods like tongue inspection and pulse, with vegetable remedies and practices such as baths and bloodletting.
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Russian Academy of Medicine
Prince Victor Emmanuel Rescues Experiment Site After Bomb Blast
In 19th century accounts King to be Victor Emmanuel a colonel leads calm command during a dangerous artillery test. A new explosive misfires blasting metal fragments but injures no one seriously. He orders officers to stand ground declaring no danger remains.
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Victor Emmanuel
Prince Royal
Humbert I
Dr Miles Nervine Touted For Epilepsy And Nerve Ailments
A Victorian era advertisement touts Dr Miles Nervine as a cure for epilepsy fits St Vitus dance and spasms. It cites testimonials from Mrs D Baker of Cleveland and Mrs C G Bennett of Alma praising cures after months of use and offers money-back guarantee if no benefit.
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Miles
D. Baker
Cleveland
Nervine
C. G. Bennett
Alma
Mich
Miles’ Nervine
Eminent Physician Endorses Diet as Key to Health
A historic medical claim praises pure food water and air as essential to wellbeing. The piece warns against outdated practices of denying water or air and promotes Melon Seed Compound to aid stomach kidneys bladder and liver with fresh air and avoidance of drafts.
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Nature
Winter wood better timber from December felling study
The American Bureau of Forestry tested four pine trees felled in December January February and March and found December wood superior in strength durability and impermeability. December logs resisted flexural strain twice as much as March logs and remained intact sixteen years later while March logs decayed after a few years.
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American Bureau of Forestry
Bureau of Forestry
New York World
Napoleon’s shadow in Latin American dictatorships
A London Chronicle excerpt compares Castro’s Venezuela and Francia’s Paraguay to Napoleon. It notes Francia’s obsession with Napoleon and his imitation in dress and manners, Bolivar’s dramatized reception in Caracas, and aims to frame these leaders as Napoleonic imitators guiding law and authority.
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Castro
Venezuela
Francia
Paraguay
Napoleon
Ture
Asuncion
Bolivar
Legion of Honor
Haiti
America
Caracas
London Chronicle
Sor
Object to Strong Medicines for Rheumatism
Many people object to taking the strong medicines usually prescribed by physicians for rheumatism. There is no need of internal treatment in muscular or chronic rheumatism. In cases without fever or swelling, apply Chamberlain's Liniment freely for quick relief. For sale by J. B. Cagwin.
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Chamberlain
J. B. Cagwin
City of the Insane near Antwerp Run as Happy Community
A Berlin writer describes Gheel near Antwerp as a humane treatment town for about 1500 mentally ill residents. Patients live among locals as guests with social rights, chairs at meals, and kind care, while dangerous cases are separated to other institutions.
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Europe
Berlin
Gheel
Antwerp
A Race on Ice Ends in Tragedy and Escape
A well dressed skater steals away, pursued by a detective. The chase leads to the dangerous bridge ice where the outlaw escapes but the sheriff's officer sinks into the icy depths. The incident ends with the skates never found on the officer.
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Thackeray
London Telegraph
The Salt Sea Legend of Frodi and the Quern
A Norse tale explains the sea’s salt using Frodi who owned a quern that ground gold and peace. Two giant maidens worked it until a sea rover killed Frodi and seized the quern and maidens, forcing salt to be ground until morning and sinking his ship, making the sea eternally salty.
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Frodi
Sea Rover
The Farmer and His Telescopic Misfortune
An elderly Somersetshire farmer recalls owning a telescope that once let him see far, even miles to a church steeple, but after his son borrowed it and failed to see the other church ten miles away the instrument became useless to anyone.
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Somersetshire
John
Oriental Servants Describe Ideal Indian Boy Helper
A New York Tribune piece praises the Indian servant as efficient and subservient, detailing tasks from buying tickets and packing to cooking, laundering, and guiding travelers. It notes wages of 12 to 14 dollars monthly, the servant’s silent, respectful demeanor, and nightly guard at the threshold.
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India
Dak
New York Tribune
Ghostly slander case from 1688 court over Booty death
A London Chronicle account recounts Mrs. Booty suing Captain Barnaby for slander after he claimed to see her husband running to hell at Stromboli. The trial hinged on witnesses and Booty’s clothing, with the judge remarking that thirty may be mistaken but not thirty. The case remains a rare judicially accepted ghost story.
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Booty
Barnaby
Strombol
Italy
Mediterranean
Captain Barnaby
England
Stromboli
Hell
London Chronicle
A Troublesome Mirror
A young girl Flossie complains to her mother that an old looking glass never reflects her face. She explains that whenever she looks into it her own face blocks the view, revealing a humorous domestic moment.
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Flossie
Are marriages made in heaven asks no mercy
A Louisville Courier-Journal snippet notes a wry line about marriage. It hints at social courting and the influence of church in union decisions, reflecting a humorous press voice.
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Peleg
Louisville Courier-Journal
Didn't Get a Chance Story Snippet Affects Prospective Union
A brief dialogue from the Yonkers Statesman features a man asking permission for marriage while his mother is present. The exchange highlights family dynamics and social constraints influencing a romantic proposal.
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Yoners Statesman
Balloon flight over London reveals city roar from height
The narrator describes riding a balloon above London at more than half a mile, hearing the deafening roar of the city below. At that altitude the sound level rose to an 80 A writ scribes noise, harsh and painful to the ear, while drifting toward a countryside wood the rustle of leaves half a mile below was indistinctly audible.
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Strand Magazine
London
Candid thief refuses real name in magistrate exchange
A Philadelphia Ledger quip depicts a kleptomaniac under arrest who refuses to give his real name. When asked, he admits his alias John Smith, joking that revealing it would compromise many people.
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John Smith
Philadelphia Ledger
A Chip of the Old Block
A son of Crimsonbeak and Owen Moore visited and asked to borrow five dollars, echoing his father’s manner in Yonkers Statesman.
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Owen Moore
Yonkers Statesman
Photographer and elder beau debate wrinkles in portrait
A Kansas City Journal quote captures a photographer asking to smooth wrinkles in an elder beau's face and trousers. The bemused reply confirms permission to touch up both facial lines and those in the clothing.
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Kansas City Journal
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