The Machete as Cuba's Quiet Weapon in Revolt
A historical piece highlights the machete's crucial role for Cuban insurgents against Spain. It describes how the blade enabled hand to hand fighting, spurred tactics, and allowed peasant fighters to wield effective force with scarce rifles, making the machete a defining tool of the uprising.
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Cuba
Bermuda
Ewen
Caoac
Tobite
San Geronimo
Cacon
Rabbi
Mink Farming Revives Old Barnegat Trapping Traditions
Tom's River reports on George Ridgway of Barnegat who started mink breeding for pelts sold in New York and Philadelphia. He traps with hounds, uses nets and sacks, and houses the animals in protected, earth-covered pens. Ridgway keeps twelve females per male to prevent inbreeding and keeps males away from offspring to prevent predation.
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George Ridgway
Barnegat
New Jersey
New York
Philadelphia
Ridgway
Barnegat Bay
Ridgeway
Tom's River
N. J
Philadelphia Record
Shortest Strike Verdict at Springfield Ends in One Hour
J Q Van Winkle of the Big Four resolved a major railroad strike in Springfield by entering a men’s meeting, delivering a speech that swayed workers to back his plan. Within an hour the strike collapsed and all men returned to work, with Van Winkle investigating causes and arranging satisfactory terms. The Indianapolis News reports the incident amid a broader article.
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van Winkle
J. Q. van Winkle
Big Four
Springfield
Jack
Van
Indianapolis News
When the Doctor Is Not Near In the Household
Woman's Corner offers practical home care for illness when a doctor is unavailable. It instructs warming the patient with hot bottles, maintaining even temperature, monitoring pulse and respiration, and having brandy or whisky, a rubber bag, and mustard on hand for emergencies.
Maximizing Daytime Air and Light in Rooms
Advice urges keeping interiors bright with ample air and sunshine to benefit health and comfort, noting that sunlight may affect furniture over time. The guidance emphasizes regular ventilation and natural light in living spaces.
Cleaning Mirrors Windows with Whiting Paste and Lemonade
The guide recommends cleaning mirrors and windows with a paste of whiting and water, drying with dry chamois, and polishing. It adds that alcohol in cold water yields a brilliant finish, and soap suds should not be used. A lemonade recipe uses lemon juice and rind with powdered sugar, steeped in hot water then cooled.
Washington Gossip of Senator Pritchard Family and Embassy News
The Washington gossip column covers Senator Pritchard of North Carolina his southern ties friendship with McKinley and family life in a red brick Q Street home with two children Ida and a baby McKinley. It notes marriages deployments embassy moves weddings and social events involving diplomats and prominent locals.
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Washington
Peter Pritchard
North Carolina
Mr. McKinley
Land of Dixie
Senator Pritchard
Q Street
Senator Butler
Warren
Senator Baker
Ida
Little McKinley
Pritchard
Asheville
Marshall
Hom
Ames Intellicange
Berryblon
Stewart
Letitia Scott
Adlai Stevenson
Charles Bromwell
West Point
Europe
Brussels
America
Miss Scott
Matt Scott
Baron von Kettler
Ida Pritchard
Miles
Senator Sherman
K Street
Blanchard
Louisiana
Truxton Beale
Blaine Beale
Mr. Beale
Eens Wagon Company
Ale
North
Blaine
Westing
Univer
Cambridge
Italy
Cy ‘Warman
Marie
Denver
Noted Chinese tea culture and adulteration practices
The Providence Journal describes the Chinese tea plant from May to autumn harvests with prices of 8 dollars per pound for select leaf buds and 1.50 dollars for the main crop. It explains green and black tea processing, Hysons use, dyeing risks, and common adulteration, noting Australians and English as top tea drinkers.
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Providence Journal
United States
Loving cup origin traced from eastern Asia to American use
A Chicago article traces the loving cup from eastern Asia to its prominence in American society. It notes May Whitney Emer's role in popularizing the ritual and recounts historic uses from Plymouth to the 1893 Sanctioned banquet, linking the cup to symbols of unity and liberty.
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Asia
Washington
Chicago
W Times
America
May Whitney Emer
Washington, D. C
Heolf
Normandy
Leyden
Gor Carver
Plymouth
Gov
Carver
Massasoit
Austen
Sancto Clara
Norway
Cap Magnus Anderson
Emerson
John" Rob
Mayflower
Africa
Syria
France
China
Ion Service
Good Place for Bankers in Siam Debt Trap
The passage notes that interest rates in Siam are so high that a debtor, after the hardest work, can only hope to cover the interest and not reduce the principal. It highlights extreme debt burden and economic hardship for borrowers.
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Siam
Girl Student Elopes with a Barber at Wittenberg
Wittenberg University was startled by the elopement of Miss Louise W. Corley with barber Clarence Corley of Sutton West Virginia. Miss Corley, daughter of a prominent family, is 17 and soon to inherit $25 000 on her eighteenth birthday. The elopement surprised her friends and the college.
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Wittenberg
Ohio) University
Louise W. F
Clarence Miss Corley
Sutton
W. Va
Indignant Press Agent Feud Echoes in Indy Journal
Fragmentary chatter shows a brash press agent vowing more brilliance and more hires after a delay. The dialogue hints at a publicity stunt or promotional dispute, with references to unnamed figures and a tense power dynamic.
Readback From Prison Inspector Sparks Debate
A fragmentary exchange shows an inspector grilling a convict labeled an anarchist. The dialogue hints at leniency considerations and the risk of mislabeling in prison discipline.
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Madrid Museum of Artillery
Damascus
Philadelphia Inquirer
Hygels
Washington Gossip
Peru
Charles Broadway Rouss
Battle Abbey
Dixie
National Rifles’ Armory
M. Patenotre
Cape May
Elverson
Madame de Kotzebue
Madame Dominguez
Helene Murphy
Paris
General Miles
Contem
John
Bale
Indianapolis Journal
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