Family of Tall Heights Sparks Local Legend in Chicago
The McKinney clan, led by 6 ft 5½ in patriarch E R McKinney, includes two tall sons and four daughters with heights around six feet. The family, from Dryden New York to Bloomington Illinois and finally Chicago, shares musical talents and pride in their stature while pursuing floriculture carpentry and farming.
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R. McKinney
BR Gates
J. L
Bloominganother
Dr. Bangs
Guy
Jf.g. Anthony
Santa
Anthony
Ays
All United
E. R. McKinney
Dryden
N. Y
The Child's Happiness and its Counterpoints
A long reflection on whether childhood is the happiest life challenging the common sentimentality. It notes cautious observers question that belief, citing innocence and moral lessons, while warning about easy nostalgia and the craft of fakery in antiquities and everyday goods.
Not What They Seem
A fragment notes warnings about curios seekers tempted by appearances and hints at hidden truths behind ordinary objects. The piece frames skepticism toward surface impressions and urges caution in evaluating appearances.
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Hople
Peanut Butter Butter Factory Sparks Market Rivalry
A new factory in India begins producing peanut butter as a rival to dairy butter. At 15 cents per pound, the process removes hulls and faulty kernels, roasts, grinds, and adds water to form pliable butter with orange tint. It remains rancid free and usable in any climate, shipped in sealed cans.
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India
Boston Journal of Commerce
Adolph D Ennery Chronicle Portrait as Collaborator
A Paris burial recaps Adolph D Ennery as a dramatic figure who may not have written plays alone. He guided aspiring writers, co authored plots with others, and relied on partners to craft scenes while he refined the concept. His wit and public insight defined his stage influence.
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Adolph D’ennery
Paris
D’ennery
D'Ennery
London Chronicle
An Electric Plant of India
A forest plant named Philotacea electrica in India reportedly emits electric sparks when a leaf is broken, shocking the breaker and disturbing a compass at six yards. The energy peaks around two in the afternoon and vanishes at night, with rain dulling it entirely. Birds avoid it and magnetic metals are absent where it grows. Cloth is now being made from wood.
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India
Philotacea Electrica
Bket Making at an Indian Encampment on the Yukon
A fragmentary account describes a journey by boat and land from an unnamed city to a Yukon encampment. It mentions a wood-bound book or bulletin, fans at St. Mi, sparse stores and tents on a river bank, with people gathering to observe while steamer passengers watch from the shore.
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Bket
Yukon
Niet CC
Urney
M City
St. i
Ovikakat
St. Mistill
Phrys
When Jesus Took Vinegar A Palm Sunday Sermon Teaches Sympathy
A preacher reflects on Jesus Christ accepting vinegar on the crucifixion day, contrasts earthly sorrows with divine sympathy, and urges listeners to seek solace in Christ. He links betrayal, poverty, bereavement, and death to the savior who endured them, inviting all to drink from God’s mercy.
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Jerusalem
Jesus
Christ
Judea
Earth
Heaven
Hell
Solomon
George
England
Bean Brummel
Miss Langdon
Goldsmith
Correggio
Hogarth
Andrew’ Delsart
Judas
Lazarus
Mary
Martha
Jesus Christ
Herschel
Apennines
Amazon
Nana Sahib
India
Sheri
The Mountain Men and Their Iron Nerve
The article portrays rugged American trappers like Uncle John Smith Uncle Dick Wooton Kit Carson as fearless hardi hooded pioneers. Their calm under peril and swift decisive action surpassed Native craft, shaping westward expansion and serving as state surveyors and empire builders. The last trapper faded about thirty years earlier paving the path for gold seekers and ranchers.
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John Smith
Dick Wooton
Kit Carson
West
Dilapidated Saints At Peterborough To Be Pickled For Climate Proofing
The south gable saints at Peterborough Cathedral are badly weathered and corroded by iron clamps. St Andrew’s cross center is damaged, one effigy shows a rebuilt mask, and another’s head is mis proportioned. They will be pickled in a lime water bath to be climate proofed, as used on aureoled figures.
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Peterborough
London Telegraph
St. Andrew
Canon Macdonnell
Enfield Prank Feigns man of clay on Whitaker Street
Residents of Enfield North Carolina crowded the streets after a lifelike clay man posed on the ground opposite Meyers dry goods. A search party armed with clubs and lanterns uncovered the deception and learned barber Jesse Dé Berry staged the figure to startle the town.
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Enfield
N. C
Whitaker Street
Meyer
Pat Stock
Iself
Jesse Dé Berry
The Biggest Bible in the World Ownership Tale
The Home Magazine notes Mr John Bell of Manchester owns the largest Bible by size with over 90 volumes and 10 000 illustrations. A 200 year old Bible held by a Manchester lady measures about 2 feet by 20 inches. The Home Magazine records a nine volume handwritten Bible described as unique.
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John Bell
Manchester
Home Magazine
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Bloomington
Chicago
West Adams Street
Ohio
Wisconsin
Mineral Point
Lacon
Tare
Methodist Church
New York
A. T. Quiller
Pall Mall
John Earle
National Society E Prevention of Cruelty
Papa
Chicago Inter Ocean
Talmage
Day
John
Nile
THE
Mountain Men
Bath
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