Rioting in Algiers: Jewish quarter looted as troops quell
Anti Jewish rioting surged Sunday in Algiers with revolvers and daggers used. Mob attacked Rue Babazoum shops, killed two Christians, injured many, and looted flour stores. Police were overwhelmed until troops arrived. numerous arrests for theft followed. Similar unrest reported in Mustafa suburb with ten Jewish shops looted and forty arrests.
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Babazoum
Atreetaz
Cayol
Paris
Algiers
Mustafa
Orty
Rumors of unrest in Havana prompt guard around U S consul
A Havana telegram sparks alarm in Key West with reports of anti American mobilization. Captain General Blanco orders extra guards around Consul General Lee. Rumors of Lee’s assassination spread until naval fleet arrival in the area reassures residents. Fleet to depart for Tortugas.
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Admiral Sicard
New York
Indiana
Massachusetts
Iowa
Texas
Bar
Maine
Montgomery
Detroit
Cushing
Daupont
Uncle Sam
Tociny
Assassiis
Havana
Dole Welcomed to Chicago by Officials and Dignitaries
President Dole and Mrs Dole arrived in Chicago aboard the Overland Limited amid a large reception. Judge Grosscup and Major Garrison greeted them. Chicago officials, military officers, and many notables joined the welcome. The party stayed at Auditorium Annex, attended church, and planned departure to Washington by B&O private car.
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Jan. N
Sanford B
Daly
Hawaii
Ghienga and Northewestern
Overland Limited
San Franisco
Little Island
Grosscup
John ©. Black
United States
Mgr
Thomas Hi. McMillan
United States District Court
Thomas W. Crider
State Department
Washington
Garrison
Army and Navy
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Brooke
Richiris
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McKenna
FE. M. Hatch
William Penn Nixon
Henry C. Lyman
F. W. Job
Dole
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Meg
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Harrison
Csommitee
Tudge Grosscup
Cridler
Auditorium
McKinley
Marquette Club
Mra. Dole
Baltimore and Ohio
Stevenson
Hutch
Ferdinand Peck
Auditorium Annex
Palm Garden
Hope to Capture the Iowa Banker
Sioux City news reports cashier Holward Stone of the defunct Sioux City Savings Bank faces a new indictment for embezzling about 30000 from Mutual Safe Deposit and Trust. Once fled after the bank failed, he was believed to be in Canada as old fraud indictments were dismissed after a prior settlement.
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Sioux City
Wasong
Holward Stone
Sioux City Savings Bank
Mutual Safe Deposit and Trust Company
Stone
Savings Bank
Canada
Young Widower Left a Fortune in New York
Celista Maria Talbot died at the Windsor hotel at 81. Her husband, Dr. Ashton B. Talbot, about 85, will inherit nearly a million dollars. Earlier, Mrs Lochen of Philadelphia left him 300,000. Two years after her death he married Mrs Phelps in Buffalo in 1844. The widow suffered paralysis twice in six months before her death.
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New York
Celista Maria Talbot
Windsor Hotel
Ashton B. Talbot
Lochen
Philadelphia
Dr. Talbot
California
Buffalo
Talbot
School Teacher Wins Damages in Breach of Promise Case
Miss Lillie Luce, a 21 year old schoolteacher, was awarded 900 by a Reno county jury for breach of promise of marriage against Alexander Dade, a wealthy widower and early settler. The trial occurred in Horesinson Kansas on January 24.
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Kay
Mise Lillie Luce
Alexander Dade
Triad
T Young Lady
Diade
Reno County
Five Remarkable Trees Across Lands and Climes
A Philadelphia Times piece catalogs curious trees: the whistling Acacia fistula in Nubia and Sudan whose wind-formed holes emit flute-like sounds. the cow tree yielding milk via incisions on mountain slopes near Venezuela. the cloth tree of Otaheite whose bark fibers become muslinlike cloth. the stinging tree of Queensland that causes extreme pain without a wound, often leading to need to shoot animals. and the angry tree in Nevada California and Arizona that releases odor and displays leaves when disturbed.
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Sudan
Cobain
Venezuela
Otaheite
South Sea
Queensland
Nevada
California
Arizona
Philadelphia Times
Other Time Other Manner in Smalltown Hungarian Visitor
An American narrator recalls a visit to his boyhood town where a titled Hungarian noble caused a stir. He accompanied a local girl to church, bowing ceremoniously to the girl’s father and mother, a display of foreign manners that astonished Smalltown residents. The piece, from the Detroit Frog Pregs, uses humorous social contrast to note cultural differences.
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Detroit
The Moslem Rosary Practice Described in Detail
The article explains a Moslem rosary of 90 beads used with four ejaculations per pass and two-word phrases naming or praising God. It notes upper and middle class use in various settings, and describes prayer intervals, the act of praying after folding hands, and concluding salutations.
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Orieen
Honest Parents Cited In Honor Debate Shout
An orator accuses his opponent of citing a parent’s honesty and duty in a political clash. The speech highlights a mother who did washing and always returned it, using the tale to argue integrity and a voter’s duty to cast a majority for the speaker.
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Indianapolis Duuroal
What Jones Did After He Insulted the Judge
Chicago Record notes Jones insulted the judge and received a sixty day sentence. The article identifies the incident and confirms the punishment issued by the court.
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Jones
Chicago
Dexter the Governor and the Fire Rescue Horse
A governor recounts Dexter the black driving horse rescuing his master from a stable fire. Though initially alarmed, Dexter obeyed the master through smoke and flames, guiding them to safety. The governor credits Dexter’s obedience over panic, likening their escape to Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego.
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Shadrach
Meshach
Abednego
Thorough Care and a Doctor's Curious Prescription
Grizler fears his wife has mental imbalance as she withdraws from society and ignores fashion. The doctor, puzzled by her decline, prescribes a lavish remedy: horses, carriages, fine attire, jewels, and a $250,000 receipt. Resulting in the wife becoming a leading social figure, with the doctor slyly sharing a private wink.
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Grizler
Dona
Detroit
Parliamentary Humor in the House of Commons
The London World cites Jus tice Darling humor in parliament with Gladstone yielding lead to Harcourt as he exits for dinner. Darling provoked Harcourt by remarking that the party opposite has set up a greater light to rule the day and a lesser light to rule the night, deflating a stubborn inquiry.
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London
Justice Darling
Gladstone
House of Commons
Sir William Harcourt
Mr. Darling
Sir William
Arrival confronts hotel clerk over rejected payment
A distressed guest protested being denied entry at a Philadelphia hotel. He announced he was flush and flashed a roll of bills while the clerk insisted they were at full capacity, highlighting a tense moment over room availability.
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Philadelphia
A Life for Love in a World Below and a Heaven Above
Poem fragment describing a desire to live and love despite unknown meanings of fate. Loves, flowers, and a journey through a world below and a heaven above are invoked, with imagery of sunlit meadows, rivers, and vows of devotion. The speaker seeks lasting affection, framing love as sovereign over earthly and heavenly blessings.
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Ionaly Lands
Wanted Burglars Advertised To Call For Heirlooms
A Chicago Times-Herald tale depicts a man soliciting burglars by adverting to steal heirlooms. The ad requests access to a house owned by Mr and Mrs Erastus Brown of Ashcourt, highlighting inherited silver and diamonds while the couple jokes about family relics and misfortune. The piece satirically explores motive and social pretension in a humorous quip-filled exchange.
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Ashcourt
Advertiser
Oliver Cromwell
Paris
Wataka
Chicago Times-Herald
The Old Time Stagecoach in 1762 England
The note recalls six stagecoaches then operating in all England as public travel vehicles. John Crossst warned they bring city visits for leisure, forcing gentlemen and wives to London for long trips, fine clothes, plays, and idle pleasures, a habit not easily resisted even with steam cars.
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England
John Crossst
London
Wealthy Men Or Start In Life Told By Merchant
In a Chicago Post piece a reporter visits a prosperous merchant. The older man explains his early start and the difference between honest facts and polished biographical lines. He asserts truth matters more than conventional bios.
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Yos
Romanos
Ohicago Post
Meannest Man and a Wooden Leg Tale
A Cincinnati editor recounts a grim anecdote about a cruel man, his injured son, and a wooden leg made from willow to save costs. Additional notes compare U.S. exports of cod liver oil and matches to Sweden and Norway, and a claim about gypsy origins being India rather than Egypt.
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Green Willow
Cincinnati
Euguhar
Sweden
Norway
United States
A First Class College Education
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