Dumas and the Irish Girl in Paris Dinner Duel
A Paris dinner tale recalls Dumas engaging in a witty verbal clash with a plain Irish girl. The scene ends in a humorous victory for the young woman, whose charm and French eloquence leave a lasting impression on the famed author.
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Dumas Fils
Academy
Paris
Dumas
M. Dumas
Sach
M. Alphonee
Ernest Pinard
Mademoiselle Anfouce
Alphonsine
Damas
la Jeune Irlandaise
Dana le Monda
London
Sick Savage in Islands Asks for Native Help
Excerpt from Robert Louis Stevenson Letters to a boy recounts a feverish stay of a sick servant in the islands. The youth, fearing death, seeks a native house to have a broken back mended while white doctors cannot. The narrator notes white care limitations and praises traditional healing and the boys bold decision.
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Robert Louis Stevenson
Tolia
Miss Folo
Hrakan-Haale
Tom Boy
St. Nicholen
War bill debate draws vast attendance in Congress
In a two hour session the house approved resolutions recognizing Cuban belligerency. The vote 268 to 17 showed strong cross party support though some members warned war could follow. The chamber filled galleries including diplomatic observers as applause ended the day before resuming the legislative appropriation bill.
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Washineton
Cuba
Libra
House
Spain
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Senate
Arkansas and Northwestern Railroad
Indian Territory
R. M. G. Brown
United States Navy
Secretary of Agriculture
Hitt
Foreign Affairs Committee
House of Representatives
Congress
United States
Boutelle
Tucker
Cummings
Dem
N. Y
Weyler
Alva
Balmecida
Taylor
Madrid
Mr. Cummings
Yeas
Wood
Gillette
Grout
McCall
Mass
Moody
Simpkins
Walker
Wright
Binck
Cobb
Senate approves navy expansion to add 1000 enlisted men
Washington March 8. The Senate passed a bill to increase the navy by 1,000 enlisted men and to permit calling out naval militia or chartering private ships in emergencies. The measure, reported by Mr Hale, also allows enlistments up to two years and creates a retired list for the revenue service.
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Senate Bil
Washington
Senate
Hale
Naval Committee
United States
Navy
Revenue Service
Army
Bannock Indian Case Affirms US Victory In depredation dispute
Justice Brewer announces Supreme Court decision in Samuel Marks v United States and Bannock Indians. Court upholds interpretation that Indian depredations statute applies when amity exists and no hostilities are ongoing. Nogales land grant ruling follows, Supreme Court affirms lack of jurisdiction due to grant not located at Gadsden treaty time.
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Wasaietos
Justice Brewer
Supreme Court
Samuel Marks
United States
Court of Claims
Nogales Land Grant
Washington
Fuller
Arizona
Private Land Claims
Redeemed by Resolute Women in No Man's Land
Forty women in Beaver County govern 38 public schools and form Panhandle Cattle Company to invest teaching earnings in cattle. About 30 women take 160 acre claims on Beaver River to farm in summer and teach in winter, with $30 monthly pay for six months and $7,200 yearly for the tender group. They vow not to marry for five years and aim to transform No Man's Land into a thriving agricultural and stock country.
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No Man’s Land
Toreka
Oklahoma
Beaver County
Beaver City
Panhandle Cattle Company
Beaver River
Age of consent bill and assorted Iowa items
The house passed a bill raising the age of consent from 18 to 16 with no debate. It also approved measures on corporate stock transfer as collateral, reducing stayed judgments from 10 to 8 percent, requiring both spouses signatures on certain liens, and appointing park boards in larger cities. Other actions Included fire insurance rules and beneficiary policy oversight amid a roundup of state news and notable obituaries and incidents from Mason City, Beatrice, Dubuque, and nearby areas.
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Drs Moines
House
Senate
Baker
Mayne
Evans
St. John
McArthur
Board of Park Commissioners
Lauder
Ladd
Early
Ryan Knocked Out by McCoy in 16th Round Clash
Syracuse's Tommy Ryan and Charley McCoy met in a 20 pound main event at Empire Athletic Club. The bout lasted 16 rounds with McCoy delivering the decisive knockdown after Ryan was counted out. Burns vs Downey drew in their 8 round lighter bout. The crowd cheered as McCoy secured victory amid lively betting and Syracuse enthusiasm.
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Farlow
Syracuse Hoy
Ss Misesti
Empire Athletic
Tim Hurst
Tommy Ryan
Syracuse
Charley
Kid) McVoy
Memphis
Astoria
Larry Burns
Cohoes
Jack Downey
Brooklyn
Ryan
Charley’ White
Kid Lavigne
Sam Fitzpatrick
Tom Crawley
McCoy
Steve O'Donnel
Referen Hurst
Mbeya
Supreme Court upholds Stanford case in favor of Mrs. Stanford
The Supreme Court, Justice Harlan delivering, rules that individual stockholders are liable for the government debt of the Central Pacific. It treats the 1863-65 Pacific railroad acts as one law to complete a continuous line. The lower court's decision is affirmed. Stanford students erupt in celebration in Pato Aro, California. Mrs. Stanford expresses gratification and notes California’s support for the decision as the estate benefits.
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Supreme Court Banda
Stanford
Washington
Supreme Court Today
Harlan
Central Pacific Company
Pacific Railroad
Congress
Northern Pacific Railroad
Pato Aro
Cal
Face Bankers Arrested In Waco Bank Scandal
J P Massey former cashier at Farmers' and Merchants National Bank of Waco charged with misappropriating 8000 dollars. W R Tucker and J B Tucker accused of aiding and abetting. J B Tucker ordered arrested in Chicago. Massey allegedly loaned 20000 dollars of bank funds, 8000 of which involved.
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Waco
Tex
J. P. Massey
Farmers’ and Merchants National Bank
W. R. Tucker
Massey
W. R.tucker
J. B. Tucker
J. B Tucker
Chicago
Tuckers
Laundry in Shanghai Ponds How Chinese Washmen Endure Cold
A Philadelphia Times article surveys Chinese laundry labor near Shanghai, detailing washmen who scrub garments in ponds with ice in winter. It contrasts China's low laundry costs and harsher conditions with American standards, noting ice-breaking and stone rubbing amid frigid water.
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China
Claes
Shanghai
John Chinaman
Philadelphia
Timea
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