Grandmother's Yarn Out West Tale of a Mine and a Stage Robber
Grandma recounts a girlhood tale set in Colorado with a mining father. A masquerade at a tavern leads the narrator to dance with a Mexican masked suitor who seduces a plan to elope. A staged robbery unfolds as the lover is captured, and the narrator discovers the ring given by him is her own from before.
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Enid
Indy
Colorado
Father
Marguerite
Mexico
Huu
Grandma
Anni Stokes Sykes
The Knock-out Blow and Medical Promises
A historic discussion of a knockout blow and its shock to prize fighters, then a sales pitch for Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery. Claims of stomach vulnerability and cures for catarrh and digestion are linked to a medical booklet and alcohol-free ingredients.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corbett
Pierce
Sige
Alain
RV. Pierce
Dr. Pierce
Taylours and Smyths in the Thirteenth Century Trades
A London Notes and Queries excerpt describes leather manufacture and common trades in the thirteenth century. It lists 19 skymers 40 barkars 107 poutera and 8 glovers with taylour and smyth as the most common roles in villages, detailing variations like arosmyths loke amyths and Merours alongside wryghts faber and arkwright.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Feaster
Clasor
London
Eclipses Known Long Ago By Ancient Civilizations
A historic note on ancient Egypt Greece and Rome recognizing eclipses and their causes long before modern astronomical understanding. It contrasts past knowledge with that of today and highlights the advancement in education.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Egypt
Greece
Rome
Regent Diamond Recut Reaches Record Carat Weight
The Regent diamond, hailed as the most perfect brilliant, has been recut from its original weight of 130% carats to 824 carats and now weighs 1021 carats. It was originally acquired from Louis XV by the Duke of Orléans, then regent of France.
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Louis XV
Duke of Orleaus
France
Veterans Gather in Toledo for Grand Army Encampment
Toledo hosts the forty second annual Grand Army of the Republic encampment with 20400vie- Hore in town. Delegations from California Washington Nevada Idaho Iowa Illinois Missouri Florida Pennsylvania and New England states are present. A large parade is set for today and the regular Grand Army parade on Wednesday will feature Henry Neville of Red Bank New Jersey campaigning for commander in chief.
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Toledo
Grand Army of the Republic
California
Washington
Nevada
Idaho
Iowa
Ilinois
Missouri
Florida
Pennsylvania
New England
Qinima Rnder
Burton
Eliie
Henry Neville
Red Bank
Commanier
Cbiel
Case of Dropping Boardwalk Case Confuses Atlantic City
Confusion grows over a boardwalk incident in Atlantic City. Police report a Baltimore banker involved, and officials say a key witness, Mr Roberts, lies wounded in city hospital with condition improving then worsening. Investigations hinge on his potential statement amid threatening legal actions and competing testimonies.
Kill Their Betrayer in Calcutta Jail Ambush
Narende Gath Gow sain, arrested over bounties in Maniktodeh Bengal, was shot in jail by two avenged prisoners yesterday morning. Revolver allegedly smuggled in by friends of some inmates. Gow sain's testimony exposed a white rebellion conspiracy to assassinate Lord Minto and other high officers, with prosecutors receiving death threats in letters.
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Calcutta
Narende Gath Gowsain
Coneeetion
Bumtes
Arabindo
Manicktodeh
Bengal
Hose
Gorpern
Lord Minto
Rutin
Teal
Mosby Captured After Night Ride in Shenandoah Valley
A Confederate cavalryman known as Mosby was believed trapped after a nighttime pursuit in the Shenandoah Valley. A hungry rider questioned a cabin woman about Mosby and learned he was inside, prompting a rousing dash by troops to arrest him, only to find a cradle with a nursing infant in the room.
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John 8. Mosby
Shenandoah Valley
Millwood
Catep
Mosby
Eat What You Want and Let Kodol Digest It
An advertisement extols eating freely without dieting and promotes Kodol as a stomach aid. It claims Kodol digests all foods, helps digestion, and allows normal appetite. A one dollar bottle is offered with a money-back guarantee through ERG DeWitt & Co. Chicago.
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ERG DeWitt & Co
Chicago
Squirrel shoot ends in death in Petersburg
In Petersburg Indiana yesterday morning a man named Thomas Hingen Jr. was shot while hunting squirrels. Hert Warner superintendent of the city water works fired from 14 yards striking Hingen, who died later at his home as physicians tried to save him. The incident involved Warner and Hingen’s relative Thomas J. Hingen, an Independence League candidate for president.
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Petersburg
Ind
Sept. L
Thomas Hingen, Jr
Thomas J. Hingen
Independence League
Young Tiegen
Hert Warner
City Water Works
Warner
Aery Young Hisgeo
Pekl
Bridge Collapse Injures Crowd As Fleet Enters Melbourne
A large crowd for the American sailors entry into Melbourne damaged the Princess bridge over the Yarra, injuring about a score of people. Soldiers and sailors helped prevent panic and assist authorities. Prime Minister Deakin welcomed the visitors, while Admiral Sperry praised the reception in Melbourne after earlier New Zealand and Sydney welcomes.
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Melbaree
Sept. L
Princess Bridge
Yara River
Richard
Alfread Deakin
New Healand
Sydney
Melbourne
London Attacks Roosevelt Over Evolution Views
New York writer Jack London accuses President Roosevelt of a wrong view on evolution in Collier's Weekly. He mocks Roosevelt as an inept observer of animal life and claims Roosevelt cannot grasp evolutionary science, calling his claims the biggest whopper ever told by a nature faker.
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New York
Jack London
Roosevelt
Collier's Weekly
Presilent
London
Alabama Coal Strike Ends After Bloodshed and Troop Deployment
An official notice from United Mine Workers of America warns end of the Alabama coal strike in the Birmingham district after two months of turmoil and fatalities. State troops were sent to restore order as non union miners faced continued attacks and deadly incidents.
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Birmingham
Ala
Lewis
White
Ryan
United Mine Workers of America
Commonwealth
Ostensibdy Onder
Canadian Strikers Blamed For Train Wreck Attempt
Montreal on September 11 reports an alleged attempt by striking shopmen to wreck a Canadian Pacific train at St. Martiss Junction. The switch lock was broken and stones placed to keep it open. A slow freight passed over, stopping on the siding before damage occurred.
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Montreal
Canadian Pacific
St. Martiss Junction
Priests and Nuns Vaccinated in Smallpox Quarantine
In Philadelphia a church parish and surrounding homes were placed under quarantine after Mrs. James Hackney of Scotland, a visitor in the William Boyle home, contracted smallpox. Priests from St Bridget’s parish and twenty nuns were vaccinated by city physicians. The steamship Haverford from Queenstown had earlier carried two smallpox cases and was held at Reedy Island quarantine station. Police set off the Doyle residence area to keep residents within the enclosure.
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Philadelphia
St Bridget’s Etmreh
Fatle
Selmyljia
Clurch
James Hackney
Scothand
William Boyle
Hackney
Haverforl
Queenstown
Reedy Jeland
Doyle
Brown Statement Issued Denied by Firm Attorneys
New York Sept statement from A A Brown & company denying assets and liabilities figures. The report showed assets exceeding 500,900 dollars against liabilities over 100 dollars, with a substantial net position. The firm’s attorneys urged that the figures were inaccurate and defended the company’s financial standing.
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New York
Sept
A. A. Brown & Company
Sxigtrss
Millionaire Bixby Farm Tale of Fortunes and Faith
A New York lawyer backs a penniless clerk named John M. Bixby with a promissory note for a $200 farm. Bixby later becomes a multimillionaire as Erie Canal growth and city gas lighting reshape New York. His estate peaked at $7 million, now valued above $13 million.
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New York
John M. Bixby
Bixby
National Magazine
Why He Felt Happy
Vernon tells a woman that he passed the tree where he carved initials and a heart two years ago and felt joy. He explains he was glad because some men were cutting the tree down, implying a renewal of his feelings.
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Vernon
By Proxy Priscitia Inudeth and her Worthless Husband
In a period tone a wife named Priscitia Inudeth speaks of her husband as a travesty of a man after seventeen years of marriage. Six months later she sues a railway company for 25000 dollars claiming the trail ran over her husband.
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Priscitia
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