The Indian Medicine Show and a Magician’s Escape
A traveling prestidigitator, Blitz, travels overland to California with a caravan. Along the way he uses stage tricks and hidden devices to test and astonish a crowd of Indians, including lifting a heavy iron weight with a magnet and a gun trick. He rescues Rodman’s wife and children from captivity, then departs with wagons loaded, leaving Rodman to reclaim his family as the illusion ends.
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California
Rodman
Blue
Ta Ie Blitz
Bilis
Bits
Biltz
Jim
Bill
Blitz
Biitz
Piltz
Uritar
Ifis
Tice
Billix
Red Ban
Rodina
F. Townsend Smith
Duel Over Woman Ends With Wounding of a Neighbor
Edward Cunningham attempted to enter the Seavey home near Newport New Hampshire. He was repulsed and fired upon after being refused entry. Kalwant Cunningham, 42, of Franklin, aged, shot Kalow Stickney, then fled into the woods. Stickney was wounded but survived. Sheriff King of Sullivan County alerted locals as Cunningham fled.
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Edward Cunningham
Sarah Seavey
Newport
Pacente
Kalwant Cunningham
Franklin
Lawell
Mann
Rarah Seavoy
Uid
Klow Stickney
Ownningham
Stekney
King
Mullivan
Cunningthon
Cunningham
Seavey
Mice Seavey
Dow
Elon Stickney
Stickaey
Stickney
Boston Jewelry Robbery Suspect Nabbed After Pursuit
A bold artful thief, Dudley Daley, 28, known as a frequent housebreaker, was captured after a four day pursuit from South Station to West End lodgings. Police recovered a stores worth of jewelry and silver from a room on Fort Hill street, linking him to recent second story robberies in East Cambridge and Boston neighborhoods.
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Tore Conway
Mart
Herbert S. Dalley
Porteminster-Cene
George von Te Meyer
Boston
East Cambrridge
Averyton Washington Streets
Conway
South Station
Weaslington Street
Tag ‘South End
Dudley
Hin Tevelt
East Cambridge
Daley
Mlevenally
Be Td
William's Kidney Pills Claim Revealed
A damaged OCR fragment references a patent medicine claim for kidney pills attributed to a William. It hints at health tonics or remedies but provides no verifiable details, dates, or affiliations. The readable text suggests promotional language common to late 19th or early 20th century ads.
A Course of Ox An Antidote for the Strenuous Life
A Charles D. Stewart piece in Atlantic extols the ox as a superior power for work and contemplation. It describes the ox’s patient, steady effort, unhurried pace, and self contained engine like nature, contrasting it with the fatigue of automobiles and modern labor.
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Bin
Charles D. Stewart
Atlantic
Smooth Inside the Bowl Makes a Good Brier Pipe
A college student describes how he selects brier pipes by inspecting the interior of the bowl. He tests several, discards two, and keeps one he deems best for smoothness. He argues a smooth inner surface prevents rough burning and ensures even cake buildup and sweetness. He shares his theory based on personal experience.
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Saya
Tye
New York
Glove on the Pole Fair Rule in Honiton Town
In Honiton an aged fair custom survives with a town crier in period attire proclaiming the fair opens by declaring the glove is up. A gilt gloved land model on a pole is displayed and coins are tossed to children as the fair begins and runs its course.
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Honiton
Would Be an Objection in Bridge Conversation
A Washington Star excerpt presents a quip about bridge play. Mr. Meek’s son speculates on whether his wife plays bridge whist, noting uncertainties about quiet play and partnering. The dialogue hints at tensions in the game and household roles.
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Mr. Meekson
Henrietta
Washington Star
Smith Fails To Return From Brandon Fair Brings Police
Mire Junnie Denno of Brandon, aged 10, wandered near Fare Slaven with Jennie Prior of Salisbury. Fred Smith of Clone Pallle and Lowell Crapo of Shoreham were named as the men involved in eloping plans after a fair encounter. Police traced the couple toward Rutland while friends urged the girl to return to her aunt’s home in Brandon.
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Brandon
Fair Haven
Toutland
Rutland
Junnie Denno
Fare Slaven
Leon
Jennie Prior
Salisbury
Fred Smith
Clone Palle
Lowel Crapo
Shoreham
Smith
Art
Chint B
Whittaker
Jennie
Mise Deno
Crapo
Enter
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Hall of Fame items mix politics and piety from Dover to Panama
A mosaic of brief notices includes Enoc Hunt of Dover aging into his ninety ninetieth birthday with cherry gathering, Mrs. Brown Potter entering suffrage, and Senora da Conta linking Argentina and Chile with the Christ of the Andes monument. It notes diplomatic appointees, a Boston couple returning from a world trip, and George Hough’s long railroad career, plus Obaldia’s Panama presidency and a Plumstead epitaph about cherry season.
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Enoc G. Hunt
Dover
N. H
Roosevelt
Morton EB
Senora da Conta
Argentina
Chile
Universal Place In
Algernon Sartoria
Grant
Stoosevelt
Guatemala
William P. Sands
Mexican
Hf. W. Hicks
Boston
Bard of Commissioners For
Congregational
American Board
George Hough
Hough
Domingo de Obaldia
Pausmea
Pollera
Panama
Senor Obaldia
Fruit skins blamed for fatal gastritis and Maori population note
The text warns fruit skins, such as apple or pear peels, can be harmful and may trigger gastritis leading to death. It also notes the Maori of New Zealand now number about 42,000.
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New Zealand
Notable Women Figures and Sitings in Society Circles
Mrs. MO Burgin of Woodward Oklahoma runs a lucrative law practice and is noted as one of the Southwest’s few women lawyers. Edith Tobitt of Owatonna Nebraska is elected to the American Library Association board. The Duchess of Marlborough revived Thackeray’s note of a black servant carrying prayer books. Margaret Ashton, sister-in-law to Ambassador James Bryce, framed Interactions Woman Suffrage alliance resolutions in Amsterdam. Mrs. Frederick Dent Grant aids homeless children. Lady Diana Manners, the Duke and Duchess of Rutland’s youngest daughter, is hailed as a premier English debutante and is said to have been named after Dion of the Crossways. Diane’s portrait sittings are frequent for a young debutante.
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MO. Burgin
Woodward
Okio
Ser
Ble
Southwest
Edith Tobitt
Owata
Neb) Library
American Library Association
Docchess
Marlborough
Thackeray
Margaret Ashton
James Bryce
Woman Suffrage Alliance
Amsterdam
Frederick Dent Grant
Diana Manners
HHO
Duke and Duchess of Rutland
George Meredith
Dion
The
Crossways
Diane
The Royal Box and Royal Feats Across Nations
A satirical survey notes Queen Alexandra's musical tastes and planning flair, the khedive of Egypt's democratic image and railway workwear, a Circassian wife bought for 400 dollars, and Seoul reports on Korea’s emperor losing two teeth in a Japanese dental procedure provoking palace stir. It also mentions the Kaiser as a “rent newspaper tender” with costly papers, and William who owns a clipper yet distrusts the man in print.
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Alexandra
Egypt
Seoul
Korea
Kaiser
William
Unlucky Mix of Churches and Clergy Facts
Danville church built in 1760 still serves worshipers. Europe’s tallest spire is St Walburg in Preston at 303 feet. Largest churches list includes St Peters Rome 4000, Milan cathedral 87000, St Pauls London 25000, St Sophia 23000, Notre Dame 21000, Pisa 13000, St Marks 7000. Homiletic Review names 25 top pulpit teachers. seven Congregationalists, three of the seven are Methodists.
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Danville
N.hs
Europe
St. Walburg
Preston
England
St. Peter’s
Rome
Milan
St Paul's
London
St. Sophia
Constantinople
Notre Dame
Paris
Pisa
A Budding Philologiet
Five year old Hobbie spots a cow in his mother’s garden and shouts Seat Seat. The cow calmly nibbles as three year old Mary, dancing with excitement, exclaims Doll him to scow. Delineator.
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Hobbie
Mary
The String to It Harper's Weekly Passage
A terse dialogue exchanges worry and excuses as a man questions a woman about her reaction. He notes awaiting understanding, while she recalls his locked door and her intention to leave without further explanation. The fragment captures a tense interpersonal moment from the periodical.
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Harper's Weekly
Fern Dishes Make Elegant Home Centerpieces
A novelty fern dish design features a narrow oval body elevated on sculpted pedestal stands. The article describes six cylindrical legs and a base with bark etched trunks forming a tree like display, creating a forest floor effect while remaining low enough to keep conversations clear at table.
How to Make Home Manufactured Plant Stands
Instructions describe converting a grocer butter bucket into a stand by scrubbing, baking in soda, staining, and attaching tin hoops with copper nails. Add ring handles for appearance. A second pattern uses a stout square box with lid modified to create supports, plus a wide picture molding and coppered band for finish.
City Council votes to remove religious instruction in Rome schools
Rome municipal council votes to end all religious instruction in primary schools. The article notes state laws require the American flag to fly over schoolhouses during school hours in California, Oregon and Kansas.
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Municipal Council of
Rome
California
Oregon
Kansas
Theatrical Casts and Plans in New York January
Clara Thropp to lead in Li'l Mose Agnes Herndon tagged for Paid Ja Foil company Margaret Anglin set for The Awakening of Helena Rite in New York in January John Alburgh Jr engaged to support Lulu Glaser in Alle Mischief renamed The Girl Who Dared A tabloid version of The Devil to be staged in vaudeville Gertrude Hoffman to perform a dancing version of The Devil with Satanic piece emphasis
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Clara Thropp
Agnes Herndon
Margaret Angiln
Helena Rite
New York
John Albargh, Jr
Lulu Glaser
The
Gertrude Hoffman
Railways and transit plans span oceans and cities
Mexico now has 19 000 miles of railways while Brooklyn considers an elevated line modeled on Berlin. New York railways report seven car collisions daily. The Dosenoye Pennsylvania railroad lists 1 280 employees with forty years of service or more after a recent completion.
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Mexico
Brooklyn
Berlin
New York
Dosenoyevania
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