Niagara feats and dangers of the whirlpool rapids
The article surveys Niagara excursions from sensational top acts to deadly swims. It recalls Blondin’s high wire stunts, Dixon’s 1890 river crossing, and divers who battled the whirlpool rapids. Captain Webb’s fatal swim and later attempts by Soules Kendall and others highlight the peril and nerve involved.
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Blondin
Niagara
Dixon
Lake Ontario
Mbre
Lewiston
Matthew Webb
Mercantile Marine
Iver
Calais
John Soules
Captain Webb
W. J Kendall
Boston
Webb
Devil's Hole
Pagan poetess in party tale from Lippincott's Magazine
Hannah Holden Hatchett known as the pagan poetess and author of Venus and Adonis Pipes of Pan and Airs From Arcadia attends a party hosted by Mrs. Benjamin Bonaparte Motley where guests quiz her and her husband Michael Moses Hatchett about his business and her poems.
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Hannah Holden Hatchett
Venus
Arcadie
Michael Moses Hatchett
Benjamin Bonaparte Motley
Mr. Hatchett
Mrs. Motley
Mrs. Hatchett
Mrs. Faddle
Mrs. Havoc
Family Secrets in Lipinski Moment
Quoted remarks explore gender roles and marriage dynamics through witty observations. The piece contrasts conservative politics with insurgent style in dress and behavior, noting women’s cleverness and the enduring power of a good woman’s prejudices.
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Lippincott’s
Mine of Antiquities Unearths Roman Treasures in Mayence Site
On the Mayence excavation for a new hospital a wealth of antiquities was found. The ground yielded 130 Roman coins including four gold and fourteen silver, 104 legion seals from several legions, 457 legible potter's stamps, thirty primers, a Roman smithery inventory, plus bronze statuettes, vases and various arms.
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Mayence
Germany
Nero-Vespasian
Noah and the ark sample foreshadowing germs
The passage recalls Noah collecting water while rain falls as neighbors mock at the ark. Noah explains the ark would hold pairs of germs of all future ills, a remark that shocks the scoffers and provokes loud derision.
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Noah
Puck
Still at It Reveals Missing Husband Mystery
A wife reports her husband vanished after being sent to match a sample at a department store three days earlier. A witness places him yesterday at the third counter of the fourteenth aisle and about to move to the fourteenth counter of the third aisle, per the Washington Herald.
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Washington Herald
Endurance Prize Blamed for Little Satisfaction
In the Atchison Globe a mumpy figure receives blame for the meager joy from winning the endurance prize.
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Atchison Globe
Rijnhart Woman Missionary Legend Reemerges in Tibet Tale
The article recounts Dr Susie Carson Rijnhart the first woman missionary to travel Tibet and return, and follows later efforts of Dr and Mrs A L Shelton from Tachienlu toward Lhasa. It describes Batang monastery life, lamas, Tibetan women, and a perilous journey toward the fabled interior. Doris and Dorothy Shelton accompany their parents as child pilgrims on the expedition toward Lhasa.
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China Inland Mission House
Tachienlu
Ruth Neely
Susie Carson Rijnhart
Tibet
Lhasa
Younghusband
Rijnharts
Rijnhart
China
Foreign Christian Missionary Society
A. L. Shelton
Shelton
Buddha
Doris
Dorothy
Ani
Dr. Rijnhart
Dorothy Shelton
All
Asia
Dalai Lama
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