Island monarchs seek throne on small lands for sale
The piece notes three islands Melville Washington and Lundy in markets for buyers seeking an adventurous kingship. Fanning Island has been sold in London to Creig, while Melville offers a savage race and 10000 buffalo for a strenuous life. Washington and Fanning are uninhabited aside from officials and imported islanders.
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Alexander Selkirk
Melville Island
Australia
Port Darwin
Washington Island
Pacific
Equator
Lundy Island
Bristol Channel
Fanning Island
Washington
London
Creig
Fanning
South Sea
Isles
Washington Islands
Edmund Fanning
British Possessions and Island Holdings in Pacific and Canada
The article notes strategic value of Pacific islands including Fanning and Palmyra, with sovereignty details and historic claims. It also discusses Anticosti Island purchased by Henri Menier, its large expenditures and potential value from lobster, forests, and game preserves, as reported by the Montreal Star.
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Micronesia
Tiawan
New Zealand
Fanning Island
Australia
Great Britain
Western Pacific
Pacific Cable Board
Fanning
Palmyra
Washington
Christmas Islands
Washington Island
Christmas Island
Captain Cook
Washington Islands
Gregg
Bignall
English Harbor
Ifere
Melville Island
Anticost Island
St. Lawrence River
M. Henri Menier
MM. Menier
Anticosti
Montreal Star
The Wind by Robert Louis Stevenson
A reader recalls a poem about the wind's unseen presence. The speaker notes wind moves objects and voices but remains unseen, questioning whether wind is young or old and what it truly is, a powerful force or a child.
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Blower
Robert Louis Stevenson
Doomed Sock Exchange Leads to Sweet Doctor Romance
A Boston Post note recounts a sewing club of ten girls who mend socks for Dr. Thornton. He offers a prize for the neatest work, then woos Claire, the shy president, revealing his long love as the couple prepare for a double wedding with Ned.
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Ned
Dr. Thornton
Maude
Claire
Louise
Boston Post
Cement as Future cornerstone of construction, says engineer
A Brooklyn engineer who spent years in Egypt proposes that ancient pyramids were built with cement rather than lifted stone. He argues tools found in catacombs point to operatives mixing and laying cement, predicting cement will replace traditional masonry in railroads and bridges.
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Brooklyn
Egypedia
Old Cheops
Piazzi Smith
New York Press
The Mills of the Gods and Gallery Fights
A Baltimore American quotation contrasts the saying The mills of the gods grind slowly with a defiant claim Not on your life if they are gallery fights. The snippet highlights a dramatic turn of phrase over public disputes.
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Baltimore American
The Nose and Glasses Then and Now
An old proverb style remark contrasts a girl's nose and glasses with aging, noting glasses may not stay on. A humorous line follows about a man’s wife being his better half yet he generally handles all the betting.
Glorious Alpine Tour Through Swiss High Valleys and Jungfrau
The travelogue recalls a Munich to Zurich journey via Zug Lucerne Bern and Interlaken. It sports grand views from Uetliberg to the Jungfrau with Neiges and glaciers, notes Zug’s blue lake Bern’s bears and clocks and Interlaken as gateway to the Jungfrau and Aletsch glacier.
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Munich
Switzerland
Zurich
Uetliberg
Lake of Zurich
Jungfrau
Thru
Stockhorn
Pilatus
Jura
Aaron
Vosges
Zug
Lucerne
Alps
Rare Sights of Old San Francisco Remembered Brightly
A nostalgic piece recalls the vanished early San Francisco with stories of miners gifting a bonnet to evoke wonder, crowds chasing a ship signal, civilians kissing visiting children, and residents awaiting incoming steamers at Telegraph Hill, reflecting a city of vivid local character.
W. A. Bentley’s Snow Crystal Photographs Display Unique Forms
A Vermont photographer, W. A. Bentley, showcases over a thousand snow crystal photographs from twenty years of work, with each crystal exhibiting a distinct shape and no two alike.
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W. A. Bentley
Vermont
Victim of Train Crash Asks for Priest Not Doctor
James Jennings, 25, injured after striking his head on a bridge while on a Monon train roof, walked into the La Fayette station and asked for a priest as the railroad surgeon could do nothing. He knew his end was near and requested spiritual aid.
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James Jennings
Monon
la Fayette
Jennings
George Beasley
Burial of Madison County's heaviest man draws 5000 mourners
Jo seph Rodecap, a 460 pound farmer and father of twins, died from a cerebral embolism linked to a neck carbuncle. At Anderson Cemetery 5000 attended his funeral. His coffin measured 3 feet wide 28 inches deep and seven feet long, too large for a hearse. a wagon served as funeral car. Ten men carried the coffin and sixteen lowered it. Rodecap was about 51. his mother died years ago weighing 300 pounds.
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Anderson Cemetery
Joseph Rodecap
Madison County
Dog Leads to Murder and Hunter's Capture Near Gary
James Lannan of Chicago is killed after a road encounter with Thomas Hannan. A dog tracked the suspect to his Hammond camp, where Hannan confessed to Chief Rimbeck that he shot Lannan after an argument over a dog.
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Sinyver
James Lannan
Chicago
Thomas Hannan
Rimbeck
Hammond
Lannan
Gary
Lanna
Socks Accuse Then Free Man in Terre Haute Burglary Case
Frank Nolan was about to be bound over to the grand jury on burglary charges in Terre Haute when a woman testified her house was robbed and identified Nolan by a pair of stolen socks. Nolan's wife then testified she darned his socks the day before his arrest, detailing the thread and method. Judge Torthune discharged him.
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Frank Nolan
Terre Haute
Nolan
Stabbing at Haughville Ends In Death And Arrests
Nicoli Gligor died from twelve knife wounds in Haughville after a confrontation at a boarding house where rival countrимиen robbed him of 100 dollars. Seven men were arrested including George Szalaji who fled then returned. Two witnesses say Szalaji stabbed Grigor. Dan Rosa shot Panhandle agent Patrick Alligan amid a pay dispute. Rosa was captured after a two mile chase and jailed in Valparaiso.
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Nicoli Gligor
Haughville
George E. Szalaji
Szalaji
Grigor
Dan Rosa
Chicago
Panhandle
Koots
Patrick TL. Alligan
Rosa
Valparaiso
Headache Powder Fatal to Kokomo Conductor
Fred Scherer a 24 year old Kokomo street car conductor died within minutes after taking a supposedly harmless headache powder from a local drugstore. He was the son of County Commissioner George Scherer.
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Fred Scherer
Kokomo
Scherer
George Scherer
Woman Claims Morgan Kinship in Large Check Attempt
Elizabeth Cissel, described as insane, tried to pass a $190 900 check bearing J P Morgan's name at an Evansville bank. She asserted she was Morgan's sister. authorities committed her to the asylum following the incident.
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Morgan
Elizabeth Cissel
Evansville
J. P. Morgan
Cissel
Lovers' Quarrel Ends in Fatal Shooting in Vincennes
Walter Johnson aged 19 fatally shot Henry Kepping in Vincennes after a dispute over Anna Bell, 20, the men’s mutual sweetheart. Johnson surrendered to Sheriff Westfall following the confrontation.
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Walter Johnson
Henry Kepping
Vincennes
Sheriff Westfall
Kepping
Johnson
Anna Bell
Woman Dies After Heart Distress in Valparaiso
Mrs Samuel Williamson aged 47 died suddenly in Valparaiso due to heart disease triggered by witnessing her child escaping a deadly kick from a horse. The incident left the child unharmed.
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Samuel Williamson
Valparaiso
Thunderstorm Kills Boy as Others Suffer in Lebanon Area
Fifteen boys sought shelter under a tree near Lebanon during a thunder storm. Lightning struck the tree killing 14 year old Oecle Rice and knocking others unconscious. Edith Smith of Ringling show broke her right leg in Michigan City trapeze act.
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Lebanon
Oecle Rice
Edith Smith
Michigan City
Iva Dale
Elmer Johnson
Star City
Frederick Herman Bottcher
Lafayette
Ife
Bottcher
Indianapolis
Prussia
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Mr. Roosevelt
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Riddle
Telegraypt Till
Indiana State News
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