An Amateur Pirate Major Stede Bonnet’s Rise
In the early eighteenth century Bridgetown Barbadoes resident Major Stede Bonnet abandons respectable life to become a pirate. He purchases a ship, proclaims self pirate, seizes vessels off Virginia and New England, enacting marooning and walking the plank as needed. He grows into a greedy, cruel raider despite his genteel background.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Nicholas
Frank R Stockton
Blackbeard
Stede Bonnet
Stockton Bays
Bridgetown
Barba-das
Stedg Bonnet
Sitish
Bonnett
Bonnet
Virginia
New England
Readers Swerve from Literacy in Spain and Persia
A Parisian style summary. Two thirds of Spain cannot read or write while Persian workers endure long hours and low pay. In Germany a Berlin medical authority says no professional cyclist has a sound heart. A London inventor claims a bullet can hit around corners, turning midflight as directed. Reverend Skinner from Chester, Delaware, makes a dramatic gesture to urge timely pastor salary payments, resulting in his watch flying into a nearby creek.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Germany
Persia
London
Thomas Skinner
Chester
Del
Charge of the Prussian Cavalry at Mare-la-Tour
A Baltimore Sun account relays the Balaklava style assault led by Auerswald during the Mars-la-Tour action. The two crack Prussian regiments advanced under orders, nearly perishing before the army was saved. Auerswald died of wounds the following day, having praised his troops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mare-la-Tour
Baltimore Sun
Balaklava
George Bunsen
Auerswald
Mars-la-Tour
Hohenzollern
Memories of the Metropolis and Oddities of the Era
In a column fashion the piece recalls New York impressions and local anecdotes such as a widow barber in St. Louis, a historical war cost tally, a tobacco cessation ad, and a rubber tire claim for carriages. The mix blends social quips with promotional blurbs and historical cost figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Farmer Sturpley
St. Louis
Hall's Catarrh Cure Sold In Tablet Form At 75 Cents
A wood-chopper at Marshfield Maine was wiped his face when a hen-hawk twice tried to snatch his handkerchief. Meanwhile thousands of young Spaniards flee frontier provinces to avoid conscription by crossing into France.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marshfield
Spain
France
Our Budget of Fun and a Deacon's Summer Rest
A rural verse sketch and humor column recount a preacher's energetic pulpit style. While the congregation enjoys a summer respite, new residents occupy the church and the deacon returns to finds his dramatic delivery interrupted by pests. The punchline features a quip about the deacon's fiery heart versus his fiery pants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Satan
Two Costly Trains The Pioneer Limited Showpiece
The Chicago Milwaukee St. Paul Rail Way unveils two The Pioneer Limited trains for routes between Chicago Milwaukee St Paul and Minneapolis. A private view touts them as the most magnificent car builder’s art yet shown, with Empire and Greek motifs, luxurious finishes, and elaborate marquetry. The two trains cost about $250,000.
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Pioneer Limited
Chicago, Milwaukee
San Domingo
St. Jago
Sealing Skins Joke Sparks North Pole Banter
A playful exchange from an old clipping features a London boarder asking why seal skins can’t enter the U S. The response riffs on sealing wax and lighthearted banter about Klondike gold, Dawson nuggets, and comic misunderstandings amid a collage of frontier talk and domestic humor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam
London
Hyman
Klondike
Levy
Dawson
Cohen
Extremely Venerable Mother-Harold Question
A cryptic query asks what God created first, a cat or something else, reflecting a philosophical or poetic line about creation and existence. The text invokes a reverent phrase and contemplates origin and purpose in worldly creation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold
Booming chump sparks sharp talk in city columns
In a playful quip from Up-to-Date, Miss Gabbler is teased for praising a person in flowery terms. The rejoinder lands as a witty put-down, suggesting the subject is overpraised yet not taken seriously by local gossip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Montana valley irrigation boom promises homes and wealth
Immigrant boosters tout the Milk River valley as fertile land with eight co operative ditches, free homesteads, and labor costs from 3 to 4 dollars per acre. Prospects include grain crops, poultry, dairy, and abundant water rights near Havre Chinook and Harlem under Great Northern Railway access. A Chicago nurse volunteer and railway track upgrades in Des Moines and Berwick area are also noted.
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Havre
Chinook
Harlem
Great Northern Railway
Montana
Union
Moses Folsom
Walnut St
Des Moines
Iowa
Chicago Great Western Railway
Marshalltown
St. Joseph
Berwick
Great Western
Wrecked on English Coast and Other Early 1900s Notices
Severe March storm along England’s eastern coast wrecked the Betsy of Yarmouth near Gorton. Two crew drowned. others rescued by Galveston lifeboatmen after wreckage smashed the ship against the breakwater and deck fittings were carried away.
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Lowestoft
Gorton
Walter Collins
James Hill
World and Local Nuts and Notions In One Page
A fragment notes a colorful 16 page panorama of the West Indies Cuba the Philippine Islands Spain and Havana city views. It mentions a Cedar Rapids Iowa mail address for a periodical and shares two odd anecdotes a near sighted man stuck by his beard while repairing a fence and a Mannibal Missouri church scene where a caller’s question about a lost soul is met with a hot joke from a tamale vendor.
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West Indies
Cuba
Philippine Islands
Spain
Havana
B.C
N. Ry
Morton, GP
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Res
United States
Landan
Masalyo Voluine
Standard
Mixed 19th-century Ads and Oddities Highlighting Remedies
A collage of product pitches and curiosities: Allen's Foot-Ease promises painless feet and comfort in new shoes, Cascarets Candy Cathartic pledges purified blood and clear skin, Cosmo Buttermilk Soap offers soothing cleansing, and Cascarets reformulate bowel habits. Also notes about a Massachusetts electric chair and trivia on Spain’s coastline alongside assorted aphorisms and quirky lines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allen
Mall
Allen S. Olmsted
le Roy
N.Y
Spain
Mediterranean
Atlantic
Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Ads From Early 1900s
A fragment from Mrs A W Sara and other women in the United States describe long term ailments including back burning pain headaches and fatigue. They praise Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a remedy and attribute significant improvements in health and daily functioning after taking the product. Multiple testimonials note relief from weakness despondency and reproductive system issues.
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A. W
Sara
Sam 8&T
Biddeford
Lydia
E. Pinkham
Beatles
Yroman
Macraga
Parisington
Ind
Tenn
Pinkham
Elsi and Tommy Debate Capitalism in Playful Exchange
Dialogue features Elsie asking what a capitalist is and Tommy replying that it is a man who lives to Washington. The two discuss political ideas with light humor, reflecting midcentury attitudes and language.
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Elsie
Tommy
Washington
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Major Stede Bonnet
Miss de Pretty
Mr. Goodheart
No-l'o-Bae
Sterling Remedy Co
Chicago
Hall
Price
Ayer
James Quins
Middle Street
Hartford
Conn
Hake Ayers
Rafal Ragetts
Fanny
Messenger Boys
Ike
G. W. Doneghy
Burnside
Free Lance
Percy
Ghlesgo
Milwaukee and
St. Paul Road
L W.5
Mrs. Tracy
John
Jones
Smith
Milk River Valley
Omaha Exposition
Philadelphia
Trans-Mississippi
Omaha
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul B’y
H. Heafford
Chicago, Ill
Mount Clare
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Baltimore
Niagara Falls
Thousand Islands
St. Lawrence River
Adirondacks
Green and White Mountains
Berkshire Hills
Valley of the Hudson
Catskills
Atlantic Coast
Michigan Central
Adams Street
O. W. Ruggles
New York Clearing House
Toa
Grand Central Station
New York City
Golden Ring
Nfe
A.J. Smpte, Oon. Pass
Tet Agt
Cleveland
X. Wilber
Aart Gan
Pass Agh Oniaag
Lake Shore
Michigan Southern
Kansas City
Denver
Helena
Butte, Spokane, Seattle
Tacoma
J. Francis
Omaha, Neb
Miss Miami Brown
Mr. Pinckley
The
British Museum
Massachusetts
Cascaret
Ibo
C. C
Keiths
ipeKea
St Carets
Bince
Bine
Dave
Ore
Madi Len Sant
Bove
Golly
Speiey
Sant
Repieneos
Chisge
ET Pont
Logy Neatreal
Hew
Keith
Keith Enamel Starch GO
Ill
Tithersons
Bevel-Cear Chaintess
Columbis
Bamiford Bicycles
Vedette
John W. Morris
Washington, D.G
M. He Green
Ante
Kay
Golden Mfg.Go
Funk & Wagralls
Standard Dictionary
Dr. Kay
Ago
Whee
Mevertiaes
Pam
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