A Daughter of the Beach Treasure Ghosts at Gun Rock
A graveyard plot surrounds a hidden treasure on the Massachusetts coast as Purcell and Burt dig near Gun Rock after a storm. They unearth a chest containing a child’s skeleton and a cryptic paper, while Kate awaits answers at home and a midnight cry calls for help.
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Massachusetts
Minot’s
Minot
Gun Rock
Massachusetts Bay
Somone
Kate
George
Purcell
Tom Kate
Dick Burt
Jase
Burt
Coe
Richard Burt
Long Beach
Night Dig Near the Shore Leads to Silent Pact
Burt and Purcell conceal evidence after a night of digging for treasure. They debate informing authorities but decide to keep quiet and plan to return together, vowing secrecy and partnership while the sea lights their stakeout.
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Burt
Purcell
Dick Burt
Good-Natured Rioters Terrors in St Petersburg Riot
Charlemagne Tower, U.S. minister to St. Petersburg, recalls a peaceful looking street riot in Russia's capital. He watched 100,000 people as police rode in with mild whips, students shouted, leaders were arrested, and the crowd scattered like chickens before good natured schoolboys.
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Charlemagne Tower
United States
St. Petersburg
White
Berlin
Philadelphia
Princeton
Yaleque
Philadelphia Press
Judge Roy Bean Fines Deceased in Pecos Inquest
Houston attorney J. D. Bryant recounts how Judge Roy Bean held a coroner's inquest into an accidental death near the Pecos river. The crowd dispersed as Bean confiscated a six shooter and fined the deceased one dollar, with costs totaling forty nine dollars to settle the estate.
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Houston
Texas
J. D. Bryant
Roy Bean
Lone Star
Pecos River
Had Done Her Part Kitty Warns for Rain
A Chicago Tribune item recounts Kitty heedless of thunder warnings about rain. She ran indoors for shelter when thunder boomed but the rain did not arrive, prompting her impatient quip at the clouds.
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Kitty
Chicago Tribune
In the Court Room Gray Hair Quip Noted by Judge
A courtroom exchange quotes a judge remarking that his gray hair will stay gray as long as he lives while noting opposing counsel has black hair. The New York Times reports the exchange during jury deliberations.
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New York Times
Giant-The Glasseater Loses Job Over Anthracite Eating
A quirky Detroit Free Press item notes the Giant-The Glasseater is dismissed from a museum after being caught eating anthracite, a bizarre incident highlighted alongside the Bearded Lady query.
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Giant
Detroit Free Press
Old Musket Marks Revolutionary Era Fireworks Tradition
Ex Gov Parris of Maine preserves a flintlock musket that served at Bunker Hill and has fired every Independence Day for 125 years. The weapon, tied to a fence last year and fired with a red hot poker, is kept at Paris Hill with Mme Columbia Parris and her daughter in residence.
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Maine
Albion Keith
Paris
Paris Hill
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Parris Hill
Mme
Columbia Parris
Gardiner recalls McClellan uniform change in army history
Col. Asa Hird Gardiner wandered the city hall committee room and recalled Jacksonville scenes when a new U S army uniform was issued. Gen Triggs tore into bits the brigadier general dress details, lamenting a ban on trousers in the order.
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Asa Hird Gardiner
Board of Aldermen
Gen. McClellan
Jacksonville
Fla
Triggs
Department
United States Army
New York Times
The Homes of Kansas by Sol Miller
The poem celebrates Kansas cabin homes evolving from border sodhouses to mansions, praising brave pioneers and the growth from humble roots to a thriving state. It recalls border dwellings becoming emblematic landmarks of Freedom's trial and resilience across the land.
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Kansas
Brand
Sol Miller
Kansas City Star
Man Trimmed Hatsentertainment at Verona church event
A Verona New Jersey church gathering hosted by Pastor Rev Shel ton Bissell featured a contest where pretty girls wore artistic hats while young men trimmed hats and baked cake. Prizes went to the best millinery creation and the girls took home their hats.
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Congregational Church
Verona
N. J
Shelton Bissell
Young Grains
New York World
Chinese Characters and Language Learning Compared
The text argues Chinese writing conveys ideas rather than words and uses about 3,000 marks for business needs. It notes Chinese easier to learn than Russian for Americans, with dialect variety in speech but readable writings in months. Full instruction requires a Chinese teacher.
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China
Park provision figures differ in European cities
The record notes that Paris provides one acre of park space for every fifteen residents while Liverpool offers one acre per one thousand people, illustrating contrasting urban green space density.
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Paris
Liverpool
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