Notable visitors and locals pass through the city
A string of short check-ins shows Charles Rosenburge, Dr Md. i McGuire, RS McCurdy, O Lb Jefferson, Charles Zapp, Captain Elmer Wootwine, BA. Mayers, Rotwre Joffe, Misses Anba and Mattve Dicker son, CY. Foland, G. I Bosworth, I. Winder, Judge W. FP Rhea, Mrs. A. J. Rawn, Sallie Dent, Flo Bither, Thedm Buck, HG. McCal, H. Fox, HM. Waiteview, and Nell Robinson among others visiting or passing through town. G. I Bosworth is reported as dangerously ill at his sister’s home.
Three of a Kind Tonight at the Elks Opera House
A crowded Elks Opera House tonight hosts Three of a Kind as part of Rage Riches events with performances by Maddy stock and others. The program promises lively acts, audience engagement, and a theatrical showcase featuring noted entertainers from New York and beyond.
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THE
Elks Opera House
Herne
Afeaternan Theatre
New York
Early English Scares and Watch News in 1616 Kentish Coast
This fragment recounts a circulated report of dangerous galleys near Thanet with a regulated nightly watch along routes from London to Billingsgate, listing trades allowed each day. It also notes 1616 pirate captures off the Kentish coast between Broadstairs and Margate, and odd language about hotel labels predicting guest status.
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Ccm
Thanet
London
Billlogsgate
Towers
Aparriers
Bowers
Kentish
Broadariirs
Margate
Polar Phenomena in the Arctic Spring of 1900
Captain Coffin of Alegter Polar Expedition reports mirages and the mock sun observed near St Lawrence Island during June 1900. He describes horizon towers, inverted peaks, and a rapidly rising sun as refraction from atmospheric layers explains the phenomena.
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Arctic
Corwin
Arctic Ocean
Alaska
Pole
Cook
Dr. Cook
Bering Sea
St. Lawrence Island
Edwin Coffin
Alegter Polar Expedition
National Magazine
Lincoln and the sweatbox reform on steamship Hartford
On a Fortress Monroe excursion Lincoln explored a three foot sweatbox and ordered its abolition on American vessels. News spread quickly as sailors celebrated the humane reform, influencing navies worldwide to ban the device.
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Anment
Lincoln
Fortress Monroe
Hartford
Welles
Ivy Department
Hampton Roads
Great Britain
France
Germany
America
Blockade Run: Gloucester's Havana to Santiago Feat
A San Francisco Call recounts a naval dinner tale about the 1808 Cuban blockade. The Gloucester under Lt Cmdr Dick Wainwright ran the Santiago blockade, navigating repairs after signaling gear failed, slipping in on the inside Morro line and rejoining the blockade without being detected.
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Santiago
Havana
Cienfuegos
Gloucester
Dick Wainwright
Maine
Asserrideros
Stenn
Mbt
Jmratus
San Francisco
Intelligent Cow Invades Yard In Curious Affair
A city resident faced a stubborn cow entering his yard multiple nights. He drove it away, but the animal returned, provoking a chain of actions that ended with the cow wandering near the riverbank and sewer area. The episode sparked questions about intent and the cow’s behavior.
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Citien
Wesles
Iis Grove
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Princeton Ave
Bluefield
West Va
Attia
Samuel Turk
Turk
W. Va
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Moray
Badog
Tyra
Bluefield, W. Va
Charles Rosenburge
Roaroke
MD. i McGuire
Laeger
RS McCurdy
Williamison
Lb Jefferson
Nortom
Alge
Charles Zapp
Cadet
van Fe
Elmer Wootwine
Prin~ Con
BA. Mayers
Trays
Vite Jan
Columbus
Tann Leht
Rotwre Joffe
Claelnmutt
Anba
Mattve Dickerson
Roanoke
CY. Foland
Sectorville
Bosworth
Mrs. W. Specker
Princeton Avenue
Winder
Cimehield Cont Corporation
City Labs
Dante
W. FP Rhea
CH. Goody- Koonrz
Bristofhla
A. J. Rawn
Sallie Dent
Flo Bither
Thedm! Buck
Bramwell
Edwht Mann
HG. McCal
Tazewell
Fox of
St. Paul
Minn
United Roomz
Philadelpha de
Mistness
HM. Waiteview
Clinchfield Coal Company
Volag
Nell Robinson
Charleston
Tints, Va
Lnbels
Europe
Cliteate
Cleveland
Franklin
Franklin Point
Naval
Millery Candies
the White Pharmacy
Attetion
W.va
Kelly & Moyers
J. Lazarus & Co
Aia
First National Bank
Gwall Brock
Iuportane
McKannas
DR. J. 3. McKanna
Bluefield Brewing CO
Cincinnati Dental Company
Dr. Compton
Mgr
Izader
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