Minnesota Cullings and Local Tragedies Summary
Editor Eastwood of Heron Lake appointed postmaster. Reports from towns across Minnesota cover accidents and crimes, including a Stillwater street railway ready for service, a boy’s fatal fall from a runaway wagon near Northfield, fires, thefts, drownings, and a string of violent incidents. Notable cases include a Marsh Grove suicide, a Red Wing shooting, a Shakopee Indian death, a Dodge Center barn fire killing two children, and a Brainerd-rescued drowning victim attacked by brain fever after saving two women from Longlake.
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Ferdinand Selike
Rochester
Simonson
Dr. Camp
Brainerd
Longlake
Farmer Notes On Crops, Pigs And Cheese Advice
Farmer Notes offer practical tips on silo storage to save space, silage advantages, and cheap road dust as a deodorizer. It covers water quality for dairy, hog care with beets and baths, lamb and pig slaughter for trade, dog bells to curb sheep-killing, tar on sheep noses to deter flies, and cautious field burning to prevent Hessian fly damage.
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England
Europe
Household Hints for Housewives and Domestic Arts
A compilation of practical tips for home care and cooking. Advice covers stain removal, preserving silver, fish freshening, bed ventilation, insect control, ironing, pastry baking, laundry fluids, and simple crafts. Includes notes on women’s roles in education and work, and a Boston suburb program supporting industrial schools for girls.
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Mrs. Livermore
Boston
Mining Camp Nightlife and Ore Work Tour
A traveler narrates a night journey through a vast mining camp. He describes smelters, ore processing, and the shadowy bustle of saloons, gambling, and theater crowds. The ascent and descent in a mine cage reveal dusty, dangerous depths, while mills and kilns grind ore into silver.
Canada Indians Population Totals by Region
The Dominion of Canada hosts 124,589 Indians with regional counts including 37,944 in British Columbia and 26,368 in Manitoba and the Northwest Territory. Ontario records 17,700. Quebec 12,465. Athabaska 8,000. Mackenzie district 7,000. Rupert's Land 4,016. Arctic coasts 0. Scotland 2,145. Peace River 2,088. New Brunswick 1,594. Labrador interior 1,000. Prince Edward Island 319.
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Northwestern Territory
Ontario
Quebec
Athabaska
Mackenzie District
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Peace River
New Brunswick
Labrador
Prince Edward’s Island
Chicago Mail Matrimonial Bluff Ends In Quiet Agreement
A man recounts a ribbing about a marriage license bluff to woo a girl who initially refused. After dressing up and presenting the license, the woman suspects its meaning, but she agrees to marry, avoiding the dramatic break. The tale ends on a light, affectionate note about the unexpected turn in their courtship.
Hotel Registers Not Public Records say hotel man
A Philadelphia Inquirer quotation explains hotel registers are not public rights. They are kept as courtesy and may be viewed only through proper office inquiry. Books are destroyed once full to avoid court production in cases like divorce.
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Qustion
Philadelphia Inquirer
The Cautious Prophets in a Furnace Feat
A Brooklyn Eagle quote by Burdette lampoons religious lunatics who urge others to danger. It compares a Georgia preacher calling himself Daniel to lead youths into an iron furnace with the dangers of sensational religious manipulation.
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Georgia
Darkey
Prophet Daniel
Burdette
Brooklyn Eagle
Be Good to Tramps. Harborcreek Dinner Deception
A seedy man sought dinner at a Harborcreek farm near Erie. The woman refused but her daughter pleaded, and he ate. He later sent a note to the sharp-tongued hostess claiming to be her brother, believed dead thirty years, and enclosed a roll of ten dollar notes for the child.
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Philadelphia Record
Harborcreek
Erie
Careless Resorter Escapes Fire Alarm at Petoskey Hotel
A woman staying at the Arlington Hotel in Petoskey Michigan was awakened by a hotel fire alarm. She dressed packed her trunk and ran downstairs but forgot to wake her husband. No injuries reported.
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Arlington Hotel
Petoskey
Mich
Remarkable Enoch Arden tale ends in reunion after forty years
A Bavarian couple separated in 1847 but stayed alive in faith that the other had died. Fiotow, a German blacksmith, left New Orleans for California. His wife remarried, lived in the city, and later learned Fiotow was alive. At 72 and 60, Fiotow and his former wife Lobenhofer meet. both had remarried, only to reunite now that they are widowed or separated families.
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Smith
St. Louis Republic
Theodore Fiotow
Bavaria
United States
Toey
New Orleans
Flotow
California
Lobenhofer
Tuird and
Victor Streets
Linn Street
Mra Lobenhofer
Murphyrsboro
Fiotow
Mia Lobenhofer
Frotow
Linu Street
Telephone ear danger in hearing left ear says expert
Albany Express notes that use of the telephone strains ear muscles and nerves and may cause deafness in the left ear. Dr Oliver W Moore cites operators and boiler riveters as examples where repeated sounds injure hearing, warning that listening for unseen sounds can harm the ear membrane and long term hearing.
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Albany Express
Oliver W. Moore
Two Kinds of Suspense in Albany Argus Tale
Report of a death row inmate seeking a governor’s reprieve. The Sheriff, kind yet duty bound, returns from errands and reports the governor has not yet spoken, delaying hope while the prisoner remains in limbo. The dialogue highlights pressure from influential friends and grim anticipation.
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Albany Argus
Tell-Tale Toothpick Marks Bismarck Illness Progress
Vanity Fair notes Prince Bismarck’s illness appeared milder than public belief. A toothpick signaled his weakness while he worked hard during lemon-water and camphor stages. When he laid aside the toothpick for a cigar he returned to a louder, less productive mood. He spends autumn at Friederichsruhe in austere but modest country houses.
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Prince Bismarck
Berlin
Friederichsruhe
von Moltke
Vanity Fair
Washington era tree marked by Braddock route relic
A lone surveyors mark said to have been made by General Washington during Fairfax estate measurements stands at Capon Springs near Winchester. The tree, once tied to Braddock’s march and Washingtons early life, was cut after an accident and set to be displayed with authentic marks. The piece urges national museum possession of this unique relic.
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George Washington
Capon
Winchester
Ohio
Braddock
Washington
National Museum
Virginia
Charleston News
The horse fly and its deadly bite described
A Country Gentleman extract declares the horse fly the most cruel in the fly family. It notes the male with four lancets and a harmless life, while the female carries six lancets to prey on cattle horses and even humans. Eggs hatch into maggots that feed, then pupate into a large black fly.
Civil lists and royal revenues across Europe described
London Standard outlines royal finances in Britain Austria Germany and Italy. It cites Britain's civil list of 385000 pounds plus duchy incomes and annuities totaling 685000 pounds, with Wales and Cornwall sums. Austria's civil list around 780000 pounds plus private fortune. Germany's emperor 670000 pounds civil list and vast domains. crown prince 50000 pounds. Italy over 600000 pounds. czar's revenue may rival all.
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United Kingdom
Duchy of Lancaster
Prince of Wales
Duchy of Cornwall
Austria
Germany
Prussia
Italy
London Standard
Catacombs Found Under Naples House with 1000 B C Tombs
A subterranean chamber discovered beneath a hill house in Naples features a central mosaic pavement and twin rock tombs with painted fronts. Perfect skeletons vases and antique lamps illuminate the vaults as German archaeologists reveal Greek and Latin inscriptions dating to about 1000 B C. Other tombs remain unexcavated. similar catacombs have been found nearby.
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Naples
Pall Mali Gazette
Dearest, You Have Made Me the Happiest Man in the World
A fond lover proclaims joy after gaining his beloved's consent to marry, declaring they are from henceforth one and will share thoughts and feelings. The witty exchange shifts to a playful question about feeling a bite, ending with a light Detroit Commercial note.
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Sweatheart
T_T
Detroit Commercial
Dr Pierce Medicines Promise Cure All Diseases
Dr Pierce claims his Golden Medical Discovery cures diseases caused by liver derangement and other ailments. He guarantees a cure or money back, stating the medicine treats biliousness indigestion and a range of skin and scalp conditions including salt rheum and scrofulous sores.
Dr Sage Catarrh Remedy Ad Urges Cure
An old newspaper ad promotes Dr Sage's Catarrh Remedy claiming it cures catarrh. The copy targets general audiences with assertive language and testim onials within a compact period ad style.
Angler Prefers Pleasure Over Trout in Morning Meal
A dialogue from the New York Herald portrays an angler valuing scenery and health over catching fish. The trout pleads for release, arguing for continued life, while the angler insists the pleasure is unlimited and stock is finite, foreshadowing the trout’s fate for breakfast.
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New York Herald
Old Gabriel the Indian Mystic Centenarian Legend
Harper's Bazar reports the tale of an Indian known as old Gabriel in Monterey County California claimed to be 150 years old. The story says he was a grandfather in 1770 and taught stone cutting in 1771, later directing construction of the San Antonio mission in 1781. It notes no stated link to George Washington but suggests such a meeting would yield valuable recollections if true.
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J. F. Ryder
Franklin County
The
Weekly Tribune
Hood
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Anna
Lincoln, Co
Salt Creek
Harry DeGroff
Beloit
Kansas
Eldon Moran
Moran
St. Louis
Gabriel
Monterey
Cal
Junijero
San Antonio
George Washington
Harper’s Bazar
Bricks Dropped From City Wall Endanger Passersby
The Chinese Times recalls foreigners complain about bricks falling from the city wall on passersby. Several recent attacks show the practice growing in popularity. Bricks from the Perkin walls are large, and a brick from forty feet could fatally strike a person. One man narrowly escaped when a brick hit his horse, felling it.
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Perkin
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