Ma's and Pa's Hill and a World of Names
Unconnected notes survey place names and people from several regions, noting Mars Hill Maine famed for families and sixty nine children, correcting Pekin to Peking, French Canadian communities in Lowell, Julia Fletcher Carney’s eightieth birthday, Puget Sound ships and naval history, and a Philadelphia Record remark on Manila Bay naval remnants and wrecks.
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Mars Hill
Ma’s
Lowell
Mass
Julia A. Fletcher Carney
Galesburg
Boston
Dewey
Manila Bay
Philadelphia Record
Gangs Rob Railways Leading Into Rome Rob American Woman
Organized gangs of thieves from several nationalities operate on railways into Rome. They target travelers at stations and distraction points, with accomplices removing baggage. A recent incident saw an American lady and her daughter robbed of a jewel case valued at 50,000 lire.
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Rome
At Home Umbrella Mystery and Athens Veterans Tale
A club umbrella mix up prompts questions of stealing versus recovery as a man identifies an umbrella in a club rack. The piece also recalls Greek war independence veterans, notably Colonel Mavroyenni born 1798, with mentions of aging veterans and a veteran sister dying at 115, plus a patriotic plea to remember the old folks and write to them.
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New York Commercial Advertiser
Athens
Mavroyeni
Peros
Paris
Greece
Mavroyent
End of Love's Dream on a Fort Smith Train
John Benton and his wife Margaret travel between Little Rock and Fort Smith. An old flame Flora Marcey, now a stage star, boards their train, reviving memories. Margaret quietly uses the encounter to challenge John’s visions of the past while Flora proposes a month long stay at their home.
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Little Rock
Fort Smith
Tree Lane
John
Flora
Jack
Mrs. John
Margaret
Tommy
Marcey
Mrs. B
John Benton
Mrs. Benton
Benton
Carl
Jesse
Tate-Sa* Janta
Homeopathic ploy ends marital rift in Chicago tale
John Benton battles a sleep troubled by dreams of Flora, while his wife Margaret reveals she engineered Flora's departure to restore peace using homeopathic remedies. He forgives her as she jokes about the dose in this Chicago American fiction excerpt.
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Flora
Mother
Marco
Benton
John
Mrs. Benton
Margaret
Vivian Clare Howard
Chicago
Lordly Strut Good Samaritan Intervenes At Office
A boy cries after losing a dollar to buy benzine. A mysterious man with a lordly strut confirms the loss, promises to cover it, and ensures the boy is not punished. He hands the boy a dollar and leaves, continuing his walk up Broadway.
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Liberty Street
Broadway
Charlie
New York Press
Small Guns Win Wars say Navy Lieutenant H Williams
Lieut H Williams in charge of the naval recruiting station in the federal building argues that small guns proved most effective in the Spanish American War. He cites Santiago as showing rapid fire six and five pounders outperformed large turrets, whose mass and slow firing hindered accuracy.
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H. Williams
Santiago
Sions
Suppression of Betting Cited by English Exchange
An English exchange says Jersey exemplifies how to curb betting. It notes that offering or taking bets incurs a ten pound fine for the first offense and a penalty of one hundred pounds or six months of hard labor for the second offense.
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Jersey
Annibale Ricco
Catania
Vets Reunion Reflections and Mississippi Politics
A veteran writes from Indiana about a large veterans reunion in New Orleans and comments on Governor Longino of Mississippi. He condemns Roosevelt and slander about Jeff Davis, praises Indiana lynching history, and laments hypocrisy while awaiting a son returning from Mexico City. Personal nostalgia for farm days and family warmth closes the piece.
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Jesus Christ
Carpenter
Dalton
Jonesboro
United States
Tennessee
New Orleans
Grand Army of the Republic
Tom Benton
St. Charles
Vicksburg
Mountcastle
Mason and Dixon
Pennsylvania
Western Union
Mississippi
Longino
Roosevelt
Jackson
Capitol
Jeff Davis
Govenor McNut
Baron Rothschild
Judas
Shylock
Davis
Mexico
Buena Vista
Changes at Krasnodowsk Bay and other notes from ships
Seamen report the sea bottom has altered since the last great quake, with Krasnodowsk Bay now only suitable for small vessels. Other items note Blondlot’s polarizing N-rays, milky sea phenomena, Aetna measurements, gun recoil physics, ice lubrication theories, and a snake den incident sparked by hot soapsuds. A battlefield site honoring King Gustav Adolf is planned as a public park.
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Baku
Bay of
Krasnodowski
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BE. R. Scidmore
United States Board of Geographies
China
Peking
Minnesota
Asiatic
Hong Kong
Puget Sound
Northern Pacific Railways
Japan
End of
Jack Benton
Flora Marcey
Grave
United States Fish Commission
Newport River
Beaufort Harbor
North Carolina
Pacific
The
Minneapolis Junior Journal
Billarp
Bill
Indiana
Georgia
Baal
Newell Dwight Hillis
Mexico City
Lord Rayleigh
Professor Blondlet
Meteorological Office
Indian Ocean
Germany
Philosophical Society
Cambridge
England
Skinner
Joly
Reynolds
Miss Ella Beckleen
Miss Beckleen
Olof Beekleen
Avon Sentinel
Gustav Adolf of
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