Miscellaneous oddities and figures from a late 19th century page
A collage of curiosities and statistics includes a tombstone inscription mishap in Leich near Belton, U S horse counts by state with New York leading, musk in St Sophia mosque mortar, Bristol church over a gateway on the Avon, rubber production by region, Patagonian giant sloth legends, a costly London fog, Miss Helen Gould’s handshake ritual, a Wisconsin marriage bill with medical exams, and a Ware frog farm forecast to make Mr Morris wealthy with ponds and shipments to eastern cities.
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Boston
Ware
Mass
Morris
New York
Mob stringing up a Black man in Paris Ky
George Carter, a Black man with a violent record, was taken from the Paris county jail by about 50 men and hanged from an iron arch in front of the courthouse after being accused of attacking Mrs. Lake Beard. The mob, orderly yet deadly, left a note blaming Black people for harming white women. Carter, previously jailed for househacking and malicious cutting, had just had a warrant sworn by his sister-in-law. Mrs. Beard’s son identified him. Carter was held on $308 at an examining trial before the mob acted.
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Paris
George Carter
Lake Beard
Kizer
Carter
W. E. Beard
Joe Williams
Ruckerville
Bessie Smoot
Lothers
Express Robbery at Manilla Stirs Sioux City
Sioux City police and Manilla authorities quickly arrested suspects after a United States express safe containing about 40 000 dollars vanished from a Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul train in Manilla. Express messenger James Sturtevant reported the safe removed from the truck on the depot platform.
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Sioux City
Manilla
Express
Sturtevant
Prominent Capture in Cata guanes Insurrection
Manila reports a 47th United States volunteer infantry company capturing Bustos governor of Cata guanes. Don Juan de Austria gunboat assisted in seizing 30 insurgents, including a colonel and two majors in Albay Luzon. Also notes scrutiny of Manila traders aiding rebels and a New York death aboard the St Marys. Plague cases reach Cape Town with a white victim and several natives reported ill.
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Manila
47Th
United States Volunteer Infantry
Cataguanes
Lucan
Bustos
United States
Don Juan de Austria
47Th Infantry
Albay
Luzon
British Retire After Severe Loss At Tabeksberg Mountain
East London February 11 details arrive of fierce fighting at Tabeksberg mountain near Bloemfontein. Maj Crowe with a composite column faced about 2,500 Boers while 700 British fought. Ammunition exhausted, Crowe ordered retreat after valiantly covering a rear guard and laagered wagons. Lord Kitchener commends Maj Crowe for the action.
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East London
Cape Colony
Tabeksberg Mountain
Bloemfontein
Crowe
Pilcher
Pompoum
Maj. Crowe
Maj.Crowe
Gen
Knox
Gen. DeWet
Lord Kitchener
Gen Spruit Killed In British Assault On Orange Camp
London reports from the war office detail engaging actions near Orange Camp Bothwell on February 6. Gen Spruit was killed, Gen Randemeier wounded, two field corners killed, about 800 Boer wagons and families moved east, and a large Boer force under Louis Botha retreated. Boers remain bitter, with reports of a panic in the district as Christian De Wet nears Bethulie. Calvinia seized by Col DeLisle in Cape Colony as Haig advances on Midland commandos.
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London
War Office
South Africa
Pretoria
Ermelo
Louis Botha
Amsterdam
Smith-Dorrien
Orange Camp
Bothwell
Spruit
Randemeier
Christian de Wet
Jagersfontein Road
Bethulie
Cape Colony
Calvinia
Col. DeLisle
Kenhardt
Col. Haig
Midland
Aberdeen
Law and Order league formed after Carrie Nation visit
Kansas City news notes the organization of a Law and Order league to enforce Kansas City saloon and gambling laws for homes and children's protection. Also reports Rev Michael Weldon named vicar general of Peoria diocese by Bishop Spalding, and former Gov Hazen S Pingree departing Detroit for Europe on business.
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Kansas City
Law and Order League
Carrie Nation
Bloomington
Michael Weldon
Holy Trinity
Spalding
Peoria
Weldon
Empress Yields Power as Emperor Resumes Governance
Shanghai reports claim the empress dowager allows Emperor Kw any Su to resume government duties. Dispatches say allied-occupied territories remain garrisoned and Boxers are reentering Peking secretly amid pacification talks. Von Waldersee distrusts French moves toward Shan Si and urges restraint during peace negotiations.
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Shanghai
Feuvign Peesare
Kwang Su
Peking
von Waldersee
Pao Ting Fu
Shan Si
Boilloud
Count von Waldersee
Congressman Albert D. Shaw Dies of Apoplexy in Washington
Col Albert D Shaw of Watertown New York former commander in chief of the Army of the Republic was found dead in his room at the Riggs House Washington on Sunday morning. A physician said death occurred likely about 2 AM from apoplexy. He had attended a banquet at the Ebbit House for his successor Gen Leo Bassieur and appeared in good health earlier. The body lay face down with slight facial bruising. he had returned to the hotel and asked for hot water amid indigestion.
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Washington
Albert D. Shaw
Watertown
N. Y
Sarees Army of the Republic
Riggs House
Col. Shaw
Ebbitt House
Leo. Bassieur
Joints to Close in Topeka After Mass Meeting
Three thousand Topeka men meet and demand city and county officials close all joints by Friday noon. A thousand armed men may move against joints if the ultimatum is ignored, part of Carrie Nation's crusade launched less than ten days earlier.
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Topeka
Kan
Carrie Nation
Beetstoes Seversed Mr. Dennis Meehan at 99 Meiden Lane
An unclear York City note mentions Mr Dennis Meehan and a gun business at 99 Meiden Lane. It references a claim about lotion curing eczema and includes garbled quoted phrases. The passage is fragmentary with several nonsensical lines and unclear attribution or context.
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Dennis Meehan
Meiden Lane
New York
The Great Merits of Cascarets in 19th Century Ads
The passage extols Cascarets as a liver and bowels remedy, noting over six million sold nationwide last year. It urges readers to consider the value of the product, endorsing its effectiveness and recommending a price of 0c to 15e per box, claiming a month’s treatment for severe cases.
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Garbage Record
Dennis
Phisher
Carthage
Indiana
Leich
Belton
New York State
Tillmois
Pennsylvania
Obie
Towa
Massachusetts
Missouri
Texas
Michigan
Constantinople
St. Sophia
St. John the Baptist
Bristol
England
Avon
Canada
United Kingdom
Europe
Amazon
East
West Africa
South America
Amazon District
Patagonia
Connecticut
West
Clapham Junction
Helen Gould
Wisconsin Senate
Mob Lyngh
Barker Beards
Catanduanes
Reeder
William H. Reeder
St. Marys
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Adm
Clarke Wells
Cape Town
Gen. Spruitt
Levis Betha
Pingree
Detroit
Mich
Hazen S. Pingree
Emperor Kwang Si
Bailleved
Pae
Col
BRigz= Meuse
Pensacola
Fla
Farquhar
Kearsarge
Alabama
Texarkana
Tex
Index
Kansas City Southern Railroad
Here
Eugenie Lewis
Henry Hudson
Lewis
Hudson
Aly
Indianapolis
Tie
Joe
Eras
NEW + YORK
St. Jacobs Oil
RTE
Castoria
Inchester
ER Repeating Arms CO
Ren Haven, Conn
Burr
Bull
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