A Negro Ghost at Devil's Lake Inspires Fear and Flight
In the Tombigbee basin near Devil's Lake a Sea board Lumber Company watchman named John James drowns after an evening fishing trip. Neighbors report a ghostly figure arising from the lake, prompting Smith and McTush to pursue it by skiff. They are struck by an electric shock and collapse, later revived two miles downstream. the incident is linked to insurance and local superstition, with a list of regional organizers and week-long events attached.
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Tombigbee River
Alabama
Devil’s Lake
Seaboard Lumber Company
Fairford
John James
John
Devil's Lake
James
Smith
McTush
Potter
United States
Brookline
Mass
Benjamin F. Baker
Ghosts and Guns at Devil's Lake Mill Mystery Deepens
The Seaboard company fears a haunting may deter negro workers as watchmen vanish or quit. A posse with whites and armed guards exorcism assigns William Potlatch, who fled in fear after tales of ghosts. Reports of John James ghost circulate while the mill owner considers layoffs and reopening.
Miscellany on science, travel and oddities
The article surveys varied topics from bitter clergy opposing the fork to an Atlantic liner engine turning 630000 revolutions per voyage. It notes a Scottish woman vet student status, Denmark land reclamation, tea customs in China, and a Tombstone water pipe break caused by tree roots. It also covers Denver cattle shipments, a Troutdale hunter killing seals, London electric cabs, and a King of Siam itinerary.
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Liverpool
New York
David Hunter
Troutdale
Ore
Columbia River
London
Electric Cab Company
Denver
Greenwood
China
Denmark
Tombstone
Ariz
Panhunter’s feats and cautions from old York County tale
An elderly hunter recounts catching live panthers in Pennsylvania, disputing sensational wild-animal stories. He describes using a forked stick, tying claws, and carrying a captive two miles to camp, then notes another live capture and killing bears. He defends truthful reporting of such matters.
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Mr. Cowley
Jake
New York State
Batavia
York County
Honest John Earns Title After Retirement Work
Proved. How did he come to be known as Honest John He had to work after he retired from office. Chicago Journal.
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Chicago Journal
The Only Question and a Yonkers Streeman Quote
A fragment notes a quip about making a daughter a happy woman and asks what she prefers in a wheel. It mentions twelve varieties of the English geranium.
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Yonkers Streeman
Palmistry, Cycling, and Singers in Light Humor Bits
A collage of brief newspaper jokes and quips: Ethel asks if palmistry works, Mabel replies it helps shy fellows start. Mrs Watts asks about riding in rain, Potts says he stays home and uses a cyclometer. Miss Highsee praised as a beautiful singer, making her singing tolerable to listeners.
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Zenasa
Scowley
Chimmie Faduld
Mr. Down
Ethel
Mabel
Harper’s Bazaar
Watts
Potts
Indianapolis Journal
Australian tycoon Tyson profits on Bendigo cattle speculation
Tyson arrives at the Bendigo gold field amid a gold rush and meat famine with a herd of cattle and a large flock of sheep, reportedly yielding around ten thousand percent profit on the venture. Other short items touch on Kansas, poets, and Brookline's early public library.
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Tyson
Bendigo
Golden Flat
Kansas City
Adam
Migration of French Canadians to New England Surges
The migration of French speaking Canadians to the New England states has grown to vast levels, with Quebec housing about 1.2 million French Canadians and those of Canadian origin in the United States totaling 840,000 according to 1890 census data. The late M Mercier predicted the US would surpass Canada by 1910 in French Canadian birth and descent.
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Canada
New England States
Quebec
United States
M. Mercier
Philadelphia
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W. H. Duncan
Seer
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W. M. Blackstock
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W. S. Young
W.N. Sumption
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Valparaiso
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E. S. Beach
Linton
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Bremen
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H. W. Miller
Flora
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W. E. Cailare
Laporte
J. W. Dorland
West Lebanon
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M. A
William Potlatch
William
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Henry McTush
Seaboard Company
St. Louis Globe Democrat
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State Board of Agriculture
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F. H. Baldridge
Sheridan
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N. W. Cowgill
Columbus
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Edward Redman
New Castle
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Swazee
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C. D. Bevis
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Muncie
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Remington
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Parke
F. M. Miller
Greenfield
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Elbert Tyner
Lawrenceburg
Harry L. Nowlin
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H. A. Strohm
Plymouth
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Rush County
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Salem
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E. W. Menaugh
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A. D. Wood
South Bend
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King of Siam
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Royal College Veterinary Surgeons
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Chicago Evening Post
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Greenport
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