Picturesque Fields Fade in Hunger Stricken Anhul District
G C Hanson reports from Shanghai on famine in Anhul and northern Klaogeo where rains wiped out crops, animals have vanished, and thousands face starvation. Relief lists show 1.5 million supported locally, with half a million aided by a joint committee. Typhus and famine fever strike, bodies buried, many die daily despite aid efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Cochran
Princeton
Anhul
China
G. C. Hanson
Shanghai
Chicago Daily News
Crowe
Anbu
Klaogeo
Chinese Foreign Committee
Chingo
Alea
Mission School
Fle
Hwal Yuen
Itat
Fo Chia Tien
Manchuria
Greatness of Gotham Remains A City of Rapid Growth
A fragmentary note highlights New York as a rising metropolis with large population gains. It references the Bronx and compares city growth to other states, noting a census count around 438 000 inhabitants and the rapid expansion of the metropolitan area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gotham
New York
Bronx
United States
Unive
Aunt Megalo’s Passing Revered in Quiet Heaven Message
Fragment reads Aunt Megalo went to heaven and reflects a funeral or remembrance note. The tone is solemn with punctuation gaps and a focus on a loved one’s departure and implied afterlife. No further details or dates are provided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Megalo
Geanty fer we Oete Viesiar Oe peer i on an grea emcees conan
Fragment unreadable text mentions an emcee event and public figures but provides no clear names, places, dates, or outcomes to summarize into a coherent news item.
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Geanty
Conan
Wien Tepteoblics Fock
Paul Jones Resting Grave Debate Renewed in Paris Return
Gen Horace Porter located the vanished Paul Jones burial site in Paris and had the body brought to the United States. The remains matched measurements and the Houdon bust, sparking praise and controversy over authenticity as critics challenge the find. Congress offered no funds. a warship transported the body to Annapolis for a crypt ceremony.
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Abshington
Paul Jones
Horace Porter
France
John Paul Jones
Paris
General Porter
Parla
Houdon
Porter
Porte
Congress
United States
Annapolis
Charles Henry Hart
Philadelphia
America
Hart
Martha Heard at the White House a Southern Cook Outspeaks
Martha Heard visits the White House with a southern cook’s pride. She recalls serving Mrs. Taft and Helen Taft while commenting on Washington society, diplomacy and “furriners” with bold humor and strong dialect.
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Artha Heard
White House
Martha
Mrs. Taft
Helen Taft
Misa Helen Taft
Diplomat Corps
Dar
Washington City
New Animals From Canadian Rocksroves Reported by Curator
Molliover of the United States National Museum announces four new animals from the Canadian Rockies. A Smithsonian expedition with the Alpine Club of Canada collected the mammals and birds near Whiitehb Columbia at about 14 500 feet, including a new chipmunk and two bat species with distinctive markings. The two new sparrow species include a song sparrow and a fox sparrow.
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Molliover
Manmwala
United States National Museum
Cmall
Smithsonian Institution
Alpine Club of Canada
Mt. Hobcom
Iet
Weed
J ML Riley
Mom
Hollister
Robson
Columbia
Huntieh Columbia
Alberta
Yellowhead Pass
Regina
Mexico
Indian Population Growth in United States 1919
Data shows rapid increase of Indian people in the United States, excluding Alaska, reaching about 306000 in 1919 with earlier counts of 43000 in 1490 and 70000 in 1900. Most reside in Oklahoma among the Five Civilized Tribes, highlighting sustained growth and dispersed settlement patterns.
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Alaska
United State
United States
Oklahoma
Fragmentary Verse Narrative From Obscure 19th Century Page
A cryptic OCR fragment describes a scene with names like Bishop and Normans bishop, portraying a tense moment and sermon style language. The text is garbled but preserves a biblical tone and references a cain and a rising threat implied by the phrase wild gate.
Spelling Lesson Sparks Talk of Evil Eye Beliefs
Mise Thompson teaches her nephew basic sounds while Bobby questions the letters they form. Charles L Smith, a New York refractionist, explains the origin of the Evil Eye as linked to a dominant eye and warns against forcing ambidexterity as it may harm the nervous system.
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Mise Thompson
Kiem
Bobby
Charles L. Smith
New York
Swamps to Rich Grass Land Through Cultivation
The text discusses suffragette responses to a juror’s lapse and notes a Russian initiative at the Higa Polytechnic to train swamp cultivation specialists. It highlights the North Pechora expedition’s work in northern swamps and argues swamps in Anarange province can yield wealth and food for poor peasants with cultivation.
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Russian Department of Agriculture
Higa Polytechnic
Echool
North Pechora
Aretange
Fishes Survive Drought in Monaco Moat
A drought dried Monaco's ditch to a mudbed. Three miles long and fifty feet wide, it held five feet of water before carp tench perch and pike vanished. Sudden rain revived the fish, lifting them from the mud as waters returned.
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Febesia
France
Monaco
Eleven Oysters Served, Walter Apologizes For Mistake
A diner at a cafe reports being served eleven oysters instead of the ordered one dozen, twice in two evenings. The waiter explains the count came from superstition to avoid thirteen at the table and apologizes for the error.
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Walter
Dubious Compliment In Scott House Memoir
An old manservant Tom Purdie in Sir Walter Scott’s household says reading the Waverley novels comforts him and lulls him to sleep after two pages, as recounted to James Ghene the author of Memories of Sir Walter Scott.
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Tom Purdie
Sir Walter Scott
James Ghene
Religious Dispute Sparks Sunday School Exchange
In a reading from a religious debate, a Sunday school teacher asks what heathen means. A child replies that heathen are people who do not quarrel over tea. The tale reflects early 19th century moral instruction and classroom humor.
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Jena
Unclear fragmentary text
OCR text fragment shows garbled phrases. no coherent event, names, places, or dates to summarize into a factual news item. Unable to identify a main action or entities for a proper card.
Fragmented notes on social scenes and creative vanity
The text riffs on domestic life and art culture with quotes about telling a wife, bringing a friend for dinner, and painterly vanity. It mocks bachelors' foibles and women in theater, hinting at editorial influence and household roles within a chaotic conversational fragment.
Six Letter Testimonials for Lydia E Pinkham’s Remedy
Letters from women in Connecticut New Hampshire and Vermont praise Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound for restoring health after long female ailments. They describe prior doctors giving different diagnoses and claim relief from nerve and digestive issues. The notices suggest women write for advice and promise a woman’s vantage on cures.
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