British rifle team visits New York as political notes cross paths
A British rifle team arrived in New York while U S events unfold from Albany to Washington. Reports mention the Democratic convention in Albany on September 11 and possible November 1 Army appropriation timing.
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New York
Albany
Secretary of War
Pennsylvania Coal Company
Washington
Congress
Bikuben
Sheridan
Madras
India
Calone
Rochester
Philadelphia
Colorado
Legend of the Spirit Wind and Pohono Falls
A Yosem ite correspondent recounts a legend of a beautiful maiden of the valley who rejects the Spirit of the Night Wind. He abducts her to a cliff above the falls and she vanishes, while rainbows and the Day Wind haunt the scene. Indians call the waterfall Pohono.
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Mighden
Mue
Yosemite
Remarkable Forgery Case Hits War Department Records
A private forged a War Department order to obtain an honorable discharge with pay and mileage. Townsend’s clerk detected the error when the muster-roll showed a forged endorsement by Pelonze. The counterfeit order replicated the department’s format and signature, enabling the soldier to leave early and collect funds.
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War Department
Army
Adjutant General
Sixth Infantry
Townsend
Pelonze
New Newport Arm Excites Navy Officers At Torpedo Station
Captain William Gardner unveils a new compact firearm described as a single barrel weapon with a 200 rounds per minute rate, designed for reliability in rugged conditions. The demonstration at the torpedo station in Newport drew praise from Navy officers and foreign observers for its claimed efficiency and portability.
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William Gardner
United States Navy
Gardner
K. l. Breeze
Selfridge
Norton
Bunce
Navy
Caumon
Sring Caape
Europe
Niers
Iso
Ife
Newport
Ft. 1
Pigeon on Rail Route From Dover to London
A Belgian breed carrier pigeon themed to a Cannon Street house joined a Continental Express pigeon shoot between Dover and London. After being released in Dover it circled briefly then flew toward Sittingbourne and Maidstone as the likely path to London. The third train arrived twenty minutes before the locomotive. The pigeon’s speed likely reached about fifty miles an hour.
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Dover
London
Cannon Street
Sittingbourne
Maidstone
Conductor Returns Baby After Fare Dispute
Conductor James Tinney while leaving Jersey City found a young mother with a baby who refused to pay. He allowed her to ride to Paterson to avoid delaying passengers. At Paterson he took the baby to the depot after the mother alighted and later paid her fare to reclaim the child. The mother had money, making her conduct inexcusable.
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James Tinney
Jersey City
Paterson
Tinney
What Tinney Would Do If Mother Won’t Pay
A Middleton Press item asks how Mr Tinney would respond if a mother refused payment and left a baby in his care. The note implies a hypothetical legal or ethical scenario without detailing actions or outcomes.
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Mr.Tinney
Middleton Press
Territorial Divorces in Sinois
Governor Cullom receives a clemency plea from an unhappy husband who says Utah divorce is invalid and asks for a pardon if indicted for bigamy. He vows to wed his chosen partner once assured of a gubernatorial pardon, citing a neighboring state example.
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Asona
Denver
Champion Vaughan
Wand
Ignatieff
Europe
Gortschakoff
Sierra Nevada Mountains
Silver Lake
Kil Carson
Ohio State Journal
Ohio
Pendleton
United States
Henry B. Payne
Payne
Shakespeare
Willie
Warwickshire
Ingland
Samuel
Temple Courts
Nazareth
William Shakespeare
Mary Shakespeare
Cullom
Utah
Illinois
Springfield Register
Richard Grant White
Galaxy
Walter Scott
Nigel
White
Chicago Journal
Detroit Prep Press
Bren Debar
DeBar
St. Louis
Mississippi River
Tie
Mark Smith
de- Bar
Sterling
Pacific Coast
Rubinstein
St. Petersburg
Turkey
Hampton
White Sulphur Springs
Wade
West Point Military Academy
New York City
Congress
Minnie
Washington
Sherman
War Department
Vast jumble of quotes on war, politics and culture
A long collage of opinions and anecdotes discusses Native American conflicts, societal leaders, theater figures, and famous personalities. It blends satire and news blurbs, noting figures like General Howard, Chief Joseph, Sitting Bull, Colonel Ingersoll, and DeBar's theater, while touching on Mars satellites and language trends.
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Howard
Joseph
Sitting Bull
Mexican Mus Tang Linimmat Proclaimed Miracle Liniment
An early 20th century claim extols Mexican Mus Tang Linimmat as a universal healing liniment. The text asserts it cures burns sprains cuts and any ache or pain and saves human lives and livestock, presenting sweeping, unverified endorsements.
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Lille
Nso
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Dav, Vance
Minnesota
Iowa
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Sinois
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New York World
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Ind
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Athens
Mr. Alden
New York Times
Vatican
Joseph Cook
Henry Clay
Missouri
Protestant Episcopal Church
Boston
King Alphonso
Lowell
Madrid
Joyce
Oakey Uiull
Smith
Montana
Cardinal Antonelli
Pio Nono
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Rose “Yuinge
Tady Macbeth
Salt Lake City
Sring Ye
Bernstein
Germany
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Mount Vesuvius
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Globe
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Louis
Gun
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Ile
Lew
Ate
Morton
Senate
Butler
South Carolina
Louisiana
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M. Louis Sebastien I
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