Fossil Footprint Found in Los Angeles Park Sandstone
In Elysian Park Los Angeles workers uncovered a clear fossil imprint of a human foot in solid shale with a Mexican style shoe featuring a high narrow heel and broad flat sole. The discovery at 70 feet above a canyon base and four feet below surface suggests a preserved ancient footmark alongside other plant and fish remains in the same deposit. Small men as athletes noted include Yale’s Verrill weighing 149 pounds, Harvard’s Lovering 150, and St Louis’s William Keitner 137 pounds.
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Los Angeles Park
California
Elysian Park
Los Angeles Herald
Mead
Park
Yale
Verrill
Harvard
Lovering
William F. Keitner
St. Louis
Measuring the Earth Through Distant Mountain Signals
The United States coast and geodetic survey and international experts measure earth distances by signaling between peaks such as Uncompahgre Colorado and Mount Ellen Utah, 153 miles apart, and Mount Shasta California to Mount Helena Montana at 190 miles. Observations from Greenwich and Washington time star risings to convert to distances.
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Colorado
Mount Ellen
Utah
United States Coast and Geodetic Survey
Philadelphia
Pacific Coast
Mount Shasta
Mount Helena
Algiers
Spain
Greenwich
Washington
Lick
California
Imperial University of Japan
Tokio
Nantucket Jail Stories eclipsed by Barnstable tales
The Nantucket Inquirer and Mirror notes Nantucket jails are eclipsed by Barnstable prison headlines. It cites convicts such as IE C Knapp seen in prison garb aiding the jailer’s wife with bicycle lessons, and Lewis Towers allowed a cow trip to Yarmouth. A Portuguese inmate, Joe, promised marriage to Rosa but married another after borrowing money.
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Nantucket
Barnstable
Nantucket Inquirer and Mirror
IE. C. Knapp
National Bank
G. H. Cash
Bicycle Dessons
Joe
Rosa
Tarnsvalle
Greece's Motherly Queen Olga Wins Popular Admiration
A portrait of Queen Olga of Greece emphasizing her simplicity and gentle nature. Her sorrow over Grand Duchess Paul’s death is noted while Athens welcomed the marriage of the princess, which ended in tragedy within two years. A nurse’s dream about a dying girl is recounted as a curious omen. A local Dexter, Maine tale describes a dog chasing a fox through streets ending with the fox captured in a shed.
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Olga
Greece
Waamother
Grand Duchess
Paul
Athens
Russia
A. R. Dodge
Dexter
Maplestreet
Wark Street
Ice Cream and Strawberry Festival at America School
Columbus hosts a Friday night event at the school house featuring an ice cream and strawberry festival. The notice invites attendees and mentions boxing interest with locals Gus Vonfange and Joseph Campbell offering details on the sport.
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America
Ith
Atl
Columbus
Gus Vonfange
Joseph Campbell
What gear do you ride slang spreads to Tom Reed
The Nashville American notes that the latest slang query “What gear do you ride?” has surfaced and suggests applying the phrase to figure Tom Reed as a tad of social wordplay in local chatter.
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Tom Reed
Nashville
House Vaudeville Delays Hapless Speaker Demand
The House theater of politics stalls as Speaker Need imposes long interludes between turns delaying proceedings and hampering the appearance of continuous performance in a vaudeville style session.
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Need
Omaha World Herald
Third party politics cited by Boston Courier dialogue
A dialogue shows Mrs Vogue inviting Mrs Shy to a third party event next week. Mrs Shy fears offending her husband and notes her husband, an influential politician, opposes third parties. The exchange highlights political sensitivities in social gatherings.
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Mrs. Vogue
Shy
Boston Courier
Costly Joke Costing Jester Dear Fine
A British entertainer who frightened a married woman by falsely claiming her husband was badly injured in a railroad accident was fined 500 dollars for the hoax. The incident highlights harsh penalties for public mischief.
Muscle Making Fade Promotes Women Athletes Training at Home
An eastern exchange notes a trend of athletic girls creating private home gyms or armories with instructors and peers. At colleges like Vassar and Wellesley, women students form gym classes to develop muscles for rowing and endurance, while golf and tennis seasons approach. Bowling also attracts female enthusiasts at clubs with ladies day.
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Vassar
Wellesley
Paine's Celery Compound Promises Lasting Health Benefits
The advertisement extols Paine's celery compound as a cure for nervous debility sleeplessness melancholy hysteria headaches dyspepsia and heart palpitations. It credits the remedy with nourishing the nerves and blood improving digestion and sleep and urges mothers to give it to children in spring.
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Paine
Sorg Announces Candidacy for U S Senator in Ohio
In Cincinnati on June 7 congressman Paul J. Sorg officially announced his candidacy for the United States Senate should the Republican silverites win a legislative majority to be elected next November.
Masonic Building Burns Down in Fairview
The Masonic building in Fairview burned yesterday. Charess F. Bush's general store occupied the first floor and the Masonic Lodge room was on the second floor. The fire caused about 5000 in losses with 1500 insured.
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Icshville
Isp
Fairview
Charess F. Bush
Masonic Lodge
Burmese Girls At The Village Well And Looms
The article describes Burmese village life where daughters manage water gathering at the well and weaving duties. It notes the well as a social hub for news and flirtations while detailing other tasks like husking rice and making cheroots, with richer households employing servants.
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Blackwood’s Magazine
Loves His Tribe Romantic History of Chief Quanah Parker
The piece recounts Quanah Parker, a Comanche leader in Oklahoma, born to Cynthia Ann Parker who was captured as a girl. It notes her reunion with her family in Jackson County Texas, Quanah’s education, his five wives, heir, and his wealth in cattle and money.
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Quanah Parker
Oklahoma
McKenzie
Cynthia Ann Parker
Jackson County
Tex
Floes
Weather and sale notes from city pairings and markets
Rain affected games in multiple matchups including St. Louis at Baltimore Boston versus Pittsburg and Chicago versus New York with several others showing rain. A local trade note advertises bargains on ladies clothing described as Yeauties offering a tan and ox blood fashion top with a price display of 1.50 after a 42 asking price.
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St. Louis
Baltimore
Boston
Pittsburg
Louisville
Brooklin
Chicago
New York
Cincinnati
Philadelphia
Weveland
Washington
Gallant drummer and a sheriff in a western tale
A Pittsburgh News account recalls a country boy nicknamed Bill who rode west after trouble at home. He ends up sheriff and reforms while telling a passenger to relay his story to his family. A married couple on honeymoon hears of his dramatic turn from runaway to lawman.
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Pittsburgh News
Tacoma
Bill
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