The Immortal J N A Wandering Man of Thirteen Tongues
Jacob Newman known as the immortal J N has been deemed sane after fifty years of wandering. At eighty he will spend his remaining days in the State Hospital of Toledo. He traveled freely across towns and states, staying mostly with friends and never staying long in any place. He carried a travelers note promising safe passage on all roads until doomsday. Hotel keepers and townsfolk recalled his long, frugal life and notable evasions.
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Jacob Newman
J. N
State Hospital of
Toledo
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Ivan Anyet
Leine
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J. NM
Ohio
Cincinnati
Lorrimer Medical Institut. Incorporated
North PacaSt
Saltimore
Denver Cherrelyn Line Car and its Eccentric Owner
Denver's Cherrelyn Line runs from the city to Cherrelyn with a shifting motive power manned by an elderly carrier crew. The line is owned by Mrs George J. Bogue who touts its profits while its worn car evokes a spectacle of horse and rider on a rolling descent.
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Denver
Colorado
Cherrelyn
Ceerge J. Bogue
California
Po Nat
Boy From South Orange Blamed For Tragic Snowball Death
A small boy believed to have killed Loretta Smith, seven, at a Columbia public school, denies responsibility after a snowball strike. A negro boy was hired for five cents to take the blame. The girl was frightened but uninjured.
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Trusts
South Orange
Osage Tribe Loots Treasury Agents Claim Washington Visit
A band of Osage Titian men looted the United States Treasury with permission, taking funds for their voyage to Washington from their reservation. They presented orders, signed or marked by Olohaliwala Deerheart Lind Nekewahitamekayshiah Moje Nuntsa Wahuhu Arthur Bommcastle and Evyes Tall Chief, and left after receiving $6.
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Osace Titians
Washington
Vreneurs
Silat Ous
Deerheart
Lind
Shiahmoje
Arthur Bommcastle
Evye
First Woman Appointed Ship Keeper at Sacketts Harbor Navy Yard
Mrs Albert N Metcalis becomes the ship keeper of the Sacketts Harbor Navy Yard on Lake Ontario, earning 265 dollars yearly. The role, dating to 1868 in family history, marks a rare official use of the title ship keeper and follows the long tenure of her late husband Albert H Metcalfe.
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Albert N. Metalis
Navy Yard
Sacketts Harbor
Lake Ontario
St. Lawrence
Albert HH. Metcalfe
Sacketts Tierher Navy Yard
New Orleans
Metcalfe
Albert H
Albert H. Metcalfe
Bureau of Yards and Docks
Navy Department
Congress
Astronomer Percival Lowell Folly Becomes Roosting Chicken Tale
A Thostonian recounts a joke about Percival Lowell predicting a solar eclipse event that supposedly caused chickens at George's place to roost at 11:00 the next morning. George and Lowell's exchange ends with disbelief and a punchy confirmation that the chickens did indeed go to roost.
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Thostonian
Percival Lowell
Lowell
Eacred Mann
Coorze
George
Tle
Mr. Lowell
The Raid on the Treasury and Rays of Elmer Gates
Dr Ward reports Prof Elmer Gates of Washington has found a light ray five octaves above violet that casts a shadow from living bodies while alive but becomes transparent after death. In experiments a rat's shadow persists then a second shadow appears and vanishes as it moves beyond the tube. An aside recalls chickens hatched a year earlier.
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Psychotherapeutic Society
Ward
Elmer Gates
Washington, D. C
Cure for seasickness touted by liner ship doctor
The Patrica ship physician aboard the Hamburg American liner reports a new seasickness cure from electrical vibration chair experiments during the vessel's last voyage. The demonstrations pleased the ship's officers and promise relief for many aboard.
Automobile Skating In Paris By Italian Inventor
Alphonse Constantini, living in Paris, has developed automobile skating with two four wheeled skates powered by 1.5 horsepower air cooled motors. A gasoline tank strapped to the skater provides fuel for a 46 mile run. A front mounted spark control and throttle allow speeds up to 81 miles per hour. The device claims to climb almost any hill.
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Paris
Alphonse Constantini
Antalian
Burglar’s remembered heist ends with ambush by wife’s husband
A reformed burglar recalls breaking into a wealthy house, finding silver and a tin box of cash and jewels, then being forced at gunpoint to help crack a wall safe. The tale ends with the homeowner’s husband shooting the intruder and the burglar fleeing in rage.
Georgia Senator Retells Clove Joke During Cloak Room Tale
Senator Clay recounts evangelist Sam Jones preaching on death in his Georgia hometown last summer. Jones warns that every breath kills a soul, prompting a distant boy to quip about chewing cloves.
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Clay
Georgia
Senate
Sam Jones
Postmasters of Olden Time in 1817 Gazette Prospectus
An 1817 pamphlet outlines a plan for a daily and thrice weekly Gazette published at the seat of government. It says postmasters could receive subscriptions with a 10 percent discount and notes distant subscribers would get careful packaging and punctual forwarding. It also promises a government reporter for Congress and carefully chosen intelligence. The editor describes guarding the public weal with temperate criticism and bias toward the ruling party, aiming to serve the country while acknowledging imperfect judgment.
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Pne
Seri Grn
Slys
Washington
United States
Congress
Gazette
Snuff Trend Returns in France and New Finds in Peru
The report notes snuff use regaining popularity in France. It also states Peru yields fine quality cotton fabrics found in Inca-era tombs, and Sumatra now matches Java in coffee output.
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Peru
Cigarette Production Concentrated in Four U.S. Hubs
Nearly all cigarettes in the United States are produced in four cities: New York, Richmond, New Orleans, and San Francisco, highlighting a regional manufacturing pattern.
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The
United States
New York
Richmond
New Orleans
San Francisco
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