Whistling Will and a Wartime Miracle Tale
A veteran doctor recalls a cavalry Braver nicknamed Whistling Will who cheered comrades with a whistle on a battlefield. Amid hospital chaos a sergeant is believed dead but returns to life after a night in the dead house, whispering a refrain that helps a young assistant surgeon find courage and save him.
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Dr. Rhoades
Joe Rhoades
Doctor Rhoades
Mae Mo
Tine
Bill
Haverance
Eco
Doadhouse
Cleer
Comradog
Ito
Doctor Rulchod
Toad
Parting Words On Farewell And Timely Speech
Coventry Patmore writes on parting and the risk of sudden death or distance erasing loving words. He urges clasping the hand of kin with a sincere message before departure to spare future regret. The poem laments tears, time’s drift, and fate’s reach as lovers part.
Society at the Capital Reflects Presidential Era
Henry Loomis Nelson in Harper's Magazine notes Washington society as a moving picture of the nation. He contrasts open official social life with the older White House barrier, praising the lively, generous, inclusive spirit of progressive citizens amid evolving social conventions.
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Lfe
Ita
Europe
White House
Tone
Washington
Enat
Henry Loomla Nelson
Harper’s Magazine
London crowd gathers for photographic electrical wonder
The exhibit in London features a coin operated machine moving rapid picture sequences with a motor and interior lamp. Figures such as a camel and elephant walk in lifelike gestures, showing astonishing realism as the moving pictures depict natural motion.
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London
Autmale
Ron
Chlesgo News Res
The Tall Girl and Other Society Notes
The column surveys fashion shifts with tall girls and midget styles, Japanese women’s work statistics for the World's Fair, and clever home decor like papered floors. It also highlights Danish leather jackets, blind typists exuding skill, Mrs. Rockefeller’s quiet philanthropy, and a rapid spread of green fashion and decor.
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Board of
Lady Manageras
Palmer
Japan
Lady Managers
Chicago Herald
John J. Rockefeller
Standard Oil
St. Luke's Hospital
Fifth Avenue
Rockefeller
Daughers
Af Voasar College
Rockefellera
Fifth Avenue Baptist Church
Brooklyn
Fashion Notes Turn Emerald Green in Summer Attire
The article describes a green fashion trend with emerald bonnets and olive straw hats, green ribbons and gilt accents, green wallpapers and decor, and green silk trends for gowns. It notes debutantes favoring green trimmings, empire styles, and long full skirts with lap seams, plus upcoming capes and embroidered stockings. A side item recounts a Flying Yankee incident near Gardiner where a cow and calf obstructed an eastbound train briefly.
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Chicago Herald
Flying Yankee
Gardiner
Maine Central
Portland
Argus
Ho Cquid Walk and a Candy Store Errand
A fragmented dialogue shows a mother asking her son to run errands. The child complains of leg pain but agrees to fetch soap from a grocery store, mentioning Mrs Stickney’s candy shop and a nearby trip. The text is incomplete and hints at a simple domestic scene.
Machinery Hall at Worlds Columbian Expo Chicago Noted for Scale
Machinery Hall designed by Peabody and Stearns measures 8302590 feet with an estimated cost of about 1.2 million dollars. The United States Naval Department exhibits a faithful imitation battleship with real armament and operations on Jackson Park's Lakefront.
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Machinery Hall
Peabody & Stearns
Boston
Lake Michigan
United States Naval Department
Itisina Atructura
Jaackson Park
Balng Moore
Navy
Global oddities and events fleeting in a noisy world
A collage of disparate notes reports on factories, railroads, paupers, epidemics and elections. It mentions 59 000 match factories, 4300 Hebrows, 39 400 street cars, 31 000 Western Union offices, and epidemics in New York City and Indianapolis. It notes a bank for colored people at Anniston Alabama and a Monarchy victory in Spain. It also cites eclipses in April and October and a parliamentary pay vote in Britain.
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Evnore
Chicago
United States
Frazavas
Milwantee
Wis
United Stater
Turny
Western Union
Tregrip
New York City
Anniston
Als
TREN
Tokyo
Japan
Indianapolis
Ind
Spain
Bayreuth
Bavaria
House of Commons
Boston
Ex-President Hannison Denies Writing a Lox
A garbled 19th century style clipping lists figures including Ex-President Hannison denying authorship of a Lox. It mentions President Cleveland, Ingalls at a Kansas farm, and various officials and places such as Vienna Austria Philadelphia and New York with scattered notes on careers and roles.
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Hannison
Cleveland
Ieee
SexaTon Ingalls
Kansay
Sryator Perren
Govenson Sumeman
New York
Cass
Henry Konli
Baltimore
Georga Washington
Mixado
Yoshi Hoti
Wennelle Houses
Philadelphia
Sin Jonn ‘Woursox
Novia Scotia Latulatura
Unemployed labor groups and strikes across nations
The article notes organ ized labor activity in England Japan and the United States with unions seeking wage gains anti Pinkerton laws in Washington state and a major rail project employing thousands. It mentions individuals such as Joan Clerk and Trixa the electrician and reports on London and Sydney labour concerns and a three month plan for a Sydney surplus labor study.
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Clockontl
Redditch
England
Japan
Wiscoxst
Lasog
Ohio
Nebraska
Wyoming
Joan Clerk
Lowell
Muss
Tueng
Hartford
Cono
Tu Rubber Workers Union
American Federation of Libor
Ladt Comenser
Suithwell Docks
London
United Mine Workers of North America
Te Guy
State of Washington
Pruset
Hhis Vato
Jocal Union No
United Brotherhood of Carpenters
Balloire
Oulu
Urat Farm
America
Trixa
Westinghouse
Pittsburg
Penn
Death in the Shamokin Shaft Ten Killed by Lamp Explosion
In Shamokin Pennsylvania the Neilson Shaft mine owned by Langdon & Co. saw ten men die and many escape after a miner’s lamp ignited oil near the bottom of the slope. The tragedy occurred about 6 53 a.m. on a holiday with a large crowd gathering as rescuers retrieved bodies. The dead, mostly under twenty five, included James Brennan Michael Brennan John Roble John Ryan Frederick Ginter John Bartt John G SOB DL Hortesh Nicholas Dolton Frank Shupis. Only two men escaped alive.
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Neilson
Shamokin
Penn
Gelock
Langdon & Co
John Roble
James Brennan
Michael Brennan
John Ryan
Frederice Ginter
John Bartt
John G
Sob DL Hortesx
Nicholas Dolton
Frank Shupis
Honzarian
James
Michsel
Jasin the Mins
Southern Industries Reports Mixed First Quarter Growth
The Tradesman of Chattanooga summarizes Southern Industries activity in the first quarter of 1803. It notes 8 development companies formed versus 37 last year, 76 textile mills and 40 oil plants, 83 water works projects, and 105 new wood-working plants, with Tennessee leading in new industries among Southern states.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
South
Tennessee
Georgia
North Carolina
Mississippi
Ana Dac
Carolina
Virginia
Texas
Florida
Louis Jana Jenoh
Five tramps die in burning Hackensack barn
A barn at the Voorhis estate near Maywood Hackensack New Jersey burned with five tramps inside. One man shouted an alarm from a window before flames flared. Within hours four more bodies were found, all incinerated, the victims believed to be transient workers.
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Voorhis
May
Bloody Battle in Alegrete shifts control in Brazil
Report details a fierce clash at Alegrete Rio Grande do Sul between state troops and revolutionists. About 15 percent of 1009 combatants were killed or wounded as revolutionaries repelled government forces and seized the position. National government has yet to assist.
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Cetalla
Brazil
Alegrete
Rio Grande Do Sul
Stato
Lover’s Crime and Disturbing World’s Fair March Plans
A Spokane woman Miss EMo Clark aged 19 is killed by F Ross Smith in Evanston Illinois who then shoots himself dead. Parents opposed the romance. Smith twenty six. Also notes a Northwestern University militia connection and a proposed long foot march to the World’s Fair Grounds with armed troops and wagon train for a Norfolk Virginia event on April 3.
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Emo Clark
Spokane
Washington
F. Ross Smith
Evanston
Miss Clark
Smith
Woodstock
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