Diverse notices and opinions from early 1900s papers
A collage of topics covers demographics in native voting, Chicago light plans, Philadelphia and Brooklyn transit woes, ornate street poles, New York twin birth stats, Niagara and Rocky Mountain water ideas, Norwegians in America wartime support, child mind disorders, a Wisconsin tannery syndicate, European crime trends, a St Paul editor, U.S. mineral discoveries, West Point admissions, Illinois dependent children funding, Louisiana contributory negligence ruling, and railway employee duty in the context of a three year old injury case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme Court of Louisians Hase
Tonda
Supreme Court
Eao
Florida amid broader wealth and emigration notes
The survey cites Florida as having a small valuation around 30 million dollars, while discussing Cunard mail contract politics, anti immigration efforts, Canadian editor lawsuits, and wealth distribution. It reports Henry Gannett figures, a Georgia colonization plan drawing Westerners, and a June 1891 Engineering and Mining Journal table showing U.S. gold lead, Transvaal rank, and silver trends with 1898-to-1899 changes.
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the Engineering and Mining Journal
United States
Journal
Australia
Transvaal
Africa
The Crown of Queen Victoria’s Coronation Diadem
The crown used at Victoria’s 1838 coronation is described as Europe’s heaviest diadem. It houses 1278 rose diamonds, 1363 brilliants, 273 round pearls, four large pendants, and several rubies sapphires and emeralds. A central diamond Maltelle cross features a large ruby once linked to Edward I and Henry V at Agincourt.
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Europe
Edward I
Don Pedro the Cruo
Henry V
Agincourt
Scientific American
Crows Return After Field Depradations Questioned
In Bergen County New Jersey farmers note a drop in crow depredations this spring. Crows previously damaged corn all season, yet no reports of losses this year. Observers speculate on a possible temporary reform and compare to wingless bipeds. In Texas Mrs Henry Mucklevane reports a baby girl weighing three quarters of a pound, mother and child listed as doing well.
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Bergen County
New Jerney
New York Sur
Henry Mucklevane
Brandon
Texas
In Nice a Love Triangle Ends With a Battle
In Nice, Clive confronts Iris Maypol and the Comtesse dAngiere as old flames, deceit, and a plan to trap Iris unfold. Bertha Endcot aids, confesses love, and shoots Norton Scrubbs after a pistol threat, securing Iris’s fate and a union with Bertha.
Fossil sea monster finds excite Southeast Kansas exhibit
In Southeast Kansas an enormous fossil sea animal remains on display after discovery by a man seeking firewood in the Cherokee Strip. Henry Patterson of Humboldt acquired the bones and sent details to the National Museum. Dr. KL Patterson notes eye sockets, a twelve foot beak, and vertebrae suggesting a mammalian type, with several bones described and sent for expert investigation.
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Kansas
Cherokee Strip
Henry Patterson
Humboldt
National Museum
Washington
Smithsonian Institution
KL. Patterson
Chicago
Ingenious fish trap mirrors prey in deceiving lure
A New York Ledger note describes a fish trap using a suspended mirror and a swinging bait to lure fish and snag them. The device aims to make hooking easier as the fish rushes at the reflected image. It cites a similar method used in India to catch tigers. Telephonic links now connect London Edinburgh and Dublin.
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Ponius
Bumpjing
India
New York Ledger
Snake Hunter Van Snares Five-Foot Rattler With Sponge
In Cannonaville area a man named Van fought a rattlesnake on a porch scene. He faced a large five foot one inch snake, used a sponge as a shield, captured the head, and pressed the beast to ground with boot. A boy cut the hood and freed Van’s leg. Van kept calm, earned a rattles souvenir, and gained local fame as a snake hunter.
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Cannonaville
Van
George Seymour
Hess
Von
Thrilling mid ocean rescue recalled by Baron de Malortie
The Baron recounts a dangerous across the Atlantic rescue when a man overboard clung to life as a boat battled towering waves. A doctor jumps, lifebelts and boat hooks aid a frantic effort, saving two men while the would-be drunkard faces punishment on the voyage.
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Baron de Malortie
Atlantic
Bnat
Brave Littlefield Capture Ends in Duel Fatality at Waukomis
The Dalton gang member Littlefield was being escorted to Wichita when he freed his bonds on a Rock Island train. Deputy Marshal Short leapt onto the platform and, grappling for his revolver, fired fatally as Littlefield fled. Short died soon after, hailed for risking his life to pursue criminals.
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Waukomis
Oklahoma
J. T. Lemon
Unke Short
United States
Littlefield
Dalton
Wichita
Rock Island
Short
Honnensey
Caldwell
Prairin
Horgestead
Exesa
Atood Yolling
Dalton Agong
Ito
Death
Frod
Hanter
Kangas City
Omaha tramp tourist sets 1928 mile record ride
Terry H Hammang 18, of Omaha, rode brake beams cowcatchers and mail trains from Omaha to San Francisco in six days, beating his ten day bet. He traveled mostly at rear of trains, jumped to cowcatcher at Julesburg, endured hot cinders and a wild cat sighting, and plans a world trip after returning. He worked as elevator boy at United States National Bank Building Omaha.
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Terry H. Hammang
Omaha
San Francisco
Hammang
United States National Bank
San Francisco Examiner
Hammany
American Exchange Hotel
Ogden
Kearney
Julesburg
Hammoang
No Eye for the Antique at Vanderbilt’s Biltmore
A Washington woman visits George Vanderbilt’s Biltmore estate near Asheville and peers into the Breay room storing furniture for the mansion. She sees mahogany four poster beds carved oak cabinets and ancient settees and muses that Vanderbilt could afford better than to reuse old pieces in a grand new house.
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George Vanderbilt
Biltmore
Asheville
N.C
Washington
Vanderbilt
New York Advertiser
Fly Nuisance Tactics Mentioned in Odd Note
A quirky line notes mitigating flies with sassafray lung in a window to ease nuisance for a summer boarder five miles from a lemon and from window screens. The fragmentary item hints at a local humor or historical adage without clear context or names.
Dancing Rosa Frat and Frivolous Verses Parade
A garbled collage of jokes, poems, and quotes from Detroit Free Press and Indianapolis Journal items. It mixes light verse, comic lines about women talking, a dentist chair moment, and playful exchanges about ice cream and kissing. No single coherent event. a fragmented newspaper miscellany.
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Paok
Noord
Detroit Free Presa
Detroit Free Press
Charlie
Walter
New York Herald
Detroit Free Preas
Chicago
Cobo
Providence News
Philadelphia
Kansas City Journal
Wickwire
T. U
N. Peok
Women’s Continuous Talking Association
Indianapolis Journal
Groener
Chophash
World Industrial and Scientific Notes
In Budapest wires go underground to reduce smoke in Pittsburg an electric plant is proposed outside the city. California diamonds appear in all colors and a chemist says canned fruit improves after exposure. A fire in Boston was caused by a lamp on cotton. Tourmaline specimens found in Maine and New England, also in North Carolina. Compressed air and sand blasting are aiding foundries. A French train near Rheims stopped by caterpillars on tracks. German prize seeks automatic compass indication transmission. French garrison mortality linked to overcrowding and not fruit decay. Max Muller seeks funds to photograph Buddhist inscriptions in Barmah. A Spaniard invents a nautical bicycle with two floats and a pedal wheel. speed about six miles per hour.
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Budapest
Hungary
Pittsburg
Penn
California
Boston
Maine
New England
North Carolina
Rheims
France
Vitro
United States
Max Muller
Barmah
Eterno
Umbrella Question Upsets Jury in Me Scene
Justice Vaughan Williams recalls a defense tactic where a single question asked of all witnesses was Have you an umbrella The tactic yielded unanimous yes from witnesses including a police officer and the jury acquitted the suspect Household Words notes the odd scene in West Rockport Me as Daniel Andrews aged ninety six laments crowning odds of charity over Spruce Mountain
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Vaughan Williams
West Rockport
Daniel Andrews
Spruce Mountain
Foreien Notes and World Events Summary
Foreign notes report student conspiracies against the Russian czar and Bulgaria seeking Greek Church alignment under Russian protection. UK election results show a Conservative House majority. A German murder case in Silesia and a Japanese coastal hurricane wrecks. Norway approves a 12 million kronor naval aid with 3 trillion estimates. London sees Lady Frances Roscoe Gunatag arrested for forgery. Armenian prisoners receive amnesty in the Ottoman Empire. A Toronto coroner’s inquest probes an insurance swindle tied murder. New South Wales votes ousting Parkes. Cornell crew wins Henley heat. French Chamber urges US arbitration talks. Prince Edward Island births five daughters. Duke of Argyll marriages a cousin. Queen’s presence noted.
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Foreien
Union
Broscow
Bulgaria
House of Commons
Krickwicke
Silesian
Germany
Jungnitsch
Esther
Japan
Norway
Frances Rosco Gunatag
Sir Woory Gunatag
London
England
Bultaon
Turkey
Lord Bailebury
Mause of Commons
Madagascar
France
Pond
Toronto
Alice Pletzel
Holmes
Philadelphia
Geneaal
New South Wales
Eld
Henry Parkes
Bydney
Cornell University
Henley Regatts
Leander
Thair
Cat Ivaly
Preach Chamber of Danuties
United States
Charlottetown
Prince, Edward Island
Alexander Campbell
Montague
Duke of Argyll
Ripon
Ian Crakine McNeill
Marquis of
Lorne
Duke of
Aqsyll
Delaware Peach Crop Estimates and A Lynch Story
A rough estimate places Delaware peach baskets at 1 509 000 with revenue for growers over ten years. About 750 000 will reach farmers this year. The article also recounts the lynching of an innocent man, Vob Haggart, at Ford by lynchers who charged him with assaulting Miss Elkin, described as a false claim later proven unfounded.
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Ohio
Indiana
Ilinois
Nebraska
Georgia
Wilcox
Irwin Counties
Delaware
Vob Haggart
Ford
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New City Hall
Brooklyn
Chicago Parka
Roger A. Tracy
New York City
T Vo
New York Mail and Express
Niagara
Yenomte
America
Sweden
Popular Science Monthly
Morse
Wis
Boston Capitalista
Wisconsin
Great Britain
Musecn
Chicago Times-Herald
The
St. Paul (Minn
Dowaging
Mich
Franklin
Earley Btation
N. C
Mitchell Peak
Phillipsburg
Montana
Gocorad
West Point Military Academy
New Orleans Picayune
Illinois
Beans
Florida
Cunard
Methodiat
Canada
Noten
New
Orleana Picayune
Quebec
Court of Appeals
Henry Gannett
Ava
Royal Crown of
Mapnah Parker Kimball
Scribner
Reggie Clisp
Miss Endeot
Nice
Mother
Comtesse d’Angiero
Madame Fleuyre
Comtesse d’Angiere
Mies Endcot
Mr. Clive
Comte d'Angiere
Comtesse
Comte
Denth
Iris Maypel & Co
Bertha Endcot
Qramble
Berths
Bertha
Bob Pallant
Iris
Iris Maypol
Pallant
Bob
Aigenov
Rosy
Triv
Tria
Norton
Iria Maypol
Comtesse d’Augiere
Madame Flouvre
Auntis
Vertha
Comtess
Jiondon
Irisalina
Anne
Monaco
Monte Carlo
Father
Notil
Comtesso d'Angiero
Comtesso
Mme
Theo
Mia
Nico
Norton Scrabbs
Iria
Ates
Oggie Clival
Comtessa d‘Angiere
Iria Moypel
Leavo Nico
Honod
Norton Scrubba
Jovel Terme
Suy
Mucdea
Nanny
Scrabbs
Abo
Clapstone
Edinburgh
Dublin
Bhot
Bods
Atten
Roxy
Esi
Woaliga
Roxy Cloa
Rosa
Ero
Huthariog Tynes
Mamor
Washingston
Anglonchusetts
Oregon
Naval Proving Ground
Indian Head
State Department
Louis Blara
New York
Bisalagoa
Gornaby
Baron von Thuengen
William Willis
Cleveland
Teter Miller
Shamokle
Pann
Pension Department
Young 3Ton's
Christian Association
New York Avenue
Losa
League
Frat
BAT
Baltimore
Simon Vermeer
Qofont
Canarl
Auranta
Morbert
Dolphin
Alarza
National League
Union Bank
Denver
Col
Allvor
Ronwall G. Harr
William H. Harvey
Franklin T. Garmann
Guoo
Spring Lake
George Drury
Tookville
Conn
E. Cummings
Csahler
Utah Commercial Savings Bank
East Lake City
Santa Barbara
Cal
Lake Edo
Erie Canal
Ceredo
W. Va
Ploreo
Middleport
N. Y
Cole
William Frederidie
Lowx
Herrick
Nagar Francisco
Tittle Ton
Otter Dam
Burlington
Iowa
Ovete
Joseph Nelto
Arthur Walters
Woman's Home Missionary Society of the Methodist Church
Ocean Grove
N. J
C. A. Green
Eau Claire
Hastinga
George R. Snowden
Pennsylvania National Guard
Washington Heights
Lilly Low
James Low
Oliver Harriman
Drocentsa Sushenn
Alberta Stuart
Charles River
Itoston
Maas
Emery
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