Excerpts on science, sport, and social trends from a 19th century periodical
The article surveys diverse topics from Puritan heritage in the West to a Paris style of public entertainment in Provence. It notes Lasker’s chess record in London, praises soap at a tuberculosis congress, discusses the shift of international finance to New York, and raises concerns about poison bottle safety and nurses’ conduct in hospitals.
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Lasker
London
Namaely
Blackburne
The
New York Journal
Anglo Saxons Show Unique Political Organization Power
The New York Commercial Advertiser asserts the Anglo Saxon race uniquely combines multiplication and separation into independent states, enabling high political development beyond city states. It compares this capacity to a high mammalian form and notes Anglo Saxon peoples are free in political biology.
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New York
If We Understood We Would Love Each Other Better
Poem fragment reflecting on judgment versus charity. It ponders judging motives, seeking patience, and recognizing hidden good within others. The speaker contemplates how understanding care and troubles could foster love and reduce harshness.
The Bookkeeper's Mistake in Love and Deception
In a small office Dolly falls for the shipping clerk while the cautious bookkeeper schemes to win her love for himself. When Dolly admits she loved the bookkeeper all along, the revelation shatters the windowed plan and tests loyalties as fate rewrites affection.
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Harlie Anderson
Miss Dolly
Deak
Dolly
Hoe
Wells
Gayety
Fresh Trade Notes on Wood, Coal, Copper and Stoves
Reports from across North America and Europe cover spruce versus hemlock for paper, strong U S coal demand with miners likely busy all winter, a possible large gun foundry in Buffalo rivaling Krupp and Armstrong, copper prices dipping due to delayed projects, Venezuela coffee producers seeking a grower federation, Uruguay homes lacking proper heating outlets, U S oil and cook stoves finding markets, and a Northern Counties wrestling belt winner Simeall Great Broughton at age twelve.
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Dearlom
Maryport
Northern Counties Wrestling
D. Siinatall
Great Broughton
Hirmingham
Tales of Pluce and Adventure Disastrous Shark Hunt Ends in Tragedy
A Monterey shark capture tale describes a Japanese party attempting to ambush basking sharks off Monterey Bay. The attack fails as the giant fish drag boats ashore, killing several men and ending the attempt.
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Joe Claherman
Monterey
Onl
Monterey Bay
San Francisco
Fear Lightning Scarred Pines and Navaho Beliefs
A mix of Navaho superstition about trees struck by lightning and a pair of dog attacks in West Virginia. The Navaho fear the flame’s essence drains life, avoiding fire from lightning damaged wood. Captain John Nolle and James B Carey faced wild dogs near Lewiston and Winifrede, with cows killed locally.
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John Nolle
Lewiston
W. Va
James 8
Carey
Alger Defends Himself Against Newspaper Criticism
Former Secretary of War General Alger issues a formal statement defending his conduct during the SpanishAmerican War. He notes the rapid expansion of the army, explains volunteer officer appointments, and rejects London Times accusations of misused funds. He cites 1092 volunteer officers, with 441 from regulars and 591 from civil life, all with prior service.
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Alger Sayz
Wasuixatox
Genuea Algor
Tam
London Times
Spain
Volunteer Army
Regular Army
Civil Ife
Elvil Fe
Secretary of War
Secratory of War
Sopard Wood
Santiiago
Puerto Principe
Grigsby
Torrey
Rebels Attack Calamba Town in Laguna Bay Area
Insurgents estimated at 2400 men attempted to recapture Calamba on Laguna de Bay. Two-pronged attack from north and south failed against American forces. Casualties: one American killed and several wounded. insurgent losses unknown.
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Washington Segh
Tatt
Daniel Garrigon Brinton
Philadelphia
Adlantis City
Neil de. Delnton
West Chester
Pann
Yale
Jefferson Medien
Brinton
University of Pennsylvania
North
South
Boiler Blast Kills Seven Near Big Pralia Farm
A threshing crew at Big Pralia eight miles east faced disaster when water ran low and the boiler exploded. Seven men perished: Charles Maight Alfred Haight Charles Crabtres Bart Salter Duell Priest Raymond Hows George Overly. Oscar Evang was injured. The blast hurled the engine and barn debris across the yard. Local officials investigate cause and safety measures.
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Wite Chevy
Mick
Big Pralria
Enginner Crabtros
Charles Maight
Alfred Haight
Charles Crabtres
Bart Salter
Plot Against Empress Dowager Threatens Pekin Palace
Reports from Tacowa Washington via Pekin describe a plot to blow up a lupearia palace of the Empress Dowager. A mile of dynamite with fuse found in a cellar. Ten were arrested and turned over to the Board of Punishment for trial. Yellow fever outbreak in Panama continues with 45 deaths. A horse owned by Frederick Krueger Irvine ton Newfoundland died after swelling of the upper lip. Marines for the Cavite Navy Yard movement authorized. 366 men to reinforce.
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Tacowa
Wash
Pekin
Chios
Board of Punishment
Draft of Samoan Treaty Sets Three-Power Administration
A draft treaty proposed for Samoa outlines a neutral island system with three governing powers. It abolishes the king and chiefs, creates a Native Government, and installs an Administrator with a $6000 salary to enforce laws. The Chief Justice's salary is $5000, and a Legislative Council plus Native Assembly are established under joint control.
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Sanoa
Norway
Sweden
Hassall
Legislative Council
Supreme Court
Samos
Murdered by Indian Lover in Amherst Farm Home
Mia Morell, seventeen, was shot in her mother’s cellar in Amherst by Eugene Takahouer, a twenty four year old full-blooded Indian farm laborer who had pursued her after she refused his advances. After the shooting he fled to the barn, threatened suicide, and set the barn and house aflame destroying outbuildings. Takahouer, a Carlisle School graduate, reportedly played football there and had only recently shown persistent, unwanted admiration for Morell.
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Mifae Morelli
Axugast
Mass
Mins Eeth Morell
South Amherst
Eugene Takahouer
Mias Morell
Becanso Abe
Morell
Takahouer
Haid
Carlisle
Penn
Aeronaut Reynolds Dies In Balloon Jump At Findlay Lake
Frank Reynolds of Ripley New York died during a balloon ascent at Findlay Lake near Findlay. The 25 year old, inexperienced parachutist leaped with a 8000 foot altitude target but fell with the amhover am buoyancy device. A large crowd watched as boats rushed out but Reynolds sank in 90 feet of water, drowning before rescue could reach him.
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Fred
Black Jock
Big James
James
Gaurd-By
Black Jack
J. Edwards
New York State
Rossland
British Columbia
Harry McQuarry
Conx
Poeu
Frantk Reynold
Ripley
Chautauqua County
Findlay
Findlay Lake
Reynolds
Lake Erie
Mttle Lake
Tate
Two Executed at Slug Sing Prison in 1898
In Slug Sing, New York, Patterson, a 29 year old Negro, and Michael McDonald were executed for murder. Patterson killed his common law wife Kate Smith in their apartment by strangling with a handkerchief amid jealousy on March 11, 1898. McDonald, a former beer carrier at a New York slaughterhouse, shot Stephen Titus, the head timekeeper, on May 4, 1898 after a violent quarrel.
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Slug Sings
Lewis Pullerson
Michael McDonald
Slug Sing
N.Y
Patterson
Kate Smith
New York City
Jeaiousy
Stephen Titus
Establishment
Agay
Balloonstorm Causes 250000 in Wheat Damage Across State
A hailstorm swept from Tynes between Cavaler and Hamilton to Classton North Dakota twelve miles long and five miles wide, causing at least 250000 in wheat damage statewide. In Kentucky, Miss Fannie Goodwin, a Fairview milliner, shot and killed Bryan Allegreda after accusing him of slander.
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Tynes
Cavaler
Hamilton
Classton
N. D
Tate
Fannie Goodwin
Fairview, Ky
Bryan Allegreda
Notable figures and events in scattered 19th century notes
A jumble of brief items mentions Mrs Mate Chase Sprague wife of a former Rhode Island governor and daughter of Salmon P. Chase dying in Edgewood Washington from liver and kidney troubles. Julian Pauncefote elevated to peerage as British ambassador. A baggage mishap at Paw Paw Lake Michigan injuring 900 travelers and Clara Hunley of Chicago taken to St Joseph. Admiral Sampson seeks prize money in DC. Cleveland streetcar strikers form a strike and mob violence calls in Georgia. The Falke order at Lowne and the German cruiser Felke is reportedly near Semoun waters and ordered home.
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Mate Chase Sprague
Ithode Island
Salmon P. Chase
United States
Lincoln
Biglum
Chassour
Saint Germain
France
Ctefn
Blancarelil
Klein
Abdul Chakim Khan
Ameer
Cabul
Negros
Philippines
McKinkes
Otis
Bacolod
N. R. Naerington
Atahura
Egypt
Bine Nile
M. Dateasgu
Yaris
Mronc
Esterhazy
St London
Rennes
Dreyfus
Executive Council
Transvan
Theroastoyg
Rand
Volksraad
Econatituarcas
Naval shuffles and war news across the world
Detachments and new commands shift in the U S Navy as Captain O F Goodrich takes over the cruiser Newark and moves to the battleship Tbone. The Valencia brings troops to Manila with no losses. Governor Foster notes naturalization of several Italians. War Department contracts expand steel plants and port worries grow over tax stamps.
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Foster
Louisiana
State Department
Board of Naval Construction
Raleigh
Cincinnati
Commissioner of Internal Revenue
War Department
American Colonial Bank of
Porto Rico
Department For
Pars Kt
F. Brown
United States
Blaze Department
Crops in Pennsylvania promise a banner year for farmers
Reports from Eastern Pennsylvania indicate an exceptionally good year for crops. Wheat yields will lag due to Hessian fly damage, averaging around twenty-three to twenty-five bushels per acre, while rye, corn, oats and potatoes show strong prospects. Prices for wheat may reach one dollar to a dollar twenty-five, and the iron boom drives steady wages and higher farm-product demand.
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Penn
Pennsylvania
Dairies Expand Exports with Low Freight Rates
New York dry goods note reports American butter and cheese shipments to England rising as unions sublet refrigerated space on transatlantic lines due to strikes. Butter lands in England at 16 3/4 to 17 1/4 cents per pound, undercutting European rivals. Large cattle purchase in Indian Territory tops this year, while Havana warehouses in Cuba change hands for 3 million dollars with a 60 thousand guarantee.
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England
New York
Chicago
Boo
Norway
Sweden
Denmark
Holland
San Jose
Havana
Cuba
Pradlents
Senor Agurin
Crop Prospects Mixed as Rain Shortfalls Hit Several Regions
British dye and color firms arrange a deal while Cuba suffers from drought in the rainy season. Italian and Spanish wheat are 34,000,000 bushels below last year per French estimates. Winter wheat harvests move east of the Rockies, Oregon reports a third crop, and Nebraska Iowa Indiana see limited impact. Chile storms wipe out wheat. Prices hold or rise for cereals coffee sugar and dairy. Rocky Mountain states report improvement. Pacific Coast sees favorable weather. Central Valleys and Middle Atlantic States near harvest completion. Northern districts ongoing. Austria sees good wheat and rye except Bakow province, while Wallnut rye and maize yields in Austria Romania Bulgaria fall short of average.
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Cuba
Italy
Spain
Eust
Rocky Mountains
Oregon
Nebraska
Iowa
Indiana
Chile
Rocky Mountain States
Pacific Coast
Valleya
Middle Atlantic States
Austria
BakKowlou
du Austria
Oumania
Bulwarts
Wallut
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Clark
Christian Endeavor Society
North Dakota
Utah
Washington
Idaho
Went
New England
Provence
Berlin
Bankere
Dlift
Anancial
F. G. Halleck
Alabama
Krupp
Germany
Lord Armstrong
Buffalo
America
Minuter Loomis
Caracao
Venezuela
Senor Olavarria
Montevideo
Uruguay
Etritiah Joey
Walk
Pluce
Jamon Paterson
Fisher Yan
Vikiner
Devid K. Miller
Munale
W. J. Davis
Africa
John
Wild Doge
Weat
Virginia
Alger
Calamba
Buzzard 4
Newfoundland
Dr. Brinton
Fur
Ethoootter
Panama
oMediiy
Pupcamus
Alluyelit
Frederics Krueger
oLirvingtoan
Reacher
Cavite
Navy Department
Maat
Cavresy Yard
Council of Three
Kate Chase Sprague Dent
Pauncefote
Julian Pauncefote
Great Britain
Arcclilente Apia
Woodward Resort
Paw Paw Lake
Mich
Courle Ag
Misa Clara Hunley
Chicaga
Nt. Joseph
Sampson
District of Columbia Supreme Court
Offlcerk
Admiral Cavera
Santiago de Cuba
Hoycott
Cleveland
Ohio
Boyett
Candler
Georgia
al Ilowne
Felke
Intely
Semoun Waters
Hng
Honolulu
Horolulu, Bora
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Weatfield
Cranford
Bound Brook
Waablngton
Heath
Snow
Kate Cohen
Ocean House
Long Branch
N.J
Simmer
Father Riley
Europe
John Pritzke
North Little Rock
Ark
Carpenter Steel Company
Reading
Jacob Corey
Graff, Bennett & Co
Millville
Pittsburg
Penyn
Masallop
Lloyd Tovis
San Franciso
Mer. Tovis
Bholbyville
California
Paul Corcoran
James Cheyne
Wardner
Wallace
Stewart
Corcoran
W. Loester
Bradley
Clay County
Frankfort
Lester
Robert G. Ingersoll
Flash Pond
L. 1
Dobbs Ferry
N. Y
Joe” Womack
Cripple Creek
Denver
Col
Alaska Commercial Company
St. Michael
Steamahip Company
F. Thever
Dorothy McKes
Long Beach
Cal
McKea
Baker
Thever
Orsta
Nomitation Orname
Eusearons
Amro Ream
Nodfam
I . del
Benes PW
Ncee
S U
Poultby
Brothers
Phils
Taek
State & Pann
L.I
Jersey
Momatoes Joraey
Tara White
Abbos Colery
Venberns
Beaves
Oity
Largs
Battle
Jennings
Texas
Spaulding
Clarence W. Turner
D. H. Middleton
Muskogee
J. T
Indian Territory
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