Vast New Debt Concerns From Global Finances and Hailstorms
A collage of 19th century economics and news notes: England’s foreign loan questions, Philadelphia interest due figures, and a Boston Globe take on debt. It also reports a major Essex hailstorm with top damages over four million dollars, and comments on France Germany and the East in war and population terms. A Yale Law School speech by Justice Harlan extols Mason’s bill of rights and criticizes anti American sentiment abroad. The piece also surveys electric railways in Europe versus the US, and a trove of safety statistics from accidents.
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Justice Harlan
Supreme Court
Yale Law School
George Mason
Americana
Population growth debates and distant forecasts in early texts
A compilation notes small education rates for American youth, then discusses France, Germany, and foreign investments. It cites Omaha libel cases, New Hampshire preservation efforts for Mount Washington, bicycle race heart strain, and population growth formulas, highlighting Pritchett's near 1890 accuracy and long run decline in growth rates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Hampshire
Mount Washington
Appalachian Club
Bandaged the Wrong Leg Prank Delights Phoenix
A prominent young Phoenix couple rode along West Washington street when a Chinese vegetable paddler caused a bicycle spill, fracturing the man's left leg. The talented woman fashioned plantain bandages from a tree and tore a skirt for bandages, then helped his ride to Dr Helm's office. The doctor praised the craft but noted the bandages were on the wrong leg, provoking laughter.
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Washington Street
Helm
Arizony Gazette
New Reservoir In Pawtucket Described As Strong
A newly built reservoir in Pawtucket Rhode Island shows a twelve foot depth with a top diameter of ninety seven feet and bottom diameter of ninety five feet. The solid concrete walls stand four feet thick at the bottom and two feet at the top with an outside batter of an inch per foot and embedded wrought iron rings. The walls form a single mass of Portland cement sand and gravel mix noted as exceptionally strong and expected to be safe for many years barring accident.
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Pawtucket
R. 1
If I Could Live My Life Over Again
A Denver Post column laments hearers who dwell on lost chances and failed ventures. It urges action over regret, urging readers to stop lamenting opportunities past and instead tackle the future with resolve.
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Mann
Ilva
Denver Post
Millie and Mollie Draw Bromley’s Dilemma in Love
In a humorous scene from New York Sun style, Bromley flirts with Millie and Mollie Bromley, cannot decide which sister to marry, and the father tests the truth of his tale about kissing both. The girls reveal mixups, Bromley blushes, and the father resolves to choose Mollie.
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Bromley
Old Dimmock
Millie
Young Bromley
Millie Bromley
Mollie Bromley
Millie Browley
Mollie
Mr. Dimmock
New York Sun
Porpoises Seize Rancher's Hog On Puget Sound Skiff
A Tacoma bound rancher, Ole Iverson, sailing from Tacoma to Olympia on Mc Neil's Island, faced a pod of about 150 porpoises. Two large porpoises boarded his skiff, knocked him overboard, and stole a quarter of pork before waves and a maelstrom cleared. Iverson survived, was treated by Dr. Macklinnon, and vows to sell his ranch and give up meat for a time. An excursion boat party nearby witnessed the event.
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McNeil’s Island
Tacoma
Wash
Steilacoombe
Iverson
United States Penitentiary
Morehead City
N. C
W. L. Kennedy
Kennedy
Drum
New Japanese battleship to rival British giants at sea
The keel laid at Blackwall marks a colossal Japanese battleship. Displacing at least 15 500 tons with coal, she features Harveyed nickel steel armor from 9 to 4 inches, circular barbettes, four 12 inch breech loaders, fourteen 8 inch quick firers, twenty 12 pounders, eight 47 mm MGs, and four smaller guns on the bridge. Speed planned at nineteen knots. The Dutch World Smoker leads tobacco use with 81 ounces annually, followed by Belgium, Turkey, United States, Germany, France, Opora, Italy, and the United Kingdom lagging behind.
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Blackwall
Holland
United States
Germany
France
Opara
Italy
United Kingdom
Fields of Adventure and a Tale of Loss and Survival
A whaleboat with eight men from the whaler Gay Head is towed by a whale after separate boats are dragged, the crew lands on Montague Island, and later Mr Hanson and Mr Randall are identified among the rescued aboard the Grant. Bertha Rinearson is bitten by a rattlesnake while gathering rhododendrons, but survives with help from a farmer and doctor. Various brief notes cover a crab attack on Mr Davidson, an eagle thwarted by Bertha Moore, and other entreaties, including a Missouri python and a shark-towed fisherman tale. Historical notices conclude with bees in Kentucky and fashion trends.
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Daya
Hattleanskes
Gay Head
United States Revenue
Grant
F. M. Munger
Seattle
Wash
Gay Bend
Foley
United States Revenue Cutter
Munger
Port Etches
Montague Island
Alaska Commercial Company
Middleton
Charles Hanson
Thomas Randall
Bertha Rinearson
Pine Creek
Galeton
Penn
Bertha
Thomas Hughes
Natreaw
Misa Rincarson
Hughes
Sanderson
New York Herald
Easy Way to Mend Gloves and Fashion Notes
A guide explains mending gloves by turning them inside out and applying court-plaster to the rip. The column surveys fashion trends from belts and gowns to poplin bridal wear, hair styling, and lace fashions across Paris, New York, and Chicago editorials.
The Old Gray Willows and the Boat at Twilight
A poetic fragment from Harper's Bazar imagines a small gray boat under a slender sail crossing twilight seas. Waves sing a lullaby as spirits of mist cradle travelers, while the shore keeps vigil with old willows and distant calls.
A Boy's Carloguy and Electric Wire Accident
James Mosher, fourteen, working for Tailor Sullivan in Meriden Connecticut, climbed a roof to inspect an electric line device. He grasped a 1000 volt wire and could not release with his left hand, was drawn upward, fell ten feet, and suffered severe burns to his right hand and scorched left wrist.
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James Mosher
Sullivan
Meriden
Conn
Mr. Sullivan
Mammoth Alligator Terrorizes Cow In Alapatha River
A. Burkhalter of Willacoochee, while fishing on the Alapatha River three miles from town, heard a commotion and found a monster alligator drowning a cow. Returning with M. Corbett, they killed the 12 ft 2 in long, about 400 lb reptile using a Wimbuster rifle. Nearby, a report mentions a subterranean hot-water lake 170 degrees deep beneath Boine County, Idaho, with pressure enough to rise into house tops.
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Willacoochee
Alapatha
Isao
Douglas
Boine Cty
Idaho
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