Global news chatter mixes debts and deeds of 1895
The clipping surveys prewar debt trends across Europe led by Belgium with other nations like Britain and Germany navigating postwar finance. It notes telegraph messenger boys in Washington and Baltimore, New York coinage shifts, rising industrial wages, journalism studies in Heidelberg, and various social observations from farmers to travelers. It cites Japan’s war strength and losses and observations on American population reports, wheat and corn yields, and China’s long decline amid Western influence.
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The
New York Ledger
China
Japan
Ts Ats Wat Th Tay de
Avia
Germany
Jona
Napoleon
Berlin
Sedan
L&t
Diverse tidbits and recollections from early 1900s press
The column surveys meteorology, travel health recruitment, and crime trends, noting global paper pulp shifts and banking tallies. It recounts Abdur Bahan ibn EOE Raghani, Afghan court life with electric lights and fireworks, plus Robert Pate’s Australian millionaire obituary and a Queen Victoria-era incident. It closes with a string of aphorisms on love, luck, and social observations.
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Abdur Bahan Ibn Eoe RA
Cabul
Europe
Ameer
London
New York
The Bell Tolls for All in Quiet Steel and Stone
Alfred E. Hugtullay notes in New York Observer that the church bell binds life and death, summoning people through storms and joy alike. The verse honors faith, labor, heartache, weddings, and funerals, echoing across streets and steeples. The bell remains a constant, guiding souls to God.
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Alfred E. Hugtullay
A Night of Fear and a Burglary in the Village Home
A newlywed couple and Mamie the servant live quietly in town. On their third anniversary a hotel waiter posing as a service figure breaks in at midnight seeking the couple’s money. The wife braces with a pistol, hides the cash, and the burglar is James the waiter, arrested by the police at 2 a.m. on the husband’s return.
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Dair Seleire
Adair
Mammie
Websd
Oscar Davenport
Mommie
Horele
Ube
James
Dean Faucyo
Clarke
Assan Crank
Baby
Asleeji
Asrville
Night Express
Anal
Bin
Turat
Maminie
Ines
Lim
Mammiee
Mummie
Mamie
Talse
Jim
Mamwie
Sam
New Orleans
Trained Baby Brings Quiet Sleep and Help at Table
A homemaker notes a ten month old baby who can sleep quietly, avoid table mischief, and even help mother by reaching for a dusting cloth. The mother reflects on training methods to foster independence and proper table manners from an early age.
Fire at Mer Ledge Dino Duke of Fife Sketch
A daring fire at Mer Ledge involving the Duke of Fife and a painter named Gnet aimed to damage a famed picture by Stig ihiut. The fire started in a wall gallery, trapping occupants before flames drove them from the room. New York Post report.
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Mer Ledge
Woman Catches a Catfish Monster on Salt River
Kansas City Journal reports a crowded expedition on Salt River where a man fishing hooked a 109 pound catfish after a struggle in swift current. The tale includes humorous misreadings by onlookers who thought the swimmer joked about being Jonah’s whale.
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Indian Territory
W. BP
Tracknoy
Ed Greer
Kansas
Eyssell
Kaunna City
Salt Park
Jong
Thad
Gulf
Jonah
Holf
City Journal
Young woman hooks giant sea monster on Pixie Bay voyage
A Seattle Post-Intelligencer report recalls a Queen anchored off Killignos Bank between Port Weangel and Sits where a young lady fishing for halibut battled a massive sea creature. With aid from a gentleman, the beast was brought aboard, measured at ten feet and weighing 410 pounds. Captain Carroll preserved teeth for morale as the crowd cheered a historic Pavitle Coast capture by a lone female angler.
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Tay
Killignos Banka
Port Weangel
McDonild
Ming UW
AL Speugie
San Francisgo
Wiscavere
Nord
Galibat Banks
Captain Carroll
Qian
Lefyro
Seattly Post-Intelligencer
Clever Cap ture of a Mad Dog at the Hospital Yard
Miss Roberta West the energetic superintendent of Energency Hopital used a bed sheet to trap a Browny fox terrier that broke into the hospital yard on a Sunday afternoon. The dog darted about as onlookers applauded and the humane capture led to it being led to the operating room for treatment.
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Wourd
Roberta West
Hopital
Miss West
Thude
Teen Station Agent Rescues Express at Sprague Missouri
A nineteen year old Memphis roai station agent and operator at Sprague Missouri spotted a derailment risk when two box cars obstructed a track. She seized a lantern and ran along the track for three quarters of a mile and signaled the westbound express to stop, averting a likely collision.
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Sprague
Gide
Ling
Curly the Scotch Terrier Mourns Dead Datel in Garden
Lenadou Spectator describes how Curly the Scotch terrier mourned his brown retriever friend Datel after Datel was found dead at the kennel. Curly, free to roam, brought offerings to the grave for two years, burying chutes as a quiet vigil and faithful tribute.
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Curly
Datel
Carly
Daten
Lenadou
Cheerful Letters and Gentle Gestures in Social Exchange
A New York Herald description notes a popular woman who resists doleful letters until in a better frame of mind, avoiding insincere condolences or hollow congratulatory notes. Instead she sends thoughtful gestures like a fragrant flower to an elder or tired mother, keeping her memory alive in friends’ hearts.
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Cupid
Elec
Aman
Atoll
Tuppy
Pancration
Tisuo
Cupas
New York Herald
Smith
Kitty
Tom
Paelk
Jack
Boston Courier
Troth
Misa Jammison
Harper's Bazar
Papa
New York Weekly
Puck
Ithjianspolis Journal
Cason Financinl
Detroit
Momma
Philadelphia Times
Jasper
Jompappo
Clara Winterblooom
Johnnie
van Polt
New York World
N Lad of Nerve and the Highland Ancestry Tale
A descendant recalls a Scots Highlander tale from a magazine about ancestral anecdotes and a disputed land claim. Two brothers race to claim property. one cuts off his own flesh to prove he touched land first, establishing their claim in a grim, cautionary legend.
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Ton Mountain
Wildcat
Thas
Peutzmin Ev
Philadelphia Press
Tackwouils
Llood
Naples Plans Permanent Sea Baths and Yearlong Hot Baths
The article notes Hisgantic Sea Baths in Naples Italy planning permanent sea baths and yearround hot and cold facilities. Three shore sites are chosen for the project. New York is described as the wealthiest state and property values reach an aggregate of over 2 trillion dollars.
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Naples
Italy
New York
Rusphes
Diverse 19th century science notes on health and tech
A compilation of scientific curiosities and industrial notes from a historical source. Topics include marriage age estimates, potato pulp uses for fiber, tobacco germicidal effects, cucumber temperatures, UK trunk telephone wires, electric bells in exchanges, diamond dust safety, railway ground currents, frozen poop bubbles in liquid air, a new mineral compound pyrite, St John’s Cathedral concrete footing, Barwind-White Coal Company output, automatic electric fire storm in Switzerland, and legends of bodies found or lost in Lake Geneva.
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Edinburgh
Glasgow
Dublin
Ofice
England
Royal Institute of Great Britain
Schiffen & Kircher
Grunstadt
Bavaria
St. John’s Cathedral
New York City
Barwind-White Coal Company
Eof Osceola Mills
Pono
Switzerland
Lake
Genova
Ghosts of Youth and the Cost of Slipping Faults
A parson who faced public scrutiny after a forgotten theft wrote his political fate, leaving a career behind and retreating to a distant colony. French poet Alexia Pirou failed to gain admission to the Forty Immortals after an old vile ode surfaced. Both show how past faults shadow political life and personal fortune.
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England
Isadora
London
Alexia Pirou
French Academy
Academy
Whales Attack Thomas J Smith Tug Forty Miles Southeast Cape Ueplopon
Captain Mitchell of the steamer tug Thomas J Smith reports a four hour encounter with a massive school of whales forty miles southeast of Cape Ueplopon. The creatures circled the vessel blew water over it and struck the hull, nearly swamping the tug as the crew fired a horse pistol in vain and finally the pack dispersed when the leader headed for shore.
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Thomas J. Smith
Buenos Ayres
Ponwick Island
Cape Ueplopon
Shiladelphia
Amusing English preacher shocks students with improvised sermon
An English clergyman invited to address ten college student congregations could not speak without notes and delivered an unprepared sermon titled Appall, Urged Workers. The New York World reports on the awkward moment and the hope it would be a lesson in anticipation.
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Prygama
Appanl
Zaurt—Udey
New York World
Household Hints and Food Tips from the Era
Practical jottings advise on fire safety with a snod box kept ready and lamps used in every home. It also offers a meat dough recipe with flour water butter lard and baking powder, plus tips on cleaning glassware using hot water soda and soap and preserving ground glass by wrapping in soft paper.
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St. Louis
Godey
Household Washing and Cooking Tips From New York Recorder
The item provides multiple old fashioned domestic tips: soaking and sun drying summer clothes, using ammonia or soap alternatives to prevent fading, handling silk and colored fabrics, and methods for neckties and lace. It also includes quick recipes such as croutons, pineapple, corn calice, pea my sauce, potato soup, whitefish on a plank, snot pudding, and vermicelli with eggs, with era style instructions and occasional misprints.
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New York Recorder
Silver and golden weddings celebrated in Germany and U.S. note
A report on the custom of marking gold and silver marriages, noting silver weddings on the twenty-fifth and the rarity of fifty year anniversaries. It mentions Colonel Ivers Phillips of Boulder, Calif., who has lived nearly ninety-nine years and observed these traditions across nations.
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Germany
Gurorany
Wud Nour
Ivers Phaillips
Boulder
Cal
Unituls
Roving Humor and Gossip From City Pages
A collage of quips, jokes, and light anecdotes from popular periodicals. Bits of dialogue on love, gossip, fashion, and daily life feature humorous exchanges and cartoon captions attributed to papers like Boston Courier, Harper’s Bazaar, and Truth, reflecting social foibles and observational wit of the era.
Newfoundland dog saves boy at Baltimore dock
A large Newfoundland rescued eight year old Howard Connanbaugh who fell from a dock into twenty feet of water. The dog swam to the boy, kept him afloat by clinging to its woolly neck, and both were pulled to safety by a bystander. The dog then received thanks from onlookers aboard a rowboat.
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Baltimore
Howard Connanbaugh
Edward Lynch
Lero
Baltimore American
Ornithorhynchus Dialect Sparks Venom Gland Debate
The Polson of the Oraithorhynchus is described as a mole like creature with webbed feet and a duck bill. Reports discuss a venomous poison gland and its effects on dogs across three sightings, with outcomes ranging from pain to death in some cases. Observers debate whether the creature possesses a functional venom apparatus.
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Scientific American
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