Arctic exploration and world economy mix in a garbled era
A mosaic of 19th century notes cites rising export trade, gold circulation longevity, prizes for horseless carriages, New York theater spending, and a Salisbury ministry. It jokes about Portland Maine buying clapboards from Washington, and cites iron trade, Chicago mutes, and a Detroit street railway with odd ticket rules. It muses on Arctic riches, whale drives, and Greely’s figures, ending with the Pole’s eventual relevance.
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New York Sun
Portland
Maine
Washington
Boys
New York Times
Graoly
London
North Pole
Equator
When Long Ago Echoes In Memory Again
Poem excerpt from Chamber's Journal recalling vanished friends and days of old. The verse laments changing fortunes and cherishes loyal ties, contrasting past joys with present longing. The speaker reflects on memory, friendship, and hope as evening falls.
Polly and Maggie Rescue at the Old Mine Chimney
In a Pennsylvania Times adaptation, Maggie and Sue search for four year old Polly who disappeared after daisies gathering. They trace Polly to an abandoned mine shaft called the chimney, find a cave in, and with two elderly miners they rescue Polly and Maggie from a precarious timber platform deep in the shaft.
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Murry
Olly
Maggie
Polly
Polly Mills
Sno Murray
Sue
Sia
Jock
Polly Lins
Sae
Sao
Ana
Reuben Jessup
David
Two Childers
Reuben
Rouben
Lins
Sno Crea
Jessup
Inne
Timbora
Lhoro
Philadelphia Times
Aluminum bodies for cabs and other science notes
A compilation of early 20th century science items covers aluminum in cab bodies, hair turning gray with age, a proposed London omnibus line, Ottawa’s lighting, and inventions from aeronautics to spectroscopic blood tests. The piece discusses cancer cures, cucumbers’ taste, earth’s heat, bird migration, and hair nourishment ideas.
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London
Ottawa
Canada
Paria
de, Kangon
Bohring
M. de Thierry
David OH. Wyckoff
New York
G. W. Johnson
Alfred C. Lane
Chapman
Rocky Mountains
United States
Florida
Prunes to Saffron and Many Spices Described
A garbled account lists various foods and flavorings including prunes, white pepper, cloves, carraway, rice products, dates, coffee, cinnamon, raisins, starches, sugo, black pepper, capers, figs, vouilly, allspice, saffron, mustard, muco, cocoa, tamarind, and a brown mass tb. It preserves old terms and some misspellings while outlining plant sources and processing notes.
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East Indies
Frontier exploits and a minister’s daring escape in 1867 conflict
A Colorado frontier tale recounts a Methodist minister surviving an Indian raid after a coach driver was killed near Living Springs and a bold river crossing to Fort Lupton. The story blends frontier danger on the Overland Trail with a later account of a swordfish attack on a mackerel schooner off Cox’s Ledge and other far flung adventures.
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Living Springs
Denver
Powall
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Red Devils
Powell
Fort Lupton
Uloro
Asfety
Doenver
Hero Engineer Saves Library as Gas Explosion Hits Chicago
An explosion of natural gas under boilers at the Chicago Edison plant near the Newbery Library at Walton Place and Clark Street injures the engineer and fireman and destroys a boiler. The library and its vast collection survive due to engineer Janks turning off the gas and crawling through water and steam to avert a second blast.
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Chicago
Edislr
Newbery
Walton Place
Clark Straet
Firasoun
Jankins
Joss
Sinsll
Atlants Constitution
Escape of a fish-wife on the Haff ends in reunion
Konigsborg recounts a remarkable escape of a fish-wife who set out in a small boat to deliver gomoe provisions to her husband and his crew. A sudden breeze capsized the boat, she clung to the keel as she swam, grew numb, and drifted ashore by noon the next day where her husband rescued her and she thanked heaven for survival after two days on the water.
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Centennial
Cluncenter
Cox
Centennant
Acre
Tira
Sny Mattal
Konigsborg
Progel
Haff
Remarkable Indiana Family From New Arcadia
Article by Tinne Martz recounts Hu and Mosua Martz twin brothers born May 27 1811 in Wickaway County Ohio. They married twin sisters Lovina and Pabitha McCormick born near Connorsville Ind 1816. The couples wed November 1831 and raised twelve children each seven boys and five girls. The families share a four day birth gap before the first children and six days before the last, as noted by Minnapolis News.
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Tinne Martz
New Arcadia
Mosua Martz
Wickaway County
Ohio
Lovina
Io Minnapolis
Ostrich Wing Feathers Grow Fast In Odd Anatomy Note
In each wing of the ostrich twenty six long white plumes grow to maturity in eight months. In the mellow these are pure white, while those in the fewalg shade ceru or gray. 'Too abort feathers are plucked for tips, and each wing furnwhes aovouty-fya of these.
Largest caped check drawn to settle mine amalgamation
A dated record notes a July 18 1889 large payment drawn on the Cape of Good Hope Baul in settlement of the Kimburley diamond mine amalgamation. The amount is listed as £5,895,050, about $25,000,000, reported by Trunton of New Jersey.
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Cape of Good Hope Baul
Kimburley
Trunton
N. J
Sault Ste. Marie Canal Now Moves 20 Million Tons Yearly
The Sault Ste. Marie Canal linking Lakes Huron and Michigan handles about 20,000,000 tons annually, roughly double the weight processed by the Suez Canal each year.
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Sault Ste. Marie Canal
Lakes Huron
Michigan
The Calm Oh Yoa Reflects on Storms and Sunrise
A fragmentary poem by Underhill in Seribnor depicts gleaming ripples and sunlit laughter confronting a night of storms. It recalls billows breaking on a wide beach, the wind roaring, and waves with cold spray yielding to a tranquil dawn.
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Underhill
Seribnor
Humorous Quotations From Various Papers Display Wit
A collage of ironic lines and quips from The Syrsenic Post Puck Indianapolis Journal and other papers showcases satirical takes on modern life. Jokes touch on bicycles manners reform memory and dating with sharp turns of phrase and period tone.
Dispersion of Plant Diseases Warned by Kew Bulletin
The Kew Bulletin notes that spreading plant diseases through plant interchange is a risk requiring strict precautions. It cites phylloxera's introduction from England to Switzerland and the transport of coffee pests from Ceylon to the Americas and German East Africa, stressing anxiety over new arrivals and unintended hospitability to invasive guests.
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Kew
England
Switzerland
Ceylon
Tiji
German East Africa
New World
Cake request at Charley’s party noted in Boston Record
An afternoon party article describes Charley and his mother present with Jim and other mothers. The scene centers on polite social interaction as cake is offered to Charley and politely declined with a curt reply.
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Charley
Boston Record
Bil Op
Jim
Inferno at Thompson Works Braddock Kills Eight
A furnace explosion at Edgar Thompson Works Braddock Pennsylvania caused the death of eight men and left several others with burns. Victims include John Grengo Joseph Luckal John Prokopovic Stephen Haviln John Mika Joseph Csop Andrew Droubah and Miko Kafinos. Hungarian workers dominated the scene as rescuers battled soaring flames and shifting debris while authorities investigated the cause linked to a molten metal buildup and an obstruction at the furnace top.
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Edgar Thompson
Braddock
Penn
John Grengo
Joseph Luckal
John Prokopovic
Stephen Haviln
John Mika
Joseph Csop
Andrew Drobuah
Miko Kaflnos
Thenolya
Enretcasncas Orgnomace
Ajlora
Ai Sas
James Harrison
Defender Proves Superiority in Trial Race for America's Cup
The yacht Defender sailed strongly before her mast shrouds slackened delaying the first official trial to select the challenger for the British cutter Valkyrie. Despite smoke damaging the mast, Defender outsailed Vigilant in a ten mile windward and return, prompting questions about the better boat and sending Defender to Bristol for repairs.
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Sras
Sandy Hook
N. J
Aud Roca
Windward
Roturn
Bristol
The Launch Upset on Buffalo River Excursion
Thirteen Buffalo stockyard workers aboard a yacht excursion were tossed into the lake when heavy waves capsized the craft near the harbor. Seven were rescued by tug Maytham and its crew, while six drowned. Names include Charles Fisher Henry Schiedler Frank Bugmann Frank Cannon Jacob Bauman Albert Braffon Albert Hoehner. The captain ignored a plea to seek calmer waters.
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East Buffalo
Maytham
Mf6
Charles Fisher
Henry Schiedler
Frank Bugmann
Frank Cannon
Jacob Bauman
Albert Braffon
Albert Hoehner
Stafford
Seaford Sinks After Collision in Mid Channel
The steamship Seaford with 450 passengers including over 100 Americans sank after a mid channel collision at 4 p.m. All aboard were saved by the colliding vessel Lyon. Reports mix with other items on politics and weather including Berlin population, Manitoba wheat yield, and Mount Adams height.
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Seaford
Parla
London
Lyon
Washington items signal mixed foreign and domestic moves
Secretary Olney and Minister Dopay signed a memorandum as Moraciaim would be paid, with force option hinted if Spain refused settlement. Treasury reports short accounts for Ainsworth and Port Royal dock tests. Telegraphs from Captain Glass amid a Washington conference outline a free coinage plan. Multiple crimes, strikes, and political notes fill the day, including a $500 reward and a major New York clothing strike.
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Olney
Dopay
Kay
Glass
Dourt
Allyor
Washington
Chief Moore
Weather Bureau
W. D. Dabney
Bato
University of Virginia
Morton
Agriqultural Department
Tragedy Follows Desertion in Irving Home
Mrs. Rogers of Irving near Middlegrove Maine hanged herself and her four year old son. The tragedy followed mortification over her husband deserting her.
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Rogers
Irving
Middlegrove
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