British and American Notes on Debt and Invention
A survey of global debt figures including Urcat Crisin j and Britain’s colonies, noting opium revenues in India and a British economic role. It covers advances in electricity for railways, telegraph growth, and a prediction of technology reshaping transit. It cites Professor Wiley on plant nitrogen from microbes and Lady Henry Somerset predicting women’s ascent in twentieth century governance.
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Wiley
Henry Somerset
New York Tribune
Tribune
Adam
Eve
Evay
Sybil
When a feller goes hunting for a rest
A fragment from the Chicago Times Herald reflects on enduring love and temptation. The speaker advises not to focus on the thorn behind romance but to cherish its sweet, hopeful nature. The verse uses bold imagery to contrast longing with fidelity.
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Chicago Times+-Herald
Bill O'Shea and Jim O'Shea Duel in Rock River
In a moonlit Rock River town a tense standoff ends with Sheriff Jim O'Shea restraining his drunken brother Bill known as the Wapsey Tiger. After a brutal fight, Jim arrests Bill but assures the mayor he will take him home to recover, not jail. The episode leaves Jim as a county sheriff candidate the following year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hook River
Tarmera
Rook Ran
Olo
Vosey Boys
Steve Nagle
Inez
Bill O’shea
Wapsey Tiger
Red
Bill
Wapsey
Steve Nagle-quail
Dr. Carver
Jim O'Shea
Boston
Tukey
Jim
Bull
Wapsey Prairie
Ranney
Rock River
O'Shea
Ridings
Judge Brown
Foster
Roderigo
Cassio
Cassio Roderigo
Rannoy
Rooney
Jessos
Frero
Jim Cima
Billy
Devil
Loile
Billy Nivir
Perdition
Jim Brokke
Rosa
Fime
Dill
Crota
Ike
Ana
Raived
Ant Jim
Hoe
Jin
Gail
Auner
Bally
Soner
Hamlin Garland
New York Press
Miscellaneous oddities from a bygone era
A collage of quirky notes spans many topics from Maurice Thompson and advertising billboards on Cleveland streetcars to animals injuring and saving lives. It mentions a 94-year-old Unadilla NY cyclist, reindeer lifting limits, a Glasgow funeral rider, a Pennsylvanian newborn, tragic Scranton head-impalement, world university counts, Urbana grandparents, a horse-drawn escape in Missouri, and primitive nose-boring in Australia. It closes with a World’s Fair captive balloon plan for 1900 rising 1950 feet and carrying 160 passengers.
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Maurice Thompson
Las O
Clevelland
Ohio
Helensville
Wis
Amos Holmes
Unadilla
N. Y
New York State
Glasgow
Scotland
Mia
Frank Behr
Boquet
Penn
Walt
Eastport
Berlin
Urbino
Boyd
Urbana
Carteraville
New South Wales
Eiffel
Lemanagail
Making Shot to Water Legend Of Lead And Wall Casting
An old trade tale describes gun powder shots and metal work on a castle wall. Workers fasten iron supports high on a wall and pour lead to secure iron into place. Lead spills into a moat creating globular droplets as soldiers notice the reflective liquid.
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Whey
Tad
Wild Bill Hickox and Brady Leap in Frontier Feats
The Washington Star recounts Wild Bill Hickox gaining his nickname in Independence Missouri and a famed standoff with Jake McCandles, including a storm cellar rescue and a dramatic river crossing. It also recalls Daniel Brady’s legendary clash with Native warriors in Washington County Pennsylvania, his leap across a chasm known as Brody's Leap, and a daring escape through the river gorge.
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Bill Wickox
Army
Washington Star
Army and Navy Club
Hickes
Wild Bill
Independence
Santa Fe
Hickox
Santero
Independenca
Ife
Market Square
Kausag
Battle Row
Kansas
Jake McCandles
MecCandles
Missouri
Sm Friend
Indy
McCandlas
Black Nell
Wild Bill Hickox
No Candlas
Ho Frody
MacCandlas
Wild Hill
Snc
Wild Bi
Kansas City
Samuel Brady
Daniel Boone
Brady
Pennsylvania
Washington County
Indiana
Cuyahoga
Ohio River
Cotosh Camp
Ohio
Ravenna
Portage County
Brody
Flo Zoad
Abduction tale from a retired Pinkerton detective
A former Pinkerton detective recounts a four year old case involving Lula Manchester the daughter of Andrew Manchester abducted from a brownstone at 107 Mast Ninety-second Street. The story details failed leads a ransom demand of 8500 and threats to harm her if paid. The full outcome remains unclear.
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Pinkerton
Hegail
Miss Moore
Rangon
Mast Ninety-second Street
Andrew W. Manchester
Inco
Leonard Street
John E. Borden
Boston
Lula Manchester
Lyme
Worgud
Faenne
Miny Mancheater
Newcastle man earns Albert medal for shark rescue
Hereward Howison of Newcastle, New South Wales, received the Albert medal second class from the Queen after he, with his brother Horace Hewison, battled a shark offshore on November 28 1895. The elder Howison freed his brother’s arm and helped push him toward shore as they escaped without further harm. The incident, reported by the St James's Gazette, highlights a desperate rescue at sea.
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Queen of England
Hereward Howison
Newcastle
New South Wales
New South Wles
Horace Hewison
Tereward Howison
Went
Horace Herison
Mr. Hereward Uowisen
St. James's Gazette
Wasps on a Train Spuraggressive Child Incident
A St Louis train passenger mother and nurse clashed over a three year old boy's behavior. The boy slapped the nurse and screamed as the mother urged patience while the child attacked a wasp. Passengers reacted with amusement as the nurse tried to calm him and the mother insisted he be allowed what he wanted.
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St. Lows
Bricka
Nurney
Harry
Humorous Bits From A Parade Of Tiny Tales
A garland of quips and vignettes from humorous exchanges and stray verses. Jokes range from a milking joke to a gas stove quip, a motherly remark, a sailor tale, and a summer resort mix up. Names tag the sources, with brief captions hinting at the era’s lighthearted tone.
Fragmented 19th century news from Wratlington Itema
A dense, garbled dispatch covers Navy policy, national expeditions, and various political notes. It mentions Secretary Lamont, Newport News gunboats, and updated post office data, plus scattered crime, disasters, and foreign notes including cholera and a Western US strike of cattle.
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Wratlington
Lamont
Michigan
Mackinone Island
Navy Department
Atips la
Chickamauga
Chattanooga
Waller
State Department
McAdoo
Newport Nova
Neahville
Wilmington
Belena
Mare Island
Unadilla
Washington
Rt. Paul's
Atrub
Wilson
Morton
United States
Bear Attack Near Borner a Bay Claims Prospector
The City of Topolis reports a prospector killed after falling into a bear’s cage near Borner a Bay. Two Indian boys fled to safety as the mother bear attacked. The struggle lasted about thirty minutes with the body left unrecognizable.
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Topolis
Alaska
Borner
Mike McDonald
McDonald
New York Advertiser
Severe Winter Grips Australia and New Zealand
Telegrams from Australia report frost and extreme cold across the colonies with rivers and harbors freezing. Berry and Berry River endure record lows as miners suffer hunger and water taps burst. relief funds are issued and communities mobilize for survival amid widespread drought and hardship.
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Australia
Lyttleton Harbor
New Zealand
Fea
Broken Hill
Berry
South Australia
Bombala
Guildburn
New South Wales
Mortyn
South
Anstrola
Wentwworth
Steugelo
Miners oppose brutal Cripple Creek bullfighting show
Miners in Cripple Creek condemn a carnival bullfight promoted by manager Joseph Wolfe thats drawn 6000 spectators to a rough amphitheatre. The event featured two bulls killed amid dire commentary by sheriff and promoters, with miners insisting they do not endorse the display and calling for authorities to stop further cruelty.
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Cripple Creck
Joseph Wolfe
Colorado
el Paso
Cripple Creek
Charita
Danarillos
Garcia
Baquivat
Chuche
Herford
Cheahe
Connecticut's Former Governor Stricken With Apoplexy in Office
Luzon Barritt Morris former Governor of Connecticut died at his New Haven residence from apoplexy. He went to his office at nine and was found unconscious an hour later by tenant Alpernon Morac. Born 1827 in Newtown Fairfield County he studied at Yale and practiced law. He served in the legislature, was judge of the New Haven district court, and was governor after 1892 winning by a clear majority. He married 1850 to Eurenia Tuttle. their six children are living.
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Connecticut
Iis
Luzon Barrilt Morris
New, Haven
Alpernon Ff Morac
Morris
Big Home
Luzon B. Morris
Newtown
Fairfield County
Conn
Yalo
Yale
House of Representatives
Seymour
New Haven
Bonn
Provata
Democratic Party
Supreme
Ant
Eurenia TL. Tuttle
Surprising Diamond Valley Killing Reported by Courier
Burns Oregon dispatch recounts Mifteen Bannocks slain under Ryan Smith’s leadership in Diamond Valley. Smith, seeking revenge for his father’s 1878 murder, led cattlemen to attack a Bannock hunting camp after cattle theft. The one sided clash left fifteen dead Bannocks and two squaws among the casualties.
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Burns
Oregon
Diamond Valley
Ryan Smith
Smith
Jackson's Hole
Thum
Fred
Futurity Race at Coney Island Nets Nequital Victory
The eighth Futurity at Sheepshead Bay saw Nequital, ridden by Griffin, win for David Gideon’s Stable ahead of Pueblo Stable’s Crea Condo in a field of 25,000 spectators. Payouts listed include 63,760 to the winner and smaller sums to the second and other parties. The article notes the race time, the winner’s third Futurity success, and stray dispatches on Chinese anti foreign sentiment and crop prospects in Connecticut. A Newfoundland tragedy follows, detailing the drownings of Lyla Lurbins and Bert Horsche after an accident near Greenwald Lake, with their bodies found clasped in each other’s arms.
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Coney Inland Jockey Club
Sheepshead Bay
David Gideon
Nequital
Griffin
Pueblo Stable
Crea Condo
Macus Daly
Iver
Windur
Gtr
Gidvon
Worlaby
Lyla Lurbins
Bert Ltorhuse
Newfoundland Road
Greenwool Lake
N.J
Bert
Lydia
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Nantasket Beach
Massachusetts
Trenton
N. J
Pionlin
Balloy Moor
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Cheru
Selece Slftings
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Pennd
Land
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Wickox
Poe
Misa Manchester
New York
Commercial Advertiser
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Dalmon
Edith
Kate
Honechold
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Rors
Atranger
Fifth Avenue
Texas
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Pask
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Nevor
Sriggs
Indianapolis Journal
Fannie
Jonnie
Detroit Prep Press
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Mamun
Chiba
Ballimore
Chicago
Cincinnatig
Pittsburg
Brooklyn
St. Louis
Philade
Louisville
Winsted
Ras Boltal
Gillette
Col
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G. A.B. Zecampment
H. H. Holmes
Fi Tevington, Inc
Mttle Howant Pitozal
White Star
Liquor Dealers’ Agroelation
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Kaw Lochan
Oklahoma
Arkansas River
Owarsa
Ill
Monroe Babcock
Farmer
Annia Hoffman
Frank Hoffman
Benator Quay
Harrisburg
Mary Laurenor
Borths
Amoko Dutog
John Smalley
Detective Powers
Duke of Marlborough
Newport
R.I
Aire
William K. Vanderbilt
Afarble House
James Banks
Parente Bicol Company
Braddock
C. I. Debreng
D. A. Buckley
West Broadway
Jessa Isberg
Pine Bluff
Ark
Manny Walker
Edward Price
John J. Tench
Elsie Dunham
Lola Perkins
Minneapolis
Minn
Foreien
Bremerhaven
Ernest de Rohan
Austria
Yamarez
Jiminez
Mexico
Galicia
Bugoslav Poland
Spato
Matougalos
Japan
Chefoo
China
Vladvostook
Hagila
House of Commons
P. T. O'Connor
Anti-Parneliite
Govvernmeunt
Mra
Florence Maybrick
Franco
Eustis Permuasion
Romero
Verastegul
Shanghai
Hoyun
Kun-Soo
Mau
Wilo
Louis Hammond
Katherine
Maas
Mont Blune
Sehourdreber
Progav
Mont Biauc
Switzerland
New Jersey
Kentucky
Dad Mom
Httla
Chiu
Emmy
Cinemoad
Olle
Potars
Jick Robinson
Old Showsonn
Herma
Uiviston
Peters
Robinson
Guna
Flagler
Nebraska
Norfolk
Grand Tsland
Luzon
B. Morris
Bannocks
Chineac
Rom Bhnanghal
Kan-Soo
W. L. Ifa
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