Vast Scene of Oddities From A Distant Era
A miscellany notes anti vivisection claims hydro phobia myth says. over two million Americans hold life insurance. Arizona is described as the nation’s sixth largest division with 113000 square miles. Accounts of peach orchards in Georgia and a Nebraska wolf bounty are included. Madrid cites Spain’s Cuba subsidies as costly. Napoleon’s Moscow defeat and relics stories appear. Lady Burton’s will and Comstock’s literary guardianship provoke intrigue. global estates and legal quagmires loom for heirs in America.
Hope and resilience bloom from present suffering
The poem speaks of God veiling purpose yet urging hopeful endurance. Through sorrow and loss, hardship refines the spirit, turning alloy from the cross into strength. Man rises as a pilgrim, learning that loss leads to a greater gain.
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Frank Patoam
Chicago Times
Dueling in France and a Florida Card Sharp Duel
A narrator recalls two duels in different eras and places. In France, he fights D Arbley after insults about a beloved woman, is wounded in the shoulder, and the foe agrees to end the quarrel over breakfast. In Florida, he battles a card sharper during a winter visit, outmaneuvers him in a tree, and forces him to surrender guns into a water pool.
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Jean
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Riviera
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Oerside
Albion
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Teat Tean
M’siou
Imine
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Kel
Hlibon
Oascard
Totuud
Fromt Minal
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Os Costum
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D’arblay
M'siou
Monsieur
Florida
Pudaontio
Everglades
Brute
Thad
Leela
Elf Hall
Smitler
Pioneering Power News From Science and Industry Glances
A roundup notes phosphorus used to make 1,000,000 matches and asbestos replacing hot-water bottles in hospitals as electrotherm. It covers drought-free eucalyptus regions in Southern California, electrified street railways in Mexico City, and global weather days in Ireland England Kozan and Siberia. It also mentions a fast water-cooled train idea, a 400-pound four-seat car, and long distance Swiss telephones. It cites Charles Stewart on 334,000 body hairs and bacteriologists estimating 1500 to 14,000 microbes inhaled hourly in London.
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California
Mexico
Ireland
England
Kozan
London
New York Central
New York
Albany
Charles Stewart
British
Royal Institution
Hoe
Woman Spots Man Hiding in Vacant San Francisco House
A married woman viewing a Vacillo avenue house for rent heard noises from an upper room and found a man hiding in a closet. She locked the door and alerted police. The man, owner of the home, had entered to change clothes and was forced to hide until authorities arrived.
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Abe
Nouw
San Francisco
Kentucky
John Wallingford
Miss Wallingford
Walter Hannon
Vermont
Wallingford
Hannon
Grayson
Queen and Archduke aid dying girl in Madrid act
A royal gesture in Madrid as Queen and Archduke Eugene stop their carriage to assist at the extreme unction of Maria Louisa Fuentes, daughter of a famous actor, after meeting a priest in Paseo de Aranjo. The Queen later sent funds to cover funeral costs amid public praise.
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Archduke Eugene
Austria
Paseo de Araneros
Madrid
Ganleo Street
Maria Louisa Fuentes
Ninety One Year Old Minister Still Serves Without Salary
Elder Jonathan Van Cleve, pastor of Indian Creek Baptist Church, at ninety one continues active ministry in Montgomery County. He travels to preach across the central states, often at his own expense, and serves on alternating Sundays in various pulpits, remaining sharp in mind and memory. Indianapolis News.
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Montgomery County
Jonathan van Cleve
Indian Creek
Wonderful Changes In a Fish Color In a Trout Called Black Burn
A trout species named black burn reportedly shifts color when removed from water. In a white jar it turns nearly albino in 2 to 3 days, in a dark vessel it becomes brick colored, and in a glass plate it becomes nearly invisible.
Thrilling Adirondack deer ride ends with tree rescue
A trapper Jerry Thompson survives a wild bucking ride in the Adirondacks after clinging to a tree limb as a buck chased him. Actor James O Neill aids two boys during an eagle attack on Mount Haggin in Montana. A railroad dispatcher recounts a dramatic boarding escape, and a Kentucky love story ends with a secret marriage between a daughter and her hired man.
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Erry Thompson
Jerry
Adirondacks
James O'Neill
Mount Haggin
Anaconda
Montana
O'Neill
Anaconia
Thong
Ray
Tom
No. 6
Cooper's Hawk Known as North’s Most Prolific Game Destroyer
An old accusation claims the cooper's hawk drives quail flocks to leap into trees and die from collisions, greatly increasing its apparent kill. The bird ranges from Newfoundland to Mexico, winters south of Massachusetts, and feeds on game birds amphibians and small mammals while occasionally risking injury to its prey.
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Ilinois
Newfoundland
Mexico
Massachusetts
Bird migration patterns show males precede females
The New York Sun notes males arrive first in spring as robins and similar species migrate, with females following later perhaps due to weaker flight or social chatter. In autumn, old males depart first while females travel with young, caring for their welfare and continuing training.
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New York Sun
The Lightning Susceptibility of Trees
A German investigator Fouoren concluded trees’ lightning risk hinges on latex and starch content rather than soil and light. Recent studies suggest season affects oil and starch levels, with oils dominating in spring and starch in autumn, altering a tree’s lightning receptivity.
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Washington Items Report Mixed Treasury and War News
The United States gold reserve stands at 104,893,529 with pledges from Philadelphia banks boosting to 112,000,000 after redemption. Auditor Baldwin completed sugar bounty claim compilation. 86,085,160.66 cents in claims, 5,000,000 appropriated for bounty, 82 percent of claims approved to be paid. Brigadier General Richard N. Bachelder retired from active service and awarded a Medal of Honor for gallantry against Mosby’s guerrillas. Turkish reports cite Christian insurgents in Crete burning mosques and killing civilians. Gold withdrawals from the Treasury totaled 59,800 with 49,700 coin and 610,100 in bank. New York banks added 875,000 gold coin to the Sub-Treasury, lifting the reserve to 603,051,891. A Medal of Honor was presented to Richard Seddows for Spottsylvania. Ye Pom Gin named Korea minister to the United States. Various city scores and incidents follow, including a boiler explosion in Ohio, a deadly shooting in Chicago, floods in West Virginia and Ohio, and a large paper mill incident in Philadelphia.
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William Henry Smith
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Major McKinley
Canton
Northern Pacific Railroad
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Mary Bogardus Livingston
Annandale
William Hennessy
Simonton
Camden
James J. Coogan
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George Wallace Jones
Dubuque
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W. ©. Whitney
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William Willey
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