Tibbie's Nightmare and a Uncle John's Rescue in Paris
A young couple, Tibbie and Jack, in Paris face dire need after a fire leaves them destitute. Ill husband sick, Tibbie contemplates theft to save him but is thwarted by a timely wake from a nightmare. Uncle John arrives, funding relief and reversing their desperate fortunes in moments.
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Tibbie
Jack Ashcourt
Elizabeth
Libbie
Jock Ashcourt
King
Jock
Paris
Jack
Eve
Sam
John
Tibi
Joack
Blujhead
Uncle John
Pestriana
Pleinly
California Pearls and the Gulf of California Fishery
The pearl fisheries in the Gulf of California yield valuable harvests with pearls sold for high prices in Europe. In 1790 a collar gem valued by crowns. brown pearls fetch 3000 dollars, black ones 10000, and a lustrous stone 6000 sold in Paria. A San Francisco company partly runs the industry, employing about four hundred men. Oysters are lifted, opened at depots, and the business has uncertain yields with potential large profits in slow periods.
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Gulf of California
Spain
Paria
Europe
California
San Francisco
Ipapedora
Nader
Waterspouts and Sea Serpents Aboard Babcock
The Babcock, an American clipper, faced violent storms near the Horn and at the Amazon mouth, including two waterspouts and a sea serpent sighting. Captain Graham recounted aiming rifles at a waterspout base, causing it to tremble and vanish, while a later sea serpent was described as a thirty to forty foot greenish creature near the River Amazon.
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W. F. Babcock
San Francisco
New York
Babcock
Graham
Geotham
Amazon
Atlantic
South America
Kit Carson Heroics Against Apaches Recovers Prisoner
William Thompson recounts Kit Carson rescuing a Pah-Ute prisoner from an Apache band in Arizona. Carson and an ally chased the captors, cut the binds, and fought through arrows to safety, then halted a pursuing group with a rifle shot. The tale portrays Carson as fearless, selfless, and beloved by those who know him.
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Arizona
Kit Carson
Gelf
Carson
Kit
Mit Cargon
Wwilliam Thompson
New York Sun
Canadian Pacific Sues Over Landslides From Irrigation
A Canadian Pacific Railway suit seeks an injunction against colonel Robert B Stanton and James D Schuyler to stop irrigation along the Thompson River. Experts blame irrigation for mass landslides that have undercut tracks and caused costly reconstructions. The jury sided with the railway, attributing slides to irrigation.
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Canadian Pacific Railway
British Columbia
Robert B. Stanton
Jomea D. Schuyler
Canadian Pacific Railway Company
Thompson River
Saya
Vinegar Bible Alleged Typo Shocks Early 18th Century Readers
The Vinegar Bible earned its nickname from a laughable 1717 misprint where Luke's twentieth chapter read The Parable of the Vinegar. Most copies were destroyed, yet a few survived before the error was found. Reportedly no more than a dozen copies remain in existence.
Apoplexy deaths rise sharply in England since 1850
The article notes a remarkable increase in apoplexy deaths in England since 1850. In the sixteen years ending 1866 the mortality was 157 per 1,000,000, while the previous year showed a ratio of 577 per 1,000,000 inhabitants, indicating a dramatic rise.
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England
Treasury
Land Administration
United States Tressury Department
Washington
Great Price for Shipping Channels Traffic Volume
The record notes extensive maritime activity with over a thousand ships of various kinds and frequent passage through the English Channel daily. It mentions about two hundred vessels near Land's End preparing to depart or move toward the Channel.
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English Channel
Land's End
Channel
Mrs Tilton Regains Sight After Long Blindness
Mrs Theodore Tilton has recently recovered her sight after two years of blindness. She has changed little in twenty years with only a hint of gray at the temple remaining evident.
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Theodore Tilton
McKinley Inaugural Speech Calls for Fiscal Reform
The inaugural address urges a safe money system under government supervision and a cautious tariff revision. It advocates a fiscal commission, budget restraint, and anti inflation measures while supporting arbitration with Britain and civil service reform. It also emphasizes citizenship, immigration, and preserving order.
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Congress
Isaab
Friends of the Country
Washington Items From The Capitol And World News
Secretary Sherman negotiates a rights of naturalized citizens treaty with Spain while Cuba and domestic issues stir Congress. Sugar duties rise to 68 to boost revenue by 20 million. The Fifty-fourth Congress shows large appropriations and confirmations falter. Reports chronicle fires, fires, earthquakes, crimes, and a wide array of international tensions involving Spain Cuba Greece Turkey and Latin America.
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Sherman
Leo
Havana
Sylvester Scovel
New York
Bilas
Interior Department
Spain
House
Ways and‘ Means
Cannon and
Sayers
House Appropriations Committee
Congress
Fifty-fourth Congress
McKinley Fs
Banate
McKinley
White House
Ways and Means Committee
Gao
Gage
Treasury Department
President McKinley
John Sherman
Mrs Beech er Dean dies in Bramford home
Mrs Henry Ward Beecher died at her son in law Rev Samuel Suorille’s Bramford Connecticut home after weeks of illness. Born Kuntee White Bullard in West Sutton Massachusetts she married Henry Ward Beecher in 1837 and lived in Lawrenceburg Indiana Indianapolis and Brooklyn Plymouth Church. Survived by four of ten children she wrote extensively on domestic life and published three books including Reminiscences of a Minister’s Wife and Letters from Florida.
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Bitn Leedale Do Nata
Ricardo Ruiz
Cuba
New York
Laura Duncan
Brooklyn
N. Y
Charles Goddard
Evangelist D. L. Moody
R. A. Torrey
Chicago
Cleveland
Gulf of Mexico
Benedict
New York State Senate
Wilcox
G. Rinnbollad
Astor House
Edward J. Russell
Jenks
John A. Henerson
Tallahassee
Florida Central and
Pentonsula Raitlroad
Boen
Unitel States
Bloxtam
Carl
Julio Sougully
New York City
Havyaun
Weyler
Leo
Lord
Oregon
H. W. Corbett
United States
Corbett
United States Senate
First National Bank of
Portland
Boston
Ningira Falls
Oklahoma Senate
Johnson
Joseph A. Insigi
Georgia
North Carolina
Peorio
Middle States
Ohio
Indiana
St. Lauia
Indisnapolis
Goulding Block
Worcester
Maso
Kay County
Oklahoma
Lizzie McDonald
Eighth and
Barry Streets
St. Louis
Hinsdale
Mass
Botasy Beaultiog Barrett
Slopover
Ving
Bilas Darrett
Henry Ward Deecher
Yamuel Suorille
Bramford
Conn
Booeher
West Sutton
Dmass
Bullard
Eanico Waite
Kuntee ‘White Bullard
Worcester County
Hadley
Massachusetts
Mr. Beecher
Amherst Colley
Miss Bullard
Henry Ward Doepher
Indy
Mr. Beechur
Lawrenceburg
Lod
Weat Batton
Yeira
Captain Hart Sentenced for Cuban War Aid
Captain John D. Hart was sentenced by Judge Butler in Philadelphia to two years in prison and a fine of $5,000 plus costs for aiding a private expedition to Cuba aboard the steamship Laurada and Bermuda. The court condemned the act as grave, noting national honor and peace, with Hart to begin imprisonment immediately amid notable sympathy.
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John D. Hart
Cuba
Butler
Philadelphia
Judgs Butler
Frak Mportiog
Bia
Bermuda
Laurada
Arma
Hart
United States Supreme Court
McKinney
Oldest man claim dies in Mexico at 154 years
Jeans Campeche of Guadalajara reportedly died on Friday aged 154, asserting birth in Spain in 1742. He lived with his great great grandson, showed Valladolid church registers, and recalled events of the 1700s. A priest who remembers him says Campeche seemed old since childhood.
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Jeans Campeche
Guadalajara
Mexico
Spain
Valladolid
Campecheng
Witchcraft murder shocks Stoneyail India Territory
Mrs Lary Gilchrist daughter of Judson Colling died in allegations of witchcraft. Lucy Fatertor named as witch. Gilchrist husband and a friend shot her. All are Indians. Gilchrist and companion were arrested but released and not bound over for trial.
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Stoneyail
Indian Territory
Lary Gilchrist
Judson Colling
Lucy Facetor
Gilchrist
Oman
Four Men Die in Mountain Avalanche Near Park City Utah
A heavy rock slide from a mountain peak west of the Morgan Mine near Park City Utah struck a Daly Mine bunk house, killing four men. Nine slept inside. two were rescued an hour later. Bodies of Nicholas Pals James Keating Nicholas Puffeto and Joseph Zuces were recovered.
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Morgan Mine
Park City
Utah
Daly Mine
Tivo
Nicholas Pals
James Keating
Nicholas Puffeto
Joseph Zuces
Wolves cause troops to guard roads in Prussia
Heavy snowstorms in Posen and eastern Prussia drive large packs of wolves onto roads, forcing soldiers to guard crossings as forests spill predators into travel routes. The situation reflects harsh winter conditions and security concerns along eastern front lines.
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Posen
Prasain
Fragmented OCR Global Outlook Reports Vague Figures
A garbled OCR passage cites disparate figures and places including Constan inople Alaska Greece Egypt Cairo New Zealand and Kansas. It mentions aid amounts, train balances, employment terms, and printed quantities but contains many misspellings and unclear references.
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DE Estunn
Sean Renxeth
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Promised Land
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William Walkinson
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Joe" Gaff
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Moreira Cwaar
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James Whitcomb Riley
Emil Zon
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