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A wide collage reports diverse items from 19th century life. It notes Btatistica counts NYC English speakers, Rev Talmage sermons published nationwide, German Crown Prince drawings sold at auction, and Waite finishing a monograph. It covers Florida Everglades drainage, French and US life expectancies, Montreal petitions, and Holland royal electors. It also mentions Abyssinian war preparations, signaling balloons, and a House of Commons vote on hereditary prorogation. Further items include German frontier forts, Washington family arms, a Savannah Masonic lodge sale, quinine competition, Krause Africa voyage discoveries, Empress Victoria on women’s uplift, Pennsylvania coal production and labor counts.
Auto barn siege ends as Mexican desperado dies in flames
A Mexican cowboy known as Wright, employed at Henry O. Steadman’s Oakland ranch, resists capture after killing Steadman. Surrounded in a barn near Burt County, Nebraska, he fires on pursuers, is slain as flames engulf the structure, and the crowd buries his body in corn.
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Henry O. Steadman
Oakland
Nob
Johnson, Anderson
Aten Wright
Burt County
Steadman
Mer
M. P. Johnson
Charles
Bormian
Charles Johnson
Tango
Wright
F.F. Parlor
Tokamah
McCabe
Burlington
Edgar Everatt
Everett
King Crazy John the Blind Vendor in Colon Panama
A vivid sketch describes Crazy John, a blind old man in Colon Panama known as an African king by rumor. He wanders yards and sheds, singing on streets and wharves, amid tales of a vanished sovereign realm and capture for Congo slave trade.
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Crazy John
Colon
Panama
Nalaver
Congo
John
New York World
Fractured OCR Comedy Snippet With Repeated Lines
A fragmented dialogue block shows quirky chatter about oysters and crackers. Nonsensical phrasings repeat and a waiter is asked for more drinks in a redacted scene.
Man Adopted by Rabbits Roams Nevada Ranch
A hermit in Mound Valley Nevada lives among hundreds of friendly jack rabbits on his ranch. The rabbits follow him, jump around his cabin, and even nuzzle his fingers as he drives cattle. He has taught them tricks and they now rival civilization, raising questions about ownership of his house.
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Mound Valley
Nev
Tollow
Baok
Tie
New York Sun
Pulpit Digression on a Trotting Beast at Sixteenthly
A Southern New Hampshire circuit preacher pauses mid sermon as a trotting horse crosses a wooden bridge. He nods to the congregation and declares the horse a mighty trotting beast, delivering the next section of the discourse with confident humor.
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New Mempshire
Grova
The Sailor and the Anthem
An old sailor mishears a church anthem and explains it comically to a companion. He struggles with the words, insisting the phrase would be a true anthem only if it included a handspike and repeated syllables.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill
Nabob's Tomb to Rival Great Monuments in San Francisco
A Washington correspondent reports architect plans for Senator Stanford's mausoleum in San Francisco. The granite temple, 25 feet square with sphinxes and bronze gates, will cost about 100000 dollars. It will house three sarcophagi for Stanford, his wife, and their son, with interiors of white marble and elaborate inscriptions.
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Washington
Philadelphia Press
Senator Stanford
San Francisco
Jay Gould
Woodlawn
Vandar‘hilt
Yuguenots
Staten "Island
Vermont
Italy
Barre
San Franecisco
Stanford
Newman
Rmaihond
Macallad
Handedness by palm orientation puzzle misread
A writer riffs on a scientist's remark about distinguishing left from right by palm orientation. The piece notes a simple test: point the thumb, align fingers, and deduce left or right by direction.
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Scienco
A Valuable Cat for Tricks in Athens
A Athens woman has trained a cat for two years to perform many actions on command. The animal will go upstairs and fetch items such as a hat shawl or handkerchief when prompted, showcasing remarkable tricks for a pet.
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Athens
Win
Chrontolo
Dressmakers Warn Against Color Combinations
A New York dressmaker declares customers err in pairing colors with black and neutrals. She advises against wearing green or blue with black and notes combinations like bright red with navy blue or pink over blue, stressing cautious use of yellow.
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Dianci
New York
Telegram
Orchid Woman and Russia's Harvest Women Unite
A feature outlines a New York woman who built a floriculture business after teaching, marrying, and saving, then partnering with sisters. It shifts to a Moscow letter noting Russian women perform two thirds of farm work, harvesting with scythes, while men do “gentlemanly” tasks, and highlights women in bee culture, silk production, architecture, interior design, decoration, and floral artistry.
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New York
Ad Lee
Jersey
Renaton
Russia
Moscow
Los Angeles
Cal
Efo
Working Women Lunches Signal Progress at City Hall
An Astor House observer notes two quiet women at lunch saying steak symbolizes substantial progress of working women in the city. The remark links daily meals to broader labor advancement and social change.
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Astor House
Fhula City
Luncheon Habits Change for Working Women in New York
A New York Mail and Express note describes a shift from lone desk lunches to substantial noon meals. Women like Susan King frequent downtown restaurants, moving from tea and bread to chops and pie, with uptown venues offering better options. The piece ties improved midday meals to healthier work and higher earnings, while noting broader fashion and science snippets alongside lifestyle observations.
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Susan King
Renal Estata Speculator
Astor House
Bark Row
Broadway
Eighth
Twelfth Street
Fourteenth Street
Gmones
Yhaey
Wig
Woman's Exchange
Fifth Avenas
Guo
New York Mail and Express
Foolahs of Africa and their American descendants
The Kansas City Star recounts legends of the Foolahs a white tribe from western Africa noted for slave trading and later said to have settled in Southern Louisiana producing descendants who blend African and European traits. The piece frames these people as precursors of a population in Louisiana with strong features and controversial ancestry.
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Ricter Taggard
Africa
South
Timbuctoo
Kong Mounthing
Louisians
Louisiana
Aura
Kansas City
Frightened Off Wife Mocksnore Suspect Entry Attempt
A humorous Epoch item quotes a wife claiming she scared off intruders by snoring loudly. The husband responds with disbelief, suggesting the noise may have frightened them away.
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Kamsure
Toha
Burelas
Million in Gold Lurks in Whitewood Stream Pulp
A long article reports a hidden gold stash in Whitewood stream pulp from Womestake ore. A 19th century plan involved damming a valley to trap tailings for precious metal recovery. Floods broke the dam, but vast gold remains in the pulp near the railroad bridge and could yield over a million. Also notes a three year old's saying about cold weather.
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Whitewood
Whitewood Bridge
Black Hills Times
Herma
Boston Courier
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New York City
Dr Talmage
Waite
Ohio
Everglades
Florida
Munhall’s
France
United States
Montreal
Canada
Holland
Low Countries
William
Alexander Paul Frederick Louis
Noordeindo
Abyssinia
House of Commons
Great Britain
Labouchere
War Office
Thorn
Vistula
Dirachay
J. D. Mackelzie
Kingston
Aletherpe
England
Georgé Washington
Washingtons
Mackenzie
Savannah
Bolomon
Lopez
Havana
Gottlob Adolf “Krause
Victoria
Germany
International Council of Women
Pennsylvania
Saward
Coal Tray Journal
Miggis
George Reed Cromwell
Johnson
Svay
Everath
Jay
Charles Wise
Atona
Ita
Tarquaire
Rio Pardo
India
Brazil
New-York
Mart and Express
Brazt
Oberstein
Army
Navy
Begatti
Pitti Palace
Florance
Soxatti
Court Journal
Mir Smith
Tam
Nabob
Tournarp
Chicago
Proctor
Electric
William & Bryant
Boston
Edison
Sheerness
Sumatra
Walter G. Murphy
Comp Prossettith
Beck
London
Tugland) Street Tramways Company
Dublin
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