When Hungerford Fends Off a Mountain Mob Night Attack
A Kentucky mountain family escapes a mob by gunfire as John Hungerford, his wife, and a stranger plan defense. The assailants aim to whip Hungerford for siding with neighbors, and a dawn doctor visit follows after gunfire leaves two dead and three wounded.
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John Hungerford
Hunogerford
Howdy
John
Mrs. Hunger
Hungerford
Bertin
Bassett
Jimi” “Rockon
Mary
Oldhams
Bassetta
Mia. Hungerford
Lex
Wungerford
Basgotts
Oldham
Torsin
Rickon Iorter
Mebbs
Tilly
Satene
Allo
Gol
Potter Palmer Palace Mansion Astonishes Chicago
Potter Palmer, Chicago's millionaire, resides in a house described as a castle in style with a Moorish dome atop a rotunda. Doors open to a circular hall, marble pillars, and a satin panelled elevator. The home includes a gymnasium, shooting gallery, and playrooms for two sets of children aged twelve and fourteen with tailored instruction.
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Potter Palmer
Chicago
Hikes Castle
Palmer
Speci Lly
Strange Dishes Food Made of Hedgehogs Snakes and Snails
A critical survey of unconventional foods praised for novelty and flavor. It notes hedgehogs, snakes, snails, frogs, and other creatures as delicacies in various European regions. The piece compares tastes and social attitudes toward eating unusual animals, with historical prejudices and culinary curiosity.
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London Saturday Review
Russia
England
Gaeta
Naples
Central
Germany
Paris
Romes
Oggf
Gonos
Pearls of Thought Advice and Reflection
A compact moral meditation on honesty effort forgiveness and duty. It contrasts honesty with dereliction of aim and links patient perseverance to success while warning that unkindness and resentment harm the self. It suggests pleasure fades but endeavor endures and highlights forgiveness as social glue. It ends with home as a source of light.
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Gondi
Hope
Care of inflamed eyes cautions against bandaging
A medical note warns that tying or bandaging an inflamed eye is harmful. It blocks cooling air and tears. It increases pain when a foreign body is present. The author prefers a neatly fitting shade over the eye to exclude light while permitting airflow.
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New Yorker
Tlrman
Egypt
Boylak
Aonia
Weighing Man's Thoughts and Brain Blood Flow
Italian physiologist Professor Mosso used a large balance to measure the body in a horizontal position and concluded that thoughts can be weighed by the brain’s blood flow. He noted that dreaming or listening to sounds can alter head balance and pulse, indicating mental activity affects circulation.
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Mosso
Glaciers described in Alaska and Switzerland awe readers
A vivid travel sketch recalls Alaska's Muir glacier and Swiss ice fields. The piece compares Niagara like termini, vast blue ice, and dramatic mountain backdrops, celebrating glacier scenery and navigation risks. It also notes seven as a sacred number across biblical and religious contexts with examples.
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Mounthing
Islands
Cascades
Switzerland
Alaska
Davidson—placier
Niagara Falla
Muir Glacier
Muchors
New York
Express
Pine straw bagging could replace jute bagging in the south
The Atlanta Constitution argues pine straw bagging from North Carolina may replace costly jute bagging, testing by fire water and hooks. It notes the south spends $5 million yearly on jute bagging and believes home manufacture would keep wealth local and weaken the bagging trust.
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Atlanta Constitution
South
North Carolina
New York Exchange
Baggage Trust
Ancient Hair Care Myths From Papyri
The text discusses ancient hair care and cosmetic beliefs. It notes recipes to prevent gray hair using blood from black cattle and donkeys’ tooth in honey for strengthening hair. It mentions salves absorbing oil via palm placers at feasts and critiques the unpleasant practices.
Man Falls From Union Station Roof in Indianapolis Accident
Calvin D. Singleton a 27 year old switchman attempted to walk the roof of the new Union station in Indianapolis Indiana. He stepped onto the Te0l sixty seet and fell through a glass roof onto the waiting room floor in a busy scene. His hand was crushed and several people narrowly avoided being crushed by the falling body.
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Calvin D. Singleton
Vandalla
Union Station
Indianapolis
Ind
Chicago Tribune
Rust removal by chlorite of tin bath treatment
A method to remove rust from iron uses immersion in a nearly saturated chlorite of tin bath. Objects stay 12 to 24 hours depending on rust thickness, with care to avoid excess acid. After bath, rinse in water and ammonia, yielding dull silver appearance that can be polished to restore normal luster.
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Scientific American
Halibut fishery details and processing in New England
The article outlines halibut size ranges from ten to two hundred fifty pounds with females heavier, notes exceptional catches over three hundred pounds, and describes fishing grounds from Gloucester to Iceland. It covers catching depths, diet, and the sale, salting, drying, smoking, and ice storage of halibut, plus a vivid scene of decapitating large fish for packing. It also mentions bait challenges and the spread of the fishery beyond provincial waters.
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Collins
New England
John Smith
Virginia
Paris
Gloucester
Iceland
George’s
Grand Bank
Cadiz
Harper's
Church Edifices in this Country
Public Opinion notes the United States hosts under 7000 Catholic churches, about 41000 Baptist houses of worship, around 4000 Congregationalist churches, roughly 18000 Presbyterian churches, about 4600 Episcopal churches, and nearly 47000 Methodist churches in the nation.
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United States
Baptists
Congregationalista
Presbyterians
Protestant Episcopala
Methodists
Publio Opinion
Scientific Scraps and Oddities from A Far-Flung Page
A collage of curiosities notes a huge elephant fossil find, gender casting in scripts, beet root pests controlled by fungi, extreme temperatures in medical cases, and a Brazil hair experiment. It mentions cane sugar origins, ancient earth timelines, ringed light photography of eyes, and a hunt where two dogs duel over a deer, revealing canine instinct.
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Russia
Brazil
Dr. Rhephard
the Lancet
Ong
Doc
Tor
Rith
Northport Mar ine Curio Scudder Finds Scallop Oyster Hybrid
Captain Scudder of Northport Long Island sends the New York Telegram a remarkable shell twin, a scallop and oyster fused into one creature. The fluted scallop edge resembles porcelain while half the oyster is fused and the meat tastes of the scallop's juice. Several examples were found, described as a freak of nature.
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Northport
Long Island
Captain Scudder
New York Telegram
Scudder
Fragmented dialogue from a historical text about ennui and cure
A corner of a period scene shows a woman addressing a tramp. He answers with belt of ennui and a joke about Lungor and a wish to be born a curly haired poodle, illustrating social distress and bleak mood.
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