Ten to one women in Johannesburg area and global notes
Ten men to every woman in Johannesburg South Africa. Over 40 million trees planted in Switzerland over seven years to reforest the country. New branches added to Chautauquan curriculum the fine art of not fing stable and the art of letter writing. Reports of farming inquiries in Alabama and a railroad lands manager receiving daily applications from the North and West. Over three hundred electricity using companies in the United States. Copper refined publicly tied to electrical use. Detroit Free Press notes an up to date wedding in Bowling Green Missouri with the groom performing the bridal joke as the city band plays Sea the Conquering Hero Comes. Minnesota health officials ban pencil sharing in schools due to diphtheria and other diseases. France's Francois Gos predicts California wine will rival the best world wines. The Sudee women in India and West Indian women in fueling steamers show strength and labor. New York Mercury details unusual tongue surgeries on a boy after a horse kick and a second tongue growth in another. Wildlife abundance noted across the country with deer in northwestern Maine, big game in western states, and wild swans returning to Puget Sound. Scottish judge holds bull owners responsible for damages caused by wild animals. Horns may not fully prevent danger as long as bulls live.
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Bowie
Texas
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Ellen Quinn
North Carolina
Carolinas
Montagna County
Queen's Peak
Indiana
Vexan
Quinn
Flonr
Ife
the Pank
Atock
Quinn's Peak
Queen's
Texau
West
Clear Creek Canon
Clear Creek
Atchison Globe
Galveston News
Buffalo Courier
Boston Transcript
Vogue
Detroit Free Press
Kansas City Journal
Texas Siftings
Ethel
Fred Herdcash
Trath
Indianapolia Journal
Hicks
Pittsburg Bulletin
Brooklyn
Diverse global notes span crime, health, and travel
The item surveys varied topics including crime figures in Australia, alcohol and health debates in Britain, foreign sailors in England, Brookline wealth, funeral practices in Philadelphia, a critique of Schwenninger cures, Yukon mining earnings, New York self harm statistics, and Missouri road needs with a farmer’s offer to fund gravel roads by stock payments.
Odd historical terms and garbled phrases from a Globe-Democrat notice
A garbled OCR style passage references Scottish teamsters called whigs and terms like whig gam and whiggants, along with misread quips about Heath covenanters. It mentions Porien as bands of Irish outlaws and Celtic torea meaning robber, then notes tirailleurs of the Russian army to be equipped with suuwalies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scotland
Torea
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Prairie Queen Ellen Quinn The Peak Schoolmistress Hero
Ellen Quinn, Irish Cherokee teacher at Queen's Peak in Northern Texas, built and led a frontier school above Bowie. Her influence over whites and Comanches grew until a 1869 raid. she died defending settlers, shot by Indians, with a monument later raised on the peak.
Bismarck and Queen Peak Stones Mark a Grave Site
The article describes stones marking the grave of an Indian queen on a summit after which a peak was named. It recounts Bismarck smoking his long pipe amid attentive attendants, noting dogs near him and a gift of one dog from the young Emperor. The dialogue covers the origin of the phrase gone to the dogs and memories of Carl Schurz, ending with reflections on a century of blessed marriage at the historic home.
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Bismarck
Schwenninger
Queen
Naver
Biamarck
Germany
America
Carl Schurz
Bud Schurz
Justice of the Peace
Secretary bird defends eggs and feasts on snakes
The secretary bird, South Africa's snake eater, fights snakes with swift strikes and wing blocks, then stomps the prey to end the encounter before swallowing it tail first. Protected by law for eating venomous snakes, it can be trained to guard poultry yards amid other feats.
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South Africa
Planta
Secretary Bird
Cape
St. James's
Artificial marble from chalk mimics real stone
The Washington Star notes a new method to produce marble from chalk by soaking in mineral oxide then silicate to fuse particles. The resulting material resembles natural marble in hardness and polish but cannot replace real stone for statuary or thicker slabs beyond six inches.
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Washington Star
Threatened Missouri River Flood Doom East Atchison
The Missouri River flood threatens the town of East Atchison Missouri across from Atchison Kansas. The river has traced a new channel for months washing away hundreds of acres of land and now menaces nearly a mile of East Atchison. The deprived town faces loss of millions in property and possible ruin as residents fear rapid erosion and collapse of holdings.
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East Atchison
Afa
Atchison, Kan
Atchison
Dolinis
Rapilly
Budget of Fun and Humorous Sketch Fragments
A collage of comic snippets from various sources begins with titles like Destiny Heirlooms Only That and The Hosh Slings er's Mistake, followed by Cultivating the Mosed. It features quips about grandfathers’ boots, an author failing to gain readers, a tramp asking for food, and a neighbor’s comment on a new house, all in a lighthearted, newspaper-friendly tone.
Dusty carriage quarrel over open window
A passenger offers a whisk broom to a dusted old lady and jokes about walking, while others discuss dressing choices and a chrysanthemum in a humorous Chicago Record snippet.
Awful pretty girl captives Thmmins in courting tale
The Indianapolis Journal quotes a playful remark about Thmmins being smitten with a very pretty girl he is engaged to. A friend notes Timmins fears losing sight of her face if he ever refused her visits, joking about gas lights.
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Thmmins
Timmins
Indianapolis Journal
Narrow Escape and Schoolroom Jokes Chronicle
A collage of humorous exchanges and light sketches from early 20th century papers. An older man recalls a twenty five year moment by the altar while a child answers a riddle about an apple core. A teacher tests parts of speech with a kiss query and a tearful Miss Mobet laments Horace.
Remembered Love and a Party Reunion Across Six Years
A Philadelphia Times story recalls a lovers parting with vows to meet no other, six years later the same couple reunite at a party only to realize they hardly know each other now. The piece blends sentimental memory with a humorous newspaper style anecdote.
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Tatoo
Philadelphia Times
Great Llama Quest and Distorted Aboriginal Names
Prince Galitzin of Russia plans an expedition to Tibet to meet the grand Llama in Lasso, aiming to enter the sacred city. His travels span 1200 miles from Samarcand to Irkutsk, Vladivostok, Japan, and the United States, with future routes toward Alaska and northern Canada. The piece also discusses European transcription of aboriginal names and offers examples like Youghiogheny, Mirgineippi, and Cheyenne.
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Prince Galitzin
Russia
Geographical Society of
St Petersburg
Thibet
Lasso
Pamir Table Land
Indias
Samarcand
Quenlun Mountains
Turkistan
Siberia
Irkutsk
Lake Baikal
Sibera
Vladivostok
Japan
Vancouver
United States
Lassa
trans-Siberian Railway
Bering Sea
Alaska
British Colubia
Picayune
Household Matters and Food Tips From Old Recipes
Domestic hints cover cake batter, gelatine methods, poaching apples for preserves, bread and pastry oven care, steaming crusts, fat reuse for frying, stain removal, window cleaning with kerosene, fresh fish selection, peanut sandwiches, garlic vinegar, lace drying, and a tip to prevent lumps in batter while detailing proper flour to liquid ratios for gravies and soups.
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Boston
Mystery birth in Kentucky Cook names newborn Grover Cleveland Cook
The Kentucky Register reports Mrs. William Cook, aged 68, bore a ten-pound boy named Grover Cleveland Cook. Her husband is 72. The baby has several brothers and their grandfather is named in the notice as well. The item reads with a curious emphasis on age and family.
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Kentucky Register
Richmond
William Cook
Grover Cleveland Cook
Watcher in the Vale of the Shadow Poem
The passage describes a spiritual struggle and dawning hope as faith sees a halo in darkness. It portrays a loved one returning with the morning, turning sorrow to joy, and ends with a note of renewed hope after trial.
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Glinia
C. Turner
PITH AND POINT Jokes and quips from the era cited
A collection of wry one liners and comic exchanges from several papers. Jests touch on politics money love etiquette misfortune and daily life with quips about a dead crow a pianist a gunboat and a barber. Several jokes use familiar silhouettes such as doctors mothers and widows and feature punchlines about misfortune manners and money.
Edwin Booth posters his own bills in Honolulu tale
Willis Bispham recalls Edwin Booth in 1854 traveling to the Sandwich Islands with David C. Anderson. Booth posted play bills each night, using paste and a bucket, after a native worker ate the posted plate by mischance. Booth claims he never ate the paste.
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Willis -Bispham
Edwin Booth
Sandwich Islands
Ime
David C. Anderson
Australis
Royal Hawaiians Theatre
Booth
Edwin
Death by own act by former Speaker in 1843
An 1843 episode in Congress shows the Speaker of the House, briefly suspected of plagiarism, dying by suicide after a trusted friend prepared a valedictory. The ex Speaker, overwhelmed by the session’s pressures and betrayal, shot himself upon learning the plan to publish a copied address.
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United States
Hansa of Representatives
Spoo
Congress
Aaron Barr
Himnelf
New York
Ribune
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Switzerland
Thera
Alabame
Bowling Green
Minnecots
Francois Gos
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India
West Indian Islands
New York Mercury
Deek
Maine
Etotes
Benra
Pennsylvania
Baya
Puget Sound
Washington State
S Scotch
Nfo
Laue
Australia
London Hospital
Britain
England
Brookline
Philadelphia
Saya
New York Tribune
Beattie
Washington
Yukon
Yukon River
Birch Creek
Forty Mil Creek
New York News
Icad
Sani
New York Post
Missouri
Kansas City Times
Howard County
Missour
Rocheport
Jackman’s Mill
Esme
Ashland Church
Fayetta
Losa
Botha
Eugene Fluid
Ladies* Home Journal
Tiwaa
Hosh
Intc
Tirmloour
Chicago
H. W
Newport News
Neey
HALY
Charles
Henwy
Chaltese
Patal
Mr. Smawll
Chicago Tribune
Bobby
Johnny
Fido
Chicago Inter-Ocean
Prudent Horace
Vansar College
Vogne
Bloobumper
Desaill
Doszill
Dossill
New York Press
Governor Pattison
Board of Agriculture
Kittanning
Pattison
Dayton
Orphan's School
Tanse
Inez
Pittsburg
Youghioghoney
Mirgineippi
Tennessey
St. Louis Republic
New York World
Jellizd
Brarget
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