Fragmented Odds And Ends From A Bustling Era
A scattered compilation of quotes and notes covers diverse topics from fashion and crime to education and industry. It references a Danter in Wilkesbarre sentencing quarrelsome women, Premier Silvio aboard a cruiser, and New York office boys finding pennies for finds. It also cites Galveston relief, elementary agriculture in schools, and a London labor shortage driving wages higher for office boys and clerks.
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London
What does the census show in a crowded world
A poetic reflection on the census figures and the laboring masses behind them. It portrays hundreds of thousands of men and women toiling through nights, hoping for luck, weighed by sorrow and joy, each carrying a personal story. The verse questions what the numbers really mean for human lives.
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Roy
Brady Tip
Fures
Ells
Tor
J. E. Kiser
Chicago
Timee:Herald
Wayward Idlewild and the Banker in Love
Evelyn Idlewild presses Matthew Haliday for money and independence, sparking a power struggle at his bank. A tense moment leads to confession as Matthew, finally moved, declares his love, while idlewealth and age shape their fragile bond in a quirkily dramatic city tale.
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Matthew
Howard Joy
Matthew Haliday
Aurora
West Indies
Mat
Evelyn Russell Joy
Eve
Idlewild
Ife
Howard
Nat
Evelyn
Duval
New York
Itv
Miss Idle- Wid
Aleas
Misa Abby
Miss Idlewild
Abby
Patty
Moward
Shaw
Muromg
Ila
Waverley Magazine
Amber and glass science from early reports
Reports discuss amber from extinct pine resin and its geological history, damp air etching certain glass, spectacle and telescope lens degradation, and a 1 fifth inch lightning streak measured by Professor Kumker. It notes black onyx coloring by honey-water treatment, Salons colorations by reactions, and a new electrical glass melting process promising cheaper glassware. It ends with claims of electricity destroying bacteria and aiding dental healing, though not proven beyond existing medical knowledge.
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India
George Kumker
Hamburg
Maud Hall's Galveston Storm Narrative of Survival
Maud Hall of Dallas recounts a traumatic experience during a Galveston storm while visiting. She describes torrential rain, rising floodwater, collapsed roofs, people evacuating across streets, and near drowning, with vivid details of the peril and relief as she and others sought safety in a two story boarding house.
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Galveston
Maud Hall
Dallas
Texaa
Emory Hall
Papa
Mawma
Sidney Spann
Birdie Duff
Birdie
Lke
Ike
Birdie Wat
Mr. Mitchell
Mra. Spann
Sidney
Degradation Decree Targets Four Boxers in China Court
A September 25 decree by the Chinese Emperor and Empress degrades four princes including Prince Tuan and deprives him of salary and servants. The action, ordered by the Imperial Clan Court, signals high‑level accountability for Boxer agitation and aligns with Allied pressure. Russian and European observers note arrivals and movements of diplomats and fleets in Pekin and Chinese waters as the crisis unfolds.
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Washington, D. C
Department of State
Goodnow
Shanghai
Sheng
Tuan
Hussia
America
United States
Ching
Ti Tk
Prince Li
Prince Ching
Singh Court
China
Europe
Voreigo
Tien-Tsin
Chaffee
Colombia
Ecuador
Shah of Persia
Constantinople
Turkey
Prince Chi
Pekin
Ching Alao
Patau
Yamagata
Tapan
Ita
Bank Burglars Pry Door To Loot Vault Losses S10
The entry through a pryed double door allowed thieves to reach the cash drawer at the bank. The bank was insured for 810,000 against burglary losses by the Mutual Casualty Company. Naval Board Rules Torpedo Attacks Fail. Lawrence J. Pierson, 21, a football student at Take Forest Palverstreel, died after an injury in a game at Alice Hone University Hospital Chicago. Colonel Jol C. Wyman, who saved Grant's life, died, having once served Lincoln. Med at Central Pats, Root.
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Conteville, Minis
Welt Brothern
Bontery Mutual Casualty Company
Lawrence J. Pierson
Studens
Take Forest
Palverstreel
Alice Hone
University Hospital
Chieapo
Pierson
Tne
Lesington
Grant
Jol C. Wyman
Hte
Lincoln
B. Gough
Beecher
New York
Central Patts
Root
Pennsylvania
Paul Sloan
Lake Charles
William Owens, Jr
Pine Plaine
N. Y
W. M. Bennett
Adger
Aln
Roo
Seymour Campbell
Wakefield
Mass
Trimsby Murphy
John Contee Fairfax
Lord Fairfax
Cameron
Scotland
Northampton
Yukon River
Charles A. Collier
Georgia
Dadiy
Atlanta
Adal E. Stevenson
Bryan
Neb
Florence M. Lichtenban
North Germantown
Prwcipal
Pierce Field School
Raquette River
Nome
Alaska
Michael Wolnski
Chicago
Decatur
Wiliam R. Trigg Company
Richmond
Edward M. Billings
Postminster
Upper Newton Falls
Mays
National Game Outsiders Lead In Batting Prowess
The National Game notes Sebatch sul leading New York in batting while the Teootlyn Chub fields a left handed pitcher for Willis of Boston. Ainley of New York shows top form. St Louis batters exceed 100 yet the team falters. Ghesbro of Ottsburg shines against all rivals, Philadelphia’s Donohue, secured by Pitts, stands as the league’s lone left batter. Mughes formerly of Brooklyn hits three in a session. California League moves Jeune from Albany to New York to play. Lawyer Taylor states Mayers Protective Association members from New York show slips in the rolls. Bas guns heat as leagues shift.
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Sebatch Sul
New York
Teootlyn Chub
Mhiladelphia
Cateher Donohue
Dar Fam Daytinda
Pateher Mughes
Brook Youn
California
Jeune
Abbans
Jarry Taylor
Mayers’ Protective Assocattn Wichetie
Washington items fleet notes and political moves
Washington items report Lt Hobson seeks six months leave for eye trouble while Nantucket and Cheyenne to be sold. Navy board values Nantucket at 16000 and Cheyenne under 5000. Immigration chief Fitchie urges limits on undesirable arrivals. Watson to head Naval Examining Board. War Dept seeks Army up to 100000. Various posts, resignations, and international tensions cited including Cuba, Philippines, and China.
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Washington
Hobson
Navy Department
Nantucket
Naval Board
Fitchie
John C. Watson
Naval Examining Board
Washington Navy Yard
War Department
Congress
Seventh Artillery
John A. Williams
Benicia Barrack
California
Fort Riley
Kansas
Burned at the stake in Eclectic Alabama mob lynching aftermath
A Black man named Townsend was burned alive in Hofectic near Eclectic after being identified by Mrs. Harrington for a crime against her. A crowd of several hundred arranged a rope and stake, with pine knots, to execute the alleged crime partner Floyd and Townsend confessed before execution.
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Akron
Ohio
Willian Caldwell
Henry Oleson
Curtis Jackson
Jackson
Olesen
Wetumpka
Ala
W Winfeld Townsend
Floyd
Hite
Hofectic
Lonnie Harrington
Townsend
Harrington
Eclectic
Eclectie
Seene
Odson
Alexander Floyd
Ployd
Royal Belgian Prince Weds Duchess Elizabeth of Bavaria
Prince Albert of Belgium, heir presumptive, married Duchess Elizabeth of Bavaria in a civil ceremony followed by a Chapel Royal service and reception. Elizabeth, born 1876, daughter of Duke Charles Theodore, is linked to Bavaria’s famed oculist lineage. Also notes a 40 foot whale seen near Cape May and Massachusetts political items.
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New York
Southampton
England
German Commissariat
China
Smder
Colonel Pelletier
Cape Town
South Africa
Paris
Mexican Congress
General Diaz
Munich
Albert
Belgium
Elizabeth
Bavaria
Prince Albert
Philippe
Manders
Leopold of
Beglum
Charles Theodore
Lobster Trade Control Teast Formed
A test has been formed to regulate output and sale of lobsters and other seafood amid growing market controls. The text also notes various geopolitical and regional upheavals including a northeaster striking Grand Portal, and multiple mentions of unrest and political figures across global locales.
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Grand Portal
Lake Superior
Larisa
100000 miles on a bicycle sets record in New Jersey
Irving Harrison, Hackensack electric inspector, reports completing 100000 miles on a bicycle in four years five months and fifteen days averaging 61 miles daily. In 1898 he rode 20025 miles, the state record, using the same wheel all year. Best day 155 miles. Route includes Hackensack Maywood Englewood Ten Eyck Teonta Fort Lee Fairview Ridgefield.
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Irving Harrison
Hackensack
New Jersey
Harrison
Alnckensaeck
Maywood
Englewood
Ten Eyck
Teonta
Fort Lee
Fairview
Ridgefeld
The Newest Thing in Uniforms in Our Samoan Colony
The Tutwla National Guard organized in Samoa by Governor Commander Tilley, armed with Lee Metford rifles, wears white winglets blue lavalavae red sashes and red turbans. The short cotton lavalava and waistcoat like singlet form the uniform.
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Tutwla National Guard
Samoa
Tilley
Lee-Metford Rifles
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Arctic Pole
Louisville
Danter
Wilkesbarre
Penn
Silyveia
Asturiga
New York City
Philadelphia Record
Lfe
Brother Eat
Bel
Aot
Wurzburg University
Illinois
Ohl
Jones
Mr. Jones
Mr. Parsons
Church Missionary Society
Chu-King
Pao-ning
Yu- Man-tze
Marsons
Robert B. Lewis
The
North American Review
Jack
Nel von
Juanpeo
Copenhagen
Nile
Nelson
Golors
O'Cloes
Londeau Maal
Klondike
Prince Toan
Chris
Prince Toao
Quite Pekin
St. Petersburg
Russia
M. de Giere
Skrydoff
Pakw
Rosshin
von Watterson
Tien-Tain
Parksity Colterfield
Count von Waldersee
Tsin
Hotar
Fred Mor
Burglacy
Ae Ire
de van Acali
Aepalhat
Sewport
Roe
Zambales
Batangas
Reuben D. Silliman
Havali
Phiippine Commission
Governl
Maximo Gomez
Cuba
Rawlins
Santiago de Cuba
Francis K. Mende
Manila
Rafael Cruz Perez
Benor Jado
Havana
Climente
Servia
Draga
Taris Exposition
France
Socialist Congress
Furyseels
Marehind
Quebec
St. John’s
Germany
Spain
Pan Krager
Crocode
Negro
Alabama
Elizabeth of
Prince Aldedt OF
Belgith
Chapel Royal
Delaware
Delaware Bay
Cape May
Bay State
Massachusetts
Robert Treat Value, Jr
Boston
Hay Returne
Saylings
New Hampshire
State Department
Dias
Aim Bryan Rowe
Whitehall
Nowsay Glenniwest
New Canton
Newport Society
M. Pinehon
Republita
Heroali Ves
Pittsburg
Ceat
Benstonville
Perm
Guba
News OF the
Burlington County
Evans & Wilts
Priendalep
Taunton
Hinchmin
Edmund Braddock
James Anderson
Morristown
Speedwell Lake
Rita Mingus
Aaron Shenck
Thomas H. French
Millville Mutual Fire Ensurance Company
Hendee
Bridgeton
Mary Catherwood
Samuel Catherwood
Newark
Catherwoods
Fays Hunbold
Thor
Clara J. Leater
Burlington
Chancery Court
Inzane
Trenton
Lester
William Watt
Caldwell
Hart
Holt
Pitman Grove
West Cape May
Cedarville
Gloucester County
Atlantic County
Medford
Oscar Dilks
Willamstown
Mantua
Baltimore
Salem County
Dutch Neck
Cumberland County
Thiely
Harry Sutton
Clayton
Pred W. Endicott
Marlton
Kreasop
Springdale
Hebron
Pretoria
New, Brunswick
First
Presbyterian Church
New Brunswick
Noda
Clark
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