A Curious Tale of Long Courtship and Balkan Notes
A fragment on Rovert Taylor the postmaster of Scitrva Ireland who reportedly courted his Indy Jove for fifty years and wed in 1872 at age 108. The snippet also surveys heat in Java lava, then offers a satirical portrait of Bulgarian peasants and deputies in Sofia, noting Turkish influence in the sobranje and weekly pay in silver coins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rovert Taylor
Scitrva
Ireland
Indy Jove
Bulgaria
Premiums on Gold Dollars Drive Dealer Bids Across Collectible Market
Dealers in old and rare cars advertise gold dollars at 1.50 to 3 dollars each, noting mint marks from 1889. Since 1989 no new gold dollars have been minted, boosting values. Carson City marked coins fetch 1.70 to 4.50 dollars, Denver 2 to 2.50, San Francisco 2 to 3, and Philadelphia unmarked 1.50 to 1.70 dollars.
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United States
Carson City
Denver
San Trnacigco
Philadel Piln
Philadelphia
Fimes
Evidence of Ancient Mesopotamia Civilisation 9000 Years Old
Research in Assyriology suggests Mesopotamia achieved a high state of civilization at least 9000 years ago. Findings challenge biblical chronology and indicate art evolved from Egyptian and Assyrian sculpture to classical Greek works seen in the British Museum and the Elgin marbles.
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Mesopotamia
Phillas
British Museum
Parthenon
Primula ebéoilei Featured As Year Round Favorite Plant
Milwaukee Sentinel notes the primrose Primula ebéoilei as the sole plant available year round. It highlights a large pot plant flowering continuously and mentions abundant new varieties and color improvements.
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Collor
Milwaukee Sentinel
Remarkable pink pearl formed in freshwater mussel
A ball of beeswax inserted into a freshwater mussel shell produced a remarkable pearl about one and one half inches long. The pink oval pearl, now owned by the Smithsonian Institution, formed as the mollusk coated the irritant with pearl material near the hinge while kept in a tank.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Smithsonian Institution
President Taft Hosts Huge Oyster Bay Reception
The President hosted a massive reception in Oyster Bay with thousands of visitors, Secret Service and detectives guarding him. Men of many towns formed a long parade route as flags and bunting decorated Sagamore Hill. Cars bicycles and a fleet of boats ferried guests, who received souvenir cups and lemonades while shaking hands at a brisk pace.
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Oyster Bay
J. B
Miaxsau
Frank
Troosevelt
Uy A Iarge & Sagamore Mne
Secret Service
Polee
Theodore Roosevelt
Tte
Lta
Intervala
Sagamore N
Witer
Oaga
Thorsen
J. West Roosevelt
Sagamore Jill
Porte Cochere
Intow
Rockaway
Lawrence
Freeport
Hempstead
Babylon
Amityville
Cold Spring
Huntington
Farrngdale
Glen Cove
Syosset
Enet
Norwich
Jericho
Jerusalem
Glen Mead
Locust Valey
Brookville
Bayville
Racing and Racing Personalities Across 1909 Sports
The item notes Hal winning a $10,000 purse at Providence and recent retirement of Aughey McGovern. It mentions American bred colts racing in England next year and Bobbie Walthour’s European plans. Also cited are Timmy Michael’s cycling record, Anna Sands winning Rhode Island Roll, Wetmore selling English horses, and Som Sharkey versus George Gardner boxing match interest.
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Direct Hal
Providence
Aughey McGovern
Yerwicle Lerry
Mersie
Keene and Whitney
Dur- Yea
England
Europe
Timmy Michael
Darts
Misa Anna Sands
Rhode Island
Newport
Miss Maudeck
Wetmore
Wich
Croker
George Gardner
Som Sharkey
Opy
Jeffries
NhyHale
Plind Trotter
Hnd
Providende
Chicago Automobile Club
Chicago
Detroit
Accdrenit
Cleeland
Detrott
Bom Marth
Prank Requchamp
Lce
Messiah mob in London as Smyth Piggott leads sect
Nearly 5000 people mob a Clapton church expecting Smyth Piggott to be the Messiah leader of a group called the Agapemoultes. Police guard his carriage to a chapel service after jeers and threats as Piggott proclaims himself the Christ and delivers a chilling sermon.
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London
Clapton
Church of England
Smyth Piggott
Clement
Plegott
Sal
Christ
Wis
Maine
John
Brother Prince
Cone
Piggott
Horner Gray, U S Supreme Court Justice, Dies at Nahant
Former Chief Justice Horace Gray of Massachusetts and later associate justice of the U S Supreme Court died at Nahant after a stroke. Born Boston March 28 1828 he rose quickly in law and served as associate justice in 1861 and chief justice in 1863 before joining the U S Supreme Court in 1881.
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Wie Mealdenee
Nahant Amasa
Paralyaias
Lynn
Horner Gray
United States Supreme Honel
Hie
Nahant
Paralyels
Horace Gray
Jaw Jy Massachsetts
Boston
Trarvard University
Warvard Law College
Rao
Masaachusetts
MAN CHARGED WITH CANNIBAL CAPTIVITY ESCAPE
A Manchester man with a five year disappearance recounts a captivity on a distant island. He survived by escaping after three years and swimming two miles to reach a tramp oyster sloop bound for Honolulu. He notes a daughter of the captors pleaded for his life and was granted the boon.
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Richmond
MN Tapslor
Manchester
Tome
Hing
Mr_Taylor
Chile
Yahow
Taylor
Nally
Honolulu
Disastrous gas and powder explosion at Virginia mine
A massive blast trapped James Lester and fifteen miners at Meoma Coal and Coke Company in North Fork Virginia as rescuers struggled against thick gas. In a separate report a British India mail train wreck near Madras killed fifty passengers, eight Europeans and four soldiers among the dead, with twenty five saved. A Michigan jury acquitted Mrs. Evat Soutth of murdering her husband during a scuttle.
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Meoma
Madras
British India
King Husband
Marshall, Mich
Evat Soutth
Labor News Bits From Across North America
A survey of labor activity reports from 40 women joining the Retail Clerks Union in Sacramento to union pledges in Vancouver and Montreal. Tacoma laborers seek raises to 2.25 a day while miners in England face penalties for straying from work. Edward Boyce emerges as gubernatorial hopeful in Colorado.
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Sacramento
Cal
Seattle
Wash
New South Wales
Montreal
Vancouver
B.C
Jaemites
Norfolk
Zaitenvie
Ohio
Love
Edward Boyce
Western Federation of Miners
Colorado
Duluth
Minn
Ut My
Newswest
British Vice-Consul Stuart Placed in McLean Asylum
The British Vice-Consul W K Stuart, a long serving diplomat and noted social figure, has been admitted to McLean Asylum in Waverly on a claim by his sons. Reports allege a $15009 deficit at the consulate and forged notes totaling $100000, with connections to his wife’s family and a controversial inheritance.
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Gtte
Stuar
Stuart
Maionaire
Enoch Wentworth
Beltish
Wentworth
Ericlson
Inaw
Woolwich
England
Senator Stewart's Wife Killed in California Auto Crash
Mrs. Stewart wife of U S Senator W M Stewart of Nevada died in an Alameda California auto wreck. She rode with her nephew Charles Foote and a friend Xaylor when the car swerved struck a telegraph pole and overturned. The accident left her with crushed ribs and she died about an hour later. The other occupants were only slightly injured.
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San Iranclacy
Cal
Stewart
United States
W. M. Stewart
Mavaida
W. W. Foote
Oakland
Charles Foote
Xaylor
Alameda
Reed
Lys
Nashville Georgia Execution The Hangman Charmed
Betsy Bryant faced the gallows in Nashville Georgia for the Adel Ga murder of Town Marshal Hynds. Bryant was executed after a pistol duel during the arrest attempt. Ettan Hyads Barker and Mrs Walker witnessed the scaffold tragedy.
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Nashville
Betsy Bryant
Hytie
Ettan Hyads Barker
Offeral
Bryant
Walker
Adel
Uesto
Hynds
Hin Bryant
Fair Estate Settlement Reveals Large Cork Cash and Property
The report details a substantial estate division involving a mother of Ireland and other heirs. It notes 81 million in Cork properties and cash shares, including 000,000 in Paris and various sums tied to named relatives. The fragment states attempts at secrecy and lists several beneficiaries and locations, with unclear figures and names.
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Cork
Mother of
Ire
Charlies L
Far
William
Lythe
Charles
L. Fair
San Francisco
Cali
Uannah Nelson
Iain
Paris
France
Alps
Abraham Nelson
New Azerker Brasve
Liarlos Smith
Lout
William B. “Smith
Wedding Bells And Fatal Self-Doom In Peoria Column
A fragmentary Peoria page reports a bride waiting at the church as a man in wedding clothes drinks carbolic acid and dies. The tale follows a string of scattered notices including missing persons, military movements, and regional curiosities.
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Peoria
Otto BF. Lol
Misys
Jn. Tratt
High grade peaches flood Pomona cannery crop
In Venches at 625 Ver Ton a heavy crop of high grade peaches is produced this year and sells for 24 dollars a ton at the Pomona Caby cannery. Interior varieties fetch 8 dollars to the driers while orders are placed for Britons and other foreign workers. A Russian minister in Pekin reports orders expelling Hyldstaint and others from Chinese customs service. Six new theatres open in London this early.
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Pomona Caby Cannery
Himely
Lexsne
Trussian
Pekin
Manchaelt
Hyldstaint
Coal strikers firm as Mitchell opposes compulsory arbitration
President John Mitchell of the United Mine Workers said the coal strike will not end until operators meet demands. Senator Quay backs a tough stance as Mitchell visits Philadelphia to appeal for support and relief for strikers. Mitchell criticizes compulsory arbitration and urges unions nationwide to aid the effort.
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Philadelphia
John Mitehall
United Mine Workers of Anerica
Mitchell Ia
Senator Quay
Mitchell
Labor Lyceum
United Trades Association
Allied Building Trades
Central Labor Unions
Labor Lyceum Antl
Mitcheilly
Coal Trust
Todiny
Ile
Conthuulog
Stone
Pennsylvania
Jnx
Fire in Texas Oil Field Wrecks Beaumont
A blaze at Beaumont Texas at an oil field caused by a workman’s carelessness destroyed about thirty tanks and damaged multiple structures. Loss estimated up to 250000 dollars with fifteen tanks burned and oil spilled. One worker escaped after a gas explosion following an oil lantern incident.
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Beaumont
Texas
Federal party adviser urges Filipinos to work, avoid agitation
At a Mas ates banquet in Mas ates the Federal party supports the Philippine Commission and urges Filipinos to work and refrain from agitation. Major William D. Wilkins, a Pittsburgh reconment figure, was shot and killed while attempting to arrest a revolver from his wife Adeline.
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Masates
Federal
Philippine Commission
Crater Woman Hills
Willam D. Wilkins
Pittsburg
Bla
Adeline
Baseball News From Awanague Era Adrift Incoherent
Fragmented sports notes mention American and National Leagues with players Wagner McGraw Chesbro and Mathewson. Includes references to teams Pittsburg Cincinnati New York and Bridgets on South Jersey Institute with vague salary figures and oblique mentions of rookies and transfers.
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McGraw
Kelley
Tittsburg
Wesletin
Teague
New York
Delehanty
Pulty
Hminy Withians
Oyeee
Heayvy
McGuinn
Cincinnatis
Hemis Wagner
Wagner
Patsy Donovan
Mathewson Willome
South Jersey Institute
Bridgeton
N.J
Pitsburg
Celehanty
Lagole
Forest Fires Ravage Cowlitz and Clark Counties Fatalities Reported
Dispatches from Kin lama and Columbia describe at least thirty deaths from forest fires along the Lewis River in Cowlitz and Clark counties. Families perished camping, camps burned, and refugees fled through creeks and meadows as fires consumed homes, livestock, and timber from Dodge to Springwater Oregon.
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Tacom, Wand
Kinlama
Columbia
Cowlitz
Clark
Lews River
T. G. Wallace
Ils
John Polly
Afrs
Graves
Mr. Newhouse
Lewis River
Dlarob
Barr
Lewy River
White
Mim
Confratia
Murder Spark in Bologna Affects Italian Elite
Rome reports a sensational murder case as Count Bou Martini is found slain in Bologna. A large theft suggests robbery as motive. Professor Murri accuses his son Tul Murri of the crime, while Tul Murri admits killing his brother-in-law after an argument. The Countess Bon Martial, wife of Count Lon Martial, is arrested for possible involvement.
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Rome
Bou Martini
Bologna
Erie
Murel
Italy
Count Bon Martini
Murri
Tul Tle
Tulin Marri i
Count von Martial
Bon Martial
Lon Mardant
Miles Brown Bride of Fred Medicine Crow in Sioux City
The article reports Miles Brown a government school teacher in Sioux City Iowa married Fred Medicine Crow an Indian from the Crow Creek agency. The ceremony was performed by Justice NCAT Recltr at Gann Valley near the reservation border.
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Miles Brown
Fred Medicine Crew
Sioux City
Iowa
Cora Belle Fallows
Washington
Dakota Reservation
Chaska
Crow Coli
Fred Medicine Crow
Tie Bride
Ncat Recltr
Gann Valley
Rederva
Probed Murders Reported Across Multiple States
The dispatch notes two teens, Thomas Fairelgth and Theodore Smith, confessing to a double murder in Bronson, Florida. It also mentions other crime tales including drugging with whiskey, a Jadrone leader execution, and various sensational killings in different locales.
Crops Leaving New Jersey Hit By Canner Shortage
Reported tomato crop damage in Sniem County as canners contract at $8 per ton while buyers pay $12, creating a clash over freight and market value. Farmers say canners slow operations to depress prices, threatening local growers and cannery investments.
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Woodstown
New York
Maryland
Sniem County
Pointe
Shooting in Bloomington Leaves Two Women Involved
At Bloomington UL Mrs Joseph Teste pursued Miss Daley Carlton and struck her with a hot whip. Miss Carlton drew a weapon and shot Mrs Leste dead. Both women come from prominent families. The shooting follows a dispute said to involve Miss Carlton and Mr Les Ne.
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Bloomington
Joseph
Teste
Daley Carlton
Carlton
Leste
Leste Swannan
Les Ne
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Elvoina
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Dean
NMS
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German Baliet Association
Los Angeles
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Mae
Lynn, Moss
Buests
Nassau County
Theadore
Board of Public Safety of
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Ind
Tudia
Sportline Irovities
Justice Horace Gray
Nown
W. H. Stuart
Alanteda
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Mody
Fair Estate Settlement
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Hentry W. Gmuy
Henry W. Grady
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Philippines
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Judy Islands
Buller
Tts
Wyatt Guy
Atruedun
Ft Mampton
Morocco
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Chienga
Victor Joli O'shen King
Vanity Toganson
Uegiei
Nethyr
Hruisels
Chieatgo
Beenuine
Chaphstir Wo
Morrisus
Sit
Chelsea
Naval Lospital
President Mitchel Ine
Carolcas
Vlace Fillplaud
Whalemle
Tismiijen’ Companies
Theendiarigan
Datis
Mapertyworth Soo
Chesbro
Smoot
Barclay
Carney
Oregon
Lawis River
Oregon City
Dodge
Springwater
Lone Creek
Clackmas River
Springwater Ridge
Wong Ay
Viola
Lo Kon
Mrs. Lewis
Bronson, Va
Lynch
Cumberland
Mal
Steckin
Verieue Mitte Bande
Bilo
Jadrones
Bulueai
Lusons Poh
Yveare
Baie
Corre Ther
Moiker
Dyate Vascal
Wattenkiss
Heath
Centrevilly
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Durdean Rhesti
Tna
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Willaint S. Stintion
the Adionale
Roosevelt
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Lwin de Crist
Weltinler
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Greensboro
N. C
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Sparks
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Doge Berner ‘Tagblatt
Pompeia
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Trattoria
Carsee
Faresics
Kentucky
Lima
Cares
Trhita
Denesi
Duchess, Per Bh).j
Peachey
W. Md
Joregy
Del
Mitkmelony
Bartlett
T.c
Prine
Lyceesvesersene
Sergey
Levy Island
Orange Co
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N.Y
Gain, Ltd
City Dresed
New Jersey
Cagners TV
Ars
Pierce
Culombia
Santa Marta
Ison
Insurgente Lurve
Culebra
Colon Mid
Panama
Advanela
Sulchie
Narvaral
Chester TL. Whituianp
Winthrop
Mies
Winthiam
Harvard
Ching
Eife
Nels
New Yampshire
Democruts
Nated
I. Wally
Tarift Reduelon
Stovl Corporation
Etter
Stect Trust
China
London Express
Tai-quan-fu
Happy Medicine Co
HW. Ruse, Ltd
Archst
Phila
M.L. Thompson & Co
Condorsport
Akme
Winaldw
Tao
the Mills
Loer
Chan Verlain
ST. Jacobs
Sone
Liddy
McNeill
Libby
Helen Kilkenny
New Portland
Ayer
J.C. Axer Co
Lavell, Stas
Buckingham
Rial! &Co
Nashua
W. C.douglas
W. L. Douglas
Hest
Dlres
Fez B
Ariasta
Happy Johnson
Henle
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