Toronto Extradition Treaty Sparks Japanese Diplomacy Reference
A Toronto correspondent criticizes the extradition treaty with the United States as a failure exposing many offenses to weak limits. The piece details cases where fugitives escape punishment, noting an American emigre colony and a dramatic arrest story surrounding Arthur D. Chapdesn and Alice Chapdesn linked to an express company theft scheme.
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United States
Toronto
New York Recorder
Uncle Sam
Rogers
Canada
Lila Coublyy
Pratellate
Baying
Chamber de Jarpel
Auglaise
Gio
Iiteas
Avrona
Feen
Ipfy
Anada
Sherbourne Etreet
Aseers
Carbon Street
Alice Cheptesn
Arthur D. Chaptesr
Tresserer Loews
Chapdesnrene
O. F. Brocy
St. George Street
Clover
States
Toroste
Express Company
Chapdean @ Brocy
Eny
Chapdeen
An English Jail Chapel and the Prisoners at Service
A Quiver writer describes the Sunday morning chapel at a prison. No regular rounds or reports occur until Monday, unless violence demands punishment. Prisoners attend segregated services, with women behind screens and condemned inmates kept under strict guard.
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Agai
Bizarre Street Sandwich Duel Ends with Sign Swap
Two men quarrelled over a supposed food sample and planned to settle their dispute on a quiet street. They tore down a sign and prepared to fight, but a police presence halted the confrontation as the smaller man wore the larger man’s business sign.
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Sinclal
Teale
Jose
Gansam Elreet
Chestnut Street
Siphia
Prayed Before Fighting Across Historic Battle Prayers
The piece traces prayers before battle from Childeric to Cromwell, noting pagan and Christian precedents. It cites Childeric before Zoll Pike, Gustavus Adolphus at Luetzen, a 1849 Hungarian officer, the Fighting Bishop of Ireland, Jacot Astley, Bannockburn, see notes of rebels, and Dunbar. It also mentions an English prayer book containing sea prayers but none for land action.
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New York Herald
Geome
Childeric
Gaul
Zuelpich
Christ
Ireland
Mige Hill
Jacot Astley
Edward
Bannockburn
Tmphraville
Ings
Oliver Cromwell
Dunbar
Bachelor Confessions and a Night of Fashioned Follies
A Washington Star reporter recalls an Ohio peach ranch owner’s stay in Georgia among “crackers” and a quirky bachelor farmer who hoards hogs instead of using waste. The tale shifts to a dinner with Tom Dick and Harry, where Tom boasts of conquests until a wager about a mysterious stylish woman unfolds. Tom pursues a pair but only finds a scented gray glove, leaving his pursuit unfinished.
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Washington Star
Ohio
Georgia
Tom
Harry
Eastern University
Feadlye
Larry
Maisa
Starry
Thase
Pot
Genial Beptist Dialect Dispute From Washington Star
In a Washington Star excerpt, a conversation contrasts civic discontent with federal action. A narrator remarks on local frustration with Congress while others defend broader citizen influence and personal autonomy in governance decisions.
The Land of the Boers and Transvaal Overview
Summary of the Transvaal region notes 1886 gold discovery telegraph lines inde pendence since 1852 London convention 1884 largest town Johannesburg 15000 Pretoria 5008 population 675290 white 115128 Dutch descent arms crops tsetse fly climate healthful for consumptives two houses 24 members Gent term five years.
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London
Republic
Transvaal
Vaal
Vaal River
Johannesburg
Pretoria
Illinois
Town
Massachusetts
Colorado
Gent
Egyptian Burial Judgments At Death
The text notes ancient Egyptians judged their kings after death. Those deemed creditable received honorable funeral rites, while the condemned were left to rot on the highways.
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Dudged
Debb
West Kootenay area sees 48 firms registered this January
Readable fragments indicate 48 companies were incorporated and registered in West Kootenay BG during January with a total value cited as $3475.00. The text is garbled but shows formal corporate registration activity and a small monetary figure.
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Mamefactares
West Kootenay
Stoce Tact Janeuary
Tom and the glove plot at the dismal house
Tom chases a beauty as a wind gust tears off her hat and curls revealing Harry in disguise. Dick and Harry laugh at the ruse while Tom vows revenge and later forgives them after a costly supper and a remembered wager.
Lighting the Yule Log an Old English Christmas Custom
The article describes the Yule log tradition in old England where a great log or root is placed in the wide chimney on Christmas Eve. The family gathers, the log is lit with a brand from last year, and the fire is believed to ward off evil spirits. The custom featured song and story while the hearth glowed through the evening.
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England
Old Country
Wallenstein the Silent Commander of Thirty Years War
The article details Wallenstein as Gustavus Adolphus archenemy and emperor forces chief who demanded absolute silence. His officers protected his rule with severe measures including execution for waking him and guarding his tent with constant sentinels. He never smiled or sought advice and disliked being watched.
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Wallenstein
Gustavus Adolphus
Tiliece
Pearson’s Weekly
The Church While the World Must Not Be Permitted
A brief statement defines the church’s role in society noting it should exist within the world yet avoid overreaching influence. It emphasizes boundaries between religious practice and worldly power.
Wealthy Dowers plotting to use hidden mine tale in crime plot
The St Louis Globe Democrat reports T G Dowers, a Minneapolis arrestee for passing bad checks, claims a secret gold mine exists in northern Minnesota shared with his Monte Cristo father. The elder Doners, Port Arthur resident, and wife the Indian widow allegedly control vast wealth and mine locations near Lake of the Woods.
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T. G. Dowers
Minneapolis
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Dowers
Port Arthur
Doners
Young Doners
Monte Cristo
Duluth
Rat Portage
Manitoba
Mr. Dovers
Areneapolis
Minnagota
Tlo
Lake of the-Woods
Mr. Doners
Dainties Found in the Arctic Labrador Berry Feast
The piece describes Labrador shore produce including liveberries huckleberries wild red currants Walsh berries raspberries and bake apple across the coast from the St. Lawrence to Ungava. It notes the Labrador berry prized by Mi kmaq and its late season harvest as a crimson fruit preserving its flavor through winter.
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Labrador
Delands
Msehkimos
Caniada
Newfoundland
St, Lawrence
Ungava
Italian Beetle Bite Causes Stockton Man Severe Swelling
Jain Gifford of Stockton New Jersey is confined to his home with a badly swollen foot after a strange insect bite. He suspects a passenger from a foreign laborer on a streetcar left a bite that swelled the foot to the size of a head. The attending physician warns of possible serious consequences.
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Jain Gifford
Stockton
N. J
Italy
Gifford
Fragmented reminiscence recounts Concord rowing outing
In a reminiscence by Frank Preston Stearns about Concord thirty years ago, Miss Alcott asks to be taken rowing. He agrees and finds the outing more demanding than expected, joking about the host and muttering about profanity and vulgarity.
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Frank Preston Stearns
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