In Far Off Japan John A Cockrill Writes of Yokohama
Yokohama correspondent John A Cockrill tours the foreign cemetery at Yokohama, praising its care and cosmopolitan character. He recalls the Oneida tragedy, in which the American steamer sank after a collision with the British ship Bombay, with heavy loss of life including Commander Edward P Williams.
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Yokohama
United States
Oneida
Yokougimna
Koond
Ehkisielice
Japan
Mali Wien Bis
Orient
Bay
Haven
Edward P. Williams
Alonzo W. Muldaur
Bombay
Wekokama Harbor
Evita
Cagand
Robbed Catholic Churches Lose Chalices and Ciboriums
Chicago correspondent reports two Catholic churches hit Thursday night. St Bridget's on Archer Avenue and Church Place saw chalice and ciborium thefts with sacrament cast to the floor. St Joseph's French Church on Joseph Street suffered a chalice and two ciboriums theft valued at $750. Police, unable to trace suspects, warn heightened patrols.
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Chicago
St. Hridget’s
Archer Avenue
Church Place
Daniel M. J. Dowling
St. Bridget’s Church
St. Joseph's French Church
Joseph Street
Brighton Fark
Father la Sage
Native horse breeding debate from Cockrill remarks
John A. Cockrill argues that foreign bred horses require careful feeding and grooming, and that native stock cannot be satisfactorily inbred with foreigners. He suggests many patient years would be needed to achieve satisfactory results.
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John A. Cockrill
Hearse for a Vermontian Cape Wary Tale
A satirical piece recounts a quirky tale of a Yankee figure who purchases a second-hand hearse, repurposes it into a pedlar’s cart, removes the funeral decor, and paints it red. The narrative nods to political theater and local loyalties with vivid characters and period dialogue.
Inventor Proposes Duck Like Motor Vehicle For Air Water Land
A 19th century inventor designs a universal motor vehicle modeled on a duck. Four to five person capacity, twenty foot body, five wing pairs with aluminum framework and palm leaf surfaces. Wings and fins provide land air and water propulsion with a vapor engine and crosshead control, speed estimates reach up to 100 mph in air and 30 mph on land.
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Troy
Babylon
Nineveh
Taruerey
Fessan da Land
Frog versus snake at Mitton Lake headlines quirky escape
An observer near the eastern dam at Mitton Lake Rahway New Jersey recounts a dramatic scene where a frog outsmarts a water snake. The frog uses a twig as a tool to pry free its head, then a passerby lashes the snake with a blow and saves the amphibian.
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Mitton
Rahway
N. J
Thia
Nick White
Nick
United States
Siruke
Ile
Apa
A Herperked Hero and a Secret Past
A garbled dialogue fragment hints at a character confessing a long marriage while a seat attorney navigates a tense scene. The readable names and phrases suggest a melodramatic moment about identity and relationships within a courtroom or intimate setting.
Fist Fight on Streetcar After Toe Injury
Passengers on a crowded streetcar witness a quarrel over a stepped-on toe. An offended man warns with a raised fist, and a later threat leads to a sudden fist fight that ends with the aggressor on the pavement as the car moves on. Other riders keep silent.
Two-Cent Daily in Pesth Beats Other Journals
A.D. reports a new two cent daily newspaper in Pesth with rising circulation. It publishes daily and profits, surpassing all traditional journals in town.
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Puda Pesth
A.D
Finnish Kitchen Project Aids Workers In Helsinki
Miss Allie Tyege, living in Teilsingfors, established a people's kitchen and designed a new fermented beverage with minimal alcohol. She secured a 67 000 mark grant from Finnish Senate to build a labor hall with reading room library and spaces for lectures music and gymnastics plus a kindergarten and nursery.
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Finland
Allie Tyege
Tielsingfors
Gheim
Kingland
America
Pinland
Sho
Diverse notices of notable figures and fortunes
A collection of brief items reports Sullivan earning 36001 from The Lost Chord, Huxley’s widow receiving a 1006 civil list pension, alternating vegetarianism and carnivory for Holden, Rosebery’s limited sleep, a 99 year old doctor who drinks and smokes, Bigham elected philosophy professor in Degen University, Wilcox as eastern Connecticut’s largest landowner, Douglass planning business in Los Angeles after marriage, and Father Bannon now priest of St. Francis Xavier's in Debinreland. fragmentary and unsettled passages follow.
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Arthur Sullivan
Huxley
Isaac Holden
Lord Rosebery
Bugeraene
University of Gheet
Bigham
University of Michigan
Degen University
Calvin Wilcox
Jewett City
Comn
Connecticut
Shette Douglass
Loretta Mooney
Los Angeles
Cal
John Bannon
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Vedas Bey
Jaren
Sphere
Doe
Elie
Prighten Park
Burt Effects
Sin
Feiling
Canefidale Penne
Phorine
Matilie
Fay Parks
Maidie Pal PhD
Pep Golatier
Judge Black
Derenerat
Maudie
Frosch Cofca
Fenland
Miss Teyge
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