Christmas Mystery of Lost Son in New Zealand Cannibal Coast
The narrator escorts Sir George Grey's Maori country to rescue Clifford Baldwin, the Boston shipowner's son missing since the Albatross vanished. After six years of captivity on Hankan islands, Clifford and mate George Wellman are found near a native camp by the Christmas Day reunion in Auckland, with Baldwin later living in California with his son.
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Equator
Australasia
New Zealand
Gulf States
Sir George Grey
Auckland
Middle Island
George Grey
Ontonga
Mahkah
Sydney
Baldwin
Boston
New Bedford
Clifford
Bob
Devonshire
England
Hankan
Hankan Islands
Apg
T. “Nating
Olly
Clifford Baldwin
George Wellman
Young Baldwin
California
Parisian thief caught using marked coins in tobacconist scam
A well-dressed Parisian in Rue Saint Honore used a marked 5 franc coin to claim change in a tobacconist shop. The shop girl found the coin’s mark, two gendarmes arrested him, and police noted he is a known thief named renjjez-moi who posed as a buyer to steal 40 to 50 francs daily.
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Rue St. Honore
renJjez-moi
Paris Journal
Oxygen as a healer from the Zulu war observations
The British sanitary record reports Dr George Stoker noting natives heal wounds by exposing them to pure air and water at high elevations. It describes oxygen therapy trials at a hospital in St George's Square under Baroness Burdett-Coutts, using ice generated oxygen, with rapid improvement in long standing ulcers and even hair regrowth. The method claims painless healing and low costs beyond the oxygen supply.
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George Stoker
Stoker
Burdett-Coutts
St. George’s Square
India
Delight in Those Who Fail to Grasp a Joke
The writer notes Miss P a clever educator with strength in solid sciences as she recalls a children's magazine jingle about a young lady at an archery party who sits in front of the target to stay safe. She reads it aloud to pupils and laughs at the blunt truth.
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Miss P
Philadelphia
Public figure fears posthumous lies influence
A Chicago Post dialogue notes a renowned man who avoids fame to escape guilt over potential lies told after his death. A confidant calls his stance a matter of conscience and questions belief in his sincerity.
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Chicago Post
Chaos and the Drummer at the Dry Goods Shop
A dry goods merchant explains to a new drummer that the predecessor tangled the business in chaos. The drummer quips he will sell Chaos a bill of goods to keep him around. The piece evokes fleeting things like a pair of boys boots and the pressure of the atmosphere.
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Detroit Free Press
The Bicycle Abroad and Cycling Customs Across Europe
An international survey details bicycle laws and customs in Saxony Germany Belgium and France. Restrictions include brakeless bikes prohibited speed banned and mandatory dismounts on steep German grades. The piece notes cycling as a London craze and French cycling club presidencies with social views on women cyclists.
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Saxony
Lady’s Pictorial
London
Germany
America
Belgium
Antialcoholic League
M. Brisson
Chamber of Deputies
M. Loubet
Senate
M. Leon Bourgeois
Paris
Bau
Bicycle Touring Club of
France
Tour Anness
Wheelmen push for stronger army and social bike ties
General Miles backs a full regiment of wheelmen in the regular army. Hough of Louisville proposes a beer and bicycle tax. The Connecticut Federation of Cyclists aims for 15 000 members by January. A three wheeled coffin conveyance tech emerges in New York thinking.
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Miles
Internal Revenue
Hough
Louisville
Aubrey Pauncefote
Washington
General Assembly
Connecticut Federation of Cyclists
Thad
Helen Kellar
Cambridge
Minneapolis Journal
Howling Dog Apparently Chased By Wheel Tale
Utica correspondent describes a large mongrel dog near his bicycle as he rode toward Holland Patent. The dog barked anxiously and followed closely, doubled up and nosing the wheel, while three dog fanciers offered varying tales of dogs howling to music but could not determine the dog's mood.
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Holland Patent
Utica
Sun
New York Sun
Hints to Young Cyclists From a Wry Note
A humorous antique tip sheet offers cycling safety advice and oddball do nots. It warns against biting handlebars or chasing a loose pedal, urges falling on the right shoulder, and to curb runaway horses with a decisive brake. It ends with a grim quip about sparing pedestrians when possible.
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Hnb
Nutley Man Stops Runaway Horse on Bicycle
Milton Davis of Nutley New Jersey chases a runaway horse on Chestnut Street. He mounts his bicycle and rides alongside the animal grabbing the bit to halt it without dismounting, saving Park Cummings from a possible fall. The incident was reported by the New York World.
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Milton Davis
Nutley
N. J
Park Cummings
Chestnut Street
Cmmings
Davis
New York
W. Hu
Peeke
Odd self supporting bicycle displayed in Liverpool
A Liverpool exhibit shows a bicycle that stands upright on its own. Releasing a button makes an upright drop to support the machine at a slant while the rider remains seated. To move, the rider presses the right pedal and the surat is raised.
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Liverpool
Soothing His Conscience in a Storefront Lesson
A Detroit Free Press tale shows a young clerk questioned over misrepresenting prices. The employer insists selling at cost means $1 to the buyer, stressing honesty and straightforward pricing.
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Detroit Free Press
Tramp Disrupts Noon Revival at Old Epiphany Church
A ragged tramp wandered into a noon revival at Old Epiphany and challenged the workers. After a brief exchange about strangers and service the man was allowed to leave, sighing as he escaped what some saw as a tense scene reported by the Philadelphia Record.
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Old Epiphany
Yaas
Philadelphia Record
A Musician's Imagination
A man walked 25 miles to St Louis hoping to hear Queen Victoria sing in Her Majesty's troop. Upon being refused he grew furious and demanded his money back, as noted in Arditi's Memoires.
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St. Louis
Queen Victoria
Arditi
Wonderful Mimic Snake Spotted Across The Dakotas
The Dakotas Montana and Wyoming report the most remarkable American reptile a snake that can imitate bird calls. Observers saw a specimen coil among prairie grass expand its neck and head to twice size then emit several Bob White calls with clear bird-like mimicry.
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Dakotas
Montana
Wyoming
Uutant
St. Louis Republic
Wake Up Jim quartz lode claim co owner notice
Notice to George Code and Mrs. George Code their heirs executors administrators or assigns that Benjamin Bradford of Melrose Montana, co owner in the Wake Up Jim lode claim in Burnt Pine district Beaverhead county, states he has expended one hundred dollars annually for ten years and that if within ninety days after service they do not pay their share totaling 250 dollars, their interest may be forfeited to Bradford under section 2324 revised statutes.
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George Code
Benjamin Bradford
Melrose
Silver Bow County
Montana
Jim
Burnt Pine
Beaverhead County
United States of America
United States
Al-Mkd
Benjamin Hradfond
Sth Judicial District
State of Montana
Beaverhead
John T. Cox
W. 8. Pyle
Coz & Pyle
Pisintifie
George W. Pickett
Ira Gi Pickett
James Abrams
Dillon Implement Company
Ira G. Pickett
Edward Gray
Ira
Pickett
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the Bicycle Abroad
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Wonderful Mimic Snake
George Pettingell
Deweya
Scott Galbreath
John Carman
Dillon
County of
Josephus Rich
J. P. Winter
Wadlouw
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Burlington
Billings
Mont
Missouri River
Omaha
Kansas City
W. W. Johnston
San Francisco
Cal
Central PraRmacy
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Browne
Threat and Ear Hospital
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F. B. Salisbury
Besley Thorn
London Lance
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Douslas Morton
Krestor
Vincennes
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Dearborn
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