Billy Mulligan a Desperado Killed by Militia Fire in Carson City
The Nevada tale portrays Billy Mulligan, a New Yorker and famed gambler, who after a drunken spree killed a Chinaman and his friend John Coleman in a stairway confrontation. Militia troops finally shot Mulligan from an upper room, ending his run of deadly daring.
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Mark Twain
Sam Clemens
Billy Mulligan
San Francisco
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Carson City
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John Coleman
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California
New York
New York Sun
Do You Have Mice in Your House Parker
A humorous exchange unfolds as Wicks asks Parker about mice in his home. Parker insists mice are plentiful and shares his simple reply, highlighting a lighthearted domestic moment.
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Parker
Wicks
Coffee as a Disinfectant in Ballantyne Ledger Report
The New York Ledger notes coffee can disinfect by fumigation. A room with decomposing meat was purged by 600 grams heated on a fire, while sulfurated hydrogen and ammonia odors were eliminated with 90 grams of coffee. Freshly ground coffee on hot iron is advised for sick rooms.
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New York Ledger
Earth Movements: Two Primary Crust Changes and Two Modifiers
Professor Joseph Le Conte reports to the Geological Society of America that earth crust movements fall into two primary, permanent kinds: continental and oceanic formation by radial contraction and mountains formed by interior unequal contraction. Two secondary movements adjust these effects: oscillatory shifts and isostatic readjustments from erosion and sedimentation.
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Joseph le Conte
Geological Society of America
San Francisco Chronicle
Nelson and Moral Power in War Leadership
Captain Mahan cites Nelson as an exemplar where mortal grasp and moral power unite to sustain action in crises. He argues leadership requires both intellectual insight and inner trust to meet formidable emergencies, a combination rare in great captains.
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Nelson
Captain Mahan
Landlord Seizes Hire Sewing Machine in London Case
In west London a tenant complains her landlord seized a sewing machine for rent. The machine, not owned by her but on hire, was not recoverable. The magistrate rules she must lose the machine and pay its value to the hire firm.
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London
Woman’s Journal
Getting Out of It
A hypnotist claims to simulate drunkenness on stage but the subject remains calm. A heckler with a red nose challenges the illusion, noting the apparent lack of a jag. The scene unfolds with audience reactions and comic tension.
The White Buffalo of the Plains Race
In 1875 a Blackfeet hunting party reports a white buffalo seen among a vast herd along the Red Deer river. The narrator chases the animal for miles but is thrown from his horse when it trips on a badger hole, ending the pursuit and the chance to obtain the white robe.
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Red Deer River
Snow White
Sailors Learn Leeway and Wake as Guides at Sea
Gustav Kobbe explains how ships steer by wake and leeway, with drift in gales. He notes the line of white surf, candles for tacks, and echoes from shore paddies guiding Alaska routes through narrow channels.
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Gustav Kobbe
St. Nicholas
Mr. Kobbe
Alaska
New York Harbor
Sandy Hook
Fire Island
Gravitation Theory Challenge by Prof Wright
In a Boston address at the Lowell Institute Professor G F Wright argues that modern science deepens in mystery not clarity He cites Newtonian gravitation as paradoxical noting action at a distance without medium is absurd and a push through a medium implies impossible delays or unreal speeds He concludes gravitation philosophy remains inconceivable and paradoxical.
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Lowell Institute
Boston
G. F. Wright
Salaries of Rulers Across Nations
A Pittsburg Dispatch note compares royal and presidential pay. It cites Britain’s queen near 2 million, the duchy of Lancaster 250 thousand, Ireland’s lord lieutenant 100 thousand, Prince of Wales 200 thousand, France 240 thousand, Italy 2.6 million, Germany 4 million, Russia 12 million, Spain 1.4 million plus 660 thousand, and the U.S. president at 50 thousand. It remarks on debt and wealth contrasts.
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Ireland
Prince of Wales
France
Republic
Italy
Qin
Abyssinia
Russias
Spain
Alfonso XIII
Europe
Pittsburg
High Frequency Currents and Bodily Electrification
A report from Electrical World summarizes experiments by MM. Apostoli Charrin and d Arsonval showing high frequency currents illuminate lamps in a circuit with no sensation for the subject. The method increases oxidation and heat production, boosts carbonic acid output from 17–21 to 37 liters per hour, and affects interior tissues and microbes, aiming at direct internal treatment for zymotic diseases.
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Societe Internationale Des Electriciens
M. d’Argonval
MM. Apostoli
Charrin
M. d’Arsouval
MM. d’Arsonval
Giants of the past ruled by height and fate in London shows
The London Standard recounts long forgotten towering figures. Cajanus stood nine feet in 1742 London while Charles Byrne reached eight feet four inches and died at twenty two from hard drinking. Cotter O Byrne born at Kinsale in 1761 grew to nine feet four inches by twenty eight then toured as an exhibitor. He renamed himself O Brian seeking royal blood, made a fortune, and died at Clifton on September 8 1804. His will ordered his body thrown into the sea to stop surgeons from dissection.
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Selborne
Nature
Cajanus
London
Charles Byrne
Cotter O'Byrne
Kinsale
O’brian
Brian Bordihme
Clifton
London Standard
District Court
Fifth Judicial District
State of
Montana
Beaverhead County
George T. Waddell
A. H. NeVey
Dillon
Seleo Pinch
Read
Dillon Vibune
Chambers
Boulder
Camphor Fraud Farmer Outsmarts Town Drugists
A farmer hid camphor in a bottle to fool apothecaries into refilling it with alcohol. He used milky quartz to mimic camphor’s appearance and scent. Repeated attempts revealed the hoax, but the quarts did not harm the alcohol for drinking.
Norfolk rector laments Goulburn praise misread by Norfolk father
A Norfolk rector tells the London Daily News that Norwich men misread Dr. Goulburn’s lessons. He cites a Norfolk father’s criticism calling the late rector a preacher yet praising his gracious lectern presence as exemplary despite the harsh libel.
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London Daily News
Husband buys bicycle suit despite vows
Mrs Potts notes her husband has bought a bicycle suit after being told he is too old to wear such attire. Mrs Watts confirms she persuaded him, joking about his age and fashion limits.
Artiess Editor Letter and Women's Response
A playful exchange from Brooklyn Life shows an editor declining a manuscript as poorly written and a woman retorting that printing would not change the outcome. The brief dialogue captures editorial clash and writer frustration in a dated publication voice.
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Brooklyn Life
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