Mutiny Aboard the Dixey Off Crimean Shores
Captain Richard Dixey of the Robert H. Dixey with a mixed white and black crew mutinied in Crimea harbor amid drunken chaos. Officers and a boy fought mutineers with knives and a belaying pin, one negro killed, several injured. Mutineers were later held by a French warship and American consul, then released without charges.
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Richard Dixey
Robert H. Dixey
Boston
Mobile
Ala
Havre
France
Crimea
Samuel Rhodes, Jr
Boston Globe
Met
Dixey
Lavender
Lady Suffolk
Horace Broughton
Broughton
Mr. Broughton
Topgallant
Captain Lavender
John Lindsey
Trey
Constantinople
United States
Abyssinians urged to strike in South African War context
Sirdar Hg, adviser to King Menelek of Abyssinia, presses a decisive push against British power while Britain fights in the south. He cites vast arsenals, 500,000 Gyas-pattern guns, millions of cartridges, Remington and Winchester arms, and strong fortifications as Abyssinia readies for potential invasion and war.
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Sirdar Hg
Menelek
Abyssinia
East Africa
Leyds
Remington
Winchester
Martini
First Wig in History Revealed in Ancient Customs
The article traces the first wig use to Saul's daughter in Israel with a goat skin wig, notes early facial painting by Peach near Apulia, and describes Persians, Cyrus, Astyages, Phoenician hair offerings, Greek traders offering hidden curls, and late Republic Rome wigs including Messalina's 150 wigs.
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Saul
Tarael
Israel
Peanee Aihaemeene Anyin
Thal Ror
Eriaved
Apulia
Xenophon
Cyrus
Astyages
Aglais
Adonis
Rome
Republic
Ovid
Messalina
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
The Sample Fiend in Retail Sampler Obsession
The Philadelphia Record notes wasteful sampling in stores where yard long pique and Swiss samples are marked with many tags. Clerks prepare samples by stock, and shoppers take free scraps, often leaving them behind after delaying purchases. The piece criticizes the practice as senseless and costly to customers.
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Philadelphia Record
Auntie Fails To Curl Boy’s Hair For Picture
A Memphis girl tried to coax a young boy visiting his aunt to sit for a photograph by curling his hair. He refused with boyish resolve, offering the aunt a dollar if she would go away and leave his hair alone. Memphis Schiuitar.
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Memphis
Memphis Schiuitar
Wounded in Battle and its Toll on Army Strength
London Answers notes that armies suffer greater attrition from wounded than killed, with four to five wounded per death. Wounded soldiers require many noncombatants for care, and though many return to duty, more than half do not participate again.
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London
The Poet’s Quip On Poems And Birds In Print
A Philadelphia Record quip notes a critic dismissing a poem as the poet responds that he prefers the hen’s lay. The passage shifts to birds noting the swan’s longevity possibly to 300 years and a falcon living beyond a decade.
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Philadelphia Record
Tor Fear
Three Wenger Children Die in House Fire Near Here
Charles Wenger and Emma aged 6 7 and 9 perished in a blaze last night at 11 o clock while parents attended a dance. An elder sister aged 12, left in charge, attempted to rescue them and was badly burned before leaping from a second story window.
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Charles
Emma
Soavety
Charles Wenger
Cockran Urges Retaliation Over England Policy
In New York on March 5 at the 123rd anniversary of Robert Emmet the Irish patriot W Bourke Cockran spoke for nearly two hours at the Academy of Music. He denounced Washington's stance toward England over South Africa and almost called for U S retaliation.
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Cockran
New York
Robert Emmet
Academy of Music
Clan-na-Gael
W. Bourke Cockran
Washington
England
South Africa
United States
More Machinists Walk Out at Illinois Steel Works
One hundred fifty union machinists at Illinois Steel works join the strike for union recognition. Strikers say they are prepared for a long fight while managers report they have secured substitutes to fill the positions.
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Chicago
Illinois Steel Works
British Flag Torn Down Sparks Hanover Protest
In Hanover, unidentified individuals removed a British flag and staged an anti-British demonstration in front of an Englishman's residence who had displayed the union jack to celebrate British South Africa victories.
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Berlin
Hanover
South Africa
Predicted Cuban Uprising Stirring Havana Election
Nashville dispatch reports Colonel Frank M. Ferdenhire of Chattanooga returning from Havana predicting an uprising on Havana municipal election day this month. Separate wires note a grandstand collapse injuring nearly 30 Met Life agents in Chicago and a Cairo prison mutiny with several shot. Chattanooga detectives head to Aetna mines amid ongoing strike violence.
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Cuba
Nashville
Frank M. Ferdenhire
Chattanooga
Havana
Ferdenhire
Crattanooga
March
Aetna Mines
Whiteside
Tenn
Butte Jail Inmate Hangs Self After Frightful Struggles
Oora Laveger, a fast girl from Butte, jailed for fighting, hanged herself with dress strips in the city jail Monday night. She set fire to her underwear and choked with a garter as the jailer thwarted attempts at self destruction. The next morning friends had her removed by attendants.
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Oora Laveger
Butte
The Farmer's Garden Illustrates a Practical Garden Plan
Scientists link rising lung and kidney ailments among American farmers to limited vegetable variety. A. K. Bush of Dover Minnesota unveils The Farmer's Garden plan, a horse assisted fruit and vegetable garden with rotation and culture instructions, illustrated and free from Northrup King & Co. Minnesota seedsmen.
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America
A. K. Bush
Dover
Minnesota
Minnesota Farmer’s Institute
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Kng Theodore
Italy
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Quonochontaug Beach
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Rockland
Desert Land
United States Land Office
Helena
Montana
Colin Currie
Lakeview
Jore J. Price
A. S
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HN. B. Burnside
J. A. Jones
George D. Greene
Register
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Fifth Judicial District
State of
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Township 8 South
Range 9 West
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Dillon
Charles W. Gray
Barney Maron
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Wilk
Beaverhead
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Botte
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Mont
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Tas
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Peta Monahan
I. L. R. Grannis
Ruby Creek Logan
Verhead County
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Itegal
Forest Reserve
Peter M. Collins
Grorde D, Greene
Henrietta E. Bean
J. Price
U. S. Commiesioner
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Rthur Walton
Grovey D. Greens
Alex. Mittlemeir
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Henry Dengler
C. K. Robbins
Blue Bird
Bloody Dick
C. E. Robbins
Wm. Spearin
Bareh M. Rabichan
Hana. M. Hanrease
U.S. Land Office
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L. D
General Land Office
Washington D. C
U. S
Fredericka Kehlenbeck
Alfred F. Kehlenbeck
N. NE
W. BE
Eaid
Cyrus R. Byther
Jan
Eye
Geo. Buck
Redrock
A. D. Young
Crabtree
D. Greene
U. S. Land Office
Paction
General Co
Monthay
Sre
Jone Halligan
Dillah Public Library
St. James Parish House
Bliven Live Stock Co. Ranch
Beaverhead Valley
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