Apache Captive Aniceta Chavez Recaptured After Two Months
A New York Sun account recalls Aniceta Chavez a ten year old Mexican girl taken by Geronimo’s band during the last Apache war. She endured beatings by the squaws and a grueling trek across mountains and desert before Mexican troops surprised the raiders and she was recaptured and returned to Arizona.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santiago McKill
Aniceta Chavez
Geronimo
Magdalena
Sonora
Peck
Calabasas
A. T
Santa Cruz Valley
Peck Ranch
Sierra Madre
Aniceta
United States
Arizona
New York Sun
The Editor Who Abolished the Editorial Page
In Cincinnati the Enquirer long kept a separate editorial staff. After Washington McLean, while celebrating the Fourth of July, drank heavily and a single editor began the next day with only the line Yesterday was the Fourth of July on the page. The public praised news over editorials and the paper dropped the editorial page.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati Enquires
Washington McLean
McLean
Chicago Times-Herald
On Half Rations in marriage quarrel caption
A New York Journal caption satirizes postwar scarcity with a note from a married couple arguing over food. The wife says she gets half rations since marriage and the husband quips we are one now.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Journal
Inland Venice Vendish Tongue in German Lands
Consul General de Kay writes for The Century about the Wendish language in Saxony and Brandenburg. He notes the tongue persists in churches and place names despite Germanization efforts and warns that disappearance would erase historic toponyms such as Cottbus Leipsic Dresden and Lubben along with many river and forest names.
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Germany
de Kay
Vendland
Venice
Brandenburg
Saxony
Dresden
Leipsic
Cottbus
Vetschau
Lubben
Mutniza
Blushnitza
Rogazo
Zschapigk
Polenzo
Groblitza
Nabasatz
A Witty Bishop Spars With Oscar Wilde
A social gathering features a witty exchange between Oscar Wilde and a bishop. Wilde yields in wordplay about shoe buckles, earth center, antipodes, and the bishop replies with Latin turn of phrase. Wilde leaves, conceding defeat to the courtly clergyman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oscar Wilde
Mr. Wilde
Pillar of the Church
Katie's Reply Turns To Sudden Tears In Family Scene
A mischievous girl named Katie provokes her mother with a petty deed and bursts into tears when asked why. Her father enters as the scene unfolds, and Katie sobs that she has not been told her punishment yet by Mamuana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Katie
Little One
Papa
Mamuana
London
Machinery rules shoe making in modern factories
Scientific authorities note machinery dominates shoe manufacture with divisions of labor. Women in large shoe plants sew single seams year round while metal eyelets are positioned and clamped by mechanical devices.
Darley Refuses Cash After Bank Cashier’s Death
Mrs Darley asks for twenty five dollars but Darley cites danger from handling paper money after a bank cashier dies from the effect. He offers to obtain gold first.
Vaccination History Reaches England in 1721
A historical note recalls smallpox prevention methods in China around 1000 BGC and records the introduction of inoculation to England by Lady Wortley Montagu in 1721.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
China
England
Moscow the Capital Distance From Washington Reported
Fragmentary note places Moscow as the capital of a cane region, with an asserted distance of 4 496 miles from Washington. The text is incomplete and lacks clear attribution or context.
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Moscow
Washington
Bread making in Mexico and Zuniland
Ward Page Gaston describes traditional tortilla making from ancient Aztec origins. Shell corn soaked overnight, ground on a stone imetate mill by Mexican women, then formed into thin cakes about six inches wide and baked on a brasero. The hot, fragrant tortillas are kept warm in a cloth for serving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ward Page Gaston
Mexico
Zuniland
Woman's Home Companion
A Tramp In Luck By Beely Story Recalls Past Gambits
A Detroit Free Press tale recounts Beely the self described tramp who studied life by living it on the road. He recalls meeting a noble woman who once refused him and later welcomed him as a guest and respondent to his unconventional pursuit. He notes how the hostess later calls him her dear old tramp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beely
Detroit Free Press
Shaving A Lady In Bombay Tale Of A Barber
A London bound dame staying at a Bombay hotel was awakened by a razor near her neck. The barber Tom, famed for shaving the sleeping, admitted a contract to shave the departed officer each morning. The room mix up led to the near catastrophe.
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Tom
Bombay
England
Tomo
Ex-Barmaids as Society's Stepping Stones
A Strand Magazine observation notes ex-barmaids rising in society. A duchess, peers, Greenwich artists, Oxford singers, a London actress, and many women are cited as examples showing bar work as a pathway to high social status and domestic stability.
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Aduchess
Greenwich
Wpon
Oxford
London
Alhambra
Strand Magazine
Needless Wear and the Tyranny of Duty
The New York Ledger argues that excessive piety to duty leads to ceaseless activity. It notes people feel they have no time to rest and overvalue punctuality, risking nerve tension and hindering future great work.
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New York Ledger
A Few Words on Books and Reading
A Harper's Round Table reflection on owning books as friends that never desert you. Reading many titles is impractical in modern times so re reading beloved works offers ongoing insight and value.
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Harper’s Round Table
Quiet Engagement Sparks Local Vendors Arena
A Buffalo Courier item notes a forthcoming engagement drawing immediate interest from awning makers, printers, engravers, milliners, caterers, dressmakers, liverymen, furniture dealers, hardware men and dry goods merchants. The couple awaits ministers to bless the union at bargain prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buffalo Courier
Painful Meeting Recounted At Hamilton College Alr Dinner
A New York letter recalls General Schuyler Hamilton describing a 1830 meeting between Aaron Burr and his grandmother the mother of the speaker. Burr offers water to a distressed Mrs Hamilton as she declares she is Alexander Hamilton’s daughter. The scene underscores Burr’s dignified bearing after the fatal duel.
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Hamilton College
New York
Schuyler Hamilton
Aaron Burr
Alexander Hamilton
Colonel Burr
Nathan
Pearls Aplenty in London Market
The plague in India spurred a flood of pearls to London with prices plunging. Native Bombay dealers fled the stricken city and dumped wares at vastly reduced values. An English import firm reportedly holds a stock that could slash quotations by about 265 percent if released.
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India
London
Bombay
Move forward please says conductor in crowded car
A Yonkers Statesman excerpt shows a fare collector arguing a man refuses to give up his seat to others, claiming the wife sits on his lap and declaring he knows the road from start to finish. The exchange highlights assertive behavior aboard transit.
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Yonkers
Women at the Millais party provoke playful gender jabs
At Sir John Millais's gathering Lady Halle began to play the violin and Landseer exclaimed with amusement about a woman player. In contrast an old fashioned nobleman mocked a gentleman at the piano asking if the creature can sew.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Millais
Halle
Landseer
Pick Me Up Story Sparks Unpopular Sower and Miss Ray
A brief dialogue features an unpopular suitor and Miss Violet Ray, who rejects the match with a witty exchange about beauty and steadfastness. The scene hints at social tensions and romantic maneuvering within a formal setting.
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Violet Ray
Miss Ray
Notice of Forfeiture on Paw Sapa Bar Placer Claim
Morgen D. Jones of Gibbonsville Idaho claims labor and improvements on the Paw Sapa Bar placer mining claim in Beaverhead County Montana for years ending 1895 1896 and 1801 totaling 954 601 and 835 40 dollars. He demands co owners contribute or forfeit their interest under section 2324 revised statutes.
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W. P. Nelson
Morgen D. Jones
Gibbonsville
Idaho
Pioneer Diggings
Big Hole Basin
Beaverhead County
Montana
Paw Sapa Bar
United Staes
Notice of Forfeiture to William Taylor and heirs
Notice to William Taylor his heirs executors and assigns that N B Burnett and W B Burnett Amesville Beaverhead county Montana have expended in labor and improvements on the Sure Pay quartz lode mining claim in Beaverhead county Montana. If you do not contribute your share within 90 days after publication your interest will be forfeited to the subscribers under 2324 revised statutes United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Taylor
Burnett
Amesville
Beaverhead County
Montana
Upper Horse Prairie
State of
Flep
United States
Foreclosure Suit Against A V Clark in Montana Court
The District Court of Montana Leaverhead County issues summons to A V Clark and M A Miller in a foreclosure action filed by James A Murray. The complaint seeks sale of mortgaged premises to pay eight thousand four hundred dollars plus interest and costs. attorney fees and further relief. Judgment by default possible if defendants fail to answer within twenty days of service.
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District Court
Sth Judicial District
State of Montana
Leaverhead
James A. Murray
A. V. Clark
M. A. Miller
J. B. Ores
Jane
Morse
L. J. Price
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Mokaean D. Jonzs
Allas
Emmett Callaian
Borveigh & Willis
Plaintiff
Goldbugs
Liberty Bell
East
Bimetallic Bureau
Rocky Mountain Bimetallic Bureau
Chamber of Commerce Bldg
Denver, Colo
Cushman
Jane,lordow
Browne
Throat and Ear Hospital
Cusnman
IronLee
J. H. Salisbury
Aphyaloiny
Besley Thors
Morrville
Douglas Morton
Hes Pion
Nea Eaver
H. Latham
Meadache Bafferer
URN May CO
Vincennes
Ind
Bearbera Bi
Chicago
T. A. Slocum
M.D
T.A. Slocum
M. D
Pine Street
Tribune Pub. CO
Dillon, Mont
Tribune Pub CO
Agente
Dinuon
J. P. Winter
Wierelhamt
Vaillow
Dillon
Montana Street
Ial
Peta Sade Tal
Mining and Scientific Press
Manxet ST
San Francisco, Cal
Bousdent _ Caen agency
Hava
Munneo
Seeientific American
Sepede Weekly
Terres Prunes Pamen Ee
MUNN
Row York
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