Diverse Global Facts and Historic Notices Mixed in One Page
A compilation of varied items including population figures for France, an Italian circus law, Chinese bridges, meteorology notes, avian claims, 1899 cog production and chicken values, old marriage notices, Mormon missionary incidents in Centertown, vast U S forest acreage and sawmills statistics, Baron Mundy’s death and philanthropy, diplomat Chung in Washington, Jamaica’s colored leadership glimpses, Rev Sabine Baring-Gould’s portrait as a writer and mystic, and his Lew Frenchard home details.
Great Inva lake changes in Kilaven reported
The Hawaiian Gazette notes dramatic upheaval at the Inva lake crater in Kilaven. Since March 1891 a 2,500 by 2,000 foot area collapsed 500 feet in a night, with the lake rising and overflowing repeatedly past year end. Overflows of Uguld lava number up to twenty three in a day as walls erode from sustained activity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kilaven
Catching a Tartar in a Police Court Tale
A witness recalls an evening near Amsterdam Avenue and a Washington Heights stakeout that turns sour. A job seeker is drawn into a detective ruse by a shifty man posing as a crime-fighter, leading to a sensational misidentification, a night in custody, and a bitter resolve to avoid further trouble.
Montana's National Paint Mine and Geyser Tale
A fragmentary tale describes a paint mine near the Geyser in Montana discovered by Naylor Thompson and a local claim that it yields inexhaustible color. Joseph Blessing reportedly made a multicolor fence from the mine pigments, while Thompson recalls Indian legends and war party uses. The piece blends local lore with whimsical reminiscences about Naylor’s escapades.
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Joseph Blessing
Naylor Thompson
Naylor
Mississippi River
Minnesota
Towrsend
Blessenger
They Don’t Deceive Anybody Else Bats Comment
A tense exchange unfolds as a girl rebukes a man who offered salt, laughing coldly and claiming that bats are only one mark of the animal. The scene hints at deeper danger and unresolved action as the narrator laments his misreading.
The Pneumatic Tire Inventor’s Wild Orbital Inventions
In a sunlit top floor room, Percy Redlers Krankwit, a cheerful yet battered inventor, pitches a suite of outrageous tire ideas. He envisions traveling beer and wine streams, a table d hote tire with multi compartment dining, a fire extinguisher bicycle, and a music box wheel. He jokes about perpetual motion and a two compartment tire containing treasury notes and sawdust as a green goods ploy, aiming for the Savoy in six weeks.
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Percy Redlers
Verck
New York
Dake
Sim
Fifth Avenue
Savoy
Goodyear
Edison
Hugher
Wdison
Mc. Krankwit
Michigan
Canada
Mr. Krankwit
Ender
Central Park
Treasury
Tung
Industrious Sam Gregg praised by old Mr Potter
In Whitings, New Jersey, Sam Gregg is described as a hard working man who relentlessly pursues gossip and wrongs, hunting down any unpleasant matter until resolved. A tale from John Mwisell recounts a blacksnake versus turtle duel, where the turtle uses shrewd defense to trap the snake, leaving it whipped and neck crushed.
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Sam Gregg
Nquirel Siquire Sampson
Mr. Potter
Sam
Squire Sampson
Saul
Ae Blacksnake
Whitings
New Jersey
John Mwisell
Ei Blacksnake
Becen
Turue
Disarmed by a Whiplash on a California Stage Route
An early California highwayman attack is recalled by an old San Jose to Los Angeles stage driver. On a moonlit bend a robber aimed a gun. the driver lashed with his whip, catching the gun and pulling it from the bandit’s hand as the stage sped by. The weapon discharged but the whip freed the driver and treasure path continued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
San Joso
Los Angeles
Also Mentioned on This Page
Che Glin
Ainewor
Iowa
France
Taiwan
Carl Henry
Boston
Thomas Baxter
Quincy
Miss Whitman
Bridgewater
Centertown
Sky
Woodland
United States
Baron Mundy
Vienna
Mme Sarah Bernhardt
Mundy
Chung
Washington
Yale
Delta Kappa Upsilon
Jamaica
Constantine Burke
Legislative Council
George Stiebel
Sabine Baring-Gould
Chris
Jyriter
Lew Frenchard
Gould
James I
Olleds
Min
Truy
Amsterdam Avenue
Byrnes
Lowias
Washington Heights
Dawiker
Dlehtle
Jouger
Finneled
Pollerman
Lig
Dawker
Agin
Sin
Lhn
Montana
National Paint
Wheelman
Mya. Greyneck
Mr. Greyneck
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!