Bloodier Boulogne Bull Fight Draws Foreigners
A Boulogne bull fight held under electric lights drew about 9,000 spectators including many foreigners and excursionists from Hastings and Brighton. Despite government threats, bullfights continued as four bulls were killed and several horses injured. Panicked seating caused crowding but the event ended with many spectators leaving in disgust.
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Boulogne
Berens
Hastings
Brighton
Madrid
Aix
la Laverne
Robert Sleo
Govern
Picador
Parrow
Openy
Catarryh Cured Remedy Sold by W I Finke
A nasal remedy claim offers cure for catarrh with a clear head and sweet breath. The product Shilosh s Catyrrh Remedy is sold by W I Finke with a stated guarantee and nasal application free of charge.
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W. I. Finke
Fragmentary Shilohs Consuription Cure Mentioned
The readable text shows a fragmentary line about Shilohs Consuription Cure and a claim that it should be used to avoid coughing. Other details are unclear due to damaged OCR and missing context.
Names and fortunes of Lackawanna valley villages
A fragmented survey traces the origins of towns like Priceville Throop and Olyphant in the Lackawanna valley. It notes founder ties to figures such as Archibald Scranton and John Jermyn, explains village growth into modern towns with coal, steel, newspapers, banks and libraries, and highlights the lasting historic significance of the place names.
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Lackawanna
Pontiay Tila
Wetta
Scranton
Boranton
Sthanton
Serson
Thomas Dich
Priceville
Throop
Olyphant
Delawai ‘Udaon Canal Company
Beckville
Lackawanna Lumber - Scranton
Archibald
Johs
Jermyn
Nto
Hote Jermyn
Welanalve
Victoria
Pennsylvania
Well Dressed Soldiers and the Power of Appearance
A London era piece argues Lord Wolseley values soldiers' personal appearance to inspire pride and discipline. It cites dress, regimental identity, and uniforms as tools to cultivate loyalty, while noting mutinies from altered attire and urging officers to foster self-respect without excessive bullying.
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Lord Wolseley
London Mall
Madras
Vallora
Duke of Wellington
Hig Opoeals
Spain
Longich
Dreas
Hint to Parents by Julie O'Hara in Child Study Monthly
A short excerpt highlights practical advice on respect due to little children. It notes that harsh treatment harms child reverence more than minor scoldings. Also mentions an edible earth from Fiji and a report from Sydney on its consumption by women, with vague attributions to Professor David.
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Misa Julie Caroline O'Hara
New York Woman‘s Press Club
Child Study Monthly
Juvenal
Sydney
Perot
Fiji
David
Sydney University
India
Famine to India Expands Its Grim Reach Across Provinces
The famine to India has assumed appalling dimensions and effects are felt in districts of dovtoty once exempt. Many fertile areas are stripped, one state has lost ninety per cent of cattle, and in the Central Provinces two million will need relief. Native rulers have given princely donations to the famine fund.
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India
Dovtoty
Reflections on Filipinos and Native Peoples in 19th Century Entries
The excerpt contrasts colonial views of Admiral Dewey era in the Philippines with insulting, tabloid style depictions of Filipino women and native peoples. It likens Filipinos to American Indians, detailing supposed traits and threats while noting poverty, crime, and subservience to husbands.
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Malaya
Dewey
Aguinalde
Akill
Todd
Army Post Elaughterhouse
Woomen
Philippines
Aguinaldo
Army Pass
Wast
Philippine Railways Under Spanish Rule Describe Line and Cars
The article outlines the 122 mile railway from Manila to Dagupan in Luzon with a three foot six inch gauge and hardwood ties. It notes sixty freight fridges, light rolling stock, speeds of 15 to 20 mph, and trains of eight to ten carriages. Fares range from two to five cents Mexican per mile with rice, sugar, hemp and building material as main freight.
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Anya Cassler
Magasine
Luson
Fateful Dublin Fusiliers Reserve Pay Tale
In Dublin a reservist’s employer cut pay during call up, giving his wife four sovereigns plus half wages. She expected £6 monthly but received £82 yearly in coins, prompting her to question a covareign. The clerk confirms the arrangement, and she vows to exact revenge if the husband dies. Weakly Telegraph.
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Fusiliers
Dublin
Dublin Fusiliers
Pitosito Inlanders Embrace Seventh Day Baptists
Descendants of the Bounty crew on Pitcairn Island, about 180 people mostly women, have become converts to the Seventh Day Baptists through a San Francisco missionary. The remaining men join seafaring work aboard passing vessels. they were formerly part of the Eng land church.
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Pitosito Inlanders
Pitcairn
Bounty
Seventh Day Baptists
San Francisco
Church of Enland
Yaqui Invasion Rumors Reported by General Mer sham
Rumors spread that a large Yaqui force aims at the International Une border. General Mer sham issues orders for Fort Hunduuaca to hold troops in readiness to repel any crossing into the United States.
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Benuon
Arie
Indiana
International Une
Ore Gera
Mersham
Hunduuaca
Lng
United States
Analysis of a Filipino Woman Stereotype Essay
A critical excerpt portrays Filipino women through a demeaning colonial lens, describing physical traits and domestic roles in derogatory terms. The writer contrasts natives with Americans, likening attire and cooking to inferiority and invoking threats of violence and theft to emphasize supposed cultural deficits.
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Bert
Capper & Shaffer
Clermont, Brick Works
Clermont
Iowa
Hartwig
Slung Balsam
Ripaaia
Ripand Toles
James T. Carlin
Morison
Modern Remedy Co
Kewanse
Ili
Stoehr
Mileaton
Drummond
Temae Oivty S Braye
AL T
Asi Laghe
Anateins
Evans
Iano
Selband
Stoshi’s * Pharma
Homelin
Spacion
Tee Bolder
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