Chinese Poker Expert in Chinatown Private Game
A Tribune reporter describes five Chinatown merchants quietly playing poker in a private office. The stakes were small, but Li Lung, known as Boston, dominates, allegedly fixing politics via gambling. He wins $55 as others bluff, then Chinatown gamblers fear police curbing the games.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tribune
Chinatown
Boston
Li Lung
Tim’ Sullivan
Bowery
Brooklyn
Seventh Avenue
Cam
Lung
Sullivan
New York Tribune
Fragmented remarks on society and war from Eugene Weekly Guard
A column of varied commentary discusses European politics, economics, and social trends. It notes excommunications, fashion costs at the palace, and social snobbery. It reflects on work ethic, independence, and the morale effect of submarine warfare in a broad public-issues voice.
Divorced Men Form Has Been Club Sparks Controversy
A nearby city forms The Concatenated Order of Has-Beens for divorced men as a club house project with sports and theater benefits. The piece argues such clubs proliferate and warns the divorced men’s club should be stopped, fearing broader social club overload.
Origins of agriculture in Europe and Asia
The article surveys early cultivation in Neolithic Europe with eight cereals and various domestic animals. It cites Prof W Boyd Dawkins, suggesting animal domestication may have begun in Central Asia and agriculture arose in southern to eastern Europe before spreading. It notes pastoral and hunter communities often resist farming without strong pressures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
W. Boyd Dawkins
Asia
The Sultan of Turkey Rises At Six Each Morning
The Sultan rises at six daily and spends his day in seclusion attending state affairs. He appears to the public only one day in seven, with a careworn face and pale brown beard. He has established fifty thousand schools across his empire for boys and girls, a notable departure from tradition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Turkey
Vildia
London Bakers Offer Path to Wealth and Stable Career
The London Telegraph argues bakers provide strong opportunities for skilled youths. It praises steady work, low startup capital, and rising from journeyman to a comfortable position, noting about 60 percent of London master bakers began in the trade as journeymen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
London Telegraph
Barber’s witty parting line delights patron
A polite Oklahoma City barber jokes with a returning customer. The man says he’s been there before but the barber does not recall his face. The man replies that his face is healed now. A separate quip notes Britain and Ireland have 21 700 miles of railway and a final pun about studying law and physic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Chicago
Oklahoma City
Great Britain and Ireland
Almost Baked Alive Aims at Cure with Extreme Heat Ovens
An article recounts early sensational experiments with hot air ovens used to "bake" human patients for rheumatism. It describes layered metallic cylinders, heat delivery, air drying, magnesia sheets, and temperatures up to 400 degrees. Patients reportedly endure intense heat with controlled ventilation and short sessions.
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New York
Philadelphia
Everybody's Magazine
Hhis
Walter
Lithaenia
Rome
Caracalla
Animals Show Chivalry By A Crow And A Dog
An anecdotal piece describes Jim Crow the crow and a greyhound forming a loyal trio with a young boy. The crow feeds orphaned kittens daily, while the dog acts as their knight protector, illustrating animal kindness and the imagined moral of humane behavior passed from master to pets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Jim
Jim Crow
Greyhound
Tim
the Greyhound
Novel Teeth Show Personal Initials in Dental Art
A dentist recalls unusual requests from clients including upper sets with the wearer's initials forged in gold wires. Other examples feature gold horsemen, a catstone and crescent moon motif, and a tiger claw once used as a pendant. Prices and outcomes vary, with mixed success and safety concerns.
Mistreated Mule and Moon Rules Narrated in 19th Century Item
A Civil War era anecdote recounts Lieut. Kellenberger of Battery G First Ohio Light Artillery mistreating and then meaningfully training a mule, which responds with a lively display. The tale follows with a mock moon planting rule and a biblical pun about Jonah and the whale.
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Lieut. Kellenberger
Oblo Light Artillery
Lieut
Kellenberger
Leutenant
Kelley
Cincinnati Enquirer
Siberia gold mining grants foreign access under strict law
A 19th century overview notes Siberia offers vast gold deposits with lenient land rights for foreigners but strict Russian protections. Miners face five verst land limits, government-owned gold taken as tax, and Cossack guards. Exiles sometimes own fortunes yet cannot leave without tsarist pardon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Siberia
Tomsk
Irkutsk
California
Siberian
Europe
Klondike
Mr. Shostok
Krasnoalsk
Western Australia
British Columbia
Russia
New York Herald
All About Rings in Ancient Times and Meanings
The article traces ring use from ancient savages to civilizations, noting finger rings as primary adornment and seal work. It covers Egyptian t eb h and khatem rings, scarabael bezels with glyphs, revolving bezels like Thethmes III and Horus, and Greek Roman signets and seasonal wear. It also touches on sacred beliefs linked to rings, including Solomon’s fabled ring and related legends.
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Polycrates
Iceland
Thethmes III
Horus
Red Sea
Odd Anecdotes From Civil War and Earlier Times
A fragmented river of reminiscences recalls Horace Greeley and Sofi the Woman's Journal arguing over women fighting, a British army surgeon tale in South Africa about an aristocratic woman, John J. Ingalls and John L. Sullivan quips, Daniel R. Anthony and Susan B. Anthony, Goethe, and nineteenth century political clashes in Kentucky. The anecdotes mix wit, pride, mischief, and fixture figures, ending with notes on honeybee production and travel titles.
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Horace Greeley
Woman
Mr. Greeley
South Afri
Ing
J. L
John J. Ingalls
Prin
Goethe
Kentucky
Tom Stuart
Winchester Democrat
Ponent
L. N. Boone
Daniel
Boone
Stuart
About April Fools Pranks and Ancient Compoest Parts
Fragment describes an April fool context with a reference to ancient components and discoveries. It notes ongoing processes and a sequence of events tied to a specific day, mentioning many men and a proceems aim.
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Eugene Weekly Guard
Tolstoi
Alfred Vanderbilt
New York Central Railroad
Oscar of
Sweden
Jess
National Prison Congress
the Tribune
Commodore Vanderbilt
Vanderbilt
Berlin
Parla
France
Germany
Ike
Deanse
Sultan of
Animal Chivalry
Wales
Jays
Jonah
All About
Rings
Many Man
April Fool
Svrup Ren
Adr
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