A Persian Romance Plaque in London Museum Tells a Folktale
A damaged description claims a Persian plaque in the South Kensington Museum narrates a legend of Babaram V of the Sassani dynasty. The tale describes a hunting expedition and a clever wife who tests royal pride, ending with a dramatic domestic scene and a revived honor in a village setting.
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South Kensington Museum
London
Babaram V
Sassaniam
Baharam
Goyal
Washington Woman Outsmarts Stranger at Street Corner
A Washington Post brief recounts a sharp exchange on Eighteenth Street near Eleventh Street where a polite stranger, revealed as Colonel Blank's butler, attempts familiarity with a socially cautious woman. She dismisses him and walks away, avoiding a potential liaison.
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Eighteenth Street
Father and Son Debate Art Market in Brooklyn
A brief, murky dialogue set in Brooklyn shows a father questioning a son about pursuing art. The exchange centers on market limits and the son's decision to become an artist despite lacking a stable path.
Smoke from London Reaches Sea Toward Devopshire
Report notes smoke from London blown by winds condensing over the sea and darkening water four miles out near Devopshire, with observers describing the atmospheric haze spreading over coastal waters.
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London
Devopshire
Story of a Philadelphia mariner and a Chesapeake chart blunder
A veteran wharf raconteur recalls sea tales from Philadelphia docks. He recounts a Yankee captain who sailed by a Chesapeake chart up the Delaware Bay and river, going 70 miles off course yet miraculously avoiding disaster, a story the narrator calls the most singular of his recollections.
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Philadelphia
Delaware
Aron Munchausen
Sir John Mandeville
Down East
Omaha
Major Rey
Chester
Baltimore
Chesapeake Bay
Trelaware Bay
Chesapeake
Wharfe
Philadelphia Times
Dowry Dispute Ends with Sudanese Shifting Sheep
A Sudanese officer Imam Abdalla Effendi, with seven wives, fights over a dowry after a divorce. The British medic enforces the court sentence and suggests settling with five sheep. The wife accepts the animals and departs, cow left in dispute.
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W. J. Ansorge
Imam Abdalla Effendi
Kibero
Imam
Dinam
No miracles in a business career say early toil and habit
The article quotes the Saturday Evening Post on success, stressing relentless work, discipline, and economy. It warns that fortune favors prepared, patient individuals who labor from dawn to dusk, sacrificing short term pleasures to build character and willpower.
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Hixe
Satan
Saturday Evening Post
Bees raid cottage honey and flee with ten pounds
A Hampshire cottager gathered two large jars of honey and a square hive section. He set the honey in a pan with a cloth in an upstairs room. Bees scented the honey through an open window and raided, carrying away about ten pounds to their hive.
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Hampshire
England
Ancestry Trace to England Highlighted in Mother's Line
May claims she can trace her ancestry on her mother's side to the conquest of England. Fay confirms, noting her maternal grandmother married in a leap year to a man named England, per the Catholic Stand ad and Times.
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May
England
Fay
Week's History of World News and Prisons Cells
General Young reports the rescue of Brutue of the Nevada regiment and Edwards of the gunboat Yorktown, held by Filipinos. General Tino moves American prisoners north while pursued. Mabini, Aguinaldo adviser, captured. New York Herald notes treasonous letters from anti expansionists among Filipino documents.
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Young
Brutue
Nevada Regiment
Edwards
Yorktown
Tino
Mabini
Aguinaldo
New York Herald
Abong
Senate Holds Up Nomination and House Grants Actions
The Senate blocks W D Bynum for New York board due to 1896 gold Democrat ties. Nebraska Governor appoints ex Senator Allen to fill the seat left by Hayward. Roberts case hearings begin with testimony about co habitation with multiple women. Platt to chair Cuba committee. Fora ker on Porto Rico and Hawaii. Lodge on Philippines. Cushman named House humorist. Navy seeks 4000 more sailors. Long supports $45 clothing allowance per enlisted man. Jett bill proposes jury trial in federal contempt cases. Maine dead to be buried at Arlington in late December. U S wheat crop totals 547 300 000 bushels. House passes currency bill 190 to 150. 13 Democrats voting yes, eight from New York. Hanna ho uses leased late Vice President Hobart's house rumor denied.
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Senate
W. D. Bynum
New York Board of General Appraisers
Poynter
Nebraska
Allen
United States Senate
Hayward
House
Roberts
Platt
Conn
Cuba
Foraker
Porto Rico
Hawaii
Lodge
Philippines
New House
Cushman
Washington
Navy
Long
Jett
Maine
Arlington Cemetery
Agricultural Department
United States
New York
Hanna
Holbart
Notable Executions and Sentences Across Cities Highlight Crime News
The report lists cases from Chicago to New York and Kentucky involving manslaughter, shootings, hangings, and suicides. Names include Mrs. Mary Jane Wiley, James Hobrew, Martin Sweeney, Clarence Williams, Josie Tillman, John T. Katlenborn, James H. Morton, Henry Landis, Frank Walker, John Smith, and Samuel Hahn, with actions ranging from guilty pleas to executions and fatal overdoses while in official service.
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Mary Jane Wiley
Chicago
James Hobrew
Waverly
New York
Martin Sweeney
Clarence Williams
Paris
Josie Tillman
John T. Katlenborn
James H. Morton
First National Bank
Sioux City
Boston
Henry Landis
Baltimore Board of Trade
Union Protestant
Frank Walker
West Virginia State
Thomas Sanders
Fayette County
John Smith
Salt Lake
O. W. Powers
Samuel Hahn
Fifth United States Artillery
Fort Hamilton
Colonial Sugar Refining Company to be formed with 100 million capital
Large sugar refiners outside the trust plan to incorporate the Colonial Sugar Refining Company with capital of 100 million dollars. Morganthaler Linotype declares a 2 percent quarterly dividend and a 2 percent extra dividend payable December 28. bankruptcy hit Mowmt Ayr Illinois merchant. Great Western weighs extension to Dodge Center Minnesota Mankato Minnesota. Epping Savings Bank in New Hampshire closed and placed in receivership. Erie Telegraph and Telephone to raise capital from 5 million to 15 million. John P Squire & Co Boston pork packers fail with assets 5 million liabilities 3 million. Wall Street suspensions include Produce Exchange Trust and Henry Allen & Co. Call money peaks at 125 percent.
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Colonial Sugar Refining Company
Morganthaler Linotype Company
Drec
Co. O. Ingram
Ayr
Ila
Great Western
Dodge Center
Iden
Minn
Mankato
Epping Savings Bank of
Epping
N. H
Ohio State Association of Furniture Manufacturers
Wetmore Tobaccs Company of
St. Louis
Jefferson City
Erie Telegraph and Telephone Company
John P. Squire & Co
Pork Packers
Boston
Wall Street
Produce Exchange Trust Company
Henry Allen & Co
Call Geoney
Rail worker killed while switching cars in Chicago
F Knight at Chicago on the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul railroad was killed while switching cars. Melvin W. Helms of Cumberland was instantly killed when a tree fell on him in the woods near Superior, Wisconsin. Engineer Speigier and Fireman Hen were involved.
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F. Knight
Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul
Chicago
Melvin W. Helms
Cumberland
Superior
Wis
Speigier
Hen
Rail wrecks and battles loom in early 1900s headlines
A roundup of fatal railway accidents in New Jersey and Chicago, plus Boer War actions. Reports list Brakeman Zagbaum among the wounded, Peter Gray killed in Chicago, Alice Palmer fatal fire, Frederick Earling slain by a work train, and Dr. F C Rainer killed by his own shotgun. Lake Superior Whaleback One Hundred Fifteen declared lost with nine crew. Boer forces clash near Ladysmith and Magersfontein with heavy British casualties. General Buller sustains a reverse at Tugela river and British losses tally 1007 dead wounded and missing. Dublin lord mayor protests Transvaal war. Magersfontein losses detailed. London dispatch cites Tugela crossing and cut communications post.
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Icker
Zagbaum
Pennsylvania Road
New Jersey
Peter Gray
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad
Chicago
Alice Palmer
Alabama
Frederick Earling
Milwaukee
Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul
Nemaha
Iowa
F. C. Rainer
Fort Scott
Kan
Lake Superior
Metcalfe
Second Rifles
Ladysmith
Dublin
Daniel Tallon
Transvaal
Methuen
Modder River
Wauchope
Magersfontein
Buller
Tugela River
Ggt
London Daily Mall
Generil Buller
Tugela
Notable deaths across cities claim several prominent figures
Charles Tl Shackleton a Louisville musician dies Edward Bates treasury librarian dies in St Louis Ex Judge Horace Winslow dies in Newton Iowa General Jasper Packard editor of New Albany Tribune dies General Edward Ferrero dies in New York Lieutenant Brumby Dewey’s flag officer dies William J Carpenter Baltimore author and editor passes away James W Reis National Steel manager dies in Newcastle Pa aged about 35
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Charles Tl. Shackleton
Louisville
Edward Bates
Treasury Department
Washington
Julian Bates
St. Louis
Horace S. Winslow
Newton
Winslow
Jasper Packard
New Albany
Ind
Daily
Weekly Tribune
State Soldiers
Lafayette
Edward Ferrero
New York City
Lieutenant Brumby
Admiral Dewey
Manila
William J. Carpenter
Baltimore
James W. Reis
National Steel Company
Newcastle
Fire Blazes Cause Major Loss Across Minnesota and Pittsburgh
The state reformatory at St. Cloud Minnesota sustained 35000 in fire damage. The City Elevator companys private Minneapolis warehouse burned for 50000. St Michaels orphan asylum annex at Pittsburg and the Duluth Shoe company factory and warehouse suffered 150000 in losses. One fireman was killed and two were injured.
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State Reformatory
St. Cloud
Minn
City Elevator Company
Minneapolis
St. Michael's Orphan Asylum
Pittsburg
Duluth
Resignations and notices in the rail and political world
William Wright, master mechanic on the Vandalia line, resigns effective December 19. Southern Railway orders employees in the southern division to quit smoking and resign if needed. Deike & Son file for bankruptcy. George Washington memorial services mark his 100th death anniversary with Masons and Red Men in Mt. Vernon. Marine engineer J. B. Hart dies in Toledo. Robert Cosman Jr chosen bishop of the Protestant Episcopal diocese of Maine. Lan geliza fire wipes out municipal judicial ball in Prussia. Colonel Julius W. Adams dies in Brooklyn at 87, pioneer Brooklyn Bridge engineer. Sir George R. Kirkpatrick, former Canadian lieutenant governor, dies. Prohibition National Convention set for June 27 1900 in Chicago. O W Stewart of Illinois elected committee chairman. Princess Agnes von Salm Salm sails to South Africa to aid sick and wounded Boers. Republican National Convention slated for June 19 in Philadelphia. Peter Studebaker dies in San Francisco. A new glass roof goes up on the Sydenham Palace in London at a $60 000 cost. Mrs G W Chinn widow of a Shelby county legislator commits suicide in Clarence County Missouri.
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William Wright
Vandalia
Southern Railway Company
Southern Division
Henry
Edward H. Deike
Canada
Ottawa
Deaal
Chicago
O. W. Stewart
Illinois
Agnes von Salm-Salm
Prince Felix
South Africa
Philadelphia
Peter Studebaker
San Francisco
Sydenham
London
Crystal Palace
G. W. Chinn
Shelby County
Clarence County
State University finances under scrutiny by board report
Des Moines notes the Iowa Board of Control released a critical report on the State University at Iowa City. It accuses the regents of lax accounting, illegal expenditures, and paying ex-President Schaeffer’s salary to his estate after death. The document calls for a new fund accounting system and tighter controls.
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Des Moines
Board of Control
State University
Iowa City
Board of Regents
Schaeffer
Rich Allamakee County iron ore found in Iowa
Des Moines reports state geologist says Allamakee county iron ore is richer than expected with low phosphate content suitable for Bessemer steel. Ore grades from 56 to 90 percent iron, light and easily reduced. Land underlaid from 60 to 100 feet thick, plans to erect furnaces near Waukon next year to smelt locally, Carly capitalists buying mineral rights.
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Des Moines
Dee
Allamakee County
Milwaukee
Bessemer Steel
Allamakee
Waukon
Des Moines court taxes Highland Park College profits
In Des Moines a district court decision holds Highland Park College of Des Moines operates for pecuniary profit and must pay taxes though it claimed educational exemption. The ruling affects other Iowa colleges and an appeal is planned. In Fort Madison, E M Donald loses appeal challenging a Sunday church subscription as illegal and lacking consideration. the supreme court overrules both defenses.
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Des Moines
Highland Park College
E. M. Donald
Fort Madison
Lee County District Court
Donald
Supreme Court
Revenue Inspector Tours Iowa Counties For Stamp Law Violations
Des Moines reports Internal Revenue Inspector Kirkpatrick tours Iowa county seats to investigate stamp feature violations of federal tax laws. He found extensive infringements and warned violators the department will prosecute further cases.
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Des Moines
Internal Revenue
Kirkpatrick
Iowa
Internal Revenue Laws
Sioux City Man Escapes On Train Amid Forgery Case
J H Morton, sought for forgery in Sioux City Iowa, escaped Sheriff Davenport's custody at Farley while en route. Morton jumped from a toilet window during travel in shirt sleeves and skull cap. Officers scoured the area and he was later captured in Boston.
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Sioux City
J. H. Morton
Davenport
Farley
Morton
Boston
Woman Pleads Guilty in Woodbine Husband Murder Case
Osceola Iowa December 18 Mrs Julia Crosby on trial for murdering her husband Nicholas Crosby by shooting at their Woodbine home pleaded guilty and faces a sentence of about twenty years in prison. The case drew wide attention due to family differences.
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Osceola, Ia
Julia Crosby
Nicholas Crosby
Woodbine
Bankers Raise Farm Loan Rates as Demand Surges
Des Moines reports Iowa bankers and financial houses now require 6 to 7 percent on farm loans up from 5 percent as demand for money equals supply for the first time in two years.
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Des Moines
Lown
Todds pay $1,198,000 for Sioux City and Northern bonds
Sioux City Iowa reports that bonds totaling 1,198,000 have been paid by the Todds of New York for the Sioux City and Northern Railway, which they bought at foreclosure last Tuesday. They will take possession December 31.
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Sioux City
Todls
New York
Haydn Married Her Sister Not The One He Loved
The article chronicles Joseph Haydn's arranged marriage in 1760 to Anna Maria, sister of his beloved, after promise from her father. Maria Haydn is depicted as impractical and frivolous, sending cheerful notes and even proposing a widow’s home funded by Haydn’s manuscripts. Haydn endures an unhappy union, living apart with Maria before her death and later occupying a house he bought for practical reasons.
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Haydn
Traydn
Father Keller
Keller
Anna Maria
Anna Marvin
Marville
Frau
Maria
Hasdn
London
Frau Hlaydu
Robbing the Asorignes
A harsh 19th century critique from Ainvslee's Magazine on Indian women shoppers. It claims government control and credit practices force purchases, with storekeepers matching goods to pension money. The piece describes timid behavior, reliance on interpreters, and a perceived clash of native and settler life as women accompany men to buy goods.
Richard Peters the Philadelphia Lawyer and His Half Price Sign
An old Philadelphia anecdote spotlights Judge Richard Peters who began practice with a joking half price sign He claimed it drew early clients and allowed him to later charge full rates while remaining thorough His friends say he never deviated from that standard of care and competence.
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Philadelphia
Judge Peters
Peters
Richard Peters
N. B
Air and water safety as vital to daily life
The text notes a person breathes about 2,000 gallons of air daily weighing 84 pounds, six times the typical food and drink. It argues against allowing a neighbor to pollute the air for cheaper business, stressing atmospheric purity as essential.
After It's Over Grateful Survivor Com Plains About Torn Pants
A man survives a collision and reflects on escaping with his life before lamenting torn pants in the Atchison Globe report.
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Atchison Globe
Stolyou that fellow is collaged arriving lisiness
A garbled line from a reactionary column mentions a person described as a backwan in Chicago. The fragment names Stol and a Chicago Times-Herald reference, but the text is unclear about identity or context.
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Colag
Chicago
Herala
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