Fear of conscription drives Irish youth to America
An Irish exodus to the United States follows fears of South African war conscription. A New York figure notes a poet leaving business to pursue art, while comments touch on portraits, church pew taxes, Klondike and Cape Nome optimism, and a sensational tale of a fortune seeker in a penny novel style.
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South Africa
Ireland
America
New York
Vaniatella
Jovkey
Drury Lane
Notre Dame
Mavis
Xavier Une
Jealous Husband's Deed in West Virginia
Wealthy farmer Fram shot his separated wife three times and then shot himself at a neighbor's house near Elkins West Virginia. The wife will recover but Fram dies from a head wound. Fram, 45, was prominent. jealousy triggered the act. The piece notes a separate item about the Prince of Wales being reinstalled as Grand Master of English Free Masons on April 25.
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PG. Fram
Giman
Elkins
W. Va
Fram
Frum
Prince of Wales
Free Masons
Menelik
Abyssinia
Windsor Magazine
Cleveland
Chicago
Anna Thomes McLoughlin
T de. Wilmer Sanford Lehman
Africa
Lehman
Soladorf
West Africa
America
Niger
Great
Balauze
Lohman
Davis
Biggs
Joslyns
Higgs
Lighes¢ Station
Chon
Sandy Pikes
Ike
Farmer
Billy Coalgate
Chicago News
Puck
Pather
Mra. Wiggins
Minnie
Ohio State Journal
Harry
Indianapolis Journal
Billy
William
The New Doctor and the Lawn Party Mischief
A gossiping group of girls in a small town tease a new doctor Hopkins. He plays along, treats Helen Clark’s headache with harmless powders, and earns her ire after her disguise prank. At a lawn party, a fire endangers the town and cements a romance when Helen helps the injured doctor, finally confessing love as he recovers.
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Hopkins
Helen Clark
Kate
Nettie Sanborn
Helen
Ull
Kate Upton
Clark
Jim
Ife
Stelen
Nettie
Tam
Dr. Hopkins
Madge
Dr. Goodspeed
Hart
Rascal
Chicago News
Bravest Sailor Carlin Hero of Samoa Calamity
A compact notice recounts Commander Carlin of the Vandalia who, during the 1899 Apia cyclone, aided Captain Scoonmaker and led men to safety aboard the Trenton. It notes Carlin’s later Congressional recommenda tion and highlights other historic courage tales from Menelik to Abyssinia and the Sudan.
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Samoa
Carlin
Pekin
Manila
Yokohama
Apia
Vandalia
Scoonmaker
Jim
Manu
Gun
Trenton
South American Giants in Tierra del Fuego
Dr Frederick A Cook describes the Onas and two other Fuegian tribes as distinct races with different languages and customs. He notes their physical prowess, especially Ona men high endurance in cross country running, but critiques their mental development and overall living conditions. The Onas remain divided clanwise with weak centralized leadership and increasing external pressure from sheep farmers and gold diggers.
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Frederick A. Cook
Tierra del Fuego
Onas
Ona
Wise Words and Quotes on Virtue and Conduct
A compact collection of aphorisms and literary maxims from Byron Emerson Hazlitt Wal ton Lavarer Addison and Johnson. The excerpts emphasize compassion self trust conversation contentment virtue constancy and moral conduct across famous writers.
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Byron
Emerson
Hazlitt
Walton
Lavarer
Addison
Heaven
Charles V
Charles Kingsley
Johnson
Froude
Five Cents Milk Case Sparks Economy Debate
A detective questions the pursuit of a trivial theft, noting the costs of arrest and jail time outweigh the five cents of milk stolen. The Detroit press vignette argues there is little economy in law when officials and wages are spent on minor offenses.
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Detroit
The Great Mormon Tabernacle in Salt Lake City acoustics
The Tabernacle at Salt Lake City, built to hold 25,000, is famed for its unique acoustic properties. A person at one end can hear a pin drop at the other, a test of sound conveyance offered to every visitor touring the building.
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Salt Lake City
Just a Minute and a World to Come
Fragmentary comic and literary snippets from Chicago papers recount social foibles and vanity. Jests about time obsessed maidens and poetic reflections share page space with brief humorous exchanges, headlines, and a pillow-laden hackman anecdote from Philadelphia.
Persian Dinners Described by Newcastle Chronicle
A Newcastle Chronicle excerpt details a Persian dinner with pipes, tea and sweets before guests seated around a leather sheet on the floor. A flat bread loaf is shared, music begins, dishes are placed on trays around the center, and the host declares Bis millah before all partake.
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Newcastle
Eng
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Benjamin Pragklia
Washington
Driev
Pranklin
Gomueyes
Ollenstein
Cape Nome
Fortine
Cape
Amy
Klondike
the New Doctor
Madge Stone
W. B. Evans
Fort John
Ore
Portsmouth
TALES
Pluce
Amba Alagni
Charles Neufeld
Sudan
Hamza
Hutmza
Haw
Chicago Public Library
Walt
Ant
Gabriel
Chicago Times-Herald
Carringe
Hackman
Philadelphia
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