Farmhouse mystery woman discovers captive in Dietrich home
A Missouri correspondent reports a 23 year old man found immured in a stone cell behind the Dietrich farmhouse on Cracker's Neck. Described as almost animal like in mind and body, he shows limited speech and a craving for noisy toys. Neighbors, stunned, witnessed a funeral and the rescue that revealed the prisoner, believed to have been confined since birth or early childhood.
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Father
St. Joseph
Jacob Dietrich
John
Lome
Kaspar Hauser
Nuremburg
Bavaria
Karl of
Baden
Ludwig
Missourianforiuvate
Germany
Ils
Missouri River
Dietrich
Texas
Lieldom
Well Known Milwaukee Citizen Engages French Maid as Domestic
A prominent Milwaukee resident living just outside the city reportedly engaged a French maid of uncertain years for his suburban home. The tale centers on his son, an eighteen year old rascal, and a comic morning scene with the French cook clattering tinware to demand coffee. The episode ends with the cook insisting on an egg for the coffee, as described by the Milwaukee Sentinel.
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Citisen
Milwaukee
Milwaukee Sentinel
Gypsy Knowledge of the Future Revealed
An excerpt discusses Gypsy fortune telling from Frank Leslie’s Popular Monthly. It notes that Romanys gather neighborhood information through servants and neighbors, then use keen observation and facial reading to infer life histories. Only verifiable past events are remembered. the rest is inferred.
Americanizing Scotland at Edinburgh Castle Drill
The Dominie in Ladies' Home Journal describes the climax of American influence during a Edinburgh visit. Soldiers lined the Plaza with 300 Scots on one side and American tourists on the other, while rifles were Springfield made and drill tactics echoed West Point. A brass band from New York played Sousa as pipes and drums from Chicago produced the Campbells are Coming.
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Springfield
West Point
New York
Chicago
Sousa
Remarkable Montlucon Beard Guards Aged Gentleman
A seventy six year old man in Montlucon is noted for an extraordinary beard measuring ten feet ten and one half inches and a mustache exceeding a yard and a half in length.
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Montlucon
Scientific excerpts on earth rotation lightship project and exploration
The article surveys earth rotation as a time standard, a plan to project a thirteen inch light from sea to sky, and distinctions between ship lights. It highlights Abydos kings' sequence, Mena's historic role, Idaho lava plains rivers, bird song variation study, and wireless longitude determinations by the Coast and Geodetic Survey. It notes potential uses for deep wells and future wireless methods for island work.
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Diamond Shoal
United States Coast and Geodetic Survey
Nantucket Shoals
Washington
Baltimore
Alaskan
Erratic Squaw Domestics in Carson City Story
A Washington Star report describes Native women in Carson City Nevada hired as domestic workers called Sally. They enter unannounced to offer kitchen and laundry help, driven by hunger, and typically do not stay overnight, returning to forest homes at sundown.
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Carson
Nevada
Sally
Washington Star
Odoriferous Plants in Europe Market
The London Family Doctor reports that among 4200 European plant species used commercially, 420 perfumes are pleasant and widely used in scents, soaps, and satchels. White flowers lead with 1124 species, 187 scented. yellow 951 with 77 scented. red 823 with 84 scented. blue 594 with 34 scented. violet 808 with 13 scented.
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Europe
London
The Way to Advertise Points Well Worth Keeping in Mind
Advertising is essential to business and must be carefully prepared. Fresh, continuous, and well arranged ads attract attention, persuade readers, and build customer loyalty. Successful merchants advertise extensively, adapting messages to maintain interest and drive purchases even after busy seasons.
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Waterbury Coun
Doctor Saxton Helps Willie Learn Letters Tale
In the aftermath of the Civil War a learned doctor heads a village school. He creates a self made method to teach Willie Baxter the letters. Willie misinterprets the eye cue and remarks he sees six white hairs instead of letters.
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Doctor Saxton
Willie Baxter
Saxton
Willie
Spain and United States friendship after the war
P N Gonzalez of Jerez Spain says Americans are hospitable and curious about Spain. He notes Spaniards quickly move on from conflict, regrets war with Uncle Sam but believes relations are repaired, and recalls Cuba as a Western possession kept out of sentiment. The remarks appear in the Louisville Courier Journal.
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Spain
United States
P. N. Gonzalez
Jerez
Mr. Gonzalez
Uncle Sam
Cuba
Western Hemisphere
Louisville Courier-Journal
Law Forbids Golf Playing In Scotland
In Bon- Ole Scotland the article notes a curious old statute that technically makes golf a capital offense if strictly enforced north of the Tweed. It recalls Scotland’s archery requirements for youths in ancient times and how golf rivaled it, though no record of enforcement exists.
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Scotland
Tweed
Temperance Topics and Sleepy Hollow Imagery
A verse fragment evokes Sleepy Hollow with frost covered church windows and headless horseman lore, contrasting a lively brook that remains merry in winter. The piece sits alongside a report on liquor use across nations and the vast cost of temperance efforts in London.
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Sleepy Hollow
Willows
Drink and Age Wise Word From An Old Man 105
A Maine man who just reached 105 says he is a moderate whisky drinker. The piece argues moderation in old age can aid the heart, if youth was temperate, and notes studies on alcohol’s effects on frog muscle showing more rapid contraction and fatigue resistance after moderate intake.
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Maine
New York Academy of Sciences
Leo
W. Salant
Lessons for Barrooms and Charity From a Bar Keeper
In Boston the Rev McNutt told the Woman's Christian Temperance union that democracy starts behind the bar. He cited subway workers driven from church steps and saloon keepers who offer a free hot lunch sign as examples. He argued church folk forget true charity without benevolent disposition.
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St. Paul
New York Herald
Some Reasons for Temperance for a Young Man
The author argues against drinking spirits by outlining losses of taste, time, money, and clear thought. He claims spirits fuel boasting, lying, vacillation, procrastination, and self-delusion, and asks how many dying men regret temperate lives.
Alcohol and Insanity in 1900 Edinburgh Asylum
Dr. Clouston in his annual report notes a rise in admissions at the Royal Edinburgh Asylum during 1900 linked to excessive alcohol use amid prosperous times. He urges legislative or state action to curb alcoholism, arguing liberty does not justify harming others or society.
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Royal Edinburgh Asylum
Clouston
Whisky as a mocker of life and friendship
A stark warning on whisky’s hollowness. The text argues that every sensation, promise, and friendship tied to whisky is a mockery, describing drunken men clinging to each other as a grotesque echo of true companionship and sacred feeling.
Elovluate Private Gain in Liquor Control Debate
British Secretary of State for the Colonies Hon Joseph Chamberlain proposes government control of the liquor traffic as the safest way to curb evils. He urges total elimination of private gain in retail liquor sales. Prominent leaders like Mr Bright Mr Forster Mr Gladstone and many others back the policy, akin to the Gothenburg system adapted to England.
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Joseph Chamberlain
Bright
Forster
Gladstone
Library of Women Authors Left by Deceased Madam Kaissavov
A library of 18,000 volumes all written by women was bequeathed by Madama Kaissavov who died recently in St Petersburg, according to local notices.
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Madama Kaissavov
St Petersburg
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Mena
Hogland
United States Geological Survey
Idaho
Israel C. Russell
Geological Survey
Colorado
Wyoming
Dakotas
Scott
Princeton
Minna Irving
England
France
Great Britain
Schooling
London County Council
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