A Question of Time at the Indian Station
Welton sits awake at Gola Chat as a tiger prowls near the bamboo stockade while Marion Lester and Akerslie mingle in the bungalow. A night terror ends with Akerslie's tale and a victorious hunt as Chuni ferries the man eater beyond the gate.
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India
Welton
Marion Lester
Akersiie
Lester
Lucknow
Gola Chat
Man Eater
Chris
Ceane
Eake Aberstie
Akerstie
Akerslie
Tie
Ale
Jove
Billy
Ife
Marion
Sid
Chuni
Sahib
Marjorie Boots
Schoovlmate
The Glory of Life and Human Potential
A brief excerpt from Success Magazine reflects on humanity's infancy and the gap between animal existence and higher consciousness. It laments materialistic aims and urges elevation of standards, arguing most people see life as a burden and seldom glimpse true sentiment or the diviner nature of man.
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Success Magazine
Courteous Pirate Shows Chivalry Despite Flight for Loot
North China Daily News recounts a Chinese pirate raid where a father and son aboard a launch were confronted by pirates. The son hesitated to surrender money and was shot. The pirate chief lamented the death, offered condolences to the father, and gave him a $350 roll as solace for his loss.
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North China Daily News
Tnally
A Heroic Knitter on a New York Bound Train
A Washington to New York traveler calmly knits in a passenger car until a conductor warns that knitting is against the rules. He recounts two fatal/near-fatal incidents caused by knitting needles, including a stabbed heart and an eye injury, yet the woman ignores the warnings and continues her work for a birthday gift.
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Washington
New York
Tie
Wao
Hanmor
John
New York Times
Last soup strainer in big leagues disappears
The article notes the end of John Titus's famous mustache, once a hallmark of Philadelphia players like Monte Cross and Jake Beckley. It recalls era changes in baseball facial hair from the 1890s onward, with Titus the latest to drop the style, leaving only a “nude upper lip” in the accompanying image.
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John Titus
Phillies
John
Savannah
Philadelphia
Titus
Monte Cross
Anson
Kelly
Gore
Brouthers
Tener to vie for congressional seat in Twenty fourth district
John K Tener, once a National League pitcher and Charleroi banker, secures Republican nomination to fill Emmet F. Acheson’s seat in Congress. The 24th district is considered effectively decided, with the nomination equating to election in this era.
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John K. Tener
Charleroi
Elke
Tener
Pittsburg
Chicago
A. G. Spalding
Spalding
United States
New York
Brotherhood
Dream of Thanksgiving Dinner Foretells Sudden Death
A seminary president relays a curious prophecy dream. A professor invites students and faculty to Thanksgiving dinner at a hotel. In the dream a student announces the host's wife has died at a set time that morning, a forecast the speaker later sees fulfilled at the actual dinner.
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No Theological Seminary
Amy Heanny
Making Stel Pens Briefly Described
A historical note outlines pen making from steel sheets rolled into strips three inches wide. Strips heated to bright red and cooled to temper the steel, then rolled to size and blank pens cut. Pens stamped with maker name, shaped, hardened by quenching from cherry red heat, then polished and finished for use. Holes at the nib end reduce weight and aid balance.
Joseph's Bicycles Promoting Modern High-Grade Wheels
Nothing like exhilarating exercise in the open air to brace one up and relieve fatigue. Jos Redlinger offers modern bicycles for pleasure and health. Visit South Galena Ave store to see new stock, whether to buy now or later.
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Jos. Redlinger
Joseph’s
South Galena Ave
Let us store your stove Genant and Luedeking
Storage ad for stoves offered by Genant and Luedeking with contact phone 693. Includes unclear trailing text 4-lidtf.
Quit smoking to keep wind and appetite, Cy Young says
Cy Young urges young players to drop cigarettes to preserve stamina and appetite. He admits smoking modestly himself but warns heavy cigarette use harms sleep and physique, citing a teenager’s habit as unsustainable.
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Cy Young
Money in Fights Shows Large Purses Since July
James Coffraoth notes substantial earnings in boxing since the sport resumed last July. He lists purses up to the first of the year including Squires with Burns at 320,252 dollars and Moran with Attell at 94,000 dollars, among others.
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Ber
Chicago White Sox
Detroit
Burns
Stallings
Tigers
West Sind Park
O'Leary
James Coffraoth
Drowo
Squires
Joe Thomas
Ketehel
Jacki
Britt
Nelson
Kaufmann
Schreck
Gans
Pritt
Moran
Neil
Ketchell
Think Overall Greatest Ever Pitching Praise
Odwell Kruger and Hitt defend Overall the bss Californian who faltered in Cincinnati yet shone last year as a Cub. Odwell claims Overall matches Rusie for speed and has a ball that breaks as sharply as any spitball, praising him as exceptional.
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Odwell
Kruger
Hitt
Bss
Californian
Cincinnati
Ths
Anos Rusie
British mint coinage uses aluminium for first time
In its history the British mint issued aluminium coins for the first time last year. A total of 72,104 coins were struck from aluminium including half cent pieces for Uganda and one-tenth of a penny for circulation in the Nigerian protectorate.
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Uganda
Wrong End First
Willie is greeted by an agitated mother as a cried relative arrives. The infant, confused by the scene, is urged to kiss his Uncle John and wash his face, in a moment described with a London Telegraph tone and period phrasing.
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Willie
John
London
Prairie chicken flock expands on Indiana farm
Lemuel Andrews of Morocco Indiana keeps prairie chickens on his farm where the birds have thrived for five years. The flock grew from about a dozen to over 160 birds as the older birds adapted and reproduced on the homestead.
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Lemuel Andrews
Morocco
Ind
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