Mail carrier Ida Minton rides Kentucky mountains fearless
The Cincinnati Inquirer notes Ida Minton, a likely lone female mail carrier in the United States service, travels horseback on the Castlow to Andersonville route through rough Kentucky terrain. She says the road holds robberies, yet she continues delivering letters. Married two years, she took the job to earn money and has eight months left in a three year contract.
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Mountania
Castlow
Andersonville
Kentucky
Cincinnati Inquirer
Uncle Sam
Japanese Literature and Government Readiness in Japan
The London Dial critiques current Japanese literary activity dominated by periodicals and fiction. It notes a native regret over Chinese language versifying, commercialized literature, and youthful critics with limited English. A planned five year history of the recent China war is proposed, needing 60,000 yen, while the Imperial university lacks a 16 scholar committee for compiling exhaustive historical material.
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Japan
London Dial
China
Imperial University
Panthers Fall to Trap in Smut Creek Valley
A Montana rancher in Smut Creek valley set a heavy steel trap for panthers suspected of sheep theft. After six days he discovered two panthers, one trapped with a leg in the device and the other nearby. He killed the untrapped panther first and then dispatched the trapped one.
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Big Horn Mountains
How They Did a Mile Record Attempts Across Modes
The text lists various entities and their mile times across forms such as hurricane speed, balloon, railroad engine, horse, torpedo boat, cyclist, pacing horse, trotting horse, skater, professional runner, tower diver, walker, punter, and swimmer. It contrasts sea swimming times and a man’s longer sea voyage time, illustrating diverse records for a mile.
Moonblink Mystery On Acanthus Ocean Voyage
Three sailors aboard the British steamship Acanthus suffered sudden blindness at night from a tropical eye ailment called moonblink during an 80 day voyage across the Indian Ocean. The ship reached Philadelphia with 60 officers and crew, the story notes the eerie condition observed under bright moonlight.
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Philadelphia
Batavia
Indian Ocean
Tropics
Moonblink on a Voyage Leads to Sudden Blindness
The captain suspects a crewman faked blindness to dodge duty but an investigation shows the man could not see though his eyes were open. A mysterious "moonblink" effect strikes others after night tests, with two more sailors becoming totally blind after waking in the moon’s glare. The captain halts further experiments for the voyage.
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Alamming
Gaelic language endures despite widespread myths
The article notes a Waterford scholar becoming Gaelic chair at Maynooth College and cites Gaelic’s persistence. It dismisses the extinction notion, listing 1,000,000 speakers across Britain, Ireland, Wales, and Scotland, with 600,000 in Ireland and 350,000 in Wales. It compares Gaelic to Basque in remote regions and mentions limited progress in the United States and England.
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Maynooth College
Ireland
Gaelic League of Dublin
Gaelic Society
New York
British Isles
Wales
Scotland
Spain
King of Corea Orders 30000 Bottles of Beer for Russians
A Corea king allegedly ordered 30,000 bottles of beer for a visiting Russian warship, prompting Japanese merchants in Chemulpo to rush an urgent shipment. The crew, invited to celebrate a Russo Corean alliance, reportedly received 100 bottles per man aboard the 300 marines.
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Chemulpo
Corea
San Francisco Chronicle
Japan
Torpedoes and Their Powerful Naval Use Described
The San Francisco Call explains three torpedo types fixed underwater mines launched via shore electric wires. mobile Whitehead tubes using compressed air. and automobiles with on deck controlled propulsion and a long cable. A new deep submerged torpedo offers near human-like sentiency and real time status updates to the operator.
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San Francisco
Ransom of an Inca and the Hidden Caravans
Pall Mall Gazette notes a buried ransom value of Inca gold rumored after the Cuzco sack. It cites Pizarro era reports of a 100000 llama caravan carrying gold, priests hiding it, and Markham’s Peru expedition hints at a hidden Aranjaro site.
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Peru
Caxamarca
Cuzco
Europe
Pizarro
Clements Markham
Royal Geographical Society
Aranjaro
Andes
Pall Mall Gazette
Facial Clues Indicate Disease Says Medical Journal
A New York Journal article describes how doctors read illness from facial signals. It notes pain shows in brows and lips with color changes signaling heart kidney and brain conditions and links specific third face regions to different organs.
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N. Y
Fogg-Tell Me Do They Learn More Than Sports in College
An exchange hints that college teaches more than athletics and school spirit. The Boston Transcript quotes a skeptical view, then notes that students do learn other things, with a playful aside about curiosity and college life.
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Fogg
Boston Transcript
Municipal family home in Glasgow seeks to aid widows and children
A Glasgow municipal project builds a 165-family housing complex offering nurseries, roof garden, reading rooms, baths, and small kitchens. Weekly charges range from 78 to 98 cents for families and daily meals cost five to ten cents for adults, with children priced per week. The aim is to keep families together and reduce reliance on charity, with expected lasting role in British urban welfare.
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Glasgow
Great Britain
Boston Transcript
Lovers' Stratagem Ends With Amusing Mix up
A Washington Star tale describes a dating prank where a man tailing a couple at a Mount Pleasant home encounters a soda fountain clerk from Hanger ville. The narrator follows the plan to surprise the girl, but the other man proves an unexpected obstacle as the night unfolds on a city street.
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Star
Hangerville
Mount Pleasant
Fourteenth Street
Seventh Street
Capitol
Depot
Washington Star
Priceless swords and jeweled hilts across empires
The Gaekwar of Baroda owns a sword with a hilt and belt studded with diamonds rubies and emeralds valued at £220000. The shah of Persia has a £10000 sword, his father wore it on his first European visit. India hosts costly blades while the czar and sultan hold jeweled sabers. England’s most valuable sword is a gift from the Egyptians to Lord Wolseley valued at £2000.
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Gaekwar
Baroda
Persia
Europe
India
England
Lord Wolseley
Absurd Water Railing Draws Bacteriologist Praise
In a brief exchange, Mr. Wabash mocks Chicago water while Dr. Catchem praises it. Mr. Broundway agrees, noting the bacteriologist has discovered several new specimens in the supply, as reported by the New York Truth.
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Wabash
Chicago
Dr. Catchem
Broundway
Fly Flannigan in London Figaro Joke
In a humorous exchange from the London Figaro a downtrodden gentleman asks for help with a "re dooced" knees while a lady questions his condition. He explains he is praying for work.
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London Figaro
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