Precautions on the Maine Captain Sigsbee’s guards in Havana harbor
In his Century Personal Narrative Captain Sigsbee details the Maine’s vigilant precautions in Havana harbor. Sentries, fuel, discipline, and double boilers supported a constant lookout. All visitors were watched, packages checked for explosives, and night patrols increased to deter treachery. The vigilant routine aimed to keep the Maine in extreme readiness. A separate incident ends with a Belgian thief nabbed after robbing a house, his pocketbook and banknotes found.
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Sigsbee
Maine
Havana Harbor
Marine Guard
Triangular Nails Fall Short of Their Promised Benefit
A St Louis Globe Democrat note reviews the triangular nail, noting its strong penetration and minimal wood splitting but criticizing its hard removal due to barbed notches. It argues that greater resistance to extraction raises labor and deformation costs, suggesting larger sizes may be needed without guaranteed advantages.
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St. Loula
Presence of Mind Shows Belgian Merchant’s Quick Recovery
A Belgian merchant in Paris escaped loss by quick action after waking at three to a door noise. He turned on the light and found his desk empty, where a large sum in banknotes had been kept, prompting a rapid response to recover the missing money.
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Temps
Paris
Grand Boulevards
Tea rolling machine could cut tea labor costs worldwide
Japanese newspapers celebrate a native inventor's tea rolling machine claiming it will revolutionize the industry. The device promises to reduce labor by replacing many fingered tasks, potentially lowering tea production costs by replacing hundreds of workers with one man and one youth.
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Summerville
D. C
China
Japan
Ceylon
Small Enemies of Africa: The Wambutti Dwarfs in Stanley's Tale
Henry M. Stanley recalls the Wambutti dwarfs as his convoy’s deadliest foes in forest warfare. Lithe yet lethal, they used poison tipped arrows and treacherous ambushes. Their honey mixed poison deluded foes and ended many lives, including elephants and men.
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Henry M. Stanley
Africa
Ufe
Largest Fruit Plantation in Jamaica and World Trade
Jamaica hosts the largest fruit plantation with 44 000 acres owned or leased by a single American company. The firm operates twelve steamers in fruit carrying and shipped goods to America and elsewhere last year. Separately, about 20 000 English ships entered China’s free harbors in 1896, bringing only English goods.
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Jamaica
Whis Company
America
Free Harbors
China
P and Qs Motto for Young Readers
A verse by Elizabeth Carpenter urges children to mind their P s and Q s. It pairs P meanings with pears plums and politeness and warns that neglect leads to pain and petty faults. The Quaker quietness notion ties to quality quickness and queenliness while noting quarrels and quacks.
The Boy and His Cap
A boy misplaces his cap while planning to go out to play. His mother helps search, asking where it was last seen, and they comb every place. The cap is eventually found in a simple spot, restoring calm as the boy resumes play, a common childhood habit.
Fishing for Insects in Streams and Ponds
A brief guide for young anglers describing insect life found in ponds and streams. Using a net and a water can, children can discover grayish green beetles, water boatmen, and a dragonfly larva with a lobster like claw. The larva waits in mud then darts out to grab prey.
Hero of a Four Earthquake II Told by Lafcadio Hearn
The tale describes Hamaguchi Gohei on a hillside farm overlooking a Japanese village. As villagers prepare for autumn merrymaking, a mild quake unsettles the area and Hamaguchi senses something unusual in the long, spongy motion before glimpsing the sea.
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Lafcadio Hearn
Hoe
Hamaguchi
Hamaguchi Gohei
Grandfather lights rice stacks to save village as sea floods coast
Hamaguchi sets fire to rice to draw villagers together and save four hundred lives. The sea returns in a towering wall, smashing homes and leaving only two straw roofs afloat. The old man remains calm, declaring the sacrifice was for the people's safety.
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Hamaguchi
Tada
The Care Of Animals Inspires Gentle Boyhood
The piece argues that a boy who loves animals treats them kindly and earns their trust. Kindness can domesticate even wild beasts and coax them to be useful. A loving boy shows sympathy to small creatures, gaining their confidence and friendship.
Hairy judge tests witness with oath warning
A Detroit Free Press anecdote features a judge with wild hair questioning a young witness about recognizing him after six months. The boy pauses, then jokes he might identify the judge if his hair weren’t so combed. The exchange highlights caution and humor in oath taking.
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Detroit Free Press
Literacy Share Among German Army Recruits in 1897
In 1897 only 0.11 percent of all recruits for the German army were unable to read and write. Ten years earlier the figure stood at 0.77 percent, indicating a sharp improvement in literacy among new soldiers over the decade.
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Havana
Elizabeth Carpenter
Warren D. Wells
Fremont
Stephen
Powers
Powers & Wood
Attorneys At Law
Tata, Boeven
Angola
Ind
Bank of Fremont
Fremont, Indiana
Susax Bar
Newry
Emory G. Melendy
Mattorney
Yotary Public
Fremont, Ind
John G. Yeagley
Indiana
D. N. Young
D. H. Patchen
American Hogue Frat
Earie
Sian
Widtechene Ve Assoc'n
Indianapolis
Silvery
Lions Vv.t
Dosis Dominica of
Railway Sclde Co
Caleago
R’y
Aib
Waterloo
Secees
Hillsdale
Oing Whet
Pisa
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