Beggar schemes and social notes in a windy miscellany
A curious column mix recounts a beggar pair boasting a clever ruse to gain charity from Mrs. Gottes Golde and notes from Hiawatha World about a Sunflower State social scene. It includes a light exchange about behavior, a wedding update, and jokes on etiquette and lessons. The Alps hint at harboring over 1,000 glaciers while a quip says silence can mend a mistake.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willmar
Crafts
The
Fitional Bureau of Washington
Goban Golde
Tye
Gottes Golte
South Africa's Diamond Heart and Pioneer Trail
The Union of South Africa attracts notice after a negative vote on secession. Early Dutch settlers trekked inland, founding the Orange Free State and Transvaal. Diamonds and gold fueled prosperity and conflict, leading to the Boer War and British control. Johannesburg grew rapidly, becoming a modern city with streets, buildings, and parks akin to major capitals.
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South Africa
Union of South Africa
Africa
Cape Town
Savage Land
United States
England
English Inilhenve
Orange River
Orange Tree
Vaal River
Transvaal Republic
Great Britain
Union of
Union
Johannesburg
Europe
America
Australia
Denver
Colorado
Providence
Common Carriers and a Few Not So Common Carriers
Preview of traditional transport in harsh regions with ox carts in the South and Burma, sacred animals used as rafts after death, and Arctic dogs delivering mail and supplies to snowbound interior communities. The article notes enduring methods across distant cultures and terrains.
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Greenland
Lane Koch
India
Mandalay
Arctic
Alaska
The World’s Burden Bearers Through Time and Space
A compact survey traces global transport beasts from camels in India to llamas and burros in the Americas. It notes the varied carriers, from elephants and oxen to palanquin bearers, saddles, and even the modern truck, highlighting the burro’s long historical trail from ancient routes to La Pax Bolivia’s bustling trades.
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Alase
Peasauits
India
China
Siam
Philippines
Japan
Ceylon
Arabia
Central
Africa
The Long Long Trail of the Gypsy
A historical reminiscence traces the gypsy origins to Mol Davia in 1417 and chronicles their traditions. It notes leaders called counts, shared spoils, a code of secrecy, and a vow not to marry outside the sect. The piece also links gypsies to English horse racing and touches on fortune telling myths and Spanish settlements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Spain
Island Devastated by Infernal Machine Trap
A fragmentary passage notes volcanic activity in Mawali highlighting the Pacific as a volatile region. It mentions islands formed by volcanic activity and lava flows, suggesting a catastrophic event or mechanism destroying an island, reflecting dramatic reporting of natural forces.
Java Volcanoes Awe and Devastate Nearby Regions
The text describes Java in the southwestern Pacific as one of the world’s most volcanic areas, with many active and extinct craters. Krakatoa’s 1883 eruption caused huge tsunamis and global shock, while Java’s population and geography magnify the danger. Folklore adds tales of the earth swallowing villages as chasms open and close.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pacific
Juya
Wodl
Issive
Java
Alaska
Nalves
Washington Monument
New York State
Empire State
Union
Pennsylvania
Ilinois
Ohio
Texas
Temple Stones That May Become Hearth Stones
Reports claim Marborough Rocks, a famed Druid Circle site in England, could be broken up and encased for housing, raising concerns over the survival of ancient monuments. Stonehenge and other large circles are linked to sun worship and sacrifice, while smaller stones may mark burial sites across Britain and beyond.
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Cable
Marborough Rocks
England
Pheetexs
Praxiteles
Sorthern
Africa
Asia Minor
Greece
Salisbury Plain
Wales
Scotland
Ireland
Europe
France
Asia
India
Stonehenge
Ston¢henge
Harborough
Changes In Capital Through Early United States History
A historical timeline tracks the shifting sites of the U.S. capital from Philadelphia to Baltimore and Lancaster, then York and Annapolis before moving to Trenton and New York, finally settling in Philadelphia and later Washington, with dates spanning 1774 to 1800 and beyond. The Dead Sea is described as the saline, inland sea fed by the Jordan and six rivers, with no outlet and high evaporation, once thought deadly to life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Lancaster
York
Ancapolis
Trenton
N. 4
New York
Philadelpha
Washington
Palestine
Jordan
Trench Sea
Shawls as Ancestors of Modern Clothing
The article argues shawls were the origin of clothes. It claims before scissors, humans wore shawls, with size and weight adapting to climate. It notes tropical shawls were small, while colder climates produced larger garments, and that the summer shawl served as sheet or toga. It further states modern clothes evolved from the original shawl and cites Civil War era men wearing shawls as overcoats.
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Tropics
Historic Ring of Mary Queen of Scots Ownership
The original diamond ring engraved with the arms of England Scotland and Ireland proved Mary Queen of Scots pretensions at her trial. It was once in the possession of a Mr Blarchard, a lord of the admiralty, with its full history noted in the record.
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Mary Queen of Scots
Englind
Scottind
Ireland
Mary
England
Blarchard
Admiralty
Mysterious chain lineage spans Mary to the Regent
The fragment traces a chain from Mary to her grandson Charles the first who entrusted a chain to Archbishor duxan for his son Charles TL. He pawned it in Helland for SLOW) where Governor Yale bought it and sold it at 51000 likely for the Pretender. It later reached the Duke of Argyll and possibly passed to Mr Blachard’s family, with the last sale suggesting purchase for the prince regent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary
Charles 1
Charles TL
Helland
Yale
Duke of Argyll
Blachard
Clara Barton Birthday Centenary to Be Celebrated Next Christmas
The article notes the one hundredth anniversary of Clara Barton birth, founder of the American Red Cross, will be observed at the Christmas celebration next year.
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Clara Barton
American Red Cross
Aspirin and lessons from fifty years ago
A note urges readers to study what worked in the past to inform present decisions about health. It emphasizes not worrying and learning from previous approaches to medicine and daily habits.
Best Medicines and Enduring Remedies in Advertising
A dated ad style passage promotes Dr Kilmer Swamp Root for kidney and bladder ailments and urges sample bottles by mail from Dr Kilmer Co. It also mentions Halls Catarrh Medicine and Red Cross Ball Blue as cleansers. A comic quip about a baby cartoonist closes.
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Kilmer
Kilmer & Co
Binghamton, N. Y
Adj
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Wrigleys
Wrigley’s
Gohna Golda
Blark Eye
Hiawatha World
I. Q “Nonosh
Edinburgh
Alps
Posumm Cereal Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Sahara
Central Asia
Andes
Mexico
South America
la Pax
Bolivia
Holy Land
Joseph
Herod
George Borrow
Moldavia
Maria Theresa
Joseph Hitrigh
Mawali
Dead Sea
Asiatic
Turkey
Fletcher
Baby
Lobtheu
Erry
Noi
Ine
Bayer
Hall
Nature
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Red Cross
Fluudtt
OP Brock
CONTA
Bran Stock Company
Chatta
BELEN
Belans
Rr Relief Bel
Mive
Allen
Waukegan
Tom Duffy
Woolson Spice Company
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