Soldier of fortune A M Strong returns to Chicago after Japan saga
A M Strong, veteran traveler and writer, recounts five months in Japan seeking entry into the mikado army. He and a fellow American narrowly evaded deportation, swam ashore with a camera tub, faced sharks, and were briefly arrested before being paroled. He left Japan with a wary eye toward future conflicts.
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Japan
A. M. Strong
Chicago
Strong
Berlin
Paris
France
Madagascar
Barrios
Guatemala
DeMello
Brazil
Marth
I Pekin
Kuroki
St. Louis
Mra Strong
Vancouver
B.C
Columbian
Island
Decatur's Frigate President Sunk by British Pursuit
The President, a 44 gun American frigate, fought off a British squadron near Sandy Hook after Decatur lightened ship and engaged in a lengthy action. Despite heavy damage and casualties, the American crew held until surrender as the pursuers closed in.
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River Thames
Charles Beresford
Mediterranean
Stephen
Dei Agli
Sidy Hook
Flagin
Sidon
ouGot Bhrt
Americai Tributys
Eloge
Bingham
Capes
Commodore Rogérs
Stephen Decatur
Sandy Hook
President
Decatur
America
Pomona
Tenedos
Majestic
Endymion
Treat’s Distinguished Ancestry in Connecticut Roots
Charles Henry Treat who later became United States treasurer is a direct descendant of Robert Treat who served as deputy and royal governor of the Connecticut colony for thirty two years. Mr Treat married in Delaware and later in Maryland before moving to New York.
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Treat
Charles Henry ‘Treat
United States
Robert Treat
Colony of
Connecticut
Mr. Treat
Delaware
Maryland
New York
Churchill hires lazy worker near New Hampshire country place
An anecdote describes Winston Churchill firing a country helper in New Hampshire who was lazy but on good terms with someone named Highelf. Churchill’s sarcasm met with the dismissal, the man’s jaunty reply, and a claim he would not starve, hinting he might rely on Look’s writing. The piece also notes wealth gains and social barriers.
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Churchill
Winston’ Churchill
New Hampshire
Hihgelf
Mrs Oelrichs a Financier and Social Debate
The Boston Herald quotes Mrs. Oelrichs of New York as a capable financier who in 1897 revoked her power of attorney. Harvard professor C T Copeland tells of a social dispute over colored students, asserting they should join others on equal social footing, and a sharp retort about a hypothetical interracial marriage to his sister.
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Fair of
California
New York
Stuyvvesant Fish
Ogden Goelet
Oelrichs
Herman’ Oelrichs
Ught
Copeland
C. T. Copeland
Harvard University
Great Consignment of Cheese From Liverpool to London
A large consignment of Canadian cheese was dispatched from Liverpool to London. It included 5 006 cheeses weighing about 200 tons and valued at roughly 45 000 dollars. The shipment was consigned to a single London merchant and required thirty two railway trucks for transport.
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Liverpool
London
Oldest woman in America Easter Mathews dies at 135
Easter Mathews known as Aunt Easter, a colored Augusta resident at 91 New Pine Street, died aged 135. Born in 1770, she spoke of Turner Clayton as her last owner and recalled the Springfield Baptist church site being swamp land before its 105 year old church stood there.
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Easter Mathews
Augusta
United States
New Pine Street
Easter
Clayton
Turner Clayton
Springfield Baptist Church
Hartley Performs Daring Barrel Jump at Winter Garden Berlin
The phenomenal jumper Hartley staged a dangerous feat at the Winter Garten Berlin, leaping from one rotating barrel into another. Spectators watched as the acrobat executed the high risk stunt with precision and risk.
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Hartley
Winter Garden
Berlin
Cannibal conjurer halts show sparks deadly melee
In Derehegyhaz Hungary a conjurer billed as cannibal provoked an audience to stage a cannibalism demonstration. A peasant youth was attacked, triggering a three corpse, eighteen serious, and over forty minor injuries. The cannibal artist fled amid chaos.
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Derehegyhaz
Hungary
Johann Marnolk
Cat Nursing Raccoons In Farmhouse Kitchen
A farm family near Neary keeps six raccoons asorphans in a soap box in John Pooler’s kitchen after a cross-cut saw accident killed their mother. The stray orphans, named after President Roosevelt’s children, are being nursed by the Pooler cat who showed immediate affection.
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John Pooler
Neary
Mr. Pooler
Pooler
Roosevelt
Thief Tackled Wrong Woman in Paris Boulevard Encounter
A Paris thief grabbed a woman's reticule on a quiet boulevard but was struck and kicked, breaking his jaw. He was taken to a police commissary and found to have attacked Julia, a professional wrestler at local fairs. The assailant lies in hospital.
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Paris
Boeing
Julia
Hats and a talking hat bird spark Hamburg streetcar scene
A London Globe item recounts a young woman's hat in Hamburg with an unusually brilliant bird perched atop. Spectators decry cruelty while others critique the plumage arrangement as unnatural. The intelligent fowl later flew home, then roasted on furniture after the girl trained it to answer her whistle and plans to wear it with multiple hats.
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Hamburg
London Globe
Partridge Family Draws Visitors on Otis Road
A mother partridge and her ten chicks attract many to a Otis roadside viewing spot in Mefs where the brood roams freely. One young partridge was tamed, named, petted, and released to return when called.
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Otis
Palaces of the Sultan evoke Arabian Nights charm
A description from Era Magazine discusses Constantinople’s sultanic palaces as a picturesque background against dingy streets. It notes soft shade tints, Bosporus reflections, and mystery amid legends of Circassian slave girls, while acknowledging imperfect proportions but undeniable allure.
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Constantinople
A.’ Maundeville
Era
America
Fires That Never Go Out in Yorkshire
Longstanding peat fires burn at Yorkshire farmhouses and across the dales, kept alive for centuries. Casteton Whitby district in particular shows fires burning 200 years or more with claims of a 600 year flame at Osmotherly, never extinguished across three centuries.
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England
Yorkshire
Dales
Castleton
Whitby
Osmotherly
Famous Aged Women List of Centenarians and Near Centenarians
A compiled roll of notable women claimed to surpass 70 years with ages ranging from 73 to 107. Names include Kate Livingston, Viscountess Glenworth, Elizabeth C. Adame, Duchess of Abercorn, Julia Ward Howe, Susan B. Anthony, Florence Nightingale, Clara Barton, and Amelia Barr among others from Britain, America, Canada, and beyond.
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Kate Livingston
Viscountess Glenworth
Elizabeth C. Adame
Duchess of Abercorn
Baroness Burdett-Couts
Princess Matternich
Clementine of Saxe
Caroline Severance
Mary A. Sadler
Julia Ward Howe
Susan B. Anthony
Letitia Tyler Semple
Anne Whitney
Fannie Crosby
Florence Nightingale
Adelaide Ristori
Mary Baker G. Eddy
Julie A. Carney
Adeline D. T. Whitney
Jes Lookin On Echoes of Simpler Days and Hustle
A fragmentary, period-tinged monologue laments the rush of modern life and longs for tranquil pastures and slower living. It contrasts with a comic scene from the Cleveland Leader featuring Mrs Jawhack and Mr Jang plotting revenge in a warm, humorous exchange.
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Weill
Jangback
Willing to Try Ite So You Ve Got That Thread Feeling
In a Detroit Tribune blurb Dobbs, amid a busy day, suggests a four hour trip to the lake front to change the scene. He questions whether the move would help, with another saying he wouldn’t doubt it a bit.
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Dobbs
Lake Front
Detroit Tribune
Gasoline Submarine Boat Nears Completion in Paris
A Paris automobile building firm is close to finishing a 110 horsepower gasoline submarine boat for the French navy. The craft represents a novel propulsion approach for submerged operation and signals France's interest in diesel and gasoline submarine designs during the era.
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Paris
Birds with Large Appetites and Extreme Feeds
The text describes voracious birds including kestrels and barn owls, noting a kestrel may eat about 1,000 mice per month plus insects. It recounts experiments with owls and robins, detailing how owls gulp prey while showing limits, and robs of worms and fish. It mentions wood pigeons gulping large quantities of wheat, peas, beech nuts, and acorns.
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England
Fighting Jack Hayes and Henry Miller in Early California Tales
Farish recounts anecdotes of Fighting Jack Hayes the first San Francisco county sheriff, famed for leading with boldness. It recalls a Monterey battlefield visit by West Point graduates who found him indistinguishable from soldiers, frying bacon with no pomp. It also portrays Henry Miller, the Kern County cattle king, who balled with a quarrelsome foreman, then hired him back after a public dispute.
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California
Thomas E. Farish
Fighting Jack" Hayes
San Francisco
Hayes
Monterey
Leutenants
West Point
Fighting Jack
Col. Hayes
Cort
Henry Miller
Farish
Kern County
Miller
Firebaugh's Ferry
San Joaquin River
Hog
Johnson
Doctors Under Heavy Strain Pressures shorten physicians lives per registrar general study
The fifty fifth annual registrar general report highlights high relative mortality among doctors from gout diabetes nervous system circulatory and kidney diseases. It links excessive nervous expenditure irregular hours insufficient rest and poor nutrition to early death, noting doctors face chronic strain and lack regular relaxation time.
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Registrar General
Dream of Searsport Captain in Heaven and Hell
Captain Nick from Searsport Maine recounts a dream in which he dies and visits both hell and heaven. At the left fork he meets the devil who jokes Searsport is full of its residents, then at the right fork enters a marble palace where Saint Peter welcomes him as a faithful servant from Searsport.
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Searsport
Maine
Nick
Capt
St. Peter
Poem Fragments and Moral Dilemma in 19th Century Verse
A collage of verse reflecting Northern poets and Civil War imagery, recalling figures like Putnam and Shaw, followed by a critical note on a Massachusetts clergyman using a dog for kindness lessons. The piece ponders whether sensational animal imagery should illustrate moral lessons and questions future precedents.
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Massachusetts
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the Sultan
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Blanche Marchesi
W. G. Jones
Clara Barton
Amelia E. Barr
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Jes
Atio
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Captain Nick
Simnon
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Putnam
Shaw
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Ulde Dahlgren
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Joh Tay
Heoughten, Mumin & Co
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