Wild Man of Borneo Hoax Ends With Tiger Mix Up
A London dockside yarn follows four sailors courting a fortune from selling a fake wild man. They hire a penned man dubbed Beauty, stage a show for Ted Reddish, but the plan collapses when the captive wild man outwits them and the tiger eats the setup, leaving the crew pursued by a furious crowd.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ginger Dick
Sam
Ginger
Ted Reddish
Reddish
Borneo
Brazil
Pardin
Gonz
Peter Russet
Barnum
Russet
Mia
Beauty
William A Radford to Answer Building Questions
Reader advisory offers free guidance on building topics from William A Radford editor author and manufacturer. Submit inquiries to No. 165 Fifth Ave Chicago Ill with a two cent reply stamp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William A. Radford
Fifth Ave
Chicago
Ill
A Practical House Design With Attic And Veranda
The design presents a two story house 30 feet 6 inches by 39 feet with a large attic and frost proof cellar. It suggests using an airy back veranda, possibly enclosed seasonally, and notes building in stages as funds allow while keeping efficiency and resale value in mind.
Students Hunt Rattlesnakes Venom Harvest Profits
Two Medico Chirurgical College students vacationed in the mountains near Emmitsburg capturing rattlesnakes and copperheads. They extracted about 1500 dollars worth of venom for shipment to a Paris institute, using a silk loop method and a platinum spoon to collect venom without serious incidents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Loge
Philadelphia
Emmitsburg
Pathological Institute
Paris
Monument Honors Vagabond King Solomon in Lexington
A monument was unveiled in Lexington Kentucky with ceremonies led by Gov A B Willson and Gen B W Price and others. James Lane Allen authored an address praising King Solomon a vagabond once scorned but who aided the city during 1833 cholera and a later outbreak. The tale recalls his refusal to sell his vote and his posthumous fame.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lexington
8. W. Price
St. Louis
James H. Mulligan
Samoa
James Lane Allen
King” Solomon
Henry Clay
Gen. Price
Dreadful Thought in a Household Tale
A charwoman Mary arrives with a black eye and a mistress consoles her with grim humor. The woman jokes that it could have been worse as Mary reflects that she might not have been married at all. From Everybody's Magazine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reddish
Ted
Old Sam
Ted Reddish
Peter Russet
Ginger
Sam
Mary
Everybody's Magazine
Atom Griffon Dog Sells For Forty Dollars An Ounce
New York Mdile Atom, smallest Griffon dog at 26 ounces, sold for 40 dollars per ounce. The $1,000 dog rarity comes from Brussels lineage with prize-winning parents, found near Brussels and purchased by Mrs. John T. Windrim of Philadelphia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Atom
John T. Windrim
Philadelphia
Brussels
Paris
Duc de Bruxelles
Millie
Edison predicts passenger airships and global flight
Thomas A. Edison spoke in Salt Lake City about aerial navigation predicting passenger airships across the ocean in 18 hours at 200 mph within five years. He said commercial flight would follow and the north pole trip could be done in 48 hours, with a week to circle the globe, while dismissing Wright aircraft and dirigible designs as impractical.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Sam Small
Gini Dick
Peter Russet
Sam
Moth
Alf
Alf Malay
Ing
Peter Rusarter
Peter
Ginger
Salt Lake City
North Pole
Globe
Thomas A. Edison
Wright Brothers
Gates Buys Six Thousand In Gold Finger Bowls
John W. Gates purchases $6,000 worth of gold finger bowls from Tiffanys. Fifteen bowls feature a personalized embossed Q design. He follows the progress as the bowls are chased and notes they complete his gold dinner service at the Plaza hotel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
John W. Gates
Tiffany's
Blackbirds Attack Woman's Hat in Altoona Street Scene
In Altoona Pennsylvania a dozen blackbirds attacked Miss Nettle Williams of Pittsburg as she walked with a friend. The birds circled her head pecking at the hat’s plumage and even struck her cheeks with their bills. Williams tore off the hat and her escort used a coat to scatter the birds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Altoona
Miss Nettle Williams
Pittsburg
Miss Wilams
Miss Williams
A Vacation Dream and Humorous Local Bits
A cultivated vignette imagines a simple cottage life as a preferable vacation to wealth, praising pine and tamarack scents and peaceful shores. It then narrates humorous clippings about mustard greens mischief in Bellingham, a groom craving greens, a bad seed mix up, a press agent quip, and a lighthearted warning about overvaluing furniture over flowers.
Sense of Expectation in a Young Couple’s Plans
A fragment suggests a young man evaluating compatibility with a pretty girl. He imagines domestic life at the breakfast table and contemplates possible future events such as a wedding the next Christmas.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Ighway
William
Dewn
Erry
JA Radford Editor
Firat
Edison
Hebe
Aurora
William Lightfoot Visscher
Bellingham Bay
Wash
California
Bellingham
Michigan
Wren Ananias
Weet
South Dakota
Kansas
Brickell
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!