The Mad American Inventor’s Vengeful Flight Across Continents
John Haynes pursues enemies through a chain of betrayals and brutal innovations. Edward Hopkins, trapped by a gyroscopic wheel, races from Nokomis Falls to London and across Europe and Asia, pursued by Haynes while fending off relentless, fatal schemes. Pursuit ends as Hopkins collapses near Kiakhta, a shattered figure whose mind remains sharp while his body lies inert.
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John Haynes
Nokomis Falls
Prigon
Judge Charteris
Nokonis
Haynes
Charteria
Hopkins
America
Charteris
Charteris’ House
Hopking
Nokomis
Fife
England
London
Continent
Rome
Italy
Germany
Spa
Belgium
Greaves
Ao Company A
Edward Philomus Hopkins
Hopkin Agred
Brussels
Hly
Apkins
Hopkin
Hlopkins
Automoblia
Hopskin
Mr. Hopkins
Ufa
Siberia
Bat Ital
Edward
Philemus Hopkins
Scientists Warn of Insects’ Threat to Human Life
A scientist argues that humans must rally against insects as peril rises from diseases like malaria and typhoid carried by pests. He cites history, noting civilizations faltered under pestilence and urges mobilizing every resource to exterminate house flies and other vectors.
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Greece
Romie
Burane
Asia
Africa
Fear of Mice Among Women Sparks Mock Panic
A Jersey night operator fainted when a harmless mouse emerged near her lunch crumbs. The incident prompts discussion on why many women express strong fear of mice, arguing instinct may play a role despite the creatures' lack of danger.
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Jersey
Church Built From a Tree in Santa Rosa California
A Baptist church in Santa Rosa constructed largely from a single giant redwood felled near Guerneville. The interior finishes use the same wood except the pine floor, with massive Gothic styling and a 70 foot tower later toppled by the 1906 earthquake.
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Santa Rosa
Cal
Baptist Church
Guerneville
England
Were It Leap Year
Fragment from London Punch comedy quip musing on engagements and agency asking if the engagement was initiated by the man or the woman in a playful exchange about leap year timing.
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London
Seismograph Evidence in Factory Vibration Case
A seismograph record is cited in court to show that heavy machinery vibration affected nearby buildings and supported claims of damages by factory owners.
Bum the Bee: an astute survivor falls to thieves
West Pullman beekeeper Chicagom F. Le Stuebling tells of Bum a clever old bee who avoided work, outlasted generations, and drifted into theft. In 1898 he looted another hive until discovered by guards ending in a fatal clash and Bum's death with stolen honey beneath his wings.
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Bruobling
Bum
Wisconsin News Briefs From Murky State Pages
Wisconsin items report a string of incidents and events across cities. Charles Detcher attempted suicide at a police station. Beaverdam hosts Senator John T. Thurnton for Memorial Day. a Hawthorne farmer Hans Silver was killed by an Omaha train. Joe Dominue fatally shot himself in Sheboygan. Oshkosh reports a hanging attempt by Fred Bashler. Oshkosh resident Henriette Hegkner sues over a fall from a railing. and more notices from Appleton Madison Waukesha and other towns detail arrests, drownings, forging charges, and football schedules.
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Green Bay
Charles Detcher
Hera
Manitowoc
Sasociation
Milwaukee
Waugau
Bii John's Episcopal Church
Beaver Dam
United States
John M. Tbhurnton
Nobraska
Hans Silver
Omaha
Southranga
Sheboygan
Joe
Dominue
Oshkosh
Fred Bashler
Oshkesh
Henriette Hegkner
Menasha
Council of
Sixth Street
Vau Claire
Lucas
Appleton
Albert Diener
Ella Gerschow
Bhawana
Fox River
Fred Kilspert
Domi Lehman
Kingfisher Club
Madison
Amy D. Winsip
University of Wisconsin
Ohio State University
Winship
Wisconsin
Ripon
Waukesha
Depere
Worava Clubs
Ninth District
BB. A. Morse
Antigo
Misa Wizabeth Smith
Deere
Walter Gardner Bloagom
Henry Willmann
Trinity Church
Janesville
Viton C. Healy
Nashotah
Sydney T. Smythe
St. John’s Military Academy
Delafield
St. Jen Joins
Alimnae Association
Shelton Hall
St. Louis
la Crosae
Kelley
C. D. McLennan
la Cronge
Board of Public Works
Storp
William Nein
Ln Borer
Germany
Hein
Wetzel
Burr W, Jones
Hesperian Debating Society
Michael B. Oldrich
Alfred WH. Bushnell
Athenaean Society
Innesville
John Ledner
Wias
John Stuer
Edgerton
Beloft
Arabs Charged With Theft Sentenced To One Week Hard Labor
Two Arabs charged with theft at Reading asked for severe harm instead of death in a related incident. They were astonished when the court sentenced them to only a week of hard labor.
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London
Reading
Girl Charged With Swindling Multiple Minneapolis Stores
Hazel Moore Afteen of Mankato Minnesota was arrested recently on charges of swindling stores in Minneapolis. She also owes a large bill at a beauty parlor and for taxi rides.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Hazel Moore
Afteen
Mankato
Edison works night and day on five cent talking pictures
West Orange New Jersey reports Thomas A Edison defying doctors by laboring night and day to perfect a five cent film opera with the talking movies. In Meads Corners New York a mother and daughter honeymoon after Mrs Grace Foulks wed Warren Fisher and Bertha Foulks wed Edwin Ransom.
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West Orange
N. J
Thomas A. Edison
Meads Corners
N. Y
Grace Foulks
Warren Fisher
Bertha Foulks
Edwin Ransom
Sparks From Engine Cause Fire at United Cork Plant
A suit seeks 100000 dollars against the Lackawanna railroad claiming a spark from a locomotive started a blaze that damaged the United Cork company plant in Paterson New Jersey. The action argues railroad responsibility for the fire and resulting losses.
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Paterson
United Cork Company
Lackawanna Railroad
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