Caves Under the Lava and Plume Hunter’s Wealth
The Tule fog California area reveals about 40 extinct volcanoes and newly found caves, one 260 feet long and another called Mammoth cave of California with a two story layout and icicles inside. Herbert La Praith’s death exposes a $20,000 legacy from plume hunting for white herons and other birds, amid illegal trade and high fortunes. The Girl Bentian features a smart young woman dentist discussing gender bias in New York. Astonished Quick Lunchees captures a busy lunch hour scene with a pale man exhibiting a fainting spell and speculation about his condition.
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Tule Fake
California
Mammoth Cave of
Herbert la. Praith
George
la Praith
Plume Unter
Tule
Oregon
New
York
Crone
Washington
Paul
Reas
Bilieus
Grace
Chicago schools chief favors engaging daily life in class
Mrs Hila Fraggs Young, Chicago schools superintendent, says she does not believe in heavy homework. She argues school work should be interesting and connected to daily life so children will want to discuss it at home, a criticism she hopes to address.
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Hila Fraggs Young
Schools of
Chicago
Thoughts on Drowning and the Mind's Rapid Recollection
Two professionals discuss whether memory can rapidly summarize a life when facing death. The narrator recalls a near drowning in the River Shannon while learning to swim, detailing the moment of submersion, the failed surface return, and the single focused thought on another swimmer's actions rather than fear or death.
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Bostoh
T'wan
Brown
Smith
Mr. Smith
Mr. Brown T
The Window Portrait of Wendell Phillips in Boston
A Boston witness recalls Wendell Phillips near his Bow Street home in 1882. He watched Phillips in repose by a bow window, then described how Phillips mentally composed his Phi Beta Kappa oration, later read without notes with perfect enunciation and a melodic voice.
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John Bayle
Wendell Primmps
Wendell Phillips
Mr. O'Keilly
Boston
Phillips
Harvard
Phi Beta Society
Phi Beta Kappa
Aml
B. J. Edwards
Bread Winners author confirmed by veteran journalist
William H. McElroy recalls confirming John Hay as The Bread Winners author. The anecdote recounts Hay’s witty exchanges about inquiries into his writing, including a ride in Buffalo where he admitted reading the proofs and declined to answer whether he wrote the novel. Separately, Emil Knudsen, a Norwegian, pilots a steamer blindfolded in Copenhagen harbor, provoking Denmark’s scientists with sixth-sense theory.
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John Hay
Mr. Hay
William H. McElroy
Hay
Mr. McElroy
Bay
Bis
H. J. Edwards
Denmark
Emil Knudsen
Caprisfania
Friederich
Europe
Knudsen
Copenhagen
Tie
Archbishop Hughes and Thurlow Weed on Lincoln embassy
Archibishop John Hughes presses Secretary Seward to make Thurlow Weed a full member of Lincoln's Great Britain and France embassy commission. Weed later helps stop Napoleonic recognition of the Confederacy. The piece notes Hughes and Weed as key yet contrasting figures in Civil War diplomacy.
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John Hughes
New York City
Lincoln
Great Britain
France
Union
Confederacy
Charles P. Ame-Tivaine
Ohio
Washington
Thurlow Weed
William H. Seward
Weed
Seward
MeIlvaine
Lins
Bull
Checa
Arehhb
Fuil Cener
Wall
Aelene
Ste
Tittle
Thurtow Weed
Europe
Bishop McHivaine
Louis Napoteon
E. J. Edwardn
Rice and the promise of science in food history
A fragmented discussion links rice to global abundance and modern science, arguing rice could outshine wheat and serve as a staple beyond traditional diets. The text hints at avoiding oven-heavy cooking and industrial gimmicks while stressing dietary and economic benefits.
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New Fork Prora
Fragmentary Note Yields Quirky Picnic Banter
A garbled text fragment references a picnic and quirky phrases about soaking sandwiches in lemonade. It includes odd spellings and disrupted dialogue, with scattered mentions of people named there. The readable portion centers on a casual outdoor gathering vibe and playful wordplay.
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Ted Anis
Jeffs Star Home Champion Wins in Fifteenth Round
Reno spectators witnessed James J. Jeffries lose to Jack Johnson after a 39 minute battle. Johnson overwhelmed the white champion with fierce uppercuts and the crowd, numbering up to twenty thousand, watched as Jeffries fell and was carried from the ring.
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Reno
Nev
James J. Jeffries
Jack Johnson
Elrepeth
Pase
Falen
Jeffries—Sharkey
Fite Semimons
Corbett
Bobby Jardan
Gheid
Jeffries
Sam Berrer
Teffries
Jeffries Waa
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Sawyer
Pathfinder
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Women Et Cie Hunery Club
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Cruch
London Daily Mirror
Jeff
Tack Johnson
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