Vivid array of era figures and events in one Indiana page
A collage of late 19th century notes mentions veterans dying yearly, telegraph errors from bad writing, and rulers from Leo XIII to the King of Spain. It reports real estate purchases by Victor of Wales, Astor’s wealth, Blackbeard relics, Irish sculptress Mary Redmond, and a Rome tomb find, plus odd notes on social figures and travel wonders.
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Misa Mary Redmond
Italy
Dublin
Sadstone
Down Into the Dust Poem by Joaquin Mills
Rural Home prints a reflective poem by Joaquin Mills decrying human cruelty and strife. It questions scorn and war among brothers as soldiers fall, urging pity and humility before the dust.
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Joaquin Mills
Vigilantes Pursue San Francisco Man in 1858 Nevada Run
In 1858 California vigilantes chase John Neumann after a stagecoach robbery near Sacramento. A dramatic pursuit ends with Neumann proving his innocence before a vigilante tribunal, while two robbers are captured and executed. The gangistated force then swears Neumann in as a member.
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California
Vigilantes
San Francisco
Golden State
John Neumann
Sacramento Overland
Sacramento
Neumann
Imperial Chinese Genealogy Updated For Emperor's Upcoming Marriage
The Imperial genealogy, kept since B C 100, shows the current emperor descended from rulers who governed Manchuria before 1644. Records are carried in Pekin, with yellow and red volumes for immediate and distant lines. Names are added yearly, crimes expunge names, and the emperor’s name Tsai cannot be written by subjects.
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Monkden
London Illustrated News
Pekin
Tsang-Shih
Gioro
Tsai
Early Lighthouses And Counterfeit Money Tricks
A survey of ancient lighthouses from the Pharos of Alexandria to Eddystone and Boulogne, noting designs, legends, and builders. The piece contrasts North American towers like Boston’s and Beaver Tail with European examples, then shifts to tips on detecting counterfeit money using paper, ink, seals, and government marks.
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Pharos
Alexandria
Nile
Central Park
New York City
Sostratus
Ptolemy
Light of Fame
Ostia
Bithynia
Euxine Sea
Europe
Boulogne
Claude Chatillon
Bordeaux
Cordousa
Louis de Foix
Eddystone
Winstanley
Smeaton
Prince of Wales
Duke of Edinburgh
Plymouth
United States
Little Brewster Island
Mass
Boston Harbor
Narragansett Pier
Newport
Boston
Benjamin Franklin
Beason Towers
Atlantic and Pacific
Major Heap
Aoipts
How the Pages Make Money at the Capitol
Washington Poet details how congressional pages exploit access to secure autographs from 100 to 150 members daily. On agenda items of broad interest, members resist interruptions, but on days with private measures or district legislation pages collect signatures from many members, underscoring a practice tied to government proceedings.
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Capitol
Washington
Reading Prize Victory At School
A fragmentary school note shows Johnnie proudly telling Mrs Brown he won a reading prize. It recalls Billy Waffles previously winning for reading, while someone named E won by playing marbles. The incomplete text hints at a small school competition and parental pride.
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Johnnie
Madman’s Soap Carving Becomes Alpine Huntsman
John B. Leoni, a Jersey City youth and asylum inmate, escaped and wandered to Burlington. Placed in the city jail, he carved a seven inch soap sculpture of an Alpine huntsman with a duck in one hand and a shotgun in the other, while a retriever sits at his feet. The figure now belongs to Mayor Silpath.
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Neumann
Newmann
John B. Leoni
Jersey City
N. J
Burlington
Leoni
Silpath
New York
Felling Trees by Electricity in Galician Forests
Electric powered felling machines in Galician forests drill and sweep into trunks rather than sawing, with a motor on a carriage near the tree. The device halves the trunk, halts the cut when unsafe, and finishes the rest by hand tools, powered by a generator supplying insulated leads through the woods.
Bull Terriers Become Fashionable Pets
The New York Star notes a rising fad among young women for full bred bull terriers, seen as a bold style shift away from spaniels and poodles. The trend, described as extreme and fragile, may fade by next summer when muzzled pets with licenses become common.
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Atyle
New York Star
Outlawry in the Desolate Pamir
The Pamir region in Asia is described as a desolate No-Man's Land where criminals from Afghanistan Bokhara Kashgaria China and other areas gather. Travelers face murder if weak or blackmail if strong with rulers supposedly vetoing advances and halting travel until distant powers authorize.
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Pamir
Asia
M. Bonvalot
New York Pribuna
Monte Carlo Casino Temptress and the Cost of Gambling
An eyewitness describes a crowded Monte Carlo casino where a rich woman, a young English girl, and others chase losses and wins at the table. The narrator laments the moral drain, noting a devout mother and a Sunday lost to gaming, while the casino and concerts ignore the Sabbath as crowds arrive from Nice and Mentone.
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Monte Carlow
Monte Carlo
Nice
Mentone
Springfield Republican
Peculiar Wound In Civil War Veteran’s Jawbone
Mr James M Wiley of Gwinnett County applied for maimed soldier act allowance. A bullet from the 11th Georgia’s battle of the Wilderness pierced his neck muscle and lodged in the jawbone near the ear. For 36 years the ball remained embedded. doctors warn extraction could cause jaw decay or death. Wiley remains in fair health and may die with the bullet in his bone.
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James M. Wiley
Gwnnett County
11Th
Georgia
Wiley
Fragmentary Text Inspires Unclear Literary Reference
A damaged OCR passage offers fragments about a legendary character and symbolic crown. Plot or purpose remains obscure due to garbled words and missing context, leaving readers with an enigmatic literary note rather than a clear event or announcement.
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Indiana
Frac Laroner Parcs
Tse
Leo Kil
King of
Spain
Tarre
Normandy
France
Meg
James Davis
Youngstown
Ohio
Ges. Sipcey
Fredericksburg
Congress
Sibley
Contexel
F. Sarrano
Broadway
Fulton Street
Marl and Express
Jeux Jacon Astor
Proce Arsent Victor
Wales
Canada
India
John Bull
Cai, Bes Ricwantsex
Harlem
X.Y
George Washington
Sver
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Mrs. Wixvow
Mira Windom
Fiona
Jeannette Halford
Orlando
Fla
Rome
Signor Lanciani
Reoman
Nce
Eli Hotumay
Linn County
Missouri
Brookfield
Linneus
St. Joseph
Peeswear Harateon
New England
Mead
Russia
Atlanta Constitution
Brussels
Head of
Congo
Stanley Pool
Africa
New York Times
England
America
Turkey
Constantinople
West
Boston Transcript
New York Herald
James C. Flood
Brazil
Dom Vedro
Jobella
Lockport
James Mayne
Hartland
Mayne
Ramsay
Brooklyn
Yad
Whaie
London
Queen Victoria
Ocean Steels
Great Britain
Countess of Aber Geen
Sandhurst
Mies Cobden
Lady Sandhurst
London Board of Aldermen
Juneau
Alaska
Julius Carlo
Carie
Spirit Land
Mr. Cazie
Riding For Life
Jaiman
Jns Tife
New Fork Times
China’s
Franklin
Trente-Et-Quarante
Thakr Saveem
Ig Fm
Sociaty
Rages
Tee
South Sixth
Prempely
Aus
Philadelphia Street
Orne
Philadelphia
Ee Enat of Railroad
Wankingtes
George W. Hood
Odiame
All Bees
Ohm
Arlaw
Indiama
Teale
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Deans Mesth
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