Four Footed Contest Ends in Tiger's Defeat
In Nagpoor, Maj. Poindexter wagers on Nadgka the white stallion against Djeridgowka the tiger before 5,000 spectators. The tiger wounds and finally defeats Nadgka with brutal strikes, but the stallion collapses and dies after a final counterattack. Mahala, the ward of Col. Mohun, is spared from the rajah and remains protected.
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Sahib Colonel
Mahala
Bombay
Djampudra Hassan
Nagpoor
Maj
Poindexter
Col
Mohan
Deccan
Muley Hassan
Gir
Dieridgowka
Col. Mohun
Djeridgowhka
Djeridgowka
Sabib Colonsl
Mohun
Djamoudra-Hassan
Nadyka
Maj. Poindexter
Begum
Fish hospitals and soda engines in turn of the century notes
A survey of curious items lists a fish hospital at Malvern Wells England and a soda locomotive concept for Minneapolis streetcars with copper boilers and five tons of dampened soda. It notes Carnegie's weekly income, a New Haven line fine, a Birmingham highway robbery sentence, and a Latonia race betting dispute. Also mentions Gompers laid up sick, Jefferson nail works, a New York strike with $1 weekly wage gain, and steel workers convention planned for Pittsburgh June 4.
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Malvern Wells
England
Andrew Carnegie
New York
New Haven
Minnis Moses
Latonia
Cincinnati
Mueller
Minneapolis
Berlin
St. Gotherd
Alps
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Thomas Jefferson
United States
Monticello
Radley & Greenough
E. Seventy-fourth St
Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers
Pittsburgh
Mystery Mentions Of Gators And Grafts Across Florida
Dr. Walker of Eustis breeds a tame alligator to drive in harness while an archaeologist near Monticello reports a fruiting tree bearing quinces pears and apples not grafted. Haw Pond near Cordele Ga is a famed natural curiosity that disappears riverlike each May. A Scottish physician links hypertrophy of the heart to advanced kidney disease and touts Warner's Safe Cure as a cure.
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T. Granger Stewart
F.R
H. M
Scotland
University of Edinburgh
Warner
Fragmented quotes mix humor and travel notices across papers
A collage of snappy stray lines from various papers references humor, cautions, and oddities. Bits touch on currency jokes, single tax debates, stray misprints, a surgeon’s warning about eye tests, courtroom banter, and travel details for a decoration day special train to a resort with fares listed. The fragmentary text blends playful quips with scattered notices and public travel ads.
Room to rent notice for newcomer seeks advertising help
A new arrival seeks a desirable room and invites readers to advertise it. The Sun offers a free column for notices for three days, encouraging ads to reach the city’s readers. It mentions hiring workers and a slogan about getting there without extra features.
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Tak Son
Sun
E. Oblast
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