Brave Japanese Duelist Choebei Faces Inevitable End
In sixteenth century Yeddo a famed swordsman Chobei eluded lords and mocked aristocrats. He accepted an invitation to breakfast at Hatamotos leader Juliozayemon’s palace, where he is trapped and killed in a boiling bath after a staged trap.
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Chobe
Japan
Bravia
Yedidlo
St. Hermindad
Cho
Yeddo
Juliozayemon
Hatamotos
Apan
Chobet
Chabel
Chobei
Ali Yeddo
Dulrozayemon
Cholci
Chobel
Flo
Hawaiian Girls Described In Racial Stereotype Piece
The article offers a biased portrait noting skin tone hair and features with generalizations about physical appearance. It reflects early 20th century ethnographic style and sensationalized descriptions of Pacific Island women.
A Bar of Soap and Missionaries in Madagascar
A bar of soap made from local materials saved missionaries in Madagascar from expulsion. Queen Ranavalona tested their usefulness with a practical skill request and, after a week, accepted a soap making demonstration. The craft gained a five year respite and helped spread Christianity as free churches formed.
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Madagascar
Hey
W. E. Cousins
Ranavalona
Lighter Ride Adaptability at a Log Schoolhouse Meeting
Elder J. W. Cook recalls Forty five Years a Minister about a rain soaked Adair county Mississippi sermon. With no light or candle the crowd improvised by tearing platform planks to create a splinter light while a local boy preached and the meeting proved surprisingly successful.
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J. W. Cook
Adair County
Miss
Sartin
Cook
One Sort of Bargain
A Har semite recalls encountering a pawn ticket for a $1 loan on an umbrella. He paid $1.06 including interest for a cheap umbrella, later learning it could be duplicated cheaply. He notes a pawn broker’s scheme of bogus tickets to offload cheap merchandise.
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New York
Wanted a Haunted House in London
A letter to a London house rental agency seeks a rent free dwelling with or without ghosts. The writer claims willingness to testify if a haunting appears and pledges secrecy if no apparition is seen. He wants a place to live without paying rent, offering a small subsistence income.
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London
Inquirer
Strange Bird Duel Between Hawk and patient Heron
George Hthelbert Walsh describes a dramatic encounter in which a hawk and a heron clash above a pond. The hawk pressures the heron with aerial feints and a swift dive, while the beaked heron defends with a poised long bill, ending with the hawk grazed and the heron escaping.
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George Hthelbert Walsh
Outing Magazine
Essentials of Exercise And Proper Training
Advice from Metropolitan Magazine on choosing exercise. It urges using all muscles daily, largely outdoors, making activity enjoyable, avoiding hard exertion around meals, and not exercising when already fatigued.
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Metropolitan Magazine
The Necessary Shock in a College Professor
A seriously ill college professor lingers in a feverish stupor as doctors weigh the critical moment. The attending physician expresses cautious hope for recovery while attendants monitor the patient and await any awakening signals as a lurid sky is noted.
Hirst Street Lights the Precursors of Modern City Illumination
The article traces street lighting from tallow and oil lamps to gas, linking urban illumination to the rise of popular government after the American Revolution. It notes New Orleans 1792 lamp funding via chimney tax under Baron Carondelet, and contrasts historic Broad Way conditions with today’s bright avenues and nightlife.
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New York
United States
Boston
Philadelphia
New Orleans
America
Baron Carondelet
Louisiana
New Orleans Picayune
Carondelet
Cabildo
Council
Washington
Great White Way
Smallest Mammals and the Nocturnal Shrews
Text describes shrews as the smallest mammals, nocturnal and mouse-like, feeding on worms and insects in woods and meadows. It oddly mentions an eggybell and a cozy barn for a mother and her young.
Sleep of Snow Immerses Pilgrim in Mountain Peril
Pastor Bertrand describes a near death on a mountain as he lay down with students and sank into a cold sleep. He recounts feeling lifeless yet aware, watching companions and his wife, then a sudden pull back to life as his body revived, the crowd calling him dead before awakening. The strange tale comes from Leon Landsberg via the Boston Post.
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Bertrand
Lhe
Lucerne
Goodby
Biw
Leon Landsberg
Boston Post
Island of Massacres in Haiti Report
Pearson's Weekly recounts Haiti as a perpetual battlefield since Columbus arrival. It claims over six million people killed across eras of colonization and revolt, detailing massacres by Spaniards French and Dessalines era violence on men women and children.
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Haiti
Tiaiti
Earth
Columbus
Canepore
France
Dessalimes
Pearson
Weekly
Sleep Talkers Truth Beneath Quiet Sleep Revealed
Sleep talkers are described as truthful and unevasive while speaking in sleep. They betray anger when provoked by questioners and show tightly closed eyes with distinct intonation from wake speech. They may recall dreams within dreams and remember events from earlier dreams.
The Lancer Snake of South America
A small brown viper known as the lancer inhabits South America. Its bite delivers extreme pain that spreads across the body, driving victims to madness within hours and typically causing death in about four hours.
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South America
Church Invitation and Hat Etiquette Quip
A judge records a humorous exchange as Mrs Binks invites to church and offers a pew, while Mrs Jinks replies her hat isn’t trimmed for that side of the church. The light moment captures social etiquette and courtroom humor.
Fragmented Dialogue From Varis Items in Trade Talk
A reader dialogue recalls customs seizing finery from Varis and Mrs Gramercy notes a mention in the papers. The exchange ends with a sly remark on public attention and propriety reflecting social nuance.
Signoretta Wins English Derby Amid Royal Attendance
Signoretta the 3.-b Chivalier Cinistelli owned Italian entry won the classical English Derby as Primer finished second by two lengths. Llangwan placed third while favorite August Belmost and W. K. Vanderbilt backed entries over 100000 without a place. The race drew vast crowds and most of the royal family and nobility were present.
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London
Signoretta
Chivalier Cinistelli
Primer
Llangwan
August Belmost
W. K. Vanderbilt
Graduation Week Calendar for Local High School
Following the recital, graduation week events run from June 13 to June 19. The Juniors host a study hall reception and banquet for the class, Rev. M. F. Montgomery conducts the sermon, exhibits of manual training drawing cooking and sewing appear June 17 and 18, the twelfth annual graduation exercises occur June 18 with the play The Ensign, and an Alumni reception and ball closes the week on June 19.
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Assembly Hall
M. F. Montgomery
Tragic Gas Leak Kills Chicago Family
In Chicago, Mrs. William Derner and her three children aged 14 12 and 7 died in their apartments from asphyxiation after a rubber hose rotted and allowed gas to fill the home during a birthday party. Neighbors discovered the bodies after smelling gas.
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Chicago
William Derner
Gertrude
Marines to be sent to Isthmus election protection
Washington reports say the president authorized 200 additional marines to the Isthmus to guard American property and maintain order during the election. If needed, sailors from the Atlantic fleet could be transferred, possibly delaying action until after the vote.
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Washington
United Press
Panama
Atlantic
Soldiers of Fortune Threaten Panama Turmoil
Washington reports a sharp rise in Panama tensions with as many as 49,000 workers on the canal payroll possibly drawn into conflict. The labor force is largely foreign and includes many soldiers of fortune stirring unrest among Panama Canal workers.
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Washington
Panama
Canal Commission
Hospital Damaged By Gas Station Explosion in Indianapolis
An explosion at the Prestolite gas pumping station next to St. Vincent infirmary in Indianapolis gutted a hospital wing and injured many. At least ten people were reported harmed as rescuers searched the wreckage and debris shattered windows across the building. One large blast hurled debris several blocks, with hundreds affected by the shock.
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Indianapolis
St. Vincent Infirmary
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Linkboys
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Belmont
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