Notable World Figures And Oddities From Far Afield
A roundup of eccentric remarks and curiosities: American governor BEAVER has toured every Pennsylvania county since taking office. Queen Victoria reportedly drinks Kentucky whisky on medical advice. Leo XIII at seventy eight remains industrious, rising early in all seasons. Emperor William remedies insomnia with a distinctive night attire. An alligator four feet long surprised Cadillac cistern owners, likely escaped from a traveling show. A nine year old boy in Pomona traveled over six thousand miles from Lincolnshire with a tag and two hundred dollars.
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Mircurry, Bros
Cadillac, Mich
Brizvato House Ownership and Local Custom in Persia
In Persia a robbers warning involves sealing a man in a brick tank and plastering around him until suffocation. Brizvato is noted for family owned houses and over 125 savings and loan associations. Tir Rev Frank Patterson reports 33 million Sunday school teachers and scholars worldwide.
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Persia
Brizvato
Savings and Loan
Tir
Frank Patterson
Lying claims tied to Stanley by former Omaha comptroller
A former city official recalls Stanley as the most accomplished liar he knew from twenty years ago when both were present. He notes Stanley served as a correspondent for several Eastern papers at that time.
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Stanley
Omaha
Tennyson Horror of Biographer Suppresses Records
The poet Alfred Lord Tennyson refused a diary and burned his letters and records of correspondence. Reportedly he told a friend he would safeguard his memory after death to prevent being torn apart like a pig by biographers.
Doctors rush on elixir of life by Dr Brown-Sequard
Across the country elderly men seek injections of the elixir of life, a craze driven by medical legends. The piece notes the practice hinges on a steady supply of young lambs, suggesting prospects for sheep farming as a business opportunity.
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Dr. Brown-Sequard
Six Ladies and Boy Stranded Overnight Near Juniata Gap
Six women and a small boy started toward a mountain near Juniata Gap Pennsylvania. A heavy rain and fog drove them off course. They spent the night beneath an oak tree, drenched and terrified by wild beasts, finally realizing at dawn they were only two minutes from home.
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Juniata Gap
Pe Hold
Bam Bownes Founding Springfield Republic Leader
Bam Bownes, founder of the Springfield Maass Republican, began life early, claiming little boyhood. He showed no manual labor aptitude but became a hard student and voracious reader, later displaying push and ambition as a journalist in the right place.
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Bam Bownes
Springfield
Maass
Republican
Charles Dudley Warner Seeks Serious Reputation
Charles Dudley Warner expresses annoyance at being labeled a humorous writer and prefers to be known as a serious authority on criticism or philanthropy. A recent conversation with him explored his desired public image and work.
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Charles Dudley Warner
Prison reform a preferred reference over author tag
A writer complained to a friend about annoyance at being labeled author of My Summer in the Garden. He preferred mentions of his work toward prison reform rather than his literary status.
Inhuman father who neglected sick child awaits reform
A coroner's jury in Woodhaven Long Island found a 15 year old girl died without medical attendance after days of illness. The father refused to call a doctor, highlighting a perceived gap in law and urging legislation to punish such neglect.
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Woodhaven
L. I
Smart young novelist wanted with salary increases
Advertisements note a smart young novelist wanted at once with salary about four pounds, rising to six pounds, hours good, and good connection. Also an agent sought to sell a portrait of the Right Hon. W E B Gladstone printed on a self-cut wood. A young man seeks a secretarial post with a literary man, claiming notable ignorance but fair labor capacity and ability to write shorthand.
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London
W. EB. Gladstone
Timid bandit Ferdinand Guaman controls Grana da region
The famed Spanish outlaw Ferdinand Guaman, a dwarf who once ran a small Grana da shop, fled to the mountains after a government action. Described as ugly and ruthless, he leads a gang of Europe’s worst cutthroats, with the Spanish Government resolved to arrest him and his followers.
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Tim
Spain
Ferdinand Guaman
Granada
Europe
Topeka Inventor Patents Record but Fails to Profit
Epuar F. Liscoun of Topeka leads the nation in patents over the last two years with inventions spanning from electric lights to a celluloid toothpick. Despite his prolific output, he struggles to monetize his ideas as others reap the profits of his work, his latest being a toboggan brake that can halt instantly on steep inclines if an obstruction appears on the track.
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Epuar F. Liscoun
Topeka
Kan
Hello Nonsuch Stove Polish Found by Mail Error
A Canadian firm advertised a stove polish named Nonsuch with a card headed Hello Hello Nonsuch. A man forgot the firm name but sent mail to Hello Nonsuch with town and province. The post office quickly identified the correct destination and delivered the letter, despite the misdirection.
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Nonsuch
Hello! Nonsuch
Edison phonograph fools Carnot rumor exposed
The Edison exhibit manager was approached by a journalist demanding money for reporting President Carnot's proposed visit. The journalist tried to bribe the phonograph, which then repeated the demand when Carnot arrived, embarrassing the reporter and amusing the President.
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Iidison
President Carnot
Edison Department
Carnot
Widow Re marriage Sparks Reform Wave in Bombay
A Bombay magistrate hears a young widow seeking protection from caste threats after being widowed at nine. Madhowdas Ragnatidas, a Hindu social reformer, houses her and arranges remarriage, aiding twenty eighth widow to remarry with many Hindus present.
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Bombay
Madhowdas Ragnatidas
Truthful Jdames and the Arizona Kicker Exposé
A clipped compilation from the Arizona Kicker quotes scorn for Wanamaker and mocks local figures. It describes a Tucson stage arrival, an accident injuring Timothy Shooks, and a forger scolding by Col Eeho Jones while promising a Kentucky Hemp Company rope supply. It notes a railroad line exists and defends a weekly newspaper’s limited growth.
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Arizona Kicker
Paniex
Wanamaker
Wanamaker’s
Crook House
Tucson
Col. Jones
Maj. Wickham
Judge Perdue
Prof. Wise
Timothy Shooks
Indiana
Passionm Masstaxe
Col
Eeho Jones
Bailiwick
Kicker Office
Washington
Philadelphia
New York
Kentucky Hemp Company, Limited
Turner
U. P. Road
Ben Davis
Detroit Free Press
Mother Tongue in Wide Awake on Welsh Language Resilience
A Wide Awake writer argues that subjugated peoples cling to native speech. He asserts conquest fails while Welsh endure, noting Welsh remains spoken in many families and prints strongly. The piece recalls London’s Board school decree mandating English in Wales and its impact.
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Great Britain
London
Wales
Plan to suppress Welsh tongue in schools fails
The article describes a Welsh language suppression scheme where children who spoke Welsh were punished with tokens like a fool’s cap or a slip, or a stick on the desk. Tokens passed to the next child when a Welsh word was spoken, leading to flogging of one pupil, and the plan failed as students eventually spoke Welsh again.
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Hoover
England
Contusion Dangers From Police Club Blows
Medical Classics recalls Captain John Gunner on August discussing police club blows. Contusions often result when applied to the body and ribs can disable an opponent. Skull fractures may occur with strong blows, and delayed brain pressure from swelling is dangerous. A fatal case showed skull fracture after a brick was used, underscoring the need for careful examination of seemingly minor wounds.
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John Gunner
New York
Eyes of envy on West End street cars noted
A conductor on a West End street car notes how women scrutinize each other as they board or depart. Observers say the eyeing, often with a derisive smile, targets dress, bonnet, hair and beauty or ugliness. The practice is described as a feminine weakness.
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West End
Not a Beard in Town in Sylvania Ga
A humorous Sylvania Georgia town tale recounts a spontaneous haircutting spree as men and officials, flanked by a conspiratorial barber, lose their hair and gain white heads. The piece notes many locals submitting, with only a few escaping before the town becomes uniformly bare headed and the barber joins the joke.
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Sylvania
Sylvania Gas Company
H.R. Kemp
Mystic Circle of the
Slick
John L. Sullivan
Coise
Sylvania, Ga
An Editor's Self Test on Objectivity and Publication
A fragment recalling an editor who, to judge his own magazine piece impartially, mails it to himself as if from another contributor. The tale ends with the editor receiving feedback, including a note labeling the work unreliable and needing elaboration, while a royal jest hints at bureaucratic delays and stubborn truth.
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Germany
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