Capt Deasy’s Central Asia Survey Ended by Chinese Interference
Capt Deasy returned to England after nearly two years in Chinese Turkestan. He faced Kashgar officials who refused a passport and blocked travel via Polu gorge. Despite hardships and frost bite, his surveys along the Yarkand river advance geographic knowledge, with 6200 miles traveled and new mapping of the unexplored western Rankam to Kousrah stretch.
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Central Asia
H. H. P. Desi
Queen's Lancern
England
Yarkand
Deasy
Claude Macdonald
Taung-li-Yamen
Chinese Turkestan
Kashgar
Pekin
Macartney
Poli
Kerry
Capt Deasy
Poln
Leb
Kerla
Polu
Rankam
Kousrah
Densy
Tarantula Hawks Prey On Giant Rio Grande Spiders
A Texas narrator describes giant tarantulas, centipedes, and rattlesnakes along the Rio Grande. He notes the tarantula hawk’s fierce hunting of tarantulas, earning western ranchers’ gratitude, and cites a New England professor stung by a tarantula as the spark for widespread hawk propagation.
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Rio Grande River
Texas
Mim
Rio Grande
New England
New York Sun
Two Farrelli Residents Buried Side by Side in Netley Grave
Two residents sharing the surname Farrelli, who died on the same day, were buried together at Netley England in adjoining graves. The officiating clergyman’s name was Ferrell, reflecting a clerical misreading in the report.
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Ames Farrelli
Netley
England
Ferrell
Phoenix Park Murders Recall Clemeny Release
The British government released James Fitzabarris alias Skin the Goat, who was serving life for bonds with the Phoenix Park assassinations of Lord Cavendish and Thomas Burke in Dublin 1882. The piece recounts the killings, the pursuit, trials, and eventual executions and paroles surrounding the landmark case.
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Phoenix Park
James Fitabarris
Skin the Goat
Lord Frederick Cavendish
Ireland
Thomas Henry Burke
Wader
Phoenis Park
Dublin
Lord Frederick Cavendiah
Devere
Garfield
French Republic
United States
Kilmainham
Rehearsing His Own Funeral In Kobe
A Japanese man named Kamekawa of Kobe planned his own elaborate Buddhist funeral at age 77. Relatives gathered around an empty coffin as proper rites were performed under his guidance, with the host watching the ceremony from the head of the casket.
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Kamekawa
Kobe
Mr. Kamekawa
Krumekans
Jinko Club
Kumekawa
Chicago
Phoenix park murders and trials echo through history
Dramatic Dublin killings linked to the Phoenix Park tragedy unfold with Burke and Cavendish deaths, a broad net of informers, trials in 1883, and varied sentences. The article notes executions, life terms, and later remissions, plus Carey’s dramatic escape to South Africa aboard the Kinfauna Castle.
Brothers duel over widow and farm claim in Nebraska
Hans Johnson a prosperous farmer offered the widow of his brother marriage or peaceful division of the farm. After she scorned him he sued in district court. Hans and Peter Johnson came to Nebraska twenty years ago and settled a Detel county homestead on shares. A written agreement provided that on death the survivor would possess the property. Mrs Johnson holds a will and will contest her rights. The surviving brother filed the contract in Douglas county and argues the marriage would not affect it.
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Omaha
Chicago Tribune
Hans Johnson
District Court
Hans
Peter Johnson
Nebraska
Detel County
Douglas County
The Savage Bachelor and the Moon Woman Mystery
A fragmentary note hints at a sensational tale about a woman found in the moon, linked to The Bavaga Bachelor. The odd line suggests a provocative dating or gender twist and a punchy punchline about the man leaving.
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Hax
Hood's Sarsaparilla Heralds Era of Health Birth
An ad style notice proclaims Hood's Sarsaparilla as a reliable remedy for blood, stomach, and liver troubles. The piece uses florid language to claim a new era of good health brought by the tonic.
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Hood
Household Hints and Laundry Tips From Old Column
A vintage notice extols domestic care with laundering and starch for glossy linens. It advertises a coupon offer for Red Crown brand and assorted freebies from J. C. Hubinger, promoting new stitch patterns and a Century Girl Calendar.
Fragmented health ads mix cures and opinions
A scattered OCR page lists various old remedy pitches and stray quotes. It mentions Allen's Foot Powder for new shoes and foot ailments, a misquoted line about divorce, a bogus cold cure promising one-day results, and notes on addiction and geography as moral traits.
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Allen
Allen 5
Olmsted
LeRoy
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Wirchester
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