Parisian poet tricks Princess and Napoleon
A tale set during Napoleon I's reign recounts Hamed Dubois, a poet, who writes an ode for Pauline Bonaparte. The plan backfires as Fouche and court officials discover the ruse, Dubois is sent to Elba as police commissary, and Napoleon jokes about the affair as 000,000 francs changed hands in the deception.
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Pauline
Napoleon
Pauling
M. Dubois
Fouche
Dubois
Elba
Eve
Mie Due
Alre
Emerson Story Highlights Generosity and a Mischievous Boy
In Concord, Dr Edward W Emerson son of Ralph Waldo Emerson shows kindness to a local boy known as Charlie who asks to borrow books from his private library. The tale centers on Charlie testing the meaning of generosity by pushing for permission to take even the mileage book from the doctor.
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Deel
Edward W. Emerson
Waldo Emerson
York Tribune
Concord
Emerson
Charlie
Dr. Emerson
Victims of the Qard Sharks in Old Gambling Days
A historical gambling tale recounts how high rollers like the duke of Bedford and the duke of Norfolk were repeatedly duped by sharpers led by Beau Nash. The scheme involved loaded dice, sleep, and staged substitutions to rob them of vast sums. The account notes multiple plunders, one totaling over 500000 dollars, and perilous ruses to shield the theft.
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Wrotheely
Duke of Bedford
Deny Nash
Hazard
Beau Nash
Duke of Norfolk
John B Gough Portrait Unveiled by Worcester Mechanics
A full-length painting of the late John B. Gough has been presented to Worcester County Mechanics and will be unveiled at the annual meeting theater.
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John J. Gough
John B. Gough
Worcester County
Massachusetts
Plumbers strike and fires amid global turmoil reported
Reports describe 2 000 Parpelters and 500 Buffalo plumbers on strike while fires devastate Bobruisk Minsk province and business districts in Nebraska. Tornadoes damage crops in Oklahoma. Pittsburg disaster victims reach fifty four. International items note indemnity payments, political upheavals, and military reorganizations with varied outcomes and fatalities.
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Bobruisk
Minsk
Russia
Trrass
Neb
Ge County
Oklahoma
Pittsburg
Cairo
Ill
Morgan's vast wealth and power eclipses nations in era
Article outlines J Pierpont Morgan's control of fourteen steamship lines and forty four railways totaling vast capitalization and oceanic mileage. claims his wealth surpasses many nations, with a partial note on public debt reduction and treasury cash. It portrays Morgan as wielding power greater than governments through a web of corporations.
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J. Pierpoot Morgan
Ee Morgan
Congress
Great Britain
Russia
Germany
Spain
Holland
Belgium
Morgan
J. P. Sagan c
Tornado devastates Dacca district killing 416 people
A tornado wreaked havoc across Dacca and neighboring towns, leaving 416 dead and crops ruined throughout the district. The history mention notes Dween as a Bengal capital in the 17th century, with Tosuit once thriving on woven wind products before Manchester imports damaged its industry and population dwindled.
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Dacca
Dween
Bengal
India
Calcutta
Manchester
Death of Congressman Amos J. Cummings in Baltimore
Congressman Amos J. Cummings of New York died in Baltimore following an operation for kidney trouble. He arrived April 11 for treatment, had an operation four days later, then contracted pleurisy and pneumonia, first in one lung and later in both. He hovered between life and death since the extension of the illness.
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Amos J. Cummings
New York
Baltimore
Congressman Cummings
Cummings
Cummins
Butte Labor Strikes Over Eight Hour Day Demands
Fifty Butte Tentveters and twenty five coal yard workers walked out Saturday morning after employers refused to grant an eight hour workday at three dollars. Twenty lumber yard finishers quit as well, urging an eight hour day, with similar pay, at present rate.
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Butte
Sid
Wisal
Numerous Wyoming Colorado disasters and strikes reported
Northwest notes detail a Rifle Colorado fire destroying business premises. Fatal accidents include a Ballard Washington laborer crushed at a mill and a Missoula area train fatality. A Denver boy shot by a companion and a tramp facing amputation after a railway incident. Coal miners strike in Durango over wage scales. A Denver mother poisons her children and herself. Northern Colorado drought worsens, water shortages threaten farmers. Casper wool sales reach 1.9 million pounds. Sand Creek Montana sees a gold rush stampede. Spotted fever kills in Bitter Root Valley. Great Falls man acquitted for a fatal attack. Wyoming fishery records note a large minnow trout catch. Indian reservation liquor incidents lead to troop tension at Fort Washakie. Sheep losses soar after recent storms. Natrona and rough state-wide stock losses reported.
Grasshoppers Threaten Crops Near Santa Cruz New Mexico
In northern New Mexico around Santa Cruz grasshoppers swarm orchards and vegetable plots. The insects densify along fruit trees and consume early vegetables, causing significant agricultural concern for local growers.
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Villey
New Mexico
Santa Cruz
Fierce Fight with Moros Ends in Surrender at Fort
General Chaffee reports a bold assault against Sultan Bayan's fort in Mindanao succeeded with heavy Moro casualties. Eighty four survivors surrendered at 7 am as officers and soldiers were wounded and one officer and seven enlisted men killed. Prisoners to be held until adjacent forts are secured before hostage releases.
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Chaffee
Sultan Kayan
George W. Davis
Nessive
Dayan
Sultan Bayan
Sultan Dayan
Raja Muda Bayan
Sulfin Tandapatad
Slaughter by Chinese Forces at Ching Shang Ful Reported
The steamship Olympia carries word of immense killings as Kwang Shebels advance on Nanning and Canton. Reports claim Ching Shang Ful fell with over 1440 killed and bodies left unburied while rebels burned stores and homes as imperial troops deserted in other captured towns.
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Orient
Kwang Shebels
Nanning
West River
Canton
Ching Shang Poi
Fire at Mount Ganti Claims Fifty Lives
A devastating blaze at Mount Ganti on the Nile's Damietta branch killed fifty people. Intense heat fueled the fire, destroying thousands of native residences and around 200 stores. Authorities began investigations as local residents mourned the tragedy.
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Mount Ganti
Damiettta
Nile
Riots in Chi Li Province Suppressed by Troops
The French legation reports serious riots in Chi Li province where banners read Abolish the Missionaries. A Jesuit priest Lormuller was killed and missing priest Finch is named. Governor Yoan Shi Kai has deployed troops with strict orders to quell the outbreak.
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Pelin
Chi Li
Finch
Lormuller
Yoan Shi Kai
Fire devastates Mil Gamer town along Damietta Nile
A catastrophic blaze swept Mil Gamer on the Nile’s right bank from Thursday afternoon to Saturday night, killing many and destroying thousands of native huts. Sixty bodies have been recovered as residents struggled to save belongings amid the wood and straw shanties.
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Mil Gamer
Damietta
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