Bachelor Gaston and the Vesuvius romance
A wealthy bachelor, Mister Gaston, pursues romance while planning a Naples voyage to view Vesuvius. He befriends Miss Davison aboard a steamer after she loses her purse, and she reveals an estate claim in Naples. He offers to fund her legal case, but she fears mischief. He hesitates to fund, then jet forces, and the tale ends with a warning from a fellow traveler that similar swindles recur.
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Robert
Gestun
Dachelor
Mr. Gaston
Vesuvius
Johnstown
Galveston
Baltimore
Miss Denison
Mr. Gaeton
Miss Divison
Gaston
Hardihood
Miss Davison
Puzding
Italy
New York
Naples
Miss Davisey
Geston
Miss I
Vagard
Stsargmund
Ailk Lini
Dollara
Misga Daivison
Lenae
Antisty
Davison
Ould
Fao
Yau
Mies Davincn
Tran
Ma Gestion
Catskill Mountains
Sha
Abe
Vesuy
Genoa
Walesno
Oldest artificial leg in museum described by British Medical Journal
The British Medical Journal notes the oldest known artificial leg, found in Capua and held by the Royal College of Surgeons of England. The bronze limb, with wooden core, iron bars, and a leather lining, dates to an early Roman period and accompanied by three red figure vases.
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British Medical Journal
Royal College of Surgeons of England
Tomb
Capua
Cory
Canton Plans Grand McKinley Mausoleum in Canton Ohio
Canton Ohio drafts for a monumental tomb for President McKinley. The 98 foot high circular domed memorial rises on a 26 acre West Lawn site with pink Milford granite exterior and interior gray marble finishes. A central artificial lake leads to a grand staircase and circular plaza, with a double sarcophagus for McKinley and his wife. Groundbreaking began 1905, dedication targeted for early autumn 1907 with body transfer from the West Lawn vault to the tomb interior.
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Pormer
Denton
McKintey
Ganton
St. Louis Republic
Obie
McKinley
West Lawn
Canton
Witer
Appirosch
Mecca
Vertona
Alec Nh
Roosevalte
Dog Boy and Gorilla Man Case Stirs Darwin Debate
Des Moines World dispatch reports Iowa Tusmaine society officials label two W A Leopards sons in Guthrie county as reverting to brute types. A 16 year old dog boy runs, barks, and snarls while the 20 year old gorilla man shows teeth and threats. Neighbors fear warnings rise as a rope scene hints at theft resolution.
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Iowa Tusmaine Society
W. A. Leopardes
Wichita
Guthrie County
Des Moines
New York
Peara
Leupartes
Elizabeth Jones Brrird
Des Moines Humane Society
Lenpanlez
English preacher lampoons Morgan and Morganeering in New York lecture
Rev Charles F Aked of New York's 11th Avenue Baptist church lectured at the Chautauqua assembly. He mocked J P Morgan and Morganeering as overrated, claimed American church hymns are mainly rubbish, and warned that English progress relied on American influence. He recalled arriving in 1902 and described British leaders chasing American projects.
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J. P. Morgan
Jaye
England
Wall Street
Aked
J. P. Morgen
Tower of London
Westminster Abbey
Central Park
Lake Michigan
University of Chicago
America
Arm Lost at Antietam Found in Army Museum Photograph
Captain J. B. Allen of St. Paul requested a photo of his severed arm lost at Antietam. A surgeon preserved the limb and sent it to the Army Medical Museum. A photograph was mailed to Captain Allen after inquiry by his congressman.
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Antietam
Army Museum
Congress
Minnesota
J. B. Allen
St. Paul
Washington
New York Times
Alen
Battle of Antietam
Allen
Army Medical Museum
Alien
Aven
Pastor Ad for Eternal Life in Wisconsin Church Ad
The Chicago Record-Herald notes Pastor A Phelps of a Wisconsin church prints a display ad for Eternal Life Assurance Society. The home office is Hastily City with the New Jerusalem capital in God’s ever lasting love, promising peace and joy in this world and the next.
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Rev. A. & Phelps
M.be
Pialouillo
Wis
Chicago Record-Herald
Eternal Iofe Assurance Society
Hasyenly
New dJerusalem
Lord
Phelps
Methodist camp meeting speaker extols biscuits and bays
A Chicago dispatch reports W. A. Quayte at a Desplaines Illinois Methodist camp meeting saying biscuits are as necessary as dessert. He argues for simple foods like biscuits over fancier fare, framing bread and drink as essential for daily life.
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Kissen
W. A. Quayte
Desplaines
Ill
Chicago
Palm Beach Promises Come With Hospital Romance
In a hospital setting, nurse and patient discuss a possible marriage and a move to Palm Beach for a comfortable life. The patient, recovering from illness, proposes to the nurse, who contemplates the ethics of such a match and then hints at a mutual plan. An accident interrupts their plans as a cab ride ends with the patient hurt, leaving the question of happiness and commitment unresolved.
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Mies Ryburl
Amica
Mather
Ryland
Palm Beach
Elways
Phetinawa
John Martin
Jo Mary Ryland
Torkel
Martha
Carner
John Muartih
Sirence
John
First Patent In America by Joseph Jenks
The earliest American patent traces to Joseph Jenks, an English-born founder and machinist who settled in Lynn, Massachusetts circa 1612. Influenced by Governor Winthrop, he advanced ironworks and improvements, receiving patents for innovations including the grasa Beythe and early money-related projects, marking a pivotal colonial era in protection of manufactures.
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America
Joseph Jenks
Hammersmith
England
Winthrop
Lynn
Mass
Pesetts Bay
Shy on Smelts and Smelt Mixup at Dinner
Dean Foss debates beluga meaning as two tiny fish distract from a meal. A miscalled order leads to humor and a heated exchange about size and cooking, while diner Dan jokes about the two smelts and a chilly receiver incident.
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Scott
Dean Foss
Gomi
Dan
Milton Milelts
Suetess Siteys
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