Irishman Patsy Donevan Courtroom Trick Wins Admiration
An Alabama jail visit reveals Patsy Donevan, an Irish mechanic, uses wit and nerve to outsmart a judge. The defense hinges on correct naming and a pivotal affidavit, as the jury fails to convict despite a tense trial and the impressive courtroom stand by Patsy and his lawyer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florence
Ala
B. M. Jackson
Memphis
W. T. White
Patrick Donevan
Patsy” Donevan
Nies
Sherif
Lughing
Tom
Keokuk
Towa
Mussel Shoals Canal
United States
Patsy
Patey
Ilo
The Cost of Firing Modern Guns
The development of ordnance has greatly increased firing costs with shells and powder valued in the millions wasted in war. A nation firing all its guns for twenty four hours would face bankruptcy due to the expense of each shot and the rapid rate of discharge.
Bavarian Pencil Factory Output and Labor Scale
Bavarian Pavaria boasts twenty eight pencil factories employing about ten thousand people. Weekly production reaches over four million black pencils and three hundred thousand colored pencils. Annual output hits around two hundred thirty thousand pencils. Cedar wood usage exceeds eighteen hundred acres.
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Pavaria
Revue des Rheuratisants Appears for Gout Sufferers
Parleian journalist Alexander Hepp notes gout and rheumatism sufferers enjoy discussing their illnesses and launches the Revue des Rheuratisants. The first issue has appeared with a motto promising to amuse and, if needed, cure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alexander Hepp
Revue Des Rheuratisants
Ita
Artle and Antarctic Leebergs
The leebergs of the two hemisphores differ in shape. Arctic berge are irregular with lofty pinnacles and glittering domes while Antarctic bergs are flat topped and solid looking.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Artle
Leeberg
Arctic
Vinihip Atara Naked Eye and Telescope Visibility
A statement notes that the Vinihip Atara is visible to the naked eye in fewer than 6 000 in the sky and that larger telescope observations likely show no more than 100 000 000 Atars, indicating a wide range of visibility estimates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los
Japan
Fins
Yokohama
Kobe
Tokio
Global Armies and World Population Projections
A French statistician estimates 4,260,000 men are permanently under arms and 44,280,000 would be ready at once if war broke out. He claims the world’s soldiers could encircle the earth, and marching rate would require seventy days at one mile per hour to cover the globe. If ordered to exterminate all others, each soldier would need to kill about thirty three people.
Tiltbustering Speech Sparks Traveling Bag Jest
A Washington Star quip notes a legislator and his wife debating a speech. She says it lacks sense while he retrieves the manuscript and stuffs it into his traveling bag, shrugging that it’s merely a tilt burster.
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Washington Star
Slime Secret Of A Fish And Notes From Lapland
The text describes slime on fish aiding protection and speed, its likely repugnant smell to other fish, and protection against fungus. It mentions a Lapland newspaper novelty, a single-sheet weekly paper with few subscribers. It also notes Japan’s large towns, population shifts, and varied historic observations on handwriting and schooling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wirat
Lapland
Slyck
Bard the Californian Senator and His Trail of Bold Feats
Thomas Bard, later U S senator from California, rose from a Civil War recruit in Chambersburg to powerful landholder owner of 277,000 acres in Ventura Los Angeles and Humboldt. He fought squatters, built a Scott estate wharf, and earned a fearsome reputation as a horseman who ran hard. Bard’s meteoric rise included a daring hold up thwarted by a derringer and a controversial trust setup with Colonel Scott’s California holdings.
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Thomas R. Bard
United States
California
Chambersburg
Antietam
Welch
Bard
Col
Thomas A. Scott
Pennsylvania Railroad
Scott
Ventura
Los Angeles
Humboldt
W. E. Barnard
Barnard
Bart
Mal
Pierson
Mirauders
Sprague
Gol. Scott
Cal- Hornia
Wiliams
Cot
Tard
Caph Merry
Anon
Capt. Merry
Fragmentary 19th Century Snippet on Courtship Notions
In a clipped dialogue, unsure about a woman's negative signal, a speaker muses that such rejection implies various social outcomes and potential benefits, reflecting era gossip and informal advice. The fragment references a mayor and a Penn. source, hinting at broader civic or cultural commentary.
Weak Minded Women Defended Against Shoplifting Claim
Dr EB C Spitzka the alienist questions any disease called kleptomania and disbelief in its existence. He notes shops’ temptations appeal to women of weak minds and says one in a hundred shoplifters may be insane while current shoplifting appears epidemic in New York.
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EB. C. Spitzka
New York
Emperor of Japan Fish Described in Angular Form
A Japanese water fish nicknamed the emperor of Japan is described as nearly rectangular in shape with a bold angular form. It is vividly colored with a distinctive brownie like face and prized for its savory flesh.
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Japan
Quack Cure Ad and Fractured Politician Quote
A dubious patent remedy promises to cure chills and fever in four days while a senator from Kentucky voices a racist caricature and odd musical taste. The text blends tainted medical pitches with a disjointed political aside and a lyric reference.
Journey of a Tisto at Albert Park and Grain-O ad
A Sydney bulletin item recounts a young man at Albert Park Victoria firing a revolver in anger, causing minor damage to trousers and boot and a broken ring, with a moral about carrying money. It also promotes Grain-O as a cheaper coffee substitute and notes a London tramway superintendent Mrs Penman.
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Mall
Sydsey Bulletin
Albert Park
Victoria
City Bello Horizonte rises near Rio de Janeiro rails
A new city named Bello Horizonte has grown within years thirty six hours from Rio de Janeiro. It hosts about 3,000 houses and a large theater is under construction, offering fine views of the surrounding mountains.
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Rio de Janeiro
Bello Horizonte
Mother's Story of Relief via Lydia Pinkham's Compound
Two letters to Mrs Pinkham describe a nineteen year old daughter suffering heavy prolonged menstruation and weakness. After starting Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound the daughter improves, menses become regular and nearly painless, prompting the mother to praise the remedy and plan continued use.
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Mia
Lydia E. Winkham
Matilda A. Camr
Manchester Mill
Macon, Ga
Remarkable Will and Social Rise in Early 20th Century
A whimsical Creole hair restorer ad precedes a bizarre note about Joaquin Miller planning a cremation on his Oakland property with a cube of boulders and a ceremonial burning of his body. A Yorkshire banns incident describes a man faking engagement to regain credit, shocking the town and reviving his finances.
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Joaquin Miller
The
Sierras
Oakland
Cal
Yorkshire
A Wook of ChoiceeS and the Largent Army
A garbled montage notes Wallerbaker & Co. of Dorchester and a panorma reference. It contrasts Russia’s vast standing army, 1,000,000 peacetime troops rising to 9,000,000 in crisis, with obscure product pitches and fashion commentary about lorgnettes, petticoats, and perfumes, including Garfield remedies and Hygela cream.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wallerbaker & Co. Ltd
Dorcheuter
Mave
Consumption of Coal Per Capita by Country
The article notes Austria has the lowest coal use per person at about one-sixth of a ton annually, Great Britain the highest at 3.3 tons per person each year, and the United States averaging 2.25 tons per person per year.
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Austria
Great Britain
United States
Poet Tennyson Recalled In English Inn Tale
A marginal anecdote recounts William Knight meeting the poet Alfred Tennyson at an inn near Stirling. A host’s misidentification leads to humorous exchanges before Knight learns the poet writes verses for the papers. Also noted is a reward to Ned Anthony of Stroudsburg Pa for flagging a train with his sister's red petticoat, saving a possible wreck. General Superintendent McKelvey commends him and sends $25.
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William Knight
Tennyson
Stirling
Knigh
Bonifave
Provence
Michd
McKelvey
New York & Susquehanna Railroad
Ned Anthony
Stroudsburg
Susquehanna Railroad
Memory Ring for Forgetful Minds Jewelry with attachable charms
The memory ring is a gold or silver bracelet style piece with tiny rings for pendants. Charms include rabbits frogs lizards turtles cats and more to symbolize items to remember. A reader asks for a Christmas gift suggestion for a typewriter girl, and another suggests a pocket dictionary and speller.
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Smith
Brown
Alabantine to the original wall calla update
Fragmentary OCR text describes an item about wall calla and alleged removal of tea and brushes. The readable words mention alabantine related to restoration or modification, but the full meaning is unclear and no definite event or persons are identifiable.
Fragmented OCR item on local event
A garbled OCR text fragment references a local event or notice with unclear names places and dates. readable portions mention a person and a place but the context and specifics are lost in transcription.
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Australia
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Ayer
Ayers
Ia Patrick
Patsy” Donovan
Patrick
Lord Kelvin
W. Ware
Vinihip Atara
Acme
Epinn
Biatos
Zurich
Switzerland
Tom” Bara
Alameda
Canada
B. Davies
St. Paul
Minn
Western Canada
Traverse Country
Homestead
S.ceeeeseee
Minnesota
W. H. Kinkade
Crescow
Wieliexka
Croacow
Poland
Martin German
Gus Felerstein
Eye and Ear Infirmary
Oculista
Ceylon
Thhe
Water Carta
London
Philadelphia Press
Thomas H. Bard
Harper's
Penn
Senator Lindsay
Kentucky
Mise Penman
London Tramways Company
England
Hall
Chendy & CO
Toledo
PJ. Cheney
West & Triax
Debeatee
O. Willing
Winnaw & Marvin
Dragelat
Ohta Halls
Hoagland
Army
Doge
al Monte Carlo
Indianapolla Journal
Enterprise In
Brazil
Aower
Gale
A. J. Tower
Boston
Mase
Gandy
Coe
Russia
J.L. Northcott
Windsor
Ont
Slater
Gerfield
Tommy
Europe
Hee
Loulu
W. L. Douglas
W. L
Rockton
iTetki
Department of Interior
Oruwwna
Conway
J. & Crawford
Woat
Milo B. Ste
van Brunch Oticos
Chicago
Ciay
Valent Alvertiend
Progade Fond For
Inventors En Hington
DO. Os Bland
Detroit
Pata Weakon
Henwick
Lawrie Patent Lawyers
Washington D.C
New York Avenue
Urea
Ww. N.U
St, Louis
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