Notable Boston Lifesaver Peter McNally Receives Medal
Peter S. McNally, a 31 year old Boston newspaper reporter and renowned swimmer, is set to receive a national life saving medal from the government for rescuing at least 60 people. His feats include saving a drowning boy near Wood Island bridge in June 1890 and subduing a dangerous woman in 1851, among many rescues near Navy Yard, Revere Beach, Nantucket, and Charlestown.
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Eter S. McNally
Boston
Washington
Mr. McNally
Massachusetts Humane Society
MecNally
North Shore Beach
Wood Island Bridge
McNally
Robert Rogerson
Rogerson
Warren Bridge
Hattie Richmont
Navy Yard
Peter
M'Nally
Oak Island
Revere Beach
Walden
Lena Campbell
Nantacket
Rutherford Avenue
Charlestown
Willie Stevens
Crescent Beach
Apthone
Marvelous clock with skeletal performers in Indian prince’s hall
An Indian prince owns a marvel of clockwork art in a grand inland palace. A silver gong hangs beneath a gold outlined dial, while a marble slab is strewn with miniature bones and skulls. At each hour a skeleton rises, strikes the gong, and then sinks back into the bone bed.
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Empire
John James Christopher Benjamin Binns
Great Moa Tallest Bird Revealed In NZ Discovery
Historic notes recount the extinct moa of New Zealand, 12 to 16 feet high, dwarfing the ostrich. Reports from 1863 tell miners spotting a massive bird near Middle Island with a nine foot height, three long toes, and a flat inclined head. Mantell is cited for finding a gigantic eye in volcanic sand, and bones are said to be abundant in New Zealand.
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Owen
New Zealand
Middle Island
Walker Mantell
Indiana
Brown County
Ind
Elianeville
End of the World Prophecies Stir Paris Fear and Debate
A long feature reviews prophetic claims by Frere Philippe Olivarius and Prof. Falk, noting recurrent apocalyptic predictions from 1893 to 1903. It outlines alleged scientific and biblical bases, cites earthquakes and comets, and records competing views from other scientists and historical prophecies, including dates and predicted devastations across Europe and America. The piece also touches on other uncanny phenomena and a religious essay by Rev. Charles H. Parkhurst.
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Frere Phillippe Olivarius
Abbey of
Citeaux
Paris
Frere Olivarius
Falb
Camille Frammarion
Totten
United States Army
Yale College
Falk
Vienna
Europe
Zante
Hungary
Professor Falk
Professor Falb Yes
Earth
Lexell
Jupiter
United States
Pacific
Boston
Atlantic
New Jersey
New York City
Connecticut
Rhode Island
Massachusetts
Maine
Edward R. Garcynski
Professor Falas
Gartrnsk
Cardinal Nicholas de Cusa
Swedenborg
Johann Albrecht Ben
Manhattan Island
Florida
California
Cuba
Cty
Havana
Cleveland
Washington
St. Louis
New Orleans
Salt Lake City
San Francisco
Ireland
Italy
France
Berlin
Germany
Rhine
Belgium
Luxemburg
Prussian
Napoleon
Meastah
Syria
Sr Aim
How to Grow 400 Wheat Salzer's Fall Seed Catalogue
An old printed fragment urges farmers to request Salzer's Fall Seed Catalogue for four cents. It promises valuable guidance and free grain samples for fall sowing from John A. Salzer Seed Co. The ad-like text also contains scattered, unrelated notes about taxation, cosmetics, and lemon orchards.
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Salzer
John A. Salzer
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Uncle Sam
Paters& McNally
Pete
Liverpool
Samuel Harris
Wabash
Vernon
Harris
Mra
Charles Kesler
Kvala
Mra. Kealer
Tome
Itoo
Charles H. Parkhurst
England
Hood
University OF
Academy OF the Sacred Heart
T. Joseph, MO
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