Rates and plans for the exposition travel
The article notes lower than ever railroad rates for five to fifteen day tickets to the exposition, with a round trip fare of one dollar plus one fare. Passenger agents say current half rates may not return, extensions may be needed, and Buffalo and the Exposition are said to be polished and safe. A joint committee will address exposition questions and guest care. A free information bureau has operated for visitors.
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Sretlam
Habers
Buffalo
Calculation of air consumption during motion
A curious note presents figures for air or energy use while resting and during movement. It lists rest at 500 curie inches per minute and rising values for walking and running speeds up to 6 mph with large increases in air consumption per minute.
Ladies Can Wear Shoes After Veung Allen Foot Bane
An advertisement touts a trial package by mail for Allen and Olmated remedies to cure swollen hot or sweating feet and corns and ingrown nails. It claims benefits from usage with a claim of healing quick relief through a powder and light shoe options.
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Allen
Allen G. Olmsted
LeRoy, N. Y
Judah the Spy Paths Damascus Robber in Bold Mission
A king plots to capture the Scourge of Damascus aided by Judah a skilled Israelite. Judah accepts a dangerous assignment to entrap the robber, seeking honor and a promised reward. He travels toward Damascus with covert allies, facing a wary sentinel and a reluctant guide who promises to lead him to Julian.
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Tartaria
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Vila
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Aboul Casem
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Belim
Alin
Horan
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Morth
Domestic Workers Rights and a Plagiarism Denial
The piece discusses domestic workers rights through rules on hours rest and social visits, highlighting Sophia Becker as a leader in organizing Chicago domestics. It then contrasts Maclay’s historical writing with Edinburgh Review usage, arguing against plagiarism allegations and noting textual differences in references to James Otis and a French privateer Bordelais.
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Chicago
James
Bordelais
Jarmen
Edinburgh Review
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Maclaysapella
New York Journal
Mosby the Guerrilla Leader Emerges in Confederate Hero Tales
A Virginia born Confederate officer, Col John S Mosby, famed for raiding and disrupting Union lines, is profiled as a celebrated yet controversial figure. The piece describes his war exploits with Johnston, Stuart, and Lee, his irregular cavalry, and his postwar return to law practice amid shifting politics. It also touches on his later associations with the Confederacy and his role as a consul in Hong Kong, reflecting on his enduring notoriety.
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Toph McKinley
Col
Jobm
University of Virginia
Joseph B. Johnston
Stuart
Virginia
Variow
Mosby
Lee
Parisans
John 8. Mosby
Grant and Hayes
Hong Kong
First Black Officer Commissioned in Regular Army
Six-Congressman John Roy Lynch has been named captain and assistant paymaster, becoming the first African American commissioned for staff duty. A former congressman, Lynch previously served in high public office and during the Spanish American War as a major and paymaster of the volunteers in Santiago, Cuba.
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John Roy Lynch
McKinley
Jong Ani
Durling
Volunteers
Santiago
Cuba
Plague Threat Cited Amid Fears of Global Spread
The article notes the bubonic plague remains hard to eradicate despite top doctors efforts while cholera and yellow fever fears persist. It warns the plague still looms in dirty urban areas of the East and West, where living conditions worsen its spread. A Dublin photograph of Queen Victoria with shamrock bonnet is mentioned, along with a Pan-American Exposition electric tower beacon seen from 60 miles away.
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Orient
Occident
Queen Victoria
Ireland
Dublin
Countess of Aberdeen Hostess at Elaborate Dance
Countess of Aberdeen and Lom berdeen led a refined social evening with philanthropic tones, while Lady Astoria Gordon kept a watchful eye on the crowd. Rose and white decorations impressed guests as dancing spanned many couples in a boy and girl setting. Over 7,000 French army desertions were noted last year, Britain’s desertion rate at under 260 to one year. Indian Territory coal output rose to 1,900,127 last year from 1,400,442 previously.
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Aberdean
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Lomberdeen
Astoria Gordon
Great Britain
Indian ‘Territory
Oyster age and cycling tales in a crowded age
A fragment from a 19th century paper mixes whimsical notes on oysters aging to extreme decades with bold ambitions in cycling across continents. It references an octogenarian oyster and a Cape Town to Cairo cycling dream, alongside health ads and local incidents, all in brisk, period tone.
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Jef
Minneapolis Journal
Cape Town
Airis
Cairo
Cape Horn
Wonderland
South America
Panama
States
British Columbia
Kiem
Diet
Africa
Tian
Fragmented Early Record Of Joan Of Arc Notes In Paris
A garbled OCR passage references a Paris Bibliotheque Nationale discovery. It mentions papers about Joan of Arc and a son, with notes from a criminal court called Imber de la Tournalla. The text includes numerical strings and dates but remains unreadable.
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Jean of Arc
Molal
Han
Bibliotheque Nationale A
Paris
Imber de la
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