Two Bio Prizes from Louisiana Lottery Draw
In New York a tale unfolds of Arabian jugglers and a Spanish trucker who each win shares of the Louisiana State Lottery prize. Mohammed, part owner of ticket 71 823, nets 2500 from a 1 dollar stake after a transfer. Someriva, a Spaniard with Hawley Hoops, secures 15000 from ticket 63556, with checks cleared through Wells Fargo and Bank deposits amid bank scrutiny.
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Hannum
Anthony Someriva
Manley & Hoops
Mulberry St
Mohammed Svingueoe
Mohammed
John F. Cunningham
Clinton Place
Mohammed Hai
Habadje
Wells, Fargo & Co
S Express
Amerian Exchange National Bank
Broadway
Cedar St
Philadelphia
Habadja
Barnum
Someriva
Hawley & Hoops
Prest Hornet
Horuet
Ann York Daily News
Novi
Thank God I Am an American Woman in Europe
Mrs Barry reports on European working women in Paris Brussels and Crefeld. She contrasts scarce manufacturing for Paris women with country work and cites income and conditions. She notes social inferiority of European workers, Parisian street life long meals and unbroken hours, and urges American women to value and improve their own opportunities.
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Barry
Paris
France
Brussels
Crefeld
Germany
Aps
Cartylogy
Sedduml
New York
Mott
Orchard
Manchester
Angel Street
London
Strand
Whittechapel
Pariaite Rae Bt
Antoine
Brusvele
Ita Market Square
Rotterdam
I Howe
Working-Women
America
Thought It Was Meant for Him
A heavy-set red-headed man clashes with a train engineer near Buffalo. After the engine fails and the train derails, passengers escape as the red-headed man taunts the engineer, claiming retaliation and a cruel tease about the near-disaster. The incident ends with taunting and implied counts of payback.
Love You Dearly and Miss My Heart’s Sighs
A fragmentary verse piece laments longing and heartache as a speaker addresses a beloved. The metalanguage hints at affection and separation, with lines about being unseen yet feeling the beloved near and the life being led astray. The closing attribution reads Austin McCarthy.
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Austin McCarthy
Benjamin Franklin and early weather travel findings
The text describes observations by Benjamin Franklin on storm movement, noting storms travel from west to east across the country. It mentions Philadelphia and other towns, claiming storms generally follow a west to east path and that forecasting relies on westward conditions, aligned with early signal observations.
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Benjamin Franklin
Estale
Philwlelphiie
Inter
Worsening headache quips in aunt’s tavern tale
Mrs Heurall visits and notes a groaning man in the other room while Mrs Tellall says he is merely shaving. The New York Sun vignette captures a domestic exchange with humorous mishearings and feigned concern about a bad ailment.
A Wicked Wicked Dish at Cape May
An Ohio clergyman left a joint the last summer after seeing deviled crabs on the menu. He claimed the bill of fare offended him and said he had wrestled with Satan for twenty years and would not change.
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Ohio
Cape May
Satan
Kingdom of Tin on Harney Peak’s Silicate Ring
G D reports from the Black Hills on Harney Peak where over 600 lodes lie within a three to five mile circular belt. Tin veins run in fissure structures and dikes with vertical to inclined walls. Prof Batley asserts veins deepen and grow richer. mining could extend to great depths.
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G. D
Kingdom of Tin
Custer's Peak
Harney’s Peak
Erage
Gilbert B. Batley
Dakota School of Mines
Black Hills
Professor True debates Jonah tale with whale size claim
An article from the National Museum of Washington criticizes the Biblical Jonah story, arguing the largest whale throat is about three and a half inches, noting the text mentions a great fish not a whale and stressing the distinction between whale and fish in historical accounts.
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Professor True
National Museum At
Washington
Jonah
True
Soldier's Tears at West Point Over Georgia Song
At West Point on Thursday Gen Sherman was seen with tears in his eyes as the band played Marching Through Georgia. The moment recalled a past festive event when hundreds of schoolchildren waved flags and sang the same tune, the veteran remarking it was too bad to make all those dear children sing that darned old tune.
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James Fair
Louis Globo Democrat
Wiley
Laclede
West Point
Ambiguous Phrase Sparks Curious Old Paper Snippet
A fragment from a Texas satire recalls a character named Hambechard seeking money from a rich uncle. The quip about a hut and craps hints at a long-standing financial precarity. The language reflects archaic humor and unclear provenance.
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Texas
Henry George in Australia to push single tax plan
Henry George plans a February trip to Australia to aid New South Wales in resisting tariffs, discuss his single tax, and explain his economic philosophy. The piece portrays him as both a social thinker and a plain, approachable man, with anecdotes about his reading habits and newspaper editing process.
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Henry George
Australia
New South Wales
Lmnes
George
Great Britain
Mihher
George Pies
Lis E
Unclear ad copy from old medical patent notice
An obscure 19th century style advertisement promotes Tir Kline’s Glrese Nerve Restorer claiming cures for fits with a free trial and no charge. It lists Dr Kline of Arch Street Philadelphia and a representative Shively from an Indiana district, and references Tansill’s Punch as a celebrated product.
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Tir
Kline
Glrese
St. Phila
Sherman Notes from Kenesaw Mountain Flank Plan
The account describes General Sherman directing General Cox during a flanking move after failing to break Johnston at Kenesaw Mountain. Sherman sits on a stump with a map, then urges Cox to interpret signals he understands, guiding the detour to threaten the enemy’s left.
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General Sherman
Joe Johsion
Kenesaw Mountain
Cox
Sherman
Tawny
Sisoke
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