Vast array of bizarre 19th century notes from Marble Hill Press
The compiled clippings describe preserved MISSOURI collections, quinine imports exceeding 1.5 million dollars, a Cuban Protestant corner stone ceremony in Matanzas, Mexico timbering with rosewood and mahogany used as locomotive fuel, and a 5416-piece precision requirement for a steam locomotive. Columbus physicians organize to deter deadbeats while ghosts haunt doctors. A six ton balloon is set to lift from Berlin for meteorology, and Emile Zola backs Dreyfus supporter Maitre Labori. The Alessandro Volta electric launch for Venice canals seats 60, built in England, spans 56 by 10 feet.
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Venice
Italy
England
Ex Senator Sherman Leaves Mansfield for Washington
Ex Senator John Sherman departs Mansfield Ohio to reside in Washington D C, amid talk of the town’s Dowieism reputation and the old statesman’s frail health. The Paris Bon Marche store is noted for its vast scale with 4 000 employees and extraordinary kitchen capacities including kettles, roasting pans, and omelet production.
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John Sherman
Mansfield, D
Washington, D. C
Ohio Statesman
Mansfield
Bon Marche
Pure vein of Fuller’s earth found near Ocklockonnee River
Scientists report a newly discovered Fuller’s earth vein near the Ocklockonnee River in Florida is extraordinarily pure and free of rock, gravel, or sand. They anticipate vast quantities from the deposit, noting it passes the 100 test for purity.
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Ocklockonnee River
Florida
Poverty as Incentive and Discipline in Life
A reflective essay argues poverty can motivate effort and character. It contends that deprivation that fuels hope sustains industriousness and resilience, while wealth without purpose risks laziness. The author links poverty to sharpened wits, future orientation, and the drive to improve.
Nervous and muscular affections among pianists report
Berlin correspondent of the Lancet notes cases of nerve and muscular issues in young pianists from excessive finger stretching. Tendon and joint injuries may become chronic with continued playing, causing neuralgic pains, possible shoulder and back involvement, and muscle atrophy in severe cases. Treatment includes abstinence from playing, massage, electricity, and bandaging. A separate report recounts a Bologna bell ringer hurled from a church tower after a bell swing, surviving with help. The death of the Duke of Wellington eases the English pension by $20,000 yearly, including two grants for the 1810 Talavera victory and 1812 earldom advancement.
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Berlin
Lancet
Duke of
Wellngton
Tron Dike
Talavera
Viscount Wellington
George TU
Roberta Denies Baptist Faith And Clerical Lineage
Lord Roberta denies being a Baptist and declares he is a member of the Established Church. The remark recalls his grandfather the Rev John Roberta who won a minor canonry at St Patrick's Cathedral Dublin near the end of the nineteenth century.
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Lord Roberta
John Roberta
St. Patrick's Cathedral
Dublin
London police magistrate clears prisoner roll
A London police magistrate established a Gew lege record, disposing of the story at a later hour. Some prisoners were sent to pall mall meet before the authorities called in the final judging comments.
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London
Pall
Bryan Letter Frames Imperialism and Gold Standard Debate
Col Bryan’s letter accepting the presidential nomination defends directness and public honesty, attacks McKinley’s cipher role, and exposes Republican duplicity on gold, tariffs, and trusts. It argues for immediate canal control, direct legislation, and anti‑imperial restraint, citing history and republican principles while warning against monied power and empire.
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William J. Bryan
Kannag City
Indianapolis
Bryan
Lfe
McKinley
Mark Hanna
Bryant
Jetter
Republican Party
Department of Labor
Nicaragua Canal
United States
Heresy of Imperialism by David Starr Jordan
Four political enemies threaten nations aristocracy militarism slavery and imperialism. The speaker argues these forces co operate to control man and nation, uniting tyrants across borders and challenging American liberty amid rising global power.
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David Starr Jordan
B Standford Universality
Jonas
Longa
United States
Schitler
Arintoornoy
Alavery
Republican tribute to Bryan praised in Boston Herald
The Boston Herald praises Br yan for a masterly Indianapolis speech and predicts higher stature for him among national statesmen. It argues Republicans must focus on substance over money and machine power, contrasting Bryan’s direct appeal with political cynicism. The piece also criticizes Olney’s stance on McKinley and the Philippines.
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Boston Herald
Bryan
Indianapolis
Herald
Republican Party
Mark Hanna
Ita
Senitor Hoir
They Do Protest Too Much Baltimore Sun
President McKinley denies imperialism in a letter of acceptance asserting the Republicans protest a palpable evil that does exist. From the president to spell binder and organ grinder Republicans claim the American people are too dull to distinguish Republican government from the Porto Rico model forced upon the Philippines.
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Baltimore Sun
Bungling diplomacy blamed for greed driven aggression
Observer argues organized greed caused aggressive acts in the Philippines and warns against repeating the same diplomatic bungling. The piece urges adherence to an announced policy to avoid future Chinese difficulties and stresses fidelity to the United States policy.
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Utlea
Philippines
Walting Down the Ping and McKinney’s Nagin Pokin
Fragmentary lines discuss Mr McKinney and a phrase about pulling down the Nagin Pokin. The garbled text hints at territorial rules or powers under a coalition and questions regarding foreign or domestic conduct. The piece appears as a cryptic editorial note or column fragment.
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Kansas City Times
Tin Plate Trust Robbery Quantified Across Indiana
A historical critique argues the Dingley tariff and tin plate trusts inflate prices by 66 million pounds of tin yearly in Indiana alone, netting about $600,000 annually for the trusts and projecting national thefts exceeding $19 million per year. It cites higher can costs, tin roofs, gutters, and utensils as ripple effects, with a call to public remedy.
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Gastorin Tacketkresin
USA
Indiana
Trusts
Indianapolis
Ind
United States
Republican agnosticism and the shifting party stance
A critical overview of Republican leaders and candidates portraying the campaign as negative. It cites Hanna denying trusts McKinley denying imperialism Roosevelt denying militarism and Gage denying the gold standard, criticizing a chorus of spellbinding rhetoric as inconsistent and evasive.
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Hanna
McKinley
Roosevelt
Gage
An Interesting Weat in Sherman County Windmill Shadows
Sherman County rests in the growing shadow of windmill wells and smiles in peace and plenty as reported by To peka State Journal.
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Sherman County
Topeka State Journal
Students Work Way Abroad from Chicago to Europe
Joseph Dutton and Arlea Martin of Garrett Biblical Institute Evanston Illinois returned from a Europe tour after starting with no money. They traveled by bicycle from Chicago to New York then to Liverpool and London, paid expenses by odd jobs, served as wasters, toured Paris and France, Switzerland, and finally returned on a freight steamer, claiming they never went hungry and enjoyed the trip.
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Joseph Dutton
Arlea Martin
Garrett Biblical Institute
Bvanston
Lil
Europe
Chicago
New York
Liverpool
London
Parla
France
Switzerland
United States
Chicago Tribune
Gowns for All Senons and French Fashion Ideas
The piece suggests Americans should keep gowns stylish yet durable, avoiding frequent wardrobe changes. It notes French women wear well made gowns across seasons, and that a single good gown can serve winter and summer, or even another year, if not worn out.
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Harper's
Methodical Deathbed Orchestrator John Vogel Nigeria?
John Vogel of New Albany Indiana earned a reputation for meticulous routine. Stricken with hours to live he detailed funeral plans to a friend and complete instructions to his bartender before returning to bed and dying quietly forty minutes later.
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John Vogel
New Albany
Ind
Mr. Vogel
Jean
Trempest Against Equitable Tithe Halder
Equitable title with full right to call for the legal title is held in Runsell v Myer N Dd. 47 Lo BLA 637. Case discusses maintaining an action for trespass to land and the authorities of equity to support such an action.
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Runsell Ve
Humanity and divinity mingle in Deere’s cure
A compact reflection notes that humanity remains frail without the universal healing attributed to divinity within each person, as Deere urges. The piece emphasizes inner cure as a shared human-divine quality guiding compassion and wellbeing.
Roy Bean the law west of the Pecos and Vinegar Roan
An old Fort Clark correspondent recalls Roy Bean as justice of the peace and ex officio coroner in Vinegar Roan, Texas. He fined a dead man for carrying a pistol, kept the money, and buried the body. Bean ran a saloon and used inventive justice including a tarantula prank to deter a threatening stranger. His code: there is no appeal. he was “the law of Texas west of the Pecos.”
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Mr. Bean
Roy Bean
Texas
Fort Clark
Vinegar Bvan
Pecos
Langtry
Sunset
San Antonio
Vinegar Rvon
Roy Hean
Vinegar Roan
Antonio
Los Angeles
Will
Arizona
Old Roy Bean
Old Roy
Atranger
Judge Bean
Vinegar Reon
Poraon
Pecos River
Supreme Court
Austin
el Pago
Heat and moisture in fabrics explored by Cambridge
At a Cambridge Philo sophical Society meeting Dr. L Cobbett described experiments on how moistened fabrics affect temperature readings. Dry materials can generate heat, raising temperature beyond the surrounding air, with implications for latent heat and water states.
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England
Philosophical Society
Cambridge
L. Cobbett
Cobbett
Dudgeon
Parsan
Becaues
Dir W. Roberta
Dr. Dudgeon
Piel for Americans There in Portugal for Enterprints
United States minister to Portugal John M. Irwin writes in Success about a favorable end for American enterprise. The September issue highlights how American manufacturers are positioned for growth as trade expands and British competition wanes.
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Lisbon
Engiseh
Portugal
Little Kingdom
John M. Irwin
United States
Grant Guests, Pekin Temple Breach Draw Secret Apology
Chester Holcombe, longtime secretary of the American legation at Pekin, secured Gen. Grant an unprecedented entry into Pekin's Temple of Heaven. Chinese officials warned that women entering the sacred grounds risk severe punishment if discovered, prompting Holcombe to apologize and keep the incident secret to avoid anti foreign unrest.
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Grant
China
Chester Holcombe
Legaton
Pekin
Gen. Grant
Leslie
Pronunciation Test and a Fatal Accidental Outburst
An institute held a pronunciation contest with a prize for perfect reading. A deranged suitor tried to woo a Malay or Caucasian woman with elaborate gifts and a letter, then fled to an isolated spot, where he killed himself with a carbine after a violent outburst. The coroner later examined the scene.
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Teachers’ Institute
Belial
Lotter
Une
Dreytee Lawyer to Lecture Mim i Labori
Dreytee Lawyer to lecture Mim i Labori who defended Drey fus in Parin will deliver a series of forty lectures in this country next season. It is heard Labori may add to her husband’s lectures by contributing a single keynote address.
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Mimi
Labori
Dreyfus
Parin
Mimo Labor
Ateret
Pygmy Unbelievers and a Fearless Liar
Capt Guy Burrows recounts in The Land of the Pygmies a white man teaching steam engine concepts to Mobnighl savages. The crowd agrees they understand, then a single voice denounces the lecturer as a liar.
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Guy Barrows
Capt. Burrows
Canada and Europe size comparison
Canada would require 237000 square miles to match Europe’s area. It is nearly thirty times the size of Great Britain and Ireland, and about 600000 square miles larger than the United States.
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Canada
Europe
Great Britain
Ireland
United States
Swanson's 5 Drops Promises Quick Cure for Many Ailments
An advertisement for Swanson's 5 Drops touts instant relief and universal cures from rheumatism to neuralgia, with testimonials claiming dramatic improvements. It markets 200 drops for $1, claims to purify blood, strengthen nerves, and aid stomach and kidneys, and urges readers to buy now.
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Swanson
Tilinyy
Thoman
Renddick
Kingsland
Alice
L. B. Salth
Dorado Springs
Swanson’s
New Nes
Tenrivar
Wilts
Wilts News Swanson Rubumatioc Cure CO
Lake &T
Chicago
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Hill
Handler, Publishers
Missouri
Cuba
Matanzas
Mexico
Physicians of
Columbus
Physiciang
Emile Zola
Maitre Labori
Bologna
Col. Bryan
India
Napoleon
Spain
la Puente
Olney
Springfield
Mass
Mr. Olney
Boston
THE
Tin-Plate Trust
Justice i
Broadway
Singer Sewing Machines
Parle
Singer
Prononneig
Las Vegas
N. M
Kin Owledge
Denver
U. A
W. C. Douglas
Bass
Fae
Brooki
Fila
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