Notable Chicago Politics and Polar Exploration Notes
The piece links Chicago saloon votes and graft indictments of 14 officials tied to the Busse era, plus a Peary National Geographic proposal for a south pole expedition. Edison recalls nine thousand failed battery tests as lessons learned. Senator Glackin pushes cold storage dating and four month limits to curb food cornering.
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Robert E. Peary
North Pole
National Geographic Society
South Pole
Mr Edison
Mr. Edison
Glackin
State Senate
Pageantry and Parade Appeal to the Negro Imagination
A Philadelphia lawyer leads two large Southern spectacles as crowds fill the street. The observer notes varied banners and emblems while a local politician remarks that a parade needs no occasion. The piece argues pageantry captivates the Black social world, with drums guiding the steps.
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Philadelphia
Harris ‘Dickson
Success Magazine
Jedge
Fragmentary OCR Item From 19th Century Page
A garbled OCR fragment mentions names like A Bunch and Se boiler and a pumping engine. The readable text references a road, a furnace, a boiler, and a character named Leger. No clear event or outcome is discernible.
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Bae Botan
Nate Ho Leger
Curious Piece Of White Deal Found In Ancient Boat
A Sweden white deal plank, unusually heavy and hard to burn, was recovered from a boat owned by a svhaler after being dragged down by a harpooned whale. The line length and descent depth indicated the surface return at the moment of ascent, revealing the depth to which the timber had sunk. The incident highlights an odd maritime curiosity amid tales of stubborn woods and forgotten vessels.
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Sweden
Svhaler
Letter from jailed man warns youths of liquor’s ruin
A prisoner from Menard Illinois writes to Marshall readers detailing his downfall linked to liquor. He urges young men to shun late hours and saloons, warns mothers’ sorrow, and pleads voters to oppose liquor licenses to curb crime and degradation.
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Marshall
Terre Haute
Great Orator's Holler Drowns His Words in West Philadelphia
A Philadelphia report recounts a West Philadelphia meeting where a noted speaker stirred the crowd with booming holler and gesture to raise funds for slum cleansing and urban improvement. The audience cheered while some struggled to hear, proving the power of delivery over content.
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Philadelphia
A Strange Method of Salutation in Dahomey
A western observer reports the Dahoman custom of visiting chiefs beginning with a dance of ceremony. Officials dance around visitors in contortions resembling boiling water splashed on knees, and visitors must imitate. A minister credited with rising through skill in these capers.
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Dahomey
Gezu
Eczema Cure Ad Claims Prompt Relief and Healing
An old style advertisement promises prompt relief and permanent cure for eczema by a “clean preparation” from chemist Mr Kelfer. It asserts knowledge of ingredients and healing properties, offering a booklet and urging readers to act for home use.
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Zo Ogre
Washington Star
Kelfer
Zemo
Almols
Andy Canype
Investment offer for 60000 treasury shares in Baltimore mining firm
A close mining company with two years of silver mining in Taehe offers 60000 treasury shares at 25 cents each to raise funds for development. No salaried officers. Walter Geddes & Co. at 600 W. Pratt St Baltimore invites enquiries with generous commissions to solicitors.
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Tae
Treasury
Walter Geddes & Co
Pratt St
Baltimore
Dancing Roland and Highland Shepherd's Remedy Stirring Scotland
A Scottish tale recounts dancer Donald McAlpin reputedly curing a mistress of a mysterious illness by dancing a reel with her. Widely talked about, crowds sought his dance based cures, aided by shepherds who opened a booming practice. Treatments combined medicated aqua, promenside steps, gruel with honey and butter, and highland frog dances, all followed by warmth and repetition tailored to each patient.
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Donald McAlpin
Slockmnick
Strethspey
Donald
British Medical Journal
Telephone and Caesar in the Roman era
A playful note imagines Julius Caesar reacting to the telephone, with the emperor resisting a new device and Artemidorus attempting to warn him by phone. The scene blends ancient Rome with Edison’s era as a fictional warning unfolds about conspiracy and fate.
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Julius Caesar
Capitol
Thomas Alva Edisonus
Tiber
Artemidorus
Senate
Brutus
Casca2
Caesar
Trome
St. James
Gazeatte
Mysterious pool in Rhodesia's upper Katue valley
A long, deep pool lies in a remote valley northwestern Rhodesia near a small native village. The waters are refused by locals who fear its depths and unknown powers, while the surrounding tropical forest and steep banks heighten the sense of danger and superstition.
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Katue
Rhodesia
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Ithata
Chicago
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Inter Ocean
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Rea
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Shislagle
Iesday
Asoe
Paradise
Hell
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Curtis Harris
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Lee
Barcainsen
Tommy
Father
Man
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London
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Roms Bard
White House
Sen
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Oes
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