Tornado Strikes LaCrosse Wisconsin Causes Damage
A tornado hit La Crosse Wisconsin at 0 50 pm yesterday tearing roofs from Main Street stores smashing windows and uprooting trees. Several people were hurt though none seriously a woman injured by glass was expected to recover. The storm produced a funnel shaped cloud with vivid lightning and a deafening roar as it crossed Main Street and damaged Hudson Hotel frontage while unroofing buildings across the southern town.
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LaCroske
Wis
Jones
Main Street
Dr. Vowell
Fatal accident on Milwaukee line ends in New York man’s death
A bystander report from Corliss Wisconsin states that while practicing jumping a moving passenger train at Corliss on the Milwaukee line Charles C Tensen slipped under a car and both legs were severed above the ankle. He was taken to a hospital where he died before the end of the day. Before dying he gave his correct name as Mr Maloney aged 82 and said his home was 295 Third Ave New York City.
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Tineine
Wis
Milwaukee
Corliss
Charles C. Tensen
Tefors
Or. Maloney
Third Ivedu
New York
Wisconsin tragedy and suicide end double murder attempt
In Milwaukee a man William Strum fatally shoots his wife’s widow bridegroom then kills himself after a report of a fatal shooting and a separate farm death. The dead man’s motive is unclear. A farm laborer is also killed and a woman is detained after a suspected love affair sparked the incidents.
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Dowto
Valuable Presh Water Petantaineds Found In Wisconsin
A pinkish water petantaineds specimen from the Mississippi, found by Godfrey Carding, a televisher, was purchased for 82 01 dollars. It will benefit charities per the will of the late Mrs. Uelen de rie Hinton. The Protestant Home for the Aged receives 100 dollars and the First Baptist fund 85 000. Milton mourns President Whitfield widow Mrs. Wittfeld dies after long illness. she attended some services recently.
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Prairie du Chien
Wis
Godfrey Carding
Tieidear
Miwniker
Dune
Uelen
Derie Hinton
John W. Hinton
First Baptist
Law to Bar Bree Longh Jenosha Wis Junyo petition signed by saloon keepers
A proposal to punish disorderly conduct in saloons was presented to the council in Jenosha Wisconsin after a petition signed by forty four saloon keepers. The measure aims to make public intoxication a punishable offense and is under consideration as the city moves to regulate saloon behavior. The Wisconsin convention notes include the twenty ninth annual meeting of the Wisconsin W C T U with two hundred delegates, and a Republican district convention renominates Representative John J. Genking in the Eleventh Wisconsin district.
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Jenosha
Wis
Junyo
Lesks
Wisvontia
Sesostua
Milwaukee
Jane
Wisconsin W. CT. U
Teaking
Wisconsin
Cuippewa Pulls
John J. Genking
Winona School Board to Open September 10
Warsaw Indiana reports a meeting of the Winona agricultural and technical school board where boys will attend. Buildings at the assembly grounds were chosen for temporary dormitories and September 10 was set as opening day. Hopepaper Talks of Combining. Cleveland Ohio notes a secret conference among 15 of 21 rope paper manufacturers to discuss absorption into a new corporation capitalized at 11 million dollars led by Frank Atterholt Akron Ohio.
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Winona School
Boys
Warsaw
Ind
Winona Agricultural and Techelen School
Cleveland, O
Jane
Cra
Frank Atterholt
Akron
Krupp Perfects Armor-Penetrating Gun
The Roersen Courier reports Herr Krupp has perfected a gun capable of penetrating the thickest armor plates. This breakthrough promises a new capability for armored defenses and may influence modern military manufacturing and strategy.
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Kerupp
Berlin
Roersen Courier
Herr Krupp
Curef Lunatic Shoots Woman in Quarrel in St Louis
In St Louis on June 4 Henry Clacker, recently released from an insane asylum, shot and killed Mrs Irene Kemper during a quarrel. Police are investigating the incident and Clacker is in custody awaiting further action.
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St. Louis
Henry Clacker
Irene Kemper
Clacker
Military Crime and Discipline in Wartime
A discussion on soldiers discipline from fatigue and hardship. It notes drinking and sleep deprivation as common breaches and condemns as cowardice to retreat before the enemy. It argues for honest acknowledgment of occasional misconduct while stressing accountability and necessary punishment.
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Arthur Grifiths
Out
The Divinity of Iustles and the Duty of Justice
A compact tract arguing that the sole divine work is justice, with charity seen as subordinate. It asserts justice as the foundation of all virtue and states you must do justice to others to earn love, insisting charity cannot precede justice.
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Howe End
Joan Rus- Ein
The Thoughtful Stork Saves Nestlings
A stork nest near a house by a river saved its young when the mother drenched her breast and feathers, repeatedly diving to the water to cool and refresh the nestlings until the fire danger passed. An eyewitness from Carnhill vouched for the account.
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Whder
Thyn
Carnhill
Substituted Sermon Sparks Dogged Request in Village
A village clergyman on holiday left a neighbor to lead Sunday worship. After a brief sermon the substitute joked that a dog disrupted his study, tearing up leaves. A clerk then quips asking if the parson could spare them a pup, reflecting lighthearted local humor.
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John
Londen Anairors
Nervous System Mechanism Affects Gland Excretion
The text notes that terrs stem from a nervous storm and describes changes in vascular terminals of glands in the central nervous system. This causes profuse water excretion from the glands. A distant controlling center governs surface eye clearance from foreign particles.
Fragmented Dialect Sketch from Puck Comic
The excerpt presents a dialect riff where a mammy character chides a boy named Rastus about his biting tongue and stealing a tooth. The humor centers on a threat to lash out with the eyetooth as punishment, delivering a playful, exaggerated Southern patois in a single-panel style.
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Puck
The Norway Oath and its Three-Finger Gesture
The article notes a curious Norwegian oath where a witness raises three fingers to symbolize the Trinity and larger finger as the soul, smaller as the body, with the thumb forefinger and middle finger raised in this ritual gesture.
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Norway
Mean He I am really surprised at Dr White
He would not push me for the life insurance company, after he was our family doctor for years and treated me for many ailments and we paid him a lot.
The Captive Teases Wedding of Miss Burlocks
A fragment from the Baltimore News notes a playful exchange about Miss Burlocks and her supposed marriage, clarifying she will wed the man who is to be married, while the other party remains misinformed about her plans.
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Maude Burlocks
Miss Burlocks
Baltimore News
Bound to Explatn It
Fragmentary newspaper line from the Philadelphia Record quotes a boy and father exchanging a riddle about a chopping sea. The gag hints at a pun on a vets board phrase and nautical imagery, with missing letters and unclear context.
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Philadelphia Record
Leaptro Game Escalates Between Bonaparte and Artist
Napoleon Bonaparte and Isahey clashed during a lawn game of leaptrog at Malmaison. Isabey toppled Bonaparte who drew a sword. Isabey fled over hedges to the Tuileries, while Bonaparte returned to Mme Bonaparte laughing at the mishap.
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Napoleon Bonaparte
Isahey
Malmaiaon
Aide de Cnimp
Tsavey
Isgbey
Isibey
Bonaparte
Isabey
Tulleries
Ysaber
Mme. Bonaparte
Davinng
Cemeterien Women Observe Sabbath at Moslem Cemeteries
Moslem women visit cemeteries on the Sabbath, decorating graves with flowers and Dunelien garlands. While mourning, they group to gossip about neighbors, using this day as a rare social touchstone since visiting neighbors is uncommon in their country.
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Cemeterien
Mosiums
Different Klade of Peet and Global Foot Shapes
A fragmented, antiquated discussion on national foot types, claiming varying traits by nationality. It notes French, Spanish, Arab, Scotch, Irish, English, Greek, Swedes, Norwegians, Germans, and American feet with disparate sizes, arches, and proportions. It mentions foot features like webbed toes and toe lengths in a garbled style.
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Castilla
Athens
Queer Coronation Centon Gifs From Westminster Procession
On Edward coronation day a remarkable display featured 500 horses used by royal princes and others in the Westminster Abbey procession. The horses, caparisoned and trimmed, were released into the crowd after the procession, with bystanders allowed to catch the harness and accompanying items.
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Edward T
Westminster Abbey
Lenton Claanicle
A Momentous Game and a Daring Plot Twist
The Chicago Tribune reports a publisher visiting a pitted author as a crucial poker game looms this evening. The author jokes the outcome will decide the tale’s end with either a joyous marriage or a grim finale ending in misery.
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Chicago Tribune
Bin Only Chance. Kindly Old Gentleman-Why do you carry that umbrella
The dialogue presents a boy explaining his umbrella is used for all weathers as a substitute for paying rain or sunshine bargaining within a humorous exchange. The excerpt reflects a marginal humor tone from a St. Louis Globe-Democrat item.
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St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Chief End Question Sparks Humorous Lesson
The student asks the chief end of man and the professor replies with a quip about a nan. If you want brain work it’s the head and if you want him to run errantly it’s ble feet.
Marrying for Money? A witty Baltimore Ald article
A humorous squib notes that women who marry for money may later face divorce court as a collection agency. It adds a quip about men who can give good advice yet struggle to earn a living, reflecting the era’s social jokes.
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Baltimore Herald
Political Fences Origin Story From Ohio Campaign Talk
A Philadelphia Times item recounts how the political expression weeping Four fences fixed arose from a remark by Senator Sherman. He reportedly said he could not afford to buy a book because it took all his money to keep his fences fixed on Lig farm near Kiahowe town.
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John Suerman
Kiahowe
Sherman
Lig Farm
Ohio
Philadelphia
Talleyrand Confidant Reveals a Curious Feat
A French envoy long trusted by M. de Talleyrand at Vienna faces prying questions about the minister. He evasively claims ignorance, then truths emerge about a single backward stroke to open a soft boiled egg without spilling. The revelation shifts the interview and ends in decisive victory for the confidant.
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Silanding
M. de Talleyrand
Vienna
Napoleon
Elba
Hite
Smilly
Enid Talleyrand
M. de Tullerrand
Niscretion
Tenniyson's Early Poenn Youthful Verses and Drama
A mid century reminiscence chronicles Teunyaan's boyhood as he wrote verses on a slate at age eight and created a 4000 line epic between ages eleven and twelve. By fourteen he began a dramatic work in fimble meter, practicing three meters before publishing.
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Teunyaan
Tennison
Scott
Tenniyson
Reynolds Forgetting His Own Picture Sparks A Lesson
Burky presented an early work to the famed painter as if by a young student seeking counsel. Reynolds asked if the artist is the painter or a friend. He admitted he could not judge its promise as a profession and noted the piece's cleverness but uncertain potential. Sir Joshua forgot his own work.
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Reynolds
Burky
the Winster
Burke
Treally
Joshua
Chambers’ Journal
Takings One's Own Pulse With Cautions and Quirks
The article discusses taking one’s own pulse as uncertain. It notes heart irregularities may be overestimated by non physicians and that pulse changes can be transient from habits or other causes. Without other signs, the danger or disease may not be present.
King George II Considers Green Park Extension
In London the king pondered adding Green Park to his royal grounds. He asked his minister about the cost and learned it would be a matter of three crowns. The queen’s commentary notes the public mood and the king kept the triple throne.
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Tov Cony
George II
Green Park
London
Genere
Cinnamon Anticepile Remedy Promises Potent Cure
A historical claim extols cinnamon as a universal antiseptic capable of destroying disease-causing moles and germs within hours. It asserts cinnamon’s scent and a cinnamon decoction as preventive measures in typhoid and cholera zones, comparing its potency to corrosive substances.
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Cianamon
Regal carriage sparks talk of royal blood lineage
A lively exchange in the Cinoeinnats Commercial Tribune quotes an enthusiastic woman praising a man’s regal carriage and speculating about royal ancestry. The man retorts that his line runs from janitors, highlighting a humorous contrast between elegance and humble origins.
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Cinoeinnats Commercial Tribune
Unclear OCR fragment hints at names and letters
Fragmentary text from Yonkers Statesman mentions names and the emt alphabet with scattered phrases about a person and a church or Russian context, but lacks cohesive facts or a clear event to summarize.
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Church
Gotham
Yonkers Statesman
Fragmentary Syracuse Herald item hints at learning and endings
A scrambled fragment from the Syracuse Herald mentions bad beginnings and endings, a nod to learning without thought, and a cryptic reference to 18 Jabor lost and peril. The text remains incoherent and lacks clear dates, names, or events to date a fuller report.
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Jabor
Rheumatic cures and cost woes plague patients
A Philadelphia Record report quotes a nine year drug clerk noting he has learned of 3097 rheumatism cures, yet doctors and licensed physicians offer little help. Patients seek costly remedies and recount bizarre treatments from Uncle Henry goat milk to magnetic rings, while the clerk laments discouragement in prescribing.
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Yoyo & Drug
Philadelphia Record
Tenry
Old Irish Schoolmaster and a Pie Lesson Tale
In a Pennsylvania mountain school a strict Irish master keeps pupils at tasks with few breaks and no Saturdays. While teaching the rule of three he notices Jack Bules paying more heed to an apple pie, prompting a humorous exchange about listening and appetite.
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Pennsylvania
Jack Bules
A Singular Marriage Cratom in Kurdish Marriage Caste
A chaotic Kurdish wedding scene unfolds with a groom guarded by twenty or thirty men as he carries his bride on a scarlet cloth while a procession of young women assault him with sticks and stones. Guards and pursuing relatives turn the mock attack into a serious clash, leaving the groom bearing bruises and a memory of the volatile ceremony.
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Lome
Excited Vision of Baptism Fails to Impress Judge
A New York Tribune excerpt recalls a southern scene where a black preacher baptizes two candidates in waist-deep water. The older man remains calm and dignified while the younger, thrilled by the moment, proclaims he saw the Lord. The elder dismisses the claim as a mere tarpaulin deception.
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Lelug
New Yorke Tribune
Lincoln in 1805 noted by Topeka friend in decline
A Kansas City Journal writer recounts Colonel Alexander of Topeka visiting Washington and finding President Lincoln in a greatly depressed mood. Alexander asks if being president is all it’s cracked up to be and Lincoln replies with a wry Irish joke about preferring to walk if it were not for the labor or burden.
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Lincolnett
Kansas City Journal
Alexander
Topeka
Lincoln
Washington
Sinesla
Shirol
Begerry
Ancient River Channel in Long Island Sound Described
A Coast Survey finding notes a gorge in bed rock of gneiss within the Long Island Sound near the north shore. The channel runs about sixty feet below the surrounding floor, carved by ancient river erosion at a slow pace.
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Long Island Sound
United States Coast Survey
A Nice Friend Markley Confronts Borrowing Dispute
A brief quarrel unfolds over a $5 loan between Markley and Burroughs. Kraft questions why Markley did not lend the money, arguing Burroughs would have obtained it elsewhere. Burroughs is pressed about the implied idea of repayment, revealing tension and suspicion.
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Markley
Burroughs
Kraft
Iyer
Philadelphia
Presa
Change of Scene for Traveling Professionals
A physician counsels a traveling man patient to stay home for a while to relieve monotony. The patient objects, noting his profession requires travel. The doctor suggests seeing something besides hotel rooms and stations to refresh.
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Washington Star
Early age frames and discipline in school life
A schoolmaster notes that both a child and an acrobat need exercise, but warns against overdoing it. He describes the strain on a young body as gnarled and knotted, a rheumatic burden from overwork, urging moderation.
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Tromble
Papa
Syracuse Herald
Ebbe & Thompson
Stewart Smith
Dray Line
John Hoffman
R. K. Sullivan
Horse Shoer
K. Thompson
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4Th Street
Marshfield
Kohl & Ludington
Theo. Musiel
Musieland
Fourth St
Central Ave
Je E Richardson
Maneger
Harts Bleets
Gentlemen
Sadler
Advice
Geo. W. Clark
Wausau
Misnee
Dante
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