Mother of Admiral Sampson and Her Harsh Yet Shaping hand
A portrait of Hannah Walker Sampson, mother of Admiral William T. Sampson, detailing her stern Scotch Irish upbringing and resolute discipline. It describes her energy, sharp yet kindly demeanor, and the decisive influence she exerted in shaping her son’s study habits and self control, guiding his path to success.
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Hannah Walker Sampson
Herdeas
Lord Fauntleroy
Irs
Sampyon
Billy
Sampson
The Discovery of Porcelain A German Apprentice’s Transformation
The article recounts how Bottger, a German apprentice in Saxony, pursued alchemy for gold and wandered from his master before settling in Dresden. In 1706 he accidentally created porcelain while experimenting with fused materials, marking Europe’s entry to porcelain making after a long Chinese/Japanese tradition.
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Europe
Watt
John Borrger
Schloss
Voigtland
Bott
Saxony
Dresden
Harper's Round Table
Strangers and neighbors in New York flats
A New Yorker recalls how neighbors in a flathouse often learn each other’s names only through the elevator, grocer, and letter boxes. He cites a Yokohama meeting with a neighbor at eleven hundred seventy seven West Seventy first Street, showing how they connected across 10,600 miles.
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New York
Yokohama
Gaid
New York Sun
Murder Statistics And The Homicide Trend
The Chicago Tribune has tracked murders for ten years and prepared an annual report summarizing homicide figures. The piece notes a perceived rise in killings, especially during the summer, and anticipates final tabulations once all data are in.
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Chicago Tribune
Homicide and lynching stats from 1886 to 1895
The Tribune cites 1445 country homicides in 1886 rising irregularly to 7900 in 1895, with lynchings estimated at 183 in 1886, 286 in 1892, and 166 in 1895. It notes 220 executions per 100 homicides and compares Europe murders per 20,000 deaths, Italy 29.4, Spain lower, with Austria 8, France 0, England 7.1. European figures exclude manslaughter and other homicide forms.
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the Tribune
Europe
Italy
Spain
Austria
France
England
United States
Harper's Weekly
Can Our Coast He Hinckaded Blockade News Parody
A humorous squib mocks military confidence and coastal politics while promoting Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as a cure for various ailments. It references a seaside meeting with Cynicus and Miss Shapeleigh in a Cleveland Plaza Dealer style exchange, capturing a satirical newspaper tone.
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Mr. Cynicus
Women and Coffee Substitutes Spark Social Debate
The piece catalogs various tidbits from late 19th century culture, touting a coffee substitute Grain-O for one-fourth the cost and claiming health benefits for children and women in business. It also touches on medical quackery, patent remedies, and wartime fortification notes, with stray ads for pills, tonics, and footwear aids interwoven amid a miscellany of claims and anecdotes.
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Digtrera
A Seasonable Style for Elegant Evening Tohettes
A graceful evening attire description highlights chiffon fabrics with embroidered tuves and spangled effects. It notes a young girls look using rose chiffon with black pean de soie, and mentions a dainty round netasé style being worn.
Ambiguous Military Update From Obscure Text
Fragmentary OCR notes report troop mobilization for Cuba and movements involving units and individuals. Mentions Major General Shalter and Tampa to Santiago route, with unclear dates and locations.
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Seyun
Menu
Shalter
Tampa
Santiago
Unclear decorative fabric description with dark satins
Fragmentary OCR text describes a roll of blick velvet and black satin fabric as part of a decorative edge or sash. The exact identity or context is not explicit, but includes mentions of a roll of velvet, a long sash of black satin, and small dark accents on the left side.
Eskimo marionette show known as Bootantoods
A skipper once gave an Eskimo head man a punch and Judy show and teaching on operating the figures. The Eskimo son has become expert at it and performs nightly during the winter, delighting listeners and watchers frozen in their homes. The show is referred to by a local phonetic name resembling Bootantoods.
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Pyar
Jetraids
Axe Presse
Mao Ars
GC. W
Barrar Street
Detroit
Mich
Aight
Opis
Steller
Willinace
Billy
Williams
Song
Arctic
President Nominates Military Officers in June List
The president has announced new military appointments on June 11 including Brigadier General Charles F. Roe of New York and Thomas T. Rosser of Virginia. Also named are Majors David F. Powell of Wisconsin and Duncan B. Harricon of Illinois from United States volunteer infantry ranks, with the seventh and ninth regiments respectively.
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Washington
Charles F. Roe
New York
Thomas T. Rosser
Virginia
Volunteer Infantry
David F. Powell
Wisconsin
United States Volunteer Infantry
Duncan B. Harricon
Illinois
Operation Averted by Vegetable Compound Testimonial
Mrs Rosa Gast of 720 Wall St Los Angeles credits Lydia E Bell Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with curing an ovarian tumor after years of worsening symptoms and avoiding surgery. She reports three bottles relieved the tumor and urges other women to seek the product, noting its claimed universal success and invitation for health advice from Mrs Pinkham in Lynn Mass.
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Dean Mug
Asc
Lydia EB. Pinkham
Rosa Gast
Wall St
Los Angeles
Cal
Pinkham
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Admiral Sampson
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Sapolio
Him
Women IN Business
Western Baseball Association
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Salso
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Punch and Judy
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Mr. Pinkham
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Wal Ave
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