Worldly echoes and notable lives in a random slice
A mixed grab bag notes five hundred men wolf hunting in Webster county Iowa and catching a jack rabbit. It recounts a young Arcola Illinois volunteer soldier with Army chaplain father and nurse mother, a Porto Rico traveler selling two cent cigars, and a Siam crown prince turned children’s author. It cites Cardinal Mertel as the grand old man of the Roman church, Ninon de l’Enclos’ immortality tale, Lindley Murray’s birthplace and station, and Schreiner denying Dutch heritage. Forain weighs depravity as classically defined, blaming diseased nerves at the top and hunger at the bottom.
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Webster
Arcola
Ill
Porto Rico
Siam
England
Cardinal Mertel
Ninon de Enclos
Rue de Tournelles
Paris
Lindley Murray
East Hanover
Lancaster
Dauphin
Murray Station
Lebanon & Tremont
Frederick Schreiner
Cape Colony
Forain
Who Shot This Soldier on San Juan Hill Mystery Tale
A recalled San Juan Hill incident centers on a seventeen or eighteen year old volunteer who fired during the Spanish dash. A captain fears a drumhead court martial as a veteran surgeon calmly assesses the bleeding, dead ally, and the nervy crowd, while questions linger over who shot whom that night.
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San Juan Hill
Commander Threatens Wounded Soldier After Outburst
A commander orders a wounded man to a field hospital after firing a taunting remark. He shouts shut up, then steps away, leaving the injured man in the care of others as the scene ends.
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Uns
Some queer appetites in domestic pets
A Daily Mail report quotes veterinary surgeons on strange pet ingestions. Kittens, puppies, and other animals swallow pins, needles, corks, and even meat skewers. One terrier survived a wooden skewer. a diamond stud proved fatal for a dog. Other cases include mice, guinea pigs, rabbits, and hedgehogs with varied ailments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daily Mail
London Mail
Detaining Mistake at Church Ends With Laughter
A young woman recounts an embarrassing Sunday mishap in which she clung to a stranger’s coat, mistaking him for her father after church. The family laughed as she confessed she would need a guardian to avoid future scrapes.
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Father
Miss
N. Y. Tribune
Photographic sound device reveals silent world through light fringes
An instrument by Prof A G Webster photographs sound from a roar to draught noise. A diaphragm with a tiny mirror vibrates, sending light through mirrors and prisms to produce color fringes that form a waving line on a screen for viewing.
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A. G. Webster
Clark Univers
London Mail
What He Wanted Miss Jackson If I Give You Anothi
Fragmented ad style notice from Mena Arkansas showing multiple local vendors. It mentions Jackson Drug Co offering drugs and toilet articles, Simmons Squat Wine claim, Horace Knowlton hides and tallow buyers, a land sale by Lt Bau, and Warehout near freight depot with Sherwood Avenue references. The text reflects a bustle of small advertisements and trade listings with partial, unclear phrasing.
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Miss Jackson
Mistah Johnson
Mr. Johnson
Eye Glass
Puck
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