Crossing Pimaya Gulch and the Silver City Escape
A frontier family rides for safety toward Silver City after a Apache-led ambush and flood danger down Pimaya Canyon. John Wardrop drives through a water-choked gulch with his wife and children, outpacing pursuers and reaching safety.
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Wim
Molly
Jon Wardrop
Geronimo
Gila
Malloy
John Wardrap
Joox
Mary
Silverity
Rowley
John Wardrop
Witle Wim
Stoke
Silver City
Burro Mountains
Pimaya
Arrosa
Jong Valley
Petera
browLl
Sfill
Penalty for Deserting In German Service Tightened
The penalty for a German soldier or sailor who deserts the army or navy has risen from 200 marks or forty days' imprisonment to 1,000 marks or four months imprisonment.
The Grotto of Antiparos Ancient Refuge of Alexander
A fragmentary notice describes the Gravita of Antiparos one of the Cyclades famed as a refuge of conspirators after a failed plot against Alexander the Great. It recounts interior wonders described by Olier de Nointes and the dramatic natural features and votive pillars within the cavern.
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Alexander the Great
Antiparos
Cyclades
Paros
Louis Republic
M. Olier de Nointessador
Turkey
Rhoto
de Nvintel
Leprosy Scare and Changing Medical View Worldwide
An editorial chronicling rising leprosy concerns in Europe and the Americas, noting public fear, ancient superstitions, and a shift toward scientific understanding. It cites Father Damien and Molokai, discusses contagion risks, isolation measures, and critiques gloomy cultural myths about the disease. It ends with a sudden analogy to damp book stores and rat damage as an aside.
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Europe
New World
America
Louisiana
California
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Sandwich Islands
Sal Lake
N.Y. Ledger
Mthey
Palestine
Hunt
Asylans
Eoen
Father Waimien
Yesha Aga
Molokai Oan
Bobby the dog solves street arithmetic in Washington
A Skye terrier named Bobby demonstrates counting skills on a Fifteenth Street corner. His master bets with coins, Bobby barks to indicate numbers, then assists in entering a shop before vanishing behind an open door. The episode includes various unrelated curiosities and notes.
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Washington Star
Bobby
Iis
Tsubby
Lis
Hobby
Treasury
Mexican town erupts with mountain explosion and flood
Vicente Loaiza, agent for a Tolora based sewing machine firm, reports to the Philadelphia Telegraph of a distant town south of Toluca where a massive explosion created a crater and released a flood. Water rushed through a 150 foot gorge, washing away two bridges and spurring panic among locals.
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Wales
Vicente Loaiza
Sewlog Machine Company
Tolora
City of
Mexico
Philadelphia Telegraph
Toluca
Tenancingo
Tevualoys
Mryo Loaiza
Loajan
Loaiza
A Young Girls Room Reveals Character Through Arrangement
The article argues that a young girl's room mirrors temperament through order and style. It contrasts precise methodical setups with artistic harmony, random disorder, and balanced neatness, suggesting rooms reflect the owner’s traits and life outlook.
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lLarper
Remarkable Tiny Steam Engine by Worcester Mechanic
In 15/4 4 nerieve D A A Buck of Worcester Massachusetts built a microscopic steam engine. The device measures seventeenths of an inch across and five eighths inch high with 18 moving parts, 42 screws, and a one sixteenth inch cylinder. It weighs one grain and runs on three drops of water. The invention earned worldwide praise.
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Nerieve
D. A. A. Buck
Worcester
Mass
St. Louie Republic
Advent customs of German knocking nights described
The piece notes Advent as heralding Christmas with Protestant and Catholic choirs and schoolboys singing carols during holy nights. In southern Germany households are awakened by door knocking with a hammer and showing peas or beans, explaining the origin of the name knocking nights.
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Conta
Germany
California Fruit Raising Profits From Truculture
California fruit raising shows varied per acre returns. Raisin culture in Fresco county yields 150 to 400 dollars per acre, wall huts from 200 to 400 dollars, apricot peaches and prunes average 250 dollars per acre, and Riverside area orange receipts reach about 200 dollars per acre.
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California
Fresco County
Riverside
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Abe
Gunn
Craxus
I. A. Conwell
Pimaya Gulch
Areeia
Oreather
Rowance
France
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Englaard
London
Saya
Paris Figaro
Dr. B
Victoria
Dover
Marseilles
Nice
Dn KB
Tam P
Henry
Gertrude
Philadelphic Times
Contagieux
Jean
Mika
Mapother
Greece
New York
Tracy
Secretary of the Navy
Youngly
Basana
Bright
Uressework
Gener Housekeeping
Philadelpha
Japan
Spain
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