Water-walker and curious feasts in rural tales
A quirky chronicle from Halle to Berlin describes Ota Grossmann’s tin water shoes that let him walk on rivers. He moves like a skater, tests balance for ten minutes, and claims sleep standing waterward. Stories rage of grave desecration amid dry weather fears and talk of ostrich farms and feather plans in Jacksonville.
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Ota Grossmann
Halle
Prussian
Saxony
Berlin
Grosemann
Grocsmann
Tin
Hale
Walter
Nnto
Jacksonville
United States
Lawton
Alm
Heense
Eye-Witness Tale of Zapote Bid Battle Near Manila
Sun correspondent recalls slow progress after Las Pinas and Paranque fall, Lawton outside Las Pinas posts, recon by Lawton and two companies. Insurgents fire with old cannon and shrapnel, civilians and medics struggle amid fierce shelling, soldiers endure high casualties and fear as Manila towns watch the Zapote date approach.
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Zapote
Accident to Buffaloe Bones Seen at Cheyenne Wells
Denver Field and Stream reports a long level prairie near Cheyenne Wells drops into a precipice. In winter 1858 a great blizzard hurled buffaloes over the edge, their carcasses buried by deep snow. People later visited the site to view the bones piled high.
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Cheyenne Wells
Denver
Pilester
Newborn Kittens Found in Covington Mail Pouch
A Covington postal pouch bound for Newport contained a tabby cat and her day-old litter, creating a stir among clerks. The cat rode loose in the pouch through Newport and Covington lines, while damaged mail and the kittens slept as the pouch was mishandled. Postmasters debated returning the cat but not the kittens, with final action to be determined by the Postmaster General.
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Newport
Covlington
Sam
Covington
Newport and
Pst
Durre
United States
Poslminster Meyer
Reynolds
Mr. Meyer
Meyer
Laat Tabby
Enanirer
Primitive Inventions and Superstitions Highlight Oddities
A混y fragmentary page details Grossmann the improvised inventor failing to patent his walking aid while military use involves a big steamship near the Havel. A Berlin Telegraph note reports gruesome village superstition over a buried corpse. Sandstorms devastate freighters, wind carving deep dunes. a curious wind phenomenon is described. Domestic animals find new Newport home. pondering future moves near Covington.
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Grossmann
Belindallonn
Havel
Berlin
Daily Telegraph
Osirtehes Nat Oringas orange market falters in frost
The Chicago Tribune reports that the once proud orange market in Jacksonville has fallen from its peak. Repeated frosts have damaged groves and killed trees, ending a era of bragging rights about largest orange supply.
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Chicago Tribune
Jacksonville
Flay Com
Abolished the Lock-Step by Indiana Prison Authorities
Indiana penitentiary authorities decide to end the lock-step marching after years of observation. They argue the practice harms inmates long term by leaving a shuffling gait, hindering reform andemployment prospects, and prefer humane treatment aligned with rehabilitation. Philadelphia Inquirer.
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Indiana
Inflama
Philadelphia Thquirer
Fragments of Conflict Echo Through Filipino Roadside Scene
In a torn passage a chaotic scene unfolds as shouting callouts of names trigger aggression toward Filipinos. A Lawson figures during a firefight hurries along a road toward Las Pinas while assistants tend wounded men and rush them to a hospital.
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Capt. Sewell
Sewell
Lawton
Gen. Overshine
Stoos
Mae
Jones
Smith
Lawson
New German Stamp Issue Announced for Century Start
The empire will issue lime parlay stamps oblong in shape like American Calunphus stamps to depict Hohenzollern history. One design shows North and South Germany uniting with two warriors and Germania, surrounded by a landscape from the Alps to Rugen. Other stamps honor William II’s era, the Reichstag opening, and the national monument. The Imperial Printing Office will print them. an English designer was hired after no native artist could be found, receiving 10,000 marks.
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Hohenzollern
Alps
Rugen
Emper William
William II
Imperial Printing Office
Berlin
Marriage Vows and Billing Quips From a Draper Seller
A witty remark from a drenge maker about marriage finds humor in finances and affection. The speaker notes the shift from billing and cooing before marriage to biling and quclig after, as she signs a receipt.
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Hubby
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Ali
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Cavite
Spain
Gavite
Buffaloes
Aylwen
Destructive Saudatoria
Newport Port
Osirtehes
Nat Oringas
Luar Guybody
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