Formosa Cannibals Amid Thrilling Mount Morrison Tale
Special Letter recounts Ludwig Stoepel and Leonard Walker among Formosan cannibals on Mount Morrison. They evade a war party, witness skulls and fires, and hear ceremonies as captives are killed and devoured. Stoepel, first white climber, narrates perilous descent and near-discovery by the cannibals.
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Formosa
Ludwig Stoepel
Vancouver
B. C
Mr. Stoepel
Manila
Leonard Walker
Cannibal village visit told in awe and fear
The narrator recalls a horrific encounter with a cannibal village. Native captives are described as being eaten while others tear flesh from bones. A captive is freed and escapes into the forest, concluding the account of their sole visit to the sacred village.
Umbrella Thief Confesses Moral Dilemma In Office Hall
A New Orleans businessman recounts a whimsical umbrella theft that began with him taking a rain soaked umbrella and promising to return it. He later discovered the owner, an architect and church member, took it back and the cycle continued as others in the building joined the tale.
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New Orleans
Times-Democrat
Giant Sloth Thought Still In Existence In Patagonia
The neomylodoen sloth about 18 feet long, believed alive, may lie in back Patagonia. Duke of Devonshire’s Henry Cavendish vows to capture one if found, despite dangers of locating and killing the creature noted for massive bones and tree-based diet.
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Henry S. H. Cavendish
Duke of Devonshire
Earth
Patagonia
Mr. Cavendish
Is Life Worth Living A Grim View Of the Year
A quip filled December style lament outlines the year’s woes from January to October including cold, disease, pests, miasma, and bedbugs with a closing note on aging and civic duties. The piece quotes Glidden of la IA praising endurance amidst perpetual tribulations.
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Gantet
Glidden
Fruit Soups Popular in Heat Offer Fresh Flavor
Fruited cold soups are favored in warm weather. Any fruit can be used, with combinations such as currants and raspberries or peaches and apples. A touch of rhubarb can adjust acidity. Simmered fruit is sieved, sweetened, lightly thickened with arrowroot, then served cold in cups or glasses.
Duties of Japanese Women and Their Place in Society
The article cites Cornhill Magazine on the lifelong obedience of Japanese women to parents, husbands, and in widowhood to sons, praising morality yet noting lack of independence and legal rights. It contrasts social restraint with education, labeling arranged expectations as the bridge between Europe and Asia and commending married Japanese women for virtue despite autocratic treatment.
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Cornhill Magazine
Japan
Far East
Mascagni’s Royal Critic A Princess Delivers Truthful Quip
The Philadelphia Times recounts Mascagni entertaining the Rome royal court. A young princess, trained to praise him, declares that there are no living great masters, and the composer replies that she is the most truthful critic in Europe.
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Philadelphia Times
Mascagni
Cavaleria Rusticana
Rome
Italy
Europe
Concerns and social notes on notable women and an imperial anecdote
Miss Frances Gerard pursues a Bavarian biography after publishing a Dublin study. Annie Wheeler inherits a silver set for her soldier aid, seeks Philippine work, and asks war officials for permission to go abroad. A Vienna tale recounts Emperor William II choosing a plain dress outfit for his empress to suit the nursery life and children, after assessing designers' fabrics. The St Petersburg court convicts Maria Mershwizka of jealousy crimes, sentencing her to Siberian peace servitude and noble title deprivation.
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Annie Wheeler
Con. Wheeler
Women of
Alabama
Miss Wheeler
War Department
Philippines
St. Petersburg
Maria Mershwizka
Siberia
Vienna
William Sr
Quilt Gift From Mrs. Sloane Highlights Royal Patchwork
The princess of Wales receives a patchwork quilt from maker Mrs. E. Sloane a woman aged over 76 the quilt contains 1 160 octagonal cotton print pieces and represents a year of labor.
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Princess of Wales
E. Sloane
Charitable Spanish People Feed Pauper Population
Spanish communities sustain a pauper population of over six thousand without a poor tax. The text highlights Spain as among the most charitable nations and notes generous self-support by about 50 households.
Wild Animals Run Wild as Pests Across Regions
The article surveys wild horses goats pigs and cats becoming pests in Nevada Washington Australia Galapagos and St Helena. It notes cats on Sable Island and Cat Island ferocity of wild cats, goats destroying Saint Helena forest, rats on Sable Island, and dogs endangering Galapagos tortoises.
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Western States
Nevada
Washington
Australia
Sable Island
Nova Scotia
Kerguelen Land
Antarctic
Terra Firma
Galapagos
New Zealand
Cook
Taranaki
North Island
St. Helena
Europe
America
Volga
Astrakhan
Russia
England
India
United States
Pacific
New World
Porto Rico
Galapagos Islands
Ancient papyrus reveals burlesque cat rat satire
Brugsch Bey describes a rare comic papyrus from the twenty second dynasty. The artist depicts burlesque scenes with cats and rats acting as humans, such as a rat in fine clothes served by a cat dressed as a slave presenting a mirror to the mistress.
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Brugsch Bey
Young Man Desires to Play Cornet in Neighborhood
Brown laments a disliked youth who longs to play a cornet. Jones asks what ails him, and Brown confirms the boy yearns to join music. The short piece centers on envy and a dream of performing.
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Brown
Jones
Snow Blockade Halts Breckenridge Railyard Trains
A heavy Colorado snow blockade stranded trains in Breckenridge from February 4 to April 25, blocking railroad service and affecting travel and shipments.
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Colorado
Breckinridge
Colo
Twain interview reveals two future books for posterity
Mark Twain tells Washington Post correspondent he plans two books, one a private manuscript and the other not to be published before 2000. He says the charitable portraits will cover people from all walks of life, with emphasis on human elements preserved for posterity. He will stay in London for a couple of months before returning to New York.
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Mark Twain
de Vere Gardens
Kensington
Washington Post
Pepyses
London
New York
Census 1900 Preparations Ahead for National Count
The 75 million Americans will be counted next summer over three months. About 5,000 workers will staff the effort, with enumerators paid around 100 dollars and clerks kept busy for years compiling results. Cards, punched holes, and machines will tabulate data. total cost exceeds 10 million dollars.
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United States
Kerosene Trial Suggested Against Mosquitoes
Dr. L. C. Howard from the department of agriculture recommends spreading kerosene at about one ounce per fifteen square feet on mosquito breeding ponds and marshes. The kerosene coats the water surface preventing larvae from reaching air and acts as an insecticide.
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L. C. Howard
Department of Agriculture
Marsnes
Impertinent Mary Exits With No Recommendation
In the Boston Transcript scene Mrs. Skowler tells Mary she must go, unable to tolerate her behavior. Mary replies that leaving alive will be her only recommendation, signaling a sharp parting and underlying tension.
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Boston Transcript
Veasure of Anticipation from Brooklyn Life May
Dialogue snippet shows Madge urging reconciliation with Jack after a quarrel, expressing optimism about their relationship despite tensions. The brief exchange highlights themes of romance and social dynamics in a Brooklyn Life context.
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Brooklyn
Jack
Madge
Remarkable Mendota patient swallowed nails for year
Joshua Davis, a state hospital patient at Mendota near Madison, consumed nails, wire, hairpins, tacks, and knife blades for nearly a year. Doctors, initially skeptical, performed an astronmy operation uncovering two dozen nails, ten wires, and two blades. despite removal, he died eight hours later.
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Joshua Davis
State Hospital For the Insane
Mendota
Madison
Davis
Sauk County
Polce
Baraboo
William B. [Man
F. Clark
Eugene Chaney
Potter's Field
Asyliei
Bamboo
Tris
Fatty Walsh Dies as East Side Politician Idol Ends
The New York figure known as Fatty Walsh dies while still in office. A humorist and benefactor to street children, he drew crowds on his corner nightly and once quipped about Irish luck when aldermen faced indictments. The Boston Herald notes his quip on corruption and charity.
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New York
Fatty” Walsh
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