Midnight Lobster Duel Ends With 27-Pound Behemoth
Charles McVane of Long Island near Portland Maine fought a giant lobster in Cascoe Bay after a moonlit duck hunt. The monster, four feet long with the longest claw, weighed 27 pounds and was turned over to taxidermist John A. Lord after McVane wrestled it loose from his throat and carried it to safety.
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Charles McVane
Long Island
Portland
Cascoe Bay
MecVane
Ram Island
McVane
McVann
John A. Lord
Opera Flops Meet Composer and Trombone Player
A foreign composer promised the orchestra a lavish supper with wine ad libitum after a premiere. The opera flopped, hissed off stage, and in the post show return only a lone trombone player remained. He said simply I liked it, signaling a blunt verdict on taste and success.
Crickets Sold on Ascension Day in Florence Festivities
Florentines celebrate Ascension Day with cricket sellers in the streets. Buyers pick crickets by voice strength, believing a merry singer brings luck and health, while a sad chirp foreshadows misfortune. After mass, crowds enjoy ivannelloni in the Caseine park along the Arno.
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Florentine
Florence
Arno
Dean Monde
Jong Avenues
Monte Morello
Appenines
German Three Mark Silver Coin Honors Prince Henry Visit
The German government minted a commemorative three-mark silver piece for Prince Henry’s U S. visit. The coin, about the size of a half dollar and valued at 77 cents, bears bas-reliefs of President Roosevelt and Prince Henry on one side. The reverse shows a huge mid ocean slip above the inscription In Remembrance of the Journey to America 1902 with Lloyd Steamer Kronprinz Wilhelm printed beneath.
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Prince Henry
United States
Roosevelt
America
Emnauer
Lloyd
Tricks of beggars expose shop of fake cripples and scams
A New York World piece reveals street sham fakirs who manufacture disguises to pass as crippled workers. They hire out rigs, paint scars, and stage dramatic acts to persuade pity and solicit money. The article notes the police crackdown and the willingness of some to suffer bearing to gain sympathy.
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New York World
Gorilla traits and a hunter's near fatal encounter
Ainslee's recounts a West African gorilla's brutal strength and fearsome roar. A French sportsman describes a 6 ft 9 in male, 62 in chest, 9 ft arm span, who attacked before being shot. The tale notes locals fear the creature as harboring a human spirit and cites dramatic, though nonuniform, anecdotes of ferocity.
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Ainslee
New York Cathedral Plans Chapels of Tongues for Nations
The Cathedral of St John in New York will include seven chapels for Sunday services in German Spanish French Swedish Italian Armenian and Chinese. A bishop and clergyman discuss accommodating Mesopotamian migrants amid existing Armenian services highlighting language and cultural diversity in the vast metropolis.
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St. John
New York
Potter
The Value of Sleep and a Frictionless Mind
The article extols sleep as a great secret of leaders like Napoleon and Grant, who slept despite heavy burdens. It contrasts this with a Minneapolis lawyer who lost sleep over cases, arguing that night study pales beside waking, on-your-feet thought. It concludes burning the candle at both ends harms more than it helps.
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Napoleon
Gen. Grant
Minneapolis
Boys Duel Over Love At Austrian Grammar School
In Hrezezany, Austria, two second class boys at a grammar school settled a love dispute with a pistol duel. They used old pistols loaded with powder and pebbles, fired from ten paces. One boy was seriously wounded in the chest and may die, while the other was only slightly injured.
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Galicia
Austria
Hrezezany
Portugal's King May Abdicate Amid Financial Crisis
Reports say King Carlos I of Portugal contemplates abdication due to a threatened revolution and the kingdom's bankruptcy. Since ascending the throne on Oct 19, 1889, he and the royal family have faced persistent financial troubles, giving up a fifth of their income in 1892 to aid the state.
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Carlos I
Portugal
Reading Handwriting Blamed On Typewriter Use
An observer at a major publishing house notes that typewriters have made handwriting harder to read though manuscript legibility has improved in other ways. He cites better paper pens and pencils, and a shift away from untidy scripts as reasons for easier reading of letters, except for some angular penmanship in names.
Lost Art or Lost Reading Now In Decline
A historical remark notes that youth struggle with reading due to typewritten and manuscript letters. The author questions whether penmanship will fade, while observing that reading traditional handwriting may be headed toward obsolescence.
General Lee and Uncle Tom on Lee's War Thoughts
A Lexing ton cook recalls a single disrespectful remark about General Lee during the Civil War era, describing a surreal night when a curious man visited Lee's tent and pondered the general's thoughts. The piece closes with a George Eliot quote on cooperation and human likeness.
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Lee
Uncle Tom
Lexington
Gen. Lee
Heavy Betting This Year on New York Election
A well known New York betting man says at least 2,000,000 has been wagered on the election, mostly on the general result but with many bets on state outcomes. Fully 1,000,000 has been laid in Wall Street. Bryan money is lighter than in the past four months. The passage ends with an ad for Defiance starch claiming better results and more product for money.
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New York
Wall Street
Bryan
Foreign Cow Dairy and Other Public Notices
A near shore notice in Woosung China advertises Foreign Milk for sale with claims of sweetness purity and fair pricing. The message also cites various consumer products, cures, and jokes, including J. W. O’Brien’s Lyons listing, Red Cross Ball Blue, and Hamlin’s Wizard Oil, alongside an extended note on Nathan Hale stage pictures and Revolutionary history for school and theater audiences.
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Woosung
China
Woosuneg
Telegraph Company
Yi Pingshan
Nathan Hale
New York's Heavy Taxpayers Named for Personal Property
Frederick W. Vanderbilt heads New York's wealthy list with a personal property assessment around 2,060,000. At 0.0231 dollars per dollar, his estimated tax bill would be about 46,200. Close names follow with 1,690,000 assessments including William K. Vanderbilt, Alicia G. Vanderbilt, John D. Rockefeller and Andrew Carnegie.
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New York
Frederick W. Vanderbilt
William K. Vanderbilt
Alica G. Vanderbilt
John D. Rockefeller
Andrew Carnegie
Rowan berry beliefs and uses across history
An English admiral notes a legend that a spirit formed from the rowan berry can erase memory and that jelly from the same fruit shares this effect. The article mentions the rowan tree's supposed power to frighten evil spirits, and recalls red rowan liquor and preserves, plus dried fruit used as flour in some regions.
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Switzers
No Chance for Alin Demonstrates Misogynist Proposal
A fiancé withdraws marriage after a fiancee boasts boasts of practical skills from carpentry to arithmetic while claiming mastery of tasks. The groom cites lack of male dominance as reason to end the engagement, highlighting dated gender attitudes and foreshadowing social commentary.
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Comte de Paris
Carlos
George Eliot
Largo
Plao
J. W. O'Brinn
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Minn
Mormon Tabernacle
Salt Lake City
Utah
Matt J. Johnson
Hamlin
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Jovelle Mfg.Co
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Alin
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