Bohemian Coppa's survived San Francisco quake intact
Letters from New York report two irreplaceable San Francisco losses saved after the fire and quake. The Robert Louis Stevenson house and parts of the Sutro Library endured. Coppa's, a famed Latin Quarter restaurant, and its bohemian patrons spared, with Coppa's dining room revived by loyal central table regulars.
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Guarded poles toppled by Jersey farmer prank
A New Jersey farm family disrupted a telephone line by letting a tramp climb a pole and cut wires. Guards watched as the man, later identified as Robert Gepburn, remained aloft while his brother Willam arranged a haystack ram to topple the pole. The plan ended when Robert fell into a soft spot as the haypile was driven toward the pole.
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Stalwart Ammunition Deniers Rebuild on Broadway
San Francisco firm signals resilience in the armament trade as New York’s New York Tribune notes the bold move to restart business. A San Francisco supplier writes that the Broadway firm received no rush order for Oakland, and the engraved beading reads with resolve.
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Taft Receives Yale College Mementos From Past
Secretary of War William H Taft obtained relics from his Yale days including a heavy class rush hanger and a group portrait of the class of 1867 featuring Peter Taft Taft had the items sent to his Washington home before departing for Torrington Conn according to a New Haven dispatch to the New York Herald
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Monks to Drive Cars Between Grand St Bernard Hospices
Monks of the Grand St Bernard in Valais have won approval from Valais and Italian authorities to run a motor car service linking their hospices at Grand St Bernard and Bimplon with Domo dossola and Aosta. Chauffeurs will be monks wearing cows, cars built to handle steep gradients will transport supplies initially, with a later tourist service planned for summer.
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Demand for Jackdaws Eggs Surges in England
A London dispatch to the New York Sun reports a growing demand in England for jackdaws eggs as a substitute for plovers eggs in dining rooms and hotels. Connoisseurs praise their delicate yolks and tastier whites, while plover eggs become scarcer due to rising demand.
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Cable Dispatch
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New York Sun
Unscrutable OCR Fragment Notes Moving Country
Fragmentary OCR text shows scattered phrases about country, ships, bells, farming, and movement. It references old imagery and generic actions without clear events, names, dates, or places to anchor a concise news item. The readable portions suggest atmospheric travel or conflict, but no coherent report emerges.
Washington gossip from the capital and a muddy senator’s dinner
Washington gossip recounts Senator Bacon of Georgia getting lost on the Chevy Chase golf course while seeking General Bates dinner at the Country club and later asking for a sandwich. Speaker Cannon sports a campaign hat gifted by Aiken as others try it on.
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Third Floor Rear
In Mrs Seaton's boarding house the dapper Robert Chestwick spins a web of deception to woo her daughter Marion while staging a fake marriage to Miss Caroline Seaton. After amassing lavish gifts as if from a bonus fortune, Chestwick plans an elopement east with Marion, only to reveal a change of heart and propose to marry her, confessing his ruse.
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The Highest Dock at Kisumu Uganda
The highest dock in the world near Kisumu on the Victoria Nyanza Uganda was completed at an altitude of 3,700 feet. It serves Nyunga feet operating on the lake linked to the Uganda railway whose terminus is Kisumu or Port Florence. The dock measures 250 feet long 45 feet wide and 14 feet deep. It was cut from solid rock by native labor and took twelve months to build.
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