Penal Colonies to Modern Australasian Society
A historical overview notes how Australasian colonies transformed from brutal convict settlements to orderly self governing communities. It recounts bushrangers like Mike Howe, the abolition of convict transportation, and how descendants of convicts became respected citizens with records destroyed to erase stigma, integrating into society.
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Melbourne
Australia
United States
Australis
Tasmania
England
Botany Bay
van Diemen’s Land
Mike Howe
Sydney
Howe
Big Bill
Great Britain
Australasia
Raphael Painting Found in Boston as Mary and the Infant Christ
Local art connoisseur Patrick E Duffee unearthed a Boston Raphael painting identified as Mary and the Infant Christ. The search began after a report of a missing Raphael work while he was abroad in 1886. The painting was located in Jamalea Plains amid strong expert interest.
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Boston
Raphael
Patrick E. Duffee
Mary
Christ
Duffee
Raphnasl
Jamalea Plains
Gold Loot Recovered in Portland Stolen Bullion Case
Washington Serret service operatives at Portland recovered 7060 of a 240000 consignment of gold bullion stolen a year and a half ago while Lefage transported from Skagway to Seattle. Much of the bullion has since been found on the Pacific coast, with remaining location unknown and officials declining to identify those responsible.
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Washington
Serret Service
Portland
Bkiagway
Seattle
Porthied
Borne
Old Windmill Destroyed by Dynamite Near Peterborough
A 15 year old windmill at Orton Waterville near Peterborough was blown up by dynamite after years of decline. It had hosted a steam plant, faced persistent complaints from Pembroke College Cambridge, and attracted Sunday gamblers before ten pounds of explosive ended its presence, leaving only scrap iron and rubble.
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London
Orton
Waterville
Peterborough
Pembroke College, Cambridge
Chinese Bride Weds Portland Merchant Nephew in Judge Gatens Ceremony
An 18 year old Chinese girl from San Francisco married Seid Yew Sing, 43, a Portland merchant and Seid Back nephew, in Judge Gatens chambers. Witnesses were Seid Back Jr. and attorney W M Davis. A later ceremony photo will be attached to the marriage certificate.
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Portland
Ore
Lee Song- Quay
San Francisco
Seid Yew Sing
Seid Back
Gateng
Hug Keeps Dance Alive by Denying Its End
Father Benedict lectures to young women at Logan Avenue chapel stressing the importance of affection in dance. He notes married women dance with other women’s husbands and married men with other men’s wives, urging caution about kissing while suggesting two kisses per evening.
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Denver
Cole
Father Benedict
Logan Avenue Chapel
Brick “busted” into pieces in Kansas City street incident
A distressed woman entered police headquarters bleeding from a head wound saying her attacker, described as her mother, struck her with a brick. An officer questioned her, then medics treated the lump and removed brick fragments. the skull remained unharmed and she walked away toward the Kaw River.
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Kansas City
H. L
Kaw River
Richmond Woman Buys $5,000 Sully Portrait for Eight Dollars
Mrs John Skelton Williams bought a life size Sully infant portrait for eight dollars at a Richmond antique shop. A local artist who cleaned the piece discovered the back bore the date 1651 and the painter's initials T R, signaling a 17th century work valued at about five thousand dollars.
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Richmond
Sully
John Skelton Willams
Williams
T. R
Woman Faints Over Stove in Ashland and Burns Self
Mrs Mary Bechtel a widow in Ashland falls faint while tending the stove and her clothing catches fire. She runs to her son's home two doors away screaming for help but dies of burns while being taken to Miners Hospital.
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Ashland
Mary Bechtel
Miners’ Hospital
Philadelphia
Mary Veres
August Bechtelby
George
Veresby
Traven
Arms House of Correction
Yeresby
Robins Go On Big Sprees In Local Vicious Cycle
Report describes robins near here that appear intoxicated by a liqueur made from fries, dubbed a bird licker. Observers note birds become drunken then recover to return to Cinaberry trees within hours, watchers keeping a safe distance during supervision.
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Fries
Plan Novel Meeting Proposes Mass Cyanide Suicide in St Petersburg
A Vechernaya Vremya report describes a meeting of a "friends of passing" league in central St. Petersburg. Members discussed en masse suicide by cyanide in champagne at a fashionable restaurant, to sensationalize the act and recruit new members, after an earlier attempt by a member.
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St. Petersburg
Vechernaya Vremya
Friends of Death
Schopenhauer
Hart
Kan- Tan
League
Animals Go to Sacrifice at Pasteur Institute
Pasteur’s name still inspires terror as the institute in Boulogne sacrifices thousands of animals each year for research. The guinea pig farm yields a poor crop, delaying some studies since last June. Annual losses include 20,000 guinea pigs, 20,000 mice, 16,000 rabbits, 10,000 rats, plus monkeys, chickens, pigeons, cats, and other animals.
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Boulogne
Pasteur
Judge Warns Verso Miller in Juvenile Case
Sixteen year old Violet Miller appeared before Judge Porterfield in Kansas City juvenile court accused by employer William Zimmerman of stealing thirty dollars from a cigar stand. The judge advised her to cover up and threatened placement in the Industrial Home for Girls at Chillicothe unless her mother returns her to Modoc Illinois.
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Kansas City
Violet Miller
Porterfield
Miss Miller
Modoc
Ill
Chillicothe
Bennett Dies at 106 in Ashland City Tennessee
William Bennett of Cheatham county died at home aged 106 years 8 months 27 days, survived by sixteen children. Born in Williamson county in 1806, he once cut cordwood at age 100 to supply the nearby Sycamore powder mills. His father helped build Nashville’s first frame building in 1809. Bennett injured his foot with an ax at age 101, ending work thereafter.
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Ashland City
Tenn
William Bennett
Cheatham County
Mr. Bennett
Williamson County
Sycamore
Nashville
Kansas City Chef Gets 30 Day Pardon With Razor Bargain
Hyman Fernandez a Kansas City Kansas hotel chef was sentenced to 60 days on the rock pile for striking a waiter with a frying pan. A razor found on arrest led the judge to offer a reduced 30 day term if he shaved every morning with it. Fernandez agreed and began serving with the blade.
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Kansas City
Hyman Fernandez
Kan
Fernandez
Ehave
Hindoo Girl Buried Alive at Mirzapur
An Indian Hindoo named Raghunandan was sentenced to death in Mirzapur for killing a girl during a forest gathering. He carried her to a pit, invoked Mahabiri, rolled stones, and buried her as the parents watched while declaring the victim dead after the earth was trampled. In Suffolk Virginia, Harold Gray pleaded guilty in a prison case involving a five-cent bet that led to a catfish skinning dispute, resulting in one year in state prison.
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Calcutta
Mirzapur
India
Raghunandan
Buffolk
Harold Gray
Horace Whedbee
No. 2 Eastbound Omaha to Chicago Schedule Note
Timetables show No. 2 east bound leaving Omaha at 4 20 p m with Pacific Junction Malvern Red Oakley and others en route. Arrival in Chicago listed around 7 00 p m. Connections include Tabor Northern lines and Malvern stops with specific transfer times and numbers.
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Saat Bound
Mod Am Po Opm Au Maha
Wee Les
Connell Brnfts
BBB Pacific Juoction
BA Glenwod
Salfonr
Vwalvern
Hastings
OS Merson
Wal
Red Oakley
Chicago
Omaha
Pacific Jonction
Malvern
Red Owl
Mattamouth
Pacific Junction
Guerson
Malverna
Balfour
Flenwood
Pacific Transtion
Conneil Bluffe
Red Oak
Denver
Astings
North
Randolph
Ub Henderson
Vacedonia
Kansas City -——- North
Fee
Junction
Bartlett
Kansas City
Wabash e—-North
Heath
St Connor
Bluffs
Mineola
Silver City
Backache Fix Promised by Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
Mor ton s Gap Kentucky resident Mia Ollie Woodall testifies two year backache and female disorders improved after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. Customer urges others to consult the Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co for confidential advice and letters read by a woman.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Mia
Ollie Woodall
Morton’s Gap
Kentucky
Lydia E.pinkham
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Cottage Grove
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New York
Bureau of Vital Statistics
New York City
Robins
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Ashland City, Tenn
the Razor
F. M. Shriver
Glenwood
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T. A. Pearson
Phonea
Milla County
Opera House Block
Chas. W. Rathke
Opera Hones
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Real Estate Farm Loans Fire Insurance Office
Lamb Block
Glenwood, Iowa
the Tribune
R. R
THE
Burlington
Tabor
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Tiham
Mille Couny
Hill Guy P. Swavitt’ Publishers
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Carl Buch
Amos Dean
Carpenter & Contractor
Mills County Tribune Printers
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F. G. Day
Hon. W. 8. Lidwis
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W. MM. Lamb Bank
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Lord Gregory No
Gregory the Great
Angiola
Henry H
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Jack Limber
Redford
Jim Row
Mills County
Thomas Lloyd
William Lloyd
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