Marked by a tree at Blaine graves Oak Hill Cemetery
The Blaine family graves in Oak Hill Cemetery feature a lone struck hickory as James G. Blaine requested his burial site. Walker Blaine and Alice Stanwood Coppinger rest nearby with modest markers while Blaine’s own grave omits a monument, save for a small footstone J G B.
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Oak Hill Cemetery
Washington Post
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Coppinger
Blaine
Soshi Bullies Push Influence in Japanese Elections
A historical critique outlines the Soshi as self hired bullies linked to politicians in Japan. They intimidate meetings, control voting and even commit violence. The piece notes the student origin of Soshi, university oversupply, and government funded study abroad, creating insurrectionary undercurrents and potential for upheaval.
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Soshi
Japan
Nevada's Musical Mountain near Pyramid Lake
In 1868 prospectors from Comstock discovered a mountain by Truckee River that locals called Nevada's musical mountain. Each night after dark the rocks seemed to emit soft concert notes, filling the camp with shimmering sounds that drifted into the distance and resembled silver bells in a fresh gust of music.
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Nevada
Truckee
Truckee River
Pyramid Lake
Comstock
Virginia City Enterprise
Five Years of Silence Ended by Miracle Pickup
Miss Nellie Fuller of Plainville Rhode Island regains speech after five years of muteness following a September 1889 illness. After seven months in a Boston institute for nervous diseases she finally spoke again on November 20, saying God interposed, with doctors noting possible arterial compression around the vocal cords.
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Plainville
R. 1
Miss Fuller
Boston
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Willing Astor Wedding Draws Curious Philadelphia Crowd
Walnut Street buzzed with a curious crowd at the Willing Astor wedding as carriages lined the street. Women in sumptuous outfits walked bareheaded among the throng while a much talked of function drew notable attention from onlookers.
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Philadelphia
Willing-Astor
Walnut Street
Stray Creature Incident Recalled by Philadelphia Notes
The item recalls Philadelphia and the late George H. Baker. A young writer with a letter of introduction to Baker asks who formed the Philadelphia literary society, and Baker pauses before answering.
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George H. Baker
Literary Society
Mr. Baker
Literary Society of
New York Commercial Advertiser
Europe Ahead of Us A Pneumatic Hansom Ride Emerges
A London report notes a three wheel pneumatic tire hansom with two helpers propelling it at nearly eight miles an hour. The occupant appeared foreign yet familiar with the city, and a suburban factory plans to mass produce the new vehicle.
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London
Striking the Balance for Year End Farm Accounts
Farmers should survey yearly work and compare expenses to receipts. Credit family purchases and farm product used, estimate manure value and stock increase. Result reveals profit. Keep accounts next season to learn what was done.
Quaint Sayings and Cute Doings of Little Folks
A collage of children’s vignettes and playful quotes from a 19th century domestic page. Fractions of dialogue mix with sketches of everyday life, nap-prone grandpas, buttered bread, and a bird’s hammock cradle in Australia observed by a Honey Eater.
It Wasn’t the Same A City Boy Finds Moonlit Country
A city youngster who never left the tenements experiences a first country trip on a fresh air party under the full moon. He recalls the big yellow moon and later returns to find only a slim silver crescent low in the west signaling a new phase.
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William
Hazel
Frances
Elizabeth
Mary Small
Josephine Little
Moment of recognition sparks tears in old tale
A man bursts into a house in distress crying that the person before him is not the same as last year, signaling a dramatic shift in identity and memory as described by the New York Tribune.
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Moon
New York Tribune
Sarcastic Epitaph on Surething Jack Son Tombstone
A Cheyenne correspondent recites a spring horseback journey with Billy Godsey across deserts to Carson City Nevada. Along the route they pass many graves of Wild West victims, noting the frequent tombstones encountered in the landscape and the epitaphs they witness.
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Billy Godsey
Cheyenne
Wyo
Carson City
Ney
Remarkable Ancient Temple in California Is a Prehistoric Temple
A San Luis Obispo County site in Southern California features a vast rock temple with a level inner court of substantial dimensions. The structure, 60 to 100 feet high, shows vibrant red white and black paintings and may have served as a temple or ancient government capitol. Locals report no traditions on its construction, yet regard it with reverent superstition per St. Louis Republic.
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San Luis Obispo
Carissa
St. Louis Republic
Howorth's History and a distressed dog owner
A dinner anecdote recalls Sir Henry Howorth author of History of the Mongols. A lady questioned his knowledge of dog care, expressing disappointment that he did not advise on managing her cross bred pet.
Washington zoning limits heights to 110 feet in business districts
A new city ordinance prohibits structures over 110 feet on business streets and 90 feet on other streets in Washington. The measure aims to curb towering buildings and shape city growth despite economic allure.
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