Runaway Boy and King’s Daughter’s Garden Lesson
A child runaway narrates a rural misadventure ending with a girl learning to return home after promising not to run away again. A King’s Daughter tale shows Bertha, given a garden to tend, losing flowers but earning coins for the poor, earning the blessing that she is a King’s Daughter. A Brooklyn school debate club and a prince of jokes section describe boys facing public speaking nerves and a clever child correcting a drawing with “sachel” for trunk.
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Jimson
Aman
James Whitcomb Riley
Katie
Bertha
Sergt Purcell Invents Elevator Hatchway Safety Door
Police Sergeant Thomas Purcell of New York City unveils an automatic elevator hatchway door system to prevent accidents and hinder fire spread. The mechanism uses paired arms and link bars to separate and retract hatches as the cage moves, then reclose automatically once past the hatch. Also included is a misquoted prisoner remark from an Indianapolis Journal item.
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Thomas Purcell
New York City
Singular Tower at Sarnath Sparks Buddhist Theories
A 93 foot diameter tower in ruins near Sarnath, India, rises 110 feet above the site, about 128 feet above the plain. Some believe it hints at Buddhist origins tied to Sakya Muni, with possible ties to Ben gal or Benares. The rest of the piece recounts a humorous court scene involving Mr. Sergeant Wilkins in a breach of promise defense.
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Sarnath
Bengal
India
Benares
Sakya Muni
Wilkins
Sergeant Wilkins
The Field of Battle and Two Brave Brothers
A veteran recounts Harvey Maddox a southern colonel famed for swordplay and marksmanship who kills his own brother George in a Civil War clash. The tale follows Maddox’s daring deeds across the west and south and ends with their reunion years later in a Birmingham Confederate veterans’ gathering. Nearby vignettes include General Forrest guiding a cavalry rescue led by a young southern woman and a spy tale of Captain William J. Palmer evading execution through a clever ruse and later returning to service.
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Arvey Maddox
New York News
Harvey
George Maddox
George
New York State
Texas
Harvey Maddox
Col. Maddox
South
Black River
United States
Sam
French
Confederate Veterans
Birmingham
Ala
N. B. Forrest
Forrest
Gen. Forrest
Antietam
McClure
Wm. J. Palmer
Lee
Virginia
Potomac
Philadelphia
J. Edgar Thomson
Pennsylvania Railroad
Scott
Thomson
Palmer
Washington
William J. Palmer
Richmond
Elk Hunting on the Plains Vanished From the West
An army lieutenant recalls a historic Loup River hunt in Nebraska where a large elk herd was driven into a charged pursuit. The narrative recounts a dramatic river ridge stampede, a focused drive by a disciplined party, and the eventual haul of nineteen elk at camp, illustrating how elk hunting has become a relic of the plains.
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West
Loup River
Nebraska
Tegan
Whitechapel Losing Cockney Character in London
The Whitechapel district is rapidly losing its cockney character as foreigners increase. In 1891 one in five residents was foreign, with a large influx of Russians and Russian Poles. Over two thousand foreigners settled last year, pushing out many Londoners. Birth rate here is forty one, higher than western London. Even if immigration stopped, Russians and Poles may soon predominate Whitechapel.
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Whitechapel
London
Queen Victoria birthday noted as reign nears record
The piece notes 1060 coal mine deaths in Britain last year and 65 in metalliferous mines, exceeding averages. Queen Victoria is seventy five, has ruled fifty seven years, and may break throne tenure records if she lives three more years. Her family spans three sons, four daughters, many grandchildren, with a stable succession and celebrated persona.
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Great Britain
Victoria
England
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British Columbia
Hildren
Department For
Little Boys and Girls
Itha
Ertha
Arden
Brooklyn
New York Times
Gen. Grant
Johnnie
Utica
Duchess of Portland
Victoria Bentinck
Sergt
Purcell
Indianapolis Journal
ER OF
British Museum
Henry VIII
Somerville Journal
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