Island capitol at Providence nears completion
A garbled piece notes a capitol on Yohod Island built of marble, with Vermont surrounds, plus a German publisher promoting a book then in yellow khaki cloth. It mentions a Buffalo street car barn, Mont Blanc wireless plans, and various oddities from collie farm power to Lexing ton Hayes fountain.
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Yohod Island
Provi\pany
Vermont
Mont Blanc
United Kingdom
Ioo
Berlin
Spelnische Zeiheig
Kamlin Bowers
Union
Ollie
Nps
Hayes
Battle Ground
Lexington
Mass
Origin of the Gatling Gun and its contested beginnings
The article traces the Gatling gun’s invention, noting a mix of claims about predecessors and disputed primacy. It recounts Dr. Gatling’s work starting in 1862, initial setbacks including a factory fire, and subsequent government adoption, with orders issued by the United States and spread to China Siam Egypt and other regions.
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Ding
Giaser
Stelon
Indianapolis
Gatling
Butler
Siister
James River
Mehmond
ISG
China
Siam
Egypt
Revelation of foreign experts mowed down foes at machine rate
An antiquated clipping notes a sensational claim that technology could mow down Christian or other foes rapidly, boasting speeds of over 3,000 per minute as a revelation to foreign experts. The tone implies a warlike glorification of mechanized slaughter and mass destruction.
Farmer turns the tables in a traveling con tale
John Vance, a 70 year old Kansas farmer touring to Oregon with his wife, recalls a depot encounter with a smooth Bunko man. The passerby claimed to be Salem postmaster, asked to borrow $200 then vanished. Vance exposed the ruse by noting both men’s money lay at the bottom of their trunks.
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John Vance
Kansas
Union Depot
Oregon
Vance
Kansas City
Salem
Ore
Bevins
Denver Republican
Applause in Old Rome Revealed by Pompeii Relics
New Pompeii finds show Roman theatergoers used strict applause codes. They signaled varying approval with thumb and finger taps, hand claps, and hornlike bellows, escalating to waving toga corners for extraordinary hits, with Emperor Aurelian granting lower classes cloth signs.
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Pompeii
Old Rome
Rome
Aurelian
Multilingual Cemetery Notice in Rio de Janeiro
A gate side sign in Spanish French and English in Rio de Janeiro cemetery forbids dogs unless tied. The English rendering warns that dogs must be on a cable or leash around their necks to be allowed near the tombs. The text also references a roosting hen and a rooster.
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Rio de Janeiro
Our Boys and Girls and Gentle Lessons
A collection from Our Little People and Saint Nicholas shares tales on courage, ridicule, and kindness. It recounts the value of laughing at oneself, the danger of vanity, and moral tales such as a boy receiving a Bible through a gift from a scene involving George Washington, highlighting virtues for young readers.
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Gen. Washington
George Washington
Bathing Keeps Soldiers Strong Says Army Surgeon
An army surgeon notes that English and American troops stay hardy through regular bathing unlike others. A reader asks for chores and pie with familiar family impatience as a child urges to finish what can be done today.
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Freddie
Blacksmith Peavey Keeps Global Hours in Manchester Life
A longtime Manchester blacksmith, living at 329 Douglas Street West Manchester, has traveled the world and lived among many peoples. He is a bachelor who will turn 50 next May and learned his trade in Ashland, New Hampshire, after starting in the state.
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New Hampshire
Peavey
Manchester
Douglas Street
West
Ashland
Wanderer Peavey’s Global Odyssey Ends in New Hampshire
The article chronicles the lifelong travels of Mr. Peavey from Berwick Maine through California Hawaii and a failed Siberian venture to markets across Asia Africa and Europe. After six years away he returns to New Hampshire in which he plans to settle and jokes about lingering bachelorhood while praising the Boers and Japanese.
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Berwick
Maine
Great Falls
Rochester
Plymouth
Campton
Holderness
Ashland
California
Sacramento
Arizona
New Mexico
Seattle
Skaggett Mines
British Columbia
Honolulu
Hawaii
Siberia
South Africa
Siberian
Peavey
Japan
Corea
Hong Kong
Shanghai
Canton
Amoy
Foo
New Hebrides
Gilbert Group
Vijis
Friendly and Society Islands
New Zealand
Tasmania
Australia
Queensland
Thursday Islands
New South Wales
Victoria
Ceylon
Calcutta
Bombay
Mediterranean
Italy
Germany
Hungary
Spain
France
Sweden
Norway
England
Scotland
Ireland
New Hampshire
Mr. Peavey
Tom Hickey
Bach
Manchester
N. H
Union
Meaning Behind Shoe Inner Marks Reveals Sales Tricks
A Chicago Chronicle piece explains secret stamp codes inside ready-made shoes. Salesmen use size tricks to fit customers, especially women, by guiding them to a preferred style rather than the true size.
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Chicago Chronicle
Return Shot and Vows Then Reunion at a Party
A young couple bid farewell at the gate under moonlight with promises to remain true. Six years pass and the man returns to find his former sweetheart now married. At a party they rekindle recognition while she teases whether he is the man or his brother. A dressmaker’s apprentice earns low wages yet survives. money talks, then quiets on a scare.
Homespun Philosophy From the Atchison Globe
A collection of wry observations on everyday life and manners from Atchison. Notes on pockets, Christmas gifts, hunger, aging, reading immoral novels for style, and the folly of waiting for opportunities. The piece critiques idleness and praises proactive effort with humor and regional flavor.
Inventions Span Wallets Mantles Alarms and Cloth Cutting
A New Jersey inventor designs a pocketbook with continuous inner coverage and a circular coin opening. Another New Jersey inventor improves incandescent mantles with a fibrous flexible string support and adjustable grip. A metal cage alarm-box lock aims to trap intruders until firefighters arrive. A Tennessee maker introduces springy broom handles. A New York design changes sash balance with coiled springs and pulleys. A cotton picker spine support uses a steel x-head harness. A new electric motor cloth cutter uses ceiling-mounted drive and a cutting disk under the cloth.
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New Jersey
Tennessee
New York
Personal insults and publisher feud in 19th century letters
Lady Blessington complains of delays to D Orsay by Otley and Saunders. D Orsay uses strong language while a dignified observer recalls the altercation. The Count denies personal attack, while Otley and Saunders exchange ribald retorts.
Atmospheric Waves and Cloud Effects Above City
A descriptive note explains how giant atmospheric waves disturb the air and moisture, causing condensation and cloud patterns high above. It links ripple-like air waves to cloud formations seen over a large hotel, illustrating visible weather phenomena in the upper atmosphere.
Women Not Whipped in Delaware State
Delaware has not punished a woman by whipping for nearly fifty years as the 1855 law exempting women from this infliction remains in effect. The note contrasts public whippings of male offenders with the long standing exemption for women under state law.
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Delaware
George's Gab Science and Brute Strength
Story in a humorous Chicago Times Herald voice recounts a man nicknamed paw joining a gym, injuring himself practicing boxing in the attic with Uncle Wesley and Mrs Bassett. It contrasts fake bravado and real strength, noting the difference between skill and brute force.
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Paw
Wesley
Enny Youse
Man
Jim Nazynim
Aunt Grace
Bassetts
Uncle Wesley
Mrs. Bassett
Illinois Fish Story and Other Briefs From the Region
A Cairo division conductor cites a November pond fishing spree in Lawrence County where fourteen farmers paid 30 dollars to seine Garvey pond, catching 13 000 pounds of fish including a 94 pound catfish and a nine pound bass. The pond spans 25 acres and is fed by the Wabash River rise. Also notes a Cedarvale Missouri barber shop partnership with a gambling restraint pact as enforceable, and Maine sailors scarce with rising wages.
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Illinois
Cairo
Big Sour
Lawrence County
Garvey Pond
Whbash
Danville (Ill
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Atchison Globe
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Atchison
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Wes
David
Wesy
Wasley
Chicago
Fimes- Herald
A. J. Bryant
D. Leggett
Cedarvale
Slaine
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