Ashantee Land and the British Quest for Ashantee
A historical sermon on Britain's Ashantee campaign, detailing Wolseley's 1873 74 expedition, the brutal executions and human sacrifices in Coomassie, and the foretold colonial conquest driven by gold wealth. It portrays Ashantee tyranny, aims to seize gold rich lands, and frames the coming war as a moral and strategic imperative.
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Ashantee
Coomassie
Statesman
Kingdom of Ashantee
Garnet Wolseley
Lord Wolseley
Gold
Atai
Africa
Kaiser Wilhelm II
Bantana
England
Gulliver
West India Regiment
Sierra Leone
Garnet Welseley
Wolseley
Ashautee
King's Palace
Osai Tutu
Tee
Europe
Great Britain
Germany
Irance
Ancient Florida Relics Studied By Scientist For University
Fragments of ancient nets and carved wood found in a Florida lagoon prompt Frank Hamilton Cushing to lead a university sponsored expedition. He will assess canal systems and shell faced structures possibly of Carib origin, with prior Zuni work cited.
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Frank Hamilton Cushing
New Mexico
Florida
University of Pennsylvania
C. D. Durnford
University Museum
Cushing
Col. Durnford
Hazzard Cliff
University
Colt Durnford
Sushing
United States Bureau of Ethnology
Philadelphia Record
Why Children Hang Their Stockings
A historical note on the Christmas Eve custom of hanging stockings tracing its German roots to the tale of Christ Kindlin and Pelsnichel. The article contrasts the reward for good children with the feared consequence for the naughty, describing the traditional imagery of gifts versus a door switch for misbehaving children.
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Pelsnichol
Chris Kringle
Christ Kindlin
Christ Child
Pelsnichel
Nicholas
St. Nicholas
Aermotor
Lothers
Ndt
Neckwell
Fillmore Streets
Chicago
Bombshell Leads to Rescue of Two Children During Gun Test
The account describes Bombshell the dog threatening the gun muzzle during a test while Lieut. John C. W. Brooks recounts how the dog’s actions saved two children digging on the beach. The scene includes gun loading, a bomb-proof, and the dog guiding the narrator to safety.
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Buea
Lieut
John C. W. Brooks
St. Nicholas
Warning to Flower Statues in Holloway Groves
A playful poem recounts a blackguard boy who plucks carnations and a rose in Holloway's gardens. A cat witnesses the theft and bites the boy's nose in retaliation. The verse warns children to avoid stealing flowers or face surprising feline punishment.
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Holloway
Snow brothers publish Star News at ages thirteen and nine
The Snow brothers Earl E. and Horace H. publish Star News since July 14, 1894. At ages thirteen and nine they run the folio paper, handling copy, typesetting, distribution, and ads with no outside aid while attending school afternoons.
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United States
Snow Brothers
Earl E
Horace H. Snow
The
Star News
Star
Earl
Horace
Paris Ad Sprint Tricycle Prints Ads on Streets
An English newspaper notes Paris develops a novel ad method using a tricycle with broad rubber tires patterned to spell sentences. A inked roller prints on wood or asphalt as the rider pedals a blower to keep the surface clean, leaving durable, readable advertising for days.
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Paris
Niagara
Whistling Language Described on Gomera Island
An officer notes Gomera island natives use articulate whistling that mirrors speech. Each syllable has a tone and conversations can be sustained from a mile. Whistling is unique to Gomera due to ravines that block easy contact, driving distant neighbors to adopt this audible communication.
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Gomera
Shipping Shelled Eggs From Russia to England
The London Economist reports preserved shelled eggs imported from Russia in hermetically sealed tins. The mixed white and yolk are packed in drums, with 1,000 to 1,500 eggs per container, straw-packed in a wooden case. A single bad egg can spoil the entire cask.
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England
Russia
London
Deafness Not Curable by Local Applications
A claim that deafness cannot be cured by local treatments, urging constitutional remedies instead. It explains deafness from inflammation of the Eustachian tube and catarrh, offering one hundred dollars for a catarrh deafness case cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure and promoting circulars from F J Cheney Co Toledo Ohio.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
Old Master Elopement Brings Outsized Wealth Allegations
In the Roxbury Gazette, a dialog contrasts a lovesick artist and an older man, noting the difficulty of finding an old master worth thirty thousand dollars yearly in the country. The exchange highlights social tensions over marriage and wealth.
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Ethel
Roxbury Gazette
How to Speculate Successfully on Limited Margins
Advertisement for a book by Comstock Hughes & Company offering guidance on grain and stock market speculation with free mailing from Rialto Building Chicago Illinois.
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Comstock, Hughes & Company
Rialto Bldg
Chicago
Roducers
C. F. WINKLE # & CO
LaSalle St
Just Like Garbage Burners
A remark about adding an extra clause to an anti smoke ordinance was made by Gas well, suggesting a municipal debate on regulation. The context implies local discourse on pollution and public health rules within a city or town.
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Gaswell
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Judy
St. Louis Republic
Yillibay
Chronicle - Tele
Hobb
C Paragus
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RIAL
America
Bron En
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Balsam
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