Entertained Indians: English hostess hosts Western dinner
Burrato Bly's Indians dine with an English noblewoman who serves wild western dishes and greets her esteemed guests. Joan Ryan of Atlanta surprises sons with store and stock worth 325000 dollars, while ornithologists warn the English sparrow will threaten wildlife. Wyoming house building costs rise. locals lament lacking pig pens. Girard Allen, famed St. Louis financier, declines with age, preferring rides. Portugal's Queen Maria Pia takes up pottery and crafts vases and bowls, showing skill.
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Burrato Bly
Kenton Girl Challenges Men at Courthouse Wedding
Cea Forzine of Kenton Ohio challenged a group of youths inside the new Tiffin courthouse to marry her. A young man accepted and the couple wed that same night in Fostoria, tying the knot after the playful dare.
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Cea Forzine
Kenton, O
Tiffin
Fostoria
Subscriptions arrears noted in many papers
A notice warns that subscribers in arrears are listed in many papers while county readers lag, with Chief Andrew Seltise of the Coeur dAlene Indians visiting the President, praising Cleveland as friendly to Indians. A Hazelton thunderstorm caused a metal penknife to melt in a sheriff bath, splinters and water scattered.
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Andrew Seltise
Coeur d’Alene
Dorie
Hazelton
Zierdt
Champion Liar Belt Reward Passed To Barrister In Americus
In Americus Georgia a miniature belt inscribed the champion liar was first awarded to a popular young druggist who guarded it for weeks. Yesterday a committee took the belt and presented it to a rising barrister who now shows it to friends with pride.
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Americus, Ga
Germans Thrive in France Despite Old Prejudice
About sixty two thousand Germans reside in France today. Since 1879 they gradually returned, overcoming press bias and occasional anti German sentiment. In practice the former enemies live alongside locals and coexist with little friction.
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France
Madstone in Panasoffkee man's possession
Robert B. Smith of Panasoffkee Florida reports owning a stone said to be a madstone found in the throat of a deer he killed eight years ago. The specimen measures about one inch across and a half inch thick. He believes it may be genuine though he has never witnessed its medicinal effect.
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Robert B. Smith
Panasoffkee
Fla
Never touch your eye but with your elbow proverb
The article explains an old saying about avoiding eye rubbing. A reader’s attempt to hit the eye with an elbow highlights the meaning that one should not touch the eye with any object. The note cites the New York Journal of Commerce on the proverb’s origin and cautionary purpose.
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New York Journal of Commerce
Queen Victoria Uses Glasses in Public at Imperial Institute
At the Imperial Institute event the Queen read with small hand-lenses tapped from memory as Home Secretary Matthews failed to provide the official reply at the scheduled moment. Her Majesty drew out the reading spectacles from her pocket to view the document she was to see.
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Imperial Institute
Victoria
Mr. Matthews
Potter Intervenes at Council Bluffs Power House
Iris told of President Potter of the Union Pacific entering the power house at Council Bluffs to seek economy. The engineer and assistant paused from reading illustrated papers to answer his inquiry and then obeyed, silencing the whistle.
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Iris
Potter
Union Pacific
Council Bluffs
Mr. Potter
Buffalo Bill as Casual Planter and Hunter Explored
The London Telegraph sketches Buffalo Bill with a humorous, fictional biography. It claims he planted bananas and squash in Cleveland Ohio, trapped bears in St Louis, fought Gen Custer and mortally wounded him, dabbled in jewelry with Jesse James, served as Kentucky-Mexico war commander, and received Santa Anna's sword at Shiloh, suggesting a future book on his life.
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London Telegraph
Buffalo Bill
Cleveland
Ohio
St. Louis
Custer
Jesse James
Missouri
Kentucky
Mexico
Santa Anna
Shiloh
Frank James Toured as Dallas Sensation in 1880s
A San Francisco reporter quotes Thomas Witherspoon praising Frank James as Dallas hot topic. Despite a mild demeanor and plain clothes he draws crowds, with women flocking to his dry goods store run by Worthington Jones & Co. The James family lives quietly in Dallas, and his monthly pay is about 500 dollars. His past four months show doubled store receipts.
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Frank James
Missouri
Dallas
San Francisco
Thomas Witherspoon
Frank
Mr. James
Worthington, Jones, & Co
St. Louis
An Astronomical Puzzle of Jupiter’s Dimming Moons
The article notes puzzling brightness changes in Jupiter's moons. Two moons sometimes cross the planet's disc as dark shapes, while the others vary. observers recently recorded several dark transits of the fourth satellite and a few of the third, but the cause remains unexplained.
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Jupiter
Neatness Wins Reward for Margery and Dorothy Venable
In a tale by Susan Coolidge two sisters Margery and Dorothy Venable receive a lessons in order from Aunt Belle. Dorothys slips lead to a lower score while Margery sustains neat habits earning a special shelf reward and a yearly plan for two rewards.
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Margery
Dorothy Venable
Dorothy
Belle
Mamma
Aunty
Aunty Bell
Milton
Aunt Bell
Venables
Doctor Dog
Aunty Belle
Susan Coolidge
Sunday School Times
Markets of Honduras Describe Honest Weights and Street Stores
The piece details street markets around plazas and government buildings in Honduras where women sell daily goods from baskets, stalls, or improvised counters. Shady stock includes stationary and trinkets, with cheating weights noted in some shops while real scales appear in larger stores. Meat markets near the Rio Grande edge feature bullock cuts weighed against stones, exposing honesty or laxity in pricing.
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Rio Grande
Dream Visions Turn Fatal Elevator Crash
A Pennsylvania woman traveling in Europe dreamed of a recurring question by a mysterious man visiting London landmarks. Later in a New York hotel elevator, the same man asked Are you ready and the elevator plummeted, killing the operator. The dream may have saved her. Lucy Hooper’s Paris letter reports.
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Pennsylania
Europe
London
United States
Lucy Hooper
Paris
Chronology of Northern Europe From Stone to Iron Ages
A Danish archaelogist outlines a seven stage timeline for pre historic Northern Europe. From early Stone Age around 3000 B C in southern Scandinavia to the later Iron Age Viking period around A D 700 to 1000, including Bronze and Iron ages with regional variations.
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Europe
J. J. Worsaal
Scandinavia
Mediterranean
Finland
Lapland
No Deeply Rooted Tendency Eradicated by Argument
A concise reflection notes that entrenched habits and beliefs cannot be removed by opposition alone since they are not born from argument. It argues that manners and morals remain constant allies, resisting destruction by logic.
The Women of Central Soudon Described in a Harem Scene
Joseph Thompson in Harper's Magazine details a diverse harem with Fillani Haussa Nupe Yoruba and Adamawa peoples. He notes attire brass jewelry and agate beads, varying degrees of seclusion for wives, and occasional eunuch guards while observing social and market activities in the evenings and days.
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Soudon
Fillani
Niger
Adamawa
Bennereigon
Joseph Thompson
Harper's Magazine
Calling the Boy to Tea
In a Lewiston Journal tale a mother calls Sammy to dinner but he stays outside with friends. He teases her with ice and snow while a gray headed passerby recalls his own boyhood, a tender scene of family striving and playful mischief.
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Jones
Sammy
Father
Sam
Lewiston Journal
Residency surgeon's fee sparks Hyderabad mystery
In India the residency surgeon to the Nizam faced a demand for fifty gold mohars to inspect a death of the State horse keeper. The "sabbath calm" reason was given for the high fee, equating to about eight hundred rupees, per a Bombay paper cited by the New York Commercial Advertiser.
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India
East
Bombay
Nizam
Hyderabad
New York Commercial Advertisert
Fashionable Fans From Gauze To Ostrich Feathers
A survey of fans and fashion traces the rise of gauze and ostrich feather designs, noting the Langtry and Mary Anderson styles, the spread of fans from China to Europe, and the cultural lore of fans from Shakespearean England to Chinese etiquette and daily use in varied societies.
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Breeze
Boston
Mary Anderson
China
England
Elizabeth
London
Low Countries
Pekin
Empire
Apaches and the Tizwin Drinking Spree
The article describes Apache drinking of tizwin, a corn based liquor, and mezcal from Mexican sources. It notes the strong combativeness and long sprees after heavy drinking, leading to outbreaks when tribes or whites are nearby, and links warlike intent to prewar preparations. The piece cites behavior observed among Apache bands and comments on authorities concentrating tribes at agencies.
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Minneapolis Tribune
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