Two Dollars for a Dispatch Sparks a Law Case
In July 1876 a young lawyer recounts paying two dollars for a telegraph dispatch for a woman at a Broadway office. Years later the same dispatch surfaces during a court case over Miss Isabelle Van Zandt's will, with Miss Mabel Appleton testifying about handwriting and the crucial note.
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Western Union Telegraph Company
Broadway
George Moyers
West Point
Greuze
Clara Vere de Vere
George Morers
George
Lordir Hudson
Zins Evenin
Perede
Coz
Isabelle van Zandt
Luss van Zandt
Val Zandt
Edward Appleton
Mabel
Ofense
Miss van Zandt
Tose
Miss Appleton
Kendrick
Mabel Appleton
Iece
Global fuel tech and coal reserves cited in late 19th century notes
The report surveys oil and gas engine efficiency on farms, reinforced concrete barges by Italy, a Calcutta consul note on a wood processing machine in India, mine water sulfur content, and concrete tanks in Texas. It also covers a rabbit control experiment in Australia and global coal estimates by region with long-term supply projections.
Little Dick Catches Frogs Prompting Hat Trimmings
In a village scene a boy named Dick wades to catch frogs with a small net. He places a frog in a bucket when a passing young woman scolds him for cruelty and admires her creation worn on her hat, prompting Dick to remark about wanting the frogs as hat adornments.
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Jedy
Wooden clothed beings predicted by Crescen professor
Fragmentary text claims Professor Exuil Cia of Crescen expects to teach beings to wear wooden clothes made from bais and fibers after processing into pulp and chemical impregnation.
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Exuil CIA
Crescen
Chicago drainage canal boosts city health statistics
A improved sanitary system along the Chicago drainage canal has markedly reduced typhoid and other illnesses, with disease rates dropping by a notable percentage as public health measures advance.
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Chicago Driage Canal
Inventor’s ice making machine promises cheap rapid frost
A French inventor perfects a compact machine that makes ice quickly from any condensate temperature. It uses a sealed chemical cylinder in water and can chill air or liquids. claims include no joints and high efficiency. German devices using carbonic acid similarly promise instant cooling for medical and home use.
Travel on the Lakes Shows Growth and Safety
The article notes rising lake travel with 7.566 million Detroit departures and 1.9 million from Chicago, plus 400000 from Milwaukee area. It highlights large ships, comfortable accommodations, and all but no passenger fatalities, as excursion steamers operate daily in the heated season.
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Tiver
Trafic
Jakes
Detroit
Br Bea
Chicago
Citiens
Mulwaukes
Port Huron
Grand
Lake Cities
St. Louis
Postmaster General Predicts Rush From Two Cent Rate
Meyer predicts a vast postal surge once the two cent rate to Great Britain takes effect. He notes mail bags will fill quickly and recalls a past local scandal at Nola Chucky where a postmaster kept hundreds of dusty letters, prompting an inspector to declare war on mail delays.
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Meyer
Great Britain
Nola Chucky
Sual
Nola Cavektans
Sharks No Real Danger and the Air Valve Trick
A historical note claims sharks pose little danger in normal waters while describing an air valve tactic to deter them. The piece references divers and a passage from The Divers of a Navi and Their Adventures in St Nicholas, illustrating exaggerated fears and curious safety myths.
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Eupon
Navi
St Nicholas
Birds slain by hail sweep through East Side storm
Witnesses report hundreds of English sparrows killed by hail during last Sunday night storm. Heavy hail damaged roofs near Miller Avenue and Bryden Road, with 312 dead found under thick roosting trees in front of the Evangelical Church and more likely swept away by storm runoff.
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George Fix
State House Force
Miller Avenue
Bryden Road
Bey Muse
Seeing and Listening Near Sighted Man Wears Glasses Reading
A New York Sun excerpt reports a near sighted man who reads best without glasses, holding print close for clarity, yet understands spoken words better with spectacles. He notes light conditions alter his vision, and half jokingly maps reading versus listening to different spectacles.
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Narral
New York Sun
Freak Kansas Storm Saves Family Bed Ensemble Survives
A tornado on the Tucker farm in Smith County Kansas overwhelmed the house while Mr Tucker, bedbound with a broken leg, and his wife with three children rode a bed through the storm. The wife and children were swept to safety in a creek bed or nearby area, while the house plus bed frame largely disappeared except for the bed remaining in place. The husband remained on the bed unhurt.
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Kansas
Tucker
Mr. Tucker
Creek
A Japanese View On Language And Culture
The writer laments American neglect of learning Japanese language and literature despite Japan's geopolitical prominence. He asserts Americans view the Japanese as heathen and licentious, contrasting Japan's empire size with the cultural gap. The piece reflects wartime or imperial-era rhetoric about cultural superiority.
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United States of America
Japan
France
Reeves County Texas case reshaped over venue swap
Riggs, a four man in Reeves County, claimed self defense after a friend MacCatcheon struck him with a switch. The switch was not a deadly weapon in Reeves, so the case moved to Tarrant County then returned to Reeves where Riggs was tried and acquitted.
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Texas
Reeves County
Tex
Riggs
MacCatcheon
Mac
Farrant
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Dreamland
New York
Albany
Drea
Wee
Jin
Boston
Sud
Mr. Sterne
Pilar
Herter
Stak
Bescher
Bacer
Ting
Tis
William H. Michael
Calcutta
Dalsing
Seral
India
San Antonio
Australia
Germany
Farsinand Fischer
Goetingen
England
Belgium
Austria-Hungary
North America
Baron von Richthofen
China
Barneo
New South Waites
Africa
Woeder
Washington
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