Red Rock Towns Rebirth Through Painted Rock Festival
A New York Sun report recalls how a hamlet near Albany changed its name from Red Rock to Red Rock after residents painted a large rock with red cod paint. Each spring the rock is repainted and the town holds a festive picnic and celebration, drawing interest from visitors and locals alike.
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Columbia County
New York Sun-reporter
Fed Rock
Albany
Chatham
Creeedy Lake
Red Rock
Ming
Earth
A Storm in the Tropics Described Amid Heavy Clouds
In a first person account from J. Taylor Ward at sea the sun vanished behind leaden clouds and a tropical storm rose rapidly from the south and west. Night fell suddenly as the storm roared with thunder and lightning while the ship endured intense calm and the crew felt insignificant against the fury of nature.
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J. Taylor Ward
Mata Haven
Daring Voyage From Tam Through Arctic Ice
The Matador, a small North Sea fishing boat with three register, sails from Tromsoe toward the pole as captain Teor Von Bauendahl plans to push north until blocked. The crew of six plus owner will abandon ship and continue with sleds if needed. Provisions and fuel for three years fill two water tight boxes that can serve as rafts or boats. Von Bauendahl, 45, has spent his fortune on the voyage and hopes to uncover the pole’s secret.
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Tam
Teor
von Bauendahl
Tromsoe
von Banendahl
Clawn Leaving New England Clam Beds Collapse Heralds Shrinking Supply
Over the New England coast the clam supply has fallen sharply as demand grows and seed clams are removed. Many areas once prolific are now barren, signaling possible extinction from overharvesting.
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Clawn
New England
Emperor William loses famed mustache curl barber
The Kaiser abandons his distinctive mustache curl afterHuby the imperial barber is dismissed for impudence and for abusing royal favor.
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Kaiser
William
Huby
Insects perform a final funeral toilet after decapitation
Entomologist Dr Ballion reports an odd habit among large flies. After being decapitated, the body moves its legs and wings, grooming itself and forming a funeral display. Observed during a horseback ride, the insect then spends an entire day in the study making a self funeral toilet.
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Ballion
New York Herald
Tually
The Tattooed Crucifix Encounter on the March
In a McClure's narrative, Lieutenant Commander Gilmore recalls a Filipino lieutenant showings of a crucifix and his refusal to obey orders. A tattooed crucifix on the narrator’s chest is revealed, provoking surprise and a shift in attitude from the Filipino officer toward the American.
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Gilmore
McClure
Ous
Aylao
Qaen
Lana
Cine Throm
Rave
Chris
Tagal
Education must save memory work from barrenness
The author argues against dismantling memory based Latin study and drills. He cites Dean Briggs and Harvard to praise memorization, noting memory strengthens other feats. He laments decline of drill in education, warns spelling erosion, and urges keeping accuracy and practice in basic tasks.
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Say
Dean Briggs
Harvard University
Atlantic
Andrews
Stoddard
Soldier Word Origins and Wage History
In Wickliffe's New Testament soldiers are advised to be content with their wages. The term soldier derives from solidus and soldum meaning wages. the origin traces through Latin and old forms like sind drum. The piece notes the North Country rendering sowdia for sowdis and connects it to old words for age and payment.
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Wickliffe
John the Baptist
Minnesota Tax Rates and Land Grants Report
Minnesota news notes tax rates fixed at 1.2 mills for state purposes, down from last year, with a projected revenue of about $780,000 from a $600 million valuation. A New Jersey controlled land grant deal is filed to convey remaining railroad land grants for $3.3 million, amid ongoing dam work at Meeker Island. Other items include a grand jury murder bill in Rawsey County, sale of Chippewa ceded lands, a double pearl discovery in Winona, a wolf bounty in Duluth, and various local incidents and civic updates.
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Dann
St. Paul
New York
St. Paul & Duluth
Head of the Lakes
Northern Pacific Railroad
Meeker Island
Criskcross
Uas
Rawsey County
E. P. Corbett
Corbett
Joseph Mrozinski
Mississippi River
North Star Brewery
Secretary of the Interior
White Earth
Red Lake Reservation
Minnesota
White Rock Reservation
Red Lake
Alfred Johnson
Duluth
Rosenbaum Brothers & Co
Chicago
Faribault County
Dakotas
Cloquet
Edward Fontain
Minneapolis
Emily Cross
College of Agriculture
The
University
Postoffice
Clint
Pine County
E J. Haglof
Postumster
Wellesley Pranks End in Captivity and Circus Theme
At Wellesley College the junior class staged a series of pranks during the day long exercises. Miss Frances Tinghes, sophomore president from New York, was abducted and held for hours while juniors led a Mother Goose procession. Six sophomores were roughly jostled while watching the events in the woods. The six later freed the president, and she returned with haste for the program. A faculty inquiry is under way into the incidents.
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Wellesley College
Frances Tinghes
New York
Hughes
West Woods
Pierce
Old Dog Ned Rescues Baby in Pulaski County Tale
Jerome Wendfelt family moved to a Pulaski County farm and left a seven month old baby in care of the eldest daughter. The child vanished while a pickup occurred, a Newfoundland dog Ned found the baby under a bush and carried it to safety. Ned died of exhaustion afterward.
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Jerome Wendfelt
Jasper County
Pulaski County
Ind
Wonetely
Theipee
Pariser
Sweetheart Found After Two-Year Search in New York
Morris of San Antonio Texas finds his longtime sweetheart Lucy Reed a Bellevue Hospital patient after a two year search. He explains they grew up together in San Antonio and became engaged before she vanished five years ago. He plans to persuade her to return home once she is well.
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Morris
San Antonio
Tex
Lucy Reed
Bellevue Hospital
Bellevue
Atte
Ia Morris
Lucy
New York
President McKinley Gets New Portrait Session
President McKinley and Secretary Cortelyou visited a local photographer for a fresh portrait the other morning. The president, adopting a more democratic routine, has rarely gone to a photographer before, preferring to have images taken in the White House. With the campaign season near, he opted for a later photograph than those circulated previously.
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McKinley
Cortelyou
White House
Neapolitan Cot Inherits Titles After Father’s Death
Ferdinand Cotona of Naples inherits the titles of prince of Stigliano and Alana, Marquie Castelnuova, lord of Ti renello San Arcangelo Rocennora Mellito and Guigliano, becomes patrician of Rome Venice and Naples, and heads the Neapolitan Coleana line after his father’s death in his ninety first year.
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Naples
Ferdinand Cotonna
John Mackay
Stigliano
Allana
Marquie Castelnuova
Tirenello
San Arcangelo
Rocennora
Mellito
Guigliano
Rome
Venice
Coleana
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Alpine Safe. & Cycle Co
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Iti
Tampurtanin
Chivers Pia Sraue
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Tess Tothoe
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Neidweys
California
FIG Syrup CO
SAS
Peancibod
Col. Loulwitle
Kes
Webster's Dictionary
Warler
Peents
Peerlis
Heath-Pne
Webbster
U. S. Supreme Court
Supreme Courts
U. S. Government Printing Office
Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary
International
Merriam CO
Springfield
Maas
Hayams Beer
Tropics
North Pole
Gillmore W
Pri Pines
Minnesota News
Trenderson
Winona
Gay Weleesbey Cimrs
Worden
Old Dog
Ned
Baby
Gawker
Sweetheart
Tex Ranchman
Mie
New York Hospital
Kentucky
iLaw
Bradfield Regulator CO
Atlanta
Ofet Nadian
Javies
Stan Gevsrement Agente
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Standard Oil, Co
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Apamies
Seth
Dak
Hiter
Reading Farm
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