Senator Cass’s Awe Inspires Dreadful Glances at Washington
A vivid tale recalls how the Michigan senator Daniel Cass could paralyze a man with a single look. At the National Hotel in 1846 a visitor mistook him for Cass and faced a chilling rebuke when Cass’s eyes allegedly shattered the stranger’s nerve. The incident underscores the legendary power of Cass’s gaze.
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Cass
National Hotel
Washington
Michigan
Alonk
Congress
Cass Pier Reutor
Omaha Tornado Leaves Death Toll High and Homes Destroyed
A devastating tornado swept Omaha and nearby areas causing extensive damage. Reports indicate up to 1200 houses wrecked and 100 dead with 400 injured. Emergency crews, militia, and federal troops aided rescue as city funds and relief efforts mobilized.
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Iowa
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Morehead
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Carter Lake
Lees
Sacred Heart Convent
Council Bluffs
West Farnum
Bemis Park
Oregon Briefs include deaths and local incidents
Grants Pass man Lou Heberlin died by his own hand in Grants Pass. A Neahkahnie Hotel landmark burned. A Monmouth dairyman received 158.16 for cream from Jersey cows. Public lands to be main topic at western governors conference in Utah. Lakeview gets county attorney C. C. Gibbs. Mil ton marshal James Stephens fined for spitting. Wong Gee the Baker band soloist died. A Springfield wife burned in a kitchen accident. Peppermint farming planned near Eugene. Various mining, railroad, and accident notices across Oregon communities.
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Lou A. Heberlin
Oregon
Grants Pass
Z. A. French
Airile
Earlham
Iowa
Neahcoxie
Gearhart
Monmouth
Utah
Governor West
West
C. C. Gibbs
Lakeview
Lake County
James Stephens
Milton
W. S. Anderson
Mary Tibbets
Wong Gee
Baker
Roy E. Johnson
Fischer-Bally
Springfield
O. H. Todd
Eugene
Alfred Todd
Portland
Chemawa
Lewis Hahn
Emperor Solomon
Arthur Eugene Davis
M. C. Davis
Wolf Creek
Horse Shoe
Coyote Creek
William Hartman
Oregon Electric
Orville
Railroad Commission
Thomas Myers
Belcher
Whitney
Sumpter
German inventor's Mars flight dream ends in retreat
In 1899 German innovator Herr Ganswindt proposed a cartridge shaped craft to blast toward Mars in 42 hours. The vessel would carry water food oxygen and a telescope with springs to cushion the rider. Pressure from family led him to abandon the plan despite securing a building contract.
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Herr Ganswindt
William
Herre Gunevind
Ganswindt
New York Mail
Poor Chap Fails to Acknowledge Authority at Asylum
A laborer working in an asylum yard ignores a governor and doctor as they suggest changes. He continues digging, insisting on his own pace until the doctor breaks into a threat. The worker, unaware of his power, calmly replies I am sorry for ye and carries on.
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Lea
London Express
Half shaved barber scares nobleman in gambling tale
A barber hurries away half shaved, fearing he would kill the nobleman over a table heap and his starving family. The lord learns the barber needed the guineas won at the gambling table to feed kin, and spares him, sending him off with the money.
Absentminded La Fontaine Praises Stranger
The famed poet La Fontaine, dining with a guest, extols a man he mistakes as admirable. When told the man is his own son, he replies with surprise then joy, saying he is more eager to know him. The anecdote highlights the poet’s witty aside.
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la Fontaine
Armless and Harmless Venus of Milo Quip
A witty remark contrasts the famous Venus of Milo with a jab about gender roles. The quip questions why the statue is seen as a model woman and imagines she cannot reach into a husband’s pockets.
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Venus of Milo
Baltimore American
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