Theebaw’s Ruby Ring and a Burma Surrender Tale
A Britain Empire note recounts Sir Harry Prendergast’s 1884 Burma conquest and the surrender of King Theebaw at Mandalay. The king pleads to keep his ring and wife as exiled royal procession begins, while an officer’s receipt lists the royal retinue.
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Sir Harry Prendergast
V. C
Burma
France
King Theebaw
Theebaw
Sir Harry
Mandalay
India
King Theeban
Harry
London
Cor
New York Sun
Archibishop Usher and the Eleventh Commandment
An Irish coast tale recalls Archbishop Usher washed ashore seeking aid. A churchman challenges him on commandments. Usher declares eleven, then cites a new commandment to love one another.
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Usher
Ireland
Partitions of Poland Across Three Historic Divisions
The text outlines Poland being partitioned three times. In 1772 Prussia gained Malberg Pomoria Warmia Culm and Great Poland parts, Austria acquired Red Russia Galicia Podolia Sandomir Cracow, and Russia obtained White Russia beyond the Dnieper. The 1793 partition expanded Prussia into Great and Little Poland, and moved Russia to central Lithuania and Volhynia. In 1795 Austria secured territory between Pilica and Vistula, Prussia held the capital up to the Niemen, and Russia took the remainder.
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Poland
Prussia
Lithuania
Volhynia
Austria
Vistula
Niemen
Russia
Canny Scot Rejects Bribe and Accepts Cigar Offer
A commercial traveler seeks to pay with Havana cigars for a large hardware order. The Scottish manager, a kirk member, refuses the bribe but after a dalliance accepts two boxes for a pintety nominal sum.
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Kirk
A Movable Feast Clambake Tip From Rhode Island
A westerner at a Rhode Island clambake learns a rule of table manners from Senator A. He says he set his seat four inches from the table and moves back when he feels himself at the limit, illustrating practical etiquette.
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Rhode Island
Senator A
St. Louis Town
Congress reaches tariff compromises on lead ore wool and cotton
After weeks of talks the conference committee settled key tariff disputes. House and Senate lines on lead ore and wool tariffs were reconciled, with each side adopting the other's rates on certain items. Income tax estimates project 425000 filers and $82.298 million in revenue. Literacy test efforts and immigration bill moves loom as Taft vetoes linger in memory.
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Washington
Senate
House
Conference Committee
Treasury
Internal Revenue Collectors
Congress
Taft
House Committee On Immigration
Mr. Taft
Wilson
Alaska
House Judiciary Committee
Simmons
Joint Conference Committee
Clayton
Alabama
Oscar W. Underwood
Interstate Commerce Commission
New England
State Department
Oregon
Chile
Armorer's Tools Pioneer Relics in New York Museum Basement
In the basement of the Metropolitan Museum of Art a complete armorer shop houses over 600 tools displayed as relics of ancient craftsmanship. The collection, once owned by Daniel Tachaux who brought them from Paris in 1900, includes nearly 100 stakes and many hammers and wedges, reflecting early sheet metal work heritage.
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New York
Art Museum
Mosern
E. A. Saverkrop
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Aio
Museem
Recession of Glaciers From Inland Ice Fields
The Victoria Colonist notes the Muir glacier is disintegrating along its face as climate warming and reduced snowfall may drive glacier retreat. It cites uncertain causes and references historic observations of coastal recession and a major 1846 Greenland barrier collapse as context for long term change.
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Muir
Bes
Atlantic
North Pacific
Sir Charles Lyell
Fee Barrier
Greenland
Victoria Colonist
Any path will do all paths lead to the grave
A Kansas City Star snippet describes a man arriving in agony and asking for a doctor. The messenger asks what kind, and the patient replies any path will do, noting all paths lead to the grave. The quip reflects a grim joke on medical options.
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Kansas City
Multilingual quartet charms New York audience in Martha
A reminiscence notes Clara Louise Kellogg leading a four language quartet in English Italian German and French during the opera Martha. An audience of mixed languages did not notice the linguistic mix.
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New York Sun
Clara Louise Kellogg
Miss Kellogg
Brignoli
Beating the sword into a plowshare exchange
A tourist asks about turning a sword into a plowshare and a Blacksmith replies he makes war relics, saying he manufactures weapons. The exchange appears in the Louisville Courier Journal.
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Louisville Courier-Journal
Opening Night Sparks Light Theater Exchange
Bess tells Jack that calling him up felt like watching a beautiful drama. He replies that she gave him a season pass and hopes the play ends happily, as reported by the Chicago Record-Herald.
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Bess
Jack
Tese
Chicago Record-Herald
Teacher On grammar classi What a sinevlar pronoun
A note about a grammar class prompts reflection on pronouns and relationships. Johnny is mentioned in a playful, unfinished context suggesting discussion of marital status. The fragment hints at classroom humor and language focus without a clear news event.
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Johnny
Indge
Gentor Perspiration Thema R Edison
The fragment mentions Gentor and Edison like figures in a vague topic of perspiration and theme. No clear event or publishable detail emerges, but references to individuals and a general theme persist in the unreadable text.
Engineer Survives Sierra Gorda Capture With Hidden Nerve
Max T. Schmidt reports in Engineering Magazine on a chief road engineer who, in the Sierra Gorda mountains, faced four armed bandits. He dismounted, asked a thief to guard his property, and successfully secured his belongings and an escort by earning the bandits’ trust rather than force.
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Mexico
Sierra Gorda
Sud Be
Ooney
Max T. Schmidt
Engineering Magazine
Capturing Zanzibar A Comic Battle Overthrew the Gay Sultan
An excerpt from Howe's Monthly recounts Zanzibar's history with a long ruling sultan facing English control. A town palace used as British offices, a deserted harem, and a failed sultanic navy are noted as the English gunboat advances, sinking the sultan's forces.
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Bultan
Zanzibar
England
Paris
F. W. Howe
Howe's Monthly
Going Astray at Sea
A Harper's Weekly observation notes that steering a modern steamship is difficult as waves and rolling push the course off true. The compass provides the intended course, but small deviations accumulate, potentially moving the ship four miles off course in a day.
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Harper's Weekly
Diogenes Pursues Honest Man In Frugal Quest
A Washington Star quote features Diogenes declaring, I am looking for an honest man. He adds that his aim is to show the world how to conduct a long and resultless investigation with minimal expense. The wit highlights philosophy and frugality.
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Diogenes
Washington Star
Percy Seeks Paper but Clerk Sends Him to Hardware Store
A humorous exchange finds Percy asking for paper in a stationery shop but a clerk redirects him to sandpaper at a hardware store, with Percy learning the misdirection.
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Percy
Coffee Comment Sparks London Post Sorrow
Walter complains the coffee is thick mud and the reply notes it was ground this morning. The exchange highlights a humorous office mishap in a London setting.
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Walter
London
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J. C. Price
U. S. Natl
E. P. Dixon
John 8. Rankin
Physicians and Surgeons
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Littlefield & Romig
Thos. W. Hester
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White
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Mueller the Tailor
G. E. Stuart
Gregory Building
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YARD
Dawson House
West Hancock St
E. P. Hamilton
the Ice Man
J. L. van Blaricom
Iron Works
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Marie Orsiane
A. M. Dunlap
Ebnos Ellis
Volmes College
Portland
Ongaon
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