Andrew Lang on Witchcraft and Royal Ghosts Across Europe
Andrew Lang argues that belief in witchcraft stirred debate from the 16th to 17th centuries, noting both skeptics who curbed burning fears and proponents who blamed devilish power. The piece traces specters like the White Lady of the Hohenzollerns and the Red Man of the Tuileries, linking royal omens to deaths across German, French, and Russian lines, with tales of Agnes of Orlamunde, Frederick the Great, and Napoleon era sightings.
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Bartha-Holia
Fife
Germany
Agnes
Orlamunde
Stord
Isdy
Prussia
Berths
Vlach
Baireuch
Margrave
Erdmann
Philip
Fred Ham
Produmck the Great
le ix
Frederick the Great
Frederick William
Durzen
Bimin
Phantom figures and a concluded Newark watch case in 1881
A fragmented 19th century column recounts the Black Cossack legend tied to Catherine the Great and Czar Nicholas with mentions of visits to St. Petersburg Moscow and the Winter Palace before the Crimean War and the czar's death. It also notes a separate case in Paterson Newark and Passaic where Justice George Senior decides a disputed watch ownership after a carriage ride.
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de Rowase
Ghent
House of Bomaniff
Comsck
Feter the Great
Peter the Great
Poum Tly
Ivan Vi
Lim
Fos
Baman
Catherine the Great
St. Petersburg
Moscow
Nicholas
Winter Palace
Ccar
House of Hapsburg, Inc
Croer
Rudolph
Warninus
Incoherent OCR excerpts reflect a drummer and horse riding remark
Fragmentary dialogue centers on a drummer's travel tale in Georgia with references to horses, country life, a store interaction, and a tense line about a boss and watchers. The text is garbled and difficult to parse for a clear event or names.
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Georgis
Insanity Epidemic Reported in Boda Pesth and Surrounding Areas
An epidemic of suede and related mental health crises has spread through Boda Pesth and nearby Hunganao zones. About seven personal crisis alerts appeared in one cay two weeks ago, with hospitals overwhelmed by cases of insanity and intoxication from dangerous, brain-harming beverages linked to phylloxera-era wine substitutes.
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Parla
Masermy
Wiethhes Debold
Boda-Pesth
Hunganao Zones
HARDSHIPS OF THE SEA AND SURVIVAL AT SEA
A Danish sailor from the whaling ship Tristram recounts surviving multiple shipwrecks near Goughs Island and off Nightingale Island. After a brutal encounter with a giant devilfish he endured months aboard the stricken vessel before rescue. He later faced further storms and long odds at sea before reaching safety and continuing duty aboard Witch of New Bedford. The tale includes encounters with sharks, extreme thirst, and exhausting battles with nature before final rescue.
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New London
Conn
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Tristram
Gough’s Island
Hur
Dans
Nightingale
Dene
Fmil
Mer Beauie
New Bedford
Iil Hick
Rand
Pennsylvania Road Agents Hold Up Two Locomotives
Desperate duo in western Pennsylvania fired on railroad workers near Pittsburg seven miles from Pittsburg and Western rail road. They ordered crews to move trains and forced passengers into a panic at Wildwood grove before being captured by a posse. Reddy Neff led the gang, a suspected headquarter within a mined coal site.
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Missouri
Big Muddy
Pennsylvania
Stricker
Western Road
Pittsburg
Naff
Wildwood
Ikeff
Wildwood Grove
Neff
Reddy
Nef
Sharpsberg
Precocious 13 year old commits suicide in Bologna report
A 13 year old Bologna student Gio raanni Costa shot himself with a revolver after unrequited love and heavy school pressure. His will lists bequests to family and friends and requests a quiet funeral. The pall mill budget notes his statements and references to his mother and sister Ads Ida and letters not yet published. The coroner’s finding and related remarks are cited from the New York Herald.
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Bologna
Gioraanni Costa
Emme Pizzireni
Astelivereni
Ads
Ida
Bo Fatty
Hanging of Bil Stebbins Described in Speakee Jailyard
The scene at Spekeee illustrates a morbid crowd watching the execution of Bil Stebbins for the murder of his wife. The sheriff, formal and distant, oversees the ritual as the condemned man asks for a final gesture of reconciliation. The trap, rope, and final button press mark a stark end to a life of crime.
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Spekaee
Old Bil Stebbins
Spekeee
Mar
Fiddling to the Fair and a Thrifty Bride Prank
Ridgenary farm in Tolland County hosts Shumway a thrifty husbandman who bets Orrin Hunting his daughter Sarahs hand on a moneyless journey to the World Fair hunting by fiddle and labor. If Hunting returns by mid October the couple may wed, else the plan collapses. Also noted is Col H G Prout editor warning of railway accident losses exceeding 12 million dollars annually in the US.
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Pathondria
Troman
Walter Scots
Glanvel
F. R.S
Scott and
Webster
More
Glarvil
Ridgenary Farm
Tolland County
Conn
Shumway
Laban
Jacob
Rachel
Iir Shomney
Orrin
Sarah
Hunt
Connecticut
Hunting
Ridgewsay Farm
New England
Unclear excerpt hints at archery and unsettled mood
Fragmentary text hints at an archer named Ip and discussions of thick eyebrows and physical strength. Mentions a figure Phi Say and “In The News” with somber mood and scattered names, lacking coherent event or location details.
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Ievin
Melarcholy
Loewan
Meteorite bits and cotton seed uses in old notes
A collage of notes describes meteorites striking earth causing brief white heat, with metallic and stony varieties showing Widmannstatten and Schreibersite markings. It mentions cottonseed's diverse uses, including oil, livestock feed, fiber, paper, soap, and a claimed sugar from seed meal. Also touched are vines treated with petroleum, ancient knowledge, and a curious oil from hens’ yolks used by South Russian colonists.
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Greenland
Smasa
Canrot Diablo
Zanzibar
Egis
South Russa
New Wire Saws Hard Woods With Electrical Charge
A startling report from Poplar Science News says a platinum wire cured by electric current now saws the hardest woods. Early failures were fixed by a four core steel wire plated with platinum using platinic chloride in peanut butter. Production shifts to Manchester Germany as Dr. Schigha of Ludwigshafen unveils the process and promises London market access.
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Poplar Science News
Manzhim
Germany
Schigha
Ludwigshafen
London
Rambler and Remington Memorized Reward Notice
A vivid old time ad warns readers to memorize a doublet about Rambler when you ride and Remington when you write. It promises a thousand dollars reward but mocks awards and invites readers to call The News office for further facts and figures.
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Remington
Herzelf
Tee News Office
Falier Facta and
Sgures
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Red Man
Tuileries
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St. Louis Globe Democrat
Ned
Frederick William IV
Kaiser Willem
Frederik
Marie Antoinette
Therles
Emper
Waterloo
Justice George
Paterson
Wan
Tatu
Newark Paterson
Pessaic
Judge Senior
Jude Senior
Maz Anid
Justice
Lig
Mariner
Ory
Pennsylvania Road Agents
Preston
Tee
New York
Gerald
Pash
Egor
Earth
Philoxterm
Side Mely
Strabo
French Academy of Sciences
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