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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1893
Page
2
An eyewitness account details deadly big cat encounters from Bengal to Matabeleland. Hunters and officers pursue a man blamed for devastation, while lion stories describe close calls, charges, and survivors. The text recalls a tense grove standoff and a camp assault by an enraged lion, with bullets and brave escapes shaping a grim frontier narrative.
Fragmentary OCR text yields a fragmented note mentioning Paris and a royal connection. The readable content hints at a historical or telegraphy themed phrase without clear dates or named entities beyond Paris. No distinct event, person, or organization is conclusively identifiable.
A clipped dialogue in verse traces a jokey quarrel between two speakers about devotion and beauty versus common sense. The lines reveal a playful banter over marriage prospects and mutual praise, ending with a teasing deflection and a refrain.
Veterans of the plains in Chicago recalled a remembered clash on the Republican River. The tale centers on 1860s operations against raiding Apache and Sioux bands, led by Col. Forsythe and Native leaders including Roman Nose and Goose Creek. Stilwell and Pete Trudell endured a brutal endurance march toward Fort Wallace, suiting raw horse flesh and winter hides as they sought rescue while the wounded and exhausted held on.
An observed scene on the Newark voyage includes a crew member named Benedict reportedly awakening to a sprung ankle while a companion noted a motionless figure. The text references a newspaper called The News as the source of the sighting.
The dramatic coin robbery at the Rookery reveals John Adams Drake, treasurer of the Indians, as he fights masked robbers who beat him and steal money envelopes. Police doubt self-robbery theories as Chicago reels from a wave of crimes tied to the World’s Fair era.
A fragmented verse critiques women fashion and its social scrutiny. The speaker evokes many names and garments, railing against the authority of “the sleeve” and the gaze of arbiters. The verse drifts through flirtation, fashion and public judgment with shifting markers and biblical or classical echoes.
A narrator follows Colonel Pierce in a Boston station into a vast iron tube system. He recalls a newspaper article about a proposed Atlantic tunnel device linking Europe and America and learns the plan uses giant air powered trains through steel tubes under the sea. He experiences the silent ride and questions its reality.
Storekeepers note electric light aids color matching yet distorts delicate shades. The daily paper complains that pinks and purples blur under electric light, greens gain brightness, and crimsons look strong only when toned. Some claim warm hues appear pale or ghastly, turning off stylish shoppers and fashionable minds.
A garbled excerpt references Queen Victoria and a will bound in velvet with a private lock. It mentions Hindustani music theory and a blunt description of music as a painfully acquired form expressed in a loud shrill voice.
A survey of famed diamonds and their fates, from the Itressfontein Excelsior over 71 carats to the Robinoor found near the Kishna River, with a history of royal possession. It also notes Shah of Persia, the Emperor of Austria, and Queen Victoria connections, plus portraits of George Washington and Napoleon, and a brief note on nickel from 18th century Germany and major ore sources.
Unclear fragment mentions Bea and a sixth degree grant or grant by Bea. Details are unreadable, rendering a precise event or person identification impossible.
A fragmentary note discusses the invention of playing cards and a suggested path of introduction into Europe via early traders or merchants. The text hints at uncertain origins and the spread of card games across continents.
Printer offers copper plate engraving with name on a plate and 40 cards for 27.00 or 100 cards for 1.50, engraving address for 0.25 extra. Wedding invitations in various styles. 100 invitations on 80 pound stock complete 3.50, each additional hundred 3.00. Bionograms, crests, dies. Send old plate to Tas News Frederick, Md. for 100 cards 1.00 or 50 cards 0.60.
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