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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Feb 15, 1899
Page
1
Missionary Letters Describe Widespread Witchcraft Fears in Africa
A letter from Monrovia by a medical missionary details disease in Africa seen as simple yet deadly. She notes natives fear witchcraft, describes horrors in Old Calabar where twins and mothers are killed, and explains teaching English as a path to civility while reporting Liberian children eager for American news and flags.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monrogia
Libera
Africa
Sies
Ron Aimerien
Monrovia
Aumerua
Thie
Alomroe
Aig
Ham
Calabar
United States
New York Sun
River ferry tale of the Bunch dispute and killing
A long narrative recounts a mass riverbank shooting during a 20 year old ferrying dispute near a bayou mouth. The scene features Col Bunch and his son defending his aging father amid a drunken mob, with multiple deaths and a staged escape from the boat. The retelling ends with reflections on neighborliness and social make up.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Massissippi
Enid
Bud Johnson
Remarkable mummy unrolled in London exhibit reveals ancient royal Egypt
E Dufour displayed a 2600 year old male mummy from Thebes weighing 160 pounds and 6 feet 1 inch long at Marylebone. The coffin bore a copper crown with gold plates and leaves, painted zodiac figures, and a papyrus inscription naming Pentemenon. Wrappings, tunics, and bitumen seals describe a royal house member. The unrolling took three hours, exposing gilded breast, red body, and preserved hair and nails.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
de Appenen
E. Dufour
Marylebone Antiquarian Society
Marylebone Road
Dowergypt
Royal House of
Egypt
B.C
Angel of the Cowgate and the bishop's wish
A reflective sketch recalls a cheerful old sweets seller in Edinburghs Cowgate who fed poor children from her tiny stock and died to a crowd of barefoot grievers. Also recounted is Dr Pakenham-Walshs tale of proposing after winning the wishing bone at a dinner party and his wifes subsequent engagement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edinburgh
Heaven
Christendom
Max O’rell
North American Review
Pakenham-Walsh
Ossory
New York Tribune
Reserved Rebuke on a Clergyman’s Parable
A Massachusetts clergyman, now long dead, rebuked a young man who mocked a disabled crowd member. He cited Proverbs to condemn the fool’s speech, noting the verse about a parable in the mouth of fools. The preacher warned the youth to remember the final clause of the verse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Massachusetts
Noted Private Detective Levy and Paris Secret
A New York Herald account recalls Levy, a Paris affairs private detective who once served major banks and hunted communist refugees in London after the commune era. He recounted a tale of French officials and a sealed domestic secret that could topple a great city, noting a stubborn stand against gold offers to reveal it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Levy
Europe
Joe Lyons
London
Whanever
Bank of Mayland
Bhe
Levy Trackel
Paris
France
New York Herald
Tongue Tied Engagement Ends in Heartbreak
A Georgetown girl and a Boston fiancé broke their engagement at 9 45 after a playful tongue twister devolved into a dispute over dialect and manners. The Washington Post notes both were normally sensible but temporarily feeble minded by affection, predicting a permanent rupture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joan Georgetown
Boston
Georgia
Washington Post
Education by mail ad mocks Spain with cheap quotes
The Washington Post notes a nationwide ad selling language lessons by correspondence. Quoted prices for French, German, and Spanish instruction appear to ridicule Spain with a 30 cent Spanish rate, underscoring the ad as tawdry and sham in tone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mi Outfit
Spain
Washington
Oldest Bishop Graves of Limerick Celebrates 86th Birthday
The Right Rev Dr Graves bishop of Limerick marks his eighty sixth year. He is the oldest bishop in the United Kingdom and renowned for scholarly achievements in antiquarian research. He ranks as a leading authority on Ogham writing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Graves
Limerick
United Kingdom
Graves
Antiexpansion stance voiced by Mr Scadds in Detroit Press
In a dialogue captured by the Detroit Press, Mr Scadds declares himself an antiexpansionist while speaking to Mr Hunker as Miss Scadds descends. The exchange highlights a cautious view toward territorial or policy expansion and reflects family sentiment on change.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Scadds
Detroit Press
Two Ware of a Sameness Identical Patient and Doctor Exchange
Dialogue satirizes medical futility with a patient seeking relief from chest pain. The doctor promises a magical cure after a mock treatment, while the patient offers a loaf of bread as a posttreatment reward. Interspersed excerpts mention cucumbers in the East and a nonfunctional piano device, a mock glossary, and beaver retreat in the Rio Grande canyon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London Telegraph
United States
Thas Rio Grande
Eagle Pass
Paso
Signs of reading faces in everyday life in Pearesu's Weekly
A feature on detecting hidden thoughts through facial signals. It explains involuntary muscle movements around the eyes and eyebrows, the lip tremor, and the neck flush as indicators of emotions, including deception, surprise, and determination. The piece cautions readers not to misuse such cues for unfounded suspicion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hogues
Borvst
Perron
Beonus
Emiling
Deoeit
Ely
Pearesu’s Weekly
Singing Well near Cedar Bayou Texas Outlets Strange Harp Like Tones
A Texas well about 60 feet deep near Cedar Bayou in Larria county reportedly emits a musical sound described as an Aolian harp. The music varies with wind direction, water level, and time, sometimes rising and sounding clear, other times fading. Despite attempts to fill the well, water depth remained largely unchanged. the blue tinted clear water drew attention in Fort Worth Fort Worth Car Chicago Inter Ocean.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Bayou
Larria County
Tex
Tell
Ben
Mr. Watkins
Fort Worth
Chicago
Inter Ocean
American Humor And Oddities From The Times
The piece reflects on American and English humor through anecdotes about pronunciation and jokes at Bank counters and a Hartford state official. It cites medical author The British Medical Journal and notes timing patterns for deaths and births, then ends with a quirky portrait of the late Duke of Portland and his coat habits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Grossmith
New York
Bank of England
America
Statehouse
Hartford
Had Other Chaneca. Harper's Bazaar dialogue reveal
A fragment from Harper's Bazaar presents a witty exchange between a maiden aunt and her young niece. The saucy nieces retort with bold defiance, reflecting playful social banter of the period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harper’s Bazar
Sure Cure Veiled Inquiries Across a Stranger Tale
Fragmentary text recounts a curious domestic exchange where deceit and illness intersect. A husband’s name appears, a doctor’s medicine is mentioned, and a night-long gas exposure is implied, all folded into a terse 19th century style vignette.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Son
Henry
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