Two Rustlers Captured After Washington Pursuit
Mary and two desperadoes were pursued across the state with a posse led by William Nolan. The fugitives surrendered near Spokane River after days on the run. Puck-cl-Petsey confessed guilt while his brother claimed innocence, with a likely double execution anticipated in Washington.
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William Nolan
Mary
William Non
Spokane River
Kalukin
Wilber
Puck-cl-Petsey
Washington
Prodigal Son Sermon Noted by Southern Preacher
A Louisville Times report notes Judge Sterling B. Toney accompanies a Southern preacher as he rehearses a sermon on the prodigal son at a small country church service. The preacher emphasizes the parable's timeless relevance to everyday life.
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Louisville Times
Sterling B. Toney
Dead wildcat killed before the tussle on Clinch Mountain
A Detroit Free Press account describes a settler and his wife with a dead wildcat, their awkward exchange over the animal’s death, and plans to skin it for whisky and tobacco. The man says he killed the cat about a mile away, while the tussle afterward lasted an hour.
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Clinch Mountain
Detroit Free Press
Prodigal Father and Lost Girl Saga Told at Old Home
A long narrative mixing a child’s kidnapping and rescue with an extended parable of the prodigal son. Mary, abducted by two Indians, endures a brutal five day trek tied to a pony before an Indian woman finds her and returns her to her grandfather the San Poil chief. The tale then shifts to a moralizing court-like scene about repentance, wealth, and familial forgiveness, interwoven with a rustic incident of a family dispute observed by the narrator.
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Mary
Percival
Delmonico’s
Nursery Rhyme About Royal Bicycle Mischief
A verse depicts a king departing from strict accounting, the queen and king bicycling, neglecting bread and honey while the maid buys a wheel and leaves laundry hanging. A nimble blackbird is hinted as stealing half her nose in a playful, tongue in cheek scene.
A Remarkable Koha Echoes at Loch Gill Tourists
A Killarney tourist seeks the famed echo at Loch Gill after hiring two rowers. With an oar broken and one man swimming for another, the echo finally answers in brogue, repeating the tourist and offering a drink with hearty Irish phrases.
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Killarney
Loch Gill
Begorra
Age of Facts and Follies Reflected in Modern Thought
A recentered view on the age of facts and follies, noting metaphysical riddles and problematical ideals revived by modern psychology. It calls for scientific mastery of these notions, attributed to Rev. Frances E. Mason of Brooklyn.
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Ain
Frances E. Mason
Brooklyn
Swallows Overwhelm Russian Steamer Off Odessa Route
A Savannah News account recalls a Odessian voyage where a Russian steamer en route from Odessa to Leghorn and Malaga was swamped by a vast swarm of swallows. The crew battled birds filling decks, rigging, and a smokestack, delaying eight hours before resuming voyage with frightened crew and passengers.
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Odessa
Savannah
Leghorn
Malaga
Sleepbound German Girl Baffles Doctors in Mysterious Trance
In Brevensworth Germany Maria Coots keous a lively local girl has slept for 65 days with 60 days observed by physicians amid health still normal. A jealous absent lover is blamed by some for a possible hypnotic trance, others call it auto suggestion. Experts say she may remain asleep equally long if the condition persists and only the lover’s return could break the spell. The case draws Berlin medical notice as witnesses discuss hypnotic possibility and lack of typical trance symptoms.
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Maria Cootskeous
Somno Jence
Brevensworth
Germany
Stevensworth
Maria
Berlin
The Man at the Lever Describes a Calmed Locomotive Engineer
A Railroad Gazette profile portrays an engineer as a placid, precise figure. He handles three levers with quiet order, watches the gauge, and keeps sighted ahead. The cab’s noise limits conversation while speed feels less dramatic when viewed forward.
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Railroad Gazette
Sealed in a Buggy Wedding Near Rome Georgia
A couple in Rome Georgia wed last week while seated with the officiating clergyman in his buggy. They found the minister away dining and planned to wait, but met him on the road and the ceremony was performed between the two buggies.
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Rome
Austria Reports Surplus and Debt Reduction for 1894
Austria shows a 2,000,000 florin surplus for 1894 despite 24,000,000 florins spent on currency reform to gold. The prospect for 1895 is equally favorable. Public debt has fallen by 48,090,000 florins.
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Austria
Trade settlement planned for Japanese in Hang-Chow area
Japanese traders may be restricted to a specified zone outside Hang-Chow’s principal custom house as part of a treaty arrangement. Authorities intend a three mile wide belt north of Kung-Cheng bridge where land sales to foreigners are allowed, with penalties for selling other land.
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Hang-Chow
Kung-Cheng Bridge
Single lorgnette becomes New York fashion fad
In Vienna Paris and New York fashion circles discuss a new eyeglass style. Vi enna women wore a single eyeglass then Paris frowns on the idea. New York has adopted the single lorgnette as the decorative fad of the hour with little uptake of the single eyeglass.
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Vienna
Paris
New York
Metropolis
Snake Guardian: Naturalist and Burglar Tale From the Roadside
A naturalist travels with a snake as a traveling companion. One night the snake defends the professor by coiling around a burglar, who had broken into the dining room. The tale ends with the frightened burglar crushed and the snake’s tail rattling for a policeman.
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Haymond
Ous
Eidbag
Sealr
Attailen
Cousyn
Wutea
Valle
Aleea
Easton
Greere
Edgar
Workings Girls to Close Stores
The working girls clubs of Massachusetts plan 5 o'clock store closures during January February and March. The organization includes Amaranth Roxbury and several Boston area clubs such as Roxbury Boyleston Cambridge Girls' Clover Dorchester Fall River En deavor New Bedford and more.
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Working Girls’ Clubs
Massachusetts
Amaranth Club
Roxbury
Boyleston
Boston
Cambridge Girls’ Club
Clover Club
Dorchester
Fall River
Friendly Workers
Endeavor Club
New Bedford
Writers and Writers Life From 19th Century Gossip News
Ella Wheeler Wilcox endorses reincarnation while noting many share the belief. A New York publisher shows only forty of 165 books published in October were taken, leaving 125 unsold. Jules Simon’s Swiss real name rumor. Dandet’s Faubourg Saint Germain home unchanged since Duc de Berri era. Rhoda Broughton rests at Oxford awaiting autumn life. Hugo statue due 1900 with Guernsey papers and exile letters to be published.
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Ella Wheeler Wilcox
New York
Jules Simon
Suisse
Victor Cousin
Dandet
Faubourg Saint Germain
Duc de Berri
Rhoda Broughton
Oxford
London
University
Victor Hugo
Guernsey
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Mack
Pokane
Wash
Oreath
Ved
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