Mongrel Race in Delaware and Moorish Origins Debate
The Milford Herald reports speculation on the Moors and mixed Indigenous groups in Kent and Sussex counties Delaware. It cites George P Fisher and local witnesses detailing varied origins from Moorish Spanish wrecks to Nanticoke Indian descent and a case involving Levin Sockum and Teaiah Harmon. The piece recounts family traditions of a woman Regua and a slave who purportedly led to intermarriage with Nanticoke remnants.
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Kent
Sussex Counties
Delaware
Milford
Del
George P. Fisher
Noke Norwood
Fisher
Levin Sockum
Teaiah Harmon
Harmon
Lewes Creek
Regua
Sussex County
Dedication of Chicamauga National Military Park near Chattanooga
The Chicamauga National Military Park near Chattanooga was formally dedicated with about 75 000 in attendance. Attendees included Attorney General Jarman Secretary of the Navy Her vert Secretary of the Interior So und Postmaster General Wilson and many governors. View President Stevenson presided. addresses by General Palmer and General Gorton highlighted the commemorative events. Veterans in turnout impressed by the enduring image of old war dogs bearing a cherished emblem.
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Chicamauga National Military Ark
Chattanooga
Jarman
Navy
Hervert
Secretary of the
Interior Sound
Wilson
Maker's Dozen
North
Eath
Vicw
Stevenson
Almer
Ilinois
Gorton
Georgia
Governa Ned
Ians
Ste
Grosvenor
Underground City Found Beneath Bokharan Hills
A report describes extensive caves near Karki Turkestan leading to an underground Bokharan city dating to two centuries before Christ. The labyrinth comprises streets and squares with multi story houses and artifacts including utensils vases and coins, indicating advanced civilization and urban planning.
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Provesane
Karki
Asie
Turkestan
Peary Arctic Expedition Faces Setback and Kite Collection
Peary returns from the Arctic with an exhausted team living on a single meal per day and lacking food for the final miles. The Kite on board holds the most valuable Arctic science collection yet, while collaborators declare the failure a death blow to future American expeditions. Peary feels the defeat keenly, drawing sympathy from many.
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Peary Arctic Expedition
Peary
Sugar planter gains land rights on Hawaii in cable deal
British observer accuses the United States of a dog in the manger policy over a new exclusive land grant for an American sugar planter to lay a submarine telegraph cable on Hawaii. He urges Washington representations and condemns the move as a gigantic bounce.
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Loxpox
Jobe
Hawaii
United States
Washington
Silver conference adopts free silver platform in Washington
The silver conference at Washington completed its work by adopting a free silver platform and forming a full campaign organization with national and executive committees. Its stated aim is to carry the Democratic party’s time-honored principles to the next national convention. The phrase signals the bimetallic forces’ clear intent, understood by supporters and observers alike.
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Washington
Democratic Party
Mudgett Arraigned on Philadelphia Murder Charge
A. Mudgett alias H. J. was arraigned before Judge Finletter in the court of oyer and terminer on an indictment for the murder of Benjamin F. Pitzel in Philadelphia on September 2. He pleaded not guilty after counsel’s advice. Trial set for Monday. The chamber of commerce poll on the money question showed 88 for free silver, 216 against, 52 unknown, with 30 Republicans and 31 Democrats among the 48 in favor.
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Wver
Hiladelphia
Paladeleuta
Man A. Mudgett
H. J
Finletter
Court of Oyer and Terminer
Benjamin F. Pitzel
Pdelphia
Wax advertising girl melts in Wilmington shop window
A $6,000 wax figure used as a summer advertisement in a Wilmington Delaware shop window melted due to intense heat. The piece, described as a model of a “summer girl,” was expected to endure hot weather, prompting commentary that wax advertising is precarious in summer heat. The narrator notes that ink and brains resist temperature changes.
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Wilmington
Del
Iowa Patent Office Report Shows Six Patents Granted
Des Moines reports six Iowa patents issued last week. N E Machlan of Des Moines received a patent for a portrait and the words Machlan's conqueror of consumption. C E Graham of Norwalk earned a patent for an improved wagon end gate fastening with external and internal devices to secure tight joints.
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Des Moines
Iowa
N. E. Machlan
Machlan
C. E. Graham
Norwalk
Rata Onwis
The Lazy Club of Vienna Counts Members and Ban on Work
One of the queerest clubs in the world is the Lazy club of Vienna. It is said to have a membership of 100, and there are thousands waiting for admission. No member of this organization can do anything for a living, and the slightest suspicion of work that rests on a member means his expulsion.
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Vienna
West-Pointer
Binx
Jesus
Reunion of Giants at Harmon Coleman Family Gathering
A family reunion at 110n Pa brought together six sons of Mr and Mrs Harmon Coleman. The six measured a combined height of 37 feet 6 inches. The tallest was 6 feet 5 inches and the shortest 6 feet.
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Harmon Coleman
Scraps From a Century Ago on Population and Industry
A collection of curious historical notes cites a 1,537 acre apple orchard in Fairmont Kas as perhaps the largest in the world, a 1839 domestic servant count of 1,075,653, Rhode Island and Connecticut mill employment, Lake Erie fish yield, foreign-born farmers at 17.6 percent, carpenters as the era’s top craft, Niagara Falls power loss estimates, alphabet letter counts, and an oculist’s claim linking eye color to greatness.
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Fairmont
Kas
United States
Rhode Island
Connecticut
Lake Erie
Carpenters
Niagara Fall
Philadelphia
SIFTINGS: various maxims and religious quips
A column of aphoristic observations and homely maxims touching religion, society, money, and human behavior. The notes blend proverbs with humorous twists about fortune, charity, and self reliance, concluding with a cautious nod to faith and patience.
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J. R. Gorrell
and & Gorrell
Newton
Towa
Orace Howes
H.S. Winslow
LAW
Orrell Block
Newton, Towa
Velroy & Northup
Jasper Conny B. Sewton
E. J. Shlmon
J.W. Allfree
A. M. Harrah
Fnann Wilson
Jasper County Bank
Frank D. Jaclident
Jas
Taggart Priestly
CD. Hoardman
Agt
AS. Bewyer
Lambert Bros. & Bewyer
Churchill
U. S
Sloanaker
CTAB
Jasper
E. Lyday
First National Bank
Authorzea Capital
Vaid
Yuu Ipital
Harrai
Silas
Jastin
Cosloanaker
Rx Gunistian Ber Exchange
J. HL. Lypay
Jr J.P Bearey
Guv. B. Monten
Irieleling
J. W. Long
Mewtok, Iowa
National Military Park
Maytag & Emerson
Miller Bros
Jasper County
Great Britain
The
New York Weekly Tribune
George W Best
Tribune
New York City
New York Weekly
Morgan & Hunter
B.J
Vna
B. Joy
Patent Office Report
Mia
George
Loti
Pullman
BT. Paul
Minneapolis
Northwest
BT. Louis
Kansas City
South
Peoria
Iowa Central
Lm.martin
Thos
P. Barry
Com
Marshalltown
Arvanarn
Sindy Sgotowo
Chase & West
Drake Sanitarium
West Fourth St
Joseph HW. Drake, M. D
Posner
Walnut St
Raurona Tare
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