Haunted Barry's Acre New Tenants Stir Local Rumor
Estella Warner and her husband John Hicks move into Barry cottage on Barry's acre while a haunted-house reputation swirls. They seek a servant from the neighboring colored settlement but locals react with caution and superstition. A cook declines, others express disbelief at a white household hiring.
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Sbarry's Acre
Stella Warner
John Hicks
John
Barry
Barry's Acre
Estella
Mysel
Barry’s Acre
Chile
Haunted Acre Becomes Hicks Hold In County Tale
Estella and John Hicks move into a reputedly haunted house at Berry's Acre. A frightening stair descent proves harmless when a gray rat emerges with a potato, prompting laughter and a decision to keep the property, which they later rename Hicks Hold. The local legend endures in neighboring counties.
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Estella
John Hicks
Barry’s Acre
Hicks’ Hold
Antidote for Snake Poison Described by Past Traditions
The Chautauquan notes that various African and Asian peoples long used snake venom as medicine to gain immunity, by eating or inoculating with venom. European observers only recognized the idea after Pasteur's experiments suggested venom exposure could confer resistance.
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Psyller
Africa
Italy
Guner
India
Barbary
Mozambique
South Africa
Europe
Pasteur
Brave engineer dies in steamer wreck on Chatta hooche river
The Mobile Register reports the Griggs wreck on the Chat tahooche river where engineer Waterberry stayed at his post as the vessel filled and sank. Two others died, a roustabout and a frightened woman, while all others were saved thanks to the engineer's devotion.
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Daily Press
Mobile Register
John Hay
Jim Bludio
Prairie Belle
Chattahooche River
Griggs
Waterberry
Conflicting Views On Greek Treatment Cited by Enquirer
The Cincinnati Enquirer quotes a dialogue about sympathy for Greeks. Hargraves claims understanding from personal experience of police brutality three years ago, including being clubbed and fined for resisting.
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Hargraves
Wallace
Cincinnati Enquirer
Teacher administers castor oil to noisy pupils
An Indianapolis News report notes a South Bend Indiana teacher opposed to corporal punishment used large doses of castor oil to discipline principal offenders among unruly students. The incident underscores debates over discipline methods in schools and the teacher's stance against corporal punishment.
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Indianapolis News
South Bend
Ind
Not Forgotten The Waiter Beg pardon Have you forgotten me
The brief exchange recalls a vanished scene as a waiter asks if he is remembered while a diner half recalls a distant meeting. The quip captures memory and recognition in a single sharp moment from the New York Journal.
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New York Journal
Hunted Down Yeast Editor’s Curious Phrase
The letter questions the editor’s use of the expression hunted down and asks if the phrase carries a hidden meaning. The brief note, signed by Crimsonbeak and Yonk ers Statesman, challenges phrasing in the column.
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Yeast
Crimsonbeak
Yonkers Statesman
Wrung Eagle’s Neck Rescue Ends in Battle with Bird
Bertha Moore saved 8-year-old Elsie Tolson from a huge bald eagle on a Jersey Shore mountain. The eagle tore Bertha badly before she strangled the bird, dragged its corpse a mile to show proof, and endured severe injuries. The piece also notes a machine’s immense power and proximity of sparks.
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Lucky Bertha Moore
Miss Moore
Ellie Tolson
Jersey Shore
Lycoming County
Elsie
Bertha
Why the Sky Is Blue A Simple Explanation
The article explains the sky’s blue color comes from reflected light by countless tiny particles in air. It notes air is colorless and transparent, and interference of light in water vapor gives the blue hue, stronger when looking straight up than toward the horizon.
How Grandpa Boiled the Eggs
Grandpa notes the mason will not fix the chimney until after three. He suggests a cold lunch and then proposes boiling eggs outdoors without a fire. Grandma doubts the wind, Edith suspects a joke, but grandpa urges them to come out and see.
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Grandpa
Grandma
Edith
Electrical Influence and a New Light-Projecting Machine
A Victorian Era exposition feature describes a novel machine with twenty four three foot discs able to emit a controlled electric spark over thirty four inches. It presents two separate electrical streams, adjustable by the operator, and claims substantial gains in current generation and usability even in poor atmospheric conditions.
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Earle’s Court
London
Sister Defends Him at Dinner in Family Talk
Able Defence recounts a dining table exchange where Tommy asks if his sister likes him. She affirms by defending him to their father who had called him a donkey, arguing not to judge a man by looks.
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Tommy
Dinener
Father
Sis
Dancing is poetry of motion and hugging license
The Detroit Journal quips on dances and the embrace in social waltzes noting that girls consent to hugs from strangers as part of courtship, while calling dancing poetry of motion and hugging poetic license.
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Detroit Journal
Mrs De Rich Leaves Baby in Care Chat
Mrs De Rich instructs Nanette to care for the baby as she leaves. Nanette confirms and mentions feeding at six o'clock.
Verry Tragedy Shocks Illinois Farming Community
In Armington area near Arlington Illinois a farmer named Verry shot Reagan after learning of alleged betrayal by Reagan with Verry’s daughter Lillian age 16. Reagan, 30, was wounded in the shoulder and survived. Verry surrendered, posted bail, and his motive traced to letters and rumors about the affair. Verry, born 1819 in Boston Massachusetts, had built a large Illinois estate and faced potential consequences if Reagan dies.
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Arlington
Lil
Verry-Reagan
Reagan
Verry
Lillian Verry
Lillian
Mae
Pekin
Teachers’ Institute
Miner
Reom
Verrys
Terry
Mr. Verry
Boston
Mags
Illinois
Jacksonville
Tazewell County
Central Twinets
Masked men rob Butte County bank in Helle Fourche
Four masked robbers raided the Butte County bank at Helle Fourche South Dakota, taking about $10,000 from the safe. A cashier was struck, a robber surrendered after a chase, and a posse pursued the others toward the Bad Lands. The bank offers a $5,000 reward.
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Butte County
Helle Fourche
S. D
Sam Carey
Black Hills
Wells-Pargo Company
Buffalo Gap
Carey
The Pack That Kills Old Hoss Hoey and Paresis Attack
A legacy of dissipation and paresis haunts the theater world. The piece cites William F Hoey known as Old Hoss, and lists peers like John McCullough Tony Hart Bartley Campbell and others as victims of the modern disease. It notes gambling drinking and lack of rest as contributing factors and observes that many victims had limited early education and generous natures.
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Wiliam F
Hoss
Hoey
John Mc Cultlough
William J. Scanlan
Tony Wart
Bartley Campbell
John A McCaull
George GC. Knight
Harry Kernell
Billy Buckley
Fred Bryant
William E. Hoey
John H. Russell
George W. Harrison
William Connor
Bloomington
New York
John McCullough
Harrigan
Frederick C. Bryant
Hloss
William J F. Hoey
John McCulough
Moline Lovers Die in Tragic Quarry Accident
In Moline Ohio Nellie Lusher and Edward Cowles, teens from prominent families, were found dead by a quarry pond after leaving a lawn fete. Parents had opposed their underage betrothal. A search recovered the couple from the pond with the man holding the girl, indicating a possible joint suicide.
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Moline
Ohio
Nellie Lusher
Edward Cowles
Miss Lusher
Nellie
Evidence of Insanity Case at Highland Asylum
Mrs Emily Dunecanson a divorced woman from China about 45 was committed to Highland asylum after exhibiting sentimental behavior and attempting to romance several men at the hospital. While testimony proceeded Judge Oscar deemed her request for a kiss to jailor Jesse Case as proof of insanity, leading to commitment.
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Emily Dunecanson
China
Oscar
Highland
Jesse Case
San Francisco Chronicle
Dice shaking at cigar stand shocks Kansas City office
Two young women employed in a prominent Kansas City office building startled the noon-hour cigar stand attendant by shaking dice for cigarettes, an odd disturbance reported yesterday.
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Kansas City
Japan Adopts Modern Civilizational Apparatus
The article notes Japan’s expansion of modern infrastructure including electric cars and an international exhibition, illustrating a nationwide embrace of contemporary technology and culture.
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Japan
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