Adams Kinfolk List At Thanksgiving In Derry
G F Adams of Derry New Hampshire belongs to a large family. Twelve persons attended Thanksgiving and included a great-grandfather and great-grandmother two grandfathers two grandmothers five daughters two sons five sisters five grandchildren two great-grandchildren two brothers three aunts one uncle one great-uncle one niece two great-aunts three husbands two fathers three mothers four wives and a grandniece one grandnephew two sisters-in-law and two brothers-in-law.
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G. F. Adams
Derry
N. H
Remarkable election bet ends with cider challenge
John Ray mond of Winthrop Connecticut lost a bet and drank sixty gallons of hard cider over ten days. The challenger supplied the dipper, Winthrop endured a jag and was kept at home by friends after three days. The tale ends with Uncle John and the Good Templars taking him on their list.
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John Raymond
Winthrop, Conn
Winthrop
John
Good Templars
City farming gains ground as prize winners emerge
A New York paper reports vacant lot farming thriving in the city. A woman farmed on vacant lots won eight first prizes, three seconds and two specials totaling 66 dollars, while several men with similar plots won 45 dollars. Last year’s farms cost about 4500 dollars to operate and yielded 9500 dollars in receipts. The Association for Improving the Condition of the Poor notes substantial harvests of potatoes beets and cabbages distributed to the poor, despite a poor season from wet weather and heat.
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New York
Association For Improving
Boston prodigy preacher child raises funds in Charleston
An 11 year old colored girl born in Washington in September 1885 is described as a remarkable preacher with the style and delivery of a seasoned pulpit orator. Though lacking formal schooling, her fluent, musical voice and gestures have drawn attention as she travels to help raise funds for an industrial school for colored girls in Charleston.
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Boston
Washington, D. C
Charleston
Savage dwarfism race of Andaman Islands chronicled
A San Francisco Chronicle account describes the Andaman Islands little people with dwarfism living in the Bay of Bengal archipelago. It notes their height, looks of babies, rare fires, resistance to outsiders, and a practice of wearing necklaces of human bones and teeth used as charms against disease.
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Bay of Bengal
Sailora
San Francisco Chronicle
Andaman Islands
Andamans
Dried Up on an Island in a Deserted Seafarer Tale
A navigator recalls a scorched volcanic isle off Cape Gracias on the Honduran coast. At a waterless site he finds a hut with four dried English sailors marooned since 1816, their remains, dry provisions, and a note in a bottle. The party left the scene as found.
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John
Liverpool
Wei
Posssum tale of a deacon and his son
A Moral tale from the Atlanta Constitution recounts a colored deacon and his son who catch the boy eating a possum. The father discovers bones in the dish and punishes the boy for lying as the tale ends with a threat to whip him for the act.
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Atlanta Constitution
Cost More Than He's Worth Dog Case Ends In Mortgage Loss
A dog that terrorized a Maine farm killed a neighbor's sheep and led to a costly lawsuit. The neighbor offered to settle if the dog was killed, but the owner refused, resulting in court costs and damages. To pay, the owner mortgaged his farm for 100 dollars, losing the property and moving away as the dog died.
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Maine
Two New Steel Vessels For Great Lakes Service
An act of Congress secured funds for two modern steel lake vessels to augment the lake service and aid government and commerce. The ships are built for speed, efficiency, habitability, and potential quick conversion into fighting craft, with ample room for a larger crew and ammunition if needed for naval use. They will complement existing duties on the Great Lakes and assist in property preservation and customs collection.
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Washington
Congress
Revenue Cutter Service
Great Lakes
Great Britain
Ed States Steamship
Michigan
US 44
Atlantic Seaboard
Gresham
Scotch
Adopted by the Dogs in Constantinople Streets
With a vivid tale of stray dogs in Constantinople, the piece recalls 1876 when George Augustus Sala met a display of mercy toward a white poodle left behind after the French consul-general and wife died. The poodle’s fate underscores social attitudes and unlikely kindness amid urban peril.
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Constantinople
George Augustus Sala
Steel steamships for naval use described in detail
The article outlines Michigan type steel steamers with four 30 caliber rifles, a 16 knot contract speed, four Scotch boilers, and a 60 person crew. It notes a Gresham trial reaching 17 knots, government use, and implications for night operations and coastal defense. It also recounts a light anecdote about a French poodle amid diplomatic society.
Populist Woman Elected Brown County Attorney in Nebraska
Miss Isstelle Mae Davisson, elected Brown County attorney, is a 23 year old Populist lawyer from Iowa. A Michigan University graduate, she practiced in Lincoln and Long Pine and won the post over a Republican rival, a political surprise in northwestern Nebraska. She is noted as possibly the only woman in Nebraska or the country to hold the county attorney position.
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Chadron
Isstelle Mae Davisson
Brown County
Nebraska
Miss T Davisson
Towa
Miss Davisson
Michigan University
Sibley
Iowa
Issu
Long Pine
Neb
Kit
The
State University At
Lincoln
Crimary
Spanish public subscribes to war loan surpassing government ask
Spanish people showed strong patriotism by subscribing to a new war loan for 118 million dollars, more than double the government request. With treasury nearly empty and bonds trading at about half their war value, these individual subscriptions stand out as notable.
Insulting Offer: Meeney Bribe Rejected as Small Gift
A prominent official condemns a proposed bribe described as a small sum of Meeney. The remark frames the offer as an insult to the recipient and highlights public integrity concerns in the ongoing dispute. The report notes no acceptance and underscores ethical expectations.
Snake Tales and Folklore Myths on Snakes and Transformations
A summary of popular beliefs about snakes from Captain John G. Bourke and Appleton's Popular Science Monthly. It covers tales of human transformation into serpents in Lehigh County near Trexlertown and the hoop snake myth with its deadly tail horn. The piece treats these legends as quaint, outdated superstitions rather than fact.
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John G. Bourke
W. J. Hoffman
Appleton
Popular Science Monthly
Trexlertown
Lehigh County
Weiler
Eastern Washington horses facing mass starvation prophecy
About 10 000 horses in eastern Washington are said to face starvation this winter. Owners reportedly welcome the slaughter to preserve feed for cattle and sheep amid a severe Northwest winter, with the Ledger noting the horse pest problem and suggesting only 10 percent surviving would retain value.
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Washington
Tacoma Ledger
Northwest
Oregon
Light on the Transvaal reflects British role and local corps
A Johannesburg mining figure in San Francisco argues that understanding Transvaal politics requires visiting the region. Uitlanders own one third of the country and all mines but lack citizenship rights, while Boers are portrayed as content with subsistence. He blames Dutch interests for monopolies, railways, and costly mining supplies, predicting reforms but not through the Boer government, and notes looming constitutional change. During Johannesburg turmoil Uitlanders formed defense corps led by 2,500 Scots and 2,000 Americans with Australian volunteers, patrolling with the reform committee.
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Johannesburg
San Francisco Chronicle
Transvaal
Reform Committee
Strange Canal Phenomena on Mars Reported by Observers
Mars oppositions favor telescopic viewing as astronomers study the planet. They report canals and oval oases forming where canals meet, including Trivium Charontis observed near Paris. Observations note the oasis appearing doubled on November 10 and dark and single six days earlier.
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Mars
Lowell
Trivium Charontis
Monsieur Miammarion
Paris
Hamburg Strike Sparks International Shipping Wage Push
Late in November ten thousand Hamburg dock laborers struck for higher wages, joined by other shipping trades and spreading to Bremen where hundreds of duck-laborers quit. The action appears linked to a broader movement led by English agitators to form an international shipping workers confederation. German authorities expelled two English leaders involved in organizing the movement.
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Hamburg
Bremen
Old Heads in Council and a Father’s Saving Gamble
A grandfather recalls a clash with elders over a trust savings deposit for his baby grandson. He planned to show the boy the original sum growing with compound interest on his 23rd birthday, but the old men refused. The tale ends with the father-in-law having to support his son, his wife, and eight children after the son married using the money.
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Pearson’s Weekly
Why He Stopped Smoking Influenced by Breath Not Health
A Cleveland Leader quotation notes that Banks quit smoking not from medical warnings but because his wife urged him and his typewriter girl objected to his breath, highlighting personal and social pressures behind the change.
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Old Banks
Cleveland
Maryland Institutes for Farmers
Maryland aligns with several states establishing institutes for farmer education. The move aims to expand agricultural knowledge and practical instruction for farmers across the state, enhancing productivity and rural livelihood.
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Maryland
Growing It Age Talks of Anno Domini Disease
A middle aged woman tells her doctor of symptoms while a science man calls it an incurable epidemic. The piece reflects on aging, noting loss of elasticity and spring in the body, while people of different ages joke about being “girls” despite time’s effects. It includes light commentary on sisters of ripe age and perceptions of aging.
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New York
Anna Domini
Delia
London Sewage Plants Move Sludge to Sea
A Baltimore American report details London's two large sewage plants. Chief engineer A Ki Binnie cites 1805 sewage input near 250 million gallons, chemicals used, sludge output at 2 159 009 long tons, and costs totaling 755 000 for 1995 with two thirds for operation. Six ships carried sludge offshore at about 6.4 cents per ton.
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London
Baltimore American
A. Ki. Binnie
London County Council
Clockwatcher’s quarrel ends workday early
A carpenter tells his assistant it is nearly quitting time, noting the time to reach the clock on the fourth story. The exchange captures a casual office banter moment about when to stop work.
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Washington Star
McVickers Theater Presents The Old Homestead Cast
McVickers Theater continues with The Old Homestead and a scenic summer storm effect using new electrical equipment. The cast features Archie Aydin as Joshua Maltcomb and Marie Kimball as Aunt Matilda with W. M. Cressy as Cy Prim. Matinees are held Wednesdays and Saturdays.
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England
McVicker
Archie Aydin
Joshua Maltcomb
M. Cressy
Cy Prim
Marie Kimball
Matilda
R. J. Jose
Will Conti
Great Northern Theater Opens Heart of Maryland Week Three
Great Northern Theater enters the third week of its engagement with The Heart of Maryland a civil war era romantic drama. Mrs Leslie Carter stars as the heroine supported by Herbert Kelley John Kellard and Frank Mordaunt in the cast and the play has been well received.
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Heart of
Henderson's New Big Production at Clifford's Gaiety
Henderson's new show Zenda's King runs third week at Clifford's Gaiety theater crowding the venue nightly. Second edition opened Sunday with Happy in Their Own Sweet Way duet and the Dutch peasant dance by the Peri Langford Palmer Stevens troupe. The vaudeville third act is strengthened and the Yaller Kid impersonation by Mr. Weston adds novelty. Miss Julia Glover sings On the Sunny Side of Broadway. A big bargain matinee is planned next Wednesday with twenty five cent admission for all parts.
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Zenda
Clifford
Gaiety
Peri
Langford
Palmer
Stevens
Yaller Kid
Mr. Weston
Julia Glover
Broadway
Henderson
Hopkins South Side Theater Stage Next Week
Miss Paulina Hall, celebrated comic opera prima donna, will star the big bill at Hopkins South Side Theater. The supplementary lineup includes Bruett and Riviere, Pearl Andrews, La Roche, Whiting sisters, Venetian Serenaders, Tom Mack, and others. The stock company plans a revival of May Blossom by David Belasco, author of The Heart of Maryland.
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Paulina Hall
Hopkins
South Side Theater
Miss Hall
Bruett and Riviere
Miss Pearl Andrews
Chevalier
la Roche
Whiting Sisters
Venetian Serenaders
Tom Mack
David Belasco
Twelve Temptations at Alhambra Season Opener
Alhambra presents Chas H Yale's Twelve Temptations starting Sunday matinee with scenic spectacle and kaleidoscope views. Yale, author of descriptive songs, debuts new numbers Over the Bridge All in a Row Battery Park plus a lineup of striking specialties.
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Chas. H. Yale
Alhambra
Yale
Battery Park
Slaymarket Week Begins With Animal Tricks and Variety Acts
The Liaymirker crowd expects Prof Wormwood's dog and monkey Gireng to headline next week's programme starting Monday at noon. The Reed Birds, seven performers, present a sketch mirroring a full comedy with many roles. Also slated are Post and Clinton in a one act with music, Burt Shepard the blackface comedian, Howard and Bland musical acts, Allen and Oro, Archine Rumsey, the Mayo brothers and a lineup including Wanton and Sheriden among others.
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Wormwood
Monty
Reed Birds
Dean
Post
Clinton
Burt Shepard
Howard and Bland
Allen and Oro
Printation Darkies
Archine Rumsey
Mayo Brothers
Ftarry Thomson
William Gilbert
Walter McMehon
Ernie Veroncee
Mons
Wanton
Sheriden
Schiller Fheater Presents New Film and Acts at Theatre
Schiller Fheater introduces a new cinemato graphe showing full stage size moving pictures. Alma Warle, a young singer, will perform next week. Capt Woodward will showcase trained seals while O C B s shoy al Japs perform as acrobats and gymnasts. Wright and O'Brien, and PF Denny with comic songs, lead a varied bill along with John Mc Wade and the Metropolitan Trio in musical comedy.
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Schiller
Biel
Alma Warle
Woodward
O'Cabe
Wright and
O’brien
Will PF Denny
John McWade
Havytone
Metropolitan Trio
Olympic Phosater: Chicago Theater Delights Patrons With Big Business
The Olympic theatre in Chicago maintains high show quality and vast patronage. Prices draw large crowds making aggregate business larger than higher priced houses. This week features German comedians the Rogers brothers Clifford and Huth and Felix and Cain, with next week promising the Irish chambermaids the Russell brothers and Lizzie B Raymond.
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Olympic Theater
Chicago
Rogers Brothers
Clifford and
Huth
Felix and
Cain
Russell Brothers
Lizzie B
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