Diverse 19th Century Tidbits Round the Nation
A collection of brief items reports Dr Powell’s suicide at Collinsville, Dublin’s population drop, a New York woman finding a diamond in a dead duck she sold for profit, and a Kentucky Court of Appeals ruling that a mosquito bite can be an accident. It notes Gen Wyler’s swift response to insurrection, Dublin police recruitment, a tobacco smoke aversion of George W Childs, and a Buffalo tale of a praying girl dissolving bird traps, with humorous asides about cigars and brand naming.
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Foose
New York
Kentucky Court of Appeals
New Jersey
George W. Childs
Philadelphia
Knickerbocker Theater
Robert le Diable
Coryphees
Rabies Muzzle Policy Facts Cited By Tribune
The New York Tribune discusses dog muzzle orders and rabies data from 1889 to 1898. It notes 312 rabies cases in 1889, 129 in 1890, 38 in 1892, 248 in 1894, and 672 in 1895, with 9% in 1898 after revocation in 1893. The piece argues the figures warrant scrutiny of the policy.
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New York Tribune
Indian Territory allotment drive gains Choctaw and Chickasaw accord
A commission led by ex-Senator Dawes has pressed Congress for years to secure individual allotments in Indian Territory. It reports success with the Choctaws and Chickasaws, sending an agreement to Congress covering over 11 million acres for 14,000 Indians and 100,000 whites, marking a major move to make citizens as individuals rather than as tribes.
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Dawes
Congress
Indian Territory
Linde’s air liquefaction method explained in Berlin report
Consular reports in Berlin describe Prof. Linde of Munich developing a process to liquefy air at about 244 cents per five cubic meters. A five horsepower pump compresses air to 200 atmospheres, circulating it around a spiral tube to chill and liquefy the incoming air in stages until 272 degrees below zero is reached.
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United States
Berlin
Prof
Linde
Munich
Devotion Described As Pale-Blue Cloud Shape
A fragment notes Mrs Theosophical Besant describing devotion as a pale blue cloud emanating from the human body sometimes forming flowers. The depiction includes a broader picture of fiduciary fervor toward corporations with more tangible elements than clouds and posies.
Foreign drink trends shift as New York imports grow
A New York millionaire imports a Russian drosky and several Japanese jinrickshas as foreign beverages encroach on the traditional American cocktail. The piece notes the gradual relegation of the classic drink to the background amid these new influences.
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New York
Baked banana diet turns man fat and hearty
The New York Press profiles Clicton Campbell who lives largely on baked bananas for twelve years. He claims the fruit, eaten as instructed, yields rapid weight gain, strength, and health, contrasting plantains with ordinary bananas and praising the diet's digestibility and affordability.
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Clicton Campbell
New York Press
Mr. Campbell
Campbell
India
Humboldt
Theophrastus
Showers of Molten Steel Nerve in Chicago Steel Plant
Modern Chicago steel foundry work shows workers facing torrents of sparks and 125 degree heat. Foreman endured flying sparks and a burned toe incident proves the risk as men labor under fire daily without tribute or monuments.
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Chicago
Curious Sea-Bottom Found Near Lomas in Peru
During a Peru trip Mr S. Sh Hmimons noted a broad plain ten to fifteen miles wide between mountains and sea, 400 to 600 feet above tide. Geologists say it was once sea-bottom and hosted ocean monsters. Shark teeth and whale bones are found there, some used to craft crucifixes displayed on headlands.
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Peru
S. Sh Hmimons
Lomas
Tosti
Fish That Commit Death by Own Action
An account describes fish that dissolve into many pieces when caught, with each fragment becoming a new animal. It notes starfish disintegrating in nets and emphasizes fresh water as instant death to preserve starfish before alarm spreads.
Effects of Cold Create Strange Musical Tones
A lead bar cooled to about 100 degrees below zero Fahrenheit emits a pure tone when struck. Solidified mercury at the same temperature resonates and a magnesium wire coil vibrates like a steel spring, according to experiments by Monsieur Pictet.
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Monsieur Pictet
Farmer Peale of Comstock Era A Forager of Death
The account recalls Farmer Peale a cool quick-thinking gunman on the Comstock lode era who often let opponents shoot first before he struck. He killed Muchach in a street duel and later felled two men in a tree-clump ambush during a bankafterdx shootout. An assassin later killed Peale with a shotgun as he walked with his wife on a Sunday.
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New York
Virginia City
Farmer Peale
James Marber
Nevada
Comstock Lode
Peale
Muchach
Meixcan
Ole
Foot fatigue relief amid fashionable boots
Walking heats and fatigues the feet and standing causes swelling. The pointed toe and high heel of fashionable boots cripple the feet, so attention should be given to the best means of relieving the fatigue of these long suffering members. The best remedy would be universal adoption of the existing effective measures.
Miss Grace Lease and the Virginia City Saloon Hold Up Tale
A twelve year old spellbinder recounts a Virginia City anecdote from 1862. Farmer Peale defuses a tense scene at a saloon as a teamster wins large at cards and two suspected robbers threaten him. a hidden observer intervenes, altering the outcome. The piece shifts to a distant aside about hygienic foot care practices and professional dancers.
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Grace Lease
Inventor Proposes Cyclometer for Hillside Climb Records
In a Cincinnati Enquirer excerpt a dreamy eyed inventor and his wife discuss a new device: a cyclometer that adds extra distance to the record when a man climbs a hill. The idea aims to fill a long felt want and is described with energetic family dialogue.
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Cincinnati Enquirer
Curious Facts From Far Lands And Texas
The Banian city in Great Bucharia sits cut in a mountain with twelve thousand artificial caves and two Sotues towering ninety and twenty feet. The Texas state capitol, paid from three million acres of public land deeded to Chicago capitalists, is the largest state building in the nation and seventh worldwide. Central America yields remarkable gold beetles with metallic luster, valued at 25 to 50 dollars each, while a related silver beetle also shines like metal.
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Banian
Bucharia
Texas
United States
Chicago
Central America
Russians Say You Must Eat Forty Pounds of Salt
A quotation notes that Russians claim one must share a long, arduous bond through hardship to truly know them, comparing trust to consuming vast quantities of salt together. The remark highlights cultural emphasis on enduring shared experiences.
Veriscope Worth Shows Skeleton Dance and Hoey Career
The article reviews veriscope pictures showing advances and stock footage including a Fitzsimmons knockout study. It details a New York Knickerbocker Skeleton dance scene and the filmic method, plus a biography of William Hoey known as Old Hoss.
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New York
Hoss” Hoey
Alice Lingard
Life of Barney Barnato the Diamond King and Speculator
Barney Barnato a South Africa diamond king once famed as the world’s richest man and head of a vast project. His rise began with a donkey trick in London and grew through diamonds and Transvaal mines to De Beers power, years on he faced ill health and died by his own hand off Morocco.
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Mons
Arney Barnato
South Africa
Morocco
Cape Town
Barnato
Cecil Rhodes
Barnett Isaacs
Barney
London
Transvaal
Barney Barnato
Jane
Kimberley
de Beers
Africa
Afrikanberg
Man Who Wrote McGinty Joe Flynn Irish Born Comic Painter
Joe Flynn born February 1863 in Dublin Ireland rose to fame as a songwriter and entertainer. He arrived in the United States at age four and trained in printing while developing musical talent. Flynn created Down Went McGinty and a string of Irish stage works before pursuing solo monologue comedy.
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McGinty
Joe Flynn
Down
Dublin
Ireland
New York Evening Mail
the Tribune
Typographical Union No. 6
George Devere
Devere and Flynn
al Fostelle
Richmond Va
Ed F. Rush
Messrs. Flynn
Fostelle
Mr. Flynn
Jerry Keating
St. Louis
New Orleans
Frank B. Sheridan
Mr. Sheridan
Paddy Shay
Second Floor
Maloney
New York
The
Living Pictures
Tony Pastor
Irwin Brothers
Gus Hill
Bennett Brothers
Actress Alice Lingard Dies in London at 97
Alice Lingard born July 29, 1847 in London was a respected actress and former singer who trained under Opera. She married William Lingard in 1866 and toured America with him and sister Harriet Dickie Lingard starting 1868. Lingard later developed a stronger acting career in London and New York before her death surprised friends.
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Alice Lingard
Alice Dunning Lingard
London
William Horace Lingard
Shaw
Harriet
Dickie Lingard
America
New York
California’s smallest woman joins Lilliputians
Miss Mary Barrall, 4 feet 2 inches tall and 21 years old, has been accepted as a Lilliputian member. She will join in September in New York then travel to Europe for training in music and elocution under top instructors. Barrall is a German native.
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Telegraph
Oakland
Cal
Mary Barrall
California
The
Lilliputians
New York
Europe
Miss Barrall
Germany
D’Annunzio Premiere of Spring Morning Dream at Paris
Gabriele D’Annunzio has completed a one act drama titled Sogno di una Mattina di Primavera. It premiered at the Paris Renaissance theater in the first week of June with Eleonora Duse starring.
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Gabriele D’annunzio
Paris Renaissance Theater
Eleonora Duse
De Wolf Hopper Ends Regular Season in Capitan at Buffalo
De Wolf Hopper closed his regular season in Capitan at Buffalo with his company and arrived in New York on Sunday. They will open a supplemental six week season at Manhattan Beach at once.
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de Wolf Hopper
Sullivan’s Father Led Cadet Band at Sandhurst
The father of Sir Arthur Sullivan served for several years as band sergeant of the cadet band at the Royal Military College Sandhurst.
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Sir Arthur Sullivan
Royal Military College
Sandhurst
Sleep Talk Sparks Fun Flip Between Mrs Gabbel and James
A playful exchange reveals Mrs Gabbel noting James talks in his sleep and James responding that he might join in the fun. The lighthearted moment hints at domestic humor.
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Mrs. Gabbel
James
Mr. Gabbel
Wholesale Murderer Soper Confesses to Oregon Child Death
J B Soper known as Sandy was arrested in San Francisco for the Missouri murders of his first wife and four children and has confessed to killing a later child. He had abandoned his second wife in Albina with their two year old son, claiming the child was with a nurse, then said the boy was placed in the Willamette River in Portland Oregon.
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IIII
Carson City
Fitzsimmons
Corbett
William Hoey
Old Hoss
City of
New York
Tony Pastor
Young Hoey
Carrington’s
Savannah
Georgia
Fred Bryant
Bryant and Hoey
Bryant
Hoey
Niles, Evans
Meteors
Evans
Charles Hoyt
Hoyt
Boston
Hoss
J. B. Soper
Sandy
San Francisco
Cal
Missouri
Kansas City
Soper
Albina
Willamette River
Portland
Ore
Florida's Record Rainfall Tops Eight Inches in 24 Hours
An unprecedented East Coast downpour began Sunday morning and ended Monday morning. By 2 a.m. Monday the total rainfall reached 8.76 inches in about twenty four hours, causing little damage overall.
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Florida
Imitating His White Brother Cheyenne Thief Sentenced
Kicking Bird a Cheyenne in Oklahoma received three years in the penitentiary for stealing three ponies and presenting them to his sweetheart to win favor. The act is described as imitating deceptive tricks used by white men.
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Kicking Bird
Oklahoma
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Faro
Tie
Plains
Greenhorn
Father Peale
Mary Ellen Lease
Kansas
New York City
George Dixon Company
Fields & Hanson Company
Jos. Flynn
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