Oak Park Vindicator Miniatures and Global Reflections
The Oak Park Vindicator reports on annexation talk and global observations. It notes New Jersey’s absence in annexation debates, comments on Prohibition, and recalls historical events, with musings on life responsibilities and public schooling. It also covers census figures, population shifts in major cities, and Great Lakes freight rates versus Pacific coast rates to Hong Kong.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Lakes
Pacific Coast
Hong Kong
Wold
Pacific
Little Indians at Play and the Fire by Night
A portrait of Pueblo children at play described with revelry and mischief. The piece celebrates their temper, endurance, and spirited games including fire fights and mud pellet battles, contrasting their harmony with the peevish traits of civilization.
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Lord Fauntlerous
Lord Fauntleroys
A Wonderful Magnet Experiment At Willets Point
An 19th century report describes Captain King of the United States Army winding a gun with ten miles of copper wire and connecting a battery, turning a repelling weapon into a magnetic attractor that could lift twenty two tons and draw iron toward a soldier acting as a magnet, with moral reflections on a Great Teacher.
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Willet’s Point
New York
King
United States Army
Captain King
Gia Oon
Frei
Pope of theosophy elects Barward August Neresheimer as interim head
Barward August Neresheimer chosen president of the Theosophical Society of America to fill Ernest Temple Hargrove’s vacancy until April 1898. A Munich born, Bay City, Iowa resident and diamond merchant, he has served as vice president and helped found the New York branch. He aims to advance the School for the Revival of the Lost Mysteries of the Ancients in Port Loma California.
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Dward August Neresheimer
Theosophical Society of America
Ernest Temple Hargrove
Neresheimer
New York
Theosophical College
Port Loma
Cal
School
Hargrove
England
W. Q. Judge
Katherine Tingley
Theosophical Society of the World
Mr. Neresheimer
Munich
Ife F
Department of Medicine
Columbia University
Montreal
Bay City
Lightning Strike Hits Mobile Candy Store
A lightning flash and thunder struck a candy shop on lower Dauphin Street, damaging a display and disrupti ng the scene as the storm passed. The store owner Mr Phomias Tousmeira witnessed the event while a photographer attempted to capture the moment using the sugar candy as a receiving plate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mobile Daily Register
Phomias Tousmeira
Lower Dauphin Street
Bishop Browne Named new Bishop of Bristol England
Rt Rev Dr Browne, former Cambridge professor and St Paul’s canon, is appointed bishop of Bristol. He is praised as an organizer suited to western England and known for moderation in church politics and strong management in east London. The column notes his learning, pleasant manner, and suitability for a stabilizing diocesan role.
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Browne
Bristol
Ingland
Cambridge
St. Paul’s
Stepney
East End
London
The Alpine Soldanella Engine of Ice Growth
A vivid account of the Soldanella alpine flower pushing through ice in early spring. The plant uses internal heat to melt a path, growing beneath snow and ice and then forcing a blue bloom above the sheet. Details describe its leaf, root, and fuel-storing adaptations enabling spring blossoms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Enya
Alps
Peds
St Louis Capitalists Plan Yukon Dredge Boat Expedition
A St Louis company organized to dredge the Yukon plans a 110 foot cedar steel vessel drawing 20 inches of water. It will operate 24 hours daily with a 200 ton per hour pump and patent sluice boxes to recover fine gold. The venture targets a two year operation with a gasoline tender and regular supply runs from Chillout Pass to the Yukon shores.
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St. Louis
Yukon River
Mississippi
Chillout Pass
Golden Waters
Uume
Oor
Omeauth
Yukon
Yukon Gold Dredge Expedition and Ant Society Observations
The article outlines a costly expedition requiring members to hold life and accident insurance. It details ant species Formica ruta and Polyer gus Virescens with battle tactics and slave making behavior, then shifts to guidance on proper sitting posture for comfort and health including spine support and avoiding arm folding.
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Seldear
Torrie Sanguinea
Formica
New York to Cut Polling Places in City and State
New York plans reduce polling places to 683 in New York City from 1,392 while statewide total exceeds 5,000. Counties vary, with Clinton about 35 and Ham in the Adirondacks only nine. The law allows proxy registration in smaller towns, easing voter enrollment ahead of the election.
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New York
New York City
Brooklyn
New York Sun
Clinton County
Warren County
Ham County
Adirondack
Benson
Sewall
McKinley
Hobart
Moorehouse
Hamilton County
Interior
Larg
Vague Description of Vehicle Design in Narrow Tunnel
A fragment describes a vehicle with a narrow tunnel beneath, a balloon at its center, and a saucer shaped lower section resting on the surface. No further context or concrete details are provided in the readable text.
Animals Without Fear in Natural Behavior
A feature discusses fear in animals, contrasting fearlessness with true courage. It recalls a meadow mouse that sniffs a stranger and a mother bird ready to die for her young, illustrating how fear can be misinterpreted as courage and how animals respond to threats and unfamiliar people.
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Mr. Aaron
Prue
Not Practicaily Applied
A rough colloquial note discusses a farmer named Clovertop-Wot and a student who learned Greek Lathr and football at college. The speaker questions fence drawing quality and mentions Philadelphia Records in a fragmentary, dialect-influenced exchange.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farmer Clovertop
Farmer Bayrick
Philadelphia
I Don’t Believe in Anything I Can’t See
A young man declares skepticism while a middle aged man in overalls asks if he ever caught hold of a leakage wire. The dialogue hints at doubt and inquiry in a Washington Star feature excerpt.
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Teller
Washington Star
A Painless Method and Persian Apples in Europe
A brief item notes the committee’s failure to hang a picture and jokes about electrocution. It mentions peaches also known as Persian apples were present in Europe before the Christian era.
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DeAuber
Criticus
Europe
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