Pirate Captain MacLean Bound by Law After Sealing Raid
Captain Alexander MacLean once a feared privateer known as Big Alec faces legal jeopardy after a history of trophy pelts raids and clashes with US British and Mexican authorities. His vessel Carmencita later renamed Carmencita faced registry cancellation and a crew indicted for piracy era crimes. He was arrested in Victoria British Columbia as authorities close in on the long pursuit.
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Alexander MacLean
Toweras
United States
Big Alec
Carmencita
Copper Islands
Revenue Patrol
Seattle
Wash
Mexico
MacLean
Acapulco
Drake
Arctic
Victoria
British Columbia
Department of State
Captain Wind
Captain MacLean
MarclLean
Jenny Thelin
Great Britain
Canada
Freedom for Russia Promises Constitutional Liberty and Reform
The article reports Russia's czar granting rights leading toward civil liberty after a wave of agitation. It highlights Count Witte as a potential leader and contrasts past autocracy with a hoped for parliamentary system, universal suffrage, habeas corpus, and free press. Russians celebrate in St. Petersburg and Moscow as a new era of constitutionalism appears dawnlike.
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Russia
Czar
Count Witte
Trussia
United States
England
St. Petersburg
Moscow
Remarkable Japanese Dwarf Trees Described
The article praises Japan's skill in dwarfing trees with centuries old giants and tiny potted specimens. It highlights Count Oku Barden near Tosi, pines from the seventeenth century, and groves with trunks small enough to hold a dinner table. It notes methods of root pruning and pinching to create manikin like trees that reflect Japanese horticultural mastery.
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Japan
Oku Barden
Tosi
Cohus
America
Cleveland
Willred for Love Only Princess Victoria Declares For Love
Princess Victoria of England the king’s unmarried daughter at thirty seven says any future marriage will be for love and not arranged by father mother or government. She has repeatedly rejected proposals for two decades prompting shock among courts but delight among the English and appeal to Americans.
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Victoria
England
Edward
Europe
The Aromatic Wayana And The Cigar Conversation
A fragmentary interview details an exchange about cigars with an indigenous Wayana woman. She notes enjoying the fragrance of fine tobacco while modestly claiming to smoke two or three a day. The discussion contrasts restraint with a gentleman’s heavy pipe habit and praises the slow burn of Havana.
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Dean
Papa
Havana
Huge Precious Stones Across World Limited Gems
Before the South African diamond discovery, the world’s largest perfect diamond was shown in Paris valued at about a million dollars. A famed London ruby costs fifty thousand dollars, with legend of being shown to the Czar in St Petersburg. The largest catseye of 170 carats is insured for 30 000 rupees, and the 2980 carat emerald rests in Vienna’s Imperial Jewel Office.
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Paris
London
St. Petersburg
Imperial Jewel Office
Vienna
Church of St Augustine Ranked Most Costly for Size
The largest church of its size in America sits in St. Augustine Florida and is noted as exceptionally expensive. The article highlights the church’s architectural ambition and prominent status in the old town.
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America
St. Augustine, Fla
Dress Reform for Women by Dr Cora Smith Eaton
Dr Cora Smith Eaton of Minneapolis argues many female aches stem from clothing and advocates dress reform. She tests ideas by wearing gowns that reduce shoulder weight, favor practical movement, and lighter, less confining skirts rather than outdated styles.
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Cora Smith Eaton
Minneapolis
Miain
Askiald
Giant Shoshone dam to irrigate 150000 acres in Wyoming
The Shoshone canyon in Wyoming becomes the site of a vast government irrigation project. Engineers lead the construction of a high dam forming a 5000 acre lake with a 1250 square mile watershed to store water for 150000 acres. Jeremiah Ahern heads the district effort as the project aims to create up to a thousand farms and boost western employment.
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Big Horn Basin
Wyoming
Colonel Cody
Buffalo Lill
Shoshone Canyon
General Miles
Great Rocks
Tliebeoch
Jeremiah Ahern
West
Rameses
India
America
Favorite Beloved Bismarck and His Meerschaum Pipe
The passage notes Bismarck’s long habit of smoking over 100000 cigars during fifty years and his later association with a massive meerschaum pipe, highlighting his fame in cigar markets.
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Bismarck
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MacLeelan
Beck and Cail
Islands
Bering Sea
Stars and Stripes
Akins
Department of Justice
Wilkie
Secret Service
San Francisco
the Pirate's Schooner
Alex. Maclean
Freedom For
Ender Czar
Kew Empire
Willred
Missouri
Jeremiah Elhern
Hewes & Potte Fe
Blake Lepe
Lincoln
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