Postmaster Gambit and a Town’s Silent Scandal
Jacob Bergbud, longtime postmaster, is revealed to have stolen from the post office to support a family torn by a wife’s alleged extravagance. The inspector confronts him, and truths emerge about deceit, illness of trust, and a man’s desperate choice. In the end the town learns Bergbud’s version, while the wife’s guilt remains implied.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bergbud
Rapis
Siloam
Neote
Bergrou
Rae
Berybud
Jacob Bergbud
Purgatory
Chicago Record-Herald
South Africa’s Future Beyond Boer and Briton
The piece argues South Africa’s development hinges on immigration choices and political conditions. It assesses competing lands like Canada Australia North Borneo and Argentina, noting remnants of race tension from the war. It warns peace will be slow and deep-seated enmity may persist across generations.
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South Africa
Canada
America
New Zealand
Australia
Borneo
Pampas
South America
Cuba
Egypt
North Borneo
Cape Colony
England
Slachtersnek
Boomplatz
Amajuba
Ingogo
Ladysmith
Spinkop
Jameson
Dewet
Kruger
Chamberlain
Sweeney Uses Police Ruse To Play Key Baseball Game
Sweeney, star batter for the Roxborough Athletic Association, could not play due to work on Saturday. Policeman McDonald, in uniform and with a fake warrant, arrested him to ensure his presence. Sweeney then delivered a game winning home run with bases loaded, though he has a second job now.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sweeney
Roxborough
McDonald
Real Shamrock debate over Irish symbol origins
Meehan's Monthly notes a literature debate on whether the shamrock was the clover or the oxalis ace tosella. W G S of the London Gardener's Chronicle traces rare references, arguing the clover predates Saint Patrick and was used as a Trinity emblem in early Christian times.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
Ireland
London Gardeners’ Chronicle
J. E. Bicheno
Linnaean Society
Emphasis Across Cultures and a Milk Depot Urgency
A Times-Democrat piece contrasts national personas in emphasis from Frenchmen to Americans, noting the mule’s emphatic gestures with its heels. It adds a quip about women’s opinions at home and a town’s need for a milk depot as a humorous aside.
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New Orleans Times-Democrat
Legal extracts on minor wages contracts and property cases
In Pennsylvania a minor’s wages cannot be seized for a parent's debts without the minor’s consent unless a contract so provides. A loan to a priest to pay a church note may be recovered from the church even if the priest had no authority. An employment pact to forsake one business for another is not an anti trust violation. A pledgee must hold collateral and cannot sell on default without authority. School board orders are non negotiable and defenses remain. Mutual mistake blocks specific performance in coal land sale.
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Pit Spector
Tieatt
Evdaid
Jacob Bergro
Meon
St 'A 'S
Jos Wtor
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Pa. Dist. R
Pittsb. Leg. J
N. S
Width of a Lightning Flash Measured at Hamburg
George Rumker of the Hamburg observatory measured a lightning flash from last August. A photograph taken as lightning struck a tower a third of a mile away allowed calculation of the discharge width. The main stroke was found to be one fifth of an inch wide, with side ramifications due to strong gale creating a ribbon like appearance in the wind.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Rumker
Hamburg
A Queer Choice in Kansas College Chair
A Kansas college elected a woman to its chair of mathematics prompting a quip about whether a woman can reckon her own age correctly. The remark underscores dated attitudes toward women in academia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Towne
Kansas
Browne
Philadelphia Press
Scribbler dubbed a literary hack or luminary in debate
In the Somerville Journal lively chatter questions Scribbler as a literary hack or luminary. Jebson notes Scribbler makes a lot of money while Dobson suggests a sharper label in playful argument.
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Grub Street
Jebson
Scribbler
Dobson
Wwell
Somerville Journal
Various Scientific Notes and a Stage Scare Report
A montage of short items covers mammal species in America rising to over 1,000 since 1840, Atlantic storm waves near New Brunswick with 45 foot crests, and sea depths near freezing. Also noted are explorations of ancient Egyptian jewelry, mahogany hunting in the Americas, and meteor depth estimates. Other pieces mention phototherapy by Finsen, a stage mob incident involving Mamlet, and the actor's nocturnal hiding after the crowd rushed the stage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. G. Elliott
America
Mexico
New Brunswick
Menes
Dahshur
Central
South America
Belgian
Royal Meteorological Observatory
Biot
Bravais
Mann
Cailandran
Schiaparelli
Marie Davy
Ritter
Robert Ball
Good Story of a Bad Actor in a Western Town
Booth Tarkington recounts a Western actor labeled the worst living actor by critics and friends alike. At a small town show with unused reserved seats and general admission selling well, townspeople plan a box office takeover to occupy unsold seats before the curtain rises. The actor, playing Hamlet, launches into his notorious rant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Booth Tarkington
Monsieur Beaucaire
Ong
Hamlet
Diaz Guarded by Secret Service Says Dr Toussaint
Dr Frank J Toussaint returned from a six month survey of Northwestern Mexico and met with President Diaz in Mexico City regarding mineral rights in Yaqui Valley. He notes Diaz is constantly protected. even small gestures trigger detours by detectives, and attempts on Diaz’s life are anticipated but prevented.
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Frank J. Toussaint
Mexico
Toussaint
Chihuahua
Sonora
Diaz
Yaqui
Mel Kinley
Secret Service
Milwaukee Sentinel
Seed Sowing by Gunpowder Transforms Blair Castle Crag
At Blair Castle a rocky crag named Craigiebarns, once grim and bare, was transformed when Alexander Nasmuth used cannons to scatter seed canisters into crevices. Seeds sprouted into trees and climbing plants, turning the crag into a verdant feature and a notable estate beauty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blair Castle
Craigiebarns
London Daily Mail
Alexander Nasmuth
Many Royal Chairs Across Empires and Eras
The text surveys royal thrones from Britain and Russia to Persia, noting Westminster Abbey’s seven century coronation chair and the queen’s drawing room seat, Russia’s two famed chairs, and Teheran’s white marble throne looted from Delhi in 1739. It highlights opulent materials and vast gem and ivory embellishments.
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Great Britain
Westminster Abbey
House of Lords
Buckingham Palace
Windsor
Russia
Ivan‘the Terrible
St. George’s Hall
Winter Palace
St. Petersburg
Teheran
Shah
Delhi
Indian School at Carlisle Pupils by Tribe Lead Senecas
The Carlisle Indian School in Pennsylvania reports 1,007 pupils with seventy seven tribes represented and the Senecas the largest group. Last year the school’s work yielded a return of 28 715 dollars. There is one admirable thing about a dog he always acts natural.
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Carlisle
Indian Training School
Southern girl conquers poverty by mending wardrobes
A Southern woman, after moving to New York to study art and facing poverty, starts a wardrobe mending service using printed cards. She repairs buttons, buttonholes, seams, and rents, charging fractions of a cent to a few dollars per item. Her venture grows with steady work, showing Southern ingenuity.
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New York
Provisions for an Ironclad at the Colonial Hotel
Leslie's Weekly reports a monthly food ledger for a colony hotel showing massive meat and fish intake along with breads, dairy, coffee and condiments. Items include 16 000 loaves of bread, 8 000 pounds fresh beef, 2 000 pounds fresh fish, 30 gallons vinegar, 480 quarts catsup, 600 heads of cabbage, 800 gallons beans, 1 000 pounds butter, 900 pounds coffee, 3 000 pounds sugar, and 30 gallons vinegar.
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Leslie’s Weekly
Presence of Mind Smith as Boat Hook Hero
The reminiscence recounts how a former Christ Church dean earned the nickname Presence of Mind. During a trip to Nuneham in the 1830s, two undergraduates faced a sinking boat and, with no swimming ability, Smith used a boat-hook to save his companion. The tale highlights quick thinking under danger.
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Tuckwell
Oxford
Christ Church
Smith
Nuneham
First Chemical Factory Opens in Salem 1811
The first chemical factory in the country began operations in Salem Massachusetts in 1811 amid strong local protests over fumes. A minister’s call for full attendance at an upcoming meeting signaled a talk of significant importance. A warning advises boys to avoid smoking to never have to quit.
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Salem
Mass
Former Paisrana mayor surrenders over treason charge
The article reports that a former mayor nicknamed La Embessier of Paisrana has given himself up amid a high treason case. The wording suggests a severe political assault and a dramatic surrender after accusations of treason.
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Paisrana
N. “la Embessier
Prosecution Likely for Viborg Manifesto Signers in Russia
The Petersburg prosecutor moves to try lower house members who signed the Viborg manifesto under article 120 for attempting to overthrow the government. Bail may be allowed. punishments range to hard labor in mines. Ex-deputies flee or hide. two former peasants were seen with altered hair and beards.
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Petersburg
Ral
Constitutional Democrats
Professor Milukoff
M. ’ Hessel
Lnte
Bel
Tll
Houses of Friends
St. Petersburg
Associated Press
Former Mayor Belcher Surrenders in Paterson NJ
Former Paterson mayor William H Belcher surrendered at the jail after a year as a fugitive. He claimed to have traveled widely while avoiding inquiry and declined to speak on missing money. Indictments allege embezzlement totaling about $150,000, linked to the Manchester Building and Loan association, which collapsed into bankruptcy.
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Belcher
Paterson
N. J
William H Belcher
Manchester Building and Loan Association
Wreck of Pacific Express Crashes into Landslide Near New Hamburg
Newburgh N Y wrecking crews cleared debris after the New York Central Pacific Express struck a landslide one mile north of New Hamburg at 1130 PM. Engineer Edward Wella of Albany and fireman Edward Warren of New York were killed. about a dozen passengers were injured, none fatally. Three tracks were torn and twisted for over 100 feet. A large smoking and baggage car survived the crash, with several passengers narrowly escaping serious harm.
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Newburgh
N. Y
New York Central
Pacific Express
New Hamburg
Edward Wella
Albany
Edward Warren
New York
Hudson River
New York Tunnel
Joseph Shine
Poughkeepsie
B. E. McCambridge
Poughékeepsie
E. W. Kelly
Rumors Map Fate of Austrian Steamer Carolina
Rumors from Pensacola claim the Austrian steamer Carolina Captain Barttoldi left July 12 for Marseilles Spezzia and Venice may have foundered in the Gulf of Mexico or run aground on a Florida key. Officials could not confirm either report about the new vessel sailing from the Pensacola port.
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Pensacola
Fla
Carolina
Barttoldi
Marseilles
Spezzia
Venice
Gulf of Mexico
Florida Keys
Explosion at Vincennes Paper Mill Kills Two, Injures Over Twenty
An explosion in the Vin cennes Paper Mill plant boiler caused two deaths and more than twenty injuries. The worst injured is Charles Conners who was blown about fifty feet through the air. The boiler vaulted through the boilerhouse roof and fell roughly one hundred feet, causing extensive damage to the Harrison American line.
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Vincennes
Ind
Vincennes Paper Mill’ Company
Charlesconners
Harrison Alian- Lion
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