Indian Customs and Iowa Tribe Traditions Describe Mourning Practices
A Kansas City Journal excerpt surveys Iowa and Oklahoma tribes, noting beliefs of the Lowas and other Amerind groups. It recalls chiefs and medicine men, thunder and lightning explanations, infant speech training, star dwellings, multiple gods, and mourning rites with hired mourners and coffin customs in old tribal life narratives.
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Math Dubr
Dum See
Bi Dole
Tohee
Iowa
Avas
al Lowas
Great Plains
Oklahoma
Ammerind Lis
Kansas City Journal
Cooking in the Church and the Modern Kitchen Trend
A discussion on church kitchens as practical spaces in up-to-date houses of worship. Clergy and lay observers praise light and heavy housekeeping in churches, noting social and cultural shifts, and a columnist reflection on the role of kitchens during festivals and gatherings.
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China
Songs of the Nation and the Duty of Schools
A Kansas City World editorial argues schools must teach patriotic songs and the national anthem. It notes Germans and French audiences recall their hymns, while American youth often cannot sing or recall key verses. The piece urges displaying the flag in every school and teaching Old Glory and the national songs universally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia
America
Floods and Fire Stir Nationwide Compassion
Kansas City Journal notes that destructive floods or consuming flames evoke generous sympathy from the nation, reflecting the public spirit as communities rally to aid afflicted towns and residents. The piece underscores collective disaster response and charitable aid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City Journal
A Splendid People Respond to San Francisco Distress
The article extols the American citizenry for rapid, generous relief to San Francisco after disaster. It contrasts claims of greed with a nationwide outpouring of gifts and provisions from Atlantic seaboard to the Pacific, praising collective humanity and compassion inHard times.
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San Francisco
Pacific Coast
Atlantic Seaboard
Middle West
Pacific Slope
Fresh Air Cure for Tuberculosis Endorsed by Field and Farm
An contributes the fresh air cure as the most effective defense against tuberculosis. Open air sleeping and unlimited outdoor exercise are called the best preventives, with ventilation at the center of health. The piece asserts ninety percent of deaths could be prevented by such practices and emphasizes the contagious nature of consumption.
Evolution of Illuminants Through Time and Light
The article traces lighting from oil lamps to wax dips, candles, sconces, and gas, then praises electricity as a modern yet hazardous genius. It notes the shift in vision strain and references historical figures and phrases, concluding with a wary view of ongoing electrification.
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Nero
Rome
Memphis News Scimitar
Revolt in South Africa Aims at White Rule
The Zulu chief Bambaata's bush war against whites grows as several British mounted police are killed and Zealous chiefs join. A tax party led by Magistrate Stainbank was attacked at Mahlabitini. the magistrate and a rider were killed. Unrest spreads across South Africa and beyond as blacks push Africa for Africans, with Zulus now among the fiercest fighters and rifles replacing spears.
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Bambaata
Greytown
Natal
South Africa
Stainbank
Mahlabitini
Zululand
Pangs
Zplus
Africa
Prince Imperial
France
Napoleon
Crefeld Contracts for Low Cost Electric Power
German city officials reach a ten year agreement with a coke and coal company to supply cheap alternating current to Crefeld and the suburb Crefeld Linn and harbor area. The scheme uses waste gases to drive dynamos and aims to cover about ten miles to supply distant depots and districts at a reduced rate.
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Crefeld
Germany
Peetoe
Crefeld-Linn
Coal and Coke Company
Betsy the Hen Dies After 22 Years of Laying Records
Betsy the hen of George Bradley, famed across Tennessee for laying 4,750 eggs and hatching 570 chicks over 22 years, dies at age 22 and is buried with honors. Her earnings from eggs and offspring would total about $1,079.50 at current prices, according to the New York Herald.
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Betsy
George Bradley
Tennessee
Bradley
New ‘York Herald
Beethovens Deafness Shows Will Over Circumstance
A narrative on Ludwig van Beethoven overcoming total deafness to compose and lead music. The tale highlights resilience after physicians declared no remedy and a silent audience confirming his triumph through unwavering determination.
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Beethoven
Revenge and Whistler Autograph Snub Revealed
William H. Chase recounts Whistler clashing with the Royal Academy in London. An admirer in Pennsylvania sought Whistler’s autograph, mailed via the academy, which used the delay to retaliate. The envelope later returned marked Unknown repeatedly by the dead letter office in Washington.
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William H. Chase
James McNeil Whistler
Royal Academy
London
Whistler
Pennsylvania
Academy
Washington
Washington Star
Rich Oak Mine Found in South Russian River
A Russian timber dealer reports a rich oak mine in a southern Russian river. Logs lie in 150 square miles with three to four foot deep layers. The mine shows twelve color shades due to river-bottom soil, and logs range 40 to 200 feet long and 15 to 20 inches in diameter. An estimated 150,000 logs averaging 70 feet remain.
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Russia
Men Who Have Violated the Law Say It Is Not Hard to Do
A brief quotation notes that men who break the law claim the act is easy to accomplish. The statement reflects a casual view of wrongdoing and may indicate attitudes surrounding criminal behavior.
Rainy hour tops list of oddities and tech notes
The item compiles curiosities from shorthand history to a dog that answers phones and a London firm’s guard-dog report duty. It notes Abyssinian tobacco laws, double wages for brick carriers, the Bible’s cheap printing, the world’s largest pillarless room in St. Petersburg, and Chicago’s coming electric power station with automated coal handling and electric kitchen facilities.
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Pitman's
London
Abyssinia
Stioke
Kentucky
China
British and Foreign Bible Society
India
St. Petersburg
Chicago
Wouldn't You Mayhap I Could Not Stand Success
Verse from the Louisville Courier Journal hints at confessional tone and a playful doubt about fame. The lines express a wish to try again despite past follies, preserving a witty, self aware voice.
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Louisville Courier-Journal
Alphabet of Success Card Through Time
A compact moral admonition listing virtues and cautions. It urges integrity, careful speech, debt payment, courtesy, self discipline, and sober conduct, urging readers to avoid vice and cultivate right living with firm resolve. Major entities are generic. no clear people or organizations are named.
Colonial Legislature Adopts Pension Study Resolution
The Newtfoundland colonial legislature unanimously approves a resolution favoring old age pensions. A commission is to investigate the subject over the next twelve months as preparation for introducing the measure and offering a project proposal.
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Newtfoundland
Fragmentary note on cooks and Japanese years
Fragmentary OCR text mentions Japanese cooks and a discussion of favor and a fighter. The readable fragment references Mr Bacon and a Yonker street housing thought, with uncertain context about a Japanese statesman and cooks.
Law to Improve Dwellings Receives Committee Endorsement
A government committee on housing recommends a law to improve conditions in dwellings. The draft targets dwellings with single family occupancy and requires safer cooking facilities and adequate spacing to reduce health risks.
Fragmentary Washington Star Verbiage In The Kicker
Readable fragments discuss a public figure's flaws and habits amid demands from a first wife and looming funeral bills. The tone implies scorn and a critical, disjointed narration with fragmented phrases.
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Washington Star
Imperial Unrest Shocks Tsarist Palace and Guards
Reports detail simmering discontent around the imperial court as the retirement of Plesko prompts Lermentoff’s appointment and a palace regiment’s loyalty questions. Guards tighten around Peterhof while servants and officials face scrutiny amid revolutionary rumors and heightened security.
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T. Petersar
Peterhof
Selo
Plesko
Lermentoff
Imperial Regiment
Diu
Sever
Lenny Hitu
Faites
Tsarsyoe Ss
Fai
Avarai
Finland
Arigne
Cronstag
Helsfoy
Peters
Ute
Namesukes
Tartare
Sachs
Mrs Tanner Dies After Auto Accident In Helena
Mrs. James Tanner wife of a chief in the Grand Arms Republic died in an automobile crash near Fort Harrison while on a visit from Bozeman. The party including Governor Wilson and others were traveling when the vehicle left the narrow road and overturned. Tanner suffered fatal injuries as he reached the scene.
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James Tanner
Htelena
Wr Tanner
Emma
Grand Arms Republic
A” Tanner
Montana
Cowards Leave Fiery Scene at East St. Louis Plant
Reported chaos as workers fled an unsafe scaffold at the Amerwan plant when a new crane malfunctioned. A man hung twenty feet above the ground before colleagues evacuated, fearing a collapse as the crew scrambled to safety amid mounting danger.
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ST. Louis
Amerwanany
Sullivan
Shonts Foresees No Change in Canal Work Force
In New York the canal chairman said the canal commission boards that the latest decision on canal type will not alter the existing work force. He spoke with canal chiefs before urging action on steamers and related operations.
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Shonts
Dhe
New York
Cailins
Ene
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Bureau of Vital Statistics
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Jol
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A. T. Stewart
Ireland
Royal Arcanumn
Songs OF the Nation
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Tsarsk
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