Jews Return to Palestine Expand Jewish Presence in Jerusalem
Frank G. Carpenter reports from Jerusalem July 22 that Jews, numbering about thirty thousand of the city’s forty thousand residents, are increasingly influential in trade and society. The Turkish government eases restrictions, while beggar relief and religious processions persist near the Mosque of Omar. The city enlarges beyond its walls, with new telegraph lines, a Bethlehem visit, and a growing police force, amid marked modernization.
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Holy Land
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Holy City
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Jaffa
David
Tower of David
Hebron
New York
Mount Zion
Freank G. Carpenter
The Jews and their Immigrant Return to Palestine in Jerusalem
A London writer notes a growing Jewish presence in Palestine, with about 50,000 Jews in the Holy Land and a distinctive Yemenite style in Jerusalem. He describes dress, beards, sidelocks, and religious customs, plus hopes of dying in Jerusalem and the belief in Mount Olives burial.
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Palestine
Jerusalem
Holy Land
Orient
Europe
Benares
Mount of Olives
America
Strange scenes in Jerusalem as Jews seek land ownership
In Jerusalem a Hebraic chant and mourning ritual unfold among Jews near the ancient wall. Palestine shows growing Jewish land holdings with eight agricultural colonies near Jaffa and 28,000 acres on Sharon plains. Americans living on Jerusalem walls anticipate prophecy fulfilled by Jewish return, while Jewish hospitals and Rothschild schools expand.
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Jaffa
Sharon
Jerusalem
Holy Land
Behar
Rothschild Schools
Jerusalem Hotel
Moses de Montefiore
Ghostly scare ends editor’s illness in Augusta Chronicle tale
Augusta editor frightened by a ghost during Reconstruction era prompts weeks of illness. W. C. is among Chronicle reporters who recalls a muffled night attack by a guard, a fatal knife thrust, and a liberated prisoner. The editor’s breakdown followed the haunting, ending only after the tale surfaced.
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Palette
Chronicle
Edi
Felow
The Chronometer Spat With Astor and a Captain
A tale from early clipper days shows a captain buying a chronometer for six hundred dollars and winning a swift voyage. Mr. Astor rejected the item as a foolish expense, the captain resigned, and later beat Astor’s ships, who then learned the chronometer cost sixty thousand dollars. The moral is plain.
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China
New York
Mr. Astor
Two Hoodooed Watches Alarm Auburn Jeweler Tales
Auburn jeweler Doten reports a curious pattern as two customers' watches from the same firm had mainsprings break within minutes of each other after being repaired. Each spring shattered into multiple pieces, with one watch breaking into 19 pieces and the other into 13. The breaks occurred within seconds, then hours, prompting questions about replacing the pieces or the entire watches.
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Doten
Auburn
Slong
General Houston omits Monroe at banquet in family inquiry
A fragment from the Aftlantia Journal recalls General Sam Houston at a banquet naming presidents and their characteristics. He apparently omits James Monroe, provoking a nephew to ask about his uncle. The exchange ends with an unclear reply.
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Sam Houston
Monroe
Puzzling the British Tourist at Long Branch Names
A British traveler notes Long Branch naming confusions from railroad stations to post offices, describes Hollywood and West End name shifts, and observes gambling houses led by Phil Daly amid a lively resort scene with visitors from Wall Street and racing crowds at Monmouth Park.
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Sandy Hook
Key East
Avon-by-the-Sea
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West End
Pennsylvania Tub
Pennsylvania Club
Hollywood
John Hoeyne
Aot Poar
Wall St
Rumor, Games, and Fashion at the Pennsylvania Club
A Branch correspondent reports on club profits myths and hoaxes tied to losses and gains, noting no substantiation for sensational stories about millionaire partners. The piece highlights social scenes with parasol flirtation, signals, dancing in the barn, and fashion trends among dandies and guests at summer hotels.
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Pennsylvania
Jim Reschler
Denver
Tabor
Pittsburg
Femininog
George Law
Trapping Mosquitoes On the Seaside Piazza
Three or four men sit on a seaside cottage piazza at dusk. Mosquitoes swarm as they joke about holding their breath. Tom demonstrates pinching a mosquito to pluck out its bite and proves the claim by releasing a breath after killing the insect.
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Heaven
Mae
Mosquito
Tom
Miss Johanna Kemler Rides At Speed Through Paradise Valley
Virginia City Enterprise describes Miss Johanna Kemler of Paradise Valley Nevada as a bold rider who travels Paris bound and performs daring feats on horseback. She is said to be comfortable on a galloping steed and can pass under a horse’s neck and spring up on the other side.
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New York
Bea
Lim
Virginia City Enterprise
Johanna Kemler
Paradise Valley
Nevada
Paris
Ter
Will Brown
Wealth City
The Sewer of the Law
The New Haven Palladium reports city ordinance requires dogs to wear a muzzle from June 1 to August 31. The law mandates tagging and enforcement measures to ensure compliance by dog owners.
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New Haven
Guests at Camp Nineteen in the Dusty Boomtown
In Camp Nineteen on the Oklahoma frontier, a dusted pair of wanderers arrives with a rough entourage. Will Brown, the telegraph operator, offers meals while a roguish pair Jack High and Deuce Low stir trouble, as a rough camp audience forms and wealth city dreams drift in.
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Alon Road
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William Brown
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Will Brown
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Giada
Deuce Low
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Jack Gh
Yollar
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Palmer
Jack
Will
Moonlit Camp Nine Supper Sees Uncommon Guest
The routine supper at Camp NineTeen mirrors prior meals until a lone woman joins the table. Deuce Low sits beside Boss Donald on the rough bench, drawing attention as the magnates of the camp treat her as a personal guest, while Donald keeps his usual guarded hospitality.
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Almont
Deuce Low
Boss Donald
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Donald
Night at the Moonlight table with laborers and foreman
The scene shows a tense supper where a worn woman and her father sit opposite Jack High and a whiskered foreman named Aleck Wiams. The foreman arranges transport for poles while workers remain reticent, the conversation mostly one sided as listening dominates.
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Aleck Wiams
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