Ha waii Man Finds a Bottle of Imp At San Francisco House
Keawe meets an elderly man in a fine San Francisco house who offers a magical bottle for fifty dollars. The bottle grants wealth through an imp in moderation, but never sells for more than its purchase price, always returning to the seller like a homing pigeon. The tale blends wealth illusion with cautionary superstition as Keawe contemplates the bargain.
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Hawaii
Keawe
Hanannan
Keane the
Treat
Hamakua
Keane
San Francisco
Reawe
Earth
Prester John
Chile
Lepaka
Lepaks
Koos
Lopaka
Honolulu
Kau
Sai Paka
Australia
Kenne
Kowa
Shiriey Dare
Imp of the Bottle Bargain Fails To Stay Sealed
Keane buys a magical bottle from a mysterious seller for fifty dollars. The bottle returns his money when claimed, and it proves to produce strange effects. Keane tests the bottle by returning the bottle and keeping the money. the bottle reappears, and he begins to doubt the true nature of the bargain. He witnesses the bottle's extraordinary behavior as it reappears in the gutter and returns itself to his pocket.
The Bottle and the House in Keawe's Dream
Keawe buys a magical bottle for $50 from a shopkeeper in Honolulu and later sells it for 60 to fund a dream house. After misgivings and a warning from Lopaka, they head to Hawaii and Australia to arrange the house with an architect. The tale follows the bottle’s influence on wealth and fate as the plan unfolds toward a cliffhanger.
The Bottle of Power With a Hellish Curse
A mysterious man reveals a milky glass bottle containing an imp who grants wealth fame and a grand home. Napoleon and Captain Cook are cited as former owners who both fell due to selling the bottle. The imp cannot prolong life, and dying before selling it condemns the owner to hell.
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Reawe
Sid Reawe
Napoleon
Captain Cook
Hawaii
Keane Esid
Hell
Ghoul Disease and Grave Robbery in Peru Cemetery
An account from Peru links a Cholo character to a smallpox outbreak in Orequits that killed hundreds weekly. A fat old woman died of viruela negra and was buried without a coffin. robbers later found her ringless finger, and her body was repeatedly exhumed for three mornings while the ring was gone.
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Orequits
Peru
Conversation in Berkshires reveals a joke about a clock
Dr Chauncey Depew recounts overheard remarks in a Berkshire parlor as mourners console a widow. A late arrival jokes about an eight day clock, then asks what is in the corner. The line implies a person stood upright to make space, provoking laughter.
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Chauncey Depew
Berkshire Hills
New York Journal
Eicheles
Botanist’s Suburban Herbs Lift Health and Vanity
In a house column on winter study and plant lore, the author extols herbs from city suburbs as healing aids and cosmetics. She details dock, fennel, fern, and mistletoe uses, urges women to garden and learn plant lore, and contrasts practical home remedies with risky self-medication. The essay cites examples from Boston to Philadelphia suburbs and laments overmedical reliance.
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Stanley
Speke
Corps of
the Geographical Society
Harlem
Eupatorium
Melitot
Great Dock
Sovereign
Boston
Dorchester
Academy of Fine Arts
Roxbury
Pittsburg
Monongahela
Diamond Square
St. Louis
Louisville
Indianapolis
Philadelphia
A JAP WOMAN HUNTER ADVERTISEMENT
A translated notice from a Japanese newspaper under Wanted a Wife seeks brides near Osaka. The artist groom, of medium social standing, seeks a wife about twenty, deeming beauty, wealth, or cleverness optional. He claims age flexibility and geographically broad preferences for a match.
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Osaka
Effect of Smoking Welcome Words by Nussbaum
Munich Privy Councillor Nussbaum, near death, praised smoking as often beneficial to digestion and brain, with eye and nervous system drawbacks. He spoke warmly despite not being a smoker, calling smoking exhilarating and worthy of high regard.
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Nussbaum
Munich
Anasbaum
The Fog of London and a Gas Solution Proposal
A London fog crisis is described with vivid scenes of ruined trade and soot filled air. A proposal suggests diverting coal from Yorkshire Staffordshire and South Wales into gas pipes to London, regulated like Pittsburgh natural gas, saving over 100 million dollars annually and transforming the city’s air.
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London
Mirzah
Bagdad
West End
Yorkshire, Staffordshire and South Wales
Pittsburg
Chanute foresees staged path to practical aerial navigation
In a Cornell University address O Chanute argues we are nearing a distinct stage in aerial progress. He favors navigable balloons as a precursor to aeroplanes, predicting initial velocity gained from balloon support, then self-starting, self-landing machines that could sail faster than balloons. He notes successive inventors will push rapid advances, with speeds potentially reaching 50 to 60 mph.
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O. Chanute
Cornell University
Safety device keeps omnibus from overturning on wheel loss
An experimental safety system attaches four supports to an omnibus axle with small rollers that engage when a wheel detaches. In tests the vehicle ran at speed on rough roads with wheels off, then returned by rolling on the rollers without loss of pace. Trials showed no violent shocks or serious lurching, supporting the device’s purpose.
Steam Crane Excavators for Manchester Ship Canal Work
A steam crane built on a ten ton locomotive crane with an attached excavator operates on a steel truck for use on the Manchester ship canal. The bucket is fed by a special steam cylinder attached to the bucket arms, allowing two feet of movement. Cuts up to 20 feet deep and 40 feet wide have been handled, delivering 200 to 300 wagons of 4 cubic yards daily with a cost under 2 cents per cubic yard.
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Manchester Ship Canal
Earth Eating Village of Penacova Portugal
Residents of Penacova Portugal reportedly consume local earth to avoid gastric illness when away from home with arsenic in the soil linked to health effects. Dr Amen d none notes soil contains about double the nitrogen of nearby soils.
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Penacova
Portugal
Amend
Adiscent
Uncertain Alkaloid Status in Active Substance Question
The text suggests plausibility that the active substance may be an alkaloid. It states the issue could be settled by a competent chemist and expresses hope that someone will undertake the investigation.
Primary Battery Swindles Court Case Exposes Fraud
A Town court hears a case about two men renting a building to push a so called electric lighting scheme. They claimed a cheap battery would power 12 lights for seven hours nightly and a motor daily, with a 60 cent cost. Stock worth 10,000 dollars was pitched at 50 cents on the dollar to create a company. Exhibitions drew interest and local subscribers, but investigators found the current likely came from hidden accumulators charged at an external station. Authorities urge exposing fraudulent primary battery schemes as some batteries showed progress while others hid the true power source.
Electric light safety proves fire risk fears unfounded
The article notes Philadelphia’s widespread electric lighting with no fires or losses in several thousand homes per inspector reports. It highlights electric company self insurance via a mutual plan that now offers standard rates and sets a high construction standard to reduce future losses.
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Philadelphia
Electric
Central
Novel Castor Improves Castor Designs in England
A new castor design in England uses a fixed center pin and a rotating plate to create a freely movable yet well supported universal joint. This eliminates breakage common with cranked swivel arms and improves reliability over older castor types.
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England
Sampling barrels aid retailers curb losses and attract buyers
Retail grocers adopt wooden barrel sized display boxes with hinged glass covers sloped at the back to showcase contents while preventing quick theft. The design allows easy viewing yet deters casual lifting, promising substantial yearly savings in large stores.
Tricks to age machine lace with tea tint technique
A technical journal explains turning machine made lace into a close imitation of genuine lace. It details rinsing in cooled strained strong Oolong tea, then pressing by hand to dry and spread on an ironing board. Delicate points are separated to preserve the pattern and create a yellowish antiquity.
United States Leads World in Iron Production
The United States has become the top iron producer, yielding 9,202,703 gross tons of pig iron in 1899, surpassing Britain by about 1,200,000 tons. From 1885 to 1890 US output rose from 4.04 to 0.20 million tons with a 128 percent gain, while Britain's rose only about 7.8 percent.
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United States
Greg Eee
Great Britain
Brick Street Pavements and Durability of Bricks
Brick street pavements last about 30 years and brick's durability surpasses wood. A paving brick should resist roughly 6,000 pounds per square inch of pressure, and even the poorest brick pavement is considered superior to wood.
Patented Double Cone Reflector for Public Lighting
A new opal and silvered double cone reflector improves church, hall, theater, and store illumination. The device sizes range from 18 to 120 inches in diameter and support 4 to 100 burners, offering versatile lighting for large interior spaces.
REW BILLIARD GAME Chinese Pool latest fact
The New York Press notes a new billiard game called Chinese pool. Players select one of 15 balls for their cue, strike the white ball into a pocket, making the white ball the object ball except during the break. The game demands high skill and pool knowledge, with a Western remark describing it as looking easy but producing no profit.
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New York
Funerals for Cash and Cadavers Evicted for Late Rent
A Peruvian correspondent describes Arequipa's cemetery system where the poor carry the dead on their heads to the grave, coffins are rented, niches hold the aristocratic dead, and grave robbing is common. The central chancel and charnel vault reveal moldering corpses, bones, and grisly evidence of eviction and cremation practices in a stark, ritual city.
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Arequipa
Peru
Arequipo
Campo Santo
Hilo
Medical College
Indians at Pine Ridge face hunger and turmoil in displaced camp
Three square meals a day have been scarce for the Indians at Pine Ridge since their arrival. Tensions rise as leaders reassess efforts to feed and shelter families amid ongoing strain and disorder.
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Detroit
Pine Ridge
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