Shooting at Hippopotami on the Kissama Frontier
An account on navigating the Quangi river in Angola aboard the Serpa Pinto reveals Kissama natives who resist Portuguese rule. The narrator recalls hunting hippopotami with a native guide, noting dangers of the Kissama territory and lack of water or supplies aboard the boat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quangi
Angola
St. Paul de Loanda
Dondo
Serpa Pinto
Africa
England
America
Sseee
Kissama
Av‘rica
Vom
Baraca
Angola Natives and Mission Work Examined by Traveler
The author describes daily life in Angola including river travel with sounders and poles, harsh camps at Barsea and Dondo, fever risks, and tribal types Bailundas Lobollos Kissamas. He criticizes harsh white trading, slavery rumors, and questions missionaries methods offering education first approach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dondo
Lobolics
Kissamas
Angola
Pfaffs Bohemian Club Knights of the Round Table
The Pfaffs Bohemian Club in New York, centered around a cellar table, drew famed writers and actors like Ada Clare, George Arnold, Walt Whitman, and Miles O Rielly. The article recalls their convivial gatherings, notable members, and the club’s decline after rival venues emerged and Pfaff’s closed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dispatch
New York
Proff
Pfaff
New York City
Broadway
Bleecker Street
Piaff
Pare Ee
Bohemia
Knights of the Round Table
Ada Clare
Eory Clapp
Pfaff's
Potter's Field
Walt Whitman
Lincoln
Washington
Hayes
Pfaff’s
Charles G. Halpine
Miles O'Rielly
James O'Brien
Onl O
Hugh Farrar McDermott
Round Table
McDermott
Silas Wegg
Harper’s Weekly
The
Jersey City Herald
Eddie Adams
Charles W. Brooke
Dan Bryant
Nelse Seymour
Effie German
Bateman
Dolly Davenport
Lizzie Weston
Charles Matthews
James W. Wallack
John Brougham
E. L. Davenport
Pfnif’s
Garrad
Savings Bank
Louis N. McGarcies
Lotta Talks of Art Wealth and Stage Life
In Washington Lotta, famed actress known as the Dramatic Cocktail of America, discusses her winter painting, finances managed by her mother, and plans to return to the stage next fall. She recalls childhood mining days, early acting in California, and hits like The Marchioness and Topsy while denying retirement rumors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Goodfellowip
Bohemian Club
Ada Clare
Pfaff’s
de Thy
Bohemia
Pfaif’s
Whitten
Irotta
John Brouzham
Americs
Boston
Washington
Lotta
California
Topsy
America
Park Theater
International Hotel
Lot
United States
Kansas City
New York
Fourteenth Street
Newspaper Row
Lotia
Nassau Street
Laporte
Aitress
le Petite
San Franzo
Harvard
Yale
Musette
Philadelphia
Billy Bradshaw
Billy
East
Marchioness
John Brougham
Marchionesa
Sam Willoughby
Hod
Zip
Detective
Ford
Baltimore
Nantasket
Mr. Kidder
Sol Smith Russell
Sol
Patti
Treasury
Widdows
Ole Bull
Wales
Harpers Brothers
Harper's Weekly
Prane G. Carpenter
Blues and dyspepsia cure touted by Stomach Boosters
Gloomy mental state linked to dyspepsia is described as the blues megrims and torments, with Hosteller's Stomach Bitters claimed to banish biliousness constipation chills fever and nervousness while advertising style hardwood furniture and portrait services appear in the same dispatch.
Louvre Dreasmaking Louvre Offers Quick Gingham Suits
Special orders for ladies and children's gingham suits accepted with short-notice work. Louvre at 24 Sixth St directly opposite Artes Theater advertises ready-made garments and remnant table linens at deep discounts. Notable photos by Dass featured in today’s Dispatch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louvre
Dresamaking
Sixth St
Artes Theater
Braock
Innocent Mr. Nast in the Senate Gallery
Willis B. Hawkeiva recalls a tense moment as Mr Nast’s remarks trigger a wary response from a companion and a joke from another journalist. The exchange hints at fears of federal scrutiny in the press gallery and a plan to revisit Washington with Nast to capture scenes through his simple, childlike view.
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Chane
A. Orr
Joe Howard
Pfaff
Howard
Greenwood Cemetery
Clapp
George Arnold
Willie Winters
Winters
Tribune
Muse
Piaffe
Arnold
Editoria
Mr. Nast
Anl
Senate
Washington
Willis B. Hawekiva
Jury polling reveals surprise verdict in Brooklyn court
After a jury verdict for the plaintiff, the opposing side requested polling. The clerk asked each juror if the verdict was theirs, starting with the first. the response came, No, sir, it is the plaintiff's, in a surprised tone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brooklyn
Hair Vigor Ad Claims Remarkable Hair Growth
An old advertisement touts Ayer's Hair Vigor as superior for scalp cleanliness and hair color. It quotes a testimonial from Melvin Canaan of Centre, New Hampshire, claiming rapid gray hair reversal and thicker, glossy hair after use.
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Ayer
Melvin Canaan Centre
N. H. Eee
Ayes
B. Williams
Fville
Texas
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Interior of Africa
Quanza
Younds
Portugese
Barsea
Pitat
Concle
Sion
Afica
West Afica
City OF
West
Lance
Henee
Srevers
Pace
Hayes & Ereras
Porno
Pfaff’s Round Table
Bohemia’s Center
Dows
Albert McDermott
New Jersey
William ‘O' Brownell
Stephen Masset
Jeems Pipes
Pipesville
Henry Clay Lukens
Arkansas Traveller
Enrique
Frank Bellew
Harpers
Frank Leslie
Thomas Worth
Edward H. House
Japan
Arnold's Sonnets
Pfsff's
Hera
Phas
Baes
John
James C. Thompson
Liberty Avenue
Electric Portrait Company
Wse
Heeze
Dass
Innocent MR. Nast
Dr. J. C. Ayer & Co
Lowell
Mase
Lysons
P.O
Scott
Catarra
Kreens Owen
Mr Ae
Byers
Howard, D
Saya
Montel
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