The Last Banderilla and a Martyr’s Madrid Tragedy
In Madrid a matador Jos é returns from a bullfight to find his household strained by poverty and illness. A fierce storm tamps down the corrida as the bull gored him, leaving Soledad grieving amid ruined rituals and hurried burials. The narrative follows the human cost of danger, devotion, and rumor in the wake of tragedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Soledad Jimenes
Mackball
Maxbing
Thusdans
Thea de Mairid
Malaga
Soledad
Hushand
Bolodad
Pops
José
Jond
Soledad Tremaine
Madrid
Una
Josée
Hug
Prady
Aragon
Plaga
Fatixan
Soleilad
Aewn
Seville
Seven Million in Gold Carried by Navy Vessels to Treasury
A veteran navy source dismisses claims of seven million in bullion as the greatest transfer. He recalls 1885 funds from New Orleans to Washington totaling 11 million by steamship, and a plan to move 15 million by water due to rail risks. Swatara and Yantic carried the coins, with secret service oversight and a minor mishap scattering silver dollars on the dock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kingle
Navy
Mint
New Orleans
Treasury
Washington
United States
Swatara
Secret Service
Washington Navy Yard
Hatteras
Navy Yard
John Surratt
Malta
Prince of Wales
King Edward
Villefranche
Mediterranean
Prince
Natives Keep the Secret of Antaimoro Paper in Madagascar
The Antaimoro, an ancient Madagascar tribe, make durable parchment like paper from native shrub pulp. Families hold sheets recording oral histories and Mohammedan laws. The craft dates to a ninth century shipwrecked Muslim who aimed to preserve a torn Koran. The Antaimoro sell only under pressing need.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madagascar
Prayer to the pulse of the Christian life
A compact meditation on faith urging a steady inner rhythm that aligns daily conduct with spiritual beliefs, contrasting sacred rituals with lived experience and urging practical devotion beyond formal worship.
Mrs Sophie Binns praises Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
A letter from Mrs Sophie Binns of Fruitvale Bal cites relief from congestion and inflammation of the ovaries after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She reports health improvement within two months and urges others to use the remedy, warning against alternatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sophie Binns
Young People’s Christian Temperance Union
Fruitvale
Bal
Lydia E. Pinkham
Pinkham
Mss
Sorure Buss
Needed Reform in Russian Textile Youth Education
A special commission in St. Petersburg is appointed to draft a plan for obligatory instruction for young workers in textile and other industries. If enacted, it aims to reform literacy as over 45 percent of Russians cannot read or write.
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St. Petersburg
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Gabriele Garoffi
Green
Oliver
Abe Oise
Fall Bet
Savidad
Alabastine Company
Grand Rapids, Mich
Pierce
Golden Medical
Thomas A. Ewarts
Cohynta
Bow Way
Mali
RV . Pherce
Buffal
Do Sait Laken
Voz
FSH
Bietee
A.J. Tower CO
Boston
Mass
Capsicum
Chesebrough Mfg. CO
State Street
Awdon
Manitoba
Asminiaim
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Cae i
F. Pechey
Ottawa
Canadi
W. Hennett
Agen
New York Life Bidg
Quiaha
Neb
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