Tornado kills man and injures wife in Kansas
A tornado over Pleasant Grove Kansas instantly killed David Fellingham and seriously injured his wife. Other items note a conference name change to German Baptists in Carthage Missouri, a Panama coinage defeat in legislature, mass skeleton discoveries in Tagil Russia, cholera deaths in Liao Yang, Venezuelan military moves, and various other 1900s era world events. Notable obituaries include Charles Parkin of Pittsboro. Yale to Harvard challenge to Oxford and Cambridge athletes planned for July.
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Pleasant Grove
Kansas
David Fellingham
Liao Yang
Venezuela
Washington
Charles Parkin
Iron and Steel
Crucible Steel Industry
United States
Pittsboro
Red Hair a Bond in Old-Time Missouri Politics
An old politician recalls red hair as a unifying bond among voters and rivals. He cites B Gratz Brown, Liberal Republican candidate for Missouri governor, noting his red hair and its influence in Pleasant Hill with ex Confederates. The tale links redheads to loyalty and humor, including Brown’s portrait and the Red Headed Rangers in Cass county.
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B. Gratz Brown
Missouri
Pleasant Hill
Johny Rebs
Brown
Mark Twain
Titian
Jefferson City
State Penitentiary
Rangers
Cass County
Greeley
United States
Johnny Red
John L Sullivan and the Hot Springs Vapor Bath Tale
A humorous reminiscence of John L Sullivan’s wartime fame and adventures. Billy Muldoon recounts Sullivan insisting on a vapor bath at Hot Springs, a large black attendant, the glass transom shattering, Sullivan urging the cook to turn him over, and Sullivan’s antics after the bath including a speedy dash to the spring and a dramatic run shouting for Billy to hurry.
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John L. Sullivan
John L
Billy” Muldoon
John
Sullivan
Muldoon
Billy
Origin of Woman from the Devil's Tail Legend
A Turkish peasant tale explains creation of woman after Allah asks Archangel Michael to extract a rib from Adam. The Devil seizes the rib, chases Michael around the world, tangles in a rock, and Michael cuts off the Devil's tail to retrieve it. Allah then fashions Woman from the Devil's tail.
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Allah
Archangel Michael
Paradise
Michael
Heaven
Allsh
A Ladys Wit Blues on Love and Courtship
James Barton Adams in Leaver Post recounts a playful rustic monologue about longing for wooing yet resisting clingy, nagging language. The speaker critiques insincere flattery and emphasizes genuine affection over performative romance.
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James Barton Adams
Nobleman Dwells In Caves Of Pyrenees On Silent Estate
The story profiles a wealthy Frenchman of Irish extraction, Count Russell, who abandons society for solitude in a series of four caves high on the Vignemale peak in the Pyrenees. He rents the mountain from France for one franc a year, aids the caves with pickaxes and dynamite, and often sleeps in snowdrifts wrapped in a reindeer bag. He hosts visitors in Pau, France, while France and Spain lie at his feet.
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Ail Europe
Count Russell
Vignemale
Pyrenees
Pau
Florabel a vision of feminine loveliness in prose
Extract from a popular novel describes Florabel as a vision of feminine loveliness with a swanlike neck and a head crowned by golden hair that glowed. The fragment hints at majestic beauty in a romantic tone.
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Florabel
The Siberian Tarantass Hauls Through Russia's Vast Distances
Traveling in Siberia apart from the airway now relies on the tarantass, a roomy hooded carriage with no springs and a floor mattress. Drawn by hardy northern ponies in pairs, it covers immense distances over diverse terrain, offering a rough but enduring method of movement for military transport and travel alike.
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Siberia
Russia
Long 2900 year lease for meadow land in Surrey
A record notes a 16 acre Surrey meadow lease granted on St Michael's Day 1661 for a nominal rent of a red rose whenever demanded. The odd agreement specifies no requirement that the rose grow on the land, which is fortunate since no such rose exists there.
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Surrey
St. Michael’s Day
Automobile wreck on Florida beaches shatters records
A description notes the type of car used in a beachside incident in Florida where records were broken or smashed on the sandy shore. The report highlights the vehicle and the remarkable nature of the event at a coastal site.
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Florida
A Literary Curiosity of Palindromic Words
A note describes a sentence where each word’s letters mirror to form the preceding and following words in sequence. It claims the acrostic aligns letters by position across all words, with as many letters in a word as there are words in the sentence.
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Halifax
N.S
York
Quebec
New York
homage to engines festival in india honors tools and work
The article describes a Hindu festival honoring working implements. Mechanics and craftsmen polish and overhaul their tools before the festival. Temples are decorated with garlands, and devotees offer sweets while praying for success in future labor.
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India
Queer Rites of Savages Among Central Australians
Two fire ceremonies of the Arunta and Warrampunga tribes are described. The first Initiation rite features dramatic ancestral portrayals and fire tests where women throw embers on men or men lie on hot embers, yet the meaning remains unknown. The second rite involves bush hut confinement, armed men with twig-laden poles, pipe clay daubing, and a ceremonial fire clash intended to settle old quarrels and begin anew.
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Warrampunga
Central
Australia
Victory Not With Him After Fight With Wife
A Mount Vernon ex Judge recounts a court legend of an Irishman named Holahan charged with wife beating. The meek looking husband claimed he did not beat her, while the judge pressed him. Holahan attributed his calm stance to bowldniss and joked the referee had called a draw.
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Holahan
Joodge
Hol Nhan
New York Times
White Robin Spotted Among Robins in North Brookfield
A white robin was observed in North Brookfield, joining a flock of ordinary plumed robins. Its striking appearance drew attention, with onlookers noting it created a moment of distraction as a freight engine halted to let train men view the bird.
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North Brookfield
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