Global unrest and disasters sweep the globe
Crisis in Spain’s cabinet last week sparks political turmoil while famine and floods cause mass distress across Russia, Oklahoma, Indiana Territory, and Oregon. Death tolls climb from volcanic eruption on Mt Pelee, boat capsizes on the Columbia, and floods devastate Walters Oklahoma.
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New York City
Pennsylvania
Mizleton
John Jermyn
New York
Walters
Okla
Columbia
Oklahoma
Indiana
Barrow
Butte
Pratt
Senate
Chicago Union Traction Company
Great Northern Flyer
Grand Forks
N.C
How a Good Marksman Was Made Began to Wear Glasses
A 45 year old man in a Chicago shooting gallery, wearing double lens glasses, hit every target for twenty minutes with precision. He explained he was once a poor marksman until failing eyesight forced glasses, after which long-range shots all hit bull's eyes. He credits glasses for his improved skill and notes his sight was normal before.
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Chicago
Smith
Lutis Accident Shapes City Merchant Drama
A Philadelphia merchant, Joe Slocum, known for driving down prices, entices a country storekeeper who visits the city to settle his semi annual bill. The incident reflects a stubborn negotiation atmosphere as shoppers observe the seller’s tactics.
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Lutis
Philadelphia
Joe Slocum
Lincoln and the Other Fellow Showed His Faith in Providence
A clergyman who recently came East from central Illinois tells a new Lincoln story never printed before. It depicts Abraham Lincoln’s faith in an overruling Providence and his quaint, homely manner in reacting to events. The tale adds to the growing collection of anecdotes about his great nature and leadership.
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Abraham Lincoln
Wght
Ilinois
Lincoln
Lincoln and the Green Mountain Minister’s War-Era Exchange
A Vermont pastor visiting Washington during the Civil War urged President Lincoln to show loyalty from Vermont. Lincoln, initially reserved, warmed as the visitor revealed his purpose. The minister’s words moved Lincoln, who then declared he would obey the Other Fellow’s wishes and asked what he wanted in the war effort.
Asked him was he Hawthorne minister lost patience
The Rev. A. W. Jackson of Concord Massachusetts a retired Unitarian minister and author of a James Martineau biography gained attention for strongly resembling Nathaniel Hawthorne. On a Concord platform a visitor grabbed his coat asking Be you Hawthorne he answered No, ma dame, I be not.
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A. W. Jackson
Concord
Mass
James Martineau
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Concord Station
Hawthorne
Mr. Jackson
Movable scenery first used in Italy in 1508
A Italian architect named Peruzzi created movable scenery, marking the first known use of movable stage design in Italy in the year 1508. The note highlights Peruzzi as the innovator behind this theatrical development.
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Italy
Peruzzi
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