Amazons in Battle Drive Clash on Cuban Slope
In a desperate clash near a moving ammunition carriage, Cuban insurgents led by Lola Montez engage Spanish troops. Jack Travers and Smithers rescue Lola from a bayonet. The rebels, though brave, are driven back as dawn nears, with Smithers delivering warning news to Travers.
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Gomez
Smithers
Tey
Suerrileros
Jack
Senor
Guinea
Senor Rocblade
Travers
Etterer
Havana
Smither i
Senor Roplado
Lola Montez
Jessie
Cuba
Lola
Jessie Cameron
Squire John
Spain
Iola Muntez
Jack Travers
Edinburgh
Joan of Arc
Difficult Land to Reach Greenland Strait
Roger Pocock notes Greenland remains inaccessible to private vessels for passengers or cargo. Few Dundee whalers survive. modern visitors risk harsh seas, fog, ice and reefs. An international treaty bans entry for most Europeans and Americans, enforced by Denmark to protect Eskimo tribes and hunting.
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Greenland
Roger Pocock
Dundee Whalers
Gloucester
Mass
Miranda
Denmark
Gailey Told He Was Discharged For Visiting Saloon
Mr. Merchant warns Gailey he will be discharged for seen leaving a saloon. Gailey insists the promise was to discharge if he was seen going in, arguing he deserves credit for coming out. Philadelphia Press reports the exchange.
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Mr. Merchant
Gailey
Piladelphia Press
Nebraska Legislature Acts on Diverse Bills in Busy Sessions
Nebraska lawmakers advanced eight senate bills touching dormant judgments rail station waiting rooms and plantable taxes while committees killed measures on juries and a state pardons board. House and senate actions included school superintendent salaries county burials drainage districts and public library appropriations for the battleship Nebraska project.
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Senate
District Court
Board of Equalization & F
Bresee
Fourteenth Judicial District
Moperson
Prout
State Board of Pardons
Nebraska
State of
State Department of Public Instruction
United States Weather Bureau
Senate Bills Move Through Legislature Despite Governor Silence
Senate members on the first day filed twenty measures affecting corporations and stock yards, including caps on hay and corn pricing and penalties for delayed unloading. Other actions cover grand juries, drainage law alignment, tax exemptions, and mutual insurance securities. The House spent the day in committee on salaries and introduced several new bills, while trimming the state architect Office and raising several state employee salaries.
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Senate
South Omaha
Sheldon
Cass
Gould
Clark
Douglas
Gage County
Epperson
S. F
Supreme Court
Dbeghtel
Cady of Howard
House
Lincoln Asylum
Beatrice
Land Commissioner's Office
House Passes Varied Bills in 2d Session Action
Lawmakers advanced measures authorizing sale of school land to Daniel L. Johnson now held by him and funding for Norfolk insane asylum wing restoration, Peru Normal library, and heating systems. Also bills on railways eminent domain trade restraints illegal rebates bird species bans lease titles warehouses appeals drainage bribery and recall of anti policy lottery.
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State Board of Public Lands and Buildings
Daniel L. Johnson
Norfolk Insane Asylum
Peru Normal School
Senate committee advances several bills on railroad, records, and taxes
In the committee of the whole on the 8th Cady of Howard item, F.196 proposes a constitutional amendment for a three member railroad commission paid 5000 dollars annually. Bills include S.F.180 custodianship of dormant Historical Society records, S.F.165 veterinary surgeon bill. H.R.27 cemetery associations exempt from tax land purchases, H.R.90 inheritance tax allocated to counties for road improvement, H.R.61 appropriation continues.
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Senate
Douglass of
Rock
Burns
Case Beer
State University
Knox
Peru
Tucker
House
Cady
Howard
State Historical Society
Nebraska House Passes Diverse Bills in Late Session Action
The Lancaster delegation and lawmakers from Douglas advance measures including prohibiting a dance called hooechee-hooechee, opium sale limits, funding for school bonds, regulating baby farms, and fish and boundary laws. Militia pay raises and armory funding accompany emergency enactments as debate centers on Omaha fire shifts and governance. The session pauses with adjournment until Monday.
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Touse
Andersen
Douglas
Nebraska
Rouse of
Hall
Peabody of
Nemaha
McClay
Lancaster
Thomas
Shreck
York
Laverty
Saunders
Sheldon
Cass
Tlouse
Tew
Foster
Lee
Burgess
Lanncaster
Maxen
Doughis
Jones
Otoe
Yquime
Siand
Meserve
Dixon
McMullen
Gage
Adjutant General
Quartermaster General
Attourney
Jackson
Antelope
Chatres
Clarke
Omaha
McClay of
Barnes
Board of Fire and Police Commissioners
Clark
Use of Arbalest Once Forbidden
In the twelfth century the arbalest or cross bow was deemed a deadly weapon and its use banned among Christian nations. It was not until the fourteenth century that cross bows entered general use in war.
Wrong Foot Foremost
A dated quotation describes a day ruined by a wrong foot getting out of bed and its domino effect on mood and fate with humorous hyperbole about injuries and misfortune. The passage uses a comic metaphor to compare slipping on a tack to ongoing bad luck.
Reimagined Weekdays Across Cultures Noted in History
The article catalogs varied weekday observances by different cultures with Sunday as the common reference and notes a perpetual Sabbath concept celebrated in record folklore. It cites Greeks Persians Syrians Egyptians Turks Jews and Christians as observing different days yet sharing Sunday as a root idea.
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Sneeuss Magazine
Longest Straight Railway Line Described
The longest straight railway segment is cited from Nyner 2 to Mourke, with a 136 mile stretch in New South Wales. This line is described as level and perfectly straight.
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Raway
Nyner 2
Mourke
New South Wales
Black Tupil Lily Found in Luzon Island Philippines
An unusual black flower described as a black lily or tulip was found on Luzon Island in the Philippines. The bloom is noted for its dark petals and sizable diameter, described as eight inches across.
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Luzon
Philippines
Coveteous Engineers at Somerville Journal
The quarrel over authority in the Somerville Journal piece hints at a civil engineer's wish to rule his domain. The prose evokes ambition and envy among workers as presented in the era's reportage.
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Arveys
Somerville Journal
Japan records 1,590 marriages in year with no brides over twenty two
Japanese marriage data shows 1,590 unions last year and none of the brides aged above 22. The report highlights unusually young brides among the nationwide total.
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Marty Young
Japan
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