Alfred Bell and Rhodes Dream of Africa’s Future Legacy
Sidney Telegraph reflects on Alfred Bell and Cecil Rhodes as visionaries who endowed Africa with funds for railroads telegraph and telephone lines. The piece defends their legacy amid criticism, arguing their wealth aimed to build a future continent and that the dream will outlive their names.
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Alfred Bell
Africa
Cecil Rhodes
Alfred Beil
Rhodes
Hell
New York
Bell
Beit
Insane horse and saltwater loving cat stun readers
A Boston Herald piece notes a horse with no tall dock that behaves oddly at night standing on its head in gardens and defying order, likening it to humans in March madness. It pairs the tale with a cat that bathes in salt water and swims like a catfish, calling both abnormal sea serpent animals.
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March
Boston Herald
Railroad Casualties and a Study of Country Manners
The Interstate Commerce Commission bulletin for the quarter ending March 31, 1906 reports 18 296 railway casualties among passengers and employees 1 126 killed and 17 170 injured up 17 and 52 respectively from the prior period. It notes a disaster caused 34 deaths and 24 injuries due to a failed dispatching system and a sleepy telegraph operator.
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Interstate Commerce Commission
New York City Considers Water Cut to Wall Street Pipe
City officials urge economizing water use and propose shutting off the Wall Street pipeline to reduce consumption. The move aims to conserve limited supply while maintaining essential services downtown.
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New York City
Wall Street
Catacombs Catastrophe In The Avenger Escape
In the flooded subterranean complex a deadly blast and a river surge strand a group led by Valdermere Gideon and Waldermere. They cling to a rope ladder as The Avenger sinks and fire licks the walls, leaving the survivors to seek a perilous exit from the ruined caverns.
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Death Committee
Peterhoff
Kronstadt
Russia
Gideon
Waldermere
Giant and companions uncover hidden chasm beneath ruined statue
The party finds a sealed doorway opened by an explosion revealing a lower chamber. Thousands of embalmed figures line the walls as they ascend through miles of passages, clinging to hunger and fear while tracing a path upward through rock and water. The scene ends as the giant lights driftwood in a fork of the road.
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Waldermere
Corent
Valdemere
Spoiled a New One
Mrs. Compton frets over a soggy umbrella as Mildred’s day out ends with rain. Henry reassures that Mildred will return it, while the couple reflects on the mishap and the value of a new umbrella.
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London
Mrs. Compton
Mildred
Mr. Compton
Henry
Tragedies of Paria Pantheon Remains and Scandals
The text recalls disturbances at the Pantheon with Emile Zola’s planned burial, noting prior desecrations of Pantheon occupants like Maribeau in 1793, and later Voltaire and Rousseau. It cites accounts of removal, sack disposal, or hidden transport during historical upheavals such as the Hundred Days.
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Emile Zola
Pantheon
Maribeau
Marat
Voltaire
Rousseau
First Steam Motor Car Arrives In St Paul
The Great Northern motor car that arrived from Aurora Illinois in St Paul is not the first steam motor car seen here. The St Paul and Sioux City railroad earlier possessed a motor car that combined locomotive baggage car and coach, used when Mendota to Shakopee line opened in 1865.
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Great Northern
St. Paul
Aurora
Jil
Sioux City
Chicago, St Paul
Minneapolis & Omaha
Mendota
Shakopee
St. Paul Dispatch
Mothers Keepsake by Harold Avery
A narrator recalls a mother's bureau keepers and the treasured mementos stored in a drawer. Photographs of children, a silver rattle, a dentist episode, early art and crafts, and locks of hair reveal a family’s tender history and a mother’s quiet reverence for memory.
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Mothers Keepsake
Harold Avery
Mary Jane
Polly
Nervous Debility Treated By Pink Pills Claim
A testimonial from Mrs. S. A. Green of Franklin Ga asserts Dr Williams Pink Pills restore strength in nervous debility. She describes years of weakness and stomach trouble, weight loss, and sleeplessness, then rapid improvement from 104 to 130 pounds and renewed energy. Pills sold by druggists or mail order from Schenectady New York.
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Williams
A. Green
Franklin, Gs
Dr. Williams
Education in Sweden Universality of schooling noted
The Craftsman describes Sweden as uniquely universal in education with compulsory schooling from age seven to fourteen unless private instruction is proven. About twelve thousand common schools exist, including ambulatory schools in sparse districts, where terms are shortened to half the usual length.
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America
Sweden
Tolstoy Finishes The Divine Hetman Depicting Russian Revolution
Count Tolstoy completes a new work titled The Divine Hetman. It portrays principal revolutionary leaders in Russia from 1880 to 1890 and he plans to address current events in Russia in his next writing.
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Tolstoy
Count Tolstoy
the Divine
Hetman
Russia
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Sidney
F. A. Gapen
Nebraska
Boston Globe
Marle
Valdermere
Panquilly
Romanski
de Tavenier
Avenger
Eri
Paria Pantheon
Joseph B. Bowles
Kemp
Balsam
Education In
Dodds
Dommelists
Ismade
TNE
H.ston
Canada
W. D. Scott
Immiration
Ottawa
W. V. Bennett
New York Life Building
Omaha
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