Lightning Tales Stir Lobby Hearings in Murky Hotel
A group of three commercial men in a hotel lobby recount vivid lightning stories from Texas Arizona and Georgia. One tale describes a watch destroyed by fire and a melted silver chunk, another a belt melted by a bolt that spared a reporter’s wife hair, and a Georgia incident where a mule was killed and a man bore a lasting white scar.
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Texas
Msu
Hanvis
York
Kansas City
Arizons
Allen
United Verde
Ewing
Speedy crewmate defeats Spanish frigate Gamo in bold sea action
Captain Cochrane of the Speedy lured the Gamo into close combat and delivered a decisive broadside. The 50 man crew fired 28 pound shot as the Spanish ship struggled to depress its guns. A clever ruse and quick maneuvers led to a clear English victory and a celebratory certificate for Cochrane upon return.
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Geenston
Cochrane
E Temy
Duden
Curious Cross-Section of World Notes and Facts
A compilation of varied tidbits covers topics from Lancaster County pests and camel hair brushes to fashion color descriptions and bank surveillance methods. It notes Switzerland’s unique militia system and Kansas dog and sheep counts with wolf bounty figures, reflecting a mosaic of curiosities and statistics.
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Lancaster County
Bank of
Odds and Ends From An Early 20th Century Paper
A miscellany notes global curiosities and urban data including Paris opera grounds, nails exports to Japan, Massachusetts electric chair, land use, a Bedford inheritance, luxury shawls, child ages in England, London lodging for the homeless, Britain's volunteer force costs, wine tasting rituals, gold coin circulation, Siam princess guards, Oxford bell-ringers counts, London domestic servants, coroner on infant overlays, and new faux safes marketed to new businesses.
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Paris
Japan
Massachusetts
Bank of England
Siam
Oxford
Exeter
Devon
London
World champion Grace Fairweather earns billiards title
Miss Grace Fairweather of Newcastle Hogland is the world champion woman billiard player not yet 21. The text notes her origin and status as a rising star, with brief references to other notable figures and a humorous quote from Congressman Sulloway.
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Grace Fairweather
Newcastle
Hogland
Albany Law School
McKinley
William Lampson
Yale
Te Ray
Genesee County
N. Y
Henry Somerset
Edward Thones Nelson
Washington
Ohio Wesleyan University
Ohio
Susanna Joubert
Klip-fontein
Free State
Ola
John Austin Stevens
Fouunder
Society of the Sons of the Revolution
Newport
Rhode Island Sons of the Revolution
Alejandro Ruiz
Puebla
Mex
Sulloway
Framopeshire
Jehovah
Tour Reed
Jehovano
Reed
Young Navarro kin trains voice in Germany with family
Stary Anderson notes Navarro's youngest half sister, daughter of Dr Hamilton Griffin, travels to Germany this summer with the Navarros to train for concert stages. The piece also mentions Leschetizky as a stern European piano teacher and a Georgia Tech textile fund drive led by Aaron French of Pittsburgh.
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Stary Anderson
Navarro
Hamilton Griffin
Navarros
Germany
Leschetizky
Textile Department
Georgia School of Technology
Aaron French
Pittsburg
Atlanta
The Free Eagle Returns to the Sky in San Francisco
A chained white headed eagle labeled for sale in a San Francisco store is bought by a young California farmer who frees it atop a billboard. After a tense moment the bird stretches its wings, soars, and is met with cheers from the crowd. The farmer explains he could not bear to see the bird imprisoned.
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Fagie
California
San Francisco
Prisoner Wins Liberty With Dice After Jail Break Plan
An ex sheriff recalls a 19th century jail escape in Charleston South Carolina where prisoner Mike Hunkler secured freedom by betting jailer Robinson with poker dice and $900. Robinson, tempted by the wager, lost his funds and his life of duty as he helped Hunkler escape.
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Charleston
S. C
West
Mike Hunkler
Hunkler
Tennessee
Robinson
Robingson
Virginian Sets Out for New York and Makes Farewell Will
A Virginian began a journey to New York and, before departure, wrote a will and bid farewell to friends as if he might not return.
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New York
Various Global Snippets on Health, Faith, and Institutions
A physician cites 70 minutes of daily exercise as boosting longevity to 76 or more years. A London clergyman's jubilee invites drew seventy accepts but fifty-three guests later could not attend as reported by newspapers. The tomb of Eve in a Jeddah cemetery draws 40 000 yearly pilgrims. Moe is claimed as the tallest woman in public school novelty notes from Boston. Boston plans a $250 000 educational building with inclusive facilities. The Duke of Aumale's Chan d y collections are valued at $4 600 000. the library houses 13 000 rare volumes and 45 000 lesser ones, valued at $100 000.
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End of London
Jeddah, In
Moe
Boston
Duke of Aumale
French Institute
If your enemy is too tiny to whip yet should forgive him
A garbled proverb page offers puns on forgiveness grit and luck. It jokes that sand yields grit and misfortune follows folly, noting that justice is blind yet prone to favoritism and warning that foolhardiness compounds age.
Dont judge the world by hollow tales and hype
A fragmented excerpt warns against believing empty stories and false promises. It urges practical judgment, caution with con men, and not overvaluing appearances. The piece includes quips about wealth, political cynicism, and a child’s school absence amid wartime hardship.
Foreign life and transport hint at imperial reach
The article notes 10 000 Europeans and Americans in China with 4000 English, Hong Kong as a foreign industry hub, 3000 vessels visiting yearly, a $5 million Malay peninsula railway loan, public whipping scenes in Wilmington, and open foreign residence in 22 parts of China. It also cites Paris University enrollment around 28 000 to 30 000 students and a society view on women’s dress costs.
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China
Hong Kong
Far East
Malay Peninsula
Wilmington
Del
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