Duel on the Mountain in Ireland ends with unexpected pardon
Horace Morton recalls a doomed duel after a misread letter and insult from Capt. Conan during a September visit to Hollow Glen. A rescues a frightened girl from a runaway carriage, delaying the quarrel. On the mountain, Conan spares Morton and reveals his daughter was saved by Morton, ending the duel with forgiveness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ireland
Farrel
Castlerock
Fair Sex
Jemmy O °Eill
Jemmy
Hushband
Capt
Conan
Mr. Farrel
Jemmy O'Neill
Mr. Sinclair
Chicago Journal
Gold Diggers of Ichang and Canadian Gold Regions
The article describes regions where gold grows yearly due to river floods. In Hupeh China near Ichang, the town of Likutien marks an annual, partitioned gold ground with no royalties. Each winter seven men process about twenty tons of pay dirt from the river banks for subsistence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edmonton
Canadian Northwest
Saskatchewan
Ichang
Hupeh
China
Han
Likutien
John Chinaman
Fight with tarantulas aboard banana ship from Havana
Stowaways in a Havana bound banana boat hide in banana bins after being discharged from Georgia sailors. A tarantula attack leaves Mabry and his companion bitten and exhausted, with guards and sailors later rescuing them in a day of horror. Mabry, a St. Louis machinist, recounts his Cuban voyage and war service.
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Joseph Mabry
St. Louis
Mabry
Georgia
Cuba
Havana
Denison
Texas
Kentucky
United States
New Orleans
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Varied Scientific Bits From Aged Journal Features
Mars at nearest 36 million miles. Italian inventor makes sea propelled steel finned boat. Neuralgia patients urged to drink coffee with lemon juice. Grapes from one species with many American varieties. Schimmelia, a new rue family oil plant from Venezuela. Katydid songs vary with sun and clouds. Dismal Swamp area sinking, Lake Drummond expanding. frontier zone for northern and southern plant and animal species.
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Mars
Earth
Europe
Asia
Linnean Society
London
Venezuela
A.H. Verrill
Mr. Verrill
Biological Society
Washington
Lake Drummond
U.S. Labor and Industry Drive Amid Expanding Output
Reports from across industry show shipyards employing 5,000 and exports rising to 1,000 dollars per day. A $15 million steel plant is planned at Stony Point near 330 North. Wages jump about 20 percent for Pittsburg streetcar workers. The government printing office will raise wages 10 cents per hour. May sees over 2,000 new tobacco union members and a Brooklyn firm moving 2,000,000 blue labels in April. The Shenango mill in Newcastle Pa switches to full electric operation as machinery arrives. A Knights of Labour dispute in Idaho and Transsiberian railway bridge contracts involving Pennsylvania firms are noted. Schweinfurt Bavaria hosts major bicycle bearing production, employing 600 workers.
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Stony Point
Pittsburg
Ican Federation of Labor
National
Unio
P Ning
Washington
Tobacco Workers’ National ‘Union
Brooklyn
N. C
Shenango
Newcastle
J. A Sovereign
Knights of Labo
Idah
Workingmen’s Union
Gem
Idaho
Salt Lake City
Pennsylvania
Consta
Transsiberian
Schweinfurt
Bavaria
The Vastness of London and its rising violence
The article notes London’s Metropolitan police area houses 5,633,806 people, compares it to four European capitals, and observes London stretching eighteen miles from Charing Cross. It cites 66 deaths weekly from violence and about 3,500 yearly from accident negligence or design, highlighting urban growth and safety concerns.
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London
Europe
St. Petersburg
Berlin
Paris
Rome
Charing Cross
Remarkable Rise of Land Around Hudson Bay
The article describes a remarkable gradual upheaval of a vast area around Hudson Bay. Drift wood beaches now stand 20 to 70 feet above water, new islands have formed, channels shifted, and old harbors shallow or vanished. At the current rate the bay may disappear within centuries, converting coastal water to dry land or salt marshes for Britain in America.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hudson Bay
América
Truant Laws Enforced in Switzerland
School authorities enforce truancy laws in Switzerland with daily fines for unexcused absences. If illness is suspected, a doctor is sent and the parents pay the fee if the illness is deemed sham. The piece also notes men avoiding others by going unseen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Switzerland
Riley’s Jokes on Halford by J Whitcomb Riley
The piece notes J Whitcomb Riley’s first literary work in the early 1870s for the Indianapolis Journal under an assumed name. It records Riley’s early career and his humor writing beginnings.
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Riley
Halford
Indianapolis Journal
Stand Up When Trying on Shoes
An experienced salesman argues people, especially women, should stand to fit shoes rather than sit. He notes feet swell when walking and in motion the foot grows larger, so chairs during fittings hinder proper sizing and comfort.
Growth of Trees and a Curious Social Rule
The elm reaches full size at 150 years and grows roughly 214 feet yearly. Oaks reach 200 years with growth under one foot annually. A girl over 25 is deemed conceited if she does not conclude the serenading young men have erred by visiting her house.
Girl’s Promising Voice Costs Father a Thousand Dollars
Neighbors discover a girl’s talent and urge her to pursue singing, but the effort costs her father a thousand dollars before she settles into marriage and abandons her artistic ambitions.
Law as Interpreted and Notable Legal Precedents
A summary of multiple legal opinions including Troy Mining versus Whitt on notice immateriality, Aldine Manufacturing versus Phillips on corporate lienability, Dow versus Winnipesaukee Gas on damages to reputation, Cicero Lumber versus Cicero on highway conversion and due process, Haug versus Great Northern Railway on liability for intoxicated passengers, Hanlon versus Hobson on river boundary descriptions, and a note analyzing bounding grants by rivers or tides.
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Troy Mining Company
Dow
Winnipesawkee Gas and Electric Company
N. H
Cicero Lumber Company
Cicero
Ill
Haug
Great Northern Railway Company
N.D
Hanlon
Telephones for hospital wards bring music to beds
Telephones will be placed in Paris hospital wards near beds for patients to contact friends. An arrangement allows telephones to be connected to a wire linked to a concert hall so invalids may enjoy performances.
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Paris
Getting Rid of a Splinter by Steam
A remedy uses hot water and steam to draw out a deeply embedded splinter. Place the hand over a wide mouth bottle mouth and apply slight pressure to create suction. In a minute or two the steam pulls the splinter out and soothes inflammation.
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Tion
Horace Morton
Robert Sinclair
Havana Haven
George Harding
Indianapolis
East
Holmes
Sige Halford
United States Army
Harrison
Saturday Evening Post
Indiana
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