Eye-made horse replaces lost sight on Pacific trotter
A Pacific coast trotter owner had an artificial eye crafted to match the real one and fitted into the horse. The eye is nearly undetectable and can dilate with light. The article notes advances in artificial eyes and mentions Bird Day school activities and a Washington Post item about telephone etiquette in new apartments.
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Iowa
Washington Post
Lee
Mia
Fred. C. Lasher, Jr
Westy
Dr.Greene
Steamer St Olaf Wreck Leaves Crew Lost Near Seven Islands
Quebec reports the iron steamer St Olaf of 305 tons wrecked off Boule Island near Seven Islands while returning from Esquimaux Point. All 19 crew and several passengers perished. Captain Lemaistre and officers were longtime residents of the city. The vessel, valued about 40000 dollars and insured for 20000, carried government mails and a large cargo on its final voyage. Weather with gales and snow preceded the tragedy.
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Quebec
St Olaf
Esquimaux Point
Lower St. Lawrence
Lemaistre
Severab
Cvew
St. Olaf
Espalmaux Point
Sheldrake
T de St Olaf
Seven Islands
Boule Island
Kruger Warmly Greeted As Paris Welcomes Boer Leader
Crowds filled Paris streets on November 26 to cheer Paul Kruger of the Transvaal. He was received with semi official ceremonies at the Elysee and the Hall of Ambassadors. An infantry detachments with bands stood in the courtyard as the interview with President Loubet lasted five minutes. He then dined with his family at the Meurice and retired early due to fatigue.
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Paris
Fluing
Kruger
Great Britain
Kruger Wao
Elysee
Loubet
Mr. Kruger
M Delcasse
Czar Near Death's Door Feared Emperor Nicholas Critical
Reports from St. Petersburg state Emperor Nicholas is gravely ill with typhoid fever and brain complications. Ministers have expanded powers as the government feels his disability, with officials suggesting a possible brain fever and even trepanning.
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Imperial Ofiers
Nicholas
St. Petersburg
Japan
Five Coal Mines Wrecked in Mountain Collapse
Terrifying rumblings near Bingamon Creek West Virginia on a Saturday morning triggered a hillside collapse. A half mile bluff twenty feet deep slid into the creek, wrecking five coal mines and destroying another. Miners escaped likely death as the debris buried and blocked the valley. losses may reach about $200,000 with many workers left unemployed.
Police plan raid on wash sale brokers in New York
Detectives will raid stock brokerage offices within days under orders from the district attorney to curb wash sales by brokers who pretend to deal with exchanges. The crackdown follows a rise in stocks after elections and widespread broker failures blamed on dishonest practices that left many small speculators destitute.
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New York
Bribe Offer Stuns Mississippi Capitol Bid Scene
A stranger in Jackson, Mississippi, claimed Logansport Indiana as home and offered Official Longino a $15,000 cash bribe to reveal bid figures for the new $1,000,000 state capitol contract. Gibson was arrested on a charge of attempting to bribe an official and posted $5,000 bond as the affair sent shockwaves through state government.
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Jackson Miss
J. E Gibson
Logansport
Longino
Gibson
Lightning danger spurs ground wires plan in Illinois 1883
Clipped excerpt reports lightning injuries near a white tent in Illinois during the summer of 1883. Proposes using ground wires to conduct electricity during storms while odd snippets mention a teacher and a schoolgirl’s birth-day illness, plus reflections on D Ennery and cartoons.
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Illinois
Tommy
Lé Maya
Descriptive Snippets From Early 1900s Advertisements and Notes
A fragmented 1900 era collage notes Piso’s Cure for Consumption and interdrate medicine for coughs and colds by N. W. Samu, an odd Buddhist monastery claim in Thibet, a dessert pitch for Jell O, and stray phrases about a public speech and a visitor at a public Schr. The unreadable text hints at product ads, travel remarks, and social scenes from Ocean Grove New Jersey and distant places.
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N. W. SaMu
L. Ocean Grove
N. J
Meine
Thibet
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