Detroit Rioters and Polls Stir State Politics
Detroit amid riot tension sees Poles guarding employment, while New Jersey towns swing Republican in local races led by Newark Trenton Orange and Jersey City. The piece also critiques Tom Reid's quorum rule and Voorhees Free Trade policy, debating morality and economic surplus amid national politics.
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Detroit
New Jersey
Newark
Trenton
Orange
Jersey City
Party of
Two Sides in Tax Relief Debate Highlighted by Voorhwes
A Missouri letter critiques Senator Voorhwes for touting relief from taxation while supporting a bill that yields a large surplus. The piece accuses Stiles Kennedy of St Louis of brazen meddling in appointments at the Indian School and seeks protest against local political favoritism and patronage.
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Voorhwes
Stiles Kennedy
51. Louis
Carpenter
Kennedy
St. Louis
Mt. Pleasant Erat
Snake Talk From a Washington Star Expert
An expert discusses snake behavior and ecology, noting cannibalism, size dynamics, and the role of snakes in pest control. The piece covers how snakes swallow prey alive, their surprising resilience, and the balance they maintain in ecosystems, including effects on poultry.
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Washington Star
Pecpere
Zoological Gardens
Tropics
Owen
New York Weather Sampler Tastes the Atmosphere for Temperature
A New York man calls himself a weather sampler and reads the air to judge temperature. He claims accuracy within two degrees, despite a faulty thermometer incident. He notes that leaf color and winter onset vary by region and that Michigan’s early cold spell didn’t trigger leaves to turn sooner.
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New York
the Tribune
Arlor
Michigan
Professor Buzzoni Served Laughter as Stenography Lecture Collapses
In a controversial gathering, Professor Buzzoni faltered while presenting an Italian shorthand exhibit. Comedian Sig. Macchi condemned the disorder and noted the professor’s English shortcomings. Buzzoni swooned, was revived, and the meeting adjourned without conclusion.
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Berane
Bargist
Macchi
Italy
Hivest
Mace
Anil
America
Aidrom
Iver
Sig. Macchi
Dred
Tim
Mnoel
First Sight of Red Hair Among Colorado Indians
An account from Canon City Colorado describes a resident recounting how his carmine red hair astonished local Indians before widespread white contact. He recalls scenes of curiosity among elders and the guide demonstrating that water would not wash the color, confirming it was real hair.
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Colorado
Java
Canon City
Col
Washington Post
Merker
Lim
Laflan
New York Bowery
Ordt
Two Royal Diamond Flushes At Pacific Union Club
In a rare coincidence four players at two Pacific Union poker tables held royal flushes simultaneously, each receiving ace king queen jack ten of diamonds. The event, described as unprecedented since poker began, drew intense interest as odds and chances are weighed, with one winner netting thirty five dollars and the other keeping a larger sum.
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San Francisco
Pacific Union Club
Pacific
Miyal de Viamonds
Knare
Agus
The Poet's Need and Mind's Law in Everyday Life
The piece argues poetry sustains men who lack wealth, cites Lowell and Saint Augistine ideas, and notes balance between material and spiritual life. It discusses Shaker and Moravian thrift, mystics, and how misfortune reveals inner imagination, with Job as a poet despite poverty.
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Saya
James Hessel Lowell
Boul
Talsfortune
Job
Hin
Tenanted by wild hogs on unused Limestone tract in Alabama
The northern Limestone county land is a thousand acre wilderness not on maps or in the county registrar. No claims or taxes exist. Wild hogs and deer roam, hog hunting is sport, and the flesh is described as tough. Attempts to tame farm animals failed, narration notes razorback hogs fascinate Tennessee observers.
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Limestone County
Ala
Register
Tom Looth
Polack
Tom
Mr. Booth
Alabama
Refused a Throne for a Young Lieutenant in Vienna
Vienna letters in the London News recount how Archduke Prannis Perdi pend, heir presumptive, faced a proposed marriage to Princess Elizabeth, favored by the emperor. The princess instead pursued Baron S, a lieutenant, after court dances and lawn tennis brought them closer. A transfer to a distant regiment seemed to end the romance, but reports say the emperor promised rewards if their love endured. The nineteen year old princess is described as pretty and sweet tempered, and many sympathize with her choice over imperial dynastic duty.
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Austria
Vienna
London
Archduke Prannis Perdipend
Elizabeth
Yong Leutenant
Baron S
Prince
Leopold
Leutenant
Oliver
Alawer
Isehil
Russian Princess Forced to Sell Russian Estates
Princess Helenlohe wife of the Assach Lorraine governor general faced a Russian law barring foreign non residents from owning property. She sought time from the czar amid a financial crisis but was refused and sold her estates for about 15 million to 94 million rubles, a fraction of their value.
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Helenlohe
Assach-Lorraine
Russia
Czar
Alma Village Council Minutes Outline and Actions
Alma village council in special session discusses road and water work funding, tax issues, and street improvements. Motion records approve expenditures, approve tax assessments, and authorize printing village notices and council proceedings. The report notes water taxes, property holder petitions, and future bids for sewer and paving projects.
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Atata
Mice
Apeil
ISM
Alma
Acker
Gureut Thes
Montient
Delavan
McCullough
Fiotiscinie Etude
John Greig
Lave Marshal Coffee
Dros & Brerant
Bacon Night Watch
Cometery
Engine House
Fred Kernen
Treight and
Oartagy
Jolie Geol
John Grete
McCuliduen
Cr. Thompson
Shidae
Dr. Bagsey
State Mthet
Minnie Guston
Finity
Lew Vought
Hlcett House
Pridence Webn
Horenbury
Bouse
BN Chadwick
Jermes Gurgett
JH. Byard
Bushnell
Renee Ie
Tavs
Gio
Jobo
Marcel
Sandnior St
Geo W. Pulfray
Rouen
S. Share
W. Hooper Huehles
Orneford & Bene
Laver
Das D. Glavin
Cugimver
Op Motion Counell Ad Uuried
AL Bly
Chek ER Vither Weinead F
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John N. Foster
Ludington
Detroit Tribune
John N
Tom Reid
Congress
Democratic House
Voorhees
Gratiot County Printing Company
Everden, Freien
Tenaca Hash
Er Ihnen
Louis Alia
F. Brow
F. Browitor
Tall Snake Stories
Parnes
Alma Sanitarium
Mos Racer
Mich
W. Woidecknecht
Muskegon Co
Physicius
Jas. Morrison
B. van Dene Bergh
Wright House
Moreeshielng
Dennis Regan
Prop
Ek, P. Caldwell
Bert Woodward
Chas. Fishbeck
Lumen Gee
U. S. Pension Attorney Justice of the Peace Insurance and Collections
Vermeulen
Alma, Mich
Gakland Jewel
Montor Enterprise Eclipee
Paris
Smith & Glass
Adironda
Fall
Hailey Liver Teller
Wheeler's
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