From the Jaws of Death a South Seas Mystery Tale
A denizen recalls Maggie McLean's murder on a lonely Lowe road and the ensuing trial of Fred Burroughs. The tale follows love, jealousy, mob violence, and a long moral arc from Scottish village to Kimberley mine, ending with confessions, a wounded rivalry, and survival of few.
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Magazie McLean
The
Lowe
Magele
Maggie
McLean
Aggie
Fred Burroughs
Bogie
Fred
Gardner
Mr. Burroughs
Beesip
Deeside
Burroughs
Maggie McLean
Father
Migsgie
Minstrel Poker Tale From Honolulu Nightlife
In gossip notes a tale endures of Billy Emerson playing poker with King Kalakaua in Grace’s saloon Honolulu. Emerson reportedly won about 1900 in mixed notes and coin, while Lieutenant Hetherington withdrew in distress. The broader point lingers about fast money and old sea-town bravado.
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Billy West
Billy Emerson
Emerson
Sandwich Islands
Billy
Kalakaua
Billy Grace
Honolulu
Customs House
Dis Grace
Suez
Jim Hetherington
Navy
Hetherington
Robinson
Yokohama
Leutenant
Australia
Grace's
Aarm Emerson
Cleghorn
Out of the Ordinary World News Roundup
A compact mosaic of facts cites global costs and gains from travel and irrigation, notes on postal delivery in Honolulu, London housing growth, and manuscript ink longevity. It covers municipal rent ideas, plant-based intoxication myths, and laws affecting education, stamps, and preinauguration timing.
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Duke and Duchess of York
California
Colorado
Japan
Germany
France
Britain
Chicago
British War Office
Honolulu
London
Mowrozlaw
Mnesty
Oranne
Wilam
House of Representatives
China
Cadiz
Spain
Hoar
Rome
Victor Emmanuel
Washington
George Washington
Edward VII
Queen Victoria
King Edward
Ferdinand and Isabella
Herbs and a poet's lament on memory and faith
The poem reflects on common herbs like fennel mint balm rue lavender sage and rosemary as symbols of memory and healing. It contrasts earthly pain and loss with enduring faith noting that even herbs fade and wonder if thoughts deeds and dreams endure in God’s hands despite human fragility.
Printing errors and medical policy stir New York scene
The article compares two printers Couse and Stubbs on uncorrected and corrected matter and counts errors. It notes Stubbs’ high output and Couse’s lower error rate. It also reports the New York Academy of Medicine narrowly votes that pulmonary tuberculosis is not dangerously contagious and favors reconsidering immigrant exclusion.
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Ahia
Claude Couse
Baltimore Sun
I. P
Couse
Billy” Stubbs
Sunpaper
Stubbs
Louisville
New York Academy of Medicine
Treasury Department
American Medicine
Easy Way to Settle St. Louis debate shifts toon
The piece cites Canadian MP Gourlay urging an immediate war declaration against the United States over Alaska coast transfer. It notes a Kentuckian in Congress named Wheeler as a kindred spirit, suggesting cross party sympathy and a shared hawkish stance.
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Nebraska State Journal
Gourlay
United States
Alaska
Dominion
Washington
Canada
Congress
Wheeler
Anda
Con vnlcation Notice Addressed to E R Chadbourn
Intended correspondence for this department should be addressed to E. R. Chadbourn of Lewiston Maine. The fragment notes the proper addressee and location for communications to the department.
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E. R. Chadbourn
Lewiston
Maine
Anagram and Odd Stamps in Toronto Love Riddle
A composite of verse and dialogue features a Valentine with roses and imps, a tale of Madame Chauvenette in Toronto testing divination via stamps and coin, and a riddle about pairs. The piece ends with a puzzle from Myrtle about paired objects in daily life.
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Madame Chauvenette
Toronto
F. L
Desert Queen sails the Mojave on wind driven ship
Portland Oregonian reports a one of a kind land yacht named Desert Queen built by miners Charles Hoyt and Carl Hoyt of Cleveland. The fourteen foot craft with a fifteen foot mast and sails travels the Rosamond dry lake at remarkable speeds, with initial crash and repairs noted.
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Mojave Desert
California
Charles 8
Carl H. Hoyt
Cleveland
Hoyts
Buttes
Rosamond
Cal
Techichipa Pass
Desert Queen
Sahara
Hidden rocks and minerals in a street memory scene
Speaker Hal notes a fossil on a copal varnished table in Newbery Lane house as Jasper the dog runs by. A casual witness testifies about testing Eben Flintcher’s horn while a bar sits beyond a gate and Newbery's mother makes lemonade by the quart.
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Hal
Newbery Lane
Jasperia
Newbery
Eben Flintcher
Breaker of Rules in Schoolyard Skits
A playful verse depicts a boy who fears breaking free yet pushes boundaries at school. He boasts of skating on thin ice, breaks his sister’s desk, and defies restrictions with silent defiance, while family hopes he corrects his tricks.
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Rover
A Prize for March in Puzzles and Names List
A monthly puzzle contest offers a Dictionary of Poetical Quotations as a prize to the sender of the best lot of answers. No. 1 winner is Mrs. Ida Hargrave Long of Muncie Indiana, with many other contributors acknowledged for their solutions and quotations from poets and biblical references.
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Ida Hargrave Long
Muncie
Ind
Laura F
C. F. Odell
Minnie Lothrop
F. G. Hackleman
O. K
Clara A. Sweetzer
Ada Cook
John Meitzler
J. H. Dunn
Frances H. Durbin
IL C. Parkes
Jane W. Durham
C. F. Taylor
Ray Gillespie
H. Hall
Brighten Up the Head Nessor Article on Heat Waves
A Philadelphia Record aspiring writer sought sharper headlines after his editor asked for breezier copy. He tackled a lecture by John Blank on heat waves, first typing Heat waves by John Blank then Hot Air from John Blank, only to discover the author is a real person, delaying acceptance.
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Philadelphia Record
Headnessor
John Blank
Jonn Blank
Fortuna
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Maagegie MacLean
Cape Town
the Dee
Aggie McLean
Wellington
Ohio
Wisconsin
Billiara
Bank of England
Grace
Jim
Heutenant
Ae Woodworth Reese
Mabel P
Enigma
Niagara Suspension Bridge
Robert
Sukie
Justin
Portland Oregonian
Bobby
Supreme Court
Pealms
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