Cannon for cyclone saves Hennessey through artillery plan
Captain John R. Hoades, a retired sea captain, aids Hennessey Oklahoma during a cyclone by deploying four 15 inch smooth bore Parrot cannons on town borders. The guns aimed at the approaching storm reportedly altered its path, sparing most of the town though one house was damaged and a cannon was thrown 500 feet. The plan arose after 1897, from sea experience and popular subscription funding.
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Nebraska
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New Orleans Arsenal
Wichita
Thomas
Chicasan Coal Company
New Orleans
Town Meeting Honors Aged Preserver as Mayor Plans Resignation
The town prepares tonight to honor the longtime guardian of safety amid the tornado belt. The mayor of Hennessey plans to resign, with Capt. Hoades favored to take the post, a move supported by residents who credit his foresight for saving lives during storms.
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Awe inspiring giants in Mariposa grove of giant sequoias
Pittsburg Dispatch correspondent visits Mariposa Sequoia grove noting the Grizzly Giant at 34 feet base width and 100 feet plus height. With 400 trees, tunnels allow a four horse stage to pass, while comparisons to Pittsburgh Cathedral spires illustrate scale. Emerson and Yosemite references frame the awe, as the Sequoia earns historic fame.
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Pittsburg Dispatch
Pennsylvania
Pittsburg
Santa Claus
Australia
Emerson
Yosemite
Heavenly Twins author Sarah Grand in Tunbridge Wells home
An English writer Sarah Grand, author of The Heavenly Twins, lives in a small gray house near Tunbridge Wells. The article paints her as a middle aged, engaging interview subject with a mahogany desk, bay window writing nook, and a stork sculpture observing her work. Grand loves children and frequently interacts with Beth, her stepson’s baby, as her grandmotherly side shows while she writes.
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Tunbridge Wells
England
Sarah Grand
Dudley Hardy
London
Beth
Governor Stone's Library Holds 2000 Pennsylvanian Volumes
The Pennsylvania governor's collection features two thousand volumes focused on the state's history and affairs, highlighting a notable historical library.
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Governor Stone
Pennsylvania
Animal Combats in Victorian Menageries Across a Century
Cassell's Magazine recounts two famous battles between big cats. A lion from Jamrach's yard killed a tiger in Edmonds' menagerie after pouncing when the tiger squeezed into the lion's den. Years later at Regent's Park Zoological Garden a tiger and tigress fought disastrously, ending with the tiger killing the tigress and a keeper guiding a fray that splattered blood on the den roof.
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Edmonds
Jamrach
Ratcliff Highway
Zoological Garden
Regent's Park
Sutton
Italian Views on English Liberty and Public Opinion
Pietro Verri notes in 1780 letters that English calm arises from truths already common not from climate. In Paris philosophy sparks revolt, in London freedom to believe or say anything without constraint. A peaceful liberty allows even the poorest to publish opinions, while observers seek quieter amusements.
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Pietro Verri
Paris
London
Milan
Dialog Between Brown and Green About Marital Truths
A brief exchange reveals Brown and Green discussing marriage misconceptions. Brown claims marrying a farming widow, Green counters stating she married him, clarifying the timeline of their marriages.
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Brown
Green
FUR AND FEATHERS FIGHT IN Lincoln Park Ostrich vs Kangaroo
A sparring match at Chicago’s Lincoln Park animal reservation ended with both animals winded and separated by Keeper De Vry and assistants after the ostrich and a kangaroo clashed twice. They were moved to distant quarters to prevent further trouble.
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Chicago
Lincoln Park
de Vry
Young Horace Greeley Heir Builds Wireless Telegraphry Prodigy
Edwin C. Donnell, a 16 year old New York lad and Horace Greeley’s grandnephew, is praised as a electrical wonder. He built motors induction coils pocket telegraph and a Marconi based wireless system and aims to telegraph across the Hudson River.
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Horace Greeley
Marconi
Edwin C. Donnell
New York
Edison
Donnell
Hudson River
Her View of It. Evening chat on a physician article
An abnormal exchange shows Dawson reading an article by a renowned physician about daytime sleepiness and health. The dialogue features a son criticizing excuses to avoid church and an implied domestic dispute over propriety and daily routines.
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Dawson
Gs. Son
Proper Thing Now Boston Hospital Treats 10,000 Last Year
A remark questions dating status while noting Boston City Hospital cared for 10,000 people in the previous year. The report highlights hospital reach and a personal query about bankruptcy timing.
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