Amateur photography and pedestrian lore mingle in classic clips
The page blends musings on amateur photography with vivid reminiscences of lovers and landscapes, then shifts to a Salem dispatch about aging pedestrians James Hennessey and Edward Rand. It recounts Hennessey in a one mile race at age 70, his Kilkenny birth, height, weight, and athletic history, followed by Rand’s Salem roots and foundry background.
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Salem
Mass
James Hennessey
Edward 5. Rand
Rand
Hennessey
Kilkenny
Ireland
Edward
New Hampshire
Efihina
Ware
Elihd Burritt
London
Lands End
Lydia
Lydia E. Pinkham
$1 000 Bill Found In Rat Hole Tale Of Bayonne Drugist
Charles H. Landell of Bayonne New Jersey received a $1 000 bill after the bank closed. He hid it in his vest pocket and later searched for a will. A rat hole incident led to the recovery of the missing bill from a wooden rathole, restoring the currency to him.
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Charles H. Landell
Bayonne
N. J
Steet
A Queen's Watch
Macy Queen of Scote possessed a wid thoracic form of a skull still preserved in a London museum, a curious artifact noted in historical records.
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Macy
London Museum
Moscow’s Modern Miracle Reported by Vienna Paper
The Vienna Zvit recounts a Moscow tale where a merchant’s widow seeks £2,500 rent from a debt her husband lent. The partner vows before a Virgin Mary image that he repaid the sum, claiming prior payment despite the widow’s insistence on the debt.
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Moscow
Vienna
Austria
Zvit
Nature's Wise Provision Plants Travel Vast Distances
Sir Joseph Hooker recounts seed movement across the globe carried by ships and humans. A tale from an uninhabited antipodal island shows a mound marking a grave of a British sailor buried with chickweeds sprouting from seeds that survived the spade or mattock.
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Joseph Hooker
Crane death halts Utica and Mohawk Valley line after fire
A large crane was found dead on the wires after a big Whitesboro fire disrupted the Utica and Mohawk Valley Railway. Investigators believe the bird struck a line causing a short circuit that stopped all cars, initially blamed on the fire.
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Utica
Mohawk Valley Railway
Whitesboro
Petrified Cat Found In Tree During Hunt At Urbana
Two men in Urbana Ohio report finding a petrified cat buried in a decayed tree trunk. The cat appears to be a natural fossil with a smooth surface like leather and whiskers brittle as icicles. The report notes the creature likely sought refuge inside the tree and could not escape.
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Tras
Urbana
Charles Keener
Charles Nagle
Curious Ear of Corn and a tame raccoon sighting
A humorous note from Exe Harbor City describes a corn ear molded into a hand by nature and a single ear on a stalk. It also mentions a Bath event where a woman from Wilton traveled with a tame raccoon weighing fourteen pounds. The piece blends odd natural curiosities and a local sighting.
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William Holts
Exe Harbor City
Nod
Famous London Bank Established Long Ago
A London banking house Jamies & Thomas Coutts, once humble on the Strand, stands amid ancient firms on Wall Street comparisons. The piece recalls Thomas Coutts and the bank’s strict balance routine, treasure-filled strong rooms, and a history of royal service and discretion.
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London Bank
Coutts & Co
Europe
Thomas Coutts
Edinburgh
Earl of Dundonald
Thomas
James
Willy
Thoughtful Dieracti Views on Love and Marriage in Youth
Disraeli, then Lord Beaconsfield, aged and witty, remarks that many marry for convenience rather than love. He jokes about marrying a wealthy widow, Wyndham Lewis’s widow, saying love leads to folly but mobility, while noting her preference for silent, melancholy men.
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Dieracti
Disraeli
Lord Beaconwield
Aleter
Ife
The Palmore village in late Victorian London remembered
The article recalls Palmore village once central to Victoria street forty years ago a rural enclave amid dense streets with a village green an old inn and tiny shops now replaced by a single roof army and navy stores and other city changes as London evolves challenging future generations to recall its past.
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Palmer's Village
Victoria Street
London
Palmore Village
Westminster
Army and Navy
London Express
Hae Lived One Hundred Years Celebrates Centenary
The Edinburgh Review marks Byron’s era with a centennial tribute to the blue and yellow pestilence noted in its pages. The article reflects on literature and the period’s lasting impact as a milestone in the magazine’s history.
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Hae
Edinburgh Review
Byron
Doan’s Kidney Pills Endorsement Story
A Rome New York woman reports eight years of back and kidney pain eased after using Doan’s Kidney Pills from Brouglt Gravou drug store. She says a five box course cured her and she now recommends the remedy, with a free US mail sample offer from Foster-Milburn Co Buffalo New York.
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Dropey
Bright
James Heck
Whiteabovo Street
Rome
N. Y
Broug! & Gravou’ Drug Store
Doan
United States Mortality Statistics Highlight Foreign Born Rates
A brief article fragment notes mortality patterns among foreign born residents in the United States. It mentions Irish and German populations and references Poland in context of mortality differences. The text is incomplete but centers on ethnic groups and death rates within the nation.
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United States
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Elaperd
New Guinea
Fem
Urey
Tan
Berlin
Guicide
M. Lous Jolly
Vitry-wurgeina
Parla
France
Hix
Basly
Society of Public
Bath
Wilton
Cua
House of Coutts & Co
Sella Power
York
Wall Street
Strand
Bedford Street
Baedecker
Jamies & Thomas Coutts
Temple Bar
Campbell and Drammen
Coutts
Edleborat
Coun
Te Beret
Thomas Brine
Iran
Don
Mrs. Pinkha
Lydis Pinkham
Persoen
Lynn
Lydia EB. Pinkha
Emilie Seering
St. Ann's Ave
New York City
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