Wolf Attacks Keeper and Curator in New York Zoo
The New York Sun reports a ferocious Russian wolf at the Zoological Park mauling a woman who offered a muff, then threatening keeper Edgar Stephens who retrieved the purse. Curator Aldin J. Loring was attacked while unarmed, tearing his coat as the animal bit his shoulder before he escaped.
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New York Zoological Park
Russia
Edgar Stephens
Stephens
Aldin J. Loring
Mammal Department
Mr. Loring
Loring
New York Sun
Mountain Toothache and High Altitude Suffering
Read about mountain toothache among Jungfrau railway engineers in high altitudes and rarified air. A separate note reports a burglary at St Joachim's church Rockport, loss of ciborium ostensorium and chalice valued at 200 dollars, church damage 50 dollars, with metal testing using chemicals. Also mentions the Sutlej river descent in India as the world’s fastest rowing river at 12 000 feet in 180 miles.
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Hafner
Zurich
Jungfrau
St. Joachim's Church
Rockport
Sutlej
India
16 Year Old Actress Milas Maude Fealy Impresses Stage
Milas Maude Fealy, about 16, plays Eunice in Quo Vadie and earns astonished praise for her real acting talent beyond youth. She attracted Augustin Daly’s attention before his death, who planned to mentor her as a future star. Fealy, raised amid theater, has been trained by parents who are performers. Her performance signals a rising prominence in American stage.
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Ie Milas Maude Pealy
Eunice
Maude Fealy
Augustin Daly
Tion
Daly
Fealy
Culloden WV’s odd town with zigzag lines and temperance battles
A New York Sun item recalls Culloden West Virginia where residents mostly oppose liquor. An engineer redefined town boundaries to exclude temperance supporters, shifting votes away from licit sales while liquor backers gained leverage. The result is a contended yet contented community despite odd borders.
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United States
West Virginia
Culloden
Campbell
W. Va
New York Sun
Funeral Poem Honors Napoleon and War Lords
The piece recounts the funeral pageantry for Napoleon, noting a Maple Leaf publication and a poem by Sir John H. Hegarty. It vividely describes Notre Dame, the burial procession, and echoes of Waterloo and Jena as imperial memory. It threads in a domestic subplot about Dr. Philip Penrose and Mrs. Felton, revealing a rejected marriage proposal and a hidden past.
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Bertes
Napoleon
John H. Hegarty
Province of
Ontario
Toronto
Mra Felton
Neediess
Penrose
Philip
Mrs. Felton
Philip Penrose
Lafayette Dollars for Lafayette Monument Offer
The Youths Companion reports on a $2 coin program to fund a Lafayette monument in Paris. The US Mint struck 50,000 silver dollars with Washington and Lafayette heads, to be sold to raise $100,000 for the memorial. President McKinley presented the coins to France’s Loubet on March 3.
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Companion
Marquis de Lafayette
Paris
United States
United States Mint
Mint
Mr. Roberts
McKinley
Monsieur Loubet
Washington
Lafayette
Paria
The Doctor's Loyalty to a Male Friend
Philip Penrose and John Carleton, lifelong friends from boyhood, pursue separate paths after Harvard. Penrose becomes a physician in New England, Carleton a Chicago-connected businessman. A widowed patient leads to a revelation about Carleton's failing marriage and tests their bond.
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Philip Penrose
John Carleton
Phil Penrose
Philip
John
Jake
Searest
Philp
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