Nighttime Burglars at Seaton Hall Turn Out to Be Prank
In a foggy night near Seaton Hall two Oxford undergraduates Dagmore and Graham attempt to steal Dora Seaton’s dog to gain her favor. They are surprised by Hargreaves and the narrator, capture a burglar, and discover the “bundle” is a toy with a blue ribbon. The plan amuses the group. the dog is drugged to nap overnight, and the tale ends with Dagmore declaring the scheme clever and Dora’s approval sought.
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Harsreaves
Hargreaves
Abba
Miss Dora Seaton
Graham
Dagmore
All Souls
Oxbridge
Dora Seaton
Dora
Lyncaster
Hute Dewet
Staten
Negmore
Hargrenes
Dora Dagmore
Stories of the Diamond and baseball curiosities
A collage of old baseball anecdotes recalls Darby, a promising player who vanished from fast company after a fishing impulse near a Michigan town, and other quirks from Chicago to Detroit. Included is an Indiana memory of a unique pitching decision by Billy Moran and George Becker’s remarks, plus James Ryan’s Washington scene with Columbus and Washington statues during a ballgame tour.
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Fast Company
Onyx
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Darby
Detroit
Michigan
George Becker
Loulavilles
Indiana
Chicago
Billy Moran
Severch
Clu
Mats
James Ryan
Jimmy
Washington
Capitol
East Esplanade
Christopher Columbus
George Washington
Ryan
Columbus
Polsing
Notable Dublin Surgeon Dr Colles and Memoir Of Fees
A memorial note recalls Frank Surgeon Dr Colles of Dublin who died in 1843. His fee book records candid charges including for giving ineffectual advice for deafness one guinea and for attempting to draw out a tooth stump one guinea. He charged one guinea for telling him he was no more than I was and another for believing he underpaid previously.
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Colles
Dublin
Fire, Forbidden Love Talk Stirred by Maid and Youth
An Indianapolis Journal excerpt shows a maid in spectacles voicing curiosity about a forbidden subject. A youth with a red owl and striped collar hints at love, suggesting a developing romantic tension framed in dialogue.
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Lee
Indianapolis Journal
Best part of beauty not in pictures or words
Quote fragment reflecting on beauty and its limits beyond tangible images. The line cites a famous author noting that true beauty cannot be fully captured by a single photograph or depiction. It conveys a timeless aesthetic sentiment rather than a news event.
British protection offered to Palawan natives during Philippine upheaval
British ships under Captain Port aided Palawan residents after Spaniards left, delivering a British flag and a letter proclaiming protection. The Labuan and other ports reported turmoil with natives and disbanded soldiers looting. Lord Salisbury telegrammed to haul down the flag and the British government disapproved of Port's action, noting Palawan became American territory by conquest.
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Palawie
Balbaloa
Kulion
Labnan
Palawan
Responte
Charles Mitchell
Straits
Foreign Office
Singapore
London
H. M
Ayrher
Port Royallet
Mure
Matyes
Port Royalist
Uberty
Pfort
Lendian
Sandakan
Intier
Tabuan
Queen Victoria
Labuan
Curaray
Jilandak
Aguinaldo
Lord Salisbury
Capt. Port
Port
Philippines
Double-Barreled Cannon Tested by Athens Thunderbolts
The Mitchell Thunderbolts, an 1868 home defense company in Athens, played with a unique double-barreled cannon. Invented by John Gilleland, it fired a 50-foot chain with two cannonballs. A test near Athens caused scarring ground as the chain whirled, scattering the men. The cannon vanished five years ago and was found by a junk dealer, then purchased by the city and placed near the Confederate monument.
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Athens
Mitchell Thunderbolts
John Gilleland
A*hens
Thunderbolts
Cavntry
Absent minded resident buys safe in McPherson
A wealthy but forgetful McPherson Kansas resident bought a safe to store valuables and wrote the combination on a wall. He later hired a car mechanic to plaster the wall but the memo vanished and the safe had to be blown open.
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McPherson
Kan
Animal Drunkards and Drinking Animals Across Species
A quirky column surveys horses, fowls, cats, and other animals said to drink alcohol, citing cases of drunken horses near wine dealers, poultry fouling eggs after intoxicating barn spills, a parrot’s nonsense while intoxicated, and a donkey raiding larder. It notes insects and fish can be affected by small to moderate alcohol, with amusing anecdotes about locusts, bees, wasps, and a goldfish’s vulnerability to alcohol.
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County Court
Rory O'More
Kempton
Lta
Oban
Alan
Hampshire
John Lubbock
Gibraltar
London society women lavish on dresses despite thrift
Fashionable dressmakers report a wide range of annual allowances among London society women from 750 to 1000 dollars. A gown costing 800 dollars may be worn only three or four times, prompting extensive budgeting. Jaques Hon notes that an artistic, handsome wardrobe requires about 1000 dollars yearly, with extravagances concentrated among professional society women and debutantes. Royalty are less extravagant, though princesses’ trousseaus reach 40 100 dollars. An American bride may spend more, and lingerie purchases pile up as fashion dictates. The path of a good woman is strewn with flowers, but they follow her, not precede.
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London
Ndon
Jaques- Hon
Alaska Climber Castner's Harrowing Arctic Trek
In early 1850s Alaska Lieut Joseph P Castner of the Fourth United States Infantry was believed lost on a reconnaissance to Birch Creek headwaters toward Circle City. He and two companions faced starvation, storms, and wolves, surviving off scraps and berries until rescue by Indians and a return journey by dog team to Rampart and Skagway after months of peril.
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Washington
Joseph P. Caster
Fourth
Waited States Infantry
Alaska
Fourteenth Infantry
Birch
McGregor
Castner Tett
Glenn
Tanana River
Volkmar
Birch Creek
Circle City
Castner
Rampart
Skagway
Remarkable Biblical Art Volume Claimed By Canadian Scholar
A Toronto Globe report notes W Williamson holds twelve folio volumes of a then vast Bible edition. The work features over 15 000 pages with illustrated plates in steel wood copper and chromolithographs. Renowned artists including Dore Raphael Van Dyck Rubens Bartlett are credited among engravers.
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Toronto
Canada
Globe
W. Williamson
Yonge Street
Wook
Haw
Dore
Raphael
van Dyck
Rubens
Bartlett
Johnnie Knew Encourages ShutIn Aid At Sunday School
The superintendent appealed for a Shut-in Society collection during Sunday school. He asked if any boy or girl could name a shut-in mentioned in the Bible. A child spoke up with Jonah as the example, drawing the room’s attention and a prompt response. Ally has become a golfer and will introduce the game at the Russian court.
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Jehnnie
Johnnie
Jonah
Czarina
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