Indian Builder of Road and Mine Legacy Revealed
Mathias Splitlog, famed Indigenous innovator in Missouri and nearby regions, rose from illiteracy to shape rail and mill enterprises. Born in Canada to French and Indigenous parents, he led ferry, sawmill, and gristmill ventures, joined the Senecas, and became their chief. He invested in a gold mine and railroad that grew to a major line, amassing over $100,000 at death.
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Missouri
Arkansas
Kangaa
Indian Territory
Mathian Splitiog
Splitiog
Canada
Windsor
Detroit
United States
Mathias Splitlog
Kansas
Splitlog
Spilliog
Spiiliog
Have No Religion A Muddle Of Belief Across Tribes
The cavage's view of religion differs from civil society and many tribes appear to lack religion as commonly defined. Travelers note groups such as the Pgmies Aruwimi Bushmen Veddahs Fregens Indians of Gras Ghaco and Californians with varying beliefs. Some former nonbelievers have since become Christian, while Egyptians are said to lack a definite religious conception.
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Max Muller
Aruwimi Forest
South Afri
Ceylon
Dar- Win
Gras Ghaco
South America
California
Sinco
Rainy roof riddle from a Jersey town tale
A Lampertville man recalls a Pennsylvania railroad craftsman sent to repair Phillipsburg station. While an hour into painting a heavy rain began, the worker telegrammed the foreman asking whether to stay on the roof. The tale ends with lighthearted expense and sport over the mishap.
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Lampertville
N. J
Pennsylvania Railroad
Phillipsburg
Shoelug Horse by China Shoeing Method Described
The article explains a traditional Chinese horse shoeing method where a horse is restrained between two posts and a beam via a rope attached to the head. A man sits on a stool to shoe the hoof, trim the foot, and drive the shoe after securing the horse.
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China
Famous Labor Leader John Burns Re elected MP for London
John Burns, a noted labor leader and politician, has been re elected to Parliament representing a London district. He is likened to John Bright for his influence among workers and has a long, stormy career including arrests. London authorities cut working hours to fifty four per week and raised wages. Benefits include ten summer holidays, six general holidays, medical attendance, sick pay, and housing for workers near public works. The London council also built cottages with dining facilities and free coal and gas for many workers.
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John Burns
London
Ax & Municipal
John Bright
London County Council
Focal Authority
An Old Quaker Church Still Standing in Pennsylvania
In Northumberland County Pennsylvania an 1775 built Quaker church stands at the edge of Cata. A single worshiper, Mrs. Mary Emma Walker, granddaughter of an austere charter member, preserves the memory. She sits on an original bench and reflects on the crude, well preserved furnishings. The building features a center partition, straight back pews, and outside relics a century old. Services occur only on seventh days, leaving the temporal church to endure as long as the records last.
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Mary Emma Walker
Rise of Robert MacKinnon in Little Falls industry
A profile of Robert MacKinnon of Little Falls New York, rising from a 75 cents a day worker to near the top of his industry. He builds a $700,000 plant, aided by sister Milas Bells MacKinnon, and rewards workers with receptions showing strong staff loyalty. Beside this, notes on Australia’s postal trial and a Turin antiquarian tale close the column.
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Robert MacKinnon
Little Falls
N.Y
MacKinnon
Litttle Fallats & Mahimoth Strucure
Wes
Cohoes
Nally
Connection Foods
ASA
Hag
Macy Kinnon
Milas Bells MacKinnon
Hugard i More
Krivusieh Sieszsche
Turin
Nuova
Prof. Overbeck
Railroad tramps and the lure of travel in the era
The leading article in the investor’s supplement discusses railroad tramps and free rides, citing Josiah Flynn’s estimate of 60,000 wanderers traveling about 3,000,000 miles yearly at two cents per mile. It notes freight theft and damage claims, praising Pennsylvania Railroad’s police force of 83 men stopping trespass and pilfering, and argues wider adoption would benefit railroads and the nation. Also described is a London plumber’s new compressed air burglar alarm that signals police with a whistle and lamp when a window is opened.
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Woury Willick
Commercial and Financial Chronicle
Josiah Flynn
The
Commercial and Pinancial Chronicle
Pennsylvania
London
Bill Sykes
Galician Songbird Sembrich Ends Berlin Run
Mme Marcella Sembrich has given a farewell in Berlin and plans a U S tour. It is twenty three years since she debuted in I Puritani at Athens and her later roles in Martha and Lucia moved through Dresden and London. Her American debut came with Abbey's Italian Opera company in 1882 to 1884, when her voice and execution drew elite admiration.
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Mme
Marcella Sembrich
Berlin
United States
Athens
Martha
Lucia Days
Dresden
London
America
Abbey
Fragmentary Verse Fragments Aimed at Love and Rest
A troubled, archaic verse fragment contemplates love failing to sustain effort and rest amid labor and day. The text weaves incomplete phrases about burning day, tired hands, and juxtaposes death or life with love’s endurance, ending with garbled lines such as Bora and ygeesion Shortae.
The Marquis's Worldly Travel Tales at a New York Dinner
The Marquis, a lively talker, shares a twenty year trek across the world, praising kindness over gunfire. He recalls a perilous Alaska voyage, a misadventure with a tiger, and a comic rooftop moment that ends with a memorable rescue by a giant mining companion. The tale concludes with reflections on change, wealth, and a long awaited return.
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Lynn Roby Meekins
Daily Story Hub
Marquis
New York
Hudson Bay
Marcus Cornovon
North America
Sara
Venus
Deasias
Alka
Te Glans
Denver
Gisat
Andera
Joe
Marcus Cornoyen
Ms Wife
Duab
Jakeh
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Queensland
London Daily Mat
Hoon
Smithson
India
Thad
Rocky Mountains
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