Novelties of the Day Include Avening Bazaar and Lincoln Derringer
The Duchess of Beaufort opened a bazaar for Avening parish church restoration, noting the church’s early British architecture and a monument to a highwayman. A Venus of Beavers tale and remarks on Lord Chandos and Queen Mary appear beside recollections of Booth’s derringer and Lincoln. Avening’s monument to Chandos is mentioned, while polar expedition notes discuss Bear Island purity, polar animal bacteria, and germ absence in polar specimens.
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Duchess of Beaufort
Avening
Lord Chandos
Henry Brydges
Outlawe
Avening Church
Spitsbergen
Nathorat
Bear Island
King Charten Land
Tvet
A Wooden Legged Cow At East End Animal Hospital
A London animal hospital houses many long term patients including a cow that had a leg amputated. A wooden leg is fitted to the cow. owners hope the creature can be saved. The article also briefly describes a beaver and its dam building habits in simple explanatory terms.
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East End
London
Johnny
Young Captain Manley Lawton and the Kentucky State Guard
A brief from the Kentucky state guard notes its youngest member, Capt Manley Lawton, age 13, bugler for the first battalion artillery. He first fired at 11, served in the Philippines with his father Gen H W Lawton, and later acted as volunteer aide on his father’s staff. The piece highlights his assignments, promotions, and treasured official papers from the Philippine service.
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Kentucky State Guard
United States Army
Manley Lawton
H. W. Lawton
Philippines
Luwon
Fred Grant
Bacor
The
Philadelphia Inquirer
Odd Pacts Affecting Calendars
Those with ancient family ties and careful forefathers may discover that printed twelfth century calendars by Solomon Jardhus align with the present century. They could save the cost of a century’s calendars. Frugal readers with a nineteenth century almanac will avoid buying a century starting January 1, 2201 as dates for the next hundred years replicate those of the prior century. But life is scarcely long enough for rich economias.
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Solomon Jardhus
Pistol Associated with Booth Recalled by Philadelphia Architect
George Plowman, a theatrical architect in Philadelphia, recalls the Lincoln assassination by John Wilkes Booth at Ford's Theatre in Washington on April 14, 1865. Plowman is identified as the possessor of the pistol used in the crime.
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Kinley
George Plowman
Philadelphia
Lincoln
John Wilkes Booth
Ford’s Theater
Washington, D. C
Plowman
Weapon given to Goodwin after Booth incident
An unnamed man kept a derringer secret after Booth fled to Virginia. He signed a statement in witnesses’ presence, then handed the weapon to Mr. Goodwin. Goodwin’s death led to the widow receiving the firearm and a stage carpenter’s signed statement. St Davion is valued above money for Truing Up Railway Wheels, a new brake shoe device enables wheel truing without halting service.
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Booth
Lincoln
Mr. Plowman
George K. Goodwin
Walnut Street
Philadelphia
Ford
Goodwin
Carpenter
Linenin
Virginia
Plowman
Philadelphia Inquirer
Davion
Tarantula's Big Jump in Porto Rico Tale
A Cleveland Play Dealer account recalls a strange scene in Porto Rico where a tarantula leaps wildly as a dog named Spot chases it. The narrator describes the spider's height, the dog’s reactions, and locals collecting coconuts while noting shifting racial population figures in the island's census.
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Pierce Haitie
Agausta
Porto Rico
Elvil
Uncle Sam
Mysel
Spec’ators
Spot
Cleveland
Tiny Birds in Toetend and Other Early 20th Century Notes
A fragmentary compilation mentions Henry H. Slater crediting Teoland’s bird fauna with 108 species including residents migrants and visitors. It notes land birds seven residents and five summer breeders, while larger birds like the northern wren and Iceland falcon are cited alongside a claim of increasing demand for a tonic called St Jacob's Oil.
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Toetend
Tewland
Henry H. Slater
Indianapolis News
Antown
St. Jacob's
Tremaine
Biggest Graft Non Mallway Rail Tie to 41 000 Square Miles
A historic graft claim cites the largest slant ever made to a railway company amounting to 41,000 square miles granted by the United States government to the Union Pacific railway, which was opened in 1869.
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United States
Union Piette Railway
Aging Man Beliefs and Old Age in Women Advertisements Blend
A mix of quotes on age and worth from Chicago Inter Ocean contrasts views on aging men and women. The snippet includes medical ads for cures like Cheney's Castoria and Allen's Foot Ease, plus notices about public figures and international affairs abroad.
Where the Coin Was Made and Mint Marks Explained
A description of U S mint locations Philadelphia San Francisco New Orleans and Carson City and how coins carry marks under the eagle to indicate their mint origin. San Francisco bears CC, New Orleans OC, Carson City CC, Philadelphia no mark signals Philadelphia.
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Philadelphia
San Francisco
New Orleans
Carson City
Cain
Quaker City
San Fran
Lantern-mounted ride aids railway work at night
The invention shows a metal frame lantern attached to the arm by two spring metal straps with eyelets, hinged to tilt in any direction. Designed mainly for railway conductors to examine tickets in darkness, it keeps the hands free for passengers and other tasks while the light can be detached for signaling.
Versatile Dr Gittings Proposes Innovations and Discoveries
The Louis Globe-Democrat notes Dr Knock Gittings as proposing new manufacturing methods using tidal power, displacing steam and coal while presenting an iron production proc. He reportedly discovered a cancer cure and is writing a book on psychic phenomena, with a quip about future inactivity.
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Dr. Gittings
Knock Gittings
Louis
They Say King Edward VII Corrects Language Errors
A Detroit Free Press quotation praises King Edward VII for careful speech and acting as the natural guardian of the King's English, noting his habit of correcting errors in others language.
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Edward VII
Detroit Free Press
Feeding the Fighters in Meitiek Tare Canteens
A London paper reports sailors in the channel squadron and on foreign stations face scarce varied rations. Butter, cheese, milk, jam and fresh vegetables are often missing, prompting sailors to buy or barter portions of their ration, a practice called sayings. The Admiralty restricts fresh meat savings to control orders. Salt pork costs 6d to the government but 4d when bought back by men. A battleship’s annual turnover for canteen trades can exceed £6,000, risking continued sayings if diet remains inadequate.
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Fleet
London
Admiralty
England Farmers' Maxim Reflects Mixed Harvest This Year
The Lanidon Globe notes uneven harvests with thin crops and short straw in many areas yet highlights fen country abundance in wheat and barley. Root crops are plentiful and potato yields abroad may push prices down, underlining the proverb that a bad year can be better than a good one for farmers.
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England
Fen
Ireland
America
Continent
Lanidon Globe
Water jet method used to form reservoir dams
The article explains how engineers employ a powerful water jet, as in hydraulic mining, to scour upper valley slopes and carry sand soil and gravel downstream to the dam site. The jet consolidates materials, dropping larger stones at the sides and moving finer material toward the center in forming the reservoir dam.
Brown eyes and brown dress pair well together
A concise snippet notes brown eyes harmonize with a brown dress. The observation emphasizes coordinated tones and style appeal.
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Volunteer Army of the United States
New York
Derringer
Tarantula
St. 1 Petersburg
Turkey
Crete
Greece
Review of Reviews
Roosevelt
Cuba
Pan-American Congress of Mexico
Chicago
Inter Ocean
Alaska
United States Signal Corpa
Alnaka
Mom Cutarra
Fej
Cheary & Co
Toledo
Ohio
Cheney
Tackey
Allen
Allen 8
Olmsted
LeRoy
Joseph Herrings
Amperican
Pritasin
Five
N. W. Bam
Oceus Grove
Senor Horta Michadve
Washingto
Lillie Degenkolbe
South End
Lillie DroEnxhoist
Lydia
Pinkham
W.L. Douglas Union
Ajor ST
Jones
Tennys the Reight
Ixanaseron, N.Y
Lexander
G E
Belower
Coley
Aren
Salt Lake
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