The Rise of Sarawak under Rajah Brooke and Brooke Kingship
A valued historical sketch of the Brooke dynasty in Sarawak. It covers James Brooke founder of the realm in 1841, his campaigns against piracy with Captain Keppel, the support of British authorities, and the expansion of Sarawak under Sir James, including treaty recognitions by America, Italy, and England. It notes Charles Brooke’s succession, marriage, and Sarawak’s growth to 50,000 miles squared with a 300,000 population and annual expenditures around $500,000.
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Nueinckets
Keppel
Gromie
Sereims
Sokarran
Brooke
Patina
Mr. Seward
Dieutenant Wade
Dyak
Serif Sahib
James Brooke
England
Windsor
Latman
Borneo
Sarawak
America
Italy
Charles Brooke
Royal Navy
Margaret
de Windt
Blunston Abbery
Wittahire
Bngland
Psyche of Greece A Tale of Beauty and Cupid
Psyche, youngest daughter of a king, is so beautiful mortals mistake her for Venus. Cupid woos her then carries her to a hidden palace. curiosity leads to a lamp burn, Cupid departs, Venus enslaves Psyche, but they reunite and wed as immortals. Her image in art shows butterfly wings.
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Psche
Inter
Greece
Venus
Cupid
Psyche
Capil
Keep Hands Clean Through Proper Care
Guidance on preventing grime and skin damage when doing rough work. Use gloves when possible, then moisturize with vaseline or oil before washing with toilet soap and warm water. A flannel cleans nails better than a brush and helps preserve skin.
Deluding Young Filipinos About Size of Spain and America
A historical note on Spanish era maps used in Filipino schools showing Spain dominating center maps while other nations crowd the edges. The depiction gave Filipinos a distorted sense of Spain’s size, with Aguinaldo surprised to learn that the United States covers a larger area than Spain.
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Europe
Spain
Aguinaldo
America
Allliionaire James Gordon Bennett Looks Young at Sixty
James Gordon Bennett, who recently visited New York, is in his sixties but appears about ten years younger. A friend says he has learned the secret of living on a million a year, noting that nine in ten men with his income would be dead by now, yet he has kept his pace.
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Allliionaire
James Gordon Bennett
New York
Jim
Moonshiner Pritts Trial Captures Western Pennsylvania Interest
William Pritts a famed mountain moonshiner from Fayette County faced U S district court in Pittsburgh charged with distilling without bond and defrauding the United States. His sons John and Henry were named as co defendants though only William appeared. The case highlighted long standing tensions over revenue, local loyalties, and the dangers of pursuing illicit whisky in the region.
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Weat-een Penmeylvehia
Bi Pritts
United States District Court
Pittburg
Watwoek
Fayette County
John Sh
Henry Pritts
Pritta
Pritts
United States
Grand Jury
William Pritts
John 5. Pritts
Wiliam Pritts
John&. Pritts
Henry Fritts
John
Tomance
Pennsylvania
Pritty
Uncle Sum Tong
Bill Priers
Bill Pritts in Old West Style Trial Retelling
The trial recounts the 1890s case of Bill Pritts and kin accused after a still raid. Witnesses include Deputy Marshals Campbell and Dickson, with Dickson describing ambush and capture. Pritts denied wrongdoing while memories of Hochstettler’s killing and earlier skirmishes are noted, highlighting his elusive, guileful persona.
Coal Consumption Per Capita Rise Through Decades
The article tracks coal use growth from 1831 to 1901 in Britain and from 1840 in the United States. It compares total production, population changes, and per capita consumption, noting Britain’s rise from 24 million to about 40 million people and US per capita coal use increasing eighteenfold since 1821, with a sixty percent per capita gain since 1890.
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Great Britain
United States
Engineering Magazine
America
Rural traveling libraries funded by private gifts in Pennsylvania
Private contributions will establish at least thirty traveling libraries in Pennsylvania counties this fall and winter as the legislature provides no appropriation for their support.
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Pennsylvania
Science and Progress at Bradford on power sources
A Bradford meeting featured J B C Kershaw discussing comparative costs of steam, water turbine, and gas engines. He noted strong future for gas engines, with Europe and America expanding hydraulic power and gas engines up to 660 horsepower challenging turbines and steam. The piece also covers self leveling chair for ships to reduce seasickness and notes on light-m Molecules and energy in physics.
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Bradford
J.B. C. Kershaw
Seeee
Baltimore
San
Mr. Kershdw
Gimout
Europe
France
Germany
America
Niagara
Switzerland
Subdivision of Atoms and Molecular Size Concepts
The passage discusses beyond atom theory with electrical dissociation revealing finer particles. It recalls Lord Kelvin’s estimate that 25 million air molecules in a line would measure one inch, illustrating ideas about molecular scale and measurement.
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Gustave le Bon
Lord Kelvin
Device to Remove Hoops from Barrels and Open Barrels
Reported invention presents a tool to save the top hoops from barrels, lifting and loosening hoops with a lever and a fulcrum foot. It describes variants for hogsheads and large barrels, enabling rapid hoop removal without barrel damage. Also cites an anecdotal item on giving spectacles a bath to maintain clarity.
Strange Sown on Mara and Planetary Gas Theories
Prof Johnstone Stoney argues thin gas escape from planetary atmospheres is gravity driven. He claims helium escapes from Earth slowly now but more rapidly in the past. On Mars he suggests water vapor escaped similarly, contributing to polar patches as ancient carbon dioxide frost.
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Mara
Johnstone Stoney
Earth
Mars
The Evaporation of Geld by Lead Diffusion
The experiment by W. GC Roberts-Austen over four years shows a column of lead drawing gold upward and causing trace gold to appear in the lead. Diffusion speeds when heat is insufficient to melt either metal, and gold evaporates only in the presence of another metal.
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W. GC
Roberts-Austen
Taming the Waves with Nets at Havre
An Italian resident in Paris, Baron Alessandro, has tested a new wave-damping device at Havre. A 360 foot by fifty bread waterproof hemp net anchors on the water surface to flatten heavy waves and prevent breaking, resembling elf spread upon the sea.
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Havre
Alessandro
Paris
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Honorable Boat India Company
India
Norwich Grammar School
Slath
Bengal
Calvary
East India Company
China
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Brunel
Sultan of
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Muda Hassini
Mr. Brooke
T.me. Brooke
China Station
Henry Keppel
Romeo
Brookes
Dido
Sarebus
Sakarran
Serl Hitbe
Lim
Frank Campbell
R. B. Kennedy
Uniontown
Kennedy
United States District
J. N. Langham
United States Internal Revenue
W. J. Dickson
Bill" Pritts
Dickson Aid
Bill” Pritts
A. McBeth
Bil" Pritts
Tony Hoch— Stettler
Robert Miller
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Bill Prits
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Cleveland Plain Dealer
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