Mexico offers homes with great value for Americans
Last November the United States showed $91,412 worth of Mexican oranges shipments for that month nearly matching the year 1898. Count Boni Castellane reiterated hospitality of the United States while New York faced scrutiny. Similar advantages to those in California for homes exist across Mexico with the claim an American dollar goes as far as two. For housekeeping costs and rural incidentals this holds true.
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United States
Boni Castellane
New York
Mexico
Fragmentary treaty notes and railroad case cited
The text notes the Bamoan treaty ratification with minimal appeal and mentions a distant island chain, reflecting recent world expansion. It references the Rows case where the Supreme Court overturned a freight conductor's principal status, and discusses the New England Railroad Co v Conroy decision about conductor status as a fellow servant unless special powers are granted.
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Euprema Court
United States
Fa & Niew
Rall- Freud Company
New England Railroad Company
Moody and Sankey tied to organ trade speculation
Moody’s death recalls the claim that he and collaborator Sankey influenced the Marine organ trade for years. At their peak their hymns were sung at home and an Urian appeared to drive orders for organs. Thousands were sold in unaided markets.
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Moody
Sankey
American workman more alert and perceptive than foreign rival
An essay argues that with equal tools and input American workers outperform foreign counterparts, predicting American workers will nearly double foreign output in a given period. The author links mental acuity and efficiency to mercantile leadership and cites contributory causes behind this advantage.
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Asser
Count Georges de Villevois Mareut named Boer army brain
Gol notes that Count Georges de Villevois Mareut is described as the mastermind of the Boer forces. He allegedly earned the Transvaal government's thanks for Colenso victory and is Joubert's chief of staff with a long career in the French army and foreign units. He reportedly resigned two years ago over stalled promotion and later obtained lieutenant general rank in the Boer army.
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Gol
Georges de Villevois Mareut
Transvaal
Colenso
Joubert
Rlung
Foreign Legion
Tunis
Tonquin
Sudan
Layds
Tioer
Dover
Yukon mail-carrier laments sacrifice of efficiency for safety
A Yukon mail-carrier writes to the general superintendent in San Francisco about sacrificing efficiency to safety during recent trips. He describes jammed Yukon routes with loose bags and large holes in pouches, risking lost mail. He notes a Nov. 6 incident where a load was held up by a snow barrier, and workers had to clear a path. The piece contrasts cruelty charges with a shared humanity in Boer and British forces, reporting mutual aid to wounded foes and civilians alike.
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Yukon
Waele Sam
Poral
Sayulest
Beveridge Frontier Justice and Loyal Stage Driver Aid
Indiana senator Beveridge, then a frontier lawyer, saved Wells from a mob lynching in Dighton and later faced down gambler Orr after a confrontation. Stage driver Steve Grosscup defended Beveridge, threatening Orr with a revolver to prevent further violence, solidifying Beveridge’s early triumphs.
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Senator Beveridge
Indiana
Kansas
Dighton
Fort Dalge
Fort Wallace
Steve Grosscup
Beveridge
Grosacup
Jim Wells
Wells
Jim Orr
Tenderfoot
Beverlage
Wella
Orr
Amall
Steve Grosecup
Hiis
Mr. Beveridge
Grosseup
Steve
Grosseoup
Groescup
Grosecup
Beverider
Islands Between Madagascar and Twila Harbor Inhabitable Population
About 16 000 islands lie between Madagascar and Twila coast. Only 600 are inhabited yet most can support a population, indicating considerable potential for settlement and development in the archipelago.
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Madagascar
Twila
British Columbia Amends Miners Act on English Literacy
Want Englist-Speaking Miners Dly reports BC has decided to amend the miners act to prohibit employment underground for workers who cannot read and write English. Data appears in the daily.
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British Columbia
The Letter Writer's Craft in Quiet Verse
The excerpt reflects on the art of letter writing and its personal intimacy. It urges keeping privacy and attention, choosing a native dialect of the heart, and balancing subjective and objective views to engage and delight the reader. It cites Gelott Burgeos in Harper's Bazar as a source or example.
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Gelott Burgeos
Harper's Bazar
Widow Gluttons and Dinner for a Hundred Ears of Corn
A humorous tale quotes John Gilmer Speed on eaters and gluttons. A widow at a summer resort eats twelve ears of corn daily, causing a scene as she chews and decorates herself with buttered crumbs. The narrator muses on what happened to her late husbands.
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John Gilmer Speed
Hiccough in Disease and Nervous Tension
Hincough defined as a diaphragm spasm, usually transient but sometimes fatal in late acute disease, signaling nervous system failure. It may persist for weeks in hysterical young women, subsiding only during sleep, with fasting, stimulants, or general emotion triggering episodes.
Cary of the Horses Misadventure at Breakfast
A farmer hides his son’s eating ware after breakfast by placing it in a cupboard. At dinner the same soiled items are served, shocking the youth. The son protests that the cup tastes sour and the coffee is spoiled, but the father claims it makes no difference since they are the same dishes.
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Ron
The Turnip's Global Spread and Dairy Note
The turnip originated in Europe and now grows worldwide from Siberia to Asia. Wild turnips exist in North America but are inferior to familiar varieties. Turnips are good feed for cattle, especially yellow types, but should not be fed to milk cows as they taint milk with a strange odor and flavor and reduce creaminess.
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Europe
World
Siberia
Asia
North America
Inland of Alphonso island in a sea of solitude
The crew reaches Alphonso on Tristan da Cunha, notes the island is uninhabited save for seabirds, plans a long stay, builds a beacon post on the mountain, and reflects on past school days as they endure a hard inland vigil with the Eugenie’s Journal-style adventure tone.
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Alphonso
South Atlantic
Alphonzo
Hislop
Columbus
Spain
Portugal
Samed
Tristan da Cunha
Alphonso de Albuquerque
Indies
Coromandel
Napoleon
St. Helena
Billy Wilkins
Billy
Bill
We Build a Hut on Alphonse Island
The party toiled from dawn to dusk to erect a primitive wigwam on Alphonse using only a hatchet and claspknives. They cleared two rock walls, thatched a roof with plant matter, stored provisions and water, and planned a signal post while traversing jungle ridges toward a five thousand foot conical mountain in search of safety and sustenance.
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Alphonso
Tom
Alphoneo
Eton
Alphonse
Tom Lambourne
Probart
Henry Warren
Wild Boar Hunt on Deserted Island Adventure
The castaways recount a hunting episode as they forage for salt and food. Tom Jambourne and John Burne kill a large boar with a boat stretcher and hatchet while Ned Carlton notes salt baked in rock crevices. The crew stores meat for the general store and gains renewed confidence in Hislop’s leadership.
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Bank of Ringland
Tom Jambourne
John Burne
Firat
Burnet
Lambourne
English Jokes From Rivale Grocer Panel
A garbled English humor page shows grocer banter about earth sugar and aging habits. Customers discuss makeup hair sameness and engagements while odd lines reference photographs and improper requests, all in a jumble of quips and misread phrases.
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Grocer
Tom
Balt
Jenny
Maler
Alice
Palat Gartocute Plans Move to Los Angeles
The well known figure after seven years in New York leaves his West End avenue base to transport his cradle and establishment to Los Angeles. He will spend the next three years focusing on Pacific coast flora and expects to start next week.
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New York
Avide Wome
Fuwrer
West End Avenue
Los Angeles
Pacific Coast
Fragmentary tale of a love triangle and marriage
A garbled fragment recalls two men fighting over a woman who ends up marrying the lover. The stray lines hint at social or moral commentary on relationships and status, but the context is incomplete and the gist centers on choice and consequence in romance.
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Silver Messenger
Challis
Sweet, Publisher
Idaho
Las
Plumeer
Raveas
Keret
Dick Rodney
Rivale
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