Ferocious panther chase in treacherous ravine tale
A hunter describes a deadly fall into a cliff ravine during a trek on the Black Hills. After clinging to a four by ten foot ledge with a ravine below, a panther approaches, its eyes clouded, as snow and wind swirl. The animal senses the hunter’s scent and stalks, then leaps toward the hunter but stalls, allowing the narrator to survive the peril with two broken ribs.
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Fuji
Deer Gover
Hunter Pawer
Vila
Wen
Agin
Wong
Panther Attack and Survivors in Ravine Tragedy
A dramatic escape tale recounts a hunter clinging to a shelf as a storm rages and three panthers stalk nearby. One female panther is killed, a second dies, and the third, bereaved, leaps to its death in the ravine after discovering its den mates slain, vanishing amid rock fragments.
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Tyes
Peter
Panther
Jpdan
Sheriff Narrowly Escapes Bear Attack in Sulivan County
Sheriff W. C. Baker of Queens County and a New York hunting party in Eldred Sulvan County faced a mother bear protecting her cub. The sheriff escaped by swinging to a sapling, then reloaded and shot the bear through the heart, ending the chase after a tense pursuit. The incident was recounted by the Philadelphia Record.
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Sherif
New York
Eldred
Sulvan
W. C. Baker
Queen's County
Sherif Baker
Bruin
Kruin
Philadelphia
London Exhibition Showcases Mercury Fountain
A London exhibition features a fountain of mercury attracting daily crowds. The quicksilver fountain uses an endless chain with twenty eight buckets to lift mercury from a lower basin to an upper one, creating a silver spray that shines against a black painted backdrop. Two and a half tons of mercury, costing $2970, are used in the display.
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London
Man invents talking typewriter to write speech
In a Baltimore American- Books item a four man invention produces written text from spoken words. The piece notes a speaker’s amused reaction and comments on revived use of a bow motif in mottoes for canvas table covers.
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Baltimore American
4 Man
Dobbs
Tim
Mottoes
Flotsam and Jetsam of Life in the Yukon Trek
The excerpt describes huskies hauling a wallleigh through the frozen Yukon wilderness. It notes trains of sleds and drivers traversing the north to deliver news to showbound miners. The accompanying picture supposedly depicts a wallleigh with huskies pulling it amid dreary travel and isolation.
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Tacle Sam's
Canada
Wallings
Aluka
Klondike
North
Wallleigh
Yukon
Hungarian Countess Posed as a Man and Married Nine
An 1897 case details Sarolla Vay of Hungary, daughter of Count Ladislas, who lived as a man for years. She married a teacher in Klagenfurt, then pursued a life of dissipation in Vienna and Prague. She assumed male dress from age 21, forged marriages, embezzled, and incurred debts while tricking many around her. Her story sparked stinging revelations about deception and gender roles.
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Count Ladislas Vay
Sarolla Vay
Eges
Sarolla
Hussar
Vienna
Pesth
Prague
Inventions of the Century Gentia’s Busy Hundred Years
From Leslie’s Weekly a sweeping look at inventions and scientific advances of the last century. It highlights steam and electric propulsion transforming land and water travel, shrinking time and space, and notes the global impact of electrical science in telegraphy, the telephone, and electric lighting.
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Gentia
Leslie's Weekly
A Russian Xmas Game Matrimonial Lottery Expressed
A Russian Christmas custom in some villages features a matchmaking game. Hostess hides brides in winding sheets, young men pick by touch and then unveil. If the chosen girl refuses, a heavy fine is paid. Reportedly the practice yields many happy marriages.
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Russia
Ic Favorite
City of Crime Artena Known For Lawlessness And Emigration
The article portrays Artena as a notorious Italian city near Rome known as the City of Crime. It claims sixteenth century prisoners and criminals fled to Athens and that most residents are criminals or offspring of criminals. It notes frequent street murders and a view among authorities that Artena is hopeless. A separate Paris note discusses automotive mall carriers and automobiles in the French capital.
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Artena
Rome
Athens
Crim
Paris
Sitting Up In The Evening In A Childs View
A Cincinnati Enquirer note recalls a child’s delight in staying up late to see what adults do. A little girl, allowed to sit up, watches her parents read with backs to the light, asking in a sleepy voice if this is all they do.
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The
Cincinnati Enquirer
General Hospital at Johannesburg Overwhelmed by Wounded War Casualties
The Johannesburg General Hospital, a large handsome building with well laid grounds, is crowded from basement to roof with wounded Boers. The surge in injuries has forced commandeering many Alexander houses to provide beds, leaving the city in a sorrowful war aftermath.
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Johannesburg
Johannesburg Hospital
Murders Reported in Italian City Amid Sudden Deaths
A historical European city faced a rapid spate of killings with a note in an Italian paper claiming 23 murders in one day and 22 sudden deaths within 24 hours. The report hints at swift, unexplained violence felt along the Boulevards, with little expectation of further notices.
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Artena
Fashionably Worn Clothes Demand Careful Handling
A fragment notes that attire involves more than newness. It argues old garments are scarce, tattered gowns need careful alteration to appear worn, and simple tearing is insufficient. The text emphasizes convincing wear and authentic appearance in wardrobe management.
Service of Hungarian Bigamists Enforced by Law
A Hungarian law compels men who marry more than one wife to live with all spouses in the same household. The policy targets bigamists, enforcing cohabitation with both wives as a punishment for the crime.
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Hisamus
Hungary
Venezuela Size Compared to Europe and Plans for Calcutta Tunnel
Venezuela covers 506159 square miles, larger than every European nation except Russia. Plans are under consideration to construct a tunnel under the Hoogly River at Calcutta, linking regions in India.
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Republic of Venezuela
Europe
Russia
Hoogly
Hoogly River
Calcutta
The Fashfat Mam I Wish to Wed A Lady
A fragmented verse expresses longing for love and marriage with a woman of any appearance. The speaker pleads for affection, admits anxiety, and contemplates giving up freedom to secure a wife amid emotional turmoil.
Absurd Backer Behind Dreamy Theatrical Tour
A humorous Chicago News item recalls a failed but theatrical tour in Illinois. A reporter asks who backed the actor on a meteoric trip, and the reply shows the sheriff as the intended sponsor, highlighting a comic misunderstanding about funding and support.
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Chicago News
Improved on His Memory at the Forks of the Road
Dialogue snippets show rustic banter and miscommunication as Tuffold Knott recalls riding a rail and Goodman Gonrong questions directions. Various newspaper parody lines merge as a humor piece with locals debating truth and memory.
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Tuffold Knott
Goodman Gonrong
Chicago Tribune
A Man of Breeding Dialogues At A Social Dispute
A voluble man engages in chat with an invalid companion in a refined social setting. A spirited exchange unfolds as one person scolds the other for silence while a woman observer notes the clash. The Indianapolis Press cites the cordial yet sharp interaction.
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Indianapolis Press
Dorothea A Hoe Beau Mystery In Chicago Tribune Passages
A Chicago Tribune fragment shows a mistress asking a caller who is present as a gardener exits. The kitchen maid replies with a coy line about a “hoe beau,” hinting at an intimate visitor in a plain domestic setting.
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Chicago Tribune
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