Great Meteor Shower May Light Up November Skies
The article discusses a predicted shower of meteors around November 7 to 16, with the full moon on November 15 possibly obscuring visibility. It cites historical showers in 1799 and 1833, notes a 33 1/4 year cycle, and recounts Sir Robert Ball's account observing meteors with the Earl of Rosse, describing trains, Leo as the radiant, and the spectacle as it unfolded from Parsontown Ireland to the night sky.
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Life essay by Ingersoll on Birth to Death in prose poetry
An excerpt presents Ingersoll's essay Life as a prose poem tracing a human journey from cradle to grave. It chronicles love and pain, family joy, growth, and the hopes and fears shaping a life, leading toward ambition, recognition, and the final riddle of wealth and honor. The passage surveys human experience from infancy to mature reflection on virtue and power.
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Ingersoll
Wonder
Passing of a cherished figure in a twilight home reverie
The fragment portrays a mourner reflecting on enduring love and family bonds as an elderly man nears death. Images of gray hair, remembered days, and a wife and children surround him as he rests at home. The prose moves toward a peaceful final embrace and a last kiss.
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Hope
Summer Time in Dixie song excerpt advertised music
An 1899 1900 season minstrel song titled Summer Time in Dixie by Hattie Nevada is advertised with copyright notices and praise. The Kansas City Talking Machine Co announces publication and distribution details for copies and related records, urging readers to order from dealers or publishers by mail with a small coin or stamp payment.
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Missouri
Kansas City Talking Machine Co
Kansas City
Dixie
How Can He Explain It 7 Campaign Doubts Otis Plan
The Chicago Record notes repeated captures and abandonments of several locations. Ios Pasig Guadaloupe Martiquina Canita and Antipolo are cited with multiple captures and withdrawals, underscoring fruitless campaigning efforts and persistent setbacks.
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Abandoned Towns Mark Insurgent Warfare, Cour ier Journal Critique
The Louisville Courier Journal questions the strategy of repeatedly capturing and abandoning towns such as Morong Pagsanjan Santa Cruz and Mexico. It notes multiple captures and withdrawals, cites General Otis, and asks how Washington can justify ample forces while towns are abandoned.
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Washington
Challis October 1899 School Report
Challis Public School reports October 1899 with 107 total enrollment. Names listed include Beatrice Bradbury Ruth Cameron Mabel Clarington Julia Falls Julia Jensen Dora Jensen Mary Jensen and many others among students and staff.
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Challis
Beatrice Bradbury
Ruth Cameron
Mabel Clarington
Julia Falls
Julia Jensen
Dora Jensen
Mary Jensen
Mabel Jose
Georgia Meyer
Myrtle Morrison
Della Morrison
Mamie Rowles
Ethel Thompson
Birdina Tennell
May VanCamp
Myrtle Wilkinson
Dora Barracks
Guy Bradbury
Allie Baxter
Ethel Chivers
Bessie Erickson
Arthur Gayle
Maude Jose
Stella Jarvis
Julia Peck
Donald Rowles
Ellen Tennell
Clyta Bradbury
Lulu Calhoun
John Calhoun
Theodore Cameron
William Chivers
Roy Chivers
Hallie Dodge
Maude Ebberts
Flora Falls
Sadie Horton
Effie McKendrick
Gertrude McKendrick
Hazel Paul
Felix Paul
Grace Rowles
Etta Sullivan
Lizzie Thompson
Josephine Westerholm
Ludvig Westerholm
Ralph Baxter
ManrGaret Keenan
Mildred Gayle
Lillie Sullivan
Bernice Rogers
Martha Tewall
Leslie Dodge
Will Cameron
Earl Dodge
Everett Baxter
Arthur Baxter
Jennie Baxter
Melvin Chivers
Harry McKendrick
Frank McKendrick
Red McKendrick
Mesha Jones
Ruthie Jones
Louise Jones
Eliza Jones
Alvin Jones
Verne McGowan
Charlie Ebberts
Willie Hbberts
Lou Frost
Edith Frost
Tommy Jose
Isabella Beardsley
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