Phantom Dutch ship seen twice by mirage tale at sea
The crew of Capt. Godthelp and Capt. Dawes report a phantom Dutch vessel sighted off the Cape Town and linked to Vanderdecken legends. A mirage explains the two ships appearing 400 miles apart on May 12. The captains remain unsettled by the strange double sighting.
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Delaware
Tilly
Good Hope
Wild Vanderdecken
Cape Town
Tno
Éaim
Dawes
Hampton
Stavit
Resso
Jonkheer Coenen
Godthelp
Capt. Dawes
Mystery of Nellie Knox and Ghosts Haunt Scottish Town
Alfred C Wiis, jailed in St Louis on bigamy and fraud charges, is tied to Nellie Knox disappearance through a letter from Mrs M Knox. Reports claim Nellie left with him and never returned, with conflicting letters from relatives. Separately in Greenock Scotland, locals chased alleged ghosts. a white sheet apparitional figure fled when confronted by a girl and her father.
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Alfred C Wiis
St. Louis City
Pohlmann
Major Knox
Miewns
Ting
Elle Hu
Avimona
St. Louie
East
Belrove Jan
Osists
Broadway
Greenock
Scotland
Apook
Fight at Longslung rail tower ends with arrest
A violent clash between two railroad workers, Petr Hins and Oscar Clifford, erupted at the Longslung tower. Clifford drew a knife after Hopkins kicked him, delivering slashes until Hopkins weakened from blood loss. Clifford was arrested while traveling on a train.
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Haliroad
Petr Hins
Oscar Clifford
Longslung
Clifford
Hopkins
Bia
Rebot Tower
Climord
Local fragmentary notice from an Averine Kelstben page
Fragmentary OCR text describes a miss Simpenhy scene with Mrs digudasel at a pot and a pound gin, mentioning water price and a plan to go to Wit tomorrow. Ambiguous names and garbled phrases limit clarity but indicate a local personal notice or listing.
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Averine Kelstben
Simpenhy
Remarkable Drowning Incident at Rothesay
A boating accident near Rothesay ends tragically with three adults drowned. An eight year old boy and two girls clung to the youth in the water while another smaller boy rested on his chest. Four people were rescued after about a minute in the water as the rescuers rowed a mile to reach them.
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Rothesay
How He Met Death on the California Ranch
A daring cowboy named Cam faced a wild black horse near a corral. The animal kicked and toppled, throwing the rider and injuring the pony. The scene drew a crowd of farm hands as the injured horse lay writhing, while the rider Hathway, born in Kentucky, reflects on plains and valleys from California.
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Cam
Hathway
Weel
Kentucky
California
Cam Hathway Dead After Fatal Wild-Horse Ride
Camden R Hathway a famed horse trainer died at 28 after a wild beast threw him during a return ride from Arroyo Sevo to Porters Ranch in San Luis Obispo county. Cowboys paid solemn tribute as his body was laid to rest on the ranges he loved.
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Camden R. Hathway
San Luis Obispo County
Cal
West
United Stats
Hathway
Kern County Land Company
Whitte Elephanta
Cam” Hathway
Bakerafelt
Cam
Land Company
Animala
Kern County
Artona
Colorado
Montana
Watsonville
Sanald Obispo
Hardway
Dennis Wilkmaun
Arroyo Sevo
Stan Luis Obispo
Hathney
San Lula Obispo
Murder to conceal robbery near Galena two men killed
Coroner Marsh of Rockford Illinois received a letter from Jonas Carlson foreman of the ballasting crew near Galena supporting the theory that Robert Martin and George Woodward were robbed and thrown from an east bound freight train. They were paid off the previous Saturday and had been working since last April with savings due. No money was found on them but head wounds show they were slugged and cast from the train. The coroner anticipates key evidence.
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Marsh
Rockford
Jonas Carlson
Galena
Robert Martin
George Woodward
Carlson
Woodward
Boliver Tonn
Brutality at North Carolina Prison Farms Abandoned Steward Testimony
The penitentiary investigating committee began hearings at the Roanoke river farms. Witness D. J. Russell testified that a man was beaten to death on Summerell's farm and another beaten to bed confinement for two weeks with two days of starvation and no medical care. He described numerous brutal beatings leaving some disabled for days.
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Brutanty
North Carolina
Roanoke River
D. 3
Russell
Summerell
Mistook Candy For Poisoned Candy Case
Mrs Louis P Ridell of New Brunswick New Jersey gave her five year old daughter Annie ten grains of poison believing it to be candy after a druggist Louis Eastburn prescribed Jovenges medicine to be taken three times daily to ease stomach trouble The child cried for more candy and the mother gave her the medicine An hour later the child lay on the floor black faced and vomiting
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Folson
Louis P. Ridell
New Brunswick
N. J
Annie
Louis Eastburn
Vanny
Monkey Attack at Flushing Hotel Grounds
George Hoppe, hotel proprietor of Flushing, owned a monkey that attacked George D. Field as he crossed a meadow there. The animal leaped onto his back and tore his clothing, with the bite wounds later treated by a physician.
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Monkey Mandii
New York Journal
George Hoppe
Flushing
George D. Field
Return of the Old Timers in pursuit of pace records
Notable notes detail plans to send Major Taylor for a Nile straightaway record to surpass Joe Downey 1 162 5. A dozen paid men scour the countryside for a 9 straight mile stretch, with New York City or northern New Jersey as target. Taylor uses a pacing machine from Chicago 1 228 6, Bos tonian and McDuffee Mike predicting ease of lowering the record. Harry Hikes eyes Philadelphia Woodside track trials with high powered motor pacing.
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Milo
Major Taylor
Nile
Joe Downey
Chicago
Taylor
Harry Hikes
Philadelphia
Woodside
Clever Pinon of Team Worle Triumphs in Montreal Race
The United States amateur team won a tight Montreal race in a clever display of team tactics. Peabody directed misdirection and planned multiPhase pushes, moving up along the pole with Wilson Moran and Ingraham, allowing Wilson to win, Ingraham to place third, Peabody fourth, and Moran sixth, securing a decisive team victory.
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Worle
United States
Montreal
Peabody
Wilson
Moran
Chelsea
Ingraham
Return of Old Timers in Season Racing Shuffle
The season features the return of three veteran stalwarts plus disruptions as Jay Raton refutes a demotion. Raton, once dismissed to a track messenger role, trains hard and claims weekly winnings of 100 dollars, beating top rivals in Newark over recent Sundays. The piece notes comebacks by Wd ie Bald Gardiner Eaton Newhouse and Otto Maya.
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Wd+die Bald
Arthur Gardiner
Ife
Jay Eaton
al, Newhouse
Otto Maya
Jay Raton
Raton
Newark
Fragmentary OCR note on a racing event and returns
A garbled OCR passage mentions Maya McParlan Stevens and a baton line, a coming back of New horns, and a championship at Suraree Amount 2% with party use. The text is unclear and appears to describe a race or competition context with distorted names and phrases.
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Iimble
McParlani
Stevens
Newhorns
Suraree
Mexico Aim for International Track Honors in 1901
The piece notes American cyclists and officials discussing Mexico's bid for international track championships, with Tom Crimp and others pushing for national leadership and broader athletic support. It cites NCA figures including G. W. Warbell and Fred B. House and mentions telegram exchanges about racing regulation and future contests.
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Nellie Beng
Meston
America
Mexite
Tom Cromp
Oneega
San i Republic
Mr. Crimp
Union Clelista Merion
Montreal
Republic
Mexico
Ward
G. W. Warbell
If Globe
Fred B. House
N.C. A
A. G. Batehman
Contr CG. A
Wille
Mr. House
Shoes and wear quality in outdoor use explained
A fragmented note discusses how outdoor wear affects shoe longevity, comparing cheap house shoes worn indoors and outdoors. It mentions rubber boots, perspiration from India rubber, ventilation of low shoes, and gloves as related wear factors in a period voice.
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Strang
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Steed
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Otta Mayn
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Misa
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