Honored Black Man William Rose Dies at 70
William Rose, South Carolina’s first honored Black man at 70, died. A veteran of the Mexican and Civil wars, he served as governor’s messenger from 1877 under eleven governors, aiding General Hampton and serving in battles near Manassas and Fredericksburg. Born in Charleston, Rose was a lifelong figure in state politics and public life.
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South Carlina
Florida
Charleston
Rose
Gregg
Hogro
Manassas
Fredericksburg
William
General Hampton
Calf Feeding Lessons From Rural Life
A satirical reprint recalls the Britt Tribune piece on teaching a farmer’s boy how to feed a calf. It describes the strenuous physical effort, discipline, and patience involved, noting the calf’s energy and the need for calm, expert handling to coax the milk from the pail. It ends by mocking oversight bulletins for lack of practical guidance.
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Britt
Iowa
Britt Tribune
Agricultural Department
Minneapolis Journal
Equine Policeman Haunts Detroit Street Corner
Detroit enforces a keep moving rule for street vendors but a local merchant trains a horse to police his busy corner. The horse wards off hucksters by trotting along the curb and enforcing distance, drawing a delivery wagon by day and standing guard at night. The owner touts the animal’s record.
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Detroit
Apples as Medicines in 19th Century Science
The article extols apples as healthful, noting their complex composition including fiber sugars malic and gallic acids and phosphorus. German analysts highlight high phosphorus content, praised for renewing nervous matter of brain and spinal cord. It links apples to Nordic mythic lore of mind and body renewal and claims acids aid sedentary livers by expelling toxins.
Secret Underground Chamber in Mulberry Bend House
Workmen uncover a hidden chamber behind a trap door on the second floor stair landing. The passage runs forty eight feet, three and a half feet wide and four feet deep, described as part of a historic underground railroad route aiding fugitive slaves. The piece notes a shift in book and periodical demand toward the United States as a global market.
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Catergroa @ Mall
Mulberry Bend
I von York
Friends of the
Strawberries and a Daring English Guest
In a chat at a dinner, Walden recounts a tale from Cernay about an Englishman who devoured an entire dish of strawberries for a dollar a day. The anecdote ends with Walden remarking that Englishmen eat with relish, then continue their meal.
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Walden
Don Quixote
Whistler
England
Ingand
Saturday Post
Supreme court of Iowa upholds whistle rule for stock safety
The Iowa Supreme Court ruled that animals possess reasoning power and recognize danger. The decision upheld the lower court’s rule requiring sixty rods of whistle signals at public highway crossings, rejected by the railway company which argued whistles only affect rational beings. If rehearing is denied, the rule will stand for stock as well as humans.
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Supreme Court of Iowa
Supreme Court
Population of Sologna to migrate to Argentina as New Sologna
The entire village of Sologna in Italy plans to emigrate to Argentina and continue the community there as New Sologna. All public officials will move. no one remains behind.
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Sologna
Italy
New Sologna
Fugitive 17 Years Gets Pardon Bid From North Carolina Governor
A pardon request reaches Governor Aycock for Walterson Avery Anderson, jailed for murder in Asheville fifty years ago and long a fugitive. He allegedly killed Ed Horton over a mine dispute, later served in secret service, and helped guard $29 million in gold. Anderson and Edward Ray fled after a jail siege and were sentenced to hang and 20 years respectively. Local memory ties to McKinley era security and a later nursely life contrast with the historic case.
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North Carolina
Charles H. Ayourk
Avery Anderson
Anderson
Ed Horton
Asheville
N. C
Edward Ray
Bailey
Bet
Rockies
Secret Service
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Cal
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Chicago
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Ead
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Pritchard
Ray
Mexico
Mitchell County
Biterly
Internal Revenue
Delton Miller
Miller
Batley
Horton
Aycock
Senstor Priteher’ Wwaderwm
Peniti Oe
Bakersville
Porto Rican school girls kept after hours scandal
Porto Rican report notes American teachers keeping girls after the usual hour in San Juan. Parents crowded the school demanding release while the principal refused. After about an hour the students were sent home amid public indignation as San Juan debated the severity of the new educators. The Chicago Journal cites the Parisian stage as a contrast and notes New York’s 1766 opening of the first American theater.
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Plaza Colon
San Juan
Ita
Chicago Journal
Cats, carvers, and curious quotes stir Philadelphia notes
A Philadelphia reader recounts Agnes Repplier’s essay on cats as living artworks and lists famed feline carvings. Highlights include Pasht the goddess, Fremiet’s feline figures, Mephistopheles cats, and Lucky Merrick the miraculous, breathing pet cat.
Sinking Northwich Atlas of Salt Industry Mirrors Global Shakes
Northwich in England, center of the salt trade, is gradually sinking as underground salt mines and brine pumps hollow out the earth. Shaft excavation and brine pumping created a subterranean lake with high salinity, leading to ground instability and houses tilting and descending.
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Pennsyvania
England
Northwich
Hell
Optical Wonder in Sirrors and Platinized Glass Inventions
A new platinized glass mirror combines 95 percent silver with 5 percent platinum to form a transparent screen. From behind, one sees through while the front view remains a bright mirror. It could conceal a clerk in a shop yet allow shopwide surveillance and privacy in dark rooms.
End of Its Cop s Miss Annie E McDowell Parrot Dies
Philadelphia journalist Miss Annie E McDowell mourns the loss of a 60 year old heirloom parrot. For decades the bird perched on her writing table or chair back while she wrote and even croaked I lay down my pen as it died. A light obituary notes her literary work and the parrot’s long companionship.
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Annie E McDowell
Philadelphia
Miss McDowell
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