Marvelous Deeds of Yogi and Tibetan Lamaism
A Home Magazine excerpt describes Thibet’s mystic lore and marvels of Bokis or wonder-working lamas. A Thibowa Boki in Hee wares displays powers from levitation to self-murgery performed before a temple crowd, aided by elemental beings and a retinue, with ritual chants, incense, and a dramatic ritual showing life and death controlled by the Lama’s will.
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Mina
Blavatsky
Josophy
Henry Liddell
New York
Orisa
Earth
Thibowa Boki
Hee Wares
Ein
Jama Waa
Father of 41 children welcomes another baby in Rhode Island
Levi Bresson aged 71 or 72, father of 41 children, adds a new baby to his large brood. The Rhode Island resident, with three wives, has 11 living children from his latest birth, while 32 of his offspring are reported as deceased or lacking. The tale traces his origins in France, move to Canada and the United States, and a life of many marriages, twins and trips before settling in North Foster.
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Levi Bresson
United States
Bresson
North Poster
Rhode Island
Dreagon
France
Canada
Levin
Connecticut
Sattle
Neta
North Foster
Refuge of a King in New Jersey's Bordentown Estate
A historical note recalls Napoleon Bonaparte’s exile era ties to Bordentown near Trenton New Jersey. Joseph Bonaparte, exiled king, settled there under the name Count De Servilliers. His home on Point Breeze featured a lake, arbors, and a villa for Charles Lucien Bonaparte, drawing local curiosity as the Neapolitan and Spanish monarchs lived in mere miles from Philadelphia and New York.
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New Jersey
Alphonse Daudet
Porth
Bordentown
Delaware
Trenton
Napoleon 1
France
America
Philadelphia
New York
Waterloo
Apoleon
Joseph
Naples
Spain
Aix
Bay of Biscay
Girande
Napoleon
St. Helena
M. Bouchard
Commerce
King
Point Breeze
Red King
Charles Lucien Bonaparte
Musignano and
Canino
Joseph Bonaparte
Zenaide
Goseip
Count de Servilliers
Shade of Bonaparte draws Cronje in a satirical scene
In a Chicago News snippet a theatrical reenactment has Napoleon addressing Cronje aboard a ship. The dialogue mocks naval posture and exposes the era’s colonial power tensions through a humorous exchange.
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Bonaparte
Cronje
Napoleon
Chicago News
Fight with bandits ends in defeat of outlaw gang
Veteran US marshal Charlie Copeland recalls a six year old siege near Grand River hills where Christy and six Cherokee Indians led a gang robbing trains and banks. After ambush and a cannon bombardment, Copeland used dynamite to blow the cabin, killing two outlaws and driving the rest to death or retreat. Christy survived the house fire but was wounded.
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United States
Wichita
Kan
Charlie Copeland
Judge Parker
Fort Smith
Christy
Red Eye
Scraggy
Red Cloud
Browne
Rattlinggourd
Rosers
Mureder
Eix
Slx
Elx
Vinita
Grand River Hills
Bhi White
Infinita
Bmi Smith
Heck Bruner
Jack Ellis
Grand River
Tarlequah
YeMequah
Tia
Fort Gibson
Ellis
Rogera
Broner
Bill Smith
White
Tiruner
Bruner
Oficer
Gladstone conservatory opens in Liverpool at Stanley Path
The new Gladstone conservatory in Liverpool, funded by Henry Yates Thompson and designed by Bailie Mackengie, covers 120 feet by 30 feet and cost about £8000. A bust of William Ewart Gladstone sits near the door. a Westminster Abbey inscription marks events from 1809 to 1898. The piece recalls a Gladstone speech at St George's Hall on December 4, 1893, noting local ties to Bootle.
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Liverpool
Gladstone
Henry Yates Thompson
Stanley Path
Bailie Mackengie
Edinburgh
Gladatone
Wilam Ewart Gladstone
Rodney Straot
Weatminstor Abbey
St George's Hall
Bootle
Remarkable Spearman Family of Bachwick Elderly Siblings
A Temarkatie family from Bachwick in northern England features three brothers and one sister whose ages total 145 years. The eldest Elizabeth is 90, Edward 88, Richard 85, and Thomas, who just turned 82.
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Bachwick
England
Spearman
Elizabeth
Edward
Richard
Thomas
New Track Cleaner Uses Brushing and Wheels to Clear Snow
A new track cleaning apparatus uses two circular brushes paired with paddle wheels to remove snow and dirt. The paddle wheels tackle the heavier snow while the brushes finish the job, keeping rails clear for trains.
Strange Tale of a Milwaukee Search and a Westward Dream
A Milwaukee girl seeks a long missing sister via the New York federal census. A German family left New York twenty two years ago to seek fortune in the west. The eldest daughter refused to go, stayed in the city, and the family never learned her whereabouts.
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Milwaukee
New York
Federal
Far West
West
Novel plan aims to locate missing Milwaukee sister
Emma Dopper of Milwaukee searches for Ella Copper, missing twenty two years, by contacting New York census officials. The tale follows a family’s heartbreak after parents and sister die, leaving two brothers and Emma, who seeks any lead on Ella now likely grown or deceased.
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New York
Ella Copper
Ella Dopper
Emma Dopper
Milwaukee Club
Charles
Joseph
Sliwaukoe—Ailiwauskoe Journal
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