Transmission of Long-Range Telepathy Across Africa in 151
An account from London reports the Battle of Mafuba Hill on February 27 in an era when telegraphic news travels up to 270 miles. It suggests quick transmission via sounds and vowel patterns, or magnetic mineral tapping, among Zulu groups and native servants. The tale blends explanation and rumor about rapid news reach.
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London Malll
Mafuba
iUba
Cers
Hat Girrivon
Isit
Linznager
Spoby
Dying Seaman on Brooklyn Street Scene
Neighbors observed the worn body of John Williams in a tenement at 4k Wicks Street Brooklyn. He asked officers to fetch the doctor and with his wife, faced a long final decline as passersby noted his faded condition and the two lived in poverty. The scene ended when the dying man told the policeman yesterday afternoon that he was dead.
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Baltimore American
John Willams
Wicks Street
Brooklyn
Policeman O'Connell
John
Tragic Death Leaves Widow in Potter's Field
Mrs Williams mourns beside her dead husband found in Hicks Street with no funds for burial. He had been dead since Tuesday, suffering from consumption and unable to work. Neighbors report the couple lived in isolation, and the widow, too proud to ask help, refused offers of aid as police investigate the lack of relatives and missing sustenance.
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O'Connell
Ehe
Ocommell
Time House
Mountain Lion Threat Fells by Capitola Marksman
Frank Keanter of Capitola earns rare luck near a Santa Cruz forest as a mountain lion pounces from a cedar branch. Keanter, a skilled hunter with Camp Capitola ties, shoots the massive cat after dogs alert him. The encounter unfolds high in redwood canyons as the lion glares and lunges, and the hunter calmly ends the danger with a decisive shot.
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San Francisco Chronicle
Jovers
Forest Sport
Jame Eo Wessel
Re Woertac Rai
Frank Keanter
Capitola
Keanter
Manneer
Camp Capitola
Santa Cruz County
Xow
Walfseay
Bi Heunler
Old Time Railroad Man Relates Honest Trunk Claim Tale
A veteran railroad man recalls a Hartford visitor whose lost trunk claim hinged on a family bible valued at 205 dollars. The owner insisted the Bible be paid for, proving sentimental worth, while the 10 dollar bill found inside with pressed flowers suggested a surprising, honest settlement when the trunk later turned up at a way station.
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New Orleans Times-Democrat
Hartford
Conn
Bert
Washington
Enery Goth
New Orleans
Witchcraft School Opens in Paris Promises Arcane Learning
In Paris a show of a curious order opens today offering initiates with patience and perhaps credulity a path into sorcery, magic, astrology, and arcane studies. The founders envision Parisians following in the footsteps of a modern Hermes Trismegistus through a complete course of occult instruction.
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Paris
Paris Cor
Pall Matt Gazette
Rise of hidden arts school guided by occult masters
The article describes a three year occultist program promising mastery in Hebrew, Sanscrit, hypnotism, and divination under masters Barlet, Papus, and Sedir. Initiates would gain power and status, with strict promises of secrecy and discipline, as the school claims credentials from a council of master wizards.
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Goculist School
Barlet
Papus
Sedir
Arctic Mosquito Tales From New Orleans Visit
A Times Dem newspiece recounts Arctic mosquitoes described by a guest in the St Charles corridor. The account recalls a 1896 voyage up Falcon River with Alaska and Dominion Trading Company, detailing swarms so large they blind and torment men, with nets, protective gear, swelling bites, and tales of cattle near Ft Hamilton.
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New Orleans
Times-Democrat
St. Charles
Falcon River
Alaska and Dominion Trading Company
Craw
Ft. Hamilton
Prohibition factions urged unity under Law and Order banner
W L Humbert, Kansas Nationalist Committee chairman, calls for a united Law and Order movement across the state. The piece cites past support for endorsements and outlines plans for a statewide volunteer network, aiming to influence the November election and broaden reforms beyond prohibition. It notes Mont Williams and M N Butler leading organizing efforts in Shawnee County and mentions Hitler as secretary candidate for the Nationalists.
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Nationalist State Central Committee
Prohibiton Party
Tas
Nationalist Party
Kansas
Hently
Southgate
Prohibition Party
W. A. Peffer
Law and Order
J. F. White
Sherif
Shawkey
Leavenworth
Kan
Cpt
Mont Williamis
Leavenworth County
Baphet
Partes
Kansas City Daily Star
Teavenworth Daily ‘Times
Mont Williams
M.N. Butler
T Smong
Butler
Ay Tan
Shawnee County
Union of Reform Forces
M. ON
Hitler
Segular
Topeka
Giant Moose Head Draws Crowds in Grand Central
In New York a 1000 pound moose head drew a big crowd after three young men from Union Club Strollers and Montclair brought in a forest giant. The animal weighed about a ton, was shot near Tobique River New Brunswick, and will be mounted for the next Sportsmen's show. a smaller head valued at 32.00 was also shown.
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New York
Boston
Grand Central Station
Dewey
P. Chauncey Anderson
Union Club
EB. Emery Anderson
Maximiliin Foster
Strollers
Robert Bord
Montclair
Tobique River
New Brunswick
Poster
Iast
Holiday Ay Rates on Santa Fe Route West of Missouri
The Santa Fe offers round trip tickets at one fare for routes west of the Missouri river within two hundred miles of selling stations on November 22, 24, 25, 30 and 31, 1899 and January 1, 1900. Final limits set for two hundred miles east of the river at one fare plus one third. For tickets and info contact T. L. King, Agent, Topeka, Kansas.
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Missouri River
Santa Fe
T. L. King
Topeka
Kan
Bird Friends of a Boston Policeman
A Boston policeman stationed along a short street at noon attracts a crowd with a peanut stand whistle and a playful bassets. Onlookers watch as the officer shares peanuts and whistles while a brown hound named Errody draws attention. The scene closes with a remark about judging actors by their program names.
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Boston
Cn G
Short Street
Washington Street
Ting
Amonio Bensilene Soup: try It en SESS ra
Fragmented OCR text presents a garbled note about a soup product named Amonio Bensilene. It includes incomplete phrases and nonsensical words, with no clear event, date, place, or identifiable entities. The readable portions do not yield a coherent news item or summary.
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Trig Aire
Hapfir Telegraphy
Miya Gunn
Leon Udanal
Effies
Capitol
Hose
Choul
W. L. Humbert
W. L Humbert
Kaczynski
Jackson
Wood
West Soath Street
Kansas Avenue
Jackson Brent
Klauer
Rookwood Pottery
J. R. Hague
Florist
Kansas Ave
J. Albert Davis
Keene's
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