Musical prodigy Lina Marsh dazzles St Louis with perfect ear
Eight year old Lina Marsh of 2506 North Broadway awes with piano prowess and memory for music. John Philip Sousa praised her genius after spending hours with her, gifting autographed scores and his photo. Lina improvises and transposes across instruments, reads by memory, and even reproduces sounds from street noises. Born Feb 11 1890 in Delavan Illinois she studies under Prof Waldemar Malmene and may rise in future musical world.
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Lina Marsh
St. Louis
I. M. Marsh
North Broadway
Lina
John Philip Sousa
Beethoven
Haydn
Mozart
Bach
Waldemar Malmene
Scotland
Marsh
Delavan
Ill
Fragmented OCR Reads on Incomplete Report
An OCR fragment discusses gender roles and performance with unclear names or events. The readable portion mentions females and males, stock and rates, but provides no concrete actions, dates, places, or organizations to identify. The text remains too garbled to determine a coherent news item.
Signs from Europe on signs and posters abroad
A traveling American notes odd signs seen from Liverpool to Naples. In Liverpool a sign advertises shaving with water and a price, in Rome a bar lists Handsome Cooler for 1 lire, trains warn travelers not to put heads or hands from windows, and Naples theater posters display fragmented titles.
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Liverpool
Naples
Grand Hotel
Rome
Paris
Teatro Mercadante
Amletto
Atti
G. Shakispare
William
New York Times
Word Making: bicycle wins over rival terms
An article discusses how the word bicycle supplants older terms such as velocipede and manivellociter in English. It notes predecessors endured for generations before the modern form gained popularity and mentions hope that bike as slang will not overtake the standard term.
Guides of India celebrate the Regimental Spirit at Mardan home
G W Steevens in the London Mail extols the Guides at Mardan as a permanent Indian frontier corps. He describes the regimental home with heirlooms, a crowded cemetery, and a diverse mix of fighting races forming a unified esprit de corps.
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Mardan
G. W. Steevens
London Mail
India
Cavagnari
Kabul
Omdurman
Landakal
The Sea’s Wrecks and Sacrifice Across Ages
The piece reflects on shipwrecks and the courage of sailors who sacrifice themselves to save others. It ties these acts to biblical vicarious suffering and compares them to the Christian narrative of salvation and sacrifice.
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Ville du Havre
Arctic
Central America
Christian Herald
Sleep Divided Among People By God Says Proverb
A historic saying notes that God divided sleep among his people to spare the poor from continuous labor. It argues that only divine action could grant rest, and warns that human rulers or employers would not allow workers to sleep twice at once.
The New Spring Walk Skirt Fashion
The article describes the new spring skirt silhouette with long skirts and high boot heels. It instructs a precise method to lift the dress by grabbing the sides at the waist line to reveal the silk petticoat.
Man Kills Son in Religious Delusion Near Chicago
Emil Dykstra, a 35 year old farmer near the Calumet River, attacked his 5 year old son with a corn knife nearly severing his head. He fled on a horse but was captured after details of the crime emerged. The crowd labeled him demented and a coroner's inquest found the death the result of madness. The case sent shock through the German settlement as neighbors spread the tale.
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Emil Dykstra
Calumet River
Chicago
Dykstra
John Meeter
Meeter
Peter de Young
Abraham
Isaac
Cornelius van Brunnen
de Young
Local Man Known for Reform Zeal Married Long Ago
An immigrant who settled near his current home married three years after arriving. Though long regarded as honest, in the past two to three years he grew intensely devoted to religion, leading many acquaintances to fear his mind might give way.
Political Jobbery Descriptions Of Election Manipulation
The Forum piece depicts a weak ministry propped by deserting members and Independent buyers in a corrupt market. It details patronage, vendor promises, cabinet crises, and manipulation of votes including dead and living ballots, overseers safeguarding “right thinking” to ensure a preordained result.
Forgiven on Deathbed George Tilford to Inherit
George Tilford the disowned son of Charles F. Tilford the New York grocer will receive his share of the estate after the father forgave him on his deathbed. Rita Selby the actress wife of George sparked the estrangement. the will values the estate at nearly 3,080,000.
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George Tilford
Charles F. Tilford
New York
Mr. Tilford
George
Rita Selby
Tony Madcap
Chinatown
Tilford
Tilfords
Edward C. Kirtland
Sardine Shell Silk from Sicily Described
A Mediterranean shell fish spins viscié silk used to attach to rocks in Sicily. The silk is gathered at low tide, washed, dried, straightened, and carded to make a handsome fabric.
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Mediterranean
Sicily
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Musical Marvel
Signe
Johno Philip Sousa Bellewea
Ja Atol Wai
Jeal
Ereses
Ls Regu
THA “Guides” OF India
Spain
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