Phantom rider haunts Wissahickon cave legend in Quaker City tale
In Wissahickon near the river drive a long abandoned Indian cave is linked to a phantom horseman. George Royal pursues his love at the Ashly home, confronts a headless rider, flees toward the Girard avenue bridge, and collapses after a head is hurled at him. John Coleman later marries Miss Ashly amid local whispers of the haunting.
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Wissahickon
Indian Cave
Philadelphia Times
Richard Ashly
George Royal
John Coleman
George
Pentieman
Girard Avenue Bridge
Ashly Homestead
Ashly
Philadelphia
Miss Ashly
French Officers Neglect German Speaking Skills After War
After establishing German language professorships in French military schools, French ministers boasted officers' reading ability. Yet when Russian Lieut Winter, who speaks only German and Russian, arrived in Paris, no fluent French speakers could converse with him. Speaking the language was largely neglected.
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Vosges
Winter
Paris
St. Petersburg
Madame Janaus Retires From Stage After Decline
At sixty five, frail in health and fortune, Madame Janaus announces she will leave the stage. Once a potential wealthy retiree, she stayed longer in harness against temptation and now ends her career.
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Janauscheck
Five Italians Barred From Landing Under Alien Contract Law
Five Italian immigrants who arrived aboard the steamer La Britagne were refused admission to the United States at New York under the alien contract labor law. They had agreed to work on a California ranch.
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la Britagne
New York
California
Old Hoss Sale Draws Crowd With Unclaimed Packages
An east Washington street auction room hosts a lively old hoss sale staging unclaimed express packages. Buyers bid on trunks and bundles revealing dresses, calico, old tools, a miniature sewing machine, and surprising contents like air, grease, and a goiter of misfits. Laughter and gibes mark hours of curious discoveries.
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Chance
Express
Washington Street
Philadelphia Call
April Fools Prank in Spain Haunts a Wanderer
An account from Irving Montagu describes an April fool in a Spanish street where a traveler, misled by a mantilla wearing woman and a staged lizard device, is tricked and mocked by bystanders. The scene recalls local Basque April prank customs and the traveler’s embarrassment.
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Irving Montagu
Iran
Wealth and life as the measure of riches in political economy
A historical article argues wealth equals the sum of things that sustain life, from food and tools to art and hospitals, while condemning weapons as wealth only insofar as they preserve life. It distinguishes wealth from human faculties and highlights life as the key concept in political economy. It also briefly notes phosphorescence in diamonds and lists lake depths, ending with a churchgoing vignette.
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Chicago Journal
Paris
Balkil
Siberia
Great Canadian Lakes
Erie
Lake Superior
Caspian Lake
Lake Maggiore
Lake Como
Lego di Garda
Lake Constance
Huron
Michigan
Proper Breathing Techniques For Physical Culture
The article discusses breathing as central to physical culture, advocating a slow steady pace of six breaths per minute. It highlights abdominal versus chest breathing, slow nasal inhalation, and controlled exhalation, plus a deep breathing swing exercise, stressing gradual progression and moderation to avoid overdoing any method.
Greenland Eskimo Dwellings Compared With Sod Homes
A columnist notes Greenland houses share size shape and materials with frontier sod dwellings, differing mainly by an overground burrow. In Walker county court technicalities aid defense as a cigar theft case hinges on the misspelled word nine as nin.
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Kansas
Greenland
Walker
Madisonville Messenger
A Plea for the Ugly Girl in the Era of Beauty
A humorous tirade on the double standard in beauty and social luck. The author argues that ugliness unfairly limits women’s opportunities, noting men would not accept equal unfairness and that precious perks go to the attractive, while ugly women face constant scarcity and social bias.
Sleeping with a Panther in Indian Cabin
Marshal Tom Smith tells of a solitary night in Indian territory when rain drove him to a cabin. A panther prowled inside, growling and scratching until he opened the door and sent the beast out, after which he slept through the rest of the night.
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Tom Smith
Paris
Tex
Memphis
Marshal Smith
Devine
Keeff
Smith
Sind
Goldfinch Reclaims Liberty Then Returns to Cage
A pet goldfinch escaped to a tall tree but, after the humans rattle hempseed and call, returns to its cage. The piece blends a tale of birds and odd facts about gold coin abrasion, plus a note on a governor’s Friday hanging superstition and a Bozeman drowning scare.
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Getti
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