Marbles in Constantinople. A steamer voyage notes
A New York Sun reader describes arrival in Constantinople during Abdul Hamid II era. The piece paints street life, mosques, cafés, women’s veils, and guards surrounding the sultan’s cortege. Observations include markets, cemeteries, funeral processions, and portraits of the sultan and his retinue with vivid detail.
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Turkey
AbduleMedid
New York Sun
Atreote
Nassau Street
Aliy Wafer
Ena Bler
Ile Sour
Dead Squirrel Buried Mystery in a Missouri Town
In Lexington Missouri two police officers tailed a mysterious house where a lantern lit a grave dig. They found a box lowered into a grave and after multiple digs uncovered a dead squirrel, not an infant as feared, concluding the tale with cautious skepticism.
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Lexington
Dlazineily
Modoc Indians at Quapaw Agency Report
Agent H W Jones reports the Modoc Indians, 54 sow and 63 females totaling 117, have ten months schooling under the Friends society. Government expended 1 885 05 plus 50 from other sources for schooling. They occupy 4 000 acre tract in Shawnee northeast, with 1 400 acres well timbered. They are loyal, peaceable and actively laboring, with a large crop.
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Society of Friends
H.W. Jones
Quapaw Agency
Indian Territory
Anya
Islable
Mystery on Woodward Avenue Car Involves Glass Eye
Detroit Free Press recounts a odd streetcar incident on Woodward Avenue where five passengers a man and four women debated who sneezed after a glass eye was revealed from a parcel. The man offered to leave it on the cushion while the passengers pondered ownership and left the car.
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Detroit Free Press
Woodward Avenue
Raucous Tale of Elders and a Wisconsin Man in Atlanta
A Wisconsin citizen, touted by Western papers to visit Florida, planned an orange grove trip via Atlanta on his way home yesterday. The report notes age figures for several dignitaries and a comical scene as breeches were torn, a suspender snapped, and a man cried out amid a street encounter.
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Florida
Atlanta
Sitlanta Constitution
Dreamlike fragments spark odd news update echoes
A garbled, dreamlike text mixes whimsical imagery with stray names and odd phrases. It mentions Blin, Bridges Smith, Moody, and a candle metaphor, followed by scattered lines about a wagon in New York and odd pricing phrases, yielding a fragmented, surreal newspaper item.
Dr C M Lane’s Liver Pills a Cure All Warned Against Imitations
A historical ad outlines Dr C M Lane’s Liver Pills claimed to aid in malaria and bilious derangements with quinine, praising their purgative effects and warning buyers to avoid imitations. It notes red wax seals, signatures of C M Lane and Frusixon Bros, and directs to Fleming Bros Pittsburgh for genuine boxed pills and a pamphlet offer.
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MY Lane
MY Lang
C. M. Lang
Frusixon Bros
Dr. C. M&lane
Fleming Bros
Pittsburgh
Ache Tri Weil Mall
Pationy
Rosen
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Waru Hla
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Ile Tlhe
Ilis Ministera
Ome Uissadure
Arceo
Hlemouw
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Wright
Aermiall
Fitzhugh Leo
Moonlis
Stue
Virginia
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Pole Lord Granville
Prince Gortchakolf
Deaconatleld Ie
Mr. Ginistone
President MacMahon
Pope
Archbishop of Canterbury
de Ney
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Iarabaldl Ie
Lord Russull
Jule Sion
Smith
Mr. Moody
Zarners Kalla
Meeaniel
New York
Tins
ARK
Muster St
Simmons
Telegraph and Meswenger
Macon
CIA
DR. C. Milane
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