Perilous World Turmoil and Oddities Across Continents
The dispatch describes Peru war risks and food riots at Malaga Granda, insurrection in Kastoria Macedonia, and various European events. It notes New Jersey saloon closures, a suicide in York Pa., and cultural notes from Paris Exposition including Chinese remedies and curiosities. The Sultan of Turkey resides at Yildiz Kiosk with Osman Pasha securing the palace.
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Kastoria
Macedonia
Columbus
Wm. Tell
Lake Lucerne
France
William
George S. Barnard
Supreme Court of New York
Yildiz Kiosk
Constantinople
Abdul Hamid
Osman Pasha
Plevna
Nick Pepper and the canal boat mystery rescue
On the General Burnside Nick Pepper, mocked as useless, becomes central to a plotted theft. Two clerks kidnap him to extract numbers for a password hidden in a message from Bendix. Messner’s detective and police intervene, saving Nick and exposing the conspirators.
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Buffalo
Mr. Messner
Ebbitt and Alberson
Ebbitt
Alberson
New York
Nick Pepper
General Burnside
Thos
F. Bendix
Jacob
Nick
Jacob Messner
Messner
Joe
Licensed to Harms and Downfall
Poem fragment depicts a figure licensed to corrupt and ruin lives. It condemns empowering evil acts and envisions consequences of spreading harm. The piece uses repeated licensing motif to condemn moral decay and social destruction.
Glass artist to weave silk-like fabric from colored glass
In a Mission Street basement S Isaac s home Professor Theodore Greiner works on a unique material for a lady s dress. Using glass spun by the artist himself the process creates ultra fine strands that are woven on a hand loom. The project will take weeks more with completion expected in April.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco Chronicle
S. Isaacs
Mission Street
Tenth
Eleventh
Williams
Theodore Greiner
Chronicle
Description of King Cetywayo by an Old Colonist
An English observer depicts King Cetywayo of the Zulus with striking eyes and a receding forehead, noting elaborate dress including a leopard skin cloak and tiger-cat skin mody. He details beads, ostrich feathers, and ear ornaments, plus a bamboo snuff-box and comb. Cetywayo is shown with a hunting assegai, a smaller hunting shield, and a tiger-cat tail atop the shield’s top axis.
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Cetywayo
Saved From the Wreck A Portland Betrothal Tale
A rising young Portland merchant and a pretty woman become betrothed. She ends the match, he laments the loss and tears, then, with quiet dignity, asks about continuing trade and offers standard discounts as he leaves in sorrow.
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Portland
English novelist Mr. Gibbon receives unexpected legacy
A London doctor who admired Mr. Gibbon's work left him a handsome legacy and the absolute reversion of his property upon his wife’s death. The doctor had previously sought the author after reading Robin Gray and recently died.
Stout Chairman Demands Screen and Dripping Pan in Comic Row
In a Punch magazine vignette the Stout Chairman complains of lacking a screen and orders the cook to send up a dripping-pan to be placed beneath him. The waiter apologizes that no screen exists, prompting the humorous exchange.
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Stout
Parasol fashion targets tall men this season
The Philadelphia Chronicle Herald notes parasols will be worn high enough to strike at the eyes of tall men, a witty fashion forecast reflecting social humor and mild menace in urban style commentary.
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Philadelphia Chronicle- Herald
Old City Derrick Spring Songscene
A playful verse from the Old City Derrick praising spring. It describes woodchucks, bumblebees, chickadees and ants in humorous, nonsensical scenes with various animals behaving oddly as the season warms. The tone is light and rollicking with fanciful natural imagery.
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Old City
Train Romance Reveals Class Tensions On Board
Two wealthy ladies, Mrs Glennor and daughter Mabel, share a carriage seat with a plain young woman on a warm ride to Hamilton. Mrs Glennor critiques the stranger’s class, while Mabel shows kindness, provoking a tense clash about wealth and social position aboard the train.
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Mr. Hamilton
Mabel
Mrs. Glennor
Hamilton’s
Henrietta
Sam
Henrietta Hamilton
Miss Glennor
Hamilton
Mable
Mamma
Richard
Richard Hamilton
Glennor
The Old Oaken Bucket Inspires Timeless Song
Samuel Woodworth, a printer, once praised Mallorys brandy. He learned the value of fresh spring water from the old oaken bucket, inspiring the enduring verse The old oaken bucket. The ode, written after that tavern discussion, became a household standard.
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Samuel Woodworth
Mallory
Woodworth
How They Get Ready for Dinner at Palmer House
A Chicago paper reports a playful dialogue between Clara Morris and Mr Clara Morris at the Palmer House. The couple jokes about dinner preparations and various comic pretenses as they plan to look unhappy for their evening dining.
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Chicago
Clara Morris
Palmer House
Ducky
Odessa Gymnasium Boy Slain by Nihilist Assassins
A seventeen year old pupil, son of Polish noble Zalewski, studying at Odessa Gymnasium, refused to join a Nihilist group. He warned his father of threats and pleaded to be moved. By the time the father reached Odessa, the boy was dead, his body awaiting burial after an assassination.
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Mr. Messner
Mr. White
Nick
King
Jacob Messner
Sarah
Messner
Marseilles
I’s
Odessa
Zalewski
Volhynia
New York Tribune
Widow to Operate Hotel Under New Plan After Husband’s Death
A widow advertises she will run the hotel formerly managed by her husband Mr. Brown who died last summer. The notice promises a new and improved plan for the business and invites patronage and support from the community.
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Brown
Watermelon Emblem Sparks Irish Patriotism Quip
An Irishman quips that while Ireland cherishes symbols, a ripe watermelon suits the nation as the green above the red, reflecting a playful patriotism amid the scene.
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J. Poster Editeo and Proprietor
Opera House
Thursdacon
Georgia RA
Glenn
van Wert
First Street
Washington and
Jeferson
Y.k. Woods
M. D. Capdtelyseg
Washington Street
Scond
Bridge
W. Depuy
ofPuy House
William Smith
Union Block
Pennell’s
Msip
Jaokson Ata
Attorneys AT Law
H. C. Glenn
Emerson Priddy
G. M. Saltzgaser
Rene
L W
Jacobs’ Store
H. Kemper
Ohio
G. EB. Wells
Herst's
Courts of
I. D. Clark
John Darnell
Clark & Darnell
McCurdys
James M. Barr
LAW
van Wert, O. Office
West Main Street
J. L. Price
Ira P, Shissler
Price & Shissler
Iron Block
J.S. Bournback
W.j. Beers
Vien Wert
Arcalde
Jas. Clark & Son
Swisher & Galleher
LE Gheegin
Hatr Dressers
J.W Evans
D. Newcomers
J. WW. Penn Manufacturer
Dealetia
Swineford & Sons
Phalers
Arcdae
van Wert, Ohio
Swineford & Soner
Wert
Heistand & Bro
Feneral Blacksmiths
Practical Horse
Siver's
Brown & Billman’s Livery Stable
Jefferson Street
van Wert Werkly Bulletin
Peru
Malaga Granda
Duke of Roxburghe
Genoa
Texas
A. D. White
United States
Berlin
Inman
Brussels
Newark
N. J
Citizens’ Protective Association
George Einsig
York
R. E. Lee
Guerry
Greenville
Georgia
Utah
Presbytery of
Alabama
Lowe
Logan
St. Louis
Mrs
D. M. Jordan
Carl Brent
Hudson
Sarah Pepper
Pepper
Burnside
Jersey
Jersey City
White
Halifax
Martar
T. J. Sole, Mr. D
Cole
T.j.cole
M.D.V.S
Ohto
L. Ff
Gagrenheimer
Ohito
Holman
Shiloh
Humphrey
Ician
L. F. Gackenheimer
Manuel
Ohio Drug Store
East Main Street
Dr. J.glenn
Des Nells
Swinefords’ Grocery
South Washington Street
D. Spangler
Hunter, Dain Lath
Mary E. Lowry
Caroline Street
Harper’s Magazine
Calcutta
Batavia
Provence
Alalood O
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