Court of Appeals rules no new trial for murder case
The Court of Appeals in New York holds the prior trial valid despite a juror hearing a sermon on crime while under sheriff custody. Kansas City, Missouri reports 25 000 inhabitants since 1881 and asserts favorable conjugal conditions. An eminent archaeologist notes 120 to 190 distinct languages across the Americas proving long native habitation.
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Court of Appeals
New York
Slurgh
Beard
Kansas City
Tharsars
North
South America
Wesfarm
Birds and Poultry Said to Warm Air in Weather Belief
A German professor explains a curious theory that birds including domestic poultry accept a climate gift by heating air in their bodies. He argues birds metabolize air to influence atmospheric conditions, suggesting their breath and tissues respond to weather changes.
Bequest to Belalinxyar Horse and Grip the Dog in Chadwick Will
The will of Samuel Beckett Chadwick, English justice of the peace, leaves ten shillings weekly for the horse Belalinxyar and five shillings weekly for the dog Grip. Grip is praised as a lucky dog and the horse will be kept on a vegetarian diet, with Belshasgar's contact restricted.
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Samuel Beckett Chadwick
Belshasgar
Foreign opinion on English colonial zeal in Paris and London
Le Patit Partation of Paris notes that despite changes in the face of Europe, British opinion remains constant in pursuing empire. It argues England seeks to colonize to spread civilization, provoking resistance. The piece cites German observers and asserts English agitation challenges any nation attempting action abroad.
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le Patit Partation
Paris
Murope
London
Great Britain
England
Ourselven
Neatly Kept Italian Farms Impress American Visitor
A correspondent reports on Italian farming cleanliness as seen in Northern Italy. An American traveler, with a friend and spouse, observes well kept houses and fields with order. A wife stops her husband from discarding a trash bag, saying it would mar the neat front yard.
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Italy
Gookrell
Sha
Alcohol and opium curse on Kaffirs in South Africa
The Aborigines Protection Society warns of new vices imposed on natives in South Africa. Fiery liquor, specially distilled for native use, has long hindered civility and morality. Europeans now push opium trafficking openly in the Transvaal. White depots sell opium to Kaffir men and women for sixpence, with mines showing the opium’s damaging effects among workers. Mine managers deem the curse far worse than alcohol, harming semi savage Kaffirs.
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Ab*origines’ Protection Society
London
South Africa
Africa
Marriage, Money, and a Widow's Plan in Delavigne House
Miss Delavigne confronts her niece Murinde and fiancé Tom Whitworth about marriage and inheritance. Murinde admits love but fears Aunt Delavigne's control, while Aunt insists on marrying for money and social position. Tom adds flirtatious optimism as plans unfold amid family tensions.
Wedding Bells Ring for Tom and Mariade at Early December
The tale centers on Tom Whitworth and Mariade as they plot a modest wedding funded by Miss Delavigne’s generosity. Tom insists on December first for the ceremony while Mariade longs to align it with Christmas hopes. Major Larkington’s intentions loom as Aunt Delavigne contemplates love versus money.
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Mel
Tom
Muriada
Miss Delavigne
Soutac
Muriade
Hiis
Ie Mariade
Murinde
Major Larkington
Tom Whitworth
Miss Delayigne
Mariade
Major Attington
Mande
Maviado
Marinde
Misa Delavigne
Larkington
Philadelphia
Fragmented Verse Passage From A Societal Hymn
A disjointed and unreadable text fragment presents a poetical or hymn like string of phrases with archaic spellings and garbled names, lacking clear narrative or identifiable figures, places, or events. It reads as damaged OCR from a historical page.
Wedding Revels Masked by Deft Deception at Delavigne’s
In Miss Delavigne’s decorated parlor the December gathering turns into a bridal coincidence. Tom Whitworth and Mariade are startled by a staged ceremony while Major Larkington, Helena Dove, and others observe. Delavigne’s will follows, leaving her fortune to Mariade and Tom, confirming their genuine affection over wealth.
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Mra
Om Whitworth
Niagara Falls
Miss Delavigne
Souboretti
Larkington
Tom
Marinda
Major Tarkington
Helena Dove
Mariade
DT Xay
Major Larkington
Helens Days
Tom Whitworth
Murinde
Magnetic island Bornholm draws ships off course
A Glasgow Herald note says Bornholm, a Danish island in the Baltic, acts as a magnet to navigators. Its magnetic rocks can steer vessels off their course despite not pulling nails from hulls, with influence felt up to about nine and a half miles away.
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Germany
Bornholm
Baltic
Denmark
Glasgow Herald
Tapioca From Poisonous Plant Turned Edible
A South American shrub tapioca yields deadly milky sap in root and wood. Heat destroys the toxin, turning the plant into a nourishing food. Roots are pressed to pulp then heated on metal plates to make commercial tapioca, a process deemed infallible.
Woes of a Court Physician in Persia
News from Persia reports the death of Sir Joseph Thoroton, physician to the Shah. For thirty years he served as confidant to Sin h Nasr-ed-Din and feared for his life after the throne passed to the new Shah. He wrote of resigning amid threats to his safety. His death follows a pattern tied to court secrets and suspicion.
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Persia
Sir Joseph Thoroton
Sir Joseph
Nasr-ed-Din
Paris
Joseph
How Fashions Are Born From Paris Bazar Tragedy
The Paris charity bazaar holocaust sparks a new fashion wave of black and white. Even without personal loss, people adopt stark attire, with men in black gloves and women in black and white gowns, reflecting the era’s somber mood in style.
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Charity Bazar
Paris
Shanghaied Men and the California to Japan Trade
A New York Sun report details how the State Department handles shanghaied sailors and the limited redress upon return to the United States. It recalls the Galveston episode with Angus Burrill aboard the Santa Monica, and notes San Francisco as a major source of abductions.
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Ughlvetten Dian
Arion
Ghippéra
State Department
Washington
New York Sun
Agare
Department
United States
United Bates
Gata
Cale
Galveston
Angus Burrill
Jong
Matas Ian
Ory
Castle
Barkentine
Santa Monica
Bal Syed
Baytill
Odessa
Russia
Burrill
Odeusa
New Orleans
Minn Atubbardly
Wasa Atowaway
San Francisco
Bella Union
China
Japan
Silver Thread Falls of Yellowstone Described as 1800 Feet High
The article recounts a grand waterfall on the south side of the Yellowstone Canyon. Known as the Silver Thread, it drops about 1800 feet in a near vertical plunge. Viewers from the canyon rim see a slender silver ribbon of water amid rugged brown canyon walls.
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Grand Canyon
Yellowstone River
Absaroka Range
Dongs Forests
Yellowstone
Walla
Jeff
Canon
The Affect of Water Pressure on Life
A scientist notes that water depth and air pressure can fatally affect life. Fish die as swim bladders distend and explode under pressure, and rapid air density changes may rupture blood vessels. Extreme temperatures also threaten fragile organisms, especially when health is poor.
Logwood concession in Mexico border lands eyed by Connecticut capitalists
Connecticut capitalists seek a concession from the Mexican Government to logwood along the Hondo River border with British Honduras. The plan includes a railroad from inland swamps to the river to transport the wood to Esclave and then to New York, with vast untapped supplies of dyewood.
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Connecticut
da Hondo
Mexico
British Honduras
Eslize
New York
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