The Cul de Jatte Beggars of Jatte France Town Tale
A vivid portrait of the cul de jatte community near Culoz in France. The article describes legless beggars who travel in wooden carts, their origins and training, the beggar guilds of Paris and Italian cities, and notable stories including a mayor’s daughter who eloped with a man gaining legs and a fatal self farewell. It notes family lines, theft incidents, and the culture of money worship among the deformities, along with daily life showing cards and hand racing as amusements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jatte
Pear Culoz
France
Fainli
Gil Blas
Paris
Culs-De-Jatte
Abns
Culoz
Chredy
Rome
Naples
Haussmann
Jates
Ten Days In A Hollow Tree In Plumas County
A Chinese miner lost with a companion in a snowbound Plumas County mountains camped in a hollow tree for ten days. He ate Chinese medicine and boot leather, cooked boots for food, and drank medicine. Rescued by white miners, his feet were severely frozen yet he plans recovery after giving $50 in gold dust to his rescuers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plumas County
Cal
Ters Sens
la Porte
Hanged the Pastor In Effigy in Avon Park
The Rev. Mr. Robinson, pastor of the Congregational church, found an effigy of himself hanging from a tree in his yard with a placard reading so may all ministers be served who use tobacco. Avon Park, founded as a model town, has restricted liquor sales amid tobacco debates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Robinson
Congregational Church
Avon Park
Fla
No Bull Fighting In France
The cours de cassation ruled that a bull is a domestic animal and cannot be lawfully tortured, ending bull fighting in France after cages raised last summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Cours de Cassation
Love's Dream in New Orleans Picayune Verse
Poem speaks of intimate embrace and eternal love with lines about peace and longing. Quoted from Jane Mauldin in the New Orleans Picayune, the verse celebrates deep affection, shared dreams, and the idea of waking at death as a dreamlike parting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jane Mauldin
New Orleans
Picayune
Married in Haste at Chicago Court Wedding
A Chicago courtroom scene shows a couple rushing a quick marriage during an assault trial in Justice Lyon's court. August Rohner and Marie Soss obtained a license, the proceedings were halted for a hurried ceremony, and the pair laughed as an irate German gentleman kicked at the door before the assault case resumed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Justice Lyon
August Rohner
Marie Soss
Davy, Jr
Prince Albert
Nein
Wein
Nove
Justice Davy
Chicago Dispatch
Sinai ibex misread as unicorn in Fabri tale
A 400 year old account by Father Felix Fabri described a beast on Sinai peaks that readers misidentified as a camel or unicorn. Modern pilgrims recognize the creature as the bedan Sinaitic ibex, a wild goat seen on Red Sea cliffs and Moab gullies. Esau's hunt is alluded to, linking ancient lore and natural history.
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Calvius
Felix Fabri
Sinai
Red Sea
Moab
Esau
Metal Ties Probed as Railroads Seek Durable Track
A Washington agricultural department report surveys metal railroad ties and preservative methods, noting about 20 percent of global mileage outside the U S and Canada uses metal. The United States shows limited progress, while metal ties comprise roughly 7 percent of world track in 1890 rising to 10 percent by 1994.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Agricultural Department
Washington
United States
Canadas
Railway Review
An Extremist and a Scotchwoman Tale From Westminster Budget
A fragment recounts an old Scotchwoman near Balmoreal criticizing the queen for riding out on a Sunday. The retort cites Christ harvesting wheat on the Sabbath. The Westminster Budget notes Cicero’s pleasant voting mood before any law case and mentions Baku oil wells spanning a 25 mile by half mile district.
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Irving
Baku
Leadth
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EN Rapport
Cicero
Syracuse
N. Y
New York
Dr. Fenner
M. M. Fenner
Assembly Chamber
Albany
Dr. Penner
Fenner
Femmen
Shesick
Ebda
Fennersf
Nerve Seed CO
Masonic Temple
Soidin Warren, Pa
Siegfried & Co
Geo. F. Davis
Drrariste
Webster’s International Assrgee
Dictionary of Grand
U. S. Gov't Printing Office
U.S. Supreme Court
Webster's International
D.J. Brewer
U. S. Supreme Court
G& C
Merriam CO
Springfield
Mass
U.S.A
N. K. Wendelboe
Warren, Fuller & Co
East 42d St
New York City
N. K. Wendelboe’s
Liberty Street
N. K. Wendlebee
Warren, Pa
Weatten
Ee Bank Me
Agency of American and
Anchor Lines of Ocean Steamships
A. J. Hazeltine
O. W. Beaty
G. B. Ensworth
Cashier
GEO
Hw, Jackson
Ass’t Cashier
W. Beaty
M.B. Dunnam
L. R. Freeman
LB. Wood Charles W. Stone
James Clark
W. M. Lindsey
C. Sigel
August Morck
PNM
Morckeros
A. Weiss
Sarony
Living Pictures
Sarany
Bouguereau
A. E. Chasmar & Co., Publishers
Union Square
Ackley
Wheelock
Pennsylvania
Ackley & Wheelock
Water Street
Rogers Block
Warren Mills
W.T. Case
Penn’a
Hemlogk Timber Lands
Hamlin Tp
McKean Co
Nore
Lafayette Township
McKean County
Titusville
J.A. McKinney
South Penn Oil Co
MrpLane
Poultry Food
George Kolfrat
Allegheny Milla
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Fourth
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Warren
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