Gas Well Discovery Endangers Greeleyville as Strangers Arrive
In Greeleyville, well dressed strangers arrived two weeks ago and pressed real estate offers, paying 2500 for Jim Bones’ farm and down 300, sparking price hikes. They claim a natural gas vein near Bones place, illuminate the sky, and organize a stock company with banker Kenyon as superintendent. Stock sales reach 49000 in one day, while townsfolk credit the event with a gas boom and looming financial peril. The group vows to return for machinery as a panic settles over the town and local foreclosures threaten.
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Greeleyville
Jim Bones
Jim
Bones
Pennsylvania
Uniontown
Pittsburg
Ohio
Terre Haute
Ind
Missouri
Kansas
Colorado
Kenyon
Sam Huddieston
Lum
Denver Bunco
New York Sun
The High Hats Doomed by Fashion and Courtesy
The High Hats are doomed not by managers but by a decree of the French airliner and by the action of the ladies. At Couldock and other matinees many women removed hats and held them in their laps. The practice spread, with compliments to the sensible move, likely making hats less common at future performances.
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Bill Nye
New York World
Mamma Generally Hasfier Quan War
Omaha Lady-Dick asks for more about the new baby as Littl Dick questions if it is a sister or brother. The dialogue suggests a likely boy but uncertainty remains, with Mama and Gmahea World mentioned in a terse exchange.
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Mamma
Omaha
Littl
War Correspondents Methods and Distorted War History
War correspondents faced strict orders to craft engaging letters under dangerous, often impossible conditions. Some wrote from favored generals' viewpoints or claimed battles for specific divisions, while others reported only their own unit’s actions or drifted into romanticized “curbstone crayons” of history, shaping public perception.
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Koep
Great Maestros Legacy Reveals Rossini Mass Plan
Chicago News interview recounts Maurice Strakosch meeting Rossini widow after the composer's death. He offers to buy a yet unpublished mass for 100,000 francs if contralto Alboni agrees to sing the role to fund her niece's dowry and upcoming marriage.
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Rossini
Maurice Strakosch
Alboni
Chicago News
Brokers on Third street plan for death cleanly
A stock broker tells a merchant he will settle next Tuesday, then argues that if he dies creditors and customers are protected. He claims his affairs are in order and that a business house card will ensure payment, while the merchant doubts he will die soon.
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Third Street
Philadelina B
Milkman’s witty claim on typhoid milk joke
A Philadelphia Press tale has a Brixton milkman with sharp wit. A customer accuses him of watering milk to fix typhoid, and the milkman sighs to bystanders that the man wants his typhoid straight.
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Brixton
Biz
Philadelphia
Presa
Marvelous uniformity in railroad casualties across years
The Globe-Democrat cites a British and international comparison showing a remarkable steadiness in railway casualties across years and nations. It notes small year to year changes, explains the invariability by population and activity scales, and extends the idea to explosions and social outcomes, concluding that deliberate design and universal law govern such events.
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Assengers Eillen
United Kingdom
United States
Great Britain
Buckle
Globe-Democrat
The Awful Handkerchief and Court Etiquette
A historical note on how handkerchiefs moved from taboo to a chic symbol in French court life. Empress Josephine popularized the square lace edged kerchief to cover lips, influencing fashion among ladies at Malmaison and exchanges with Russia.
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Mile Duchenois
de Vigne
Josephine
Malmaison
Neelie
Russia
Population Decline in Hawaiian Islands Noted
Public Opinion reports eight of the thirteen Hawaiian Islands are inhabited, with a century long population decline leaving about 16,000 residents. Natives make up roughly half, alongside 17,000 Chinese, 2,000 Americans, 1.50 Logish, 10,000 Portuguese and others. Trade totals around 15 million dollars with exports near 9.6 million, over 90 percent to the United States. Pennsylvania legislators are paid a salary instead of per diem.
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Hawaiian Islands
Capt. Cook
United States
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