Barnato Mania Mirrors Mississippi Scheme in London
A London mania centers on Barney Barnato, the "diamond king," whose rapid fortune and his mining trusts ignite investor frenzy. The piece compares Barnato’s schemes to John Law’s Mississippi Company and the South Sea Bubble, noting wild share demand, opaque prospects, and looming crash fears alongside the English market’s intrusion into Africa and Australia mining stocks.
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London
Mr. Balfour
Sir Henry Irving
Lord Dunraven
Atlantic
Mr. Barnato
Barnato
Stock Exchange
Union
John Law
Barney Barnato
England
France
Company of the Indies
America
Wall Street
London Stock Exchange
South Africa
Kimberley
Africa
Australia
The
Eagle's West
Lamyp
California
Nob
Paris
Berlin
Barney’s
Barney
Nano Larnato
Garner
Lochsea
John Lathe
Johannesburg Consolidated and Investment Company
Barnato Consolidated Mines
Mississippi Company
Edinburgh
Louisiana
Mississippi
Company of the West
East Indies
China
South Seas
French East India Company
Law
Lasy
Plutus
National Bank
Belgium
Lask
South America
John Blunt
Man Rescued After Prolonged Underwater Ordeal
A man was trapped for hours in a sealed box surrounded by sand and mud until rescued. He appeared near death upon surfacing and was pulled to the surface in a severely weakened state.
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Ah Weil
Ricci His Dotage and the Belgian King’s Amours
A Brussels cable reports chatter over King Leopold II's reputed liaison with Emilienne d Alencon a Paris danseuse famed for wealth and notoriety. The piece traces d Alencon's rise from performing rabbits to high society circles and notes other alleged royal liaisons and moves across Europe.
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Leopold II
Mlle
Emilienne D
Mile d’Alencon
Paris
Bois
Folies
Champs Elysees
Duc d’Uzes
Boulanger
Tonquin
d'Alencon
Bois de Boulogne
D’alencon
Max Lebaudy
Lebaudys
Trouville
Emilienne d’Alencon
France
Russia
Belgium
Liana de Pougy
Leopold
D’ Alenson
Nether Wi
Commiunicare
Conneff the record breaking distance runner
The little Irishman Tommy Conneff, 5 feet 6 inches tall and 122 pounds, emerges as possibly the world's greatest middle distance runner of today. Born 1866 in Kildare, he rose from Irish half mile and mile wins in 1886 to set and break American and world records, including a dramatic 4 minutes 15 3-5 seconds for the one mile amateur mark and a long string of championships in the late 1880s and early 1890s.
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Tommy Conneff
Conneff
Kildare County
Ireland
Dublin
Thomas P. Conneff
Cross, Lamiltre and Seaver
England
BE. G. Garter
New York
Carter
Ball’s Bridge
Manhattan Athletic Club
United States
Bacon
Traver’s Island
London A. C
Worne athallemunty Ga doctor shot in probing incident
A fragmentary report from an unnamed Georgia location describes a doctor wounded during a probing procedure related to a cube ball incident. The text is garbled and names are unclear, but the event centers on a medical professional shot amid an investigation.
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Worne Athallemunty
SYCLISTS KNOWN TO FAME IN HISTORICAL RACE NOTES
In a recent week Tom Cooper won $775 in prizes while Otto Zeigler of California aims to beat short distance records. George Banker of Pittsburg holds the title of world mile professional champion. Murphy Cabanne and Titus report losses totaling $1,500 across three meetings after bans. Eddie Bald of Buffalo targets new records next month across one to three miles. Merton Duxbury of Providence is noted as the only cyclist to cross the continent twice east to west and west to east.
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Tom Cooper
Otto Zeigler
California
George T3anker
Pittsburg
Murphy
Cabanne
Titus
Eddie Bald
Buffalo Rider
Merton Duxbury
Providence
Origin of the Stoughton bottle expression recalled
The narrator recalls Senator Palmer explaining the term Stoughton bottle dating from Stoughton's bitters. He describes the bitter as weak and tasteless, a table sauce once popular in his boyhood. The phrase then described a shiftless person, becoming a widely used expression.
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Palmer
Quarter reflections from a learning playground
A classroom exchange centers on gratitude for the past quarter. Johnny answers promptly, while the schoolmaster asks what Johnny is thankful for, highlighting a moment of self awareness and school life during the term.
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Louuny
Johnny
Moonlit craters glow as sunlight strikes their faces
Fragmentary lines describe the moon’s surface where the ALDGE craters show bright streaks in cross light and become brilliantly illuminated when the sun shines on them, while other features remain largely invisible.
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Mgon
Aldge
Tionesta Valley R R timetable May 1 1891 southward runs
Tionesta Valley R R timetable effective May 1 1891 outlines southward departures from Sheffield with stops at Gilson Barnes Hovers Donaldson Brookston and Howland. Morning and afternoon trains list landing times, connections at Sheffield Junction with P and E R R and at Sheffield with P and W R R. Supt Jerry Crary.
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Levins
Sheffield
Gilson
Barnes
Hovers
Donaldson
Marut
Hammond's
Brookston
Shefield Junction
Level
Howland
Shefield
Sheffield Junction
Rowland
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