Tiger terrors leave village emptied of life and fear
Edwin Arnold reports in London Telegraph on a Himalayan hamlet abandoned after a tigress killed a mother and child and wounded others. A Hindoo youth in a mango tree described months of tiger attacks, prompting a tiger hunting expedition that ended with the beast and its cub slain. The scene raises questions of nature versus civilization and the fate of human communities. China makes a poor show in the journalistic world with 24 newspapers for 400 million people.
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Ghorawallah
India
Tiger
Matehblock
Edwin Arnold
London Telegraph
China
A Broadway Car Quarrel Seen by a Stranger
Howard in the New York Recorder recalls a dusty Broadway car scene at Chambers Street where a man and woman quarrel over a child and belongings. The observer notes the couple’s midtown cafe exit and muses on the public nature of private disputes and the mother’s tenderness amid the raucous exchange.
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Broadway
Nineteenth Street
Chambers Street
Fourteenth Street
Howard
New York Recorder
Reclaiming Old Rubber Could Cut Wasteful Costs
The New York Telegram reports reclaiming rubber can cost about 3 cents per pound, versus crude rubber at 40 to 75 cents. Factories specialize in reclaiming, using tanks with acid solution and steam to boil for 10 to 13 hours, breaking down cotton fiber into powder for reuse.
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New York Telegram
Leigh Hunt's Breakfast Bouquets in The Tribune
The Chicago Tribune recalls Leigh Hunt praising breakfast as the meal for poetic inspiration a table posy could spark. He gathered clover heads and grass sprigs from park rails and city spaces to fuel his imagination and wandered into limitless green fields in thought.
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Leigh Hunt
Chicago Tribune
How Trees Grow and Annual Growth Process
The last annual ring leaves living surface cells, and toward midsummer these produce many new cells until a new annual layer forms. This growth cycle in common trees takes about six weeks as noted by Exchange.
Memnon the Old Yankee Bark Fights Alabama
The Memnon built in Boston in 1858 fled the Alabama after a half mile chase across the Atlantic. Semmes fired on her as she escaped, yet she gained sea room and reached New York in 81 days. Postwar she sailed to China and Australia, later meeting fate in California City crematory.
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Marine Crematory
California City
Boston
Alabama
Liverpool
Atlantic
Semmes
China
Alasia
Boudrow
United States Navy
Pacific Mail Company
Antelope
Barila
Frazer
Lady Bowen
Rosiee
Bondrow
Tiburon
San Francisco Chronicle
Grand Sacred and Classical Concert This Sunday
A Sydney Sunday Times advertisement promotes a grand sacred and classical concert this Sunday night. The programme features Balfe, Le Bran, Adams, Pinsali, Levey and others with songs including Simon the Welfarer and We All Went Home in a Cab. Admission is free, with a collection at the door.
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Sydney Sunday Times
Balfe
le Bran
Adams
Pinsali
Levey
Simon
Doctoring Englasse Harrow boys with quinine ritual
In England at Harrow, boys are given two grains of quinine morning and night after prayers to guard against influenza. The matron administers a choice of powder or pill as each pupil passes, the line thinning as health care proceeds.
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England
Harrow
St. Louis Republic
Fowling and leisure in Shetland tales and quotes
Readable passages recount a near fatal cliff climb in Shetland where a boastful climber cried I am going before plunging into deep water and narrowly survived. The tale sits beside reflections on work and leisure inspired by Dr Johnson and Agnes Repplier about balancing labor with personal time and repose.
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Shetland Islands
Shetland
Johnson
Agnes Repplier
Scribner’s
Quevedo’s Sunlit Secret to Eternal Youth
The London Tit-Bits recalls Quevedo’s humorous rules to avoid aging. Stay in sun in summer and wet in winter, never rest, fret at everything, and eat cold meat with cold water when hot. Though a witticism, the piece frames aging as a matter of temperament and lifestyle.
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Quevedo
London
Antiquity of the fan in Asia spans ancient times
The fan’s origin in the east extends beyond precise dating with early Chinese and Indian models derived from bird wings. Fans even formed part of imperial emblems in historic times, as noted by the Washington Star.
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Asia
China
India
Washington Star
RY S A Fellows Gen Pessr General Ottieus Sd Rxebat
RY S A Fellows is noted with a title suggesting a general officer and a possible reference to an ottieus or setback. The fragmentary OCR yields limited context, preserving names and potential ranks while avoiding speculation about events or dates.
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RY S.A. Fellows
Pess
Ottieus
Sd Rxebat
Unclear transit note with scattered names and times
Fragmentary OCR text lists train times and connections with names like Jerry Craky and Sherman, mentioning junctions and departures. The readable items include a few locations and times but lack coherent events or dates to form a clear summary.
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Wolff & Randolph
Philadelphia
Inters
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Nesve
Carter
Pately
Thei Jase
Vielsaz
Avery Wu
C.&e.bartsch
Water Street
Diamond Block
Werre
Workwen
Ikea
Ares
Cire
CANN
Memnon
Plame
Tom
New York Tribune
Amsterdam
New York Herald
Eetween
York
Tase Ghicago
Cincimaat
St. de Lms
Nombosrd Sevetwest
Gankilly
Fedebrd
Sao
Quakirk
Allegheny
PITTS
Fey
Estes
Gaurland
Vai
Tonesia Val
Teaves
Shia Pend Barter
Gul
Jaedion Ghrs
Juss Wo
Baers
Heiter
Shedielet
Sunel Acti Ves
Lea Junction
Ureckstaun
P.m
Bronkalen
Parnes Preackstan
Sherald Sconnec Ab Shekel
B tShereld
Jerry Craky
Pe Ant
Pennsylvania Railroad
P. & E. Division
Warren Baseward
Umday
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