Flames Subdue in Mine Fire. Two Die at Eveleth Spruce Shaft
A blaze in No 3 shaft of United States Steel Spruce mine at Eveleth Minnesota killed John O'Brien and William Matthews and injured ten others as nineteen men faced smoke and darkness. Firemen fought to reach the drift 90 feet below the surface and extinguish the blaze, while two bodies remained unrecovered.
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Spruce
United States Steel Corporation
Eveleth
Miam
John O'Brien
William Matthews
Noe
Matthews
Evereth
O'Brien
Matthew
Explosive Fire at No 11 Colliery Injures Miners in Plymouth
A serious gas explosion at Lehigh and Wilkesbarre Coal No 11 colliery in Plymouth injuries eight men, two seriously. A naked lamp ignited a gas feeder in Bovnet vein chamber, causing extensive damage as timbers and mine doors were scattered. Injured include Antony Tolekitz, Thomas Poletki, Michael Zones, Richard Morgans, John Onder ski, Michael Lutewski, Harry Lewis, and a foreign worker with severe burns.
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Lehigh and Wilkesbarre Coal Company
Plymouth
Bovnet
Nthony Tolekitz
Thomas Tpoletki
Michael Zones
Richard Morgans
John Onderski
Michael Lutewski
Harry Lewis
Boiler explosion at Adell kills one fatally injures four more
In Sheboygan County at a foundry operated by Charles Helminger a boiler explosion killed Raymond Whitting and fatally injured Mrs. William Burke and David Hoff. Severely injured were Charles Helminger Anton Helminger William Burke and Mrs R T Franey. A money loss of 825000 is reported.
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Wis
Pel
Charles Helminger
Adell
Sheboygan County
Raymond Whitting
William Burke
David Hoff
Anton Helminger
R. T. Franey
Fire Raze Warehouses in Whiting Street Block
Tampa Florida February 12 a man named Miller is said to have lost his life in a blaze that destroyed a block of warehouses on Whiting street the loss is put at 58000 dollars by the authorities The fire caused extensive damage to the surrounding properties and raised questions about safety measures in the district.
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Tampa
Fla
Miller
Burling ton Mayor Ed Bakew Wins Second District Seat
In Racine Wisconsin on February 12 Edward Bakew Democrat and mayor of Burlington won the special assembly election for the Second district by 430 votes over Republican John Kamper. The result followed a tie at the fall election and was ordered as a special contest.
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Racine
Wis
Edward Bakew
Burlington
John Kamper
Post Office Gate Blown Open by Robbers in Farmersville
Farmersville Hrs Feb 12 robbers blew open the post office gate early Tuesday and reportedly obtained a small sum of money and stamps.
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Farmersville
Mount Tabor stockman’s hen lays an egg daily
Bays an Egg Every Day Sunday Two Dillsboro Ind Feb 12 John H H Beckett, a Mount Tabor stockman, owns an old Dominick hen that lays an egg each day and on Sunday produces two eggs.
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Dillsboro
Ind
John HH. Beckett
Mount Tabor
Packers Associations Meet in Joint Session
Washington reports the Western Packers' association the Atlantic States Packers' association and the Canada Packers' association held an annual joint session yesterday discussing industry coordination and policy matters.
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Washington
Western Packers’ Association
Atlantic States Packers’ Association
The
Canada Packers’ Association
Angell Starts West Tour After Alumni Festivities
President Angell leaves Ann Arbor for a week long trip through the west. He will attend alumni activities in several cities as the journey unfolds.
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Angell
Ann Arbor
Mich
West
Hame
Trail hunting the grouse on fresh snow
The narrator describes tracking grouse on new snow as a form of still hunting. Tracks of small mammals and birds reveal routes while a grouse shadows the hunter, culminating in a successful shot near a maple tree as recounted from Outing magazine.
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Edwyn Safidys
The Crow That Wears a Fool’s Cap
A farmer in Tjalland uses clever caps to deter crows from grainfields. He makes paper caps coated with sticky substance and places grains beneath them. Crows peck, get the cap stuck, and are confounded, often fleeing the field thereafter.
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Tjalland
Thein
Creation Moment: Earth and Man Made in One Instant
The article recalls sixteenth and seventeenth century debates on creation timing. It notes Dr John Lightfoot claiming the world emerged from chaos with humanity created by the Trinity on October 23 4004 B C at a specific morning hour.
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John Lightfoot
Cambridge
Alexander the Great and the limits of conquest
The passage notes Alexander the Great at the height of power with less than 40,000 troops sweeping across Asia and Egypt. It portrays him as a demigod who conquered vast realms but died after a protracted debauch, leaving his empire to dissipate as if a mist under the rising sun.
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Alexander the Great
Asia
Egypt
Farmer Bentover Denies Encyclopedia Purchase
The humorist narrator portrays Farmer Bentover debating whether to buy a cyclopedia in forty seven parts with index and appendix. He frets about working to pay for it versus finding time to read, and concludes he will deny himself the privilege. The judge remarks on the weather before ending.
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Waal
Farmer Bentover
Questioning the burial of the Dead
dialogue between Tommy Treadway and his father centers on the topic of whether to bury the Dead. papa warns that only one more question will be answered today and urges careful questioning.
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Papa
Tommy Treadway
Tommy
Mr. Treadway
Rattlesnakes in America a Slow Lethal Threat
The article notes at least a dozen rattlesnake species in America from Maine to Patagonia with the common banded snake once widespread but now rarer in southern and western areas. It can reach five feet, predates on rabbits and rodents, and its slow pace makes accidental stepping dangerous. The author says snakes do not attack spontaneously or pursue retreating foes.
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America
United States
Patagonia
Maine
Texas
Irishwoman Buys Refrigerator With Ice Problem
A Irishwoman bought a refrigerator claiming it would keep food cold without ice. After days, she returned it, saying it failed to keep items colder than a cellar shelf. The salesman suggested adding ice, but she insisted she bought it to avoid ice use.
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Mon’ | Dent
Philadelphia Ledger
Wagner's daring rescue on a perilous mountain ledge
The eminent composer Wagner steadied a climbing companion on a narrow rock ledge. As the friend grew dizzy, Wagner turned, caught him, and passed him safely to the front, demonstrating nerves of an acrobat.
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Wagner
Not Yet Ready to Marry Says Flirt
The flirt says she has the attention of half a dozen men and would lose options if she married. The matron objects, and the flirt remarks she would not even have one suitor after marriage, per the Chicago Post.
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Chicago Post
Whose voice did he like best in a playful exchange
Miss Kreech asks whose voice he preferred and Miss Bird replies that he said he liked her voice but yours was better still. The Philadelphia Press reports the teasing remark highlighting a witty exchange about voice quality.
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Miss Kreech
Miss Bird
Philadelphia Press
Four Matched Horses and Lord Mansfield’s Doubtful Deal
The story recalls Lord Mansfield seeking four black horses for his carriage in 1756. Despite their initial beauty, each horse developed white markings. The dealer defended his bill, proving four black horses were sold. The incident left Mansfield wary of horse dealers thereafter.
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Lord Mansfield
England
Kleptomania Viewed as Neurological Disorders and Morality
James G Kiernan argues most kleptomania stems from neuroses and psychoses rather than psychosis alone. He notes thefts often occur in department stores and bargain sales influence stealing. He cites neurasthenic women and other conditions as vulnerable, while collector types remain generally responsible.
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James G. Kiernan
High School Geometry Inspires Speech Prep
Uncle Asbury boasts of his daughter in high school studying geometry. He jokes learning about hypotenuses and parallelograms will give him words to preach and impress the congregation.
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Yassir
Uncle Asbury
Victorian salon talk eludes a Lady Bulwer
A pretentious noblewoman aims to host a salon but falters in discussion of literature. She asks who Dean Swift is, hoping to invite him to her receptions. Lady Bulwer replies that the dean did something that kept him from society, explaining he died about a hundred years ago.
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Bulwer
Dean Swift
Editor's Mistakes and Public Judgment Parable
A Cleveland Oklahoma Triangle item notes how editors expose public errors while private citizens face discreet correction. It imagines editors praised after a citizen’s death and mocks the press as the moral arbitrator.
The Judicial Cap as Part of Dress Not Symbol
The article argues that the black cap has no special relation to hanging criminals. It states the cap reflects a judge's fall dress and merely signifies formal judicial attire, not a symbol of punishment or guilt.
A Rich One The Visitor
A mother and child discuss the visitor and the idea of making him a philanthropist. The child argues for philanthropy while the mother notes the lack of money and cites wealthy philanthropists as examples.
Forgetful Bronson Relies on Directory Nightly
A humorous remark notes Bronson’s memory lapse as he must consult the directory each evening to recall his own address. The line contrasts fleeting reputations with natural steadiness, hinting at Macaulay’s view on reputation fading once inflated.
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Bronson
How to Make a Wax Inscription with Acids
The text describes mixing nitric acid and muriatic acid, coating a surface with melted beeswax, writing an inscription on the wax, applying the acid mix with a feather to fill each letter, waiting up to ten minutes, then quenching with water and removing the wax.
Young man wins consent for marriage after wit
A suitor asks the bride's father for consent. The father tests the man's means and humor, then grants approval saying his income suffices to support a wife and even tolerate the future father in law's jests. The couple are to wed with blessing.
Birds stronger than mathematics in eagle’s lamb carry
A quoted thought on eagle power notes a lamb of sixty pounds or more carried by an eagle weighing seventy six pounds, implying over two horsepower and a wing muscle strain above 1,100 pounds. The remark ends with the idea that birds defy simple math.
Dialect Story Sent to Rural Readers Sparks Local Curiosity
A Chicago Post item notes a writer sent a dialect story into the countryside to study how locals understood it. The piece asks if the natives were angered, but reports they could not understand the work.
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Chicago Post
Symphony Sparks Stirring Debate Over Beauty and Tech
Baltimore Herald reports concert notes that Mrs Torque and another observer debated the music’s beauty and its tech aspects during a symphony performance. The exchange highlights audience engagement and differing views on contemporary interpretation.
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Torque
Baltimore Herald
I See You Again Mr Binks In Debt
A Detroit Free Press excerpt shows a brief scene where Tm Binks confirms owing fifty dollars to a man, prompting recognition once the amount is stated. The dialogue emphasizes a loan and memory rekindled between the two figures.
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Detroit Free Press
Parrot Purchase Banter Among Irish Salesman and Customer
A pet bird dealer hosts a stuttering customer seeking a parrot. The Irish salesman, newly hired, quips about the bird talking and even wringing the neck of a nontalking parrot. A mother and child discuss a street railroad joke involving costs per mile and per averman.
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Averman
Puck
Mistaken Quotations Spark Witty Paper Exchange
In a humorous exchange the Philadelphia Record notes poets are born and dead while the Atchison Globe jokes that mistakes are necessary and a scarred woodchopper proves experience. The quip showcases editorial wit across papers.
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Philadelphia Record
Atchison Globe
Red Bones of South Carolina Georgia Describe Native Group
Washington Star quotes a reporter describing the Red Bones as an obscure group living near the South Carolina Georgia border. The account notes their isolation, suspected French ancestry, slaveholding past, and Civil War service, with bold claims on appearance and temperament.
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Unites States
South Carolina
Georgia
Bacques
France
Ehompton
Manaseas
Washington Star
The Inkstand Disaster and the Foolish Man
An anecdote describes a calm man amid danger who yanks the inkstand during a midnight crisis. He saves papers but spills ink across the table and carpet, then ponders why people always act foolishly when ink is upset. The piece ends with a reflection on human behavior.
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Bie
The Silkworm Tale Repeats Its Twists in Mulberry Tale
The article recounts the silkworm life cycle from feeding on mulberry leaves to cocoon spinning and moth emergence. It notes that most cocoons are dried to kill life, only the best become seed for the next generation. Worms from poor seed often fail, showing disease and economic impact on growers.
Salad plants risk from soil disease germs and washing
Sanitary Inspector warns raw splead plants grown on possibly infected soil pose danger from disease germs. He notes thorough washing helps and cites Pollucino Italian Journal suggesting 8 percent tartaric acid immersion for half an hour to sterilize salad greens. The Philadelphia Press quotes a humorous aside about a wife recalling episodes.
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Pollclinico
Well Preserved Women and Dr Pierce Remedy Claim
An ad claims maternity harms beauty and promotes Dr Pierce's Favorite Prescription as easing childbirth and curing womanly diseases. Mrs Orrin Stiles of Dunn County Wisconsin testifies to lasting health after her baby boy weighing 11 pounds, praising the remedy for preventing uterine trouble and sickness. The piece touts thousands of testimonials supporting the treatment.
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Tom
Pierce
Chicago meeting debates religion in modern education
About 124 educators and laymen attended a Second Presbyterian Church gathering to discuss religion in education. Professor Coe argued that education should develop all mental faculties and include religion, with religion natural to man and influencing growth from childhood through history.
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Chleogs
Terarmen
Second Presbyterian Church
George &. Robbinson
McCormick Theological Semingly
Everett D. Burr
Newton Center
Mase
PLM
Smith
Youngs Men's
Coe
Religion in Education Reform and Civic Life
A discussion argues religion belongs in general education rather than separate religious instruction. The speaker stresses Christ and the divine impulse as core to schooling, urging churches and homes to align with public schools. Calls for greater study, funding, and inclusive religious aims across all levels of education. Boise, Idaho, February 12 reports cite a bill for a beet sugar bounty, while other notes mention an earthquake in Allegan, Michigan, and mine curtailments in Ohio due to transportation shortages.
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Horace Bushnell
Boise, Ide
Hunt
Idaho
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