The Georgia Seer and the Four New Republics Prophecy
A long garbled column contrasts subscription rates and village cricket with a critical mockery of modern professionalism. It then quoting Thomas Watson, Georgia prophet, and his anti union prophecy predicting four new republics after the indestructible union collapses.
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Georgia
Pesalmlem
Thomas Watson
Dickinson
Gettysburg
Pletives
Tom Register
Tom
Lam
Eljah
Watsons
Remittance Details and Odd Historical Mentions
Remittance methods are listed as drafts checks post office orders registered letters or express orders payable to THE WASHINGTON POST CO Washington DC. The text weaves in long, garbled excerpts noting events and opinions from a historical context, mentioning names and places like Washington DC New York Hartford Caine and others, with scattered references to dates, people, and political commentary. The passage reads as a collage of archival material rather than a single coherent news item.
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Postafico
Washington Post CO
Washington, DC
Washington, D.C
Aece
Case
Joean Apert
Paul Atas
44Th Avenue
New York
Hartford Caine
The Great English Speech War Over Word Origins
A late article debates the fight between pure Anglo Saxon roots and borrowed terms in English. It argues language grows freely, resisting artificial rules, while praising Elizabethan prose and eighteenth century clarity and urging preservation of rich word resources.
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Nsw
Poeta
Jahmson
Wheller
The Indian Rat Bulletin and Odd Longevity Notes
A historical bulletin discusses the rat pest in the United States and abroad, detailing destruction to grains, poultry, and products. It notes outbreaks, migration stories, and health risks tied to rats, urging extermination efforts with Washington health department support. The piece also surveys animal longevity myths, citing elephants and a Rothschild elephant specimen as notable records.
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Hallo
United States
Caplon
Nevada
Luth
Wyoming
Idehe
Nce
Washington
Russia
Fom
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India
Ins
Washington Health Department
Birds and baseball echo in Knutsford new homes
A London Times note and a curious city plan clash as a Knutsford street preserves nesting sites for birds by leaving holes and ledges in brickwork and scaffolding rather than sealing them. A local writer jokes about birds finding shelter amid urban change while a joke about letters from home punctuates the piece.
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Chicago
Knutsford
Chehag
Shire
Signs of Prosperity Across Oklahoma and Wheat Outlook
Guthrie lists a thriving outlook with rising town prices and rapid population growth driven by eastern lands and speculation. Bankers note land value may climb from 20 to 50 dollars per acre as white settlement expands. Wheat harvest yields about 15,000 bushels, farmers selling early at or above one dollar, awaiting better prices for stored grain.
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Guthrie
Okla
New York Post
Citiem Ig
South West
Airship insurance expands under Lloyds in London
Lloyds for the first time insures airships with underwriters agreeing to pay the total loss at a guinea s rate. A Blawat monoplane in London is insured for 10000 pounds at three quarters of a penny. Thames and Mersey Co last year prepared for aviation risks and underwriters now see aviation risk as a serious business. Buillon insurance brokers report heavy shipments of specie to South America with as much as two million pounds on a single vessel. Risks include hull and cargo with double rate premium for a steamer already fully insured.
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London
New York
Lloyds
English Channel
Altship
Thames and Mersey
Ineras
Alr
Tat Aviation Triske
Shear
Dutl
Tete Buillon
South America
Long Boston Waltz Story From Fashionable New York Becomes Dance
A Parisian New York legend recounts how the Long Boston Waltz emerged when a fashionable group at a summer resort shifted from two step to a governing waltz. Dancers celebrated a dreamy harmony as the new sequence spread through elite society and royal courts.
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Fei Vogue Jt Ig
Boston
Ben Aken
New York
Beau Monde
Log
Nand Suramer
Spider Colonies From the London Glove
Native spiders show solitary habits unlike communal species. A Mexican native called the mosquero builds large nests in oak and other trees. In these nests spiders live gregariously with a minute beetle and another spider acting as scavengers. Parts of the nest are hung indoors in wet seasons to deter pests.
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London Glove
Hs Kind
Mexico
M E Diguet
Alto
Mosquero
King Edward's Passion for Firefighting Revealed in Past
An article recalls King Edward VII’s youth as an amateur fireman with the London Fire Brigade. It notes his long association with the Duke of Sutherland, Captain Shaw, and Marlborough House, detailing his daring firefighting days and public image as a energetic, active ruler in contrast to his later stately demeanor. It also discusses Germany’s new chancellor Hollweg, his military rank, and lineage.
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King Edward
London
Hyfe Park
Queen Alexandra
Ilang
Deya
Ife
Duke of Sutherland
London Fire Department
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Sir Fyfe
Massey Shaw
Shaw
Alain
Staffomd
James
Marlborough House
Prince of Wales
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Edward
5 Fire Brigade
Areman
Germany
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Varius
von Selhmann
Prince Bucow
Tome
Blymarck
Prince Ransom
Font
Bonn
St Patersburg Society
Trankfore
Maurice Bethimann Hollwee
Yuta
Eruasia
Bethmann-Hallwegs
Mme de Stiel
Lazels
Baron de Staels
The Spiritual Line from a Chicago Record Herald
A sedate doctor of divinity on a train back from a church congress engages a fellow passenger in conversation. The layman jokes about a cotton line profession, while the clergyman admits being in the spiritual line and the companion teases about the price he has put on it.
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Chicago
Out of the Mouths of Babes and Sea Tales Fragments
A fragmented collage of children and adults in dialogue and old sea tale snippets. It includes a doctoring of a Sunday school lesson about a Sanitation and a tale of a whale only glimpsed through a mother and captains retelling.
Monarchs Meet in New War as Royal Visit Stirs Tension
A chaotic account describes Werinne by royal procession as Emperor and nobles arrive amid cheering and hostile crowds. A cordial speech is prepared in advance, while ministers endure tension and ominous remarks about policies and fears of meddling in the host country.
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Werinne
King Howard
Cear
Nicholas
Pupware
Balloon dreams and political talk in hotel corridors
A dated transcript from hotel chatter cites Charles F. Joy of St Louis and others debating balloon aviation and Wright brothers progress. It weaves in Tennessee politics, Cooper party tensions, and a banter about a future airship era alongside a humorous stagecoach anecdote.
Fragmented Chicago satire on gender roles and humor
A garbled paragraph critiques women and humor, noting men’s wishes are few while women’s are many. It mocks a middle aged man facing a parson with a 16 year old girl and reflects on vanity and social pretenses in a terse, desultory tone. The piece reads like a newspaper column fragment with scattered thoughts.
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Chicago News
Mordeha de Daushkre
Reflections of a Bachelor on Politics and Tariffs
Fragmented prose surveys politics around statehood, party aims, and tariffs with mentions of Taft Harmon Garfiel d and Burton. It muses on gender roles and social life, interweaving domestic life with political strategy and upcoming elections.
Mikado Firefiles Reported by Omi Resident
Japanese weekly mail reports Ehata Elaro, a wealthy Omi province resident, will present 2000 firefiles to the emperor in a few days. The firefiles are said to have been collected by himself, his mother, and his wife.
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Gmque
Mail It Ia
Ehata Elaro
Omi Province
Taking Mexico's Census Prominent Citizens Appointed
The central census committee for the Federal District completed plans to count residents accurately. Prominent persons in each town will collect names to ensure no household is omitted, with President Diaz and cabinet members among those tasked, amid distrust and fear of conscription.
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Central Committee of Census
Diaz
Celle de Cadena
Mexico
Interor Mexico
Chicago's Five Millions Prediction Sparks City Debate
A Chicago Evening Post excerpt discusses forecasts of Chicago reaching 15,000 residents by 1894 and 50,000 by a future milestone, noting public skepticism and a local resident's moderation in prophecy. It compares attitudes to London's past crowding and praises a modest Chicago outlook amid speculation about rapid growth.
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Chicago
Castman
Jane Evelyn
London
Ons
Eetya
Lerdon
Slatietlowan
An Unnatural Conclusion From Tran Tomes Dow
A dated fragment describes a scene by a piazza window where a bride and her friend sit. The narrator observes flirtation and whispers as a proposal repeats, noting the bride’s mixed emotions and a neighboring maid of honor status being earned. The tone resembles intimate 19th century correspondence.
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Tran Tomes Dow
Explorer plans extended study of Cocopa and Pima in Sonora
Tucson dispatch reports Norwegian ethnologist Carl Lumboltz seeks an extended residence in northwestern Sonora between the FLO de Altar and the Colorado to live with Cocopa and Pima groups. He aims to report to the Sonoran governor and study archaeology, desert geography, and possible rock inscriptions while crossing the Colorado.
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Tucson
New York Herald
Carl Limbolts
Mexico
Flo de Altar
Colorado River
Sonora
Gulf of Canfornts
Lumboliz
Hermoville
Gumbaltz
Nying
Stone of
Creal
Lcamn
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