Mexican Mutual Colonization League scheme collapses after roguish profits fail
A detailed tale tracks a fraudulent land scheme led by a Mr Puffkins and partners including Sal, offering 20 acres per stock, staged ads, fake visas, and forged government endorsements. Investors flood in, but a country newspaper notice and victim protests trigger a regional backlash, ending with Sal receiving collective aid from fellow dupes.
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William
Mexico
Michoacan
Mexican National
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el Paso
Morelia
Paso
Washington
United States
Lbrary
Rattroatsy
Sal
Mexican Mutual Colonization
Puffkins
Mr. Peterkins
Mr. Peterkina
Pacific Coast
Anghor
Peterkins
Puftkin
Iue
Chicago
Posey County
Puffking
Tnion Station
Absure Kansas Town
Kansas
Partkins
Fenian Leader Rossa Sees Ireland Free By Fight Not Peace
An aged Fenian, Jeremiah O Donovan Rossa, living on a New York terrace, reflects on centuries of Irish struggle, prison ordeals, and exile. He defends dynamite as a tactic, recalls brutal imprisonment, laments English rule, and recalls Julien Andy’s funeral as a spark for his cause while gazing at the Statue of Liberty.
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Charles Stuart Parnell
Jeremiah O'Donovan Rossa
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Tye
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Cakum
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Thomas Burke
Phoenix Park
Tom Davis
Thomas Moore
Jillen Andy
Thead
Andy
Jillen
Callahan
Hell
Leinster
Ulster
Munster
Connaught
Staten Island
Hudson
Antiquity of tobacco predates Americas discovery
A philologist suggests tobacco use existed in ancient Medes and Persians smoking narghiles, with Greeks and Romans possibly smoking in colonies. In the Malay Archipelago cigars and cigarettes date far back before Columbus. The term cigar may derive from the Arab sakara meaning smoke.
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Europe
America
Malay Archipelago
West Indies
Curious Lawsuit From Constantinople Trials
A Turkish woman who was operated on for an appendectomy at the request of Abdul Hamid sues the court physician for damages. The surgeon performed the operation using a poor patient as a test in the sultans presence, the woman surviving but later seeking redress after the Young Turks came to power.
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Missouri
Abdul Hamid
Constantinople
Abdul
Arst
Cme
Journalistic Style Debate At The Metropolitan Opera
J Henderson recounted a tale from an old teacher who valued simple clear writing. The servant who sent a letter claimed her diction came from never writing a word she cannot spell.
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New York Telegraph
J. Henderson
Metropolitan Opera
Mascots of Royalty
Detroit Free Press notes royal superstitions with trinkets for the Queen of England and royal princesses. A seashell mounted in gold from Sandringham, a gold pig from Marienbad, a withered sprig of white heather, and a coal bangle are linked to royal romance and personal beliefs.
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Detroit Free Press
England
Sandringham
Prince George
Edward
Marienbad
Mary
Patricia
Balmoral
Victoria
Netsukis Said To Bring Luck To Stock Exchange Mint
A Tatler note claims a Stock Exchange member bought an old Japanese Netsuke and luck returned after a months drought. He earned £500 on a deal and bought a second charm. Netsukes, carved from ivory wood or bone, are heirlooms tied to Japanese families as interest grows amid renewed belief in their luck. Special Netsuke items include a Dutchman motif and a monkey in a fool’s cap.
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Tatler
The
Stock Exchange
Dictionary of English etymology reveals language’s wars and myths
A professor favors an English dictionary, arguing language preserves the past. The piece traces how common words embed myths, gods, wars, and ancient trials linking modern speech to paganism, astrology, crusades, and Roman and Greek roots across many fields and ages.
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Mars
Mercury
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