The Be Sheena Te SG Sailor Fights Off Robbers
A large crowd at Third and Fourth avenues watches Bill defend a fellow sailor during a melee. A knife wound to the abdomen leads to an emergency operation to remove damaged bowel, with the patient surviving after a complex procedure and careful care.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sailor
Aientass Bositor
Bill Avery
Senora” Erie
Ever Sailor
Muaeums
Cooper Taste
Bill
Bea
Bellevue Hospital
Nosaan
Milk and Bone Growth in Children and Adults
A fragmented discussion on milk's role in bone formation across ages. It weighs nitrogen and mineral needs, suggesting the young require minerals and protein for growth while adults, especially sedentary or older, need less nitrogen and more carbonaceous foods.
Telling Horses Ages by Their Teeth
A period guide explains horse dentition to judge age. It details milk and permanent teeth, peak growth, and the progression from foal to six years, noting when center and corner teeth erupt, wear, and replacement signals. Experienced observers can scan mouth shapes and tooth marks to estimate age.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sporteman
A Chinese Dinner Chooses Distinct Guests on Mott Street
New York report describes a Chinese dinner at a Mott Street restaurant with elaborate praise from Commodore and remarks on rat farming lore. The event ends with heavy drinking and a shipbuilder fined ten dollars after an apparent incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mott Street
New York
Commodore
Rica
Sears
Always Paid In New Money
Fragmentary note claims the President always receives new notes from the Treasury and exchanges money details, suggesting ongoing currency handling.
Quaint New York eateries and a famed old stove legend
The article recalls historic New York dining spots in Franklin Street and John Street areas. It details Hopcrafts serving fried feet and roast possum with chestnuts, Miller's Market Street stove dinners for anglers, and Oliver Hitchcock’s Bootblacks Delimonco. It also notes Dick’s saloon legacy, the Tweed era fence theft, and Oliver’s ascent to ownership of fast trotters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Street
Farrish’s
George Hoppray
Pranklinstret
Bet
George
Carle
Lezala
Old Miller
Market Street
Andre
Miller
New York
Miller's
Oliver Hitchcock
Delimonco's
City Hall
Monney
Oliver
Matthew Gooderaon
Eimairu
Qeenaze
Occupi
Use for Blue Bottle Files in a Curious House Visit
A geoteman visits a friend's house and finds confusion in the rooms. When asked about the smell, inhabitants admit fear and that they have removed furniture and rolled up carpets. Carpenters are arriving to take up the floorboards as a cautious measure while they wait.
Whispers From A Fragmented Script Of A Past Era
Fragmented OCR style noting moral advice and social observation. References a man leaving, speaking softly, urging kindness, and reflections on health, mental states, and social friction. Lacks clear entities. paints a murky coastal mood with lone phrases about manners and troubles.
Drinking In Persia Reveals Persian Attitudes To Wine
A News correspondent reports widespread hard drinking among Persians and Armenians despite religious prohibitions. It notes many Moslems view beer and spirits as not forbidden, while mullahs cite Quran passages to discourage wine. The piece highlights tension between law and practice and suggests wealthier Persians are more likely to drink.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Turkey
Satan
Mohammed
Bat Thak
Story of General Hancock and the Scotty drafts
An old timer recounts Gen. Hancock aiding a soldier known as Scotty who faced a San Francisco drafts scheme. Scotty accepted drafts from a faction, then failed to repay. Hancock intervened, explaining the drafts were owed to San Francisco interests, and the general's actions reflect his high character amid a district near a river.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gen. Hancock
Coe Haseoch
Serre
Tange
Powe
Riverside
Scotty
Hancotoe
Ree Peehey
Francie Fey
Batty
Hancock
Peter Red
San Francisco
San
Ami
Fragmented Voice in a Brussels News Teaser
Reader sees garbled OCR material mixing dialogue about youth and estate with scattered Brussels telephones and an early riser clerk. The readable fragments hint at a courtship or dowry theme, but the text is largely unclear and nonsensical.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brussels
Bourbare
Peanut Club Badge Triggers Nighttime Peppermint Penalties
A quirky item notes a secret society called the Peanut Club where members must wear a peanut emblem. Challenges for counterfeit badges may occur at any time, with penalties ranging from elaborate dinners to social exposure. The badge spreads through circles, with imitators in gold and imitation jewelry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Palar Hare
Eas
Osch
Jacob Hess
Subway Commission
West End
Mallshan
Herald
Peters
Anaster
Sweets For the Sweet and the Sea Shore Remedies
Fragmented text discusses gender roles, courtship, and domestic expectations with phrases about two beaux, women curing babies at the sea shore, and a harsh view of women’s work and obedience. Includes archaic language and references to social norms and cruelty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oman
Morman Pit
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Tama Amare
Phyan
Baston
NHR Tnirteed Club
Tee Hea
Breckton Board of Earth
Prisansr
New
Finland
Ian der Ness
Dr. Pierce
Low
Eee
Pat
Liege Ane Grown
Erika Mead
Perman
Sea Corman
Han Feet
Blair
Reese Morte
Stee “Ns Gaels
Ely
Oatarre
A. E. Newman
Apacs
Quch
Stermah UL Others
Ee Hermon
Ron Me
Boin Bros. & CO
Mewark
Jones
Tulare University OF Louisiana
B.cay M.D
Beesm
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