Fragmented global notes on travel and science curiosities
A scrambled OCR reel reports on cultural exchange routes from the Americas to Brazil, mythic yellow fever notes, Korean peninsula prospects, North Carolina mining hope, and a batch of scattered scientific and local curiosity items. It mentions beggars in Rio, Mongolians and police, Asiatic trade, cloud strata, and a gelatine shirt hoax. It also covers Alpine eagles, huckleberry laws, and local farming humor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico
Central America
Panama
South America
Brazil
Rio Janeiro
German church fan ban contrasts with American custom
A New York physician's daughter, vacationing in a south German city, uses a fan in church and is rebuked by a verger. The principal lectures her on reverence, noting Americans fan in church as improper. The tale ends with a remark that foot muffs and warming pans are considered proper in Germany.
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New York
Kiay
Alps
Herper
Germany
House of God
Thad
Editor and Tramp Named in City Quarrel
The Cin emasti Enquirer editor John R McLean accuses a tramp of long acquaintance with the paper, recounting past incidents on Twenty-ninth Street. He cites a quarrel and disputes over payment and motivation, asserting dramatic moral intent.
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John R. McLean
Cinemasti Enquirer
the Philadel
Twenty-ninth Street
Irda
Around the Bend Poem by Charles Moreau Harger
Poem excerpt reflecting on a journey down a river with lines about life, storms, and change. It recalls the idea that despite changes in name or scenery, life remains restless, and the speaker seeks guidance and hope in music and faith. Published in the Current.
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Charles Moreau Harger
A Ball Room Scene and a Soldier’s Confession
A melodramatic conversation centers on a beautiful woman as two officers Fairfax and Brooke confront a love triangle tied to Rose Chester. The scene shifts from a ballroom to a battlefield memory, revealing Brooke’s alleged betrayal and Fairfax’s justified accusation. The narrator recalls Brooke’s noble past, the impact of war service, and a tense night encounter that tests loyalties amid romance and duty.
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Zonit
Lawrece
Tee
Saeed
Anna
Miss Smart
Fairfax
Tahitl
Fairist
Weat Point
Chum Brooke
Jack Fairfax
Brooks
David
Hanes
Brooke
Lawrence
Rei
Bela Ik
Fort
Miss Chester
Sone
iPeitae
Pardom
Coread
Jack
Tam
Rose
Torturing the Sick In Italian Amateur Medicine
A flawed account discusses a gl ass bottle remedy using scorpion oil, fed as the creature dies, claimed to cure chronic disorders. It warns against the Lombardy comb application and details a crude, inhumane procedure supported by some but viewed as doubtful and ethically troubling.
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Don Society
Italy
Lombardy
Bricks of Solid Gold Emperor's Throne Pedestal
The emperor's throne at Gan-hai will use gold bricks for its foundation and pedestal. The sub-prefect of Sochow has dispatched 3,000 wisces of gold bricks to Peking for the project.
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Gan-hai
Sochow
Peking
Wisdom and Lessons for Young Men in a Candid Reflection
A compact, vintage discursive piece urging prudence, honesty, and good breeding as essential traits. It counsels keeping forward focus after mistakes, valuing steady progress over bursts of effort, and finding solace in cheerful, considerate company to aid welfare and reputation.
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Peta
Alan
Personal Resemblances in Lost Fathers and Sons
The piece reflects on Charley Ross and Conant's quests for missing relatives, noting near misses of reunion and many mistaken identities. It describes how lookalikes and resemblances misled families, with an editor of Harpers Weekly missing and later observations on mistaken identities, public searches, and the enduring uncertainty about the missing.
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Mr. Ross
Charley
Conant
Harpers Weekly
Jersey City
Staira
Benadirl
Poe Orp Dienost
Nim
Covant
Louisville
Mr. Itor
New England
Busines
Europe
Sats
Toseex
Ross
Australia
New York
Detroit
The Death of General Barksdale Version
Fragmentary reminiscence recounts General Barksdale's death at Gettysburg. Litton and others describe caring for dying soldiers, delivering messages, and directing a watch to New York contact Roger A. Bryans, amid garbled transcription of names and places. The passage preserves personal grief and wartime duty within a disordered OCR narrative.
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Barksdale
Littonle
New York
Gettysburg
Podmnion
Pealer
Roger A. Bryans
Alma E Lewis Captures Boston Photo Merit
In Boston a photographer Alma E Lewis presents a softly lit image titled Prom fair choudland with dreamy earth tones. The piece notes stars and eyes with wistful longing and a poetic mood.
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Alma E Lewis
Boston
Fragmented 19th century humor fragments and quotes
A collage of humorous quips and short observations from various papers. Snippets reference pugilists, fairy tales, a chasing fox tale, a trapped turtle, a baby patent joke, fashion and hair, lunch counters, and a king of Spain. The tone mimics a sampler page with dated newspaper humor and miscellany.
Effects and dangers of chloral hydrate misused
The article outlines chloral hydrate acting like opium in some ways but more strongly depresses heart activity and body heat. It causes deep sleep even in nonfatigued individuals, carries severe aftereffects, and presents high addiction risk with a hard path to quitting once begun.
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Corean
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Washington
Guteider
Asheville
N.C
North Carolina
Swain County
Henderara County
Hoylestom
Forestry Division
United States Department of Neg Thering
Suntherm
Tesbetes
Simon
Ssssafras
Aurel
Banat Canarestos
Ireanmigulieres
Ively Scientific
Leven
United States
Edison
Wippach
Gorits
Illyria
Hartford Times
General Assembly
Ledyard
Murmora Belle Stuart
Misa Stuart
Spain
St. Louis
Fallaman
Mairee ‘Alown
Acme
Burlington Free Pres
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Ore
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Rall
Te Emery
Cleveland
Lerald
Bolt
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