Whale Hunt with Destructive Bombs and Giant Gun
Report describes a whaling voyage using a tall mast and a powerful glass, with double pointed hooks and a gun fired from the shoulder. A large California eel-like fish is pursued as the whale fights fiercely, water erupts around the boat, and rubber bombs are used to strike the leviathan, ending with the whale dead amid a cloud of smoke and foam.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Inchea
Tick Ee
California
Sanger
Mariano
Monster Uwama
Jenah
The Home Doctor Do You Know
A fragment from a late 19th or early 20th century periodical warns against quack remedies and emphasizes natural healing. It critiques over reliance on drugs, touts the body's self repairing powers, and endorses nature’s laws for wellbeing. The text cites cures like lemon poultices and raw egg white folklore while cautioning dangerous medical overdosage.
Alaska Death Trap Sinkhole Echoes on Prairie Ride
A vivid tale recalls a rider and his broncho swallowed by a grave of blue alkali mud. The scene unfolds on a sunlit prairie as a pony and rider vanish into a sinkhole that grips and drags, with onlookers stunned by the deadly trap and the harsh land's danger.
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Joni
Land that imitates the Sea in Asaheltos County
A damaged OCR fragment describes land near Asaheltos County that imitates the sea surface with basting features. The text is incomplete but mentions terrain resembling ocean conditions and mineral or ore references. The readable portion hints at a property description or land feature of note in the area.
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Asaheltos
Bearer County
Abe
Woman's World fashion and wedding ring notes
A mixed column on fashion trends and social customs. It covers new items in ladies wear and accessories, engagement rings and diamonds with notes on taste and symbolism. It includes discussions of Hindu matchmakers, jewelry trends, fabrics, dresses, parasols, and wedding etiquette.
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Haverly
Faith and Co
Egypt
Clara
Tyler era portraits and a baron at the White House
The article recalls social life in early Washington under President Tyler. It highlights the baron de Bodisco wedding to Harriet Williams and notes manners, entertaining guests, and courtly scenes. It mentions Beau Hickman a pretender to diplomacy, Colonel Benton’s family, and a Russia minister’s wedding display, with portraits of diplomatic figures and manners at the capital.
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Ohring
Perley
John Tyler
Fiat
Virginia
Buren
Baty Beach
Wiadl
Tyler
Wise
Actomac
Van
Pauldings
Lewee
Heau
Benton
Missouri
Jessie
Aoa Pmaberest
Sheonapgeer A Fremont
Youn
Sane Saa
Erea Aiely
Tie
Mt Jorris
Congress
Fremont
Tegner
Rocky Mountains
Wind River
Gulf Ice
Barox DE Bodisog
Alexander de Bodieco
Harriet Williams
Aeeone Beale
Vanced
Beson
Fo Berhapts
Biol
Fis Bride Company
Ag Ly Meng
How Gas Lighting Transformed London at the Turn of Century
Great was the astonishment in England when William Murdock's discovery of combustible air or gas emerged. Skeptics like Parliament members and Sir Humphrey Davy mocked the notion of light without a wick. Even Sir Walter Scott ridiculed gas before adopting it to illuminate his Abbotford home, as gas flames eventually lit streets and houses in winter darkness.
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England
William Murdock
Thone
Humphrey Davy
Buni
St. Paul's
Walter Scott
London
Abbotaford
House of Commons
Debate on capital punishment and electrical execution in Senate
A Senate discussion centers on humane methods for executions United by science and ethics. Proponents argue electricity is the fastest death while seeking less revolting practices, proposing a steadying mechanism and a decapitation alternative to current methods.
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Sue Senate
A Unique Wheat Deal by Ira Holmes and His Margin Tactics
A Chicago Mail report details Ira Holmes, famed for tiny margins, turning a $250 check into $1,000,000 via rapid wheat trades. He allegedly moved 26,000 bushels through 20 houses as prices climbed, with 25,000 extra bushels bought on each half cent rise, and occasionally faced freezes but grew his fortune.
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Ira Holmes
Ira
Broker
Holmes
Handy
John T. Lester
Lester
Life Sands
Commisciouny
Chicago Mail
White House Autograph Requests And The President's Portraits
The White House receives thousands of autograph letters yearly. Requests for the President and Mrs. Cleveland’s portraits are often handled with care, with limited sales under restrictions. The President allocates a few minutes to address favored autograph asks while others are forwarded to the Washington Letter office.
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White House
Cleveland
Washington
The Pastor and the Leaden Pallet Battle Report
The Rev ER Wells, pastor of the Baptist Church at Mount Carroll, was wounded in the left cheek by a bullet in battle. The report notes the bullet’s path and Wells’s condition, reflecting on the danger faced by clergy in conflict and the care he received.
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ER. Wells
Baptist Church
Mount Carroll
Romaerta
Cincage News
Scientific miscellany from Popular Science summary
The piece surveys tunnel alignment precision on the Valley Railroad and notes durability of natural pigment tints in ancient mosaics. It references ocean bottom structure in the North Atlantic, a volcanic intervening mountain, and the nose nerves' sensitivity. It discusses spectroscope analysis limits and Proctor's view on meteor streams and comet origins.
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Muscontecong
Peter's
Rome
London Geographical Society
North Atlantic
Lottess
Iceland
Richard A. Proctor
Fragmented musings on death and science in a London periodical
Disjointed extracts discuss judicial execution and scientific inquiry, referencing Keating’s insect powder, a young Hackney woman’s death, and experiments on alive yet to be explained phenomena. The piece mentions decapitation, poisoning, and anatomical lectures while weaving in musings on evolution and the egg’s inner workings.
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Hackney
Keating
Ieee
London
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Earth
Ghatack
Cppceeool
Sunabadra
Teller
India
Selma
New Foie
Atitch
Gibraltar
Baron de Bodisca— Bean
Queen Victori
Jacen Ris
Stephen Fox
Aav
Lexington
Charles Diplomatic Fox
Aaa
Pennsylvania Avenue
Mies Seaton
Turnig
Sorina Biaees
Hanters
Popular Science
Matthieu Williams
Troy
Adam
Citadel
Tam
Nina
Pacer
Bat
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