A Yankee Monarca King of Samoa and Damages Claim
Excerpted letter recounts Albert B Steinberger once United States Commissioner to Samoa and later king under King Malitor. The text details his arrest on HMS Baracota, exile to Australia, a British court inquiry, and a $5 900 000 damages claim pursued by former secretary Evarts, amid colonial tensions and Pacific intrigue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cdr
St. Loui
Southern Pacific Railroad
Vic
Ashington
Mountins
Tropica Mexico
Albert B
Presdent Grant
United States
Samoan Islands
South Pacific
Alber
Malitor
Logan
San Francisco
Little Kingdom
Grant
Albert
Turner
Cardinal Wolsey
Baradota
Stevens
H. ER. N
Malitou
Apri
Appia
Australia
State Department
England
Evarts
Talked &F
Steinberger
New York City
Unclear Text Based on OCR Fragment
The readable portion hints at discussing credit and debt but lacks coherent facts or identifiable entities to summarize a specific event or notice. No clear persons, organizations, or places are discernible to form a factual teaser.
Franklin Biography Aims and Oddities in His Life
A compact tale of Benjamin Franklin tracing his Boston years, apprenticeship with his printer brother James, and rise as a journalist in Philadelphia and New York. It notes his early printing work on the New England Courant, postmaster duties, lightning studies, and courtly London visits with King George II.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Law Ben Starteff
Great Britain
Benjamin Franklin
Boston
Lse
Benjamin
B. Franklin
James
Franklin
The
New England Courant
Prson
Ben
Philadelphia
New York
Gazette
Colonies
Ben Franklin
England
Patrick Henry
Paris
America
Richard
Alma Mac
William
Chasing that scraper and other oddities from old files
A description of crude oil pipelines and scraper chasers explains how a two and a half foot iron scraper propels through eighty hundred miles of pipe by oil pressure and how chasers locate it. The piece also recounts a quirky tale of a young lord's marriage proposals and a dairymaid resisting a noble match with humor.
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Pipe Line
Peruna praised by patients across towns and states
Letters recount relief from chronic catarrh bronchitis and neuralgia after using Peruna. Nellie Kent reports improvement from her ailments and a favorable view of Peru NA. Dupler of Equality Illinois regains hearing taste and smell. cramps and distress from stomach issues vanish after starting Peruna. Dr Hartman’s Peruna earns praise from patients and druggists in Charlestown Kanawha Co. West Virginia and Coshocton Ohio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wellington
Lorain County
S. B. Hartman & Co
Columbus
C. BE. Dupler
Equality
Illinois
Hartman
Boggs
Charlestown
Kanawha Co
W.va
J. Anderson
Coshocton
Ohio
Poultry Tips From Observers On Simple Feed Troughs
A brief note advises using old tin pans hung just above the floor as poultry feed troughs. The pans keep food off dirt, and hens eat upright, avoiding mess from feet. The headnote appears in the New York Agricultural Record.
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N. Y
Mummy on Display At McClellan Bros Window
Rev J H Alexander returns from Egypt with a Ptolemaic period mummy now shown in the McClellan Bros window near the post office. The case and lid are richly decorated and the wrappings may soon be exposed revealing a shriveled body.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. H. Alexander
Egypt
United States
McClellan Bros
University Museem
Alexander
Ekhmeem
Lower Egypt
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Albert Steinberger
Ai Inter
Bill Ny
Boston Globe
Peer
Cinderela
Adelaide Chronicle
Big Polly
Giderella
Mary
Nellie Kent
Jim Diner
Fawn
Ihrig
Horner
Dr. Byrius
Quincy
Biles
Burdock
Everal
B. C. Bodle
Orange
Luzerne County
PANE
SLVR
Bate
Vila A
Gists
Candeek
Wis
Silas Moore
Speer's Furniture
W. Liberty St
Wooster
Glellan Bros
WY Ef Bros
McClarran & Caskey
S. H. Villard
Liberty St
Power's
China Halls
Market St
Jackson
Pollock
Public Square
Sall Amc
AW. Blackburn
BONS
Bath
Slate & Carriage Sponges
Emperum Drug’ Store
Postoffice
Woosti
Binders
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