Curious 1906 miscellany from a distant note
A Swedish army order cautions soldiers against spirits on the march. Articles cover a piecemeal mix of topics from pancake impact on domestic life, to a divorce case over pancake remarks, to canaries, street sweeping machines, tax payers, and the Bonaparte family. It cites U.S. liquor imports, beehive homes, centenarian tobacco use, and early automobile registrations in New York State. It notes a veteran declining a pension, desertion rates, and pay of enlisted men. It closes with savings statistics and Cleveland’s outsized share of bank deposits.
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Germany
Ex Wardman Nugent and a Vengeful Vendetta in New York
Ex wardman Nugent plots aid for a crooked ally then faces a deadly boat-side struggle with Pasquale Farsett. A gunshot ends Farsett at the dock while Nugent disappears, leaving Charlie the crook to face justice. The story traces Nugent’s torn conscience amid police corruption and a city in tension.
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Charile
Meester Policeman
Pasquale Farsett
Meester
Nugent
Trulian
Flametta
Pasquale Farnotti
Charlie
Nix
Fiamella Parsotti
Italan
Pasquale Farsotti
Reckless Bravery of Gen Farrar in a Dec 1863 Cavalry Action
Gen Bernard G Farrar recalls a close call near Fayette Mississippi in December 1863 when he led three troopers from the Fourth Illinois against a vastly larger Confederate cavalry force. In a daring ambush the small unit broke enemy lines, wounded two officers, and forced a retreat as the nearby main force approached.
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Bernard G. Farrar
Farrar
Upper
Louisi-opehia
Texas
Confederacy
Nola
Potomac
Tennessee
Miasia
Sippi
Natchez, Miss
Mississippi
Wirt Adams
Nat
Fayette
Miss
Humorous Incident in Sham Battle Reported by London Chronicle
During a recent sham battle with British troops an umpire observed a trooper from a skeleton army, marked by a red flag for a double infantry company, picking blackberries from a hedgerow. The trooper, unaware of any fault, learned that guards had fired at him and a Maxim gun had targeted him for 20 minutes, then he moved on to rejoin his unit.
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London Chronicle
Submarine Depth Record Set at 138 Feet
European experiments established the deepest controlled descent for a submarine at 138 feet. The vessel was designed by American inventor Simon Lake.
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Europe
Simon Lake
Rhodes Scholars and church education notes
The report notes Rhodes scholars at Oxford and a Boston literatus John Bartlett who died at 86. It mentions Prof Yoshitaro Nakamura studying in Minnesota, the Southern Baptist mission board sending missionaries since 1904, and John R. Mott’s book given to pastors in New England. It also covers Milwaukee’s new episcopal see, 293 Milwaukee diocese churches, Bowdoin College urging arts credit toward degrees, and art’s role in character and citizenship.
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Rhodes
Oxford University
John Bartlett
Boston
Yoshitaro Nakamura
Imperial Agricultural College
Bappiro
Japan
Minnesota State School of Agriculture
Foreign Mission Board
John R. Mott
New England
Mra
J. A. Woolson
H. Duos
E. M. Taylor
Nebraska
W. T. Foater
Bowdoin College
Industrial items reflect shifts in craft and production
The piece notes Spain’s old sharp-pointed shoe fading in Mexico to American lasts, French cabinet makers preserving tradition, Ontario timber cuts rising by 100 million feet to 450 million, and October German pig iron output at 1,006,943 tons with 46 percent year over year gain. It also cites U S iron use, Britain and Germany outputs, a New York brick maker’s record, and world petroleum shares led by the United States.
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Mexico
France
Ontario
Germany
Great Britain
America
United States
England
New York
Bulletin of the Commercial Geographical Society of Paris
Russia
Sumatra
Java
Borneo
Roumania
The
East Inles
Facial Paralysis Cure Claim by Pink Pills Advert
A dental broadside touts Dr Williams Pink Pills as a nerve nourishment tonic to prevent serious nervous disorders and restore health. It recounts Harry Bemis of Truthville Washington County who recovered after failed medical treatment, crediting the pills for his restored speech sight and mobility. The ad notes the pills sold by pharmacists or mail from Schenectady New York and offers a free booklet on nervous disorders.
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Willams
Williams
Harry Bemis
Truthville
Washington County
Mr. Bemis
Dr. Williams
Dr. Williams Medicine Co
Sahonectady, N
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Williston
Corstasp
Dar
Iowa
Sanborn
Carrie Fields
Dr. L. 8. Fields
Secretary Bonaparte
Maryland
Baltmore
Bonaparte
Prince Jerome Bonaparte
Paris
William 9. Billett
Kokomo
Ind
Grandma Eliza Fountain
Wayne County
Gwon
B.C. Payne
Sheil
Wyo
Payne
Army of the
Infantry
Cavalry
Artillery
United States Army
New York State
New Jersey
Massachusetts
Cleveland
Ohio
Buckeye
Wardman Nugent
Igos
Joseph B. Bowles
Doputy
Yice
John Nugent
Irene
Iva
Mamma
Jenn
John
Broadway
Watts Street
West Street
Nu- Bent
Nugest
Glastonsbury
Nugentaca
Nuegent
Bla Post
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