Feast of Kalogero lights up New York Sicilian district
In New York City Elizabeth Street and the Bowery host San Kalogero rites with arches of lights garlands and uniforms as Sicilians celebrate the healing saint. Wax figures of injured limbs and two baby effigies replace crutches, while grateful worshippers offer candles and money.
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New York
St. Patrick
Sicily
San Kalogero
Kalogero
Sciacca
Manhattan
Bowery
Broadway
Elizabeth Street
Italy
House of Savoy
America
Garibaldi
Mediterranean
Healing
New York Tribune
Lourdes
St. Anne de Beaupre
San Rocco
France
Jamaica hotel man wins diamond ring from fight with fish
Henry Walter of Jamaica Long Island, a hotel man, reeled in a six pound weakfish in Jamaica Bay. As he hauled the fish over the gunwale a diamond ring was pulled from its mouth. A jeweler valued the ring at 35 dollars.
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Tish
Henry Walter
Jamaica
Long Island
Walter
Jamaica Bay
Warner
Ohio bill offers $2 per acre for ten years to plant forests
A new measure in the Ohio legislature would pay landowners a premium of two dollars per acre for ten years if they plant and maintain forest trees according to rules set by the state board of forestry. The plan aims to encourage reforestation and sustainable land use statewide.
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Ohio
State Board of Forestry
Mrs Maybrick Released After Seventeen Years In Prison
Mrs Florence Maybrick American, freed July 20 on the seventeenth anniversary of her trial. She joined her mother in France then sailed to America. She plans to go to Louisiana for a land suit in which Judge Yarrow presides. Her semicustody aimed to restore mental tone after long confinement. A Russian is not of age until 21. four fifths of earnings go to parents until then.
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Koniton
Eng
Florence Maybrick
England
Maybrick
Baroness
Corral Names as Diaz Interior Aide for Vice Presidency
Ramon Corral, longtime Sonora politician and Secretary of Interior, is highlighted as the Nationalist nominee for vice president under Diaz. The article traces Corral’s career from editor to governor, his influence on reform, and his potential succession to Diaz as president.
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Benoz Corral
Mexico
City of
Porfirio Diaz
Ramon Corral
Chamber of Deputies
Gen Diaz
Diaz
Republic
Congress
Senate
Corral
United States
Europe
Ramon Cérral
Alamos
Sonora
el Fantasmas
Voz de
Francisco Serna
College of Sonors
Federal District of
Senor
Interior
Queer Japanese Custom Special in Yokohama
The article discusses Japanese ablution rituals tied to household shrines, describing water ceremonies that cleanse bodies and moral standing. It notes crude stone floor tubs fed by roof pipes, objects resembling Catholic altars, and offerings of cake rice and greens to seek divine favor and protection overnight.
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Yokohama
Japan
Corinthea
Hideoua
Drakneas
Nogi Leads Land Assault at Port Arthur
Tokio special reports General Nogi commands a force aiding the Port Arthur siege, estimated between 30 000 and 60 000, one of ten Japanese generals promoted last month. He previously led divisions at Port Arthur and the Formosa campaign after governing Formosa.
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Port Arthur
Formosa
Count Nogi
Dream of buried gold yields Springfield find
John Stonebrunner of Springfield finds gold coins worth 1500 at a spot near Beatty after dreaming of a buried treasure. The coins are believed to date from 1745 left by a French settler.
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John Stonebrunner
Springfield
Beatty
Grand Duke Boris in War Party Scandal Recalled
Russia's Grand Duke Boris provoked Kuropatkin with drunken revelry and a proposed capture of Geisha women. After drawing a sword at the general and wounding him, Boris was recalled from Port Arthur and faces possible exile as czar vows punishment.
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Petersburg
Russia
Boris
Kuropatkin
Far East
Vladimir
St. Petersburg
Port Arthur
Siberia
Kuropathin
Boria
Europatkin
BS Petersburg
Japanese Letter Style Reversed Address Method
A note explains a Japanese approach to addressing letters by writing the country first, then the county, city, street, and number, ending with the recipient. This reverse sequence contrasts with Western conventions and highlights cultural differences in postal practices.
Hadley Hero on a Ship in A Restorative Night Tale
A Yale president, Hadley, helps a stranger with a dislocated jaw on a Fall River steamer. He lifts the jaw with towels, restores it, then spends the rest of the night explaining his conduct to crew and officers as a kind gesture gone awry.
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New Haven
Conn
Hadley
Yale University
Fall River
New Haven College
Mr. Hadley
Precious Vase of Coins Made by Philadelphia Artisan
Edward Rausch, a German born cornicemaker living at 2331 North 27th, created a five foot tall vase clad in coins from around the world. He began collecting in 1879, valued the work at 75000 dollars, and claims it is the only vase of its kind.
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Philadelphia
Edward Rausch
Rausch
North Twenty-seventh
Mystery Tree of Canary Cisterns Drops Water
A fragment describes a rain tree in the Canaries that condenses water from clouds into droplets. The water saturates the leaves and drips to fill cisterns in excavations beneath the tree.
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Canaries
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I Wan
Patrick T. Barry
Columbus
Lee M. Hart
Hart
International Alliance of
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Ofice
Porfirio Diss
Jap Boy
Mogi
Gen. Kuropatkin
Czar
Borts
Arthur D. Hadley
Yale
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