Mysterious daily record and a Congo slave raid tale
A fragmented column mixes stories from Egypt to Congo, noting an asylum for female slaves in Cairo and ongoing covert slave procurement. It also recounts mining rail progress toward Samarcand, a wills case over a boy’s inheritance, and a New Zealand disappearance mystery amid wide ranging curiosities of crime, sport, and society.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Egypt
Cairo
Negi
Prett
Yyeuid Barrett
Auckland
New Zraland
Tibe
Pri
Zanzibar
Congo
Khartoum
Gordon
Coyote Trapped in Frozen Carcass Delights Wyoming Drifter
J. H. Hawkins, a Colorado granger, drives to Cheyenne when he sees a dead horse frozen in a blizzard. A coyote had gnawed into the carcass and, after gorging, slept in a burrow as the cold locked it inside. Hawkins frees the trapped animal in a humane act.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. H. Hawkins
Colorado
Cheyenne
Dakota
Wyoming
Hawkins
Miss Kittie Wilkins the Idaho horse queen visits Palace Hotel
Feature profile of Miss Kittie C. Wilkins of Idaho, famed for owning 700 to 800 horses including Percherons and Morgans. She recounts how her wealth began from her early stock venture, her Idaho life, and her passion for horses over cattle, with notes on the Seventy One Range and riding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kittie C. Wilkins
Idaho
Palace Hotel
J. E. Wilkins
Bruneau River
Owyhee County
Miss Wilkins
San Jose
Wilkins Company
Oregon
San Francisco
America
Boise City
Mountain House
Bargaining Elderly Buyer Wins Diary at Low Price
In a Boston Post anecdote a sharp elderly man negotiates over a diary for 1887 in a stationery shop. The shopkeeper mocks a leap year quip while the buyer sticks to his bid, finally paying his own price. The shopkeeper notes the man is worth half a million dollars yet still bargains yearly for the diary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston Post
Woman Dies After Fish Dinner Bone Wedge
A Folkestone woman died ten days after a whiting bone became lodged in her throat during a fish dinner. Her death was attributed to complications from the injury according to local medical findings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Folkestone
England
Gander-pulling spectacle tops De Land fair recount
The De Land Florida News describes a gander-pulling event with a grain sack on the bird and riders paying 25 cents for three passes. A horse rider’s fall and a mule ride ended with the gander unharmed, while spectators laughed loudly at the dangerous sport.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
de Land
Fla
John Davis
Davis
C. B. Pelton
Gander
Log Cabin Remedies Promoted for Health Revival
An 19th century piece urges readers to abandon mineral medicines for nature sourced cures. It praises logs cabin life and hardy elders, advocates Warner's Log Cabin Remedies including Sarsaparilla for blood and liver and several other tonics, and argues these simples restore health without aftereffects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nature
Warner
Ivory Soap Praised For Bathing Luxury And Floating Feature
Ciara and Louise extol Ivory Soap as the most luxurious for baths noting its rich lather and easy rinse while claiming it floats so dropped bars are easy to spot. The warning cautions against counterfeit white soaps and urges insisting on genuine Ivory Soap.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ciara
Louise
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Bokhara
Oxus
Samarcand
Dewey
Daniel Ensign
Fai
Holmesheld Moors
Tom
Tashoe
Oggar
Togeat's Ridge
Ory
Honolulu
Kapiolane
Daugher
Gdon
Paris
Sandwich Island
Royal
Itimbiri River
Philadelphia
Henry Chewiss
New York
Albert Pickle
Middletown
Gus Scraper
Waverly
Ohio
Con
Zen Warp
Little Rock
Ark
Col. Ward
Sherthand
Theron
Meee Corcularsfree
Brewster Safety F.rtn Golder Co
Holly, Wich
Selidiere and
Heira
Foulam
Oresston & CO
Washington
Blair
Pepe Jones
Binghamton, N
Cas
H. H.&reen & Sons
M. de
Rifier
Beral
Theoreka Prize
Ses. Agjartes
Igford
Coprright
Eter & Gamle
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