MYSTERIES OF A DAY AND VARIED SKETCHES FROM NEWS
A collage outlines unusual incidents from Fayetteville and beyond. It describes photographer William Jackson nearly combusting after blowing out a match and a doctor’s stance on a “gas factory” stomach. It notes a Confederate veteran’s lottery letter to Beauregard, a coffin birth scare in Clarendon County, a St Paul Hotel signature quirk, Bank of England security steps, a chorus of unrelated brief items, and a remarkable Paris Hippodrome battle with Arabs.
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William Jackson
Fayetteville
N. C
Mr. Jackson
T. B. Quinby
Pulaski County
Gen. Beauregard
Louisiana
Wu Cat
St. Paul
Bank of England
Westrern
Walnut Street
Paris
Blind boys play baseball at the Institution for the Blind
A Louisville observer describes blind and nearly blind boys playing a bat and ball game on the grounds of the Institution for the Blind. The pitcher tosses gently, the catcher, blind yet precise, stops the ball by sound and touch, and the players run bases including tree trunks as marks. The crowd and turf show their fondness for the sport.
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Louisville
Institution For
Hair turning white from terror tale of wartime raid
A Pittsburgh Dispatch reprint recounts a doctor and lay perspective on sudden hair whitening. A man notes a night of intense grief after a daughter’s death caused his moustache to turn gray overnight. A New Orleans tale follows a young woman whose silver hair appeared after escaping an armed raid on Baton Rouge.
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New Orleans
Gen. Butler
Baton Rouge
England
Butler
Hythe
Mr. Hythe
Unclear Origin of Profanity Said Less Original Than Any Sin
A speaker says Tuer shows less originality in profanity than in anything else and claims it is as old as sin. The remark cites linguistic stubbornness in language development and older moral associations.
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Tuer
PRA Bony Wek
CAL Institute
Ballfeck
Ton
Mass
HH. Parker
Momentum of a Steaming Ocean Vessel
A reader asks how far the Etruria would forge ahead after reversing engines. The answer notes she would cover well over a mile before headway ceases and sternway begins, with reversing providing little immediate course change. It cites typical speeds around twenty miles per hour and the Oregon collision as context for sluggish reverse effect.
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Etruria
Oregon
Sun
Puggorrn Church Bypasses English Berry for Ministry
The Puggorrn Church believed it held the best choice for its ministry but did not select English Berry after considering candidates. The decision reflects internal selection dynamics within the church leadership.
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Puggorrn Church
The Man with the Lantern in Oil Regions History
John Morganthaler of Titusville warns of the so called Man with the Lantern a peril in oil country fires from careless visits to gas enshrouded tanks The legend dates to 1814 in Marietta Ohio and connects to oil history The piece also recalls The Girl with the Oil Can and the Widow McClintock tale tied to John Steele and oil wealth.
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John Morganthaler
Titusville
Marietta
Ohio
Earth
Oil Creek
McClintock
John Steele
McClintock Wells
Johnny Steele
Self-styled “First Class Pastor” condemns church posters
A notice warns that a man signing as G. W. Red mond is circulating posters about vacant churches and advertising himself as a first class Pastor. The public is advised that reputable ministers do not seek congregations this way.
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G. W. Redmond
Love and Matrimony Quip From Waterlily American
A Western paper quotes a philosophical writer on marriage. An anecdote recalls a wife during a first quarrel answering whether the husband or wife should yield first. She smiles and says the one who loves the most should yield, neither the stronger nor the weaker.
Positive Remedy Claim For Consumption
A reader advertises a cure for consumption promising thousands of prior cures and offers two free bottles to readers who mail their Express address to T A Slocs M M C 131 Pearl St New York. The letter asks the editor to inform readers of the remedy.
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Taylor
New York
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