Bell Born White House Worker and Early 16th Century Bell
The article notes Mrs. Extra Wilcox as the only person born in the White House, daughter of Jackson's adopted son, and born during Old Hickory's presidency. It also mentions Providence Bleaching and Calendering Company workers summoned by a bell from a 1515 Spanish convent cast for Ferdinand V.
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White House
Popular Science Monthly
Extra Wilcox
Jackson
Old Hickory
Providence Bleaching and Calendering Company
Spain
Ferdinand V'z
Totem Posts and a Glimpse of Japanese Shogun Rule
An article contrasts Northwest coast totem posts with Haida carved recreations and their genealogical symbolism. It notes their social significance, ceremonial costs, and later replicas sold to tourists. It also discusses Japan's dual emperors notion, Kioto as a regal center, and Yeddo as the true government seat.
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Alaska
Northwest Coast
Gemi
Fieg
Queen Charlotte's Islands
Fort Wrangell
Mikado and Shogun in Japan's Shogunate Era
The article traces Japan’s imperial and military rule from a centuries old figurehead emperor to the rise of the Shogun. It notes the gun ken provincial system, Yoritomo’s 1192 Sei Tai Shogun appointment, and the shift of real power to the Shogun while the Emperor remained symbolic yet source of rank.
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Japan
Nebuchadnezzar
Yoritomo
Circus Fakir Promises Repaid Pocketbooks in Detroit Bust
A Detroit crowd gathered as a fake circus vendor offered Russian leather pocketbooks for cash with a promise of money back and a pocketbook. The driver raised bids from 50 cents to five dollars, attracting up to 75 customers before exiting with no refunds.
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Lowell
Detroit Free Press
Pirates attack wrecked Inga crew reaches Cayman Island
Captain Jacobsen of the Norwegian bark Inga and a sailor, wrecked on Cayman Island September 17 on a Montevideo to Ship Island voyage, fought off about 200 pirates. They survived two weeks on coconuts and gin, then sailed to Jamaica in a small sloop. The party reached Jamaica October 7 and received aid from locals. the rest of the crew to follow.
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Kong Alf
Kiereutf
Philadelphia
Jamaica
Jacobsen
Inga
Cayman
Montevideo
Ship Island
Miss
An Esquiman Execution
James Jordan recounts the death of John Bull, an Esquiman sailor from Croton Connecticut, killed by natives for an Esquiman law transgression. His wife was warned two weeks earlier but could not reveal it. John Bull was stabbed after being propped, while twelve natives held him and bears fed on the body.
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Querer
Bellevue Hospital
New York
John Walters
Johnny
Charities Commissioners
the &T¢ James's Gazette
Germany
James Jordan
Arctic Ocean
John Bull
Esquiman
Croton
Conn
Jordan
Europe
Peedi
Bonaparte
Ccc Tobacco Store
Enone
Washington
Nopody
Spain
Dot
Halifax
Detroit
Dialect Sketches on George Washington and Queenly Life
The fragment presents a humorous monologue in a thick dialect about George Washington and a queen, imagining duties of leadership and social constraint. It references a lowly worker in Detroit and contrasts ordinary life with grand claims, suggesting satire on fame and power through comic speech.
Phantom cow haunts Kansas farm basement tale
Burt Ui of bottoms between Kansas City Kansas and Quindaro reports a phantom cow that allegedly entered his dairy basement ate watermelons, and moans haunt the house. His sons Frank and Archie aged eleven and thirteen chased or shot the cow, with the creature’s night groans distressing the family.
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Burt Ui
Bottoms
Kansas City
Kan
Quindaro
Frank
Archie
Mr. B
Yasual
Fragmented Note on Population and Territorial Control
A garbled fragment discussing population ranks and territorial control related to the United States. The text is incomplete and contains uncertain phrasing and punctuation errors, offering no clear person, place, or event details.
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Bagatelle
London
England
Sharper
Richard Wheatley
Atlantic
Drexel
Wall and Broad Streets
William H. Vanderbilt
Fifth Avenue
Fifty Second
Fifty-third
D. O. Mills
Broad Street
Astors
Broadway
Williamsburg Fire Insurance Company
Liberty Street
Jumel
Boston
Palatine
Journal Des Debats
Armand Schwab
United States
Waltham
Elgin
Hamble
Botley
Hants
Cardridge
Mount Repose Cemetery
Haverstraw
N. Y
Brooklyn
Tongass Narrows
India
Holland
Giantesses
Sallie Macallister
Springfield
Lacrosse
Wis
Tur
San Francisco
Tyrol
Vonamberg
Kioto
Yeddo
St. Nicholas
Pocketbooks
Carl Dunder
Broome
Rod
Great Erie
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