Fate of a Warrior From Pacific Island Saga Revealed
Coroner Wally and partner Rollins display a boxed mummified Samoa warrior named Letungaifo at St. Luke's Hospital. He aided U S sailors during a March cyclone and died shortly after arrival. his body bears blue tattoos and a knee-pant design. The piece recounts his rescue feats and efforts by R A Cunningham to relocate the men to America.
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Wally
Mr. Rollins
Letungaifo
St. Luke's Hospital
Taeay
Coroner Valley’s
United States
Issa
Trenton
Vandalia
Pago-Pago
Tutulia
Cunningham
Upolu
Sydney
Frisco
United Sates
Alameda
America
Foundations for a Factory City in Chicago News
A Chicago News report quotes A Dwiggins Co of Chicago predicting a boom as four railroads including a belt line and two fuel lines attract industry. They say four factories, new houses and stores are rising daily, confirming the city’s rapid growth.
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A. Dwiggins & Co
Chicago
Dt Greehey
Chicago News
Valuable Timber Land in Newfoundland Reported Over Two Thousand Square Miles
A report notes more than 2000 square miles of valuable timber land in Newfoundland. The statement highlights vast forest resources and potential for development and export.
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Newfoundland
Historic York described as ancient city and fortress
The article recounts York as a premier ancient city of Britain with Roman origins, medieval walls, and landmarks like Clifford Tower and York Minster. It notes the city’s walls, gates, and battlements, plus its religious sites, museums, and the role of York in history and legend.
A Punctual Red Man Matthias Splitlog Wealthiest Indian
Matthias Splitlog, chief of the Wyandottes, resides in Kansas and is reputed to own about a million dollars in property making him the wealthiest Indian in America. Though over seventy and illiterate, he maintains influence and status among his people.
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Kansas
Missouri
Kansas City
Matthias
Harper
Matthias Splitlog
America
Rainwater Tactics Against Mosquitoes in Siam
A Bangkok correspondent describes collecting rainwater in unglazed jars and placing red hot nails inside to curb mosquito breeding. He notes historical use during cholera times and reports the water remaining pure in jars with heated iron nails.
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Bangkok
Siam
Scientific American
The Mexican Saddle A Luxury Craft from Mexico
The Mexican saddle is a fine luxury product from that country with detailed embroidery in relief. Prices range from 200 to 300 dollars. The solid original wood tree, four rear rings with thongs, lasso at the forepart, light leather, mushroom pommel with gilded cap, wooden stirrups, and richly embroidered sides define its craftsmanship. The tree includes felt pads, and Mexicans favor a hard seat. Farm and Field.
Gas to Float Wrecks Off Gray's Harbor
The Ferndale, wrecked last winter near Gray's Harbor Washington with 2000 tons of coal aboard and cargo worth 70000, has been bought by a syndicate owning sunken vessel lifting patents for 2500. They will raise it using a secret chemical gas and air method once new apparatus at Tacoma and San Francisco is ready in about three weeks. The plan aims to float vessels previously sunk and keep them afloat pending drydock.
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Ferndale
Gray's Harbor
Washington
Tacoma
San Francisco
San Pedro
San Francisco Examiner
Fatal Insect Duel Ends in Deaths at Lebanon
Two young men in Lebanon Pennsylvania bet on an insect fight under a glass. A wasp and a black hornet fought. the wasp died within ten minutes and the hornet perished two minutes later. Both bodies swelled to three times normal size.
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Lebanon Penn
Pittsburg
Costume Album Captures Ten Years Of Fashion In New York
A New York woman preserves a personal costume album with photographs showing fashion changes over the past decade. It tracks styles from 1884 to the present, including the high hat of 1886 and the enormous tournure of 1887, with additions continuing today.
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New York
Waistcoats of Leather and Newest Gown Describe Stylish Dress
A description notes leather waistcoats and trims for tailor-made dresses. It highlights a fine gown in gendarme blue serge with an open jacket and double-breast antelope waistcoat. Traveling or country wear is shown in russet brown homespun with a light blue cloth waistcoat.
Paris Mourning Style Takes Hold In Fashion Circles
In Paris lack is chic with soft foulard silk gowns and gray black plaid skirts. A local belle receives a Prisian gown featuring a Vie black and white plaid plain skirt and a black mousseline de soie bodice with scalloped white edge. A black and white chiffon jabot, sash, and a tiny flat hat with gray lace complete the look.
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Paris
New York Press
Alpaca Styles Capture Fashion Focus
Alpaca gowns and street dresses dominate current fashion notes with velvet ribbon trims. A cream white alpaca dress features a demitrained skirt and velvet corset detail, while puff sleeves and high shoulder knots define the silhouette. Colors are used sparingly to preserve the gown’s refined effect and the Russian blouse remains in favor with updated details.
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Courier-Journal
Beautifying the Eyes and Fashion Notes of Women
A discussion on eye beautification warns of atropine and eye risks, citing a London case of intoxication from pupil dilation. It notes dark eyelid paint harms skin, and suggests a lead pencil as a simple alternative. Then fashion notes describe lace boots, Directoire jackets, Eton and gypsy styles, new black nails, net gowns, hats with double bows, garden party attire, and the prevalence of greens with pale greys in feminine wardrobes.
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London
N. Y. World
Directoire
Fauntleroy
Eton
Gifted Women in San Francisco Highlight Diverse Achievements
A new account in California profiles notable women. Lizzie Colt stands as the sole woman in a fire company while Marie Williams crafts fine furniture from native woods. Carrie Wheelan collects coleoptera and the Lowry sisters hold elite medical training. Eleanor de Houghton is a skilled goldsmith drawing praise for antique jewelry.
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California
Lizzie Colt
Colt
Marie Williams
Carrie Wheelan
Lowry
Isabel
Agnes
Edinburgh
Paris
Vienna
San Francisco
Eleanor de Houghton
England
Island Recluses Tale From Cartwright's Witty Memoir
Charles P. Cartwright recalls living as a Robinson Crusoe on Plum Island near North Carolina. He describes using a slave’s son Pete as his Friday, building a hut, subsisting on fish and sea fowl, and longing for civilization before finally abandoning the experiment after corn and peppers ripened.
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Charles P. Cartwright
North Carolina
Plum Island
Pete
Louis Globe- Democrat
Multilingual Amateur Demonstrates Broad Language Skill
The passage highlights Miss Swyney as an amateur whose talents include eight modern languages. She can sustain conversation in Greek or Latin and also reads in Sanskrit.
Curious Tonsils Seen as White Blood Cell Glands
Dr. Lovell Galland suggests the tonsils are glands where white corpuscles form. These cells continually battle disease germs in the blood.
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Lovell Galland
New York Post
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