Lion hunt in Africa ends with boy and lion killed
French explorer Edouard Foa recounts a village lion pursuit in Tchiromo where a four year old boy is seized and killed. Foa and allies track the beast through huts and woods, ambushing and finally shooting the lion at close range before bringing both bodies to the village amid crowding locals.
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M. Edouard Foa
Cape
Lake Nyasca
Tchiromo
Tambarika
Kambombe
Rodzani
Mme
Cienfuegos Cable Cutting Ranked With Merrimac Sinking
A Harper's history notes the May 10 1898 cable cutting at Cienfuegos by Marblehead Nashville and steam launches under Winslow and Andersen. Nine sailors wounded including Lieut Winslow, mission aided by marines and machine guns under heavy fire. The action blocked the port’s submarine torpedo switch house and hindered Spanish operations on the southern Cuban coast.
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Henry Cabot Lodge
Harper's
Cienfuegos
Winslow
Hudson
Wilmington
Cardenas
Cuba
Great Island
McCalla
Marblemeat
Marblehead
Nashville
Comnene
Andersen
Havana
United States
Body violence described in fragmented archaic text
Fragmentary account details attackers named Tehigallo Redzani and Msiambiri killing a person, then dragging remains through villages without feet or head. Later a funeral dance occurs among women. The passage呵 references a lion’s body burned with iron and flame.
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Tehigallo
Redzani
Msiambiri
Daring railway crime on Bordeaux Paris express
A Parisian lawyer M. Albert Roux narrowly escaped an attack on a Bordeaux Paris train. A thief drilled a hole between compartments and planned chloroform to incapacitate Roux but fled before police could catch him. Roux provided a description after awakening to a strange odor and a locked door alarm.
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Paris
M. Albert Roux
M. Roux
St. Sulpice
Vauzre
Puntr
Bordeaux Étation
Notorious Sandler Austin Bidwell Robbed Bank of England
Austin Bidwell one of the world’s most daring criminals died in Chicago amid reviews of his career. Born in Hartford Connecticut he started as an office boy in New York stock dealing and rose to mastermind a forged securities scheme against the Bank of England. He and his brother George fled to Europe where the plot would have netted about 59 million pounds if not halted. Bidwell was finally captured extradited to Britain and later returned to America where he died.
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Austin Bidwell
Chicago Chronicle
Bank of England
Bidwell
America
Chicago
Hartford
New York
Wall Street
Newgate
A. Oakley
Europe
Paris
George
London
Austin
Steader
Kings of Finance
Thore
London Board
Parker's Sarsaparilla Promises Health Boost
An old advertisement touts Parker's Sarsaparilla as a remedy for headache sluggishness and weak appetite. It claims to purify blood, invigorate the liver, and build flesh, with B. W. Hargrave selling it.
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Parker
B. W. Hargrave
Famous Palmer strychnine poisoning case summarized
The Palmer trial stands as the era's famed poison case. It details William Palmer, his racehorse scheme, wife’s £13,000 life insurance, Cook’s death from suspected strychnine, and the failing tests of the era. Witness testimony, purchases of strychnia pills, and a twelve day trial shaped a landmark verdict.
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Wainright
Dickens
Miss Abercrombie
William Palmer
Young Cook
Palmer
Taylor
William Dore
Cook
John Parsons Cook
Walter
Lvst
Jock
Polestar
Nay
England
Norse Proverb Reflections on Self Control and Humility
A compact moral observation set warns against speaking with a full mouth or empty head. It urges quitting faults to correct them and warns tears reveal truth. It cautions against mocking others vanity and notes modesty shapes censorship. It concludes that risk without effort is not always wise.
South American Nervine Tonic Promises Universal Cure
An advertisement claims South American Nervine Tonic permanently cures stomach weakness and indigestion. It asserts immediate relief from the first dose and universal effectiveness for invalids, marketed by E. F. Nadal, Druggist, Wilson, North Carolina.
Half-Read OCR Fragment Returns Vague Place Names
A fragmentary OCR item mentions New York Boston Adelphia Washington Norfolk and Richmond with no clear event or details to identify. The text provides only scattered city names, lacking a coherent incident, date, or subject.
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New York
Boston
Adelphia
Norfolk
Richmond
Baltimore - W
Washington
Durham
Southern Pines
Abneville
Elberton - Ces
Athens
Windersepm
Tattlanta
Atlanta
Cen
Times
Elberton
Ivy Abbeville Reidseis
Greenwood
Clintern
Chester
Aioe
Monroe
Hamlet
Wilmington
Hendersoon
Weldon
Apt
Washipeter Penn Fk
Maltimore
Philadeiphi
Apna
Pu 'Hs
Portsmouth
Atlantic Specie Vestibuled Trains Connect Washington to Atlanta
Notices advertise numbered trains from Washington to Atlanta with solid train and sleeper services and connections to Montgomery Mobile New Orleans Texas California Mexico Nashville Memphis Macon and Florida. It lists ticket and sales contacts and names officials including Bainst Narel Macray and W E Meyer with general offices noted.
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Atlanta
Washiteton
Portsmouth
Chester
Ss. AU. Expres
Columbia
Montgenery
Mobile
New Leans
Texas
California
Mexico
4 &A
Nashville
Memphis
Macon
Fiori
Bainst
Macray Forues
Wanted. A Pair of Suspenders for the Love of Promise
Fragmentary lament lists barter desires including suspenders to honor a pledge a dentist sought to treat a death and sea horses to feed from the sea with seeds from speech in a cryptic aged newspaper style.
Drifted Apart Leaves Trail Of Snow Near Sweetheart’s Door
A fragmented line from an OCR note describes a cross country theatre troupe and the Overland 12 motif. It mentions drifted apart, a lower 50, ten feet of snow, and a sweetheart’s doorway, hinting at a dramatic scene or event.
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Sweetheart
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West Indies
Frente
Beck
Ges
Ssrressijn
Derangeme
Louver
An.andv
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Digeee
Igit
Charlo
Chattanooga
Pattee Ay Tein
Rte
St. Joh
Vice Press
W.E. Meyer
H.W. BoGtovern
Trathe Mansver
Foriagienthh
Earth
Asta
B. W . Hargraves
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