Alaska Town Reported Turmoil and Gold Assays
A jumble of early 20th century notes reports Alaska unrest with drunken brawls, door smashing, and village disruption. It also notes gold assays from quartz samples, search parties for the Molinque family, and a Seattle education-related missing girl case. Other items describe a breakwater accident, a Guantanamo incident with a warship exchange, the Brooklyn naval voyage to Europe, a South Dakota waterspout, and a would-be around-the-world trip by Louis St. Joseph’s business traveler.
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Juneau
Bertha
Cook’s Inlet
Sound
Reparty
George
Blackstone
J. W.ho
Dora
Washington
Seattle
Inlet
Louis
Albert J. En- St. Joseph
Lincoln
Neb
W. J. Bryan
Bryan
Lynched by Urbana Mob After Killing Victim
A Urbana dispatch reports Click Mitchell a black man was lynched by an outraged mob after a foul crime. The town, stirred by the victim’s plea, acted to execute the punishment they deemed richly deserved, ensuring the brute would not leave the town alive.
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Columbus
Urbana
Mitchell
Tragedy in Urbana as mob clash at jail ends in gunfire
At 2 30 AM a mob attacked Urbana jail while Charles Mitchell alias Click Mitchell faced criminal assault charges. Militia fired to disperse the crowd. two men died, six seriously wounded, one possibly dying. Victim linked to Eliza Gaumer case. publishers Daniel H Gaumer and Charles Gaumer are relatives.
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Urbana
Higgins
West Liberty
Tom
Mitchell
Eliza Gaumer
Urbana Democrat
Charles Mitchell
Click” Mitchell
Ohio National Guard
Bushner
Springfield
Columbus
Columbus Quick
Daniel H. Gaumer
Zanesville Signal
Charles Gaumer
Mansfield Shield
Immuring tragedy chief actor arrives for trial at Tirespol
Feodore Kavaloff, leader of a fanatical sect, arrived in Odessa for trial after six bodies were found buried alive on his property. He confessed to walling up nine living people in his cellar, including his wife and two children, all said to seek salvation by self-immolation. He claims the victims died voluntarily and that he and a fellow fanatic drew lots to choose who buried them. He still desires to die by his own hand.
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Odessa
Russia
Feodore Kavaloff
Tirespol
Raskoi Niki
Kavaloff
Wholesale Post Office Changes Prompt Broad Appointments
The rule allowing postmasters to serve full terms has been modified.Officials announced that any post offices due to expire between now and July 15 will be considered expired, paving the way for wholesale appointments by the president and the postmaster general.
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Washington
Thames Collision Sends Ystroom to Foundering
Two steamers collided in the Thames bound for Amsterdam. The Ystroom foundered with two passengers drowned. survivors and crew were taken aboard the Bittern, which was damaged. Bittern’s second officer and carpenter were later drowned while aiding the rescue.
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Thames
London
Bittern
Ystroom
Amsterdam
Charity Green, 105, Dies in Boston Home for Aged
Mrs. Charity Green, aged 105, dies at the Home for Aged Colored Women in Boston. Born a slave in Portsmouth, Virginia, she gained freedom when she moved to Boston in 1854.
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Boston
Charity Green
Home For
Foul Play Suspected In Belgian Count's St. Lawrence Death
Comte Henry Dumesnil de Somery of Belgium, found dead near Sorrell in the St. Lawrence, had booked passage to France to renew his life position. Authorities will investigate amid suspicions of foul play.
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Montreal
Comte Henry Dumesnil de Somery
Belgium
St. Lawrence
Sorrell
France
Mystery of the Anonymous Florist Reveals a Gelid Romance
In a drawing room scene, Richard Johnston arrives late to a betrothal dinner as his future mother in law and sisters in law shower him with polite smiles and gratitude for flowers he did not send. The bouquet triggers a comic game of deductions, misunderstandings, and a staged confession as the truth finally surfaces when a second delivery reveals a mix up at the florist.
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Wilkins
Mrs. Wilkins
Miss Wilkins
Gertie
ABC
Gwenne
Richard
Richard Johnston
Johnston
Gwen
Mason’s
Gregory's
Gwendoline
Mias Wilkins
No. 9
Elizabeth on a NJ train a Rosy Cheeked Mystery
A New York Central Jersey train encounter reveals a plump auburn haired girl named Elizabeth. The writer recalls asking for her name and the name being spoken by the conductor triggering laughter aboard the car. Elizabeth’s blush and tears show the moment’s embarrassment.
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Mills
Central Railroad of
New Jersey
New York
Elizabeth
Jersey City
Newark Bay
Lizabeth
Liz
Beth
Liz’beth
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