Senter dies as cotton exchange head in St Louis
In terse telegrams, William M. Senter, president of the St. Louis cotton exchange, dies. Also noted are mass allegiance by over 50,000 Filipinos in Hailo province to the United States, the discovery of attorney I. P. Copeland’s body in an irrigation ditch in Reno, news of Warren Addison Sebring’s death at Silver Lake aged 101, and muscatine financier George Funk’s passing aged 76. Reports mention the McCarthy children perished in a house fire, Chile offering peaceful terms to Bolivia, and a fatal explosion at Baltimore Copper Melting and Rolling Company injuring four men.
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William M. Senter
St. Louis Cotton Exchange
United States
Hailo Province
I. P. Copeland
Reno
Warren Addison Sebring
Indiana
Silver Lake
George Frederick Funk
Muscatine
A. McCarthy
Kanasa City
Chile
Bolivia
Baltimore
Charles Markey
Patrick Downey
Timothy Chiplam
Frank Martin
The Devoted Wife and the Rubber Plant Rescue
A fragment scene shows The Devoted Wife pleading for care as rescuers lift a fallen rubber plant tub. The chorus urges gentleness and notes a baby related concern while a humorous remark about a new seat appears amid the chaotic moment.
Stone stumped find sparks Mormon manuscript myth
In Dongola Union County Illinois a farmer found a hollow stone resembling a pocketbook while digging a stump. The stone bore English inscriptions claiming to contain the original manuscript of the Book of Mormon by Joseph Smith. Red cedar plugs held papers with hieroglyphic writing. The finder will hand the manuscript to Mormon elders and Salt Lake officials have been notified.
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Illinois
Marshal Pen~rod
Dongola
Union County
Chicago
Joseph Smith
Mormon Church
Penrod
Salt Lake
Arrests at Paris Fair Exposition Police Report
The Chicago Tribune cites 13 097 total arrests on the fair grounds with breakdowns for murder four, murderous assaults 116, crimes against morals 362, minor ascents 1 102, defacing property 401, theft 4 603. Strangers arrested 1 189, Americans 44, and Denmark 1 as well as Polynesia 1. A museum of unclaimed items included 45700, umbrella 4000+, false teeth, garters and corsets, burglar’s kits, Legion of Honor crosses, foreign decorations, slippers and many other items. the collection to be auctioned for charity after May 1.
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Exposition
Fair Grounds
Chicago Tribune
Denmark
Polynesia
Legion of Honor
Queer Accidents to Guns aboard British Battleship Thunderer
While the Thundership Thunderer practiced off Milford Haven Wales a curious gun accident occurred when a ten inch breech loading gun fired with only part of the projectile released. A base plate and portion of the frame remained in the gun and gas pressure blew a fragment from the breech. On the second gun a three inch diameter bale blew through the projectile and the base plate separated. Alarm arose in the turret though both guns appear sound. It is thought damp powder or water in the guns caused the incidents.
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Milford Haven
Wales
Mysterious Stone Hidden in Carbon County Field
A farmer near Dongola, Marshal Penrod, unearthed a hollow black oak stump containing a stone engraved with This stone contains the original manuscript of Moroni Joseph Smith. The plug-sealed hollow held parchment sheets with undecipherable hieroglyphics. The tale references a distant Sensuge at Distance and a Rumpus in Bloomingville with a joke about Kansas City distance.
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Carbondale
Marshal Penrod
Dongola
Penrod
Moroni
Aforman
Joseph Smith
Fragmented Readings on Lincoln and Gossip Lore
A garbled collage from a historic page blends a comic exchange about marriage with sketches of Daniel Webster as a boy and Lincoln as a child. It shifts to anecdotes about Civil War soldiers and a quip from Tad Lincoln, then to reflections on fame and greatness and a joke about a husband’s vow to a wife.
Proper Sort of Dill Burglar Rat Eviction Tale
A fragment from a Chicago paper depicts a burglar figure taunting a victim as eviction unfolds. The piece reads as a terse, noir flavored snippet with mangled wording and unclear sequence, offering a glimpse of a crime tale and local flavor.
Snippets of City Talk and Humorous Quips Across Papers
A collage of short exchanges from Chicago and New York papers features domestic pleas, pay raise requests, a comic misfire about an accident at work, hair color grumbles, a near sighted remark about a baby, a birthday cake demand, a deaf baker mishearing, marriage proposals, and light jokes about a summer boarder.
Scott's Emulsion of Cod Liver Oil Advertisement
An old advertisement compares consumption to mold destroying cheese and promotes Scott's Emulsion as a food supplement that helps kill germs by strengthening the patient. It urges starting slowly, notes it strengthens appetite, and claims recovery of strength when germs are dead. Offers free sample and lists price and address.
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Scott
Salt Water Blood and Early Transfusion Methods
A historical summary of transfusion practices from ancient myths to early modern medicine, noting direct vein-to-vein transfers, blood beating to remove toxins, and later use of saline solutions as safer alternatives. Also mentions household fuel tips, poultry tonic claims, and a veterinary salve with a fragmentary note on an explosion and medical remedies.
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Ovid
Medea
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Queen's University
Canada
Iowa
J. A. Jones
D.D
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National Educational Association
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Great Western
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Husmate Farmer
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Ila
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Alcott
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Dimmy
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Inter Ocean
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Ally
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Pearl St
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Tole
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