01 Oct 1901
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Newspaper
Adrian Daily Telegram
Location
Adrian, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Oct 01, 1901
Page
1
Limited tickets remain for a Beautiful 160 piece Haviland China Dinner Set. Hurry if you want a chance to win, as the drawing is upcoming and only a few tickets are left for participants.
Strange tale from New York follows the death of Miss Caroline Hall of Boston aboard the steamship Citta di Torino. On board she appeared as Mr Charles Windlow Hall with a wife believed to be Mrs Hall, a multilingual Italian woman who could not speak English. Autopsy confirmed Miss Hall died of consumption while the two women lived as man and wife during their travels from Naples. The event prompted telegrams to Boston and revealed the pair had lived abroad for years, with Hall adopting male attire to navigate society. A mix of sensational detail and archived ads follows.
In Port Huron Emma Hastings reports a fortune scheme by palmist Professor Wyman. Hastings says Wyman instructed her to bring ten twenty dollar bills in a sealed envelope and seal it herself. He then handed the envelope back and she later opened it to find only brown paper. Hastings seeks police aid and repayment of $200.
Michigan items note attempted burglary at Mendon clothing store and other incidents across the state. Romulus area schools lack teachers. a single applicant was rejected. Panic gas nearly asphyxiated a man in Saginaw. a grain expert reports a new crop variety. Identifications follow a Hudson steamer wreck. a Grand Trunk porter was killed by a train. Additional notes include local outbreaks, arrests, corporate filings, pension grants, and a meteor sighting report.
Bulgaria reports Ellen M. Stone missionary kidnapped by masked brigands while returning from a summer Bible worker school in Macedonia. Six students accompanied her. one party member was murdered for a horse. Stone and companion forced to ride away, with others later returning. The event sparks widespread reaction in Bulgaria and abroad.
Survey crews for the Chicago St Paul Minneapolis and Omaha railroad are at work in West Superior Wisconsin on a direct line from the head of the lakes to St Paul and Minneapolis. One crew comes from Copper Creek near Dedham along the Great Northern line and will extend toward West Superior.
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