Hollow Ash Hall and the Banley Ghostly Mystery
On a raw November afternoon the village of Banley is alive with rumor as Hollow Ash Hall, a haunted English mansion, draws a London gentleman to rent it. The story centers on the faded village, a nonresident lord, a sickly curate family, and locals who fear Three or four spirits said to flit through Burnt Ash Lane near the estate, fueling whispers and dread as the hall awaits new ownership.
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Banley
Barney
Woma
Vernon
London
Haunted Hall Bargain Sparks Ghostly Theories at Hollow Ash Hall
A London family rents Hollow Ash Hall amid ghost stories told by a Vernon Arms host and a wary agent. The agent Grimes and landlord discuss what the Vernon figure might see or fear, while noting the London party pays full rent to dismiss ghosts as a joke. The tale hints at a past steward’s ghost and potential secrets in the house.
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Colney Hatch
Hanwell
Vernon Alma
London
Vernon Arms
Lord Burleigh
Becky
Grimes
England
Grant
Trowne
John Jones
Mr. Grimes
the Landford
Mr. Vernon
Robbery Tales at Westminster Abbey and Sloane Museum
The article recounts mysterious thefts of wax figures from Westminster Abbey once abundant but now dwindled including a missing kingly effigy of Neilson. It notes a halted Sloane Museum treasure plan after Sir John Sloane’s death, with two cupboards opened in 1887 and 1912 found robbed or tampered, delaying expansion funds.
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Magnet Welles
Westminster Abbey
Neilson
Sloane Museum
Lincolns Inn Wields
London
Sir John Sloane
Museum
Sir John
Improvements In Butchertur Putchering Noted In Trade
Fragmentary report notes improvements in butcher work with waste minimization and by products like tortoise shell combs oil upholstery and gelatine from bones. It also mentions five sons serving in the British Navy and a post office order sent by Sir Fleetwood Edwards to Lyme Regis for Mr. J Warren in honor of this naval tradition.
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Fleetwood Edwards
Lyme Regis
J. Wareren
Mr. Warren
Toaster Tales From Harvard Dinners
A humorous sketch recalls guests who pondered a toast question at a Harvard dinner. Amid satire, Ambassadors and lawyers share quips about great women, dinner rituals, and William Evarts’s witty reply to a college exam style prompt about digestion.
Deering at Paris 1900 Receives Highest Honors
The Deering Harvester Company of Chicago was repeatedly honored at the Paris Exposition, earning seven top class awards and twenty-nine total decorations including the Legion of Honor. The firm’s exhibits, including the Deering Twine and Corn Harvester, toured Paris and were later placed in the National Museum of Arts and Sciences in Paris and the National Agricultural College of France. The firm, the world’s largest maker of harvesters and binder twine, operates eighty five acres with about 9,000 employees and produced a vast daily output enough to circle the earth.
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Chicago Harvester Company
America
Deering Harvester Company
Chicago
Legion of Honor
O: Morita Agyicole
Deering
Napoleon Bonaparte
Merite Agricole
National Museum of Arts and Sciences
Paris
National Agricitual College of
France
Tomsk
Sbveria
Minister of Agriculture and Domain
Deering Harvester
Equator
American
Ocean
Deni
NITCH KILLERS ARRAIGNED IN WITCHCRAFT KILLING
Choctawenn Soloman Hotema and Sam Frye, both Choctaw Indians, are arraigned in Paris federal court on murder charges for the April 14 1899 killings near Grant Indian Territory. Sam Tarnatubby is granted severance. Trial seen as four to five days with insanity defense and expert witnesses.
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Paris
Tex
Soloman Hotema
Sam Frye
Sam Tarnatubby
Grant
I. T
Tarnatubby
Hotema
Frye
Tobias Williams
Atoka
Lawmakers Debating Rail Fire Safety Measures
Friday April 11 report notes a rushed legislative session with several bills, led by Mitchell to empower the railroad board to study heating methods and fire protection in passenger and sleeping cars. The measure seeks fire extinguishers in all passenger, sleeping, baggage and express cars and includes an emergency clause.
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Mitchell
Railroad Board
Bih
Wisconsin Senate Kills Voting Machines Amendment and Debates Other Measures
The Wisconsin Senate narrowly defeated a constitutional amendment allowing voting machines and advanced Senator Stout’s bill banning marriage to hereditary diseases. A mock vote on the primary election bill occurred as the chamber ordered Miller’s house measure back from committee. House passed a barbers license bill and approved a $22,000 state loan to New Richmond after a tornado. A narcotics felony bill also moved forward. In Detroit, a major fire destroyed a large American Radiator plant, causing $150,000 in damage and idling up to 600 workers. the foundry survived and insurance covered losses.
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Youay
Apel Gs
Senate
Stout
Miller
New Richmond
Coatly Blate
Vetralt
Hetroit
April
American Radiator Company
Frederick W. Hodges
Detroit
Radiator Combine
Chicago
Steamer Hope Total Loss Off Bryan Island
The sealing steamer Hope was lost on Bryan Island in the Gulf of St Lawrence after being driven onto rocks by an ice floe. All 208 crewmen reached land after enduring privations until Panther, a sister ship, found and evacuated them. the Hope carried 5,000 seals with prospects of full cargo, but salvage is not possible.
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Hope
St. Johns
Slope
Bryan Island
Gulf of St. Lawrence
Panther
Error Slifis Topeka Result
Topeka Kan April 8 The Topeka daily canvass shows a discrepancy in municipal returns. Hughes the Republican is declared mayor by twelve votes, opponent eleven votes behind.
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Topeka
Kan
Woman's Heart Sufferer Praises Dodd's Kidney Pills
Mrs. Samuel G. Dyer of this place writes a public letter praising Dodd's Kidney Pills for curing her heart pain and improving health after years of illness and failed treatments. The tale notes she suffered intensely, slept poorly, and regained strength, crediting the remedy fully.
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M'Carron
Mieli
Samuel G. Dyer
Hewrt
Dodd
Dadd
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