Widow Inherits After Hat Reveals Hidden Marriage Record
Alderman Donohue’s silk derby, worn during Grover Cleveland’s 1884 victory night, contained a marriage note. A Montana widow later proved her claim with the linings inscription, securing a favorable court ruling. The chain of events centers on the battered hat and a long-lost certificate.
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Grover Cleveland
Aldermiah Donohue
Wilkesbarre
Donohue
Cleveland
Donahue
Bristol
George Bounds
Mary Trogers
George Raunds
Montana
Donolmie
Harper Seeks Funds for New University Dormitory
President Harper of the University of Chicago seeks about $100,000 to fund a new women’s dormitory near Beecher and Kelly halls to relieve housing shortages for the growing number of female students. Trustees discussed Cobb plans and agreed a new hall costing around $75,000 should be built saving Lexington avenue, with a capital donor sought.
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Chilenizo University
Harper
University of Chicago
Coutts
Kelly, Beecher
Foster
Henry Ives Cobb
Beecher
Kelly
Lexington Avenue
New German Light Promises Revolution in Illumination
Consul Deuster reports from Crefeld that a discovery dubbed an incandescent gas could replace standard lighting. A single jet of normal size might yield over 1,000 candle power, readable text at 100 feet, with 1,500 candle power costing about 44 cents per hour, while 400 candle power electric lights cost 14 cents per hour. Japan’s petroleum industry grows. 1893 output reached 3,320,707 gallons, up over 50 percent in four years, with wells generally under 600 feet deep and deeper borings expected to boost supply.
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Deuster
Crefeld
Germany
State Department
Japan
Santa Vision Sparks Tiny Tides of Holiday Humor
A fragmented newspaper snippet quotes dialogue about Santa Claus and a bow-legged image, with a jokey exchange between Tommy and his father. The text credits Chicago News and the New York World, mentioning a minister's son and a wish that people stop giving slips for Christmas in a satirical tone.
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Tommy
Santa Claus
Papa
Chicago News
Hatfield uses Bible as only weapon in Charleston tale
In a Kanawha county anecdote Manse Hatfield visits Charleston with a merchant's family. He shows a worn Bible from a hand grip, declaring it his only weapon and urging constant use to live by Jesus Christ, while admitting the Hatfields' bad reputation.
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Hanne Haneld
Harmold-McCoy
Chapman
Hartford City
W. Va
Hamnse Hatfield
Hatfield-McCoy
Kanawha County
Rebekah Fudge
Charleston
Manse Hatfield
Hatfeld
Hatfield
Jesus Christ
Ivory used by the ancients reveals value of the prehistory carving
The piece outlines ivory and bone carving from ancient times, noting early examples in Egypt Nineveh and Rome. It cites ivory objects in the British Museum and Louvre, Constantinople work from the middle ages, and medieval crucifixes and holy images. It mentions Chinese and Japanese minisculpture.
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Reflex Shaw
Appletons
Popular Science Monthly
British Museum
Louvre
D. C
B. C
Constantinople
A Careless Farmer Sparks Tragic Dec Fire Incident
In Lima on December 20 John Strawman, a Seneca county farmer, threw a cartridge into a fire. The shell exploded, burning Mrs. Strawman and killing her. Strawman lost his right hand. Nearby Assigna notes two distilleries and a corporate assignment to Columbia Financial with assets and liabilities around 750000 each.
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Lima
John Strawman
Seneca County
Assigna
Owensboro
R. Monarch
Glenmore Distling Company
Engle Distiling Company
Columbia Financial and Trust Company
Louisville
History of a Year 1897 and Global Affairs Review
A compact summary of 1897 noting U S economic improvements crops profits and falling mortgage burdens. It covers tariff and currency reform plans Dingley bill and proposed gold backed greenbacks as well as arbitration treaties with Britain and Hawaiian annexation. The piece surveys Cuban Greek and Chinese crises, Central American upheavals, and regional tensions shaping year end.
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United States
McKinley
Congress
Gage
Indianapolis
The Old Year Abroad And The World In 1898
A sweep through the year's international scene noting unrest and wars, with Britain facing Afghan frontier conflict and jubilee contrasts. France quiet yet expanding Madagascar influence, Germany’s emperor abroad, Austria crushed by Czech tensions, Spain fighting in Cuba and Philippines, amid home dissensions and upheaval.
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Great Britain
Bombay
Calcutta
Afghanistan
Germany
Kiao-Chau Bay
Austria
Reichsrath
Bohemia
Moravia
Cuba
Haygna
Blanco
Phat Achame
1597 Embezzlement and Disaster Rates Compared Worldwide
The article reviews charitable giving in 1597 totaling 33,012,814 with major shares to colleges 10,203,450 and charities 14,785,620 and churches 5,023,728. It lists disaster deaths by drownings explosions and fires, railroad and wartime losses, totaling 389,077 across eras, plus embezzlement losses of 11,248,084 and notes on suicide and homicide statistics and executions.
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Man
Imantoir
MYOS
CUDA
Minor News Items Of The Week Ending Dates And Disasters
In a compact digest, the week notes political inaugurations in Virginia and Greater New York, a major earthquakes strike near Exeter New Hampshire, a Cal football injury, lynchings in Arkansas and Mississippi, famine India costs to treasury, England engineers strike costs, church anniversaries, obituaries, a murder in Indiana, mine flood near Guana jata Mexico drowning 36 miners, rising US gold production, China loan guarantees by Russia, a Dawson City fire loss, embezzlement capture in Georgia, and assorted regional incidents.
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Hoger Tyler
Virginia
Robert A. van Wyck
Greater New York
Exeter
N. H
Marysville
Cal
Clyde Manwell
Sherrill
Ark
India
Treasury
England
Jacob Strayer
Stondale
Charles Council
New York
First Reformed Presbyterian Church
New York City
Wiliamwn James Linton
New Haven
Conn
Joseph Hopkins
Glendare
Miss
James Kirkley
Benton County
Fowler
Ind
San Puerto Cocal
Guanajata
Mexico
United States
Russia
China
Dawson City
Alaska
PD. H. Mubry
Southern Xpress Company
Brunswick
Alar
WEYLER DISGRACED ARREST OF CUBA FUGITIVE GENERAL
Madrid reports the former Captain General Weyler was arrested after authorities seized three newspapers. The move appears aimed at stifling diplomatic tension over a memorial he sent to the queen regent denouncing President McKinley and his congress message. Weyler remains on active Spanish military list.
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Weyler
McKinley
Congress
Devers
Greece
Turkey
Macedonia
Cuba
Madrid
United States
Slr Kinley
General strike averted as New England cotton mill workers accept wage cut
Boston reports that New England cotton mill operatives will not strike this month after a broad sentiment to accept wage reductions. The move ends the last major push by strike supporters, following a pivotal vote by the PaIl River mule spinners. Still, observers warn a February strike could still occur if pressure grows.
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New England
Boston
Guilty verdict in murder trial of Ida Johnson in Galenburg case
Ida Johnson, ex Alderman Charles I. Johnson’s widow, convicted of manslaughter in the 3 year old case. Jurors found guilt after two week trial. sentence is indeterminate. Notable deaths include Rev. William M. Haigh, Baptist official, at age about 69. Other items report a prison transfer in Vinton, a centenarian Nicholas McQuillan’s birthday celebration, and local shootings and accidental deaths.
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Din Johnson
Galenburg
Galesbury, II
Ida Johnson
Charles I. Johnson
Divine
Chicago
William M. Haigh
American Baptist Society
Yale Avenue
Rey
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