Millionaire Amos J. Snell Shot Dead in Chicago Hallway
Chicago special reports Amos J. Snell, wealthy West Side real estate owner, shot in the hallway of his brownstone at Ada Street and Washington Boulevard around 2 AM Wednesday. Two bullets struck him, one to the brain and one to the heart, giving instant death. He was found by: (text ends)
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Chicago
Amos J. Snell
West Side
Ada Street
Washington Boulevard
Central Station
George B. Brooks
Snell
Seree
Mr. Snell
Murder in a Quiet Town Ends in Death
Two shots struck an elderly man, one fracturing the skull and brain, the other piercing the left breast and heart. The killers reportedly stepped over the body and fled through the kitchen, with no clear evidence of their escape route.
Murder at the Snell residence shocks Chicago society
The murdered Amos J. Snell, 65, a Chicago West Side magnate with a fortune of at least $3,000,000 and hundreds of properties, was found after a shooting that Rosa Berksteller and Ida Berksteller heard. The cook reported waking to shots and the hall scene before dawn, while Snell slept or moved in his room.
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Rosa Berksteller
Daily News
Ida
Mr. Snell
Amos J. Snell
Little Falls
Chicago
Wealthy Chicago magnate Snell murdered amid rising burglaries
The article profiles the late Chicago magnate John Snell famed for marble fronts and vast real estate, worth over 3 million, with properties across Ada and Randolph streets and in Iowa. It notes public sentiment rising against crime, calls for vigilant committees, and police shortages as detectives face a lack of manpower.
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Ada, Randolph, Elizabeth
Sheldon
Fulton
Madison Streets
Washington Boulevard
Milwaukee Avenue
Ogden Avenue
Ade Street
Jefferson
Park Ridge
Schaumberg
Iowa
Snell
Chicago
Lynch
American Horticultural Society Endorsed San Jose Visit
Special correspondence from San Jose details the American Horticultural Society’s San Jose session, praising the city’s growth and the Santa Clara Valley. It notes Citrus and Horticultural exhibits, the Lick Observatory, New Almaden mines, and Stanford University, highlighting regional climate, schools, and industry as proof of California horticultural promise.
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San Jose
Cal
Van
Cleveland
Ohio
California
Rocky Mountains
Santa Clara County
Santa Clara Valley
Santa Clara
Mon
Can Ion
Horticultural Association
Notre Dame
University of Pacific
Ublic —-Ia
Jose
Palo al
Stanford
Leland Stanford Junior University
Europe
Lena Stanford
Mt. Hamilton
Lick
James Lick
Pennsylvania
Mt Hamilton
Railroad danger lesson from a Boston Times fragment
A Cambridge father warns a young son about walking on tracks and near cars. The older brother adds stern counsel, noting the risk of harm and the grim image that a train would leave the brains on the railroad.
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Cambridge
Charlie
Boston Times
Bixby Displays Calm When Child Suffers Croup
An account from TidBits describes Bixby panicking during a child's croup attack while his wife calmly tends the boy through the night. She quiets him, manages treatment, and sustains the child until morning, prompting Bixby to claim men keep their wits in crises.
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Bixby
Croup
The Maximilian Armor and Its Decline in Armory History
The piece reviews armor from 1440 to 1460 noted for lightness and snug fit, molded to the body and enabling movement. It highlights early white armor, Italian and Nuremberg styles, and the shift to decorative gilding after full development, signaling armor’s decline.
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France
Nuremberg
Blaine Declines Nomination for Presidential Ticket
The National Republican Committee reveals a letter from James G Blaine declining to have his name presented at the upcoming National Republican Convention. Blaine cites past party struggles, current prospects, and a wish to serve as a private citizen while supporting Republican unity and policy.
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Pittsburgh Telegram
B. F. Jones
National Republican Committee
Blaine
National Republican Convention
Beamont
The
United
Poe
Union
Garfield
Arthur
Republican Party
Democratic Party
Idom
Repub
James G, Blaine
What John Sherman Says
Columbus report details John Sherman in response to a Blaine letter declining Chicago convention name. Sherman says he expected such move from Blaine and will seek the Ohio delegation while contesting honorably for the nomination. He notes Blaine could sweep the country if nominated but would not seek the nomination.
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John Sherman
Columbus
Ohio
James G. Blaine
B. F. Jones
Republican National Committee
Chicago
Mr. Blaine
Sherman
Blaine
Judge Hails Fast Mower Despite Lack of Wings
In a curious remark the judge notes the mower is surprisingly quick even without wings, highlighting its unconventional design and unexpected speed potential.
Symbolic Valor and Reform Through Badges in History
An American in England recalls a Victoria Cross funeral badge given to a brave soldier and its healing power for a grieving mother. The piece cites the Lusk reform school experiment where creating a prison society with a badge sparked pride and improved conduct among about twenty boys.
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England
Reformatory School
Lusk
Napoleon
Legion of Honor
Murder at the Boulevards de la Villette in Paris
A man is attacked on Boulev ard de la Villette and cries for help with his breath as an assailant orders him to stop, threatening to wake the neighborhood in a Paris Gau lois report.
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Boulevard de la Villette
Paris Gaulois
Can't He Take a Hint. Gus Snobberly and the Parrots
A humorous fragment shows Gus Snobberly delaying a long evening call while parrots, described as suspicious and clever, react with sharp chatter. A woman recounts a parrot telling him to go home, illustrating comic miscommunication and social awkwardness.
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Gus
Senate Debates Tariff and Railway Legislation Across Nations
The record details Senate and House maneuvers on tariffs duties for breeding animals, a bill on bills of lading as conclusive, subsidies to railroads for telegraph lines, and opposition to Jay Gould's Western Union monopoly. It notes nominations for federal posts, tribal settlement openings in Dakota, and public building appropriations in Galesburg, Richmond, Davenport, and Fort Worth.
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Senate
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Iteheli
House of Relatives
United States
House of Representatives
Anderson
Kansas
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Jay Gould
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Western Union
Pacific Railroad Companies
Manderson
Committee On Printing
Public Lands Commissioner
Committee On Indian Affairs
Dakota
Benjamin F. Wade
Ohio
J. Marion Brooks
California
House
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Smithsonian Institution
Choctaw Coal and
Ailroad
Texas
Greer County
Secretary of War
Wabash River
Reagan
Voorhees
Turpie
Ontonagon Railroad
Washington
Georgetown
Galesburg
Richmond
Ind
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Davenport
Iowa
Eell Claire
Wis
Milwaukee Man Kroeger Claims Centenarian Longevity
Milwaukee Michael Kroeger, living in Manchester Green County, is described as possibly the oldest living man. Born in 1774 in Posen Prussia, he is said to be 114 or 115, with a long record of a hard-working life, a habit of temperate living, and a century of tobacco and whisky use. His family history traces to Napoleonic wars and a line of strong sons who later moved to Milwaukee.
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Milwaukee
Michael Kroeger
America
Manchester
Green County
Mr. Kroeger
Posen
Kreeger
Joon
Europe
Kroeger
Ame
Kroger
Birds Sing In Animal Voices A Sun Essay On Birds
The New York Sun notes a New Jersey as the great bird center of the United States with a humorous survey of bird sounds. It assigns musical voices to many species including nightingale mockingbird wood thrush skylark bobolink bluebird vulture bell bird oriole wood dove red bird can catbird and blue jay, comparing them to contralto soprano tenor and other tones.
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United States
New Jersey
Florida
New York Sun
Henry George Denounced by Former Friends in Labor Party
New York report says Henry George faces open attack at Kings County General Committee meeting. John McMackin declares the party not the personal property of one man and George may be retired from United Labor. Anti-Poverty leader Dr McGlynn says the party will nominate a Presidential and Vice Presidential ticket and resist tariff tinkering.
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New York
Henry George
United Labor Party
George
Kings County General Committee
John McMackin
Halles McCigan
Labor Party
Bd Poe
Rom
Cleo
Dr. McGlynn
First Coal Gas Use Traced to Illiam Murdock of Redworth Cornwall
The article notes Illiam Murdock of Redworth Cornwall lights an extensive manufacturing establishment in 1402 as a claim to the first coal gas use. It mentions France disputing this, London streets lit by gas in 1407, a £20,000 raised, and a proposed company incorporation. It adds coal gas reached Baltimore in 1816 and now funds over a thousand works in the United States employing more than twenty five thousand, including water gas production.
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Illiam Murdock
Redworth
Cornwall
France
London
S Company
Baltimore
United States
Carving Lesson In A Quirky Dinner Scene
Tory asks Dr. Sandblast to carve a fowl while he lectures in a signs of bravado style. The eminent surgeon guides the audience with a theatrical incision remark as Mrs Parmalee is interrupted and the dialogue drifts into anatomy and help with the femur.
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Tory
Virtue and pie lead to reward in a father’s lesson
A father tells Bobby that doing what is right brings personal satisfaction and a sense of reward. The dialogue contrasts moral virtue with seeking more pie, while a later snippet notes a 1708 discovery of water gas and 1875 U.S. gas works, mentioning rising costs of coal and naphtha.
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Bory
Bobby
Canada’s Governor General to India and successor named
Ottawa reports Lord Lansdowne will depart for England in mid June after serving as Viceroy of India, overseeing arrangements for his replacement. The incoming governor general is the Rt Hon Arthur Stanley, Lord Stanley of Preston, heir presumptive to the Derby title.
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India
Lord Stanley
England
Ottawa
Canada
Arthur Stanley
Preston
G. Co. B
Earl of Derby
Baddons of Derby
Beasley Brothers of Chicago Fail After 30 Years
The Beasley Brothers, a prominent Chicago Board of Trade firm, have failed with liabilities around 250000. The thirty year old house, well known in local commerce, astonished the market as the Snell murder case spurs a $10 reward for capture and conviction.
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Snell
Chicago
Beasley Brothers
Chicago Board of Trade
Amos J. Snell
Iowa Legislature Debates Insurance and Rail Measures
The Senate and House clash over insurance policy reforms and a new taxation plan for soldier relief. Debates cover railroad pooling, the Hutchison registration bill, suffrage for municipal elections, and a proposed five district elected Iowa Board of Railway Commissioners. The measure to create an experiment station passes the Senate. The pack includes protests from railroad workers and Knights of Labor.
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Senate
Reiniger
Joint Committee On Appropriations
Hutchison
House
Conference Committee
Congress
United
Waa
Wid
Senate Railroad Committee
Pedeage
Chicago
Rock Island
Acific
Young
Council Bluffs
Laws
Sage
State Assembly
The
Knights of Labor
Pharmacy Board
Buncombe
Tur
Iowan College
Senate Committee On Mines and Mining
Berryhill
Me Wa and Means
Taylor
Executive Council
Senate Committee On Railways
Iowa Board of Railway Commissioners
Des Moines
Henry, Lee, Jefferson
van Buren
Davis
Wapello
Keokuk
Waeni Louisa
Clinton
Iowa
Jackson
Johnson
Ascatine
Scott, Cedar
Jones
Allamakee
Winneshiek
Clayton
Fayette
Dubuq
Delaware
Buchanan
Black Hawk
Bremer
Ickasaw
Howard
Marshall
Tama
Benton
Linn
Jasper
Poweshiek
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Audubon
Mahaska
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Adame
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Appanoose
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Decatur
Ringgold
Page
Lyon
Sioux
Osceola
O’brien
Dickinson
Clay
Buena Vista
Cherokee
Ida
Sac
Emmet
Alto
Kossuth
Winnebago
Hancock
Pocahontas
Humbold
Calhoun
Webster
Ramilton
Greene
Boone
Stor
Hardin
Franklin
Wright
Cerro Gordo
Worth
Mitchell
Floyd
Butler
Grandy
Pottow Harrison
Sheilby
Carroll
Montgomery
Crawford
Monona
Woodbury
Poills
Fremont
Why We Shake Hands In Everyday Encounters
The article recounts an ancient custom of shaking hands to signal peace and openness. It explains the gesture originated as a pledge that both parties carried empty hands and had no intent to rob or harm. It notes the handshake as a balanced display of mutual trust between friends strangers and guards.
Dress and manners enhance a woman's influence, says Toledo Blade
The Toledo Blade notes that a woman can greatly affect how she is perceived through dress and manner. It argues that attractive attire boosts agreeable impressions, and that even earnest women neglecting personal appearance hinder their impact. It asserts pleasing appearance aids social reception and support for women’s causes.
Manoa Dialogue Narrows Speech to Silence and Prayer
A fragmented exchange shows Manoa and Eddies urging quiet and repeating prayers to end talk. The overheard conversation hints at tension over speaking and rest, with emphasis on stopping discussion and seeking calm.
William Boys Boots Instruction From Economical Mother
An economical mother warns her son William not to tramp about in that manner to spare new boots. The scene shows a domestic exchange focusing on frugality and footwear use.
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William
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