Hemery Reflections On Trust After Vanderbilt Cup Loss
The Vanderbilt cup winner Hemery told the New York Tribune he was too trustful as spectators surrounded him after his superb car was destroyed by fire caused by careless matches. He recalled a Marseilles guest tale and the sting of loss, noting French distrust and sharing a Dumas anecdote about a guest’s theft.
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Hemery
New York Tribune
Marseilles
Alexander Dumas
Paris
Dumas
Unabashed Trial Spirit Drives Young Lawyer
New Hampshire’s Gilman Marston, just admitted to the bar, argued a complex suit with authorities back to Julius Caesar. He pressed on despite the judge’s struggle to follow, offering a bold plea that left the court unsure of its own path.
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Gilman Marston
New Hampshire
Boston Herald
Julius Caesar
Letel
Mitcnell Credits Dodd's Kidney Pills For Relief
Jesse E Mitcnell a telephone lineman and local resident testifies that Dodd's Kidney Pills cured his kidney trouble and back pain after twelve years of distress. He says after four boxes he feels like a new man with no back pain and more strength for work.
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Bide
Kans
Dee
Jesse E. Mitcnell
Mitcnell
Dodd
Dowager Crowd Delays Exit During Drawn Out Opera
A dowager elbows through the audience as the final scene lingers prompting a spectator to quip that the last act has not yet ended. The remark evokes a dark tone about a potential crime if one could kill, hinting at peril in the theatre.
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Lus
Jocka
Vanity Farr
Mull's Grape Tonic Promises Quick Cure and Free Bottle
An advertisement touts Mull's Grape Tonic as a remedy for constipation fever and related ailments. It claims to cleanse impurities and restore digestion, offering free bottles via a coupon and stressing safety compared with alcoholic, opium, and morphine drugs. The pitch targets sick children and nursing mothers with a free trial.
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Mull
Ull
The Genuine Has Two Dates and Numbers Stamp on Label
The label bears two dates and numbers stamped by the druggist. No other details are provided.
Gilt-Edged. Bacon Inquiry on Edge Security
Yonkers Staterman reports a remark by Jiggins about edge security. Egbert suggests it might involve a framed family portrait.
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Egbert
Yonkers Staterman
Girl Gets Verdict in Breach of Promise Suit
In Cerro Gordo county Miss Maude Vanderpool, a school teacher, won 1.65 dollars in a breach of promise case against Fred E. O H arrow. She claimed he promised marriage in 1903, she accepted, a 1904 wedding was planned, and she spent about 250 dollars on wardrobe and housekeeping preparations.
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Mason City
Maude Vanderpool
Cerro Gordo County
Fred E. O’ Harrow
O’harrow
Miss Vanderpool
O’'Harrow
Noted Iowan Passes Away in Arkansas
Keokuk mourns John Nichol Irwin former minister to Portugal and governor of Idaho in 1883 and Arizona in 1890 He also served as Keokuk mayor and state senator head of a wholesale mercantile firm born Ohio 62 years ago Dartmouth 1867 Bells tolled as word spread in Keokuk
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Keokuk
John Nichol Irwin
Hot Springs
Ark
Portugal
Idaho
Arthur
Arizona
Harrison
Ohio
Dartmouth College
Fort Wayne
Honor Veteran Odd Fellow Commemoration in Council Bluffs
Local Odd Fellows lodges observed the fiftieth anniversary of Gen Grenville M Dodge joining the fraternity. Former Congressman Thomas Bowman delivered the principal address as Dodge, then chairman of the Colorado & Southern board, remains an Odd Fellow and commander in chief of the Army of Tennessee.
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Council Bluffs
Odd Fellows Order
Grenville M. Dodge
Thomas Bowman
Gen. Dodge
Colorado & Southern Railroad
Dodge
Army of Tennessee
Proclamations Close Saloons in Burlington and West Burlington
Mayor Castor in Burlington shuts all saloons eating houses hotels restaurants and liquor dealers from Saturday night to Monday morning. West Burlington mayor issues similar Sunday closure for saloons within city limits.
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Burlington
Castor
West Burlington
Sues Escort for Injuries in Waterloo Suit Details
Miss Sadie Crance sues Charles E. Banfield for 10000 dollars claiming injuries from a buggy ride. She alleges the harness was defective and the escort lacked right to drive the fiery team while Banfield paid her company and invited the ride.
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Waterloo
Charles E. Banfield
Sadie Crance
Miss Crance
Boy Stabbed to Death in Burlington Fight
Pally Freitag a 15 year old was stabbed to death by Otto Shaumberg 20 as they scuffled in a Burlington butcher shop Shaumberg seized a large meat knife and plunged it into Freitag's heart Shaumberg was arrested.
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Burlington
Pally Freitag
Otto Shaumberg
Shaumberg
Freitag
Multiple Iowa towns report fires, crimes, deaths and births
Davenport Capt. Tom Cunningham of Hose Co. No. 3 dies after being crushed by a passing hook and ladder truck during a fire run. Udell bank safe blown, $600 stolen. Fairfield gains Rev. Father Henry Hogan as pastor. Council Bluffs Inez Lewis marries Austrian midget Jean Bregant. Webster City freight wreck blocks Northwestern line for hours. Sioux City giant Winnebago John Southwind found frozen to death. West Union reports four smallpox cases under quarantine. Iowa City pioneer Nicholas Oakes dies at 77. Ottumwa 15 year old Olive Ross killed in runaway. others injured. Sioux City drugist O. A. Petersen dies. Milecatine baby born before Lottie Bahr dies. two deaths in same house within two hours. Fort Dodge miner Harry Markle likely to lose sight of both eyes after blast.
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Davenport
Tom Cunningham
Hose Company No. 3
Udell
State Bank of
Father Henry Hogan
Fairfield
Cosgrove
Council Bluffs
Inez Lewis
Jean Bregant
Webster City
Sioux City
John Southwind
West Union
Iowa City
Nicholas Oakes
Brick and Tile Works
Ottumwa
Olive Ross
Tracy Ross
Agnes Millard
Bert Brooks
Blakesburg
O. A. Petersen
Lottie
Fort Dodge
Harry Markle
Holiday Creek Coal Company
Waldron
Ill
B. B. Mitchell
New Montgomery Street
San Francisco
St. Louis
Bert Fuller
Mellon Fuller
Charles Hotfield
Long-Bell Lumber Company
Kansas City
Lufkin
Tex
Delphos
Henry Honhorst
Rose Honhorst
Benjamin Gillman
St. Joseph
Taft
Nelson A. Miles
Massachusetts
Tony Biles
Brooks
Long Island Railroad
Brooklyn
Hills
N. Y
James Kelly
Harry Galway
Joy Morton
Chicago
Morton
Nebraska City
Neb
Lehigh Valley
Schulkill Railway Company
Girard
Williams Cross Roads
Choctaw County
Alabama
Bertha
Tenn
Roscoe Nichols
Silas Green
Joan Alexander Dowie
Zion City
McClellan
Hearst
Ivins
David Hamil
Dayton
Pennsylvania Railway
Cincinnati
Louis Dalrymple
Amityville
Jerome
New York
Board of Elections
Victims and accidents dot Week Ending December 29
A roundup from Terre Haute to New York reports drownings near Terre Haute and St Louis, a fatal fall in Janesville, a wreck near Waldr on, and a trolley collision at Girard. Also notes Taft granting Miles relief, a Brook s GA shooting affray, and local election vote tallies in New York County.
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Robert McFall
Clarence Misner
Terre Haute
Ind
William Harvey
Janesville
Wis
Admiral Dewey
New York
Ewe San Ee
Chicago
Kansas
ST. Louis Ag
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