Victoria E Crane obituary and hometown facts
Victoria E Posegate Crane of Story County Iowa died at her Kelley Iowa home on April 14 1908 at age 39 years 9 months 21 days. She married Claire A Crane on March 10 1889 and had five children four living Bessie Lyman Reva and an infant daughter. Funeral at home April 16 conducted by Rev Walter I Fowle, burial Ames Cemetery. Also a short unrelated anecdote recounts an ornate Paris suicide method with a decapitated body found days later.
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Victoria E. Posegate
Story County
Iowa
Kelley
Claire A. Crane
Bessie
Lyman
Reva
The
Baptist Church
Walter I. Fowle
Ames
Paris
Rue Nitot
Pneumonia Sufferer Credits King’s New Discovery
Jesse P. Morris of Skippers Virginia recalls a near fatal pneumonia attack in spring 1906. He credits Dr King’s New Discovery with rapid relief and full recovery after two and a half bottles, calling it the best remedy for coughs and lung disease. Sold with guarantee at druggists. 60 cents to 1 dollar, trial bottle free.
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Jesse P. Morris
Skippers
Dr. King
Old Maps of Louisiana Exhibit at Louisiana State Museum
An exhibit at the Louisiana State Museum showcases historic maps of Louisiana from New France to the Gulf, drawn in Italy, Holland, and France. The maps exaggerate features, show imaginary waterways, and depict the Mississippi as a graceful river emptying into the Gulf near Florida.
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Louisiana
Louisiana State Museum
Canada
New France
Gulf of Mexico
Virginia
Carolina
Pacific
Italy
Holland
France
Mississippi River
Uvisville and Nashville Railroad
Gulf
Florida
English Lookout
Bay St. Louis
New Orleans
Picayune
A Coveted Picture in J G Brown Studio
A western man visited J G Brown's studio claiming to be one of the street boy models in a group painting. He sought to own the work as a memento of his boyhood, noting his New York streets past and Westward success. The scene notes the work had long since been sold and Brown could not locate it despite a $25,000 offer.
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J. G. Brown
New York
W. Howard Standish
New Broadway Magazine
Danseur
Bon Courage
Rigobette
Orphelia
Marinette
Cascadeur
Parfaite
Pollux
France
Chambord
Nogent-le-Retrou
Darky philosophy and a joke from Tennessee congressman
A Tennessee congressman tells a story about Mose a district darky who jokes that crime pays his way better than steady work. The item also promotes Dr Shoops Pink Pain Tablets explaining they ease congestion and pain in minutes and lists price and supplier. Ben Read returns home from Canon City Colorado after pneumonia treatment with his son Rus.
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Tennessee
Darky
Mose
St. Paul Pioneer Press
Ben Read
Canon City
Colorado
Rus
West
Famous Detective Vidocq: From Paris Thief Hunter to Spy
A London Tit-Bits retelling recalls Vidocq, famed as a master of disguise and chief of a reforming Parisian detective service. He rose from criminal associate to trusted police agent, escaping prison to expose rivals, then led a private inquiry, later faced arrest, and died in poverty detailing his battles.
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Paris
Vidocq
London
Why He Was Excused At Dublin City Sessions
A juror sought to be excused with a doctor's certificate but the recorder opened a sealed letter from a Dublin physician. The letter mocked the juror saying he may be a knave or a fool and that he reeks of porter, provoking laughter in court.
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Dublin City
Dublin
Too Expensive Death Scene Inspires Child Query
Two young girls visiting a performance of Othello wonder if the actors kill a lady each night. The other replies that they only pretend to kill, noting it would be too costly to actually kill someone every night.
Sweet Sorrow Excerpt Sparks Marriage Turmoil
A Washington Herald fragment shows a young bride crying that friends oppose her marriage to a fathead husband and declaring she cannot be happy with him. The emotional exchange reveals social pressures on wedlock in a vivid, period-voice scene.
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Pet
Washington Herald
Domestic Amenities
A witty exchange features Mrs. Knicker and Knicker as they clash over daily preparations and domestic routines revealing humorous friction in a domestic setting. The dialog captures a brisk snapshot of ordinary household life with light sarcasm and social bite.
Bright golden apple advised for every young person
A moral exhortation urges youths to seek the vital virtue symbolized as a bright golden apple from the tree of life, framed as a foundational goal at life’s outset.
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the Times
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Earnest Stout
Texas
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Lone Star State
Rowland & Clifford
Lem. B. Parker
Canier Bros. & Herman
Canier Bros
Herman
M. Vidocq
M. Henri
Monsieur
Vidoegg
Parise
Videcq
Fossard
Brest
Louis
M. Fossard
Vidoceq
Police
Detective Service
V1idocq
M. Daigneau
Dame Marie
Canton
Belleme
Department
Orme
J. H. Marshall
Marnham Hall
Eagland
Stroxton Tom
Lady Smith UT
Nailstone Coeur-de-Lion
Dapple Tom
England
Kuroki
Iowa State College
Amesia
Peek
John Young
Breckloch
Dalbeattie
Prince Shapely
Colonel Holloway
Scotland
Baron's Pride
Macgregor Leace
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