Brayton suspected hog thief in Brownsville raid
Bill Green claims he followed Dick Brayton after midnight and found a birch bark diagram at the cottonwood site marking cross roads near Deacon Snyder’s farm. The crowd weighs the evidence as Brayton is pressed to answer while neighbors defend his innocence or accuse him of theft.
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Tye
Dean 'Rand
Bill
Ife
Brayton
Avyerill’s
Josh Balcomb
Wayne
Deacon Snyder
Northwes
Dick Brayton
Ile
Bill Green
Ian
Mick
Brownsville
Mr. Boone
Dock
Mr. Porter
Ayton
Averill
Mr. Stevens
Nather
Samantha
Nannie
Nansie
Nanni
Dick Benyton
Mgr
Bil
Dewey
Laulerat
Sioux City Trourhalie
Chicago
Protect.ie
Fordian
Aurion
Sazu
Dick Brayton Accused as Horse Thief by Downstairs Mob
Dick Brayton is surrounded by Bill Green and accomplices who accuse him of horse theft and vandalism. A tense confrontation follows as the crowd plans to punish him while Brayton resists and is taken prisoner by his would be pursuers.
Tortoise and cook tale and Patrick's naming tale
A dim coal cellar sleep leads to a comic tale of a tortoise waking and a cook breaking coal with a stone. The article also recounts how Prince Patrick got his name after Ireland’s welcome for Queen Victoria and Prince Albert in 1849. It notes Arthur Patrick Albert as the seventh child later made Duke of Connaught.
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Oyr
Patrick
Duke of Gonnaught
Treland
Prince Albert
Ireland
Dublin
Prince Atrick
Arthur Patrick Albert
Emerald Isle
Duke of
Connaught
His Nxperience with Sound in a Punchy Converse
A battered man questions a young traveler about sound speed. He claims sound travels at 2,000 feet per second as he recalls an incident where a man called a liar and was instantly countered with a punch. The exchange unfolds on a tense streetcar ride, ending with a warning about accusations.
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Washington
Monkey Right To Shoes Declared Not A Legal Obligation
A Washington police court faced the question of whether a monkey owner must provide footwear. Pietro Florello, a hand organist, was charged with cruelty to animals for using a barefoot monkey to earn money. After examining domestic relations law, the court dismissed the case, finding no obligation to shoe the animal.
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Washington
Pietro Florello
Temple of Justice
Signor Plorello
Love Letter Prank Reveals Old Courtship Secrets
A girl discovers a love letter her father wrote to her mother in happier days. She reads it aloud with her own and her lover’s names, provoking her mother's anger. The mother forbids any involvement with such a writer, and the household falls silent as the snow falls outside.
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Fapa
Insinuation and Hysterical Reaction in Social Exchange
A Detroit Journal fragment shows a man questioning if flesh and blood can reach perfection while addressing a Mrs Butterfield. The scene depicts intense emotion as she becomes hysterical and reflects on the zest of life for pretty girls.
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Mr. Butterfield
Detroit
The Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha Model Fleet
The Indianapolis Press notes the Duke’s world renowned collection of silver model ships. The hobby began in youth and remains a passion, with new pieces added through private purchase and gifts from admirers. The piece also mentions a father’s practical question about providing luxuries for his daughter and a suitor’s candid reply.
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Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
Counting the Coat and the Coachman’s Cheap Flight
An anecdote shows a shrewd business man in a crowded street as his horses bolt. He asks the coachman to stop them, receiving the blunt reply that stopping them is impossible, so the man orders them toward something inexpensive.
Porto Rican tariff debate echoed in Republican lines
The Post-Intelligencer argues the constitutional question over ruling Porto Rico as U.S. territory is the real issue, not tariff rates. The piece criticizes free trade advocates and urges party unity to preserve open markets in the East while confirming Puerto Rico as part of the United States.
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Desu
Porto
The
Post-Intelligencer
United States
Porto Rico
Congress
Republican Party
Far East
Philippines
Asia
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Indianapolis Press
Kinley
Dryan
Clites
Bryan
McKinley
Orto Rico
Pittsburg
Bryan Ducken
New York
Pettigrew
Petigrew
New Providence News
Newngland
Wis
Ashul Pettigrew
Philadelphia
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