The Tragic Fall of Gamblers Row in Lawrenceburg
A New Orleans Picayune account recalls Gamblers Row in Lawrenceburg Ind three houses famed for high stake poker and secret passages. It details Hickman Brashier and Brashier lover the Widow Hickman in duels betrayals and a fatal river duel leaving two men dead and a vow to end the row. The tale ends with the ruin and abandonment of the gambling houses.
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New Orleans
Picayune
Lawrenceburg
Ind
Ohio Valley
John and
Wesley Hickman
Robert Brashier
Ohio
Cincinnati
Mississippi River
Brashier
South
Hickman Brothers
Gambers’ Row
William Kuft
Natchez
Hickmans
Braahler
Captain Huff
Hickman
Brashifer
John
Milford
Jimmy” Skelton
Skelton
Brashler
John Hieckman
Bob Brashler
Jonathan Green
Middle West
Tyro
Hall
Green
Weelley Hickman
John Hickman
Brashter
Mrs. Hickman
Mineral Products of the United States chart issued by USGS
The United States Geological Survey presents a decade chart showing yearly output values for metallic and other mineral products. It notes 1898 totals of metals at 305 million and other minerals at 419 million, rising to a grand total of 2.069 billion by end of 1907. Copies and chapters from Mineral Resources of the United States may be obtained from the Survey in Washington. The piece also reprints the Mental Jog from the New York Press, critiquing the demand for prefixed words like now listen.
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United States Geological Survey
United States
Geological Survey
Washington, D.C
New York
Fads And Fashions Of Interest To Alias Readers
New York Nov 14 Dr Aked pastor of Rockefeller's church stirs dust with radical views on women voting and advice to use force. A prominent politician cryptically comments on the matter. Suffragists mock elections Taft is joked about as voters respond with taffeta names. A skeleton at the National Academy becomes a campus rite with a rename to Elfreda Taft. Adirondack hunting ends bloodless, and a speedster with chronic rheumatics delivers a quip about occupations.
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New York
Aked
Rockefeller
Taft
National Academy
Paris Academy
Fashion Notes From the Horse Show and Paris Gowns
The article surveys fur trimmed suits with hats and coats, plaid clan waistcoats, and elaborate gowns for weddings and dinners. It notes high waistlines, covered arms, upholstery waistcoats, and brass buttons with renewed binding, plus black gowns and velvet hats matched to gowns. Hoods gain Parisian popularity for evening wear.
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Fabrica
New York Fur Fashion Displays Showcase Luxe Coats
New York shoppers observe an array of fur garments as cold weather arrives, with coats jackets capes and stoles in mink sable seal and other furs. Directoire style influences long slender lines while Hudson seal novelty appears, and seal remains fashionable though pricey. rich buyers seek self trimming and dramatic long sleeves.
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New York
Dutrectoicet
Directoire
Praia Pad
Serpent Saved Soy’s Life In A Village School
A Jopbulpore village school teacher detained a Mahajar boy after hours, demanding his ornaments. When refused, the master stabbed him with a knife and, as pain grew, the boy asked for death by stone. He fled as bystanders passed.
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Soy
Faisa Akhbar
Willim
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Andes
Vicksburg
Milord
Brasher
Hirashler
Mineral Products
The
Trenton
N. J
Gotham
Broughton Braidenburg
Cleveland
Bill Bones
Mr. Bones
Bill
Bill Taft
Ife
Adirondacks
Paris
Iso
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