Poe and Argon Claim Triggered by Dutch Balloonist Tale
A French correspondent cites Edgar Allan Poe's The Unparalleled Adventure of One Hangs Planll as hinting at a gas akin to argon. The piece notes Poe’s fictional gas, its properties, and parallels to argon found forty years later, with casual asides about Pfaall and nitrogen allotropy.
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Lord Rayleigh
Rgmsay
Edgar Allan Poe
Poe
Rotterdam
Nantes
France
Hans Pfaall
Hing Pfaal
Mynheer Superbus van Underdyk
Westminster Gazette
Murderer Davis Confesses After Arrest At Miller
In Pirin Dakota a man using the alias Nola Carlgon admits killing Carlson to seize his property. He gives true name BW Davis from Wellington Ohio and describes lonesome pursuit of Carlson’s herd near Gillette Wyoming. Authorities plan to move him for trial as towns fear lynching due to the prior cage incident. Carlson, a well known rancher near Marquette post, had been courting Blanche Carpenter. A party will recover Carlson’s remains for burial as circuit court sits at Fort Pierre. Meanwhile Miss Helen Gould and party tour Colorado, visiting Pike’s Peak and Manitou before returning east.
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Pirin
Miller
Nola Carlgon
Nels Carton
BW. Davis
Wellington
Dis
Carlson
Gillette
Davis
Fort Pierre
Stinking Water River
Wyoming
Marquette
Blanche Carpenter
America
Sweden
Helen Gould
Denver
Helen M. Gould
New York
Greeley
Colo
Doddridge
Missouri Pacific
United States
Wolcott
Trumbull
Colorado Springs
Pike’s Peak
Manitou
Councilmen in Hot Water in Kansas City Blood Feud Threat
Kansas City officials face threats amid a heated dispute over municipal ownership of gan works. Knights of Labor assembly member T W Gilruth accused councilmen Brown and Kidwell of crooked dealings and warned that the people are exasperated and may visit them with ropes. Other dispatches report Ponca Indian land leases, Father Lepore reinstatement, Durrant murder venue, a long ditch contract in Wyoming, and various regional incidents.
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Kansas City
Denver
Local Assembly
Knights of Yabor
T. W. Gilruth
Assembly
Gilruth
Brown
Kidwell
Gilrath
Galruth
Grasshoppers Die From Consumption in Colorado
In Bristow Colorado on July 9 a scientific study showed local grasshoppers dying of consumption. The plague threatened crops, but now agricultural interests are safe. Applications arrive from Minnesota and Idaho for quantities of the dead and dying hoppers to spread the disease in danger districts.
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Bristow
Colo
Minnesota
Idaho
Sanford Will Sustained in Probate Case at Newport
A Newport jury sustained a will contest involving Miss Kate Field of Washington and George Riddle of Cambridge. The will mostly distributes a large estate with the chief beneficiary the young woman who cared for Mrs Ranford. Institutions named include the Boston Museum of Fine Arts and Wellesley College.
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Sanford
New Port
R. I
Sanford Will Cage
Kate Field
Washington
George Riddle
Cambridge
Ranford
Boston Museum of Fine Arts
Wellesley College
Bold Chicago Robber Killed After Street Battle
A Chicago robbery attempt at 64 Adama Street ended when the thief, likely C E Cole, was shot by Officer Rosenthal. Cole wounded saloonkeeper P J McGloin and bystander H M Steinberg before fleeing, captured near the Auditorium. he died on Congress Street. The laundry mark on his shirt read N E Cole, suggesting a Kansas City origin.
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Kansas City
Cariaco
C. Eb, Cole
McGloin
Adama Street
Chicago
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Auditorium Hotel
Congress Street
P. J. McGloin
H. M. Steinberg
St. Luke’s Hospital
Samuel Btone
Cole
O'Brien
Adame Street
Quincy Street
State Street
Ore
Jackson Street
Wabash Avenue
Day
van Buren Street
Steinberg
Pareuit
Stone
Great Auditorium Theater
Lang
Bornheimer & Co
City
Sermon by an Aged Minister at Grivnart Baptist Church
Rev Thomas Brande, in his 86th year, preaches on The Kingdom of God citing early church models and opposing the German rationalist view that all men are Christ in following him. Nearby reports note a farmer's suicide in Orzston, a Knowlton fire, minister resignations, saloon battles, a major furniture firm failure, a Georgia old soldiers colony bid, campaign openings, and various national and local updates with football scores and military notes.
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Grivnart
Brande
Realistic Opera Scene at Orange Opens with Gusts and Drama
A Century magazine review lauds the Comedie Francaise at Orange for its stark realism in Oedipus. The open palace scene, wind driven costumes, and dramatic stances animate the tragedy, with Tiresias and Creon delivering powerful moments amid gusts and outdoor mise en scene. In separate notes, Beach case in Lincoln proceeds with Beach posting bond. a fragment mentions a speaker admitting foolish trust.
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Creou
Comedie Francaise
Gibions
Tiresias
Gidious
Thomas A. Janvier
Century
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