Counterfeit Half Dollar Leads to Morning Misery
Annette Lisle unknowingly accepts a counterfeit half dollar and tries to dump it via a seamstress. The coin causes a chain of losses for the poor, including a baker and a boy named Henry, leading to police intervention and a courtroom rescue by a lawyer uncle who teaches a lesson on honesty.
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Annette Lisle
Richard
Annette
Miss Jones
Matti
Mary
Henry
James
Attedy
Abe
Kentucky Millionaire Wickliffe's Rise From Laborer to Capitalist
The Paducah Herald notes Robert Wickliffe, a Virginia native who migrat ed to Kentucky as a laborer earning fifty cents daily. He later became a respected lawyer and leading capitalist, with wealth estimated at four million dollars at his death.
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Robert Wickliffe
Virginia
Kentucky
Paducah Herald
Wickliffe
Firat
Murder at Mound City Lynching of Vaughn Follows
A Cincinnati Gazette special reports Vaughn killed a foundry worker in Mound City Illinois after a quarrel over a bender. Vaughn fled to Kentucky then was captured and returned. A mob of about two hundred broke the jail and hanged him Sunday night. The foundry man and Vaughn’s father narrowly escaped.
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Aartisears
Pantie Uiehiplicabsence
Ublic
Mound City
Tllinois
Vaughn
James ‘Goodloe
Kentucky
Giant apple and eerie squirrel omen headline Evansville item
A farm report from Mount Carmel describes a mammoth pippin apple weighing 214 ounces and 15 inches in circumference. The piece notes six such apples total seven pounds two ounces and calls for a premium for the tree’s fruit while mentioning a surge of gray squirrels and a cold winter forecast.
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M. R. ‘Bett
Wabash County
Illinois
Chaney Clark
Mount Carmel
Bell
Evansville
Deep Sea Depths Exceed Imagination in Ocean Soundings
The article notes Atlantic soundings show depths of 39 600 to 46 236 feet. It compares ocean depths to mountain heights, claiming giants like the Himalayas would vanish beneath such abysses. It highlights that the deepest recorded plummet reaches about eight miles, far below sea level.
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Trinity
Valentia Bays
Berryman
Atlantic Ocean
Denham
A New Watering Method Trials In Lyons Streets
A Lyons chemist spilled hydrochloric acid on a terrace and found moisture hardened into a lasting damp spot. This led to experiments applying the idea to macadam roads to curb dust. The carriageway remains dust free for months, with ground appearing damp in heat and becoming stiffer and more comfortable each morning.
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Lyons
France
John Randolph Remembered as Sarcastic Figure in Montgomery Speech
The fragment recalls John Randolph as a witty yet caustic figure. An anecdote shows a youth quipping about a house call and Randolph’s sharp reply. The text references Montgomery, speeched hosts, and criticisms tied to education and property ruin by salvation efforts.
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John Randolph
Randolph
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Robert W. Nixon
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Dearborn County
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Dearborn
Ripley
Adiana
Robert Q. Terrill
Main and
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Booney County
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Lys
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Sutton
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