Pressing Memoir of a War-Era Editor's Tactics
A reminiscence recalls a western town newspaper editor during civil war days who used provocative attacks to stir reader interest. When challenged, he hid his sources, issued denials, and faced threats from a colonel and a dancing instructor as tempers flared, ultimately moving his paper after pressure from citizens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theo
The
Press For Blood
Hittin
Coula
Demaise Robitaille
Colonel N
Demaine Robitalle
Linden
Robitalle
Robitaille
Mod
Wald
Fragmented Text Hinting At Family Trait Discussion
Readable fragments suggest a family trait discussant note but lack clear events or identities. No verifiable person, organization, or place could be established from the OCR. The item appears to be damaged or out of context.
Murder Suicide Tragedy In Cadillac Family
Mrs. Cooper fatally harmed eight family members with chloroform and gunfire in Cadillac. She, once confined for mental illness, ended by killing herself, leaving six children dead and one surviving son in hospital after the Friday attack. Neighbors recount the scene and motive tied to perceived unfitness and desperation.
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Cadillac
Mich
Daniel Cooper
Neder
Fred
Pee
Manel Cooper
Mra. Cooper
Chapin’ Street
Toby
Cooper
Florence
Adieu Love and the Fair Wend Passing By
A brisk, era style verse fragment questions who passed by a gatekeeper and hints at a brunette figure of interest. It reads like a playful toast from Applecott's Magazine praising a man who favors a certain reader, with poetic wordplay and nostalgic tone.
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Applecott's Magazine
Favorite Son and Siren of Politics in Fairbanks Memoir
A nostalgic profile traces Charles Warren Fairbanks from youth to senator and vice president. It notes his Indiana roots, law career, marriage to Cornelia Cole, and his nickname era in Washington. The article recounts his role in McKinley’s campaigns, his dislike of buttermilk, and his political friendships and shifts through the 1890s.
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Bes Enmie
Tay Corme
Cleveland
Low Schdol
Supeefun
Cornelia Cole
Marysville, O
Delaware
Washington
Charles Warren Pairbanks
Indiana
United Hites
Ao bin
Eve Mween
Yeawater
Ittunks
Min Kinley
Forum
Fairbanks
McKinley
St. Louie
United States
Sun
Kinley
White House
United States Senate
Fairbmake
Bates
Senate
Fairbanks Aides and Critics Amid Senate Ambitions
The piece extols Fairbanks as a central gentleman with strong party leadership and presidential ambitions, noting his influence with McKinley and resistance to free silver. It recounts an anecdote with Governor Blackburn over a glass of milk and mineral water, while briefly listing labor union card holders in Congress.
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Fairbanks
Glea
Vanteanks
Ore
Imael
Tia
United States Senate
Menl
Fulethee
Viet Tm
Boul Tieck
Senate
McKinley
White House
Patel
Fairbanke
Gear
Lowa Wan Os
Doc Mackburen
Kentucky
Mackburtn
Blackburn
Virar
Blackborn
Boston street shooting leaves three men wounded
Italian native Gautama Natali fired on Maverick Street in East Boston killing one man and wounding two others. A mob chased him toward Amont Street before three young East Boston men and police subdued him and took him to the scene where the victims lay in a pool of blood.
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Boston
Gautama Natali
Maverick Street
East Hopton
O'Neil
McKenna
Rearieves
Natali
John O'Keefe
Willian, Begley
Webster Street
Tionms
Chola Viert
Ital Tse di Aban
Okogioe
Beales
Maverick Minare
Eerine
Vane
Trainer
Begley
Prullet
O'Keefe
Onge
Ehote
Lrizhd Thatian
Maveriel Street
Fragmented verse and comic snippets in a midwestern column
A scratched excerpt blends doggerel and humor as a speaker frets over a missing loved one while a judge and Uncle Allen recount a chicken penny discovery. The text juxtaposes playful verse with a quip about money in fowl, ending with Uncle Allen Sparks’ musings on perpetual motion without grain.
The Effect and A Little Widow in Parodic Fragments
A Chicago Post note quotes The Effect with lines about seeking money and Paris, and a Hawton Post item titled A Little Widow observes a widow taunting a bachelor. The pieces read as brief, fragmentary references blending playful verse with periodical commentary.
Fragmented News Snippet From Leatie's Weekly
In a garbled segment from Leatie's Weekly a mix of names and phrases appears. The text seems to reference a person nicknamed Chief Much Afraid of Water and phrases about behavior, possibly a satirical or coded item, with unclear context and missing coherence.
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Mick
Excteedingly Verdant and the Clunkyman Parables
A fragmentary note presents quirky phrases and odd coinages. It references characters like the clunkyman and Por and mentions an age, Hew Derive, in a ciphered or garbled style typical of a damaged archival text. The tone mimics a literary column with playful era echoes.
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Harper's
Notable 19th Century Figures and Events Collide
A roundup of biographical notes and political tidbits mentions SIRES AND SONS Ellbu Root and Lord Crown as prominent figures, Kellner the magician retires, Armand Capdevielle earns the Legion of Honor, Eugene Wilson shines at the Naval Academy, and the national capital recalls twelve historic figures. It also notes Roosevelt may head the Panama Canal project after world travels and hints at posthumous acknowledgments and wealth bequests.
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Ellbu Root
Berri
Lord Crown
P.M. Hubbell
Iowa
Kellner
Kellar
Ava
South
France
Armand Capdevielle
New Orleans
Naval Academy
Eugene Wilson
Beatle
Wash
Efate
National Capitol
John Quincy Adams
John ©. Calboos
Beary Clay
Abraham Lincoln
Thaddeus Stevens
8. P. Chase
Charles Sumner
Derry Wilson
Gar Geld
John A. Logan
Jantie Walte
William McKinley
Washington
Roosevelt
Panama Canal
Gleanings of Odd Tax Tales and World Notes
The snippet mixes tax quirks and oddities from different regions. It mentions Tee Sander living past sixty one, China with a low tax rate, a house worth 2000 bearing almost no tax, St Petersburg blocking cadet reading Sherlock Holmes stories, and a Swedish town Antanger. It also notes overweight people facing graduated tax and Pekin Gazette starting an editorial page after a long era.
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China
St. Petersburg
Cadet Corps
Sherlock Golmeg
Antanger
Pekin Gneette
Sporting Extra
Numercuansas and the Hard Luck Tales
A garbled collage of quotes from Puck and a Washburn Star-like wit about momentum and two stenographers. It riffs on luck, easy money, and the odd phrasing of a candidate scanning a crowd. The piece reads as humorous satire with scattered name fragments.
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Hele Shen
Wasblogtoe
Stranger's tale of kindness and cold city life
A weary stranger, seeking aid, confides to a compassionate woman about a life spent in toil. She recalls selling the cottage, moving to the city, and the shame she faced among her children. Her son John abroad in the West promised a home, while she faced loneliness and possible ruin. The ticket clerk's departure leaves the stranger and listener in tearful sympathy.
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Jobin
John
Uansas
Kansas
Sohn
Lohn
Twax
Schnol
Mary
Martha
Jolin
Lane
Mwale
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Alpha and Omega
Bacon
Egbert
Chicago Record-Herald
Denver News-Times
Mr. Lingebohg
Misu de Muir
Tubby
St Paul
New York
Pairbanks
Wither
Walter Hresham
Cicer
Grexham
Congress
Houk
Wilton B. Wiper
T. D. Nicholls
Pennsylvania
United Mine Workers of America
Willan J. Cary
Milweukee
J. Z. McDermott
Chicago
Maton
Charles W. Fairbanks
Man
Duluth
Duluth Imperial
Cornell
Uncle Allen
Uncle Allen Sparks
Paris
Chicago Post
Hayes
Howaton Post
Peete Tae
Dr. Hallock
Sires and Sons
Westington Star
Doolittle
Puck
Johr
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