The Moma diamond's escape on a moonlit byway
John Marsden, famed for wearing the Moma diamond as a cravat pin, foils a highway robbery by a desperate burglar. After a lengthy encounter on a dark road, Marsden subdues the attacker and learns the diamond's true provenance. He later aids the man, learns his tale, and helps him return to England with a fortune from the gift of the famous gem.
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John Marsden
John
John Marsten
Moma
Lapidales
Amsterdam
Atlantic
Marsden
Maraden
Charles August Freeham
England
H’m
Brazil
Pittyburg Press
Revived scandal follows army marriage tale
Second Lieutenant Frank E. Bamford of the Fifth Infantry marries Mae O'Brien widow of Lieut. Michael J. O'Brien, in a case that echoes a Fort MacPherson affair from 1897. The dispute involved Nina Romeyn, Capt. Henry Romeyn, a court martial, and a reprisal that left Romeyn on the retired list. Lieut. O'Brien later died in Morida while on a Chinese Japanese war observation mission. Capt. Romeyn noted as an Indian fighter.
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Frank E. Bamford
Fifth Infantry
Mae O'Brien
Michael J. O’brien
Line
Fort MacPherson
Bamford
Nina Romeyn
Henry Romeyn
Lieut
O'Brien
Romeyn
O’brien
Rohieyn
Morida
United States
Household fraud ends in forged mortgage claim on jewelry
A narrator recounts a relative’s con and mortgage scheme against family goods including a diamond ring. The ruse grew when a lawyer advised settling to avoid costly litigation, allowing the swindler to seize possession of the Moma diamond and other effects.
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Moma
An Endless Chain of Appreciation Letters
A Memphis Scimitar item recounts a passerby leaving a small parcel for a young woman. She notes its presence and shares the edible nature of the contents. He thanks her for her thanks, and the exchange escalates as each reply mirrors the prior message in an arithmetic progression. The evolving correspondence hints at forthcoming complications from their growing expressions of appreciation.
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Ife
Memphis Scimitar
Big Ben Timekeeper and its Precise Chiming Mechanism
The House of Commons clock tower is praised as a superb timekeeper despite common complaints about its tone. The article explains the striking mechanism: a massive hammer driven by about a ton and a half of weights, hanging from a 174 foot shaft, ensures the hammer falls on the bell within one second of Greenwich mean time after the chimes end.
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Big Ben
London
House of Commons
Greenwich
Timothy's Mistake at Margate Auction Trip
Timothy Knockdown, an auctioneer, travels with his wife to Margate for a seaside visit. On day two he longs to return home, citing public gossip about his business. Boatmen greet him with quips about a sale while he laments the unwanted attention. The snippet ends with a quip about looks and a good stomach.
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Timothy
Timothy Knockdown
Margate
Railroads Transforming Nation from Ocean to Pacific Coast
A New York Evening Sun report contrasts pre railroad days with the modern era. It cites rapid cross country mail, vast agricultural outputs from Kansas to California, and the economic uplift enabled by lines like Northern Pacific and Great Northern. It highlights growing wheat, gold, and fruit trade, plus the Pacific rail network expanding to Portland Seattle and Tacoma, underpinning national civilization.
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New York
Buffalo
Chicago
Pacific Coast
George H. Daniels
New York Central Railroad
International Commercial Congress
Philadelphia
Pacific and Oriental Mail
San Francisco
Missouri River
Kansas
Colorado
Buffalo Bill
North Platte
Nebraska
Union Pacific
Ogallala
Northern Pacific
Great Northern
Northwestern
St. Paul
Burlington
Wheat Belt
Minnesota
South Dakota
North Dakota
Montana
California
Golden Gate
Cape Horn
Plains
American Desert
Pacific
Mississippi River
Portland
Tacoma
Seattle
Wash
Columbia River
Puget Sound
Oregon
Washington
United States
British Columbia
Alaska
North
Presidents Signature Excuse Scheme At Milwaukee
Youngsters devised a plan to secure a signed absence excuse by having President McKinley sign it. They intended to miss school on the day while claiming the previous absence was approved by the President, exploiting the idea of his authority.
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Mr. McKinley
Milwaukee
McKinley
Man of Blood and Iron Gen Buller in South Africa
A profile of Gen. Sir Redvers Henry Buller, commander of British forces in South Africa, detailing his long service, numerous campaigns from China to the Ashanti and Zulu wars, and his stern, exacting leadership. The piece portrays him as a vigorous, ruthless ruler bent on planting the British flag over Pretoria with relentless determination.
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Buller
South Africa
Redvers Henry Buller
Wellington
Waterloo
King's Royal Rifle Corps
Manitoba
Lord Wolseley
Riel
Gold Coast
Ashanti
Coomassie
Africa
Frontier Light Horse
Kaffirs
Kassasin
Tel-el- Kebir
el Teb
Tamar
Abu-Elen
Pretoria
Queen’s Free Lunch Story About Queen Margaret of Italy
A tale from a town depicts Queen Margaret arriving to honor and a frugal luncheon. The Mayor guides her to the meal, but she requests only water and a sandwich. After a modest repast, he misreads her gesture and proclaims the lunch paid in full.
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Margaret
Italy
Old Fashion Revived in London Fad
London embraces a revived fashion where today’s up to date New Yorker blends utility and style by carrying two watches one plain chronometer and an ornamental hybrid. The trend echoes an ancient custom with the 1777 fop sporting a lofty cane sword with silver hilt a ring two watches and a gilt snuff box.
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London
Busines
A Fatal Omission in the Society Luminary
An editor laments offending Mrs.ren Lorenzo Van Rensselaer after noting her Newport arrival. He admits she came with a retinue of servants, a detail the assistant failed to mention, as reported in Puck.
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Lorenzo van Rensselaer
Newport
Oldest Coal Mines in Germany and England
The oldest German coal mines were first worked in 1195 near Worms. England did not begin coal mining until the fourteenth century.
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Worms
England
Idle Men Die More Than Bara Work
A terse saying notes that idleness kills more men than hard labor, reflecting a moralizing edge about work ethic and productivity in a historical sparsely worded editorial voice. The remark signals social commentary likely from a labor or reform context.
Indiana Incidents: Boy Halts Train and Daring Rescue
A 14 year old Frank Williams warned a speeding westbound passenger train near Knightsville by standing on the tracks and signaling with his hat, preventing a possible wreck. At Muncie the Eastern Indiana Normal University initiation left Clarence Deaton battered and hearing impaired after grease, a torn outfit, and an electric shock. Miss Ethel Smock from Lafayette saved a child on Monon tracks by rushing the engine and lifting the baby to safety. An explosion wrecked W J Wood’s Undertaking in Farmersburg, while Indianapolis saw a massive Wingans water tank collapse, flooding paint shops but injuring none.
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Frank Williams
Vandalia
Williams
Knightsville
Brazil
Eastern Indiana Normal University
Muncie
Clarence Deaton
Ethel Smock
Centennial School
Lafayette
Louisville Express
Martinsville Plans Sewer System and Other Local News
Reports show Martinsville to get a sewer system while Anderson bolt works may move to Louisville. Muncie trades council plans a free library. Krein chain works in Marion joins a trust. Incidents include fatalities from trains near Russ station and Millersburg, boy falls from toy wagon, and a diphtheria focus in Lafayette. Industrial and local business notes cover shale beds near Martinsville and a new steamer line reorganized with capital.
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Martinsville
Anderson Bolt Works
Louisville
Muncie
Anderson
Theodore Pratt
Russ Station
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W. J. Wood
Indianapolis
Wingan & Co
Jane
Delalb County
Louis Schorr
Satesville
Haynes & Apperson
Kokomo
Louisville and Cincinnati Packet Company
Midland Steel Company
Ambrose Colby
Noblesville
John H. Kerecheval
Kerecheval
Colby
Crawfordsville
Trust
Wr. Anderson
Greensburg
T. C. Simpson
J. Smith
American Flint Glass Workers’ Union
Winona Assembly
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