Miss Sophie and the Secret Suitor in Belleville
In Belleville Miss Sophie, an old maid of 35, cares for her dead sister’s children Mattie and Harry. Mr. Kingsland, a button manufacturer, courts her quietly, offering schooling for Mattie and Harry and proposing to marry Mattie, with Miss Sophie to be kept unaware of the plan until Mattie agrees. The tale follows Sophie’s inner doubts and the practical, paternal affection shaping their fragile future.
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Sophie
Mattie
Harry
Wingsland
Belleville
Mr. Kingsland
Wkingstine
Handseree
Kingsland
Miss Sophie
Chicago Record-Herald
Over a Waterfall in Montenegro Ends in Narrow Escape
The author of Twenty Years in the Near East recalls a near fatal fall while fishing in Montenegro. While crossing a smooth stream above a ~40 to 50 foot waterfall, a pebble shifted and he plunged over the fall. He survived after multiple revivals, sustaining multiple injuries and lost valuables. The piece also notes Essen’s Krupp town model housing and welfare measures for workers.
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Near East
Montenegro
Niagara Falls
Questioning suicide club offer and marriage reply
A Philadelphia Bulletin item quips that a man turning to take his own life has no options beyond marriage, then jokes that a woman looks ridiculous when hurrying except when rushing to prepare dinner. The remarks expose era humor and gender stereotypes in a brief column.
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Philadelphia Bulletin
Krupp Dies of Apoplexy at Huegel Villa
Friedrich Alfred Krupp the famed German gun maker and empire builder died suddenly of apoplexy at his Huegel villa. He headed a vast armaments empire with 55,000 workers, supplying 34 governments and overseeing hundreds of millions in wealth and income.
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Huegel
Frederich A. Krupp
Germany
Friedrich Alfred Krupp
House of Krupp
Ife
Friedrich Krupp
Great Krupp
Essen
Krupp
England
IS48
Sedan
Chicago tax fixing scandal widens with new named figures
In Chicago the Masonic Temple tax fixing case expands as two more prominent names are cited among those who ignored the fix proposition. Attorney Wing clashes with the State over naming suspects while the $20,000 payment to Temple members sparks questions. Wheeler reports Williams received 3000 but kept 1000, Peter Storm the treasurer’s clerk took the rest before his death, leaving much unexplained.
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Chicago
Masonic Temple
Gormley
Temple Association
Attorney Wing
Wing
Horton
Wheeler
Williams
Peter Storm
Gompers Re elected Head Of Federation Of Labor
Samuel Gompers was unanimously re elected president at the Federation of Labor convention in New Orleans. Boston was chosen as the site for the next convention amid rivalries with Philadelphia Milwaukee and Asheville N C The executive council report opposed government by injunction but acknowledged court authority to issue injunctions to prevent property destruction and law violations, stirring debate.
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Federation of Labor
Boston
Samuel Gompers
New Orleans
Philadelphia
Milwaukee
Asheville
N. C
Committee On the Executive Council
Will Soon Cease To Be Wards In Indian Territory
Congress nears settlement of Indian wards as tribes like the Cherokees Creeks Choctaws and Chickasaws move toward allotment of land and independent citizenship. About 200000 of 240000 Indians expected to become self supporting with titles to plots of grazing and agricultural land under a treaty ratified by Congress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
United States
Indian Territory
Robbers Loot Lisbon Bank Strong Rooms
Robbers stole 160000 from the underground strong rooms of the Pelurinho Banking firm in Lisbon Portugal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pelurinho
Lisbon
Portugal
Ranch Plan for Augera Coat Operation at Frisco Ranch
The Frisco Live Stock Co organized in St Louis to run an Augera coat ranch near Cuba Missouri along the Frisco Railroad. The project aims to cover a substantial acreage with livestock operations and related facilities.
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Frisco Live Stock Co
St. Louis
Cuba
Frisco
World’s largest goat farm planned with 85,000 stock
Timbered land to host 85,000 goats from New Mexico, planned as the world’s largest goat farm with a Kansas City packing house for slaughter. E. C. Madden urges a 4 cent per pound rate for second class mail excluding newspapers, and consolidation of third and fourth class mail at 1 cent per 2 ounces. William Richards, senior of Wells ville Ohio, hanged Monday afternoon in a death by own action. a Crimean War veteran who fought at Sebastopol.
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New Mexico
Kansas City
E. C. Madden
William Richards
Wellsville
Sebastopol
Fast Train Held Up by Band of Robbers in Iowa
Chicago Rock Island and Pacific Express No. 11 halted two miles west of Davenport at midnight by a gang of twelve to fifteen. Express car dynamited and safes looted while robbers forced engineer to haul the car two miles to a sidetrack. No injuries reported. Eleventh such rock island hold up this year with multiple bandits, other incidents cited in Texas Oklahoma Missouri Nebraska and Colorado.
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Chicago, Rock Island and
Pacife
Davenport
Iowa
Dale
Threuch
Chicago
Kansas City
Rock Island Road
Colorado Springs
Denver
Felron
Coteles
Rock Island
Texas
Oklahoma
Burlinston Railoan
St. Joseph
Burlington
Savanna
Hubbell
Neb
Denver and
Rio Grande
Plague in San Francisco Sparks Controversy Over Chinatown
Reports from San Francisco describe a rising bubonic plague, with hundreds of cases and fatalities among whites as well as Chinese. Dr. J. M. Williamson warns Chinatown poses a citywide menace and advocates depopulation and rebuilding under strict regulation to halt the oriental disease.
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San Francis
J. M. Williamson
Board of Health
Chinatown
San Francise
San Francisco
Chicago man arrested in Denver for diamond theft
Denver police arrest ML Kraus of Chicago on charges of stealing diamonds from F. E. Morse & Co. Kraus admits the theft and claims the gems are in the Masonic Temple safety deposit vaults. He mailed the key of his box to the firm.
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Denver
ML Kraus
Chicago
F. E. Morse & Co
Masonic Temple
Firma
Congress to Act Swiftly on Spending Bills and Key Legislation
Congress faces a rushed agenda to pass eleven appropriations measures essential to government function, including army navy pension and postal budgets. After funding, attention turns to broader issues such as the Cuban reciprocity bill general treaties immigration and tariff investigations with sharp partisan debate expected.
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Congress
Senate
District of Columbia
House
Henry C. Lodge
United States
Aldrich
Department of Commerce
New Mexico
Oklahoma
Arizona
Union of States
Winfield Scott Schley
College notes and education statistics from 19th century press
Probate leaves Lainceton University $150000 real estate directed by ex President Patton. Michigan Agricultural College suspensions affect about 1000 students amid a rush incident. Kate Drexel plans Navajo mission school in Arizona. Chicago University buys 50000 insects from entomologist John Akhurst. US education report cites 17290230 pupils, 576903089 school property, per capita $2.03. College exam board reports 1362 candidates in 130 venues. Yale enrollment reaches 2875, up 100.
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Susan Brown
Lainceton University
Patton
Michigan Agricultural College
Lansing
Kate Drexel
Southwest
Arizona
University of Chicago
John Akhurst
Brooklyn
United States Commissioner of Education
William T. Harris
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Friedrich Ikrupy
F. A. Krupp
Gompers
Samuel Gcompers
Luke Wieeler
Captain Edward Williams
Vention
Agent
Duncan
Reese
Lewis
BIG Goat Ranch
Missouri
Work For
Oroolleges
Yale University
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