Driven Five Blocks By A Corpse
John Smith a delivery driver for Heissler and Jungebakers collapses with chest pain and dies, while his friend H F McDowell realizes they were driven five blocks by a corpse after Smith sits upright against a bread box in the bakery wagon. The incident is reported by the Chicago Herald.
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John Smith
Heissler & Jungebakers
McDowell
Smith
Atlantic Street
Amd
Thirty Fourth Street
Mc- Dowell
Mc- Dowel
Thirty-ninth Street
Riverton Avenue
Chicago Herald
Island shifts loyalties as Missouri river land grows
The Missouri river island near Leavenworth, once on the Missouri side and later legal Kansas property, has expanded from 500 to 1 400 acres. Skillings and Diffenders held patents for 500 acres while squatters claimed the surplus, but government land lawyers ruled the patentees retain title to the entire island, including the growth, despite changing river boundaries and a coalbed underneath.
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Missouri
Kansas
Missouri River
Leavenworth
Skillings
Diffenders
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Jackson Park Summer Exhibition Plans in 1894
The Chicago commissioners announce free public access to all Jackson park areas during the summer of 1894. They will remove state and foreign buildings from the north end by May 1 and restore the area to its prior appearance. No decisions will be made about future buildings for the following year.
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Jackson Park
Chicago
Vic
Bey
Hrim
United States Geological Survey
New England
Connecticut
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
New York
Herbert M. Wilson
United States
Washington Post
A Long Night of Fear and Flight in a London Story
A woman awakens in heat and fear after a deadly dream and roams London seeking shelter and food. She endures cold rain, derision, and hunger, battles despair near Greenwich and Greenwich Market, then confronts Taras in a police cell and reveals her act and motive, seeking mercy and a chance at life.
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Drigo
Patty
Taras
Mariner
I'sras
Billings Gate Market
Townley Street
Hazard
Greenwich Park
Anal
Gil
Liz
Very Last The Kind Eyes Smile at a Teeming Sound
A fragment evokes a quiet moment as the kind eyes smile and sounds seem to respond. The line suggests a gentle, intimate scene where perception and emotion mingle in a fleeting cadence.
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Taras
Discharged man learns Taras will aid his new life
Taras arranges a release from the Thames police court after a confession of facts from the narrator. The man is discharged and Taras escorts him to safety, saying they must begin a new life away from Shadwell and the Minories. The narrative hints at past dangers and a possible brighter future.
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Bensie
Sweet Apple
Ferryboat Stairs
Patty
Taras
Thames Police Court
Shadwell
Minories
Donts From a Medical Advice Page
A list of medical cautions covers reading in moving vehicles tending to avoid strain winter weight loss in healthy people and infant care rules. It warns against excessive feeding chewing tobacco and improper refrigeration practices.
Constitutional outlines and historic congress notes
The document surveys 1876 Turkish constitution basics including indivisibility and press freedom, parliaments, and elections. It also traces Irish obstruction in Parliament through 1881, tariff and monetary notes, and a survey of historic congresses from Münster to Berlin, highlighting their purposes and outcomes.
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Turkey
Senate
Dallot
Maj
O'Gorman
Isv
United States
House of Lords
Popular Assembly
Munster
Osnabruck
Westphalia
Pyrenees
Nimeguen
Ryswick
Utrecht
Aix-la-Chapelle
Tesches
Rastadt
Erfurt
Vienna
Paris
Berlin
The Greatest Things From A Curious Almanac
A mosaic of trivia lists various wonders and curiosities. It cites religion, demography, architecture, sculpture, natural history, botany, and engineering with bold claims about Buddhism Christians the Grand Opera House Paris Cologne Cathedral Gibraltar and the albatross. It notes a giant early steam engine at Friedensville and a river Jordan’s rapids as navigational limits.
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Grand Opera House
Paris
Cathedral of
Cologne
Ter Goentest
Gibraltar
Jonet
St. Louis
Chicago
Largret Engrse
Friedensville
Jordan
Services At St Pauls Cathedral Draw Large Crowds
In London’s St Paul’s Cathedral 10 000 people attend Sunday services. Morning and afternoon services attract 2 5 worshipers each. The evening service draws 5 008 worshipers.
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St. Paul's Cathedral
London
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Lord Horschell
Cassell c
Greenwich Marshes
Couly
Thames Pollice Court
Abedt
Epee
Lewson
Warspite
High Street
Greenwich
Tara
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