The Magnet Mystery of Cross and the Lost Voyage
A shipmate recounts the 1865 Rio de Janeiro notice of Alexander Cross fraud, the Magnet voyage, and a doomed expedition. The Magnet sails with 120 adventurers. Cross is shown as impostor. wrecked hulk found years later with a lone survivor and a grim log.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles B. Lewis
Alexander Cross
Rio de Janeiro
Cape Town
Hottentot Cempstry
Cross
Iie
Magnet
Rio
Tristan da Cunha Island
Ezra C. Davis
Cape of Good Hope
Marion Island
Davis
When Strangers Share Seats in a City Car
In a Sixth Avenue L train at Twenty third street two young women force a man to stand and later exchange seats. The blond says a friend may sit beside her, a move the man accepts with subdued grace. The scene spurs a remark about "unprotected women" needing nerve in this century. A humorous note ends with Prudence. A man recalls a banking scam where a cashier’s photo is suspected in a tale of $5,900 and eventual loss of funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rio
Cross
Imate
Twenty-third Street
New York Herald
Tom
Detroit Free Press
Sarah
Gosip
George Holt
Boston
Blissfield
Mr. Holt
Holt
White
Milldan
Mermi
Hha
Ant
Braville
Mr Hott
Mic
Awart
Peardian
okLuaid
Kaiser's costume plans and a thief caught in the act
The article notes the young German emperor designing costumes for his wife and the empress’s past prominence. It adds a Newport Daily News item about a prominent citizen catching a thief at a pork barrel scene and advising restraint, fearing a door lock by night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lietter
Mivat
Kaiser
Newport Daily News
Catherine Hogan Places Second in Law Exam Standings
New York press reports Catherine E. Hogan a New York teacher author of a geological work and miscellaneous writer finished second in a 40-student law examination. The leading student is described as a blist man.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Catherine E. Hogan
New York
Aunt Sarah's Cash Box Mystery in Blissfield
In Blissfield Aunt Sarah keeps a $20,000 cash hoard at home rather than a bank. After suspects circle the house a split pair of robbers and a deputy sheriff clash. A brutal search ends with Holt dead and the money found hidden in a kitchen bag with dried pumpkin and weed poles.
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Charles B. Lewis
Sarah Tremly
Sarah
Cleveland
Aunt Sarah
Iis
Mr. Holt
Holt
Circumventing English Red Tape in Commons Encounter
An American recounts how he bypassed British red tape to reach an Irish M P in the House of Commons. A reluctant doorkeeper blocked card handoffs, prompting a telegraph message and a swift response from a constituency representative, showcasing a rare success in circumventing bureaucracy.
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M. P
House of Commons
Heving
Tam
British Isles
Thad
New York Herald
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