Indian Maidens of Kansas Offer Cash for White Husbands
A sensational notice proclaims that Indian maidens in Kansas will pay cash for white husbands, signaling a provocative recruitment appeal with regional intrigue and social implications.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas
Gyp Countess of Martel Faces Retreat For Rest
Paris reports the Countess of Martel known as Gyp may be sent to a retreat as friends fear her wit may fade. The Parisienne author of forty books, famed for sharp dialogue and flair, was abducted last June by alleged Dreyfusards in a staged publicity stunt. Born about 1850, she is described as blonde and eccentrically dressed, a devoted wife and mother.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Gyp
Dreyfusards
Vapereau
Seminole Tribe Seeks White Husbands for Brides
Wichita dispatch reports the Seminole Nation in Indian Territory will welcome any eligible white bachelor. Each Seminole wife is offered 200 acres of land and 500 dollars in cash, with rights of a full-blooded Indian. Officials note the women are civilized and kind, despite being described as dark. The tribe claims medicine men warned of trouble if many marriages do not occur.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wichita
Kan
Indian Territory
Here
Man Burns Wife's Hat and Cape in Dispute
Mrs Jennie Ziegler of 6109 Horton place sues George Ziegler for divorce alleging repeated acts of ire led him to throw her wearing apparel into the family store. She cites a winter cape set afire a flower hat tossed on coals and a photograph album shied into the stove.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Louis
Jennie Ziegler
Horton Place
George Ziegler
Helen Southgate recalls deadly love feud and suicid e at St Charles Hotel
In Brooklyn, Helen Southgate testified at the coroner’s inquest on Sept 13 about her unhappy romance with Henry Grosvenor Barbour and his fatal attempt to end her life and himself at the St Charles Hotel. She described being shot twice through the window as Barbour urged them to die together. Barbour was found to have died by suicide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Helen Southgate
Borough Gall
Brooklyn
Henry Grosvenor Barbour
St. Charles
Seney Hospital
Schell
Barpour
Sunde
Barbour
Beckham Wedding Set for November in Owensboro
Governor J W C Beckham will wed Miss Jean Fuqua of Owensboro on November 21 at the Fuqua home in Owensboro. The announcement confirms the plans and lists the bride’s parents Mr and Mrs J A Fuqua as hosts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frankfort
J. W. C. Beckham
Jean Fuqua
Owensboro
J. A. Fuqua
Brockton Fair Offers Exciting Excursion Trains and Tickets
Brockton Fair managers promote an extensive program with livestock displays, flowers, fruit, and performances by top vaudeville acts. The fair runs Oct 2, 8, 4, 5 with New York, New Haven & Hartford offering round trip tickets from Boston at 1.15 including admission. Special trains depart Boston Terminal Station on Oct 8 and Oct 4 at 8:15, 9, 9:40 a.m., 12 noon, returning Brockton 4, 6, 7:20, and 6 p.m., stopping at Quincy, Braintree, and South Braintree.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brockton Fair
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad
Boston
Brockton
Quincy
Braintree
South Braintree
Ten Simples Cure Ad by Kivans Chemical Co
A historical drug advertisement promises relief for various ailments with a claim of genuine remedy. It touts ten simples for five cents and claims countless testimonials mailed upon request. Addressed to Kivans Chemical Co at 10 Spruce Street, New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
cPtAcNs
Kivans Chemical Co
Spruce St
New York
Theories On Gatarrh And Twain Cure For Colds
The article reviews Mark Twain's drastic no food cure for catarrh and notes its impracticality. It contrasts dieting with medical remedies like Stuart's Catarrh Tablets, guaiacol, eucalyptol, and sanguinaria, praising the tablet form as portable, cocaine-free, and effective for nasal catarrh, coughs, colds, and bronchial issues. It also reports maritime news including banana imports, theft at Lockwood's wharf, fish and seafood arrivals, and upcoming steamship routes during a busy port period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mark Twain
Mr. Twain
Tanner
Stuart
Blanchard Loss At Sea Burned Vessel Total Loss
The P. N. Blanchard of Boston, Captain Courtney, sailing from Baltimore on April 6 to San Francisco, was burned at sea. The crew survived at Falkland Islands. Built at Yarmouth Maine in 1876, 1503 tons, owned by Foster & Pray.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Board of Underwriters
Montevideo
Pp. N. Blanchard
Boston
Courtney
Baltimore
San Francisco
Falkland Islands
P. N. Blanchard
Yarmouth
Foster & Pray
Shipping News Roundup of Arrivals and Clearances
Shipping reports list arriving steamers and schooners with various fruit cargoes and ports from Halifax to Baltimore, plus cleared vessels heading to Portland and New York. It notes sailings, tug tows, and barge movements, including foggy conditions and northeast winds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Admiral Farragut
Anderson
Port Antonio
Port Morant
Halifax
Pye
Charlottetown
Port Hawkesbury
C. B
N. S
Eva
Paulsen
Louisburg
Howard
Nickerson
Baltimore
Norfolk
George W. Clyde
Chichester
Jacksonville
Charleston
Ss. C
Charles F. Mayer
McLeod
Portsmouth
N. H
C. C. Co
Therese
Pertus
Bay Chaleur
P. Q
B. B. Flardwick
Berry
Clementsport
Valdare
Anthony
Bear River
W. C. Norcross
Small
Catalina
Piper
Rockport
Sea King
Calhoun
Philadelphia
Barre Eureka
Waltham, Bartlett
Cto
Dunlo
Thaxter
Sunbury
Portland
Lykens
Taylor
Brookside
Corbin
Yarmouth
N. Y
Kershaw
Old Dominion
New York
Herman Winter
Portamouth
State of Maine
Massport
St. John
N. B
Gilberton
George’s Creek
C. B. Sanford
Hoboken
Beverly
Lynn
Mercury
Marblehead
Civil Court Records Injuries and Damages Judgments Various
Middlesex Superior Court sits in Cambridge second jury session with verdicts including John McDermott v Granhem for 358 dollars and Maria Baldwin v Boston & Maine for 1 dollar. Other cases list J Winthrop Sins v Lowell Lawrence & Haverhill Street Railway and multiple docketed 'v' cases against Middlesex Street Railway Co and related entities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middlesex
Cambridge
Gaskill
John McDermott
Patrick T. Granhem
J. J. Scott
A. J. Rady
Maria L. Baldwin
Boston & Maine
R. R. Rallon
Somerville
S. C. Darling
Edgar J. Rich
J. Winthrop Sins
Pro Am
Lowell, Lawrence & Haverhill Street Railway Company
People’s Telephone Company
Haverhill
Rufus P. Tapley
William H. Baker
W. S. Badger
Sweeney & Dow
Along the Water Front Sees Heavy Vacationer Arrivals
The harbor welcomes a flood of travelers from the Provinces and Europe. The Plant liner Hali fax arrived with 449 passengers, joining the Prince Arthur and other ships bringing totals toward six hundred expected in the week. Foreign arrivals continue, with steamers from Liverpool Glasgow and Jamaica adding to a bustling port economy. Exports outpaced last year while imports dipped, as fog delays linger and harbor traffic intensifies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
Halifax
Lewis Wharf
Prince Arthur
Boston
St. Croix
Ivernia
New England
Winnifredian
Liverpool
Glasgow
Jamaica
Farragut
Saxonia
North Chelsea Bridge
Cape Breton
Boston & Maine Railroad
Mystic River
Eva
Toulsburg
Everett
Nathaniel T. Palmer
Norfolk
Siiektly
Bay
George W. Clyde
Jacksonville
Charleston
S. C
Howard
Baltimore
Highland Light
Cape Cod
Old Chatham
United Fruit Company
Jersey City
Indmiral
Cote v Lawrence Mfg Co death damages suit in Lowell
Superior Court Middlesex first session hears Lea Cote versus Lawrence Manufacturing Company over $6000 alleged damages for her husband's death in defendant's employ due to a supposed negligence of the superintendent. Bent Hammer for plaintiff Richardson brothers for defendant. Case marked not before Sept 24 and 25 and Oct 1. Anglain v Lowell City damages verdict for defendant. Owens Doherty for plaintiff Qua for defendant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middlesex, Is
Lowell
Maynard
Lea Cote
Lawrence Manufacturing Company
Bent & Hammer
G. T
G. R. Richardson
William Anglain
City of
J. F. Owens
P. J. Doherty
F. W. Qua
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Waites
Beckham
Gatarrh
Long Wharf
Arthur Binney
A. C. Newhall
T Wharf
Quereau Bank
Haddock
Hake
Merchants’ and Miners’ Transportation Company
Battery
Constitution
Savannah
Quaker City
Alleghany
Berkshire
Chatham
Central America
Lehigh Valley
Black Bird
Landsman
the Blanchard
Shipping News
N. C
Rebecca J. Moulton
Hillsboro
Oriole
River Hebert
Helen W. Martin
Coady
Holmes
Tobey
Woburn
Norcross
City of Boston
Elwell
Gage
Maloney
Weitz
Same
Nyland
So Middlesex St R Co
Riley
B el Rv
Newhall
Melendy
Gilligan
Pro Ami
So Mid Ry Co
Hallock Medical Institute
Court Street
Mass
Court St
Boston, Mass
Hargrove
Enma
Washington St
Tolmarn
E. M. Tolman
E. W. Gahan
M. D
Tremont Street
Gordon
Tremont St
Adams Iis
DR. Bell
Columbus Avenue
Boyis
J. E. Frothingham, M. D
Allston St
Corner Bulfinch
J. B. Bishop
Boylston
Pelham
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Metropolitan Park Commission
Middlesex Fells
Medford
Beacon Street
William B. DE Las Casas
Edwin B. Haskell
Edwin A. Curtis
David N. Skillings
Ellerton P. Whitney
WM. T. Pierce
Michael McDonald
Bunker Hill Ave
West Quincy
Hotel Pelham
Tremont and
Boylston Sts
Fifth Ave
Chestnut Sv
Walter Brown Hewins
Emma Florence Hewins
Dorchester Savings Bank
Suffolk
Dorchester
Gard Boston
Sumner
Barbour and Hodges
Monadnock Street
New York and New England Railroad
Garbett & Wood
Howard Colburn
George T. Sears
Suffolk County
Faneuil Hall
Register of Deeds
Suffolk County Democratic Committee
John H. Lef
John W. Neary
Hollis Hall
Washington and
Hollis Streets
Hugh Montague
John H. Donovan
Poston
Mary R. Richardson
Lexington
Herbert A. Richardson
Lisburton K. Blodgett
Boston Post
Charles J. McIntire
Esquire
H. Folsom
Serheque’'S
Lancing
Slye
Waltz
Dominion Line
Queenstown
Commonwealth (New
State St. Richards, Mills & CO
Cunard Line
New
Altonia
Sylvania
Apply Company
State Street
Alexander Martin
Warren Line
Sachem
Sagamore
Michigan
Hoosac Tunnel
Charlestown
Warren & CO
Central of Georgian Railway Company
Ocean Steamship Co
North Side
Summer Street
FE. H. Downing
Atliantic Ave
Sound Line
Metropolitan S. S. Co
Ocean Steamship Company
New Pier
North River
A. Dew. Sampson
Sys
Ashmont
F. J. Stark
Devonshire
Denver
Brookline
the Post
Saugus
L. J. Austin
Central St
Nice Street
Bunker Hill
Scollay Sq
Ww. S. MITCHEL@T
West Roxbury
Bunker Hill Terraces
Tufts St
Ceylon St
Bird Street
C. A. Jackson
Boylston St
MT. Hope
Meyer St
South Boston
Eighth St
Beacon St
Prince George
Foot State Street
S. S
Prince Edward
South Shore
Foot State St
J. F. Masters
Worcester Place
W. A
Milk St
Dedham St
SD. Jenness
Clarendon St
Greenville ST
Dudley St
Shawmut Ave
Roxbury
C. W. Bird
Vernon St
Cobb, Aldrich & CO
Washington & Kneeland Sts
California
N&dtf
Dublin
WN FE
Woods C. O
Merchants and Miners’ Transportation Co, Steamship Lines
Newport News
Providence
A. M. Graham
Battery Wharf
Washington Street
W. P. Coria
F. P. Wing
Central Wharf
E. B. Sampson
State St
Fiske Building
Bostom
Southern Pacific Company
Horgan Line
New Orleans
Arizona
New and
Old Mexico
Colorado
ER. E. Currier
N. E
Edwin Hawley
Broadway
Portland Steamship
Gov. Dingley
Bay State
India Wharf
Chas. R. Lewis
Yarmouth Line
Nova Scotia
H. F. Hammond
Westport
Lubec
Calais
St. Andrews
New Brunswick
Prince Edward Island
Co. E. Laechler
Custom House
Cook Remedy CO
Masonic Temple
Chicago
Ill
Astrology
Madame Elmo
Pelham St
South End
Cathedral
Hall
J. F. Johnson
Hanover St
Boston Painters’ CO
RUBIN
Leverett St
Co-Operative Paper and Paint CO
Joseph Seevack & CO
Cres St
J. Geiin
A. Cooper
Wall St
Stamford
Guildberg
Shorey
D, Young
Albee Stove & Cycle CO
Blackstone Street
Blakep’s
Subury St
F. K. Daggett
Haymarket
Aldiml's
Blackstone
Upham’s
Gilbert Place
Congresst
Albert's
Upham'’S
Congress St
John Evans & CO
Huntington Ave
Fores, Hayward & CO. (Incorporated
Chardon St
Tremont
S. D
Liberal Commission
Springfield
Everson
School St
United States
Postoffice
Medford St
Devonshire St
William E. Fay
Mutual Loan CO
Water St
Tolman
Mass. Legal Association
Herald Building
John Mulholland
Hallet & Davis
Blake's
McPhail
Soo
W. Pack St
Walson’s
Columbus
BRT
McPhat
Rox
Iit
Keene’s Watch Store
Fulton St
Jamaica Plain
Caroline Ave
Hooper St
J. Collins
Harvard St
East Boseton
Hathorn St
East Somerville
Standard
Sewing Machine Coo
Winsor St
Cambridgeport
W. Berman & Ad
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