French Charley Vindicated As Bodies Found In Mine
Nine year mystery ends with discovery of Englishmen William Little and John Emerson in an abandoned Lake Superior mine on Silver Island. Joe Murillo and Henry Lawson found the remains and money, proving French Charley innocent of murder. Bodies buried near mine mouth after identification and report to Justice Febetve. Local interest centers on Charley’s denials and the men’s fate.
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Grand Marais
Minn
Joe Murillo
Charley
William Little
John Emerson
Murillo
Silver Island
Lake Superior
Marais
Little
Emerson
Henry Lawson
Port Arthur
Lawson
Lawsen
Rien
Marillo
Justice Febetve
Fendi Charley
Yittle
Massachusetts Population By City Wards And Boroughs
Massachusetts has a population of 2,495,845 with Boston housing over 19 percent. Ward figures for Boston are listed by ward, alongside populations for East Boston Charlestown South Boston Roxbury and other areas. The city proper totals 149,008, with outlying districts adding 240M in population. Registered voters total 86,980.
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Bureau of Statistics
Massachusetts
Boston
Werd
East Boston
Charlestown
South Boston
Roxbury
West Roxbury
Dore Sreene
Brighton
Paris Fashion and Personal Notes From a Gay Metropolis
OUR PARIS LETTER describes an American visitor at the Arc de Triomphe observing Parisian society, fashion, and guidance through a day of riding past carriages, noting French and American women, wedding garments, and style contrasts. It highlights a Duchess in sapphire blue and an American beauty, with reflections on wardrobes, sleeves, waists, and the social scene in late 19th or early 20th century Paris.
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Paris
de Tremoille
Bois de Bourlogne
Dresden
Trousseaux
Vanderbilt-Marlborough
Edgar Saltus
Wisle Smith
New York
Sressmakera
Elaborate Parisian Evening Attire and Accessories
A detailed survey of couture features including satin gowns with velvet and lace trims, rhinestone appliques, and intricate hats. Notes on elevator shoe lifts, hosiery, and footwear harmony, plus commentary on Parisian fashion sensibilities and notable figures.
Fashion notes on dress details and decorative plastrons
A fragment describes how large bows of silk or velvet brighten dresses, with dependent plastrons reaching the bust to emphasize collars. It notes rosettes or bows to set off back collars and suggests under ears decorates for thin necks and long faces. Sally Van Rensselaer.
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Blossier
Aiden
Batem
Chou
Sally van Renssalabr
Despondent Miss Colton Falls to Death Near Piermont
Miss Estelle Colton daughter of Dr Colton a Brooklyn dentist died by suicide near Piermont last night after despondency over failing to pass an art school examination. A satchel with a farewell letter was found nearby.
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Nyack
N. Y
Estelle Colton
Colton
Brooklyn
Piermont
B. T. Copeland
Prairie Fires Sweep Near Perry Killing Indian Children
Fierce prairie fires raged along the Arkansas River thirty miles from Perry Oklahoma. Wind drove the flames across pasturage hay and grain fields burning thousands of acres. Reports say several Indian children perished and hundreds narrowly escaped.
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Perry
Arkansas River
Destructive forest fires burn near Buffalo in Indiana
Destructive fires rage south of Buffalo, Indiana as residents battle the flames. Firefighters fear homes will be destroyed until long awaited rain arrives to halt devastation.
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Laporto
Ind
Buffalo
Deaf Mutes Housing Fire In Bavaria Tragedy
Berlin October 27 An institution for deaf mutes at Hohenwart Bavaria along with the parish church and vicarage was destroyed by fire yesterday 170 girl inmates were forced to the roof where rescuers saved them Some suffered burns and all were shaken by the ordeal
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Berlin
Hohenwart
Bavaria
Vieara
Consolidation of Canal Companies Includes Jay Cooke Interests
In Duluth on October 27 a deal by C. H. Simmons unites the Minnesota Canal Company Altamonte Canal Camp and Jay Cooke interests. The Cooke holdings cover every foot of land for over five miles along the St. Louis River. The project will develop water power to generate electricity enabling cheap power and electric smelting of iron ore. Andrew Carnegie is reportedly involved with numerous leading iron men.
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Duluth
Minn
C. H. Simmons
Minnesota Canal Company
Altamonte Canal Camp
Jay Cooke
Cooke
St. Louis
Andrew Carnegie
Mass meeting protests outrages against South’s Negroes
HAVERHILL Mass Oct 27 A mass meeting in City Hall drew about one thousand people to protest outrages against Negroes in the South Mayor S L Jewett presided Speakers included Judge I A Abbott Hon Edward Brown Rev T E St John Hon George D Downing Rev George H Reed Rev C M Clark and Rev L B Twitchell District Attorney W H Moody read resolutions denouncing the acts and urging action against the abuses.
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Haverhill
Mass
City Hall
South
8. L. Jewett
I. A. Abbott
Edward Brown
Boston
T. E. St. John
George D. Downing
Newport
R. I
George H. Reed
Co .M. Clark
L. B. Twitchell
W. H. Moody
Miss Clarridge Wins Proverb Gift Contest At Post
Miss Lizzie C. Clarridge of 9 Temple Street Somerville found the phrase A gift is a precious stone in B F Larrabee Co ads on the Sunday Post fourth page. Thousands of letters arrived early with many late entries. winners listed include F B Pean Helen Cooper C Taber EB Drew Robert Jameson and others from Somerville Roxbury and Charlestown.
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Somerville
B. F. Larrabee & Co
Pogt
East Somerville
Lizzie C. Clarridge
Temple Street
Misa Clarridge
B.F. Larrabee & Co
Sunday Post
the Post
Clarridge
F. B. Pean
Haélén Cooper
B& Way
C. Taber
Codman Park
Roxbury
EB. J. Drew
Dwight Street
Robert Jameson
Cross’ Street
Bila Gifuni
Hull.street
Annie Dick
Cordis Street
Charlestown
H. Marks
Main Street
Charleswn
Anna W wants divorce in Norwalk case in 1893 elopement
Anna Thompson Ayers of Rockville petitions for divorce in Norwalk claiming an 1893 elopement to a New York newspaper man produced a nonlegal marriage. The girl, then 16, was sent to a distant seminary after the incident and has not met her husband since. Her whereabouts are unknown.
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Norwalk
Conn
Anna Thompson Ayers
Murdock McPhérson
Rockville
McPhersons
Anna
Penmnders
New York
McPherson
Lewisboro
N. Y
Stamford
Ayers
Assault on Diario de la Marina Director in Havana
A gunman struck the director of Havana’s Diario de la Marina with an iron bar, injuring him severely as he walked at night. The assailant fled and remained at large, with authorities unsure of motives tied to the paper’s stance toward patriots.
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Havana
Diario de la Marina
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Heinrich Schopper
Misaea
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DEPT
Laos
Ladioa
Foster
Wm. H. Zinn
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St Ar Prj
Smallware Dept
Appleton
Constantine
Ludovic Halevy
Adam Woolever
Editha
Burnett
Philadelphia
Roberts
Wall Paper Dept
Ssoor
Mrtak
Genta’ Union
TOY Dept
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King Cotton March
Sousa
Washington
Temple Place
West Street
Eaerealt & Price
Crockery Dept
Sétrontes
Nan Oomd
Massachusett
NEW E England Piano CO
Tremont St., B
Heale
Hindo Stanee
Cherry Hill
Napoleon
America
Felix
Comtesse Foulkes de Maille
Misa Colton
Oklahoma
Coat Companies Consolidated
Miss Clarridge
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