Nia Miss Grypton and the Pancreas Plot of Bowdoin Street
Dunn Brown grows up in the Bowdoin street household of Miss Susan Grypton a benevolent guardian whose odd talk of a diseased pancreas and a looming will frames a tale of wealth kinship and betrayal. After Grypton dies Dunn learns he may be cut off as Dick Grypton and Augusta contest the estate turning the boy toward an uncertain future.
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Pancreas
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Towdoin Street
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Terrapa
Mrs. Augusta
Dirkbau
Jen
Gilfeather
Susan
Fitvess Court
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Stewart
Wisspe
Weekly Globe launches new serial tale with farmer’s dept
The Weekly Globe announces an April 25 launch for a multi week serial story costing 1 dollar for 14 months. Each subscriber gains a Ladies' Department and an Agricultural Department. A club offer rewards five new subscribers with an extra free copy, and a reader can get a free copy by forming a club. Agents address Boston, Mass.
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Weekly Globe
Boston
Mass
Taft Likely to Succeed Minister Lowell in England
Washington rumor column notes possible sweeping Treasury changes this week. Alphonso Taft of Ohio touted for minister to England. other names include Olmstead of Pennsylvania for Secretary Fresen’s successor. Details cover House action, cabinet stability, and rising chatter on Baltimore and New York posts.
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Tingle
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Pitney
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Baltimore
New York
Court House
Hil
James
Tingie
Ohio
England
Taft
Court of St. Janes
Ireland
Sanitary mystery solved in Greene with rat-eaten body found
In Greene Penna a farmer Palmer Applebee discovered a body impaled on a pitchfork in a well. The jury ruled an open verdict after coroner evidence suggested the child had been in the well for months amid diphtheria and malaria plagues. Authorities take up further investigation.
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Greene
Penna
Applebee Farm
Applebee
Palmer Applebee
Three Sisters Die Within Hours in Philadelphia
Philadelphia reports a startling case as three Watson Wingmore and Smith sisters die within half an hour. Mrs. Watson aged 52 and Mrs. Wingmore aged 68 dwell at Wharton street while Mrs. Elizabeth Smith lives on South Fourth street. A convulsive chill and apoplexy are suspected causes with nervous prostration blamed for the others. No foul play is suspected.
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Philadelphia
Penn
Sarah Watson
Cynthia Wingmore
Wharton Street
Elizabeth Smith
South Fourth Street
Winsmore
Mrs. Smith
Mrs. Watson
Pension ruling ends long dispute over widow of Maine volunteer
Harriet Gleason of Chelsea Vermont, widow of Russell Gleason of the Twenty first Regiment Maine volunteers, receives over $1000 arrears and $8 monthly pension after a lengthy case. The mother had claimed a divorce in Cambridge, Massachusetts nullified Harriet’s widow status, but a secretary of the interior ruling reinstates Harriet as the legal widow and removes the mother's name from the roll.
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Chelsea
Russell Gleason
Twentyfirst Regiment
Maine Volunteers
Russell
Harriet
Cambridge
Mass
Kently
Secretary of the Interior
Troubled verse clues at family illness and memory
Fragmentary lines depict a distressed speaker and family figures Dick and Victoria. Images of stomach ache fever and crying exposition hint at midlife worry and absent mother figure. Dialogue references Uncle Cy and Cousin Frank suggesting kinship amid confusion and longing.
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Sony
Victoria
Msmma
Starin
Frank
Encouraging Outlook for Republicans Defeat Doubtful
Special correspondence from Washington notes a shifting political mood since December. Labor organization grows nationwide, challenging Republicans with unified unions and new associations. States like New Jersey and Pennsylvania see labor-driven discontent, while Democrats gain in several districts. bets tilt toward Democratic gains in 1884, though intra party fights and tariff debates persist.
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Missouri
Blaine
Father decapitates son at breakfast in Hopkinton
In Hopkinton on Friday a man Patrick Skelley killed his son Patrick Skelley Jr with an axe at breakfast. The killer, described as a hard drinker with past mental instability, surrendered after the act. Neighbors and medical examiner KE A Hobbs described the fatal neck wound as a four and a half inch cut with the axe in the kitchen.
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GLOBE
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KE. A. Hobbs
Bankers discuss proposed 200 million 2 percent government issue
A New York and Boston based plan to obtain 200 million dollars in 2 percent government certificates for national banks is reported. Prominent bank officials deny details while calling it unlikely and restraint is urged, with H C Fahnestock of First National Bank dismissing it as a wild inflationist idea.
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Boston
H.C. Fahnestock
First National Bank
Congress
Devastating tornado hits Chase and Rice County
A tornado leveled homes in Ray mond and Chase Kansas on Thursday night Earth destroyed five large houses in Raymond and twenty in Chase. Mr Reed and his wife were killed. Mrs Wilson and Mrs Parker died from injuries. The storm emptied wells and cisterns and left many families destitute with all property destroyed.
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Parker
Raymond
Rice County
Chase
Join Reed
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Rice
Steamer Belle Mac Blown Up Between Brownsville and Lacrosse
The Belle Mac exploded Friday morning between Brownsville Minnesota and Lacrosse Wisconsin. Five of seventeen crew missing and believed killed while two others fatally wounded. Most crew from Lacrosse. Captain Gordon’s adopted son’s body found aboard. Captain Gordon scalded. Morris injured severely. Monahan Wolfee and Cook also scalded. Sufferers sent to Lacrosse for care. Vent wrecked. cause unknown.
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Minn
Brownsville
Lacrosse
Wis
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Morris
C. M. Monahan
S. Wolffee
H. Cook
Two Michigan Towns at War over County Seat Move
Cadillac voters approved moving the county seat from Manton. Sheriff Dunham led a force to transfer records, was repelled by about 200 Manton residents. Reinforcements brought 3800 volunteers, clashes ensued with injuries, and Cadillac supporters returned in triumph.
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Manton
Dunham
Court House
German American’s dental distress leads to misread complaint
A German American customer in Germantown Pennsylvania asked a druggist for something for toothache saying dogs much bad. He bought tooth-powder and the next day reported he had swallowed the whole box at once but it did not relieve the toothache.
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Penn
Forty-Three Children Maternal Claim Made by Mrs Beard
Mrs Mary Beard of Daviess County Kentucky touted as the mother of forty three children says she is hale and plans further births before retiring from business. The youngest is an infant at the breast.
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Breckeninge News
Mary Beard
Daviess County
Hop Bitters claim to cure organ diseases advertisement
An ad asserts that diabetes Bright's disease kidney urinary or liver complaints cannot be contracted by you or your family if Hop Bitters are used. It claims Hop Bitters is the only medicine that will positively cure you and warns against using inferior products that may cause harm.
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Senate
Court of Claims
Congress
Mississippi
Quartermaster’s Department
Winnipeg to host world regatta on Red River in July
T P Murray cables from Winnipeg that the city will contribute 15000 dollars for a world open regatta on the Red River this July. The notice appears in London Sportsman and asks recipients to send a catalogue of dry goods to Jordan Makson & Co in Boston with free mailing and to mention the paper.
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