Mamie Stanley's Fate and the Deathbed Tragedy
The article recounts Mamie Stanley’s descent from childish charm to ruin after being lured to Chicago theater life by a scheming manager and her downfall into poverty and illness. It chronicles her deathbed scene aided by Maggie Evans, a priest, and fellow performers, and critiques the involved figures, including Jerry Monroe, while detailing the community's efforts for burial and mourning.
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Maynard
Boston
Jerry Monroe
Monroe
Maggie Evans
Mamie Stanley
Death of Adrian North Louisville gambler known for big wins
News arrives from Memphis of the death in early month of Adrian North a Brooklyn native Harvard graduate famed as a successful card player at the Crockford club in Louisville. He reportedly carried large sums of cash and jewels, lived lavishly, and may have died from heart disease related to recent drinking. His fortune was about 100000 cash plus property and assets.
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Adrian North
Memphis
North
Louisville
Taro Banks
Brooklyn
N. Y
Harvard
New York City
Crockford
the Crockford
New York
Jack Meller
Tuskaloosa
Eorgia Pacific Railway
Puskaloosa
S. F. Nunnelee & Son
Tuscaloosa
Newfoundland Devotion to a New Doll Delights Middletown
A three-year-old Newfoundland from Middleboro adores a Christmas doll, whimpering to obtain it, guarding it jealously, and carrying and licking the doll as if it were a living child, showing unusual affection toward an inanimate object.
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Middleboro
Newfoundland
Attacked by Seven Savage Dogs in Wetzel County
J W B Dillon traveler for Vance Hughes Co suffered a savage attack by seven dogs while returning from Uniontown to Littleton. He was bitten repeatedly including a loss of flesh near the back and ear, nose, and leg injuries from a large German breed dog. A companion noise alerted a carriage partner who beat the animals away and ferried Dillon for medical help.
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Wheeling Register
J . W. B. Dillon
Vance, Hughes & Co
Wetzel County
New York
Uniontown
Littleton
Fish Creek
Mr. Dillon
He Don t Want Any Odds Funny Telegram Tale From Chicago
Billy Epply returns from Chicago with a funny tale about telegraph and ticker restrictions. A bucket-shop proprietor jokes he bets his soul against a rotten apple when asked about removing his ticker from his cell, prompting a chorus of laughter heard by ten miles by telephone.
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Cincinnati Enquirer
Billy Epply
Chicago
Telegraph Company
Board of Trade
Lis Sally
Hod Carier and the Sole Match in a City Tale
An Irish hod carrier, balancing mortar, set down his hod to light a pipe. He searched pockets for a sole match, then struck one as a passer asked directions to the Common. The moment proved comic and costly as the light failed and a humorous misfire followed. An ad for Wells' Health Renewer closes the piece.
Barker's American Checker-Player opening book
White to move and win. Barker's American Checker-Player offers twenty-two openings with 634 variations and 35 critical positions contributed by Wardwell and Lyman. 179 pages, cloth bound, 76 cents post-paid. Address Barker Cambridgeport Mass Chess and checker headquarters. Position No. 1004. BY ISALAA BARKER. EBLACK. WHITE. White to move and win. Position No. 1005. BY G. D. BUGBEE, BLACK. Came No. 1539-Cross.
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Barker
Messrs. Wardwell
Lyman
Cuarter Sy Barker
Charles F. Barker
Houghton Street
Cambridgeport
Mass
Puzzle Post and Obituary Notice from The Weekly Globe
The page runs a mixed puzzle section with crosswords and rhomboid enigma, plus a death notice for Charles E. Fowler born 1841. It notes his Civil War service, city roles, and puzzle-column contributions, announcing his January 28 death and mourning. It also invites readers to submit Word Hunt solutions about Oscar Wilde with prizes.
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Mr. Fowler
Twentieth
Connecticut Volunteers
Engineer Corps
Burnside
Hooker
Sherman
Indianapolis
New Haven
Oscar Wilde
Oscar Ie
Russian Empire
GLOBE
Thk
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