Stolen Boy Willie Dickinson Search Continues
Mrs. Dickinson recounts a year long fruitless hunt for Willie Dickinson, abducted near Commonwealth Wisconsin in 1881. Pinkertons and a flood of tips followed, with leads from Virginia to New York and England, including false sightings and a man named Morris linked to a boarding child. The Dickinsons persist, aided by investigators, seeking their son and blaming rival suspects.
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W. F. Dickinson
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Cornwall
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Charlie Morris
Virginia
New York State
Pinkerton
Tus
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World postal service ranks nations by offices and mail totals
A Washington report compares foreign mail service stats led by Superintendent Black. It lists post offices by country, per capita ratios, letters and cards mailed, newspapers handled, international letters, interior rail and land routes, and gross and net revenues withGermany leading in revenue and the United States showing deficits alongside Russia and Japan.
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Washington
Black
The
Foreign Mail Service
United States
Great Britain
Germany
France
Japan
Switzerland
Norway
Great OU Britain
Francs
Grea Britain
Austria
Italy
Russia
Spain
Nickerson and His Lena Major’s Gambling and Morphine Addiction
Washington dispatch reports a long term morphine addiction by Major Nickerson and nightly poker sessions ending in unconsciousness. Lena Carter, living on his property, is tied to his wife’s treatment and to alleged sexual relations. Letters suggest prior contact, with a controversial divorce and travel to Europe.
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Nickerson
Major Nickerson
Lena Cirter
Rock Enon Springs
Major
Cabal
Europe
Nicker
Carters
Penalty of Royal Blood Baby in Washington
News from Washington reports that a Chinese minister fathered a daughter named America. The infant allegedly received lavish gifts and servants, with the right big toe bent by the minister as a sign of royal blood. The act is described as ritual cruelty, though the baby reportedly survives amid concern and disbelief.
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Washrnoton
America
China
Penens
A Girl With Queer Legs Cannot Be Touched
Milwaukee physicians study a 13 year old girl whose legs below the knee are highly sensitive from daybreak to midnight and insensible at midnight. Striking objects causes agony while her lower limbs are paralyzed. The illness began a year ago and she remains otherwise healthy though prone to convulsions. Doctors in other cities have examined her but cannot cure her.
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Milwaukee
Possible Cabinet Changes After Election Rumors Circulate
Washington dispatch notes curbstone chatter on impending cabinet retirements of Folger and Brewster, with delays until after Tuesday's election. Politicians doubt renomination chances for General Arthur, urging caution in any cabinet reshuffles, while a New York observer calls changes unlikely this term. Kidney-Wort ad follows, touting health benefits.
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Curbstone
Folger
Brewster
Willard
New York
Arthur
Two Women of the Woods A Famous Huntress and a Bright Massachusetts Girl
A long report from Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania recounts the 1868 marriage of Lucy Ann Lobdell and Marie Louiseerry, both women, who lived as man and wife and roamed forests from Delaware County to Wayne and Sullivan counties. The piece traces Lobdell’s life as a hunter in the period 1854 to 1868, the couple’s arrests for vagrancy, and Lobdell’s confinement at Willard asylum while the wife claimed marriage and support. It also covers the fate of Lobdell’s partner and their child, including Lobdell’s later dismissal from jail, and the child’s later life after a kidnapping incident and marriage.
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Delaware River
George Slater
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Wayne County
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Pike
Marie Louiseerry
Massachusetts
Boston
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Honesdale
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Damascus Township
Demi Poorhouse
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Damascus Farm
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Page
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Frey
Ig & Mammoth
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M. Moore
Park Place
Scalped by a Shaft in Stitching Room Accident
Ellen Logan, employed in Theron Blanchara's Broad street stitching room, caught by a revolving shaft Thursday. Her scalp was lifted from the skull from near the forehead to the base of the head and she suffered a severe head cut. She was to the hospital for treatment and is expected to recover.
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Lynn
Ellen Logan
Theron Blanchara
Broad Street
Teen throws fatal stone hit in Fair Haven
In New Haven on Friday afternoon a fourteen year old boy named Kennedy from Fair Haven hurled a stone at six year old Conden, hitting the temple and causing death after lingering until noon. Kennedy is the son of blacksmith John Kennedy.
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New Haven
Kennedy
Fair Haven
Dr Pierce's Favorite Prescription Praised by Druggists
Dr Pierce's Favorite Prescription is described as a cure for many female ailments and weaknesses. The ad claims it strengthens and restores health, with druggists endorsing its effectiveness for assorted derangements and general vitality.
Chess and checkers notices from Charles F Barker
Boston date November 6 1883 announces communications to Charles F Barker Cambridgeport mass. Chess and checker players headquarters listed. Position No 1168 cited with Black to move and win in position 1169 by Isaiah Barker Cambridgeport mass.
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Boston
Charles F. Barker
Houghton Street
Cambridgeport
Mass
Chess and Checker Players’ Headquarters
Pemberton Square
B. G. H. Powell
Black
Isaiah Barker
Cambridgeport, Mass
Barker
Obr
Messrs
Wardwell
Lyman
McKinnon Defeats Dickinson In Woolwich Challenge Games
In the Woolwich Checker Club challenge, McKinnon beat Dickinson across two posted games. The record notes McKinnon won and includes various move sequences and positions from the Sunderland Weekly Echo reportage.
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Woolwich Checker Club
Messrs
McKinnon
Dickinson
Sunderland Weekly Echo
Mcixinnon
Isaiah Breet
Cambridgeport
Blindfold Draughts entertain Sunderland readers at Beckett Arms
A crowded Beckett Arms in Meauwoon hosted four simultaneous blindfold draughts games led by W Strickland. Opponents H Beaumont, W Barrett, T Bailey and J Bullock failed to win or draw. J Marsden of Leeds acted as move caller. The display drew applause as moves were repeated for each game.
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Denvir
Thomas Dale
Sheffield
Dale
Sunderland Weekly Echo
Beckett Arms
Meauwoon
W. Strickland
Edinburgh
J. Marsden
Leeds
Strickland
Kirkstal Draughts Club
A Beautiful Girl Driven to Suicide by Police Brutality
Halland Vienna report details Elizabeth Gausreiter, a Bavarian waitress at the Volksgarten cafe, who after harassment by her lover’s family and police pressure was arrested, jailed, and, under threat of deportation, killed herself with a concealed revolver. The case sparks public indignation against Austrian police and authorities.
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Goeber
Vienna
Volksgarten
Polizeibaus
Fraulein
Elizabeth Guaissreiter
Demoiselle de Comptoir
Elzabeth
Jeunesse Doree
Elizabeth
Austria
Frau Szabo
Polizei Commissar
Bavaria
Youn Szabo
Wallenstein
Prince Eugene
Picture Perfect Advice From An Old Artist
An amateur shows a portrait to an elderly artist who instructs him to move farther away. The sitter retreats through a hall and out a door, while the artist laughs from inside as the door shuts, revealing the joke on the eager exhibitor.
The Two Most Stylish American Cities
A St Louis Globe Democrat piece notes winter fashion in St Louis with predictions the city will be stylish, led by a London smoke shade and a humorous line about converting dresses by atmosphere, adding that spring may bring Pittsburg as a rival. It ends with an ad blurb for a cough remedy.
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Pittsburg
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