Life of Felix Oldboy Mines Ends in Workhouse Death
Notes recount the life of John F. Mines known as Felix Oldboy, a former army chaplain and editor who drifted through several newspapers. After a career marked by controversy and heavy drinking, he died at Blackwell's Island workhouse hospital following a series of fits, with his early years in Paris and later service in New York and Maine.
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John F. Mines
Felix Oldboy
Blackwell’s Island
Mines
Paris
America
Trinity Preparatory School
New York City
Burlington
N. J
Trinity College
Hartford
Washington
New York
The
Tribune
Albany
Troy Times
Stewart J. Woodford
Brooklyn, Union
Gen. Woodford
Commercial Advertiser
Lewis Lawrence
Utica
Lawrence
Republian
Evening Post
Old New York
Keeley
North American Review
Blackwell's Island
Workhouse Hospital
Press Club
Col. Mines
New Silver Coin Designs Approved for Half, Quarter, and Dime
The mint director proposes new designs by Charles E. Barber for silver coins. A Liberty head with olive wreath and Phrygian cap appears on the obverse, with In God We Trust on the half and quarter. The dime omits the motto and uses United States of America inscriptions. Reverse shows the 1782 seal with eagle, shield, olive branch, and arrows. mint aims to start coinage by January 1, 1892.
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Washington
The
United States
United States of America
Mint
Philadelphia
Highwayman Robs Wealthy Woman on Fifth Avenue
Mrs. Foster, wife of a tobacco manufacturer, was knocked down on Madison Avenue near 73rd Street as a rough-looking man grabbed her pocketbook. A police pursuit at Park Avenue and 75th Street ended with the thief named Robert Houston in custody. Foster received aid and was returned home with minor injuries.
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New York
Park Av
75Th St. Vie
Robert Houston
Robbers Hold Up a Train Near West Side
Six masked men robbed the Missouri Pacific Kansas City express last night about 10 o clock one mile west of West Side, eight miles from the city. They forced Engineer Hall off the engine, opened the express box and took about 3500 dollars. Passengers were ordered to stay seated while the thieves escaped. Police are pursuing the suspects.
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Omana
Kansas City
West Side
Fremont, Elkhorn
Missouri Valley
Hall
Soldiers protest army rations at federal station
Washington reports complaints from the 3d Artillery stationed here about insufficient food quantities and quality. The War Department has noted the issue, with the ration fixed by Congress, though vegetables were added this year. Officers say the scant rations may fuel discontent and desertion among enlisted men.
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Washington
3D Artillery
War Department
Congress
Buried in the Ruins Explosion Destroys Warren House
Charles Warren's frame dwelling on Corridon street in Brapcorp Penn was demolished by a natural gas explosion this morning as he hunted a cellar leak. A lantern in the darkened cellar ignited the blast, reducing the house to kindling wood.
Fatal fire injures Warren family in partial tragedy
A blaze severely burned Mr Warren, Ross Fenton, Mrs Warren and her two daughters but none died. The incident left burn injuries on faces and arms. Investigators are determining the cause and assessing damages.
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Mr. Warren
Ross Fenton
New World’s Fair import rules issued by Treasury
Secretary Foster issues fresh regulations on free importation of exhibition goods for Chicago fair. The rules cover package markings, allow bonded carriers to ship directly to Chicago without appraisement, list approved lines and ports, revoke prior January 7 regulations, and substitute the new guidelines.
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Treasury Department
Washixaton
Foster
Chicago
Joasary Department
Dillon wills bulk of estate to Catholic causes
New York Nov 7 Sarah Parish Dillon's will filed for probate leaves all diamonds to Archbishop Corrigan for ornamenting a chalice and monstrance in a Roman Catholic church chosen by him. Books go to Cathedral Sunday School. $40,000 to relatives for life, $10,000 to Sister Mary Stanislaus in London, with remaining funds to Joseph's Fathers school at Watertown upon each beneficiary's death. Remainder to Society of Jesus for prayers for her zeal.
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New Yorks
Sarah Parish Dillon
Corrigan
Cathedral
Mary Stanislaus
St. Edward's Convent
London
Boy Chained in Cellar Leads to Divorce Decree
In New York a separation action by Mrs. Emily A. Emerson against her husband Jesse M. Emerson of Brotherhood Wine Co concluded with a decree of separation by consent. She testified the couple’s son Eddie faced brutal abuse including being chained to the cellar by a staple. the husband returned from Europe and abandoned her on Sept 4, 1800.
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New York
Emily A. Emerson
Jesse M. Emerson
Brotherhood Wine Company
Supreme Court
O’brien
Eddie
Europe
Dr Keeley suit over cured drunks a personal harm claim
Crwaco dated item reports Dr Leslie Keeley of Dwight sued for 10000 damages by Dr L Major of Ridgeland over a circular listing reformed drunkards including Major. Major, never intoxicated, objects to his name used widely and says he has received many inquiry letters. Also notes Senator Gallinger in Washington says Cheney may join the cabinet, aiding Republican prospects in New England.
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Crwaco
Leslie Keeley
Dwight
Dr. Major
Major
Cheney
Washington
Senator Gallinger
New Hampshire
ex-Goy
Gallinger
Republican Party
New England
Mexican Government to Send Representative to Chicago Expo
Wasuingeron reports that the Mexican government will send a special representative to Chicago to handle Mexican interests at the World's Columbian Exposition. The move signals direct engagement with the fair and its Mexican connections.
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Wasuingeron
Chicago
Actress Fannie Cartwright Murdered in New Orleans
Actress Fannie Cartwright, hired for The Fast Mail company, was stabbed and placed on the Northwestern railroad tracks at Artesian Avenue in New Orleans. The body was cut in two to fake a train death. She was 23, a widow, her husband dying in January. An incompetent coroner and jury ruled the death accidental. Police pursue murderers as three suspects were arrested then freed.
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Curiaco
Fannie Cartwright
Fast Mail” Company
New Orleans
Northwestern Railroad
Artesian Av
Ajocranes
Jaine’s
New York
Bria
Queenstown
New York City
Mercury
Kingston
N.Y
Chi Seep
Burlington & Quincy
Ledron
Lil
M Livain
Aurora
Joseph Mayer
Arsenal
Trenton
N.J
Adams
Sanford
Pla
Morton Haus
Joseph L. Wise
Massillon
Canton
Grand Rapids
Mich
Burlingame
Charles Griften Ford
Weiss Produce Company
Birlingerstown
Penn
Mary Flocher
Diaro de Chuahua
Titton
United States
Aredo
Mexico
Clarino-Garza
Diaz
Deel
Unite States
Henderson
Newcomb
William
Gant
Sanrancisco
San Francisco
Chicago
Parsons
Spies
Enel
Fisher
Ling
Waldheim
Late Judge Isaac Marston Dies After Remarkable Journey
The Michigan Supreme Court’s late Judge Isaac Marston, born to peasant parents in Ireland in 1889, arrived in the United States in 1856. He worked on a farm in Michigan, studied at the State University of Michigan, began a law career in Alma in 1861, faced a burned law library, married in Ithaca with little money, and in 1876 succeeded Judge Christianey on the Supreme Court.
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Isaac Marston
Michigan Supreme Court
Ireland
United States
Michigan
State Uiversity
Ann Arbor
Cooley
Alma
Marston
Ithaca
Baywi
Christianey
Supreme Court
Linen trade flourishes in Ulster with wage gains
The linen industry in Ireland shows vigor with about 80,000 Ulster operatives in spinning mills and factories receiving wage increases from 5 to 7 4 per cent, effective immediately. Other notes cover Vermont wheat yields, a drying lumber system, Tennessee convicts, a Montana footpad case, Chinese deportation rulings, and Army artillery rations complaints.
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Ireland
Ulster
St. Johnsbury
Board of Trade
Vermont
Agricultural Department
Washington
New England
Connecticut
W. W. Blanchard
Middlebury
Tennessee
Briceville
Oliver
Kentucky
Lebanon Junction
Henry Clark
Montana
Bertha Forsland
Missoula
Butte
Anaconda
Conductor Richardson
Swan
Michigan
Chong Sam
Port Hudson
China
United States
Canada
3D Aselice Regiment
Washington Barracks
Washington, D. C
Grenadier Guards
War Department
Doomed rations complaints trigger worker unrest and crimes
A jumble of 19th century clippings reports strikes over rations in St. Louis tin-plate mills, a wife arming with a lamp injuring her husband in New York, a Loire of legal battles over a San Francisco trust, shipwrecks near Astoria, burglars and arrests in Chicago, a 104 year old groom and 81 year old bride, mine strikes in Indiana and Tennessee, and various murders, accidents, and political maneuvers across the United States.
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St. Louis
Compass Mills
Lvery Fg
Association of Iron and Steel Workers
Patric Breduirend
98Th St
New York
McGuire
Thomas Blythe
San Francisco
Florence Blythe
Strathblane
Honolulu
Astoria
Charlie Modjeska
Steve
Murphy
Herman
Chicago
Ilinois Central
State St
Hiram Lester
Atlanta
Opets House
Hiram
Mary Moseley
Indiana
United Mineworkers’ Union
East Tennessee
Thistle
Tennessee Mining Company
Windom
Floyd Hailey
Harrison County
W. Va
Aurora County
Thames
Jonathan Wright
Schuylkill County
Pottsville
Penn
Wright
Rusk Ivanhoe
Leadville
Col
Paran Stevens
Baxter
Pittsburg
O. 5
Richardson & Co
Cleveland
United States
Frances Slocum
Duluth
Minn
Maggie Matthews
St. Louis Socia
National Farmers’ Congress
Sedalia
Illiam Freeman
Pennsylvania Road
Longfellow
Lewiston
Denver & Rio Grande Railroad
George Coppell
Haddward Lofrey
Genet Hanager
Gillaly
Wagner
Dennis Sheehan
Damocrasio
Orton
Phatity Spring
United States Circuit Court
A. T. Southerland
Hazelton
Luzerne County
Erie
Missouri, Kansas & Texas Stocktrain
Waco
Tex
Barbara Luber
Washington St
Buffalo
Magdalene Mochel
Theody
Josovo Beattie
Cochrane & Co
Charles Parlange
George D. Johnston
Democratic Antilottery Committee
State of
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Louisiana Lottery Company
Point Judith
Narragansett Pier
R. L
el Tiempo
Mexico
Boundary line dispute narrows as survey probes Ohio claim
A government survey party under Supt. Mendenhall of the coast and geodetic survey examines Ohio’s challenge to Indiana over 1200 square miles. He doubts the boundary is 12 miles off and notes marks are largely obliterated. If Ohio’s claim holds, Indiana could seek a 12 mile wide eastern Illinois slice.
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Wasumerer
D. C
Mendenhall
Coast and Geodetic Survey
Ohio
Indiana
Campbell
Fast Wind
Union Cit
Ilinois
Montt Elected President of Chile by Liberal Electors
Berlin Financiers’ grief noted as Chilean politics unfold. Admiral Jorge Montt is elected president for five years by Liberal electors, with inauguration planned for December 26 in Santiago. Foreign reports say broad party support and cross-party acquiescence, while exit questions loom over extradition issues raised by Pedro Montt in Washington.
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Jorge Montt
Santiago de Chili
Admiral Montt
Onty
Liberal
Valparaiso
Pedro Montt
United States
Blaine
American Legation
Congress of the United States
Conspiracy Against Balmaceda Reported in Chile and Buenos Aires
A Valencia dispatch in the Herald claims Santiago faced a plotted uprising centered in Valparaiso with a Buenos Ayres branch. Report cites a $2,000,000 fund, key figures like Senor Juan McKenna, ex-military officers, and plans to assassinate Col. Canto. Arrests and investigations follow, while officials deny involvement by refugees at the U.S. legation.
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Valparaiso
Herald
Santiago
Hew
Buenos Ayres
Juan McKenna
United States
Legation
Galmaceda
Col
Canto
Congressional
Ibis Sd
Gardarillas
Balmedi
Col. Canto
Barros Arana
Pintor Ad Sonor Arana
Cel. Gandarillas
Calle Vuergas
Senor Garcia Cullero
Velasquez Waslso
Balmaceda
Guerrero
Serena
Mischie
Egan
Senor McKenna
Trouble in Brazil Dictatorship Looms as Republics Wane
London reports from Rio Grande do Sul say the army and navy forced President Da Fonseca to assume dictatorship amid unrest. Imperialists gain ground in the north while central Brazil supports the republic. Telegraphs operate, exchange improves, and order returns with doubt about a swift revolution.
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London
Rio Grande Do Sul
da Fonseca
Rio Janeiro
Brazil
Dom Pedro
Czar Skips Berlin After Threats of Nihilist Plot
Nov. 6 Berur reports the Czar avoided Berlin on a Germany pass to Crimea after police warned of a Nihilist assassination plot. To mislead foes he announced a Berlin route while planning via Dantzig. Suspects from Russia and Geneva are under watch. others warned to leave the city.
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Czar
Berlin
Germany
Crimea
Dantzig
Russia
Geneva
Flavin Wins Cork City Seat in McCarthyite Upset
Cork voters elect Martin Flavin McCarthyite candidate over John Redmond Parnellite by 3660 to 2157 with Sarsfield Unionist at 1161. Parnellites vow continued opposition as Redmond faces possible unseating over alleged clerical interference. Mrs Parnell cites sacrifice and prejudice while Avondale workers face estate dissolution. Tim Healy criticizes intimidation as McDermott describes assault.
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Martin Flavin
Cork City
Charles Stewart Parnell
John
Redmond
Flavin
Sarsfield
Parnell
Maurice Healy
McCarthyites
Parnellites
Great Britain
United Ireland
Leadership prospects in Liberal House of Commons
London reports debate on who will lead the Liberal bloc if Gladstone retires. Sir Harcourt’s eyesight failure sidelines him. others named include John Morley Campbell Bannerman and Henry Hartley Fowler, with Hartley favored. Also: Chilean jitters as Valparaiso notes watchers near Minister Egan’s Santiago home and Paris talks hint at a major rifle order from France.
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House of Commons
Gladstone
W. W. Harcourt
William
John Morley
Campbell Bannerman
Henry Hartley Fowler
Wolverhampton
Sir Hartley
Valparaiso
Egan
Santiago
Paris
Chili
Earthquake toll and global dispatches from 1902
A telegram to Japanese minister Tatemo details the Oct 28 quake hitting Aichi and Gifu with 6500 killed, 2000 injured, 7600 homes destroyed and 12000 badly damaged. Other items report Fuji Yami ascent tragedy, bank embezzlement probes, Ugandan unrest, pope’s health worry, and European political upheavals.
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Washington
Tatemo
Japan
Aichi
Gifu
Lokio
Latemo
Currents of Commerce in three markets amid political upheaval
Quotations in Boston New York and Chicago markets show a broken week with financial disturbances and state elections. Trade volume remains unchanged as buyers pursue a conservative policy while sellers push for sales.
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Boston
New York
Chicago
Cattle Market Reports from British Ports This Week
Latest advices from British live stock markets show dull demand for American cattle in London and Glasgow with modest prices. Freight rates range 45 to 60 shillings per head. shipments by Boston and New York are noted under Huston shipments as refrigerators face reduced loading due to contract expirations.
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London
Liverpool
Glasgow
G. H Hammond Company
Leyland Line
Virginian
Boston
New York
Huston
Wheat Prices Lift on Demand and Drought Fears
Wheat markets rally on strong demand from New York and abroad despite mixed Chicago data. Traders eye higher values as Russia considers duties that could curb exports, while England and Europe show firmer prices and better farmer deliveries. Corn dull but firm. oats soft, and provisions weaken on anticipated hog supplies.
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New York
Duluth
Atwerp
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London
Berlin
Liverpol
Russia
England
Bivens
M Bane
Uplands
Gulf
City Mills
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Scaenne
F. O
Milwaukee
Canada
Oherwgight
Chicago
Rio Rm
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Janey
Japan
United
Jersey
Saar Do
Western Dairy
Gas Do Creamery
Rtacteey
Elgin
Thavis
Strom
Liverpoo Trong
St. Louis
Bent
Eascember
Pets Beige Oy
Price listings and market notes from the Hoston Markets
The issue reports butter cheese and dairy prices, meat and poultry notes, and broad commodity quotes. It lists New York and Vermont extra dairy values, cheese demand, lambs, beef, canned goods, fruits, vegetables, flour, oils, coffee, and spices with varied regional prices and current market movements.
Wheat and commodity prices drift in May 1946 markets
Chicago note lists mixed commodity quotes for May 1946 including pork, lard, ribs, and shoulders with prices around 6.3 to 7.6 per unit. Grain values show flour and wheat holding, corn and oats varying, barley bids near 58 cents, and large shipment totals across wheat, corn, oats, rye, and barley.
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Abe
Watertown Cattle Market Arrivals and Prices
Weekly arrivals at Brighton and Watertown show cattle 3469, sheep 16296, veals 1254, hogs 26656, horses 399. Western cattle 2705 and Eastern Northern cattle 764. western beeves led live weight at 2 6c. Hides and skins prices per cent varied. Brighton hides listed with limited detail.
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Watertown
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