Howard's Letter and the Millionaire Prisoner Tale
A sweeping reminiscence traces a $450,000 bank robbery near New York, the police chase, and two convicts a decade in Sing Sing. A romantic entangled wife, later freed, helps fund a life of wealth and distant philanthropy. The piece ends by reflecting on secrets, morality, and a mysterious billionaire who may yet alter lives from Sing Sing.
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New York
George W. Matsell
Olden Times
Police Gazette
Nathan
James Jourdan
Jourdan
Matsell
Sine Sing
Amde
Henry
Mary
News in Brief Tork city uncover yellow fever and fires
A sweeping brief from early 1900s clumps together scattered items: leprosy myths among Indians in Colombia. Indiana election windfall. Detroit women’s congress. a Tennessee woollen mill fire. a Sharon Pennsylvania gas tank explosion. a Jamestown scarlet fever outbreak. church and school closures. a New York forger extradition warrant. and various political and local incidents across Canada and the U.S. including disasters, strikes, and notable deaths.
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United Columbia
Indiana
The
Association For the Geeenoement of
Detroit
Tulahoma
Tenn
Sharon
Penn
Jamestown
Oak
Charles T. de Baun
New York
Dominion
Republican National Committee
Washington
John Kennedy
Walsh
Toronto
Havana
Vermont
House of Representatives
Oceaa
Durned
Plainfield
Lil
Admiralty Court
Halifax
N.S
Amsterdam
Netherland
Pittsburg
Kan
Wilkey
Frontenac
Henry P. Marshall
Segman’s Bank
Newark
Knights of Labor
General Assembly
Indianapolis
Jones & Laughlin
American Iron Works
Scott
Dawn Township
Ont
Sherrin
Democratic National Committee
Peter Howe
Ciizen
Winona
Philp Baer
New York City
Bethlehem, Penn
Downieville
Cal
Thomas Wrew
Boston
Mr. Drew
Plymouth
Mass
Cincinnatii
Monongahela River
Duluth
St. Paul
Moorehead
St. Vincent
Bismarck
Fort Custer
Mon
Winnipeg
Marie Verthuner
Ram
Cheboygan
Mich
Clergyman Cured of Catarrh Receives Free Remedy Receipt
A clergyman long plagued by catarrh finally found a cure after trying many remedies. He saved his life with a recipe and offers to send the receipt free to any sufferer who writes with a self addressed stamped envelope to Professor J A wrence at 85 Warren Street New York City.
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New York
Brooklyn
Connecticut
Henry
Mary
New Haven
Hartford
Ord
Brusauely
J. A.wrence
Warren Street
New York City
Root
M.C
Pearl Street
New
Various 1890s News Items From A City Paper
Mayor Austin announces an afternoon event with Senator Evarts as United States Treasurer Hyatt reports a $1400 shipment of silver dollars converted to bird shot in transit from New Orleans to Washington. Reports cover Kansas City Times on Governor Guy and Byrd faction withdrawal, Tishomingo conference, and Wolf becoming governor. Fire at Indiana Paper Company in South Bend destroys building and stock worth $280,000. Shipping debates over Umbria Iberia collision and speed estimates. Presidential term extension debate in Herald. Jefferson Davis declines Richmond Exposition visit. Steve Brodie’s dramatic Hudson River jump risks death. Pullman sleeper Aragon fire near Conemaugh with 20 passengers unharmed. Ottawa telegrams on Canada Spain treaty talks to boost Canadian goods in Cuba and Puerto Rico.
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Sault Ste. Marie
Cleveland
Michiel Dinwoodie
Toronto
Ont
Central America
Manitoba
Winnipeg
United States
Canadian Pacific Road
Valley Falls
W. Va
Baltimore & Ohio
McGuire and
Clinton
Grafton
Hall
Woodsfield
Jones and
Kennedy
Anta FE
Dickinson
National Republican Committees
Miss Dickinson
West
Harrison
New York
Sugar Trust
North River Sugar Reining Company
Senate Investigating Committee
Fort Smith
Ark
Guy
Brooklyn
N. Y
Warren
J. O. Peck
Warner Miller
Peck
Miller
Court House
Oe Spee Square
Woman's Congress
Detroit
Mich
Julia Ward-Howe
G. K. Easby
Delaware
Henrietta L.T Wolcott
Massachusetts
Sophia Curtiss Hoffman
Pennsylvania
Washington
State Department
Spain
Belgium
Curry
Tree
Watson's
Furman Street
No. 150
Colonel Watson
Fulton Grain Milling Company
Seward
Allany
W. H. Seward
Fanny Seward
Austin
Evarts
Hyatt
Express
Mint
New Orleans
Kansas City Times
Byrd
Umbria
Iberia
Consignee
Cunard
Herald
The
Richmond Exposition
Jefferson Davis
Virginia
Steve Brodie
Hudson River
Poughkeepsie
Brodie
Newark
Waitig
Highland Station
Police Gazette
Aragon
Pennsylvania Road
James
Conemaugh
Penn
New York Herald
Ottawa
Sir Charles Tupper
Dominion
Canada
Sir Charles
Cuba
Porto Rico
Spanish West Indies
Consumption Cure Recipe Offered Free by Retired Physician
An old physician asserts he holds a simple vegetable remedy with a radical cure for consumption bronchitis asthma and throat and lung ailments plus nervous debility. He offers to mail the full recipe free in German French or English to anyone in need, from an address in New York.
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Power
Hester
New York World
Tribune and Farmer
Gazette Des Sores
Mali
CIALE
Fulton &J
New York
wySt
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Ary
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Maggie M
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Beypat
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Bigger
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Core
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National Board of ‘Trade
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United States Naval Reserve
National Board of Health
Wordman & Thompson
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L. H. Meagher
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Sifax
Anita Aro
P.n
Fifth Army Corps
Milt
Treasury
Judge Church
Montreal
Debaun
Park National Bank of New York
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Cotton Oil Trust
Independent Mill
John Knapp
Mississippi Republican
Long Beach
Los Angeles
Jacksonville
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Charles C. Grafton
Church of the Advent of
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John ©. Meyer
Christopher Meyer
Atlantic City
New Jersey Rubber Works
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Newark & New York
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Sutton
Burrows
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World Mfg. CO
Nassau St
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Sault
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Louis Helmquist
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Iron Cliff
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James Epps
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Vine St
Bradford Building
Cincinnati
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Joan H. Woodbury
Jarley
Samuel French & Son
W. 3Rd St
York
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Bridgeport
Marabee
Standard Silverware Co
Rosen
Grannan Detective Bureau CO
Arcade
Salesrie Postals
Centennial
Lanuing Co
J. L. Stephens
DR. J. L. Stephens CO
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Ohio
O. Vickery
Augusta
Maine
Frank
Frank Lesliz
Porutar
Bed Eerie
Frank Leslie
Park Place
GLOBE
Agents’ Journal
Bromff Street
Wytf Myll
J. Arnold
East Hampton
Coun
J. V. Kenyon
Glens Falls
J. E. Shepard & CO
Marston CO
Bark Place
NewYork- Thstwyly Salé
Kterewster
Holly, Mich
Art Ptg. Co
Wallin Wregts
Conn
Wikayaw
Uits
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Singer
Reachip
Singer Company
Chicago Singers
Esame
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Jboston
Masa
Uns
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Main Street
Cline
Jesus
Leslie EB. Keeley Company
Dwight
Illinois
F. 4
Lehmane
Wyly
Mcarowhas
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