Alderman's Daughter in Perilous City Intrigue
Gertrude Brandon, an alderman's daughter, faces theft and threat as she seeks Mrs. O'Brien in a dangerous tenement. She confronts a violent captor, loses her engagement ring, and encounters Clarice Howard, linking their fates to a broader city conspiracy and a detective’s wary pursuit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gertrude
Gertrude Brandon
Mary O'Bllen
Boston
Phin
Filmer Howard
Ben
Mrs. O'Brien
Mary O’brien
Giemay
Miss Brandon
Clarice Howard
Gertude
Clarice
Rosy
Mary O'Brien
Gertrude Andy Clarice
Brien
Trishworman
Donald Dyke
Elmer
Elmner
Elmer Howard
Howard
Duke
Mr. Howard
Carice
Met
Clotilde Grey
Eail
Fiderty
Cily
Philip
Ross
Philip Ross
Mary
Brandon
Cliricé
Wire
Sue
Ctobilde Cyey
Gertose
Cir Jeroine
Stalr
Pillip Ross
Sylvester Brandon
Aertrode
Mra. O'Avien
Lewideviiin
Chase Popper
Peewee
Jerome Manto
Sam
Eco-Eating Chinese. Philadelphia Record
A satirical piece notes Philadelphia Chinese residents’ high egg consumption, contradicting old stereotypes of a rice diet. It claims ten Chinese men buy eighty eggs daily and touts Brown's Lion Bitters as a cure for pallor and blood impoverishment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Celestial Empire
Hong Kong
Peking
Fragmentary notice on tunnery business and prices
A fragment discusses Ah Lee formerly of Philadelphia and an assistant in a tunnery business in West Chester. It notes earnings of about 16 at 240 Ces la a week, averaging seventeen daily, with onions priced between fifteen and twenty cents a dozen, claimed cheaper than other staples and nearly as cheap as rice.
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Donald Dyke
Tremont Street
Mr. Gresham
Duke
L— Club
Gresham
Sylvester Brandon
Brandon
Boston
Mr. Brandon
Ah Lee
Philadelphia
West Chester
Onionaen
Arabi Forbidden by a Bedouin to Cut British Water Supply
A London Telegraph correspondent recalls Arabi’s plan to dam the canal at Tel el Kebir. A holy Bedouin advised against fully cutting water to the British, arguing water should serve all, and the flow was only partially halted as Arabs opened a six foot gap for percolating water to reach the British.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arabi
London
Tel el-Kebir
Ehleftuit
Allah
Euogen
Syre
Tam O Shanter's Hat sparks craze in American fashion
The Providence Journal notes Tam O Shanter bonnets gaining popularity in the United States. Scots wearers, merchants, and even dukes’ sons are cited. Hats arrive in Boston markets, selling for two to three dollars, with demand growing as knitters across New England supply thousands.
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Providence Journal
Tam O'Shanter
Hellum
Robert Purns
Scotland
Duke of
Argyle
Lorne
Boston Comercial Bulletin
Boston
Desiers
New Fuglead
Official Who Signs New Certificates All Day in Treasury
A New York Sun piece profiles Assistant Treasurer Thomas C. Acton signing twenty nine million dollars of new gold certificates in the Sub-Treasury building with unrelenting routine from 9 to lunch and continuing seven thousand signatures in three days. The article notes his monotony, resolve, and vow to complete the task. It also reports a Detroit hotel fire at Manistee and Lena Pierce rescuing Andrew Carleson.
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Mr. Gresham
Exen
New York Suns
New York
Sub
Washington
Detroit
Mich
Blonder
Manistee
Lena Pierce
Andrew Carleson
Something Worth Gold Celery and Chamomile Cure Claims
Dr Brown Sequard and Drs Agres tout a celery and chamomile extract as curing nervous and sick headaches neuralgia nervousness paralysis and dyspepsia and preventing heart trouble. The formula, praised by Baltimore physicians, is sold in 50 cent boxes with multi box deals from a Baltimore depot.
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Brown-Seynard
A. H. Schlichter
Baltimore
North Eutaw St
Lymall
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Ernest A. Young
Mr. Graham
Mr. Brand
Tam
Parcon
Micin
Jerome Munro
Gertrude Brandon le
Elvin
Lro
Ant
Will
Lis
Wileh
bin Elmer
Carraige
Elmer Toward
Dykey
Etter
Jim
Elier Howard
Clarlce Howard
Blodgett
Tignes
Jerome
Chrowiustynees
Athey
Mauro
Jerome Munroe
Ian
Gellerite
Aparas
Munro
Org
Tam O'Shanter's
Rata
The
Christian At Work
Brown Sequard
Doctors Agres
C. W. Benson
A.N. Crittenton
C. W Benson
Fulton St
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