Burglars Loot Guthrie Jewelry Store and Damaged Goods
A burglary at E G Guthrie’s jewelry shop in Cusselton netted about $250 in goods. Reports mention other regional incidents including a broken rail wreck on the Great Northern near Casselton, a Grand Forks school district reorganization vote, and a large 125 ton barge being built at Bismarck for harvest grain transport.
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E. G. Guthrie
Cusselton
Talbot
Bismarck
Sioux City
Great Northern
Casselton
Grand Forks
Missouri River
Abner Neal
Thompson Walker
Devil's Lake
State Pharmaceutical Association
D. PF. Sheffield
Sanborn
H. Devacx
Valley City
H.C. Moxy
Fargo
Christiansen
Larimore
Breckenridge
Great Northern Railway
Es Woek
Bet Coos
I Remember Moments From a Turbulent Boarding House
A Chicago reminiscence recalls a bleak boarding house set with a sour window and a hard mattress. A County Clare maid, a blaring brass player, and lingering bills haunt the speaker as past routines collide with violence and fear. The verse closes with a hazy memory of a hasty escape and a dull ache.
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Hash
Mora
County Clare
English heir pursues western fortune in Texas misadventure
Hon Horace Greenfield lands in New York with two servants and three dogs then travels to Helena Texas to buy cattle. A failed cattle purchase ends with Ezekiel Philpott warning him away and the young Briton returning to England without the fortune or aunt’s legacy.
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Horace Greenfield
American
England
Horace
Far West
United States
New York
Plice
Helena
Tex
Austin
Greenfield
London
Ae Cena
Philpott
Ezekiel Philpott
Mr. Philpott
China
Local crime and accidents fill handful of Minnesota notices
Mise Lapham sues for damages after an assault in Houston County Minnesota. a jury awards 1 cent. Franklin, Wisconsin area reports a saloon license revocation after a murder at Logtown Sank County. A Beaver Dam youth is fined for jumping a moving freight train.
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Mise Lapham
la Crosse
Houston County
Minn
John A. Berg
Daniel McFadden
Superior
Logtown
Sank County
Franklin
Beaver Dam
Justice Berelor
Remarkable Local News From Across Iowa in One Week
Reports describe a sixteenth foot long monster snake near Keokuk and a wild man’s removal, a mill accident killing 13-year-old Frank Curry, a Barrington merchant accused of hair theft, a Clarksville farmer’s brutal domestic assault, a fatal mowing machine accident near Tripoli, and a deadly black cholera outbreak in Preston with fifteen deaths and seventy five cases. Residents also report a rumored white dressed nocturnal visitor along the county line street, likely a prank.
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Keokuk
Mississippi
Frank Curry
Joseph Girart
Barrington
Walt Wamsley
Clarksville
Pir
Tripoli
Pifer
Preston
Lyons
County Line
Ackley Tribune
New York Man Peterson Vanishes Twice More in Twenty Years
A New York state man named Peterson disappeared about twenty years ago and was declared dead after seven years. His estate was divided, he reappeared causing a dispute, vanished again, and after ten years resurfaced once more before vanishing for a third time as authorities seek guidance on handling the situation.
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New York State
Peterson
Patna
Detroit Free Press
Ocean’s encroachment on eastern shores threatens coastlines
A Forum essay describes broad lowland belts from Sandy Hook to Cape Henry and along the Mississippi Sound being overtaken by the sea. It warns cottages with decaying lifespans near cliffs must move as water marks advance yearly, while humanity struggles to outwit the waves.
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Sandy Hook
Cape Henry
Mississippi Sound
The Dry Choice on the Sea Vessel Tale
A voyage on the sea ends with a perilous loss of life as a charming lady faces a horde of suitors aboard. The captain counsels selecting the dry one for rescue, while thirty eight passengers perish and the survivors line up in a morbid parade.
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London Graphic
The Strangler Vine Tale of Hidden Silver Mine
The narrator recalls a 19th century quest for a Yucatan silver mine. A Balize hunter and a merchant trap themselves on a desolate mesa where motion fiendish snakeweed vines strangle, killing the Co. lone survivor and two corpses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ke Ran
Merida
Immigrant Stowaway From Teutonic Detained At Barge Office
A tall matronly immigrant, Mrs John Jones aged about fifty, arrived on the Teutonic after crossing from Queenstown. She hoped to see her daughter Sally and son Dick in America, having no money or ticket. General O Bierne ordered detention at the Barge Office while efforts to locate Sally or Dick continued.
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Minnesota
Sauk Lake
Sauk Center
St. Paul
George Herber
Farmington
Prairie Lake
Mias Vina Mead
Laverne
San Francisco
Japan
Brown County
Engessor Brewing Company
St. Peter
John Long
New Ulm
Paul Lindberg
Lake Superior
Duluth
Geo. H. Arnold
Three Rivers
Mich
Stillwater Penitentiary
George Hirsch
Austin
Morris L. Cutler
James McMillan
Redwood County
Delhi
Thomas McMillan
Soldiers’ Home
Chicago
Aitkin
Pine River
St. Anthony Luewber Company
Minnapolis
Sea Wing
Ed. S Durant, Jr
Winnebago City
Nto
John Aitken
Therringes
John Nelson
Minneapolis
Main
Naylor
Fergus Paul's
Trace
New York Times
John Jones
Queenstown
Riordan
Queenstown Harbor
America
Sally
Teutonic
Gen
O’bierne
Village Lad Becomes Famous Doctor After Martins Tale
A New York Star column recalls a village lad who, mocked as a dreamer, rose to become a renowned physician. Years later a former sweetheart, now widowed and destitute, seeks help for her ailing husband. He discreetly assists, but the memory of the Hudson River village romance lingers.
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New York
United States
Pete
Hudson River
Sleep in Summer: A Call to Rest and Cooling Baths
A health column urges more sleep during hot weather as endurance peaks in midsummer. It warns against late evening socializing on hot bedrooms near the lake and suggests cooling baths to aid sleep, noting youth and old alike need rest for vitality and development.
Smoking at Venetian Balls Sparks Social Debate
A Victorian note describes fashionable Venetian ladies smoking cigarettes at balls and in pauses of dances. An American hostess refusals to invite women to smoke shock society while a six year old girl asks where the ladies are as she sees many smoking. The episode highlights contemporary standards of etiquette and gendered behavior.
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Venice
Robert Browning
Parliament Houses Crumbling Under Constant Danger
The British parliament buildings are deteriorating rapidly with dangerous crumbling stone. Front refacing of St Stephen’s due to soft stone wear. A heavy heraldic stone and later ornamental stonework fell near entrances in Westminster Hall and Old Palace Yard, underscoring ongoing danger.
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St. Stephen's
Westminster Hall
Old Palace Yard
New Palace Yard
Chicago Tribune
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Northwest
Northwestern States
W. H. Roach
George P. Garrett
Wahpeton Times
F. A. Wilson
Pembina Democrat
Charles G. Meads
Morton
Richt
South Dakota
Willian Klemmens Iz
Rapid City
Columbia
Fairbanks
Sully County
Mathieson
Secret Service
Black Hills
Salem
Spring Lake
Vacinity
Nicholaus Krump
Alexandria
George Hahn
Joubert
G General Dollard
Abe Beilstain
Fort Meads
Mitchbell
North Dakota
Mendan Artesian Weil
Wight
Wisconsin
Hicks
Guenther
Steven Vroman, Jr
Oasis
Geo. Richards
Augusta
James Perkins
Racine
Western Union Junction
Christendom
Ashland
Iowa
Boone
The
San Francisco Examiner
Yucatan
Treasure Mountain
Sail
God's Doorstep
Devil's Palace
I Am
Hood
Park Place
Padergas N
Little Rabber Co
Ension
Tallmadge
Washington D.C
Ender
Ofa LL
Washington, D
James Potentate
Mentioca
J.pals
Orugrist & Casm
Fool Mina
E- Ross Lincoln
I .Aresis
Brass “Chemical Se. Cusinsett
Divease
Elingraham
Amsterdam
N.Y
Satie- PD
Dyches CO
Careage
Soia
Crozgie
Esataasi
Woodward & CO
Corn Exchange
Poliss
Chicago and
Dalat Boards of Trade
Milwaukee Chamber of Commerce
Toingragh
Northwestern Conservatory OF Music
Nicollet Ave
Creat Music School
North West
Sapolio
Orace
Piso
Ga Newspaper Union
Regula
Northwestern Newspaper Union
ST. Paul, Minn
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