Notable Locals Highlight Long Lives and Diligent Service
Mrs Mozette of Jackson county Michigan inmate at the county almshouse is 106 years old and described as mean by a local. D W Tallent mail carrier between Rutherfordton and Columbus walks twenty seven miles daily with a yearly pay of 000. Interior Madagascar natives defend against French advances by denying food along the march. Ida Lockwood of Muncie named deputy county recorder in Delaware county Indiana after eleven years as clerk, first woman deputy in the county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. W. Tallent
Rutherfordton
Columbus
N. C
Madagascar
Ida Lockwood
Muncie
Delaware County
Ind
Inscriptions and Shipping News from Global Papers
Reading includes a Barnstable grave marker noting Mrs Hope Chipman death by beer in 1683, global ship tonnages for last year, British yard production of 542 vessels, five US steamers, and Amsterdam committee plan for a monument to Thomas a Kemple at Zwolle who died aged 91 on July 4, 1971 seeking international design entries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barnstable
Mass
Hope Chipman
John Chipman
United States
Amsterdam
Thomas a’'Kemple
Zwolle
Diaz warns of possible war with Guatemala despite peaceful probes
President Diaz hopes for a nonviolent settlement of the Mexico Guatemala dispute while preparing for potential hostilities with notable vigor, signaling readiness for the worst.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Diaz
Mexico
Guatemala
Local Ky Pioneer's Long Roots and Large Family
James Chandler of Lyon County Kentucky is 79 years old with 47 grandchildren and 38 great grandchildren. He lives near the family farm his grandfather settled 109 years ago and has rarely left home for more than ten days at a stretch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Chandler
Lyon County
Boston Firm Marks 50 Years With $30 000 Employee Bonus
A Boston manufacturing company celebrated fifty years in business by distributing a fund of 30000 among employees at 5 dollars for each year of service. Some long tenured workers received as much as 150 dollars each.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Elk Tamed by Chebalis County Farmer Attracts Attention
A Chebalis County Washington farmer has drawn interest for two trained elk he keeps as working animals. A traveler offered a good price but the farmer refused. Later a cougar entered the barn and killed one elk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chebalis County
Washington
Sanitation Boost Cuts Typhoid Deaths in Lawrence Mass
Lawrence Massachusetts faced a high typhoid death rate until the water system was filtered through sand. Mortality dropped from forty three to eight within six months. The New Mexico education report notes rising school numbers and a state tax act of three to five mills to aid statehood efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence Mass
New England
Aluminum marks glass with indelible deposition for decoration
Aluminum can leave an indelible mark on glass and silica-based materials through a metal deposition that resists washing or rubbing. The mark can be removed only by an appropriate acid wash, suggesting practical uses in decorating glass objects.
Thistle’s Travel Report Shows Seed Spread
A. J. Lovejoy of Roscoe cites a Gettysburg South Dakota experiment where a mischievious Russian thistle was tagged and released. The plant travelled sixty miles and dispersed its seeds along the entire distance, proving its far reaching spread.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. J. Lovejoy
Roscoe
Gettysburg
S. D
New York engineer envisions trolley aided canal tow
New York's state engineer foresees electric trolley motors alongside canal towpaths. The system would run on its own track attached to tow-lines controlled by the helmsman, consuming no space on boats. An elevated towpath track could let horses continue towing by current methods when needed. He calls the concept electric horses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
December in London Named Dark Month for Sunlight
Greenwich Observatory records show London’s December average of nineteen sunless days and about twenty hours of sunshine, labeling the month as dark and poor for visitors. This four teen year trend reflects a dreary, sun-poor December in the British metropolis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
London
British Isles
Greenwich Observatory
Reception to Mrs. A. 8. Grant by Georgia Confederate veterans
A Confederate veterans association in Georgia gave a reception to Mrs. A. 8. Grant. The event, its tone and its cross-sectional implications suggest how such demonstrations could ease sectional bitterness. The piece contrasts hot-headed zealots with loyal, ordinary citizens across regions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. 8
Grant
Confederate Veterans of Georgia
South
North
Geome
Condensed World News Highlights From The Telegraph Reports
A brief digest of the week’s top events drawn from telegraph and press association dispatches. Major developments span politics, conflicts, economics, and notable global incidents, summarized for quick reading and immediate context.
Olympia Cruisers Commissioned at Mare Island
Washington reports the new cruiser Olympia is placed in commission at Mare Island naval yard. Senator Teller will not press an extra tax on beer. Rev. J Owen Dorsey of the ethnological bureau in Washington has died and long contributed to philological work since 1877. Diplomatic circles say the Japanese treaty may be terminated after one year and the full treaty could be rejected by Japan in its current form.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Olympia
Mare Island Navy Yard
Teller
J. Owen Dorsey
Ethnological Bureau
Washington
Dorsey
Senate
Minneapolis
Emil Ferrant
Ozark
Henry Goosman
Thomas Britt
Ferrant
Goosman
Mr. Erwin
Adry Hayward
Smith
Attorney Nye
Nye
Eustis
Blixt
Miss Ging
Harry
Miss Ireland
Green Goods Gang
George Goosman
Ging
Lake Calhoun
Adry
M. Antoine
Antwerp
Marlborough
Notable Deaths and Amira Visit Mentioned Across States
Obituaries note Judge Seth B Cole of Nyack aged 74 and Judge Nathaniel Baxter of Nashville at 83. Others include Captain Bogardus death in Georgia health resort, Rev John P Coyle in Denver, and Thomas F Bayard Jr engaged to Dorothy Davis. Also ameer of Afghanistan to visit England and pass through US.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seth B. Cole
Nyack
N. Y
George Chapin
Chicago
United States
John P. Coyle
Denver
Col
Myron Reed
Nathaniel Baxter
Tennessee
Nashville
Fires and accidents reach across several states
A rash of disasters from Illinois to Iowa and beyond includes drownings, fatal burns, and derailed trains. Notable losses strike residences in Odebolt and Elwood, a Chicago commercial building, Moline plow works, and Rodman tobacco warehouse in Cincinnati.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Cheeney
Cairo
W. Cook
Odebolt
Iowa
Chicago
B .F. Davis
Elwood
Ind
James Young
Wapakoneta
Ohio
Minneapolis
Moline Plow Works
Rock Island
Topeka
Kan
Oblong
Allen
Chicago Stock Yards
Rodman Leaf
Cincinnati
Homeworth
Walter Betteridge
East Liverpool
Series of sensational crimes and suicides across multiple states
The report lists numerous incidents including four masked men looting in Crescent City Oklahoma Territory. J J Webster a Burlington conductor died by suicide in Galesburg Illinois. deaths by self harm for several figures in Cincinnati and Yankton. a prominent Louisville resident killed by train. a former county superintendent hanged in New Mexico. outlaw Zip Wyatt alleged to murder a US commissioner in Oklahoma. missing husband Frank Selmer and stolen gold. rail rebates trial in St Louis. a Danville IL labor statistician charged with blackmail. Howard county drainage chief removed. a Bremen Indiana couple robbed and tied. forged securities case in Manistee. arson arrest in Vincennes. child neglect case in Battle Creek. counterfeit ring busted in Lowell. Vincennes socialite accused of arson. assault case in St Joseph Missouri with fatal injuries. and a fatal lashing in a jealousy dispute between two teens ending in a life-threatening carving in Harris.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crescent City
O. T
J. J. Webster
Burlington
Galesburg
Dominick O'Grady
Mary Gilmartin
Cincinnati
City Hospital
Gertrude Bentley
John Brown
Liverpool
Halifax
N.S
S. A. Miller
Louisville
Asheville
N. C
N. M. Mills
Yankton
S. C
Zip Wyatt
United States
Moffman
Oklahoma
Frank Selmer
Kansas City
Lillie Hobart
St. Louis
Ethelbert Stewart
Chicago
United States Labor Statistician
Danville
Burgess Ray
Howard County
Ind
Jacob Engel
Bremen
Tearvald Peterson
Manistee
Grand Rapids
Amos McColly
Milford
Del
Lowell
St.Louis
Louisa Jordan
Vincennes
Auditor Jordan
John Brewer
Battle Creek
Mich
George Walker
James Harris
St. Joseph
Walker
Harris
Murder Suspected After Denver Store Fire Death
Autopsy on Dr. A. I. Bowers, a patent medicine dealer, found burned in his Denver store with a crushed skull. Authorities believe he was murdered and the shop set ablaze by thieves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. I. Bowers
Denver
Col
Various World News Briefs and Political Turmoil
Notes report a bounty for Japanese heads in Shanghai and a 1894 1895 Spanish budget deficit. Newfoundland debates a ministry. Madagascar reports French occupation of Moganga. Rochefort returns to Paris amid scandal. Mexican events signal Diaz support. China and Japan exchange ambassadors. Armenians thank Europe and America. Ottoman pension granted. Colonna reconciliation discussed. Colombian rebel conflict details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tao Tai
Shanghai
William Whiteway
Newfoundland
Madagascar
Moganga
Henri Rochefort
Paris
M. Dupuy
Sasimir-Verier
Diaz
Guatemala
China
Japan
Varna
Europe
America
Stuppe
Constantinople
Deadlocks and developments across states and nations
The report spans senatorial deadlocks in Oregon Idaho and Delaware to labor strife at Illinois Steel Joliet mills. It notes Gov McKinley not pursuing Brice seat, measles in Akron, shipbuilding contracts in Chicago, and Me and Mrs Astor’s coffin lilies. Also mentioned are emigration through San Antonio, New York trolley grants revoked, and James J Hill in England amid North Dakota wheat field plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oregon
Idaho
Delaware
Massillon
Ilinois Steel Company
Joliet Mills
Gov
McKinley
Brice
Foraker
Georgia
San Antonio Tex
Mexico
Milton Shear
Plano
Billy Murphy
Kid McGraw
Cincinnati
Detroit Health Board
Pingree
Michigan Senate
Lakes
Chicago Shipbuilding Company
Madison Brant
Terre Haute
Ind
Lyons County
Iowa
United States Supreme Court
Akron
Ohio
Summit County
Chicago Livestock Exchange
Board of Directors
South Dakota
Nebraska
William Waldorf Astor
James J. Hill
Great Northern Railway
England
Canadian Pacific
Duluth & Winnipeg
North Dakota
Wreck Victim Seeks Damages From Railroad Over Spooks
John Elliott of Crawfordsville Indiana sues a railroad for 1000 dollars claiming nocturnal groans of five dead and seventy injured from a Monon train wreck haunt his home. He alleges spirits appear on the track and disrupt his family’s health after the 1900s incident, which wounded many and killed five.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Crawfordsville
Ind
John Elliott
Elliott
St. Louis Republic
Language speakers world ranks English in use
A St. Louis Republic survey notes 460 million speak Chinese, 125 million Hindoo dialects, and English by 112 million, with Russian 89 million and German 57 million. Spanish totals 48 million, French ranks fifth among European languages, placing seventh overall worldwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis Republic
Indian Chief and Prisoner Gauntlet Tale Stirs New York Weekly
A dialogue between an Indian chief and a prisoner features the claim of being a foreign tourist with a title and a wife. The plot twist offers the prisoner release if he endures a gauntlet of American heiresses traveling from Denver to New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
New York
New York Weekly
Hayward Trial Reveals Blixt Plan and Suspicions
Minneapolis reports Adrian Hayward testifies about Harry Blixt's money schemes and murder plot. Hayward details proposals to kill Miss Ging for 2000 and describes Blixt's growing threats and actions, including forged notes and a stagedable scheme involving a hackman and a buggy accident.
Court hears confession in murder case with tainted witnesses
The transcript describes Harry admitting multiple killings and a fire with $450,000 loss, and Adry recounting events leading to the murder. The court adds security as jurors face threats while a dramatic trial unfolds with family tensions and cross examination.
Family feuds and threats emerge in hayward murder trial
In Minneapolis on February 14 Adry Hayward faces a tense cross examination revealing long simmering family rifts. He describes violent hostility between brothers and a stormy confrontation with his mother, amid accusations of embezzlement and threats of violence involving a revolver.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minneapolis
Adry Hayward
Hayward
Adry
Erwin
Harry
Defense cross examines one suspect over murder plot details
The defense questions Adry about plans to rob or harm to raise money and whether he conspired with Harry against Blixt. Witnesses discuss shoe evidence, insurance plans, and alleged attempts to secure loans with life policies. Witnesses deny hypnotism and recount meetings with Elder Stewart and insurance agents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry
Adry
Stewart
Stillwater
Father
Marry
Elder Stewart
Erwin
Frank
Blixt
Kenwood Boulevard
Lake Calhoun
John Patton
F. E. Dodge
Pierce
Miss Ging
J. G. Purple
Travelers’ Insurance Company
Hayward
Purple
First Avenue
Fourth Street
Colored Private Arrested for Murder at Fort Buford
United States Marshal Hennessey brought Henry McElroy a colored private from Fort Buford charged with the murder of William Schaefer the fort barber last fall. Evidence is circumstantial but strong linking McElroy to the crime scene and timing. McElroy waived examination and is bound over for trial in the U S court at Bismarck.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grand Forks
N. C
Hennessey
Fort Buford
Henry McElroy
William Schafer
McElroy
Schaefer
MoeElroy
United States
Bismarck
Wrecker Elder Arrested on Bench Warrant in Duluth
George A. Elder of Chicago, charged in four indictments for grand larceny in connection with the American Loan and Trust company, was arrested on a bench warrant. Attorneys sought disclosures in supplementary civil proceedings, but Judge Lewis discharged the writ noting he cannot be reached by civil process while in criminal court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duluth
Minn
George A. Elder
Chicago
American Loan and Trust Company
Lewis
Lincoln Day Observances Mark 86th Birthday in Chicago
Chicago paid tribute to Abraham Lincoln on the eighty sixth anniversary of his birth as a legal holiday. Public offices closed, schools observed patriotic exercises, and Henry Watterson delivered the oration at the Auditorium during Lincoln council events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Watterson
Rivers Frozen Across England Amid Severe Frost
London reports continued extreme cold with several rivers frozen. Upper Thames sections allow crossing by bicyclists and pedestrians as the frost tightens its grip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
England
Thames
Water Spiders and Their Curious Water Homes
The article describes water spiders that live underwater in silk-lined thimble like houses filled with air bubble by bubble. It also details raft spiders building leaf and stick rafts, sailing and skimming the surface while catching aquatic insects.
Polite Conduct Rules for Ladies in Public Travel and Mail
In a Domestic Monthly note on ladies behavior the piece discourages crossing knees in public transport and writing notes on postal cards. It warns against masculine dress and foot display and urges refined women to keep correspondence formal using initials rather than a prefix.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Suckling
Debutantes Seek Wit Over Looks In Social Swim
The season's debutantes eschew appearance alone for conversational distinction. At a Washington tea a young lawyer is praised as a bright speaker while others note the need for genuine charm beyond flashy labels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Rosebud
Washington Post
Hall's Catarrh Cure Promises Cure for Catarrh
The advertisement proclaims Hall's Catarrh Cure as the only positive cure for catarrh, a constitutional disease requiring constitutional treatment. It claims internal action on blood and mucous surfaces, offers a $100 reward for failure, and invites readers to send for testimonials from F J Cheney & Co of Toledo. Sold by druggists for 75 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hall
F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
All’s Family
Not Hereditary Love Confession at Dry Forks School
A conversation reveals a romantic proposal as a man notes his modest income while she reveals her family background at Dry Forks school. He experiences a brief distress before she says yes, concluding the moment with a lisping happiness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dry Forks
Punishment Fit for the Crime in Harper's Bazaar
A cartoonish caption notes a judge sentencing a prisoner to play football on the Yule vard teams for seven years and three months. The prisoner laments the abolition of capital punishment as he exits in tears.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yulevard
Harper’s Bazar
Littha Means Toward Good Looks
Eloise Perdrix writes in Ladies' Home Journal about a daily bath at 70 to 75 degrees and milk or almond meal infusions for softer skin. A simple ancient style unguent using white vinegar and herbs is described to refresh and perfume the body after bathing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eloise Perdrix
Salzer Seed Co Reveals European Seed Picks Catalogue
Henry A. Salzer of the John A. Salzer Seed Co. La Crosse Wis reports a fruitful European trip yielding rare seeds and novelties for American farmers. The catalogue highlights the Bismarck apple second year, Giant Flowering Star Phlox, German coffee berry and many rare seeds, mailed for 5 cents postage, worth a dollar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry A. Salzer
John A. Salzer
Curious Three-Lived Madness Folie Circulaire
An article from The Hospital describes folie circulaire a cyclical mental illness from France. It features three phases elevation mania and depression and a return to sanity driven by periodic episodes. The patient endures repeated cycles until death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Employment Agent Why did you leave Mrs Goodsoul so
A clipped quote from the New York Weekly contrasts a polite question about leaving Mrs Goodsoul with a harsh domestic remark about a stingy person and a near kitchen stove kerosene incident.
Bay-Do you think that his lordship had scruples
A light exchange about Lady Bay and Old Bay references scruples and discreet daytime drinking with a humorous undertone. The dialogue hints at hidden habits without dramatic detail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old Bay
Negotiation over a cook price ends with Harland chosen
In a terse exchange Mrs Hicks rejects Parlon at $18 and insists on Marion Harland at $16 for a cook. The brief dialog shows a buyer seeking a specific name and price in a domestic hiring frame.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hicks
Parlon
Old Welshwoman declines parsh council bid in Aberkentir
An elderly woman of ninety two stands as Aberkentir’s sole resident not seeking a position on the parish council. North Carolina UNC students agree to end hazing. The newly married czarina speaks and writes several languages with varying proficiency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aberkentir
Wales
Parsh Council
University of North Carolina
Raleigh
Fall Pasturing with Sheep Benefits Winter Wheat
Western exchanges discuss fall pasturing of winter wheat with sheep to improve root vigor and soil compaction. Sheep’s light forage load and soil trampling help soil while reducing top growth loss. Piso's Cure cited as a cough medicine by a Brooklyn reader.
Feeding Hogs and Fattening Stock Best Practices
The text warns against overfeeding fattening stock and stresses appetite satisfaction for optimal digestion. It emphasizes diversified rations including succulent and less nutritious foods, noting roots and wheat middlings improve digestion prior to corn, with hogs eating as much corn but digesting it better.
Witty Patrick and the Lengthy Cable Tale
A Celtic Isle song amused transatlantic travelers. Patrick hauls in a long cable from a departing steamer and grows weary. He jokes that the end of the cable must have been cut by some devil, delivering a light ribbing punchline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patrick
Harper’s Magaezine
Widow Bride White Dress Trend Sparks London Debate
Lady Violet Greville questions the correct wedding dress for a widow. She notes white traditionally signified innocence, but recent fashion shows a widow wearing white satin trimmed with sable, signaling a shift that may influence other brides.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lady Violet Greville
London
Seventh remark echoes in shop as clerk recalls Trilby hint
A shoe merchant notes the seventh time that morning a customer remarked a woman reminded him of Trilby. The new clerk concedes he has sold seven pairs to women who resemble the same figure, in a moment of awkward humor.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Brainerd
Ingersoll & Wieland, Publisher
Superintendent of Education
New Mexico
Pith
Thomas Davidson
Great Lakes
Wisconsin Steamship Company
Milwaukee
A. HL. Colt
D. D
St. Paul's School
Concord
N. H
Colt
Trinity College
Grandma” Klinger
Plymouth
Thomas F. Bayard, Jr
Great Britain
Dorothy Davis
Wilmington
Nicholas Savin
Saratov
Russia
Vrench
Jamaica
Sheffield
George Slitzer
Maggie
Henry
Prince
Colonna
John W. Mackey
Reys
Honda
Colombia
Aldano
Illinois Lines
Railroad and Warehouse Commission
Brooklyn Board of Aldermen
Great Western & Eastern Illinois
Kain
Catholic Society of Queen's Daughters
Young Woman's Christian Temperance Union
M. Clifford
Stevens Point
Wis
Ase
Lehigh Valley Coal Company
Wilkesbarre
Charlies Blixt
Adrian Hayward
Macoupin County
Hackman
New York Life
Jack
Mr. Stewart
Mrs. Toots
Toots
Hicm
Czarina
Hood
State
City Boards of Health
Baki
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