Mystery of Dr Cronin Case Deepens With Confession
Chicago May 10 The hoarse tale of Frank G Woodruff the horse thief arrested on Twelfth street unfolds a full confession recounting a plan to steal a horse and wagon from Deans stable. He describes Cronin King and Fairburn loading a trunk with a body in Lincoln Park and fleeing toward Evanston Avenue. He implicates Cronin and peers in speculation of a woman's death and abortion. He identifies the barn at 528 North State street and says he left Cronin at the park. Woodruff provides details of conversations overheard and names the players as King and Fairburn. Additional reports place a missing Alice Villavaso nearby and connect the Cronin affair to other sensational leads.
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P. H. Cronin
Frank G. Woodruff
Twelfth Street
Dean
Dr. Cronin
William King
Dick Fairburn
Woodruff Grove
King
Fairburn
Cronin
Woodruff
Lincoln Park
Evanston Avenue
Riz
Foley
John Brown
O'Donnell
Trank
Brown
Frank G. Woodraft
Dean & Co
Owl
State Street
Billy King
William H. King
Harry Bothworth
State Stree
State
Dearborn
Dr Cronion
Crenin
Doc
Lake Shore Drive
Allie
Farburn
Tom
Oaday
Wabish Avenue
Creamn
Capt. O'Donnell
North State Street
Brucette
Alice
Alice Villavaso
Watrous
Conklin
Possible Minneapolis Man Named Fairburn Sought
Minneapolis police are unsure of the man Fairburn, once an ex city detective, now living on a Hennepin County farm. He had a brother in the city about a year ago. He led a vacant, idle life and details of his departure and current whereabouts remain unknown.
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Minneapolis
Fairburn
Farburn
Hennepin County
Lamin
Paine
C. Kivkar
D. D
Gonzales
Il. Myzsos
Cleveland, Tenn
Execution of Bald Knobbers Ends in Tragic Hangs
Ozark Missouri May 10 three Bald Knobbers Dave Walker his son William Walker and John Matthews were hanged today for the 1887 murders of Charles Green and William Edens. Matthews proclaimed innocence as he climbed the scaffold. the rope failed on William Walker and he struggled for minutes before execution. Dave Walker died after about fifteen minutes.
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Matthews
Dave Walker
William Walker
Taney County
Frank and
Tubal Taylor
Dickinson
Forsyth
New Law and Order League
Nat Kinney
Ozark
Christian County
Edens
John Evans
Evans
Walker
Evens
William Edens
James Edens
William
Knobbers
Charles Green
Bill Walker
Zach Johnson
Douglas County
John
Wileyatthews
Dave
John Matthews
Wiley Matthews
Indian Territory
Young Walker
Storm-Swept East Dashes Across Coast Hurts Many
A powerful gale from New Jersey to New England damaged buildings, toppled poles, shattered signs and windows, and disrupted telegraph service. Across New York, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Delaware, and Massachusetts, reports recount wrecked barns, ruined churches, overturned wagons, and a Barnum show stampeded with injuries. No deaths in New York city.
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New York
Burlington
N. J
Jersey City
Jersey Shore
Jersey
Pennsylvania
Maryland
Delaware
Connecticut
Massachusetts
Long Island
Flushing
Fair Haven
Conn
Kocksa
Palmyra
Pse
Williamsport
Barnum
Market prices from New York Chicago and St. Paul
Financial slate shows commodities and grains with No. 2 red wheat quoted around 8 4 4 c in store and higher afloat while corn ranges and oats, rye and barley prices fill the board. Cash flour and pork bids appear in Chicago and midwest train line quotes reflect regional wheat and corn values and dairy prices hold steady across stations.
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Canada
Chicago
Western
Western Dairy
I&c. Elgins
Sdsc
Mixed Industrial Action Marks May Trade Review
R.G. Dan & Co. notes uneven business activity across sectors with some iron and wool mills idle while others prosper. Wheat and corn advance while hogs and lard drop. Cotton, drugs, and chemicals active. rubber rising. grocery trade steady. Weather and rains lift Northwest crop prospects. total business failures rise to 227 vs 214 prior week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
R.G. Dan & Co
Weekly Review of Trade
Men of the Hour Charles Bradlaugh and Robert Ingersoll
A profile of Charles Bradlaugh born 1833 in Hoxton and his rise as a leading atheist politician and orator. It notes his Northampton seat, oath controversy, legal victories, and influence, alongside a portrait of Robert Ingersoll born 1834 in Vermont, his rebellious youth, legal career, and engaging presence.
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Charles Bradlaugh
Northampton
House of Commons
Hoxton
London
East India Company
The
Investigator
National Reformer
Italy
Garibaldi
Ireland
Gladstone
Bradlaugh
House of Brunswick
New York
Ingersoll
Mr. Ingersoll
Vermont
Ingersoll to Speak on Roscoe Conkling Life in Albany
Robert G. Ingersoll of New York accepts an invitation by a joint New York Legislature committee to deliver an oration on Roscoe Conkling at the Capitoline in Albany during the 1880 campaign era. The piece notes his oratorical fame and legal career highlighting his wit and literary force.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bob
Ilinois
Robert G. Ingersoll
New York
William Shakespeare
Gladstone
Ingersoll
Illinois
Foot Note Literature And The Burden Of Annotations
A critical review denounces excessive foot notes in a new essay collection. The author argues notes interrupt reading, inflate vanity, and reveal an era obsessed with precise learning. The piece favors direct narrative over amplifying annotations and dulling diversions.
Turbulent Reception at Lectures of Anna Dickinson and Dorsheimer Tale
A historic account recalls Anna Dickinson’s Chicago lecture interrupted by heckling about birth conundrums. The anecdote parallels a Faneuil Hall scene where Gov. Dorsheimer’s oration was punctuated by Pat O Flaherty’s drunken heckling and shouted jests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna Dickinson
Chicago
Anna
Dorsheimer
Faneuil Hall
Pat O’flaherty
Pat O'Flaherty
America
Milliard Minute Milestone Reaches In 1902
The Scientific American notes a German article stating milliard minutes occur in 1902 on April 28 at 10 40 am. The calculation uses 1888 to 1900 years and leap days to total 698 580 days equaling 16 559 920 hours and 992 995 200 minutes, 7 004 800 minutes shy of a milliard.
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Scientific American
Much Neuste Nachrichten
France
Germany
Where Will They Go New York City Missionary Speech
A Baxter Street resident hears a missionary promise better times as authorities move to pull down old rookeries to build a park. The poor man questions where he and others will relocate while the preacher praises the planned benevolent change.
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New York City
Baxter Street
Texas
Household Remedies and Cooking Tips From Era
A column of practical advice covers kitchen baking with flour and milk, egg whites, and baking powder, plus health cautions using saleratus for burns and tepid water as an emetic. It gives mutton stew method, wringer upkeep with kerosene, bulb sprouts removal, soot-water for roses, arnica cautions, and a savoy custard recipe using meat soup and bread slices.
Spring Coats And Jackets For School Girls
Spring jackets for school girls use Homespun and ceviots in strips and checks, with vests often omitted. Reefing jackets become the teen favorite, finished with a loose front and sailor silk tie. Long coats and Connemara styles suit little girls in the demi season, while blazer jackets destined for all ages feature light flannel, reverse collars, and a single front button.
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Connemara
Hats as unique as the wearer in theatre crowds
The St. Louis Globe-Democrat notes that even when dresses and cloaks match, trimmed hats reveal individuality. By observing matinee crowds, one will see no two hats share the same style and decoration, proving millinery variety in practice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis Globe- Democrat
Bread Quality Awakens Home Bakers Say Grandmothers’ Loaves Gap
The piece credits cooking teachers for boosting bread interest and elevates improved bread making as a social mission. It praises millers for providing better bread and notes housewives recognizing the value of improving bread, arguing undigested meals undermine virtue and civilization. The Millstone signs off.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Africa
Old wash stands repurposed into elegant tables in 19th century style
Advice charms readers on converting antique wash-stands into sturdy tables. Describes four rounded legs half-hidden shelf, back board removal, top hole cover, wood finishing in cherry, and a pinked felt table cover. Includes light humor and anecdotal notices from period magazines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orange Judd
Hotel Clerk Tricks to Please Troubled Guests
A veteran hotel clerk studies every room and guest behavior. He assigns initial rooms to provoke complaints then upgrades, prompting guests to return. The practice is illustrated by opera singer Campanini who always rejects first rooms and ends with the worst one.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Campanini
St. Louis Globe- Democrat
Diamond Dyes claim vast value and new colors for spring use
An article extols Diamond Dyes by Wells Richardson Co as the leader in package dyes with new colors Fast Stocking Black Turkey Red for Cotton and Brown for Cotton. It notes a shopper’s claim of a hundred tons of money at ten cents and offers free color samples and instructions. A burglar was mortally wounded while on vacation in Battle Montana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wells, Richardson & Co
Burlington, Vt
Castoria Tied To A Miss And Her Children
A historical note recalls a mother clinging to Castoria during her Miss years and giving Castoria to her children, reflecting early 20th century medicine branding and child care practices.
Noted Fees for Counsel in Parnellites Case
A claim states Sir Charles Russell charged £10 as counsel for the Parnellites before the special commission. W H Worthington, editor of Patrons of Husbandry published at Columbus Ohio, notes on February 25 1882 his endorsement of Allen’s Long Balsam as a long trusted family remedy for coughs and colds with prices 25 50 and 100 cents per bottle.
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Charles Russell
Parnellites
Special Commission
W.H. Worthington
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MEN OF the Hour
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England
United States
Bagley
Harper’s Bazar
Pittsburg Dispatch
Johnnie
Briny
Puck
Scranton
Oklahoma
James
Washington Post
Ethel
Harold
Miss Mayden
Cleverelat
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J. W. Ashman
Detroit
Mich
Chatham
Ont
Woods
Warner
Col
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Austria
Sharp Hotel
Batte, Mont
Castoria
Ozark Mo
Exresa
P. O
T. A. Ocum
M.C
Pearl St
N. 1
Erity
Pottes Debug
Csemmical Co
Lon
F. C. Austin Mfg. Co
Ill
Rogers & Ordway
ST. Paul
Minn
Pearce
Canoon
Couchs Co
Otter Dave and Chemical Co
P.O
Vans Chemical Co
Cincinnati
Ohio
Big G
Gwengranam
M. D
Amsterdam
N.Y
D. R. Dyche &O
Au Sable, Mich
S.S.S
Lela Ralgnas
Boruwel
Montgomery Ward & CO
Michigan Avenue
Swirt Epecific Co
Atlanta, Ga
Tutt
Eest
Wemullen
North Market
Ontario Sta
WN. W.N.U
G. H. Beers
Burlington, Va
Pierce
WorLd's Disensary Medical Association
Proprietors
Saleratus
Folds
Griffith&colver
Wilton
Brussels
Northwest
Woodward & CO
Duluth
Colburn
Owers
A.J. Tower
Simmionr St
Boston
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Washington, Bow c
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