Oscar Wipe Returns to France After England Exit
Oscar Wipe, who left England in disgust to reside permanently in France, is back again, Brainerd Dispatch reports.
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Oscar Wipe
England
France
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Newspaper
Brainerd Dispatch
Location
Brainerd, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Nov 04, 1892
Page
3
Maupassant Leaves Lunacy Hospital Quietly
Noted French writer Guy de Maupassant is reported to have left the lunacy hospital. Admirers across Europe and beyond are said to be delighted by his return to public life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guy Oe Maupassayt
Scarce Water Strains Balakany Petrolem Industry
Water shortages in Balakany, a center of the Russian petroleum industry, push costs high as steam engines in establishments rely on expensive water as fuel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Balakany
Lutetia the Mudtown Parisians Built in Roman Era
The Romans found Lutetia largely a mud-built settlement at Paris, a city whose name translates to mudtown. The description notes the ancient core of Paris before expansion, highlighting foundational housing materials and early urban structure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lutetia
Paris
Captain Shaw Seeks Major Colorado Investments
Captain Shaw former head of the London fire brigade proposes significant investments in Colorado while saving other valuable items and substantial sums of money.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shaw
London Fire Brigade
Colorado
Burglars in Custody Trigger Porter’s Tearful Farewell
A railroad scene shows sheriffs presenting burglars to the penitentiary while a car porter weeps, reflecting public sentiment as criminals are moved away. The image highlights tension between law enforcement and laborers who witness inmate transport.
Youngest barber Nellie Wick shaves five in Chelsea shop
Nellie Wick aged 4, the youngest barber in the Globe Toilet Saloon on King's Road Chelsea, shaved five men in 12 minutes and earned a silver medal for the feat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nellie Wick
Globe
King’s Road
Chelsea
London
Early US Deaf Asylums Noted In Hartford History
The first deaf and dumb asylum in the United States was the American Asylum in Hartford Connecticut. The old Columbia College building, recently torn down, stood as one of the earliest asylums for deaf mutes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
American Asylum
Hartford
Conn
Columbia College
Belated discovery on color hearing and fashion sounds
A London scientist argues colors may be heard as well as seen, a notion once belatedly acknowledged. The striking loudness of younger society members’ clothing has long caused thoughtful concern among the judicious.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Russians fund women’s medical school in St Petersburg
The imperial government allocates 200000 dollars for a new women’s medical school to be built in St Petersburg with the city providing the site. The move reflects growing emphasis on women physicians in Russia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Petersburg
Government to provide military teachers for ghost dance festivity
The statement argues that if Mr. Lo cannot proceed without more ghost dance events the government should supply military teachers. It adds that a gattling gun band would liven the proceedings and please white settlers.
Bell cast from Liberty Bell clippings inspires Masonic Lodge
A prized possession of the Masonic Veteran Association president is a call bell forged from clippings of Philadelphia’s Liberty Bell. The bell has sounded in numerous lodge rooms, always eliciting eager, festive reactions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Presisident
The
Masonic Veteran Association
Philadelphia
Global mining workforce figures by region and type
The record states that about one and a half million men work in world coal mines with England 535,000 United States 300,000 Germany 285,000 Belgium 100,000 and Russia 44,000. It also notes four million miners work in metal mines worldwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
United States
Germany
Belgium
Russia
Aged Woman’s Quiet Life Built Local Church at Burnt Cove
An elderly Burnt Cove farm owner spends summers in the barn and quilts for the poor. Her energy and benevolence led to the town’s only church being built near Dear Isle, Maine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burnt Cove
Dear Isle
Danish Law Grants Pension at Sixty to All Citizens
The Danish law now provides every subject, male or female, a pension at age sixty with exclusions for convicted criminals, those who fraudulently transferred property to relatives, and those who caused their own distress by extravagance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denmark
The champion confidence game creator from St Louis dies broke
A St Louis man who inspired a famed confidence game left a will gifting a small fortune to a young lady and to charitable sisters, but it was found he owned no property to bequeath.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
Petrie Finds Ancient Egyptian Stonework Tools
A two years study at Gizen convinces Mr Flinders Petrie that 4000 year old Egyptian stoneworkers used tools akin to modern ones. The pyramin builders worked with solid and tubular drills and with straight and circular saws.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gizen
Flinders Petrie
Remarkable 84-year-old Mary Green’s hardworking rural life
Mrs Mary Green of Scarboro Missouri at 84 has spun 36 skeins of yarn and knitted five stockings in six months. She picked three bushels of blueberries and tended flocks of chickens and ducks while performing general house work. She has six grandchildren and eight great grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Green
Scarboro
Bar on Hirsch to Give More From Race Profits
Bar on Hirsch distributed $70,000 to English charities from last year earnings. He has since earned new profits from his horses and says about $100,000 will be available for charitable purposes at the start of 1893.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baron Hirsch
Renan on Love and Judgment by Women
Renan mused that four women born of his life his mother sister wife and daughter loved him. He urged that the final judgment of his life will be weighed by women and countersigned by the Almighty in the valley of Jehoshaphat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Renan
Jehoshaphat
Smoking controversy surrounding Tennyson’s doctors remarks
Dr Downs argues smoking harms only the idle drinkers while Jean Ingelow, seen as a potential successor, may not be addicted yet lacks the capacity to replace Tennyson. The remarks frame nicotine as a personal risk linked to lifestyle and ambition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Downs
Tennyson
Jean Ingelow
The Latest and Most Important News of the World
The Telegraph reports highlight the day’s top items gathered from press associations. Key developments span politics, economy, and international events, with concise summaries for quick reader awareness.
Delaware County National Bank Authorized to Open
The comptroller of the currency has authorized the Delaware County National Bank in Muncie Indiana to begin business with a capital of 100000 dollars. Reports from thirteen United States consuls show U S exports to the United States totaling 15570000 dollars in July August and September. The rise of nearly 3000000 dollars is mainly from sugar shipments previously restricted by the American sugar trust.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delaware County National Bank
Muncie
Ind
United States
Grusny
American Sugar Trust
Multifold Disasters Alarm U.S. Cities and Seas
A flood hits half of San Soerate Spain with 200 drowned. Berlin warehouse fire costs 500000 dollars. Hummelstown fire caused by cigarette stub. losses around 30000. A B&O train derailed at Bremen Indiana, four cars off line. Mayor Terhune of Anderson injured by a fall into an excavation. Fire in Highland Park Illinois destroys several businesses and a house. losses total 25000. Fire in Muncie nearly cremates a family due to arson. A 15-year-old girl in Greenfield burned to death cooking on a gas stove. Fifty three bodies recovered from Bokhara wreck near Fisher Islands. Pittsburg leather warehouse fire injures thirteen firefighters. UP freight wreck near Clarks Nebraska uncovers three remains. Explosions at Kellogg powder plant destroy plant. losses up to 20000. Missouri river tragedy leaves two men dead. one rescued. Extra stock train collision near Reynolds Nebraska injures crew. a father protects his child.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Soerate
Spain
Hamburg-American Packet Company
Berlin
Hummelstown
Baltimore & Ohio
Bremen
Ind
John H. Terhune
Anderson
Highland Park
Ill
J.C. Weiner
Nicholas Stubes
R. J. Evans
Moses
John Stadtler
Midland Steel Works
Muncie
Flora Jefferies
Huntington
W. Va
Continental Powder Company New York
John Hoy
S. L. Scow
Missouri River
Omaha
Scow
Hoy
Chicago
Kansas & Nebraska
Burlington & Missouri
Reynolds
Neb
Chicago Kansas & Nebraska
Canadian tour promotes closer US trade relations
Erastus Wyman travels across Canada urging stronger trade ties with the United States. Other notes report a Frankfort Indiana man’s death from a swallowed shoemaker’s awl, a Paris fraud sentence tied to a matrimonial bureau, a Naples author’s death, a Detroit man’s divorce at eighty-two, and a Berkeley County man’s hair color change.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Erastus Wyman
Canada
United States
William H. Kelley
Frankfort
Ind
A. M. Peauvels
Paris
Charlotte Edgreen
Catanello
Naples
Jacob Claus
Detroit
Jacob Lauck
Berkeley County
W. Va
Anna Thackeray Ritchie
Tennyson
North Carolina
Lowell
Ireland
Bradlaugh
London
Unsuccessful Union Grove arson and-wide crime wave report
A string of incidents spans Union Grove Wisconsin arson and looting attempts, embezzlement arrest in South Dakota, death sentences and new trials, multiple executions and shootouts in Nebraska and Texas, indictments in El Paso, a bank robbery foiled in Fremont, and bandit Apache renegades led by Kid amid rising lawlessness.
Murder at McKeesport Confirms Attack on Elderly Woman
Marie Dell aged sixty three was found insensible on the old state road near McKeesport Pennsylvania with a deep head wound. She died soon after at her daughter's home. Supposed murder with no clue to the assailant. Husband John Dell nearly seventy years old faced marital troubles recently.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old Mexico
Marie Dell
Old State Road
McKeesport
John Dell
European and imperial intrigues drive restless headlines
Reports from Lisbon to Dublin and beyond outline cabinet resignations, judicial actions, and military campaigns. Rumors place Sorpa as premier in Portugal. Canadian ministers appointed. Dahomey fighting intensifies. the German empire sees royal christenings and pardons for convicts amid centralist debates.
National Carriage Makers Meet to Convene in Chicago
The National Carriage Makers association selected Chicago as the site for its next gathering. Grand Master Wilson of the Switchmen's Mutual Aid association denies that Jersey City and other locations are preparing to strike next year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Carriage Makers’ Association
Chicago
Wilson
Switchmen’s Mutual Aid Association
Jersey City
Democrats and Populists fuse for New York blowout
The Oregon Democrats and Populists unite in a large New York gathering. Speakers Hill and Flower headline a decisive Democratic victory event, signaling a strong cross party alliance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oregon
New York City
Hill
Flower
Railroad consolidations and new routes in early rail era
The Boston & Maine and the Reading systems are consolidated. Indications point to Southern Pacific expanding to Virginia Point opposite Galveston. In response to merchants demand the Great Northern extends ticket validity to Spokane from forty to forty days, lengthening over the prior thirty days to allow longer stopovers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston & Maine
Reading System
Southern Pacific Railroad
Virginia Point
Galveston
Great Northern
Spokane
Sporting Trifles Patsy Cardiff Stricken With Typhoid
Patsy Cardiff, a noted pugilist, lies ill in Portland Oregon with typhoid fever. He has been near death on two occasions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patsy Cardiff
Portland
Ore
Various U S News Briefs From Across The Nation
Four smallpox cases are reported in New York while Jacob Lewis a Boston jeweler fails for 700000. A Temple Texas cotton compress burns 5000 bales with losses of 215000. Tuomy loses a suit against Mrs Tuohy in Chicago. Augusta receives 1000 for a new public library. The Ohio river runs at low levels hindering navigation from Pittsburgh since July 15. An oil well near Portland Indiana yields 800 barrels daily, the state’s largest. Father Hair of Baltimore is appointed superior of the Sisters of Charity in the United States. Chicago financiers honor John J. Kloehr with a gold medal. Mrs Foltz of Weeping Water Nebraska regurgitates a live lizard after drinking water at a picnic. Aurora watch factory will move to Lancaster Pa joining Columbian Watch Co. Edward Denning dies suddenly in his New York bath from heart paralysis. Mer Satolli travels to New York for a November archbishop meeting. Liquor sales will be allowed in Jackson Park during the world’s fair. Ishpeming Michigan reports 132 typhoid cases with three daily deaths. A $100000 life insurance claim for Wm Runk is refused by Mutual Life for alleged self-inflicted death. Finley B Thomas elopes with Minnie Wadsworth in Ohio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio River
Pittsburg
Ninde Farm
Portland
Ind
Father Hair
Immaculate Conception Church
Baltimore
Order of Sisters of Charity
United States
Chicago
John J. Kloehr
Coffeyville
Kan
Joseph Foltz
Neb
Aurora Watch
Lancaster
Columbian Watch Company
Edward J. Denning
E. J. Denning & Co
New York
T. Stewart & Co
Grippe
Mer. Satolli
Rome
Jackson Park
National Commission
Ishpening
Mich
Wm. Runk
Philadelphia
Mutual Life Company
Rank
Finley B. Thomas
John H Thomas
Eyil
Springfield
Ohio
Minnie Wadsworth
Cold Spring
Marri
Nowe
Ity
Phelsar Wal
Benedict
Happenings of the Past Week in Minnesota North Dakota Iowa Wisconsin
A concise wrap of notable events across Minnesota North Dakota Iowa and Wisconsin. Includes government decisions weather shifts community notices and regional developments affecting residents and local businesses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minnesota
North Dakota
Iowa
Wisconsin
Minnesota Crime and Fire News Roundup
Indictments spell trouble as William Poole faces horse stealing. Harry Brady pleads guilty to forgery in Waseca district court. Fatalities include Christ Guse killed by a violent horse near Sleepy Eye. James Budd hanged in West Union. Fires ravage Krier barn in Luxenburg and Masonic block in Fergus Falls. Fergus Falls store robbers strike again.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Poole
Harry Brady
Waseca
Christ Guse
Sleepy Eye
J. B. Krier
Luxenburg
Sarah Green
Ripley
Winona
United States Circuit Court
Fergus Falls
Multiple Wisconsin items report sales, fires, crimes, and accidents
Schlitz Park at West Bend sold to Charles Moser for 7500 dollars. Jeremy Dayton of Janesville dies at 69. Ole Hanson’s McFarland home destroyed by fire with 2000 dollars loss. Thomas Dougherty jailed two years for larceny in Janesville. Shiocton depot burglary yields 6 dollars and a gold watch. Peshtigo Mill logs 42954778 feet of lumber this season. Sizable fires destroy Wm Breitung’s Plymouth residence and a connected shop. Madison resident Garret Barry injured in South Dakota boiler explosion. Wilmath residence in Janesville looted of cash and clothing. New Plymouth school house planned at 22000 dollars. work next spring. Wm Breitung’s Plymouth home burns with adjoining shop. Garret Barry injured in threshing accident in South Dakota. Annie Philbrick of La Crosse facing life marriage prospects after runaway incident. knee cap injured. Thomas Doyle arrested in Fond du Lac for forging a check. bail set at 200. Depere youth McIntyre killed by accidental discharge at hunting. Wilmath family home in Janesville looted of cash and goods. Oliver A Hegg dies at 50. Trempealeau County clerk and former soldier. Rev Father Frank found dead in Princeton. heart disease. Mrs Helen Kamrath of Oshkosh arrested for assault. revolver alleged at boy. George Warren Co. of Warren’s Mills reduces hours to ten with no wage cut. Gustave Lehnhoff’s four-year-old hit by wagon. possible death. brain bleed. George Kinlen of Mebson noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Schlitz
Shiocton
Outagamie
Peshtigo Milling Company
Peshtigo
B. Spencer
Berlin
Michael Killian
Fort Howard
William Daw
Oak Hill
Jefferson County
Plymouth
Wm. Breitung
Garret Barry
Madison
South Dakota
Annie Philbrick
la Crosse
Thomas Doyle
Fond du Lac
McIntyre
Depere
Wilmath
Janesville
Oliver A. Hegg
Whitehall
Trempealeau County
Frank
Princeton
Helen Kamrath
Oshkosh
Charles Noe
Local incidents and incidents and crimes in Wisconsin region
Buckwheat load injury, pitchfork wound. Robbery thwarted when Fred Jorgenson resisted two assailants in Racine. Janesville baker J.C. Metcalf gets rare coin recovered from a customer. Bet between Kaukauna and Appleton men over a political outcome. Nicholas Naumer jailed in Oshkosh for malicious mischief after complaint by Frank Domel. Henry J. Jarvis pleads guilty to forged check, sentenced to five years in Waupun. Charles Kellar robbed of 17 dollars near Janesville after a circus return.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Heid
Kaukauna
Arnold Peerenboom
Appleton
Peck
Peerenboom
Mr. Hied
Nicholas Naumer
Oshkosh
Frank Domel
Winnebago County
Henry J. Jarvis
Milton
Waupun
Jefferson County
Charles Kellar
Watertown
Janesville
Young Kellar
Forest Hotel
Notable Crime and Accidents Plague Cooperstown Area
Dr G Virgo a leading druggist and politician in Cooperstown is arrested for incest. A A Dresser keeper of the Northern Pacific round house at Oakes was kicked by a horse with skull fracture likely fatal. Mrs P V Laberge of Grafton dies leaving two children. Three boys Reed Thornton and Smith convicted of robbing the mails at Sterling sentenced by Judge Thomas Reed and Thornton 60 days Sioux Falls and $25 fine each Smith six months and $90 fine. Two Soo extension accidents near Valley City: one fatal. a bridge collapse injures one man and kills a brakeman. Martin Zarwoski of near Grafton loses 4000 dollars with 200 insurance in a large fire destroying barn and crops. notes it was set.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. Virgo
Cooperstrom
A. A. Dresser
Northern Pacific Round House
Oakes
P. V. Laberge
Grafton
Wfe
Laberge
Deschenes
Reed
Thornton
Smith
Sterling
Thomas
Sioux Falls
Soo
Valley City
Here
Martin Zarwoski
Notable Iowa Victims and Unrest Highlight Grim News
Reports from Sioux City Des Moines Muscatine and Davenport describe a string of tragedies and turmoil. Gus Swanson dies after a fall in an elevator shaft. A man in Man ning dies after attempting to harm his wife family. A large fire destroys the Sioux City plant valued at thirty thousand dollars with nine thousand insurance. Elijah Morgan faces a federal fine and imprisonment for forging a pension claim. Andrew Ryan loses part of an eye in an accident at Keokuk. Two Sioux City women are detained amid Sun newspaper efforts to close bawdy houses. James Roberts near death from a gun wound at the poor farm. John Arndt suffers severe facial injuries from a torpedo explosion. A lecturer in Muscatine is mobbed for insulting Catholics. F L Blood narrowly avoids mailing a ten thousand dollar check in a swap deal. James Williams drowns after a fall from a steamer and Davenport police arrest Charles Garnett for murder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gus Swanson
Sioux City
George Bartling
Manning
Keeley
Sergeant's Bluff
Andrew Ryan
Keokuk
Chicago Sun
George Crosby
Des Moines
James Roberts
F. L. Blood
New York City
England
Runnels
James Williams
Charles Garnett
Davenport
Williams
Charles Stewart
Garnett
The Hand That Predicts Figures Says Bolossy Kiralfy
The performer Bolossy Kiralfy explains his method of judging a woman’s figure by her hand shape. He notes that hand size, finger length, and flesh coverage indicate whether a woman has a plump, slender, or well-proportioned figure suitable for the front row.
Kipling Aims To Shock As Self Image Comes Under Fire
A reporter pressed Rudyard Kipling for an interview and drew a sharp rebuttal. The writer called him a boaster, but Kipling insisted he is a boar and wants people to know it and leave him alone. The piece ends noting his blunt self analysis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rudyard Kipling
Charase Rasyerd
Homicidal Mania Ends in Irish Barracks Tragedy
In Ballinadrina, County Kildare, Constable Pilkington, driven by a presumed insanity, killed Sergeant Logan and his wife in their bed, maimed Logan's children, and severely injured others before dying by his own hand as the barracks caught fire. The motive remains unknown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dublin
Royal Irish Constabulary
Ballinadrina
Rilkington
The Sams Case in Pittsburg Court
The Sams case resumed with Private W A Hummel testifying about camping and the fly tent hangings. Lt Worley described Col Streator warning that cheering for Frick’s shooter would hurt discipline. Ex Senator Robbins defended the accused, while Rev Streator recounted Iams admitting he did it. Court adjourned after Iams’ admission amid rugged defense arguments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Sams
W.A. Hummel
Lams
Worley
Col. Streator
Frick
Commonwealth
Robbins
Tenth Regiment
National
Iams
Drowned in Devils Lake Tragedy Claims Two Young Men
Edward Olson fourteen and Joe Whitten eighteen drowned at Devils Lake near Teller's bay after a rowboat capsized during a Halloween social. Olson saved the two girls before sinking. Whitten disappeared as Olson perished. The two bodies have not been recovered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Devils Lake
Edward Olson
Joe Whitten
Teller’s Bay
Whitten
Josie Olson
Nettie Lassen
Olson
State Sovereignty to the Rear
Discussion in the Chicago Inter Ocean on the 1801 immigration act. It argues that the commissioner of immigration holds absolute power to detain suspected passengers and can override state authority, threatening New York and potentially national protection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Inter-Ocean
New York
Chandler
Commissioner of Immigration
Secretary of the Treasury
Dr. Jenkins
United States
Soubrette Sallie Scanlan Dies in Bloomingdale Asylum
New York reports the death of Sallie Scanlan known as Mrs George Brennan wife of actor in her company. She had been ill with a severe cold and died suddenly after singing Nearer My God to Thee. Born 1867 in Hartford she was one of four children and survived by her husband and remaining relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Sallie Scanlan
William J. Scanlan
Bloomingdale Insane Asylum
Miss Scanlan
George Brennan
Mr. Brennan
Sadie Scanlan
Hartford
Conn
Tragic Loss of Giles Family Off Loma Loma Coast
Chief Walker Fearn learns W E Giles special agent for the exposition and his family died when their small boat sank during a squall off Loma Loma in the Western Pacific on Sept 12. Giles and three sailors departed to catch the Maori at Mango. wreckage and salvaged cars are the only surviving clues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Walker Fearn
Foreign Affairs Department
W. E. Giles
Loma Loma
Pacific Islands
Giles
Polynesia
Leigh Lynch
Mango
Skeleton Discovered In Sand near Eau Claire Hill
A mass of sand near the East side business center toppled revealing a human skeleton and rude coffin fragments. A long white hair clung to the skull. no identification or date of burial could be determined, suggesting the body was interred many years ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eau Claire
Wis
East Side
Fine Dwelling Destroyed by Fire at White Earth
The fine residence and home of the late Truman A. Werren on the White Earth reservation burned. The uninsured building was one of the finest houses in the area and is a total loss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White Earth
Minn
Truman A. Werren
Wedding Postponed in Brooklyn for Kennedy Stout and Ida Homan
A planned special marriage in New York between Col Kennedy Stout of Spokane Falls and Miss Ida Homan of 65 Hopper Street Brooklyn did not occur as announced. Crowds gathered at St John’s Church in disappointment. The ceremony now slated for Monday will be at Miss Homan’s home, and the triple wedding is unlikely.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Col Kennedy Stout
Spokane Falls
Ida Homan
Hopper Street
Brooklyn
St. John’s
Col. Stout
Homan
Miss Homan
Lloyd Lonergan
Chicago
May Homan
George Titchall
Carrie Homan
Despondency the Cause in Tragic Suicide
Elizabeth E. E. Nicholas twenty two committed suicide in her parents home last night using a revolver stolen from her father. Deputy Coroner Shepherd held an inquest with testimony showing she had started to retire when the shot fired from her right ear nearly passed through the head. Motive remains undetermined though despondency is suspected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tower M.n
Elizabeth E. E. Nicholas
Shephard
Death toll from scarlet fever in Inkster family
A fort night ago Henry Button died leaving two young daughters. Scarlet fever claimed both children and later the father, leaving the household childless. The incident occurred in Inkster, North Dakota, with the parents passing away within days of each other.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Inkster
N. D
Henry Button
Israel Putnam's Plow Sited in Hartford Museum Curiosity
A New York Sun tale claims Israel Putnam left a plow in a Lexington era field. The relic traveled to Windham county, was bought by Danielsonville merchant W C Jacobs, later by Hartford collector E A Brooks, and now rests in Hartford’s museum. The wooden frame plow shows iron strengthening and a broken right handle but remains largely intact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Israel Putnam
New York Sun
Lexington
Hartford
Conn
Windham County
W. C. Jacobs
Danielsonville
E. A. Brooks
Museum of Antiquities and Curiosities
New England
Maret
Qvale Estate Settled in Eau Claire Wisconsin
The Qvale matter is settled after two weeks of legal work. Attorneys Larson George Qvale and Cypreansen of Ideal Land and Loan claim a large estate share worth about 300000. Mrs Qvale and the child receive about 300000. The million dollar project at Madison or Eau Claire remains unfulfilled with no public facts about the deceased's wishes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Qvale
Eau Claire
Wis
Messrs
Larson
George Qvale
Cypreansen
Ideal Land and Loan Company
Sigvard A. Qvale
Maj Charities Raffee's Appointment at White Earth
Maj Charles A Raffee, newly named Indian agent for the White Earth agency, visited his future field in the past week and plans to return in about ten days to assume formal charge. His reappointment is a rare event in Indian affairs, as former agents seldom return to duty after relief. Raffee enjoys strong support among White Earth Indians and will receive a warm reception.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charities Raffee
White Earth
Minn
Charles A Raffee
White Earth Agency
Maj. Bruffee
Maj
Raffee
Yale's Eleven Train at New Haven House
Thirteen candidates for Yale football positions moved to a special training table at the New Haven house. The list includes Hinckle, Winter, Sanford, Stillman, Kickok, Meca, Wells, Greenway, Cox, McCormack, Briss, Graves, and Butterworth, aiming to form the ten starters to face Harvard and Princeton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yale
New Haven
Conn
New Haven House
Harvards
Princetons
Hinckle
Winter
Sanford
Stillman
Kickok
Meca
Wells
Greenway
Cox
Capt. McCormack
Laurie Briss
Graves
Butterworth
Stickney's Plans For Chicago Great Western
A special stockholders meeting in Chicago will hear A B Stickney report on Europe trip and progress of plans to improve the Chicago Great Western. The aim is to build a model railroad with general upgrades rather than more mileage, with English capitalists invested and support anticipated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Chicago Great Western
A. B. Stickney
Europe
Stickney
Grand Trunk Shareholders Clash Over Amalgamation Plan
London news reports a Grand Trunk railway meeting chaired by Sir Henry Tyler. Shareholders denounced gross mismanagement and protested a proposal to amalgamate fourteen subsidiary Canadian lines with the Grand Trunk. The session lasted three and a half hours in a highly disorderly atmosphere.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Grand Trunk Railway
Sir Henry Tyler
Grand Trunk
Canada La Crosse and Southern railway officers elected
Special from La Crosse Wisconsin reports the annual meeting of the Canada La Crosse and Southern railway held there. F A Rozione of Charles City is president with Alexander McMillan of La Crosse as vice president K Calvert as secretary S Burton as treasurer and a list of directors including B W Stevens Charles City Michel J S Medary John Ulrich Greece James McCord A Hirscheimer D W Martin Joseph Clarke all of La Crosse and Charles City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
la Crosse
Wis
Canada, la Crosse & Southern Railway
F. A. Rozione
Charles City
Alexander McMillan
K. Calvert
S. Burton
B. W. Stevens
Ae Michel
J.S. Medary
John Ulrich
Greece
James McCord
A. Hirscheimer
D. W. Martin
Joseph Clarke
Bridge contract awarded for Missouri River crossing
The Missouri river railroad and wagon bridge project from Yankton and Chicago parties won the contract. Work must start by next July and is believed to exceed half a million dollars. The bridge will serve the Yankton and Norfolk railroad now nearing completion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missouri
Yankton, 8
Missouri River
Chicago
Yankton
Yankton & Norfolk Railroad
Flying Cloud Runs Aground Off Glen Arbor
The schooner Flying Cloud bound for Harbor, Michigan, with 15,000 bushels of oats valued at 6,500 is on a reef at Glen Arbor and breaking up. Insurance stands at 26,000 with P H Fleming of Chicago. A second schooner laden with corn lies waterlogged near Empire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Goo! Harbor
Mich
Flying Cloud
Glen Arbor
P. H. Fiemingof
Chicago
Empire
Steamer Pawnee Searches for Missing Tow Barge Near Manitou
The Pawnee arrived at Northport Michigan on November 2 seeking its tow the Young which broke up in Friday nights storm. The captain reported wreckage including furniture and bedding north of Manitou Island but found no identifying name. He could not locate the missing barge and plans to return to Mackinaw.
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Sister of Mercy appeals for aid after alleged convent cruelty
Agnes Grosser, a nun from Sacred Heart convent in Yankton, says priests and the mother superior drove her out and confined her, claiming she refused to assist in the innvorts. She alleges near starvation and seeks support from the King’s Daughters. Convent authorities call her demented and deny the accusations.
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Nitro Glycerine Explosion Rocks Tima Ohio Factory
A nitro glycerine factory two miles south of Lima exploded with a terrific report heard for twenty miles. Three killed and two badly injured. Two teamsters missing likely in wreck. Victims include Andy Schute Benjamin Dowling Henr Schafnell. Injured include William Potter Tom Maton and Ben Downe. Farmhouse 1800 yards away wrecked and a servant girl injured.
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Benjamin Dowling
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William Potter
Tom Maton
Ben Dowe
Wes
William Hooker
Express Firms Swap Lines in Chicago Burlington Quincy System
The Chicago Burlington and Quincy Railroad will cede all its lines to Adams Express after January 1. Burlington lines were previously handled by American Express and Wells Fargo.
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Brakeman Killed in Janesville Train Incident
Charles H. Hind a brakeman aged twenty two from New Ulm fell between two cars and was instantly killed in Janesville Minn A coroner s inquest was held that afternoon and the body was forwarded for interment with New Ulm as his residence
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New Ulm
Dimming Rail Season Sparks Alarm Over Shooting
A Forest and Stream correspondent warns that the rail season has decimated marsh birds from coastal marshes to hill-sides. He notes the shift from feeding grounds to early kills, urges regional close seasons, and laments waning public spirit and game abundance for future generations.
Knowing Dogs: Eccentric Tales From Dr. Stables
The article recounts two dog stories from Dr. Gordon Stables. A Newfoundland and a predatory mastiff fall into a stream during a bridge clash, then the Newfoundland rescues the mastiff, and both wag in relief. A Cheltenham retriever named Rose dines at the table wearing a nightcap, then mystifies her owners by ringing the bell and leaving before dinner.
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Gordon Stables
England
The Cycle Girl Makes 1000 Kilometres In France
In France 14 year old Mlle Berthe Bailleul set a 1000 kilometer cycling record for a girl. She rode from Montmorillon to Paris and back in a near five day circular tour, accompanied by her father and another gentleman. Miss Dudley later rode 100 miles near Hitchin to Lincoln in just over seven hours, about 14 miles per hour, a notable speed for a woman. Mr and Mrs Smith are famed English tandem riders with many wins.
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Montmorillon
Paris
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Lincoln
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Pocahontas Tricks Smith to Avert Death in Virginia
A Detroit Tribune item recounts a tale of Pocahontas saving John Smith on September 9 by feigning surprise and engaging her father in a ruse. It notes Smith’s long whiskers and blonde pompadour as novelties of the time and ends with Smith marrying Pocahontas as a better outcome than death.
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Virginia
Pocahontas
Smith
Smithy
Jam theft leads to a lad’s comedic punishment
In a brief exchange, Malcolm asks Percy why he cries after stealing jam. Percy admits the jam was saved but reveals it earned him a strong scolding.
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Percy
Nat
Daring Kinsey Daughter Rescues Horse From Fire in Denver
Nettie Kinsey, daughter of the late W J Kinsey, braved smoke and flames at the Kinsey estate barn on Eleventh avenue and Pearl street. She entered the burning barn, blinded the frightened horse with her jacket, and led it to safety as flames destroyed two costly buggies and damaged the building, with total losses estimated at 3000 to 4000 dollars.
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Denver
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Pearl Street
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Nettie Kinsey
Manitou
Near-sighted woman and neighbor feud in sixteenth street tale
A Colorado Sun item describes a near sighted woman on Sixteenth Street sending for a girl from an intelligence office and a neighbor borrowing lard. The neighbor is invited to a back stairroom and tensions rise as the two women become deadly enemies.
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Platte
Colorado Sun
Beggar Laws Through English History Since 1383
The piece surveys old English governance on vagrancy from Richard II to Elizabeth I. It notes 1383 penalties for able-bodied beggars, 1530 licenses for impotent beggars, and harsh Elizabethan punishments including whipping burning and death for repeat offenders, repealed in 1593.
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Richard II
England
Umbrella Repair Delayed As Rain Comes Daily
A New York Globe quips about a customer insisting on a repaired umbrella to avoid daily soaking. The barbered exchange notes the delay with humor, reflecting urban weather woes and service pace.
Immense Mackerel Run Reported at Provincetown
A large mackerel run is reported from Provincetown Massachusetts. In one day 75 000 large and medium fish were taken causing several nets to sink under the weight.
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Provincetown
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