Early writers and a rising English novelist
The piece surveys famous authors and early earnings, noting Charles Dang Gibson earning $400 a month before 21, Frances Hodgson Burnett selling her first story for $17 at age 15, Humphrey Ward’s early work and a high offer, and Upton Sinclair’s college writing pay. It also hints at Kipling, George Eliot, and a social novel about the masses, plus a humorous aside about a Marmaduke Donnithorne linked pen name. A boy trades a poster for a magic lantern in a Youth's Companion vignette.
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Charles Dang Gibson
Frances Hodgson Burnett
Humphrey Ward
Robert Kismere
Richard Harding Davis
England
Kipling
Calcutta
Baroness Burdett-Coutts
George Eliot
Harpers
George Donnithorne Eliot
Donnithorne
Adam Bede
Marian Evans
George
Lewes
Ellet
The Girl Baby Poster Passes Through Kindness
Mrs. Ord shares a magazine with a poster of The Girl Baby. A stationer provides the poster to Mrs. Ord who gives it to a kindergarten. The teacher uses it for a language lesson while a janitor and a crippled boy engage with the picture, illustrating a chain of generosity.
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Mrs. Ord
Mrs. Or
Countess in a Hovel with Gypsy Violinist
The Countess Vilma Festtics aged 24 eloped with gypsy violinist Rudolf Nyral startling Bavarian Austrian aristocracy. She says she left her fiancé Count Spreti after meeting Nyral in Munich coffee houses and later married him in Oldenburg. She plans to tour with him, aiming for Budapest and New York.
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Vilma Festtics
Rudolf Nyral
Bavaria
Austria- Hungary
Oldenburg
Goount Spreti
Count Sprett
Rudi
Munich
Count Spret
Budapest
Khan
Rud
New York
First Air Brake Trial Opens New Era of Train Safety
In April 1869 a Steubenville to Pittsburgh excursion train faced a stalled wagon on the line. With only handbrakes, a sudden stop using the air brake prevented disaster and proved its effectiveness to observers who were jolted by the powerful deceleration.
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Steubenville
Pittsburg
Ohio
Horse Escapes Rider and Kills Girl on Goldfield Street
A deputy sheriff on Goldfield rode a restless horse when the pistol was jerked from his pocket. The horse stepped on it and discharged, killing a girl walking nearby by severing her jugular vein. The tragedy occurred as bystanders watched in shock.
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Goldfield
Sixty Thousand Messages Spoken Daily in London Phones
Reports say around sixty thousand messages are spoken daily in London telephone lines. Language variation makes exact word counts impossible as subscribers wait for connections.
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London
Pleasant Repartes in a Princeton Tiger Dressing Session
Muddled notes describe Walter finding a bead or item in a salad and commenting on its role in dressing. The fragment appears from a Princeton Tiger column with quirky slang and unclear context.
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mer—Bee
Walter
Watter
Princeton Tiger
Uproar in Ireland as Nationalists press home rule crisis
Widespread unrest across Ireland follows Dublin Nationalists rejection of home rule schemes. Sinn Fein gains strength while landlords resist sales. Violence flares in Kings and Galway with cattle maiming and raids. authorities bolster police and suspend the constabulary tournament. Archbishop of Cashel laments land crisis and emigration as farmers struggle for bare survival.
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Dublin
Engiléh
Irelind
Ireland
Old Land League
Cashel
Sinn Fein
Kings
Galway
Fourteen Generals in 1908 to One by 1929 Funston
In 1908 about fourteen men held the general title in the United States Army, but by 1929 Gen. Bred M. Funston would be the sole remaining general of the era. Secretary Wilson testified in the Edwin Wolmes case with Peckham and Haas about the cotton reports conspiracy. Secretaries and officials faced press charges alleging leak responsibility, with Wilson noting modifications to his letter to the President.
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M. Mosch
Tenfer
Yous
Buffon
Wolf
United States Army
Bred M. Funston
Wilson
Edwin
Wolmes
Frederick Peckham
Moses Haas
New York
Wilden
Holmes
Fragmented OCR Copy of City News Briefs
unreadable text fragment from a Philadelphia area brief mentions Kansas and a city bureau with a representative. It references a 19 year old girl injured and a person named J J Reynolds, with unclear context and garbled place names.
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Re Istte
Gree
Sillea
Bagswap Allort
Philadelphia
J. J. Reynolds
Eae Béeen
On & Chatta
Argo Bison
Brewers Ousted from Kansas by State Supreme Court
The Kansas Supreme Court grants judgment ousting Anheuser-Busch Brewing Association from the state. Receivers remain in office to execute the ruling and take possession of the property. The decision aims to apply to all brewing companies with agencies and warehouses in Kansas, with proceedings begun against them.
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Kansas Supreme Court
Anheuser-Busch Brewing
Bank Deposits Called In By Terry Peer
The Terry peer issued a call for the return by Fly 10 of 30 million dollars of public deposits held by national banks since September 27, 1906 to maintain money market stability. A medical emergency report notes Dr Robert A Marmion of the University and National hospital treated after a stroke while walking near the Treasury in Washington DC.
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Terry Peer
Robert A. Marmion
Emergency
Washington, D. C
Gwendy
Treasury
Wtat
Chicago Trade Improves Despite Previous Downturn
The Dun's Review of Trade reports that the heaviness in distributive linen has lifted with brighter weather. Manufacturing remains strong and retail demand rises for seasonable goods. Bank payments exceed last year, consumption is high, stock depletion is satisfactory, and visiting buyers plus fall orders indicate growth versus last year. Failures in Chicago district total 14.
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Failares
Chicago
Dun
Review of Trade
Weather turns brighter as trade and crops show improvement
New figures from Bradstreet's Commercial Report indicate better conditions across the nation with warmer Northwest and Western regions boosting summer goods sales. Retail stocks remain abundant, with cautious reports on cancellations and extensions in some areas. Farm exports to June 13 show wheat and corn totals, while year to date figures compare with prior periods.
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Northwest
Central
West
South
Southwest
United States
Canada
Bradstreet
Market Prices Across Cities Include Cattle Hogs and Wheat
Reported commodities from Chicago to New York list cattle prices at 7.00 per head hogs 4.00 to 6.17 and sheep 3.00 to 6.00. Wheat No 2 around 88c to ? oats 42c to 48c rye 81c to 88c hay timothy 14 to 22 dollars per ton. Includes limited notes on butter eggs and potatoes. Also mentions a fire at Sacred Heart church in Ottawa and a suicide note in Kansas City with little detail.
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Chicago
Cattla
Choice Creamery
Indianapolis
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Detroit
Milwaukee
New York
Jane Se
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Urge Trish
Stak
Feach
Miots
Secorkea
Portico Jurtich
Raymond
Kenwood
Chicago Record-Herald
Dashington
Mr. Dashington
Yeu
Uisturbold
Preass
Dasiington
Vann
Wamphurst
Philadelphia Press
Parewell
Cincinnati Post
Minnesota
Hampton Roads
Franklin P. Halcomb
Newcastle
Del
Henry Clay Murfin, Jr
Jackson
Herbert L. Holden
Portage
Wis
Funston General
General Funaton
Niapea
Kansas
Brewers
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