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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Jul 14, 1894
Page
1
Pierre the trader recalls a perilous chase across the prairie to rescue a woman in men's dress. He narrates with vivid detail how Hilton's wife aided the girl, how a rival party pursued, and how the couple escaped across the Jumping Sand hills, the dawn revealing a sacrifice and a vow.
Sebastian Heines a chief carpenter at the Philadelphia Mint builds a machine that counts two thousand silver dollars per minute and weighs silver bars. The device uses a hopper, saw-toothed cog wheels and 20 grooves holding 50 coins each to tally up to 1 000 coins per crank, enabling rapid bagging of $3,000 per minute with director Preston’s approval.
The Elba apartment house on Van Ness Avenue owned by A and H E Law encroaches on Thomas B Evans land by up to 2 3/4 inches. Evans demanded 850 dollars per inch with a top dispute over the exact measure. Ladders and chisels emerged as workmen began to remove the brick wall to clear Evans property.
Lyman Palmer aged 75 of New Orleans wed Mary Palmer aged 75 of this city in a ceremony noted for its oddity. Both had three prior marriages and Mary kept her surname Palmers through each husband. the groom is said to be a nephew of her first husband.
Intrigues swirl around a boy sultan who has begun his reign with vigor. He shows zeal reminiscent of his feared elder brother, famed as the one eyed decapitator. Three executions occur in one day, with a vaguer tally the next. The youth may yet carve a notable name.
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