Universal favorite printer dies after elevator fall
In a late night tragedy at the Morning Chronicle building a beloved employee, Menson, who was said to have had no enemies but himself, fell from the fourth floor elevator shaft after drinking to cope with work stress. He left behind a distressed wife and three daughters.
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Tess
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Hlyre
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Daisy
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Morning Chronicle
Foo
Mersin
Ping
Avona Harriman
Union Signal
What sobered him An insult to his wife a ard s latent ma
A young wife with a child sits on a tenement step listening to traffic and watching a drunk man stagger by. The man enters a saloon, returns sober, and with renewed affection lifts his wife and child, vowing to stop drinking. Police remark that addiction and good breeding matter.
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Aard
Center Street
Polician
Papa
N. ¥. Telegraph
Temperance Items and Liquor Trends Across Regions
A survey notes 70 new W C T unions formed in Illinois and reports $14.3 million spent on liquor in Liverpool in a year. Calls rise for Sunday closing as crime spikes with open saloons. A Roman Catholic bishop criticizes drink traffic as Ireland’s curse. Tennessee presbytery discourages church members from drinking or supporting distilleries. Norway bans brandy sales on Sundays and before eight am.
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W. C.T
Illinois
Liverpool
Caruette
Ireland
Chicago
Inter Ocean
Eux Presbytery
Tennessee
Temyperane
Chivoch
Norway
Swedish Captain Rebukes U S Government Over Reward Watch
A Swedish captain rejected a government gift, returning a silver watch engraved for rescuing American sailors. The tale, told by a senator’s associate, notes the watch swap for a gold one after American officials learned of the jest and poor value. The incident, linked to Senator Evarts, concludes with Evarts saying the experiment was not repeated.
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United States
Evarts
Senator Evarts
New England
Stockholm
Nemo
Martean
Ita Suilors
State Department
Department
Indianapolis Journal
Frauds in Violins and Hidden Compartments Exposed
The Detroit Tribune reports on counterfeit Stradivarius violins and imitations from seventeenth to nineteenth centuries, noting how fake labels and specs fooled collectors. It describes Vuillaume’s deceptive tricks and the rarity of genuine marks, plus a discussion of secret compartments in trunks and travel cases used to hide money and valuables.
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Jacob Stainer
Nicholas Amati
Stainer
Stradivarius
Guarnerius
Bergonzis
Antonius Stradivarius
Jesus
Joseph Guarnerius
Vuillaume
Paganini
American Music Journal
Designs in trunks revealed by a Chicago trunk dealer
A reporter questioned a trunk dealer on Why Secret Compartments are Trunks and Valises. The dealer admitted making trunks with false bottoms occasionally and suggested some buyers may be thieves, noting limits on detection.
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Atere
Woodward Avenue
Little Old Man Doubles Ale Profits By Studying Human Nature
A Chicago News vignette on a gray bearded street vendor who uses lemon drops as temptations to study human nature. He boasts that observing hesitation at two lemon drop stands doubles his profits as passersby struggle between desire and decision. The scene unfolds on Madison Street near a bridge with humorous, cautionary tone.
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Madison Street
Lemo
Chicago News
Marquis the Irish Setter Faithfully Traces Home by Rail
A dog story from Providence recounts Marquis the Irish setter leaving at ten and not returning. He reportedly rode a train from Warwick twelve miles away to reach his country home, navigating without a ticket and safely arriving, prompting applause for his canine navigation.
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Providence
R. L
Marquis
Warwick
Hieket
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