For Sale City Properties Near Allen Academy
South half of block near Allen Academy priced at 550 dollars. A quarter acre car shop and house in southeast town with a small cottage, tenant, wine and well on premises. Six room house and two lots four blocks from street. brick cistern. Price 1250 dollars. Quarter block near Allen Academy east front 250 dollars. 75 feet front on Railroad near Otto Boehme property. Will sell part of all. Lots near school house 100 dollars each. Also other city property.
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Allen Acamy
Otto Boehme
School House
The Queer Picture Thing and a Salem Carpet Bargain
In Salem a woman discovers a large tapestry in a Derby street rag shop and sells it to a sailor husband for a carpet to brighten her best room. Mr. Miller notes the silk and gold bordered piece while the woman chooses a garish replacement, calling the swap a lifetime opportunity.
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Montreal
New England
Mrs. Silsbee
Salem
Miller
Derby Street
Raphlaels
Malta
Dentist Dilemma Sparked by Imagined Toothache
Witty exchange has a sufferer vowing to pull out a non existent tooth while a scientist dismisses the ache as mental. The humor hinges on the clash between perceived pain and imagined cause.
Hearing What Friends Say In Absence Sparks Candor
Quote dialogue from Town and Country noting Miss Candor and Miss Gush debating how hearing friends talk about us in absence would affect modesty and friendships. No concrete events or people beyond fictional names. Subtext comments on judgment and social behavior.
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Miss Gush
Miss Candor
Street Attention Quote From Fliegende Blatter
A snippet from Fliegende Blatter features a street remark about scenery as a travel quip. The line contrasts leisure with business travel in a humorous exchange.
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Fliegende Blatter
Aztec treasure tale from Yesca cavern reported
Rev Pablo Martino of Yesca relays a story verified by witnesses about Americans led by an archaeology expert discovering a hidden Aztec cavern near Yesca. Immense stone idols and a glowing altar were found with a large hoard of ornaments. Twelve burros carried items to San Blas for shipment to San Francisco as authorities investigate the affair.
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Hermosillo
Mex
Teplice
Pablo Martino
Yesca
National Museum
Mexico
San Blas
San Francisco
Train wrecks claim multiple injuries in two states
A west bound Texas and Pacific train derailed three miles east of Abilene, Texas. Fireman Welden of Baird is trapped under the engine and may die, mail clerk Roberts of Fort Worth burned, with several others injured. A Royal Blue flyer east of Washington Indiana on the Baltimore and Ohio line struck a freight train at 60 miles per hour, both engines wrecked and one presumed fatally injured.
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Abilene
Tex
Texas and Pacific Railway
Welden
Baird
Roberts
Fort Worth
Washington
Ind
Baltimore and Ohio
St. Louis
New York
Here
Acre Expedition Debt Placed on Northeastern Colonies
New York reports Congress authorized 1,006,000 in paper currency to cover the Acre expedition cost. Preparations for a 1,000 man force have begun. If President Pando leads, Velasco and Montes will accompany him, with Ca priles serving as temporary head.
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New York
Congress
Acre
la Paz
Bolivia
Pando
Velasco
Montes
Capriles
Republic
Fighting in the Streets at Port au Prince
The Prinz Wilhelm IV reports that on November 4 and 5 fighting broke out in Port au Prince, New York. No casualties were found by officers aboard the Dutch West India Line steamer.
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New York
Prinz Wilhelm IV
West Indies
Port Au Prince
Lancashire Cotton Growers Aid Jamaica Cotton Push
The Lancashire Cotton Growers association voted a large sum to develop extensive cotton growing in Jamaica. A large area is expected to be planted next season as they seek to emancipate from American raw supply.
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London
Lancashire Cotton Growers’ Association
Jamaica
Rough voyage woes marked New York torpedo flotilla homeward
A San Juan dispatch says officers and crew of the torpedo flotilla were given a hearty informal reception on arrival at Mayaguez Puerto Rico after a rough passage to Hayti. The fleet then had favorable weather until Mayaguez harbor where Thornton's boiler blew out.
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New York
Maguayez
San Juan
Porto Rico
Hayti
Thornton
Mayaguez Harbor
Four Die as Boiler Blast Hits Pennsylvania Mill
Four men were killed and about forty injured when a boiler exploded at the West works of the American Iron and Steel Manufacturing plant in Lebanon Pennsylvania on Thursday afternoon. The blast at the scrap puddle furnace injured workers with varying severity.
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Lebanon
West Works
American Iron and Steel Manufacturing Company
Man and horse found dead near Holland depot
A man and his horse were found dead by the railroad track 250 yards south of the Holland depot on Thursday morning. The letter found on the man identified him as Louis Evers of Fredericksburg Texas.
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Holland
Tex
Louis Evers
Fredericksburg
Butler Convicted of Bribery in St Louis Contract Case
Col. Ed Butler, St Louis millionaire and politician, found guilty by a Columbia jury on charges of attempting to bribe Dr. Chapman of the St Louis board of health to influence endorsement of a garbage contract. The jury assessed a three year penitentiary term, reached on the first ballot. Foreman T H Hickman notes unanimity and describes the deliberation.
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St. Louis
Columbia
Ed Butler
Dr. Chapman
St. Louis Board of Health
T. H. Hickman
W. H. Cochran
Merrill
Butler
Italian Baker Accused of Smuggling Aliens on Roma
New York November 14 A chief baker Auguste Meier on the steamship Roma is jailed for a alleged unique smuggling scheme. Italian alien Arnold Cappa says he paid 25 lire to wear bakers garb to land without inspection. Cappa and four others allegedly posed as crew to reach New York. Cappa then led officers to further suspects.
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New York
United States
Auguste Meier
Roma
Arnold Cappa
Naples
Genoa
Cappa
Central National Bank of Boston Closed by Examiner
The Central National Bank of Boston, founded in 1873 with 500000 capital and 3500000 in deposits, did not open as an examiner took charge. The action followed excess loans and thin quick assets. Boston Clearing House declined to aid. Otis H. Duke presided, J Adams Brown served as cashier.
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Central National Bank of Boston
Boston
Central National Bank
Boston Clearing House Association
Otis H. Duke
J. Adams Brown
Judgments Entered for Defendants in Ann Arbor Suit
In New York on November 14 the case against the Ann Arbor Railroad and reorganization company by Seventh National, New York County banks, and a large insurer saw a judge enter judgments allowing expenses in favor of the defendants. The suit, valued at about $600 000, had been decided for defendants by Judge Brown as referee after evidence from the complainants.
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Ida M. Snyder
Ber- Street
Brooklyn
N. Y
Cardus
reed _iss Snyder
Brooklyn East End Art Club
New York
Ninth
Barlow
McCullagh
West Twenty-sixth St
McCulloch
Ann Arbor
George
Seventh National
New York County
Brown
Municipal phone system sale shocks reformers
Tunbridge Wells, the first municipal telephone service, agreed on opening day of the century to sell its system to the National Telephone Company. The London correspondent notes the decision shocks agitators who want municipal competition to break company control.
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New York
Navy
Tunbridge Wells
London
the Tribune
National Telephone Company
Bankers Adjourn As Convention Chooses Next Meet
The American Bankers Association closes a three day session in New Orleans with San Francisco named as the next meeting site and committee selections announced. Officers elected include Caldwell Hardy Norfolk Va as president and Frank G Bigelow Milwaukee Wis as first vice president, with several new executive council members named.
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New Orleans
American Bankers’ Association
San Francisco
New York
BR. F. Swinney
K Knsas
Geo
Whitney National Bank of
A. H. Wiggins
National Park Bank
New York City
Chas. L. Farrell
The
Capitol National Bank
Indianapolis
A. V. Lane
National Exchange Bank
Dallas
Tex
Luther Drake
Merchants Nation
Feather in the Kitchen Sparks Blunt Moral Reminder
A New England grandmother returns home to find a feather in the kitchen, prompting a sharp reminder that praise to the face is open disgrace. Janet, a diligent sixteen year old, learns a dismissive lesson as the elder's keen eye spots a hen yard feather.
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New England
Janet
Mark Twain as a Bowler in Hartford and Newark
The piece recalls Mark Twain as a formidable skittles opponent in Hartford while editor there. His favorite bowling spot was a cellar alley on State street near the steam boat dock. At Newark he was billed as a feature at the Young Men’s Christian Association hall, and he once paused to bowl before going on stage.
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Mark Twain
Hartford
State Street
Major Pond
Young Men's Christian Association
Newark
Cold Weather Banter on the Ohio River
Two boatmen discuss a harsh winter with jokes about temperatures. They mention Cincinnati freezing over and the river near Cairo, then argue about the correct reference and allow Nero as a misheard joke, highlighting the comic misunderstanding of temperature scales.
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Ohio River
Cincinnati
Cairo
Nero
Poisoned Frog Demonstrates Strychnine Agony in Court
In Camden New Jersey on November 14 trial witness Professor Marshall from the University of Pennsylvania demonstrated strychnine effects by feeding a poison extract from a victim to a live frog. The display aimed to convey the agony suffered by two boys Brice Jennings and Paul Coffin who were allegedly killed by Paul Woodward.
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Camden
N. J
Paul Woodward
Brice Jennings
Paul Coffin
Prof
Marshall
University of Pennsylvania
First Train Over Dallas Cleburne and Southwestern Opens
Engineer John George arrived at the depot at 11 on Thursday as the Dallas Cleburne and Southwestern line began operations. Continuous engine whistles and flouring-mill alarms sparked pandemonium before President Myer drove the golden spike and the city celebrated the inaugural run.
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Cleburne
Tex
John George
Dallas
Fire Devastates Pottsboro Businesses Early Thursday
At 1 30 a m in Pottsboro Texas a kitchen fire damaged or destroyed several establishments. Losses include Jolliff two buildings and a drug store with 12 000 insured 1000 Jolliff barber shop fixtures 75 no insurance Loney livery stable 450 insured 300 Walker restaurant goods fixtures 400 partially insured. In Paris Texas Forest Hinton injured at a gin when his arm was drawn into saws and mangled forcing shutdown of the machinery.
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Pottsboro
Tex
Paris
Forest Hinton
Enloe
Delta County
Ninety Nine Years Sentenced in Galveston Assault Case
Galveston on November 14 reports James Young a Black man was sentenced to ninety nine years in the penitentiary for an attempted criminal assault on a young Italian woman in the city suburbs on October 2.
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Galveston
James Young
Belle Edmond Suffers Arm Break in Fall at Waco High
In Waco Texas on November 14 Miss Belle Edmond science teacher at Waco High School broke her right arm after a fall. She is described as a well known educator.
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Waco
Tex
Belle Edmond
Waco High School
Texas citizen questions sun patterns around house
A Texas resident asks why the sun shines on all four sides of his north south facing home at different times. He notes latitude near 6 degrees north of the tropic of Cancer and offers prizes to schoolchildren for solutions while proposing daily sun penetration through his front door in morning and again in afternoon.
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Texas
Steinitz and Epstein Chess Remark in Vienna
The story recalls Steinitz teaching in Vienna when Gustave Epstein, a wealthy banker, challenged a prolonged chess position with a terse “Well?” The banker’s impatience drew a sharp retort: on the bourse you are Epstein and I am Steinitz, but over the board I am Epstein and you are Steinitz.
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Steinitz
Vienna
Gustave Epstein
Epstein
Tissot Corrects Work After Visitor Points Aloes Error
A visitor asked painter James Tissot if his scene depicted the era of Christ. The artist affirmed, then the visitor noted that aloes in the painting did not exist in the Mediterranean until after Spain’s conquest of Mexico. Tissot immediately altered the picture.
Heard Tale Of A Air Castle From Hiram
Mrs Meddergrass asks Hliram if he has seen an air castle and he says he saw one near the city. He claims they are built of gold bricks according to the Chicago News.
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Hliram
Well if the worst comes to the worst she sings to pay
A Philadelphia Press humorous exchange features a cheerful wife who believes her soprano voice could keep the wolf from the door, while her pessimistic husband counters that even if she sings, the wolf might be deaf.
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Philadelphia Press
Out of Harmony in Detroit Free Press line
A brief Detroit Free Press quip notes a reader did not read the book, while the cover design clashed with her house gowns, implying style versus content in a light column remark.
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Monigre
Detroit Free Press
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Bihan
End Art Club
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Thedford
Miss Snyder
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J. W. Batts
Brazos County
Allen Academy
Madisonville
Bryan
Daily Hack Service
S. W. Buchanan
P.scittino
Fish
Steinitz and Epstein
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