Ballynook Hall Tragedy Ends With Confession Note
In Ballynook Hall the narrator uncovers a chilling tale of infidelity murder and a hidden confession. Uncle Tim Malone is found dead from poison while Aunt Amabel escapes abroad leaving a sealed letter revealing the crime and a note about the missing papers. The case ends with Ballynook's abandonment.
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Malone
Tim Malone
Tim
Mexico
Amabel
Ballynook Hall
Boston
Ballynook
Aunt Amabel
Londonderry
Ila Malone
Uncle Malone
Manpa L. Crocker
Notes for Fishermen with Fisher Humor and Facts
A humorous survey of sea life and fishing lore. Jokes about fish names and behavior appear alongside odd claims such as a four-ounce silver-fish coin and a three hundred pound turtle in a well bucket. The piece ends with a pun from Judge on catfish weights and scales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Epicures
Mammoth Cave
Long Island Sound
New York
South Sea Islands
Newfoundland
John Jones
New Jersey
Fromentine: New Wheat Derivative Promises Nutrient Dense Food
Dr. Dujat jin-Beaumetz showcased fromentine at the Paris Academy of Medicine. This wheat embryo flour, produced with special millstones, contains 51 percent nitrogenous matter and high digestible content, surpassing meat in protein and suitable for soups or biscuits, derived from Schweitzer process wheat germs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
le Genie Civil
Dujat jin-Beaumetz
Paris Academy of Medicine
Schweitzer
Little Rubie and the Missing Ladle Gaffe
A child named Rubie learns slang as a new girl departs with a silver ladle. The ladle disappears and is referenced during a dinner visit with guests. Rubie finally reveals the ladle is hidden in the soup.
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Rubie
Multiple Ohio incidents reported across Greene to Columbus
State news item roundup details injuries from wagon throws near Bloomingburg and Hartford self harm near Columbus. It notes a Greene County monument plan by old soldiers, crimes including attempted wife murder at Kenton, theft near East Monroe, and a fatality from a burning match incident in Columbus. It also lists infrastructural damage, gas wells, and various court and public notices.
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Clarke Eastem
Bloomingburg
Joan Hann
Hartford
Greene County
Preven McDonovan
Kenton
Danley
Vremont
Sharpers
Cincinnati
Lewis Brothers & Co. assigns liabilities over $4 million
New York reports the assignment of Lewis Brothers & Co., a leading dry goods commission house, with assets around $5.5 million and liabilities about $4.12 million. Cornelius Bliss is named assignee. partners include Joseph W. Lewis, Walter Lewis, and others. The failure follows flood and supplier losses. headquarters at 238 Chestnut Street Philadelphia with branches in Chicago Boston and New York.
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Lewis Brothers & Co
New Yonk
Worth and
Thomas Streets
Cornelius N. Bliss
Philadelphia
Joseph W
Walter Lewis
John A. Boardman
George W. Wharton
Henry Lewis
John Williamson
George Duren
Grinnell Willis
Lewis & Boardman
New York
Boston
Chicago
Lewis
Henry Lewis, Jr
Henry Lewis, Sr
BP Eaek
Socucibes
Manu Moorpors
Ragur Gm Ca Ee
Ois
Oe Ee
Patrior
Nes Ors
Conshocken Worsted Mills
Bullock
Johnstown
Worth Street
Reese
Carl Yeing Company
Lewiston
Mes
Providence
Wamsutta
Chestnut Street
Bradstreet’s
Wamsutta Mills
Wauregan Mills
Grinnell Mills
Slatersville Mills
Hamlet Mills
State Cotton Company
Manville Mills
Forest Dale Manufacturing Company
Jewel City Mills
Dunnell Manufacturing Company
Franklin Manufacturing Company
Hartel & Co
Hartford Sik Manufacturing Company
United States Bunting Company
Shepperd Bros
Richmond Woolen Mills
Woodvale Woolen Mills
Chester Wool
Samuel Bancroft
J. L. Peck
Dexter, Richards & Son
S. H. Enos
New England
Pennsylvania
Francoz, Henon & Greder
Paris
Lyons, Stetienne
Grenoble
France
Massingl Reres & Co
Mostbaum & Co
Crefeld
Mr. Bliss
Onrcaco
Flood Forces Fredonia Residents From Homes
High Water in Fall River bottoms rises two inches per hour as the river spreads seven miles wide and twenty feet deep. The iron wagon bridge collapsed after fifteen years, two railroad bridges remain, and the flood nears the city. Relief parties work round the clock. some families are surrounded and rescued as numbers are missing but no deaths are reported.
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Fredonia
Kan
Fall River
Death of a Noted Capitalist Charlemagne Tower Dies at 81
Charlemagne Tower, renowned capitalist, mine owner, railroad director and lawyer, died at his Waterville New York summer home after a paralysis. He helped build the Northern Pacific Railroad and developed the Vermilion iron deposits in Minnesota, selling his interests in 1887 for six million dollars.
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Philadelphia
Charlemagne Tower
Waterville
N. Y
Northern Pacific Railroad
Vermilion Range
Minnesota
Wholesale Grocers Q W Leverin Co Assigns Liabilities
The Q W Leverin Company a Chicago wholesale grocer assigned yesterday with liabilities estimated between 40000 and 60000 dollars. Assets are not known at this time.
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Chicago
Cutcaco
Q. W. Leverin Company
Prohibitionists Adopt Principles at Ohio Convention
At Zanesville the Prohibition State convention reassembled and made its temporary organization permanent. The platform lists fifteen declarations including opposition to liquor traffic, taxation on its basis, ballot protection, and strong enforcement of child labor laws, with nominations of J. B. Helwig for governor and other state officers. The State Central Committee elected the executive slate and the evening featured remarks by Rev. Helwig and Rev. Mead before adjourning sine die.
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Zanesville
Dustin
Cincinnati
J. B. Helwig
Springfield
J. B
Colvin
B.S. Higley
Youngstown
H. A. Thompson
Westerville
Helwig
Mead
New York City
Garnetted Wool Waste Classified as Wool for Duty
The Treasury Department upheld a New York collector decision taxing garnetted wool waste at thirty cents per pound, equal to scoured wool, after appraisers found the garSetting process restores it to wool quality and deceives experts, warranting the same duty as the wool it resembles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Treasury Department
Washinecton
New York
United States
Favorites Scoop Free-for-all Race for $10,000 Purse in Detroit
Detroit July 23 the Merchants stake drew fifteen entries eleven starters with Hendry the Dowagiac gray a weak entry felled by three heats Bo won the $10,000 in a dramatic finish About $100,000 changed hands in the race Next event saw Gene Smith defeat Rosaline Wilkes in a $2,000 dash as Smith, guarded by deputies after being drugged, showed speed in two straight heats to claim victory Twenty thousand spectators witnessed the outcomes at the Detroit Driving Club meet
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Detroit
Detroit Driving Club
Hendry
Dowagiac
Mich
Gene Smith
Rosaline Wilkes
Smith
Wilkes
Butter ripening and feeding tips for dairy cows
Cram improves butter in cold air and water, with quicker rise in cold water and longer shelf life when milk remains sweet. Feeding potatoes at fifteen to twenty cents a bushel aids milch cows versus turnips, if hay and strain are balanced. Proper cream ripening requires air exposure and careful temperature control to preserve flavor and keeping quality.
Eleventh Census Aids Chosen for Porter's Staff
Superintendent Porter selects Western experts to lead cattle and agricultural statistics while Eastern specialists handle manufacturing data. The effort covers establishments output employment and related factors as plans seek accuracy amid unsettled debt figures and possible statutory repeal.
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Porter
Washington
Mann
Lynching Confusion in Wyoming Over Ella Watson Case
Cheyenne dispatch says Kate Maxwell was a myth and Ella Watson was the lynched woman in Sweetwater, Wyoming. Sheriff arrests five wealthy Carbon County stockmen, held on $5,000 bail each after waiving exam. Averill and Ella Watson bodies described as brutal.
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Curiaco
Cheyenne
Kate Maxwel
Sweetwater
W. T
Averill
Ella Watson
Kate Maxwell
Cheyenny
Wy. T
Wyoming
Jim Averill
Carbon County
Thomas Sunn
E. J. Bothwell
Earnest McLean
Robert Connor
John Durbin
Harvard University
Gladstone and wife celebrate fiftieth wedding anniversary
London July 26 Mr and Mrs Gladstone marked fifty years of marriage with royal congratulations from the Queen and other letters from the Prince and Princess of Wales. A portrait by Millais was given by Liberal MPs wives. The ex Premier attended church and hosts received many visitors. The couple will travel to Hawarden next week for further celebrations.
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London
James Street
John Morley
Sir William Harcourt
Earl of Aberdeen
Hawarden
Gladstone
Mrs Heron Safe In Corea Telegram Clears Case
Washington July 26 Acting Secretary of State Wharton reports a cable from Minister Dinsmore stating that reports of Mrs Heron being sentenced to death in Corea are wholly unfounded. The message from Seoul dated July 24 says the report is without foundation.
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Washington
Heron
Corea
W. PF. Wharton
Dinsmore
Seoul
Skarton
Explosion at Summit home kills daughter and harms son
The Times Democrat reports from Summit Mississippi that a Thursday explosion at Peter Rollins's house killed his daughter and mortally injured his son while Rollins himself was severely burned. Rollins had been drawing whisky from a barrel as his daughter held a lamp when the lamp tipped into the liquor causing the blast. The region has seen six fires in ten days wrecking many horses with losses totaling about 250 animals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newe Onleans
the Times
Democrat
Summit
Miss
Peter Rollins
Rollins
Long-ago Mason City youth confesses parricide in Iowa tragedy
Wesley Elkins, aged about 11, killed his father John Elkins and stepmother Hattie in Elk township Clayton County. He carried his infant sister to a neighbor, then confessed to the murders claiming self defense for their lives. The pair’s bodies were found in the same room with gunshot and blunt force wounds.
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Mason City, Jr
Elk Township
Clayton County
Wesley Elkins
John Elkins
Hattie Elkins
Wesley
Mr. Elkins
Babe
Mrs. Elkins
Hatch Wesley Elkins
Disaster floods wreck circus. many lives lost in Wirt County
In Parkerburg West Virginia July 27 details arrive of a flood in Wirt County. The Gregory D Alma circus was struck by the cloud burst on Tucker creek wrecking tents and equipment. Miss D Alma drowned and several employees are feared dead. Saulsbury on Big Tigart river is wiped out with losses around 50000 dollars. Thomas Hughes family tragedy deepens as relatives arrive from Pittsburgh to care for the dying.
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Otto Pack
Barnesville
Spencer Station
Millersburg
Christopher
Flora Weaver
J. C. Weaver
Greenville
New Madison
Weaver
Dayton
Secretary of the Treasury
David J. Day
James I. Quinton
Samuel McKeehan
John Richey
Cincinnati
Fostoria
Ohio Penitentiary
Lucas
Cuas. Holtgraven
Nettie Holtgraven
Dina Kruser
Kalida
Putnam County
Fred Morman
Morman
Holtgrave
Miss Kruser
Tanner
W. H. Monahan
C. K. Crumit
Jackson
Gustave Hampnock
Camp Washington
Charles Cockran
Ohio
Steubenville
New Bremen
Auglaize County
Piqua
Tommy
Agnes Williams
Columbus
Parkersburg
W. Va
Wirt County
Thomas Hughes
Pittsburgh
Thomas Black
Hughes
Gregory & D’alma Circus
Tucker Creek
D’alma
Saulsbury
Tigart River
Blood Feud Ends In Double Shooting And Suicide In California
Eva Adkins aged 17 planned marriage to Raymond Bierce. Niel Hubbs, friend of Bierce, eloped with Adkins and married nearby. Bierce confronted them at Adkins’s mother's house, shot Hubbs and Mrs Hubbs, Hubbs overpowered Bierce, who then shot himself. Hubbs gravely wounded.
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Sults
Cuzco
Cal
Eva Adkins
Raymond Bierce
San Francisco
Niel Hubbs
Bierce
Miss Adkins
Hubbs
A New Cable Linking Ireland and America Planned
Ottawa reports a Canadian Cable Company proposal to guarantee bonds up to 500000 dollars as part of a 1000000 dollar capital need. Dobell of Quebec has secured 350000 in England and aims to raise the rest with Dominion guaranty. A British construction firm plans a 1900 mile line from Westport Ireland to Greenly island in the Gulf of St. Lawrence.
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Ireland
America
Ottawa
Ont
Dobell
Quebec
England
Dominion Guaranty
Westport
Greenly Island
Gulf of St. Lawrence
Richmond Paper Company Suspends Payment Again
The Richmond Paper Company of Providence R I has again suspended payments after previously extending credit. It has $300000 new capital secured by mortgages and a first mortgage of $387000 held by Rhode Island Hospital Trust Company. Last statement shows assets $854000 and liabilities $668000. The plant is described as magnificent.
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Richmond Paper Company
Providence
R. L
Rhode Island Hospital Trust Company
Bradstreet
Trust of Wholesale Grocers Formed
The Wholesale Grocers' Association of the United States will be completed at Newport August 1. Ninety percent of the wholesale dealers of the country are members. The association aims at mutual protection and to compel manufacturers to divide profits with them on certain goods they now handle without profit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trust of
Pittspurgh
Wholesale Grocers’ Association of the
United States
Newport
Millions of Blackberries Rot on Laurel Vines Amid Storms
In Bartimmore Maryland on July 27 storms and low prices force nearly 1,000,000 quarts of cultivated blackberries to rot on vines at Laurel Maryland and neighboring Delaware counties along the Maryland line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bartimmore
Laurel
Delaware
Maryland Line
Fire victimHeroic effort in Maryland stove blast
Horribly burned John Myers, at work on a building in Ballmore Maryland, rushed into a burning house after a gasoline stove exploded. He dragged the flare burden to the street, flames searing his back and arms as blood streamed from his body.
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Ballmore
John Myers
Hippolyte Loses Heavily in Port au Prince Attack
The Times letter from Port au Prince says Hipployte's recent assault on La Coupe failed with thirty men killed and many wounded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hippolyte
New York
the Times
Port Au Prince
la Coupe
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Heade
Nathews & Heade
Attorneys-At-Law
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Cambridge
C. Steele
Fred. L. Rosemond
Steele & Rosemond
Ohilo
Weeny
Old National
J.M. Bushfield
Rainey
Court House
V. D. Craic
Attorney-at-Law & Notary Public
Guernsey County
B. Taylor
R. T. Scott
Taylor & Scott, Attorneys-At-Law
New Taylor Block
Physicians and Surgeons
WH. T. Ramsey, M. D
Providence Hon- Rosie
National Medical Dispensary
Washington,d.c
Hutchinson's Block
Main Street
API
Hotels
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Exchange Hotel
Caldwell
John W. Robinson
Kiri Boush
Corner Market
Fourth Streets
TM. Kirk
Thompson
Crow
Farmers’ Hotel
Ae Street
Wn. Presney & Son
Mar
Washington, Ohio
William Smith
Prop
Hotel Berwick
H. F. Hunt
S. S. Carnes
Pine Street
Main
Cambridge, O
James G. Johnston
West Cambridge
E. McCollum
South End Mill Street
Cambride, Ohio
Police Gazette
Adareas
Richard K. Fox
Franklin Square
N.Y
John Harris, JR
Wall's Drug Store
McPhepe
Boots and Shoes
West Main St
Aply
John Moss
Ile Bere
Beoubenville
Jan Leg
Jacon Jamborious
Put-in-Bay
Auglaize
Tur Coliseum
Eowanp Kane
Athens
Daniel Benjamin
Union Township
Hancock County
Gro. May
Shelby
John Dallas
Tiro
Lawrence Dyrer
Dallas
May
Mary
Anon
Prohibitionisy
Superintendent Porter
H. K. Carroll
New York Independent
Messrs
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Illinois
Fred W. Krause
George K. Holmes
Massachusetts
Congress
Mrs. Gladstone
Mrs. Heron
Reaptne
Standard Mutual Live-Stock Insurance Company
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Parricide
Iowa
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