A Reminiscence of the Little Brown Schoolhouse
A memory piece reflecting on a worn little schoolhouse on a pine hillside. The narrator recalls plodding there in homemade trousers, the old clapboards, a tall chimney, and the classroom mischiefs of a boy who later views himself as a reformed figure. The veteran teacher, touched by tears and flattery, left a mixture of authority and maternal care.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sne
Cal
J Jain
Little Brown
Copenhagen
Pine Grove
A Visit to Zoar a Singular Community
A historical sketch of Zoar in Tuscarawas County Ohio describes a close knit commune founded by Paul Baemler as a model of shared labor and generous hospitality. The Zoarites live as one family with a common goal of peace, administering land mills a brewery and a public dairy under trustee rule.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tuscarawas County
Zoar
Wurtemberg
Paul Baemler
Baemler
America
Atlantic
Lhittie
Maryland
Virginia
Ohio River
Zourite
Ohio
Prank J. Mantry
Ex Chief Justice David S Terry Shot at Lathrop
Ex Chief Justice David S Terry was shot dead at 7:50 am in a railway eating station at Lathrop California by Deputy United States Marshal David Nagle while the latter guarded Justice Stephen J Field. The attack followed Terry slapping Field in the dining room. Nagle fired as Terry raised his fist. The incident triggered widespread San Francisco excitement and led to Nagle being arrested later in Stockton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
David
Terry
Supreme Court of California
Lathrop
Cal
United States
David Nagle
Stephen J. Field
United States Supreme Bench
Justice Field
Nagle
Department of Justice
Washington
Judge Terry
Judge Field
Sachel
Mr. Field
Tracy
Purvis
Stockton
Field
Oakland
United States Supreme Court
Southern Overland
Broderick
California
Sarah Althea Hill
Sharon
Justine Vield
United States Circuit Court
Erry
Yerry
Crowley
Cunningham
Vield
Marshal Nace
Lees
Los Angeles
Haid
Nazie
Raken
Miller
Sawyer
Marshal Nagle
Oakland Ferry
Palace Hotel
San Joaquin
Inpianapolis
Ind
North Delaware Street
San Joaquin County
Aus
David S. Terry
Todd County
Sam Houston
Calaveras County
Murray
Kansas
Arizona
Tombstone
Franks
Puchi
Nagdle
Page
Supreme Court
Rix
Sheriff Cunningham
United States Appraisers Building
Judge Brewer
Sawy
M Marshal
Banks
Carey
Lithrop
David Ss. Terry
Sptember
Circuit Court-Room
Bel Eves
United States Marshal
Marshal Franks
Sarah Althea Terry
Sarah Aithea Terry
United States Court
Crittenden
Beatty
Episcopal Church
Clinton H. Lerry
Sarah Althea
Sarah
Gas Explosion Wrecks New York Crockery Store Killings and Injuries
An explosion of gas at a Grand and Clinton streets crockery shop at 8 PM Friday killed one man and injured about thirty others, with flames and flying glass sweeping the street. Police and fire crews evacuated the wounded to Bellevue and hospitals as the building partially burned. Losses include $3,000 for the dealer Thomas J. McCabe and $2,000 for the building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Grand and
Clinton Streets
Morris Jacobs
Jacob Seigel
Bellevue
Thomas J. McCabe
Crockery
Terrible Butler Branch Wreck Causes Multiple Deaths
A southbound passenger train on the Butler branch of the Western Pennsylvania Railway derailed at Sarvers Station, plunging about thirty feet. Three killed outright and twenty-five injured, with several later dying. Victims include W Powers and Maud Farrell, plus Ex Mayor Lyon and other Pittsburgh residents. Railings rotted on a bridge caused the disaster.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh
Butler
Western Pennsylvania Railroad
Sarvers Station
W. Powers
Lawrenceville
Maud Farrell
Daff
Lyon
Captain Bower
Pitsburgh
D. A. Jones
J. A. McLaughlin
Colonel Rowley
Gray
Beakeman Karns
Mrs. Graff
Besse Fullwood
Captain Grace
Jamestown
N. Y
President Harrison Returns to Washington from WALINGTON
President Harrison with private Secretary Halford arrives in Washington by Pennsylvania Railroad train at 1 45 p m and proceeds to the Executive Mansion after disembarking at the depot.
Accidental Shooting Kills 2-Year-Old in Adirondacks
Ellis H. Roberts, 16, shot in hunting near Mudlake in the Adirondacks, killing Clarence Pell, 2, of New York City. Roberts believed he was firing at a deer. Coroner's jury rules the death accidental.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Utica
N. Y
Mudlake
Adirondacks
Ellis H. Roberts
George L. Roberts
Tragedy As Boat Sinks Near Dayton
Three people drown when a boat carrying John Taylor Will Holton and two Hughes sisters capsizes while crossing the river north of Dayton Tennessee on Thursday night after leaving a party. The Hughes sisters and Taylor perish.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dayton
Tenn
Here
John Taylor
Will Holton
Hughes
Taylor
Valuable horse Nutbourne dies at Tarrytown farm
Nutbourne a 1% year old colt by Belemont out of Maud S. dam and full brother to Nutwood died at Mr Bonner’s farm in Tarrytown Tuesday from rupture of the intestines. He was valued at $10,000 and had trotted a quarter mile in 35 seconds though never regularly trained.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Nutbourne
Belemont
Maud S
Nutwood
Glanders outbreak at Lincoln Ies Company stables
Glanders in a malignant form breaks out at the Lincoln Ies Company homes in north Chicago. Since Wednesday night seventeen afflicted animals from one stable have been killed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
CutcaGo
Lincoln Ies Company
First Electric Railway Opens in Ottawa Illinois
The first electric railway in Illinois began operation in Ottawa on the Clifton Hotel to driving park line. An excursion led by Colonel Tom Evans marked its formal opening with Congressman Hill, Postmaster Cope, Canal Commissioner Ames, the City Council and local business leaders aboard four trains.
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Ottawa
Ill
Illinois
Clifton Hotel
Tom Evans
Congressman Hill
Joliet
Cope
Ames
Streator
Maybrick Mercy Sought as Death Sentence Commuted
Home Secretary Matthews recommends commuting Mrs. Maybrick's death sentence to life imprisonment. The advisory reprieve awaits the Queen's formal assent. In London eighty eight MPs have signed a memorial urging clemency for Mrs. Maybrick.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Home
Matthews
Maybrick
London
Press Association
Home Secretary
Mrs. Maybrick
Lonpbon
House of Commons
Wooster Guards elect Jas A Ogden captain in company D
Numerous Ohio incidents include Jas A Ogden elected captain of Wooster City Guards, a Columbus pharmacist attempted suicide with morphine, and a man shot himself at Columbus. Also reported are a Wooster school wall bracing, a Toledo suicide by despondency, and various local accidents, crim es and public notices across the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wooster
George Clark
Toledo
Eagle
Cambridge
Ohio Building Association League
Columbus
Tiffin
Irandberry
Wood County
Panhandle
David Pier
Erie Railway
Dayton
Tur Bridgewater
Home Gas Fuel Company
Youngstown
Bridgewater Company
Detroit
Home Company
Mahoning Gas Fuel Company
Massie
Ryan
Treasury
Wabash Railroad
Convoy
van Wert
D. M. Riley
Dixon
Painesville
Lee Corbin
United States
Barger
Treasury Department
Washington
New York
Cincinnati
I'Reed Prater
Cincinnati, Lebanon and Northern
Avondale Junction
WaiLock
Findlay
Chillico
Gro. Lona
Ostrander
Tyre
T Urbana
Second Ohio Heavy Artillery Band
Hillsboro
C. N. Deartit
Leipsic
A. R
Licking County
Johnson
Shawnee Junction
Samuel S. Carpenter
Harrison
Chamber of Commerce
U. J. Cleveland
Noble County
James Corbit
Newcomerstown
Bean
Bellefontaine
George A. Smith
Cyrus Smarp
Ohio
Gro. E. Cor
Henry Roenberger
Pittsburgh
Fort Wayne
Chicago
Crestline
S. T. Merriefield
Lima
Also Mentioned on This Page
W.S. Heade
Attorneys-At-Law
Hutchison Block
Notary
C. Steele
MAVIV
Pred. L. Rosemond
J. RI. Bushfield
Rainey Block
Court House
Wv. D. Craic
Attorney-at-Law & Notary Public
Guernsey County
Tebitt
J.B. Taylor
R. T. Scott
Taylor & Scott
Cambridge, Ohio
Taylor Glock
Eaply
Physicians and Surgeons
Wit. T. Ramsey
Bi. D
Providence Hospital
National Medical Dispensary
Washington, D.C
Pe Hutchinson
Main Street
Apl
Mberudge
Hotels
Joseph Morton
Exchange Hotel
Caldwell
John W. Robinson
Iyi
Iris House
Corner Market
Fourth Streets
WM. Kirk
Zanesville, Ohio
Farmers Oe
Mill Street
Wm Raimey & Son
Mark
Washington,Ohio
William Smith
Prop
Hotel Berwick
H. F. Hunt
G. E. Miler
G. W. Broom
Oteto
James G. Johnston
Eaers
West Cambridge
E. McCollum
South End Mill Street
Cambride
Wepaks
Police Gazette
Richard K. Fox
Franklin Square
Harres
Wall's Drug Store
Me. McPheee
Boots and Shoes
West Main St
Anly
John Moss
City Hall
Steubenville Street
Jan Beg
Paris
Texas
Terry Slain
Lathrop, Cal
Owen McDonald
James Connelly
South Omaha
Neb
Puesday
Harper’s Bazar
Richmond
Tex
Austry
Ross
J. M. Weston
Jaybirds
Woodpeckers
Garvey
L Blackeney
Reichardt
Houston Light Guards
Jim Garvey
Jake Blakeney
Henry Frost
Val Gibson
Judge Parker
Moses Bradley
Jaybird
Winchester
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