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Newspaper
Covington Republican
Location
Covington, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 07, 1899
Page
4
A Mexican church in Puebla announces a mass raffle framed as aiding souls. The plan includes nine days of services in November with prizes of masses and offices, funded by a broad group including women and enslaved people from a local heart of Mary order.
A bizarre account describes a five foot boogum sharklike creature aboard a ship to America and a knotty Yarmouth marriage dispute over William Christmas with two claiming widow Elizabeth Christmas and surviving relatives contesting administers. The text notes coffee production and global producers, including Brazil and British India.
A clerk at Martin Willenbrock’s confectionery on First Avenue woke to a burglar tampering with the cash drawer. The clerk threatened the intruder with a broken umbrella, escorted him to the stairs, then to the police station after sharing candy and a cigar. The incident ends with the burglar in custody on East 126th Street.
London, the world’s largest city by population, is described as having a population equal to the combined totals of Paris, Berlin, St. Petersburg, and Rome. The streets, arranged in a row, would circling the globe, with enough length to reach from London to Sao Francisco.
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