Holmes Career of Crime Travels Across Cities
The piece portrays serial murder, bigamy, and swindling linked to Holmes, now jailed in Philadelphia. It traces a nationwide trail of evidence from Chicago to Detroit, Toronto, and beyond, detailing brutal killings, gruesome methods, and a calculated insurance scam amassing over 625,000. It notes Holmes’s education, mobility, and rise as a seasoned criminal who operated from Chicago and across major centers.
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Holmes
Philadelphia
Easie
End Lour
Schelesale
Detroth
Toronto
Powensian
Theodies
Atkansagandwo
Canada
B. F. Pistzel
Alice Medzal
Nallie Plotzal
Howard Plotzel
Julia Connor
Anna Williams
Minnie Willams
Emma Cigrand
Milford ¢. Cale
Rasaler
iMolmes
Castle
Soga
Gan
New York
Snally
Bigamish
Par- Jarer
Way Horn
London
New
Harpehire “Hills
Nano
sMudgett
Howard
Grimartin
Burlington
Munier, Oron
Swind
Bigamy
Burk
Brickell Monolith Marks Pioneer Burial Site
A large tombstone from Cypress Lawn marks J C Brickell, a 1849 pioneer. The granite stone weighs twelve feet high and ten wide with a six foot base and ivy spray. Moving the monolith to the cemetery posed great difficulty, and its sole inscription is the name Brickell.
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Cypress Lawn Cemetery
San Francisco
S.C. Brickell
Raymond
Fresno
Boultarr
Cypress Lawn
Brickell
J.C. Brickell
Ginseng Trade Faces Fraud Threat in New York Market
The ginseng industry in the United States and Canada, valued at about 25 million annually, is imperiled by fraud. Chinese buyers and unscrupulous traders mix Japanese ginger with authentic ginseng, deceiving buyers and risking widespread losses for farmers and tax revenue.
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Canada
United States
New York
New York City
Mob executes Mississippi killer at Hartfield farm
A mob of about 300 men from Marion and Porry sod Jones Counties Mississippi captured Tom Johnson at Hartfield farm fourteen miles from Purvis after he murdered Kate Hartfeld fourteen and Susie Hartfeld sixteen. He confessed before being strung up as shots ended his life. Meanwhile a lugger burned off Baltimore Cork County Ireland. six crew and twenty-one passengers were aboard a pleasure voyage when flames forced abandonment and two people drowned.
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Marion
Porry Sod Jones Counties
Mississippi
HartMetd
Purvis
Miss. Johnson
Hartfield
Mr. Hartfield
Jiy
Herret
Kate Hartfeld
Susie
Hartfeld
Johnson
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Cork
Ireland
Glinders
West Superior Bank Run Sparks Bank Collapse Rumor
A sensational report from West Superior Wisconsin details the failure of the Superior National Bank amid heavy withdrawals totaling 975,000 with only 10,030 cash on hand. Alderman Brennan allegedly threatened staff with a revolver after demanding his 17,700 deposit. Cadwallader, former bank president, is linked to a $27,000 embezzlement years earlier as the community reels from the crisis and examiner actions.
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Superior National Bank
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Alderman Brennan
National Bank Examiners
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Ambush and Attack Report in Luzon Island
An official despatch from Manila reports Cabagay in Quezon Province near Luzon’s north tip was attacked by Spanish troops. A Spanish column reportedly assaulted Cobagan or Cobagan town burning it after a clash that killed 116 natives and wounded many, while the Spanish side suffered one captain and sixteen soldiers killed and several wounded.
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Marriage prospects of Miss Whitpey and Mr Paget discussed
The article outlines longstanding acquaintance between families and hints at a Nile cruise with Miss Whitpey and Mr Paget. It notes Miss Whitpey’s recent health, her reduced social prominence since February 1993, and Paget’s background in real estate in St Paul and Minneapolis.
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Heer
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Shu
Shister
America
St. Paul
Minny
England
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Chicago
Two Shots At Our Flag On Carrie A Lana Encounter
The American schooner Carrie A Lana was seized by a Spanish gunboat off Cape Antonio 129 miles from Cuba on July 14. A cannon shot narrowly missed the schooner as Spanish marines boarded briefly, questioned Captain Quick, and then permitted the vessel to continue.
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Atrangay
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Mills
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Bpantal Marins
Leutenant
Walter
Lana
Beavutte
Gulfs of the gallows tale from Dietmet Jail execution
The report describes an attempted execution at Dietmet Jail in Washington. Joseph A. Born was hanged after the signal to pull the lever, while observers and inmates watched. the body swayed as the pallbearers and officials confirmed death.
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Levhy
Morotay
Industrial wage trends and mills expansion loom in 19th century era
The report notes worsening industrial wages, widespread layoffs, and rising factory work, citing New England mills and a planned Greensboro cotton mill by New York financiers. It highlights wage increases for 150,003 workers and growing employment, with mills like North Adams adding thousands of spindles and overheads.
Summer School of Theology opens at Ocean Grove NJ
Ocean Grove New Jersey hosts a summer school of theology led by Dr. E W Brookes with Dr. J E Price as dean. The program runs August 7 to 16 featuring lectures on philosophy theology and pastoral methods by noted scholars and ends with The Requiem by Damrosch and the New York Symphony Society Orchestra.
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Drew Seminary
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Robbers Hold Up Express Train West of Springfield
A westbound New York and Chicago express on the Lake Shore line was stopped by six to eight masked men near Roses Siding ten miles west of Vega, Ohio. They overpowered the engineer and messenger, opened the safe with prior knowledge of a large sum inside, and attempted to blast the stationary base with six blasts of dynamite, all failing. Passengers remained unharmed as the robbers vanished into nearby woods, while the company upgrades safes and guards to deter future attempts. A Lumber firm in Lumberton, Mississippi, has contracted to supply one hundred million feet of yellow pine to a St. Louis manufacturer over four years, moving ten thousand freight cars.
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Distin guished Nev. Dr Edward Dochher Dies at 92
Obituary notes Dr Edward Dochher former Yale student and pastor born Easthampton August 27 1893. He led at Sinnos College Jacksonville and Salem Congregational Boston and Plymouth Church Brooklyn where he was active writer until a fall led to leg amputation. his sister Beary Ward Beacher and wife Mrs Boocher survive.
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Indian War Turmoil Near Jackson Hole Spurs Troop Moves
Dispatches from Idaho describe Bannock Indians clashing with settlers in Wyoming near Jackson's Hole. Reports say white settlers killed four to seven Indians, prompting Interior and War Departments to order troops to protect residents and restore order. Settlers mobilize from Marys Vale and nearby towns, with 200 Bannocks and many Shoshones nearby amid tense standoff.
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Ten Citizens Arrested in Menafort Insurance Fraud
Ten prominent Menafort and Deaufort residents were arrested on warrants issued on J W Aiken's affidavit for defrauding six insurance companies. The case centers on a fraudulent claim tied to Mrs Roundtree, a colored woman whose death was used to back misleading policies. The Mutual Reserve Fund Life Association and other insurers pursue the District Attorney for local authorities to prosecute.
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J. W. Aiken
Mutual Reserve Fund Life Association
Broadway
New York City
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Tailors Strike Sweeps New York City and Brooklyn Areas
Nearly 20 000 tailors in New York City Brooklyn and Brownsville stopped work to block a return to the sweating system. Over 9 000 idle in New York, 4 000 in Brooklyn and Brownsville, about 1 600 in Newark and 9000 elsewhere, with total affected near 20 000. Wages and hours detailed, union rules enforce contractor refusals, and fewer workers will be employed. In separate incidents Edward Koavin fatally shot Mary Schneer then killed himself in Kentucky and Ohio tragedy. Three boys killed near Winterdale Park by an Express train after stepping onto the southbound track to evade a northbound. Parade of trolley cars in Philadelphia raises funds for the German Hospital.
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New York
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Dayton
Mary Schneer
Alexandria
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Bve
Clifton
Sto
Koavin
Taurlerur
Philadelphia
Wheel choice superstition ends in puncture tale
A cyclist refused a wheel with a different number despite identical build. He believed the first wheel numbered 840051 had bad luck since its digits sum to thirteen. On his thirteenth mile a pin caused a puncture, prompting him to feel vindicated. Separately, O Sackett, a 74 year old Grand Rapids newsboy, is worth about $15000 and still sells papers.
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New York Tribune
O. Sackett
Grand Rapids
Miah
United States
The Colored Man Sentenced in Princeton Shooting Case
In Trenton New Jersey John J Collins colored man who killed Frederick Obs a Princeton student was found guilty of murder in the second degree and sentenced to twenty years at hard labor. He pleaded non vult to the indictment for atrocious assault on Garrett Cochran another student receiving ten additional years to run concurrently with the murder term. Justice Gugmero noted the verdict would have favored murder in the first degree. Collins smiled as he stood to hear the sentence and his counsel saved his wife’s remarks.
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Ea v
Trenton
N. J
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Princeton
Gugmero Nail
Collins
Ysato and Pattlings Shine Across the Stage
The text notes Isa ia Ysato using the real name Isaiah and Pattlings having forty five years on the operatic stage. It mentions John D Rockefeller and William Rockefeller as avid cyclists. Rev Dr Parkhurst’s church grants him a three month yearly vacation. Gladstone reportedly comments on mornings with a jumbled quote about rot ting up.
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