Monument talk and world news in a late 19th century page
A collage of notes cites Baltimore readers urged to name two Marylanders for statues at the National Capitol, while New York Bar Association votes to hire a member as a paid investigator. It reports on timber holdings in Ontario, Bell Telephone patent delay, European policing of suspects, and global war finance in a broad, opinionated survey.
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The
Baltimore Sun
Maryland
National Capitol
Association of the Bar of the City of
New York
United States Supreme Court
United States
Bell Telephone Company
New-York Independent
Bell Company
That Passed Over and This May Too A Song
A short verse variation titled A Song appears in Youth's Companion. The text calls spring near and notes endurance through hardship with refrains about trials past and seasons changing as a blessing from God. The speaker, Guariloth the daffodil, embodies renewal.
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Guariloth
M. Houghton
Will Spencer's devotion saves Helen from a rejected marriage
In a western city tale, Helen Raymond rejects love after a railway disaster claims her former fiancé George Vanhorn. Will Spencer, wealthy and steadfast, shelters Helen and her mother, aids a gravely ill Vanhorn, and steers the trio through months of care and quiet sacrifice, preserving Helen's future with dignity.
Homeward Hero Wins Her Heart at Last
Three years after a European tour a man returns to Mrs Raymond’s house and learns Miss Helen has inherited money. A note invites a visit and he surrenders to renewed love, revealing no hidden treachery and winning her devotion as she once gave to her former fiancé.
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Will Spencer
Helen Raymond
Mrs. Raymond
Helen
George Vanhorn
George
Colorado
Love
Spencer
Raymonds
Will
Trousseau
Himelf
The
Ledger
McKinley
Flora Wilson
Iowa Agricultural College
Correction of Polk death account in Civil War tale
In a war piece titled Rest in Scattered Urns a reader disputes George L Kilmer and claims General Polk was not killed by a Sherman fired shell near Atlanta. The correspondent asserts witnessing Polk die from a shot at Pine Knob near Kensaw Mountain and describes a tree stump stained with Polk’s blood. The Los Angeles Times is cited.
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George L. Kilmer
Polk
Bishop Polk
Atlanta
Sherman
General Polk
Pine Knob
Kenesaw Mountain
German Innovation Puts Magnet-Driven Piano On Stage
A new piano design from Germany uses magnets instead of a hammer mechanism. Keys actuate magnets that pull and release wires, creating vibrations with no metallic hammer strike. High notes resemble an Eolian harp while middle and low notes recall a cello within an organ. The instrument claims enduring tone and responsive expression.
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Germany
Bears and buck horns locked in fatal woodland duel
Two Susquehanna County youths returned from a bear hunting trip with docked deer horns from an old hunter in Pike County. They found two buck antlers locked together after a fight, unable to separate them without sawing off a prong. A New York newspaper notes the horned pair were entwined until death. A diver reportedly found a 33800-diamond in a duck.
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Susquehanna County
Pike County
Pennsylvania
New York Press
First Bicycle Highwaywoman Reported in France
A Paris region incident is cited where two women were stopped by a bicycle woman who drew a revolver and forced them to surrender valuables. The item is described as the first authentic case on record of a bicycle highwaywoman in France.
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Europe
St. Petersburg
Moscow
Vienna
Japan
France
Businesa
Vick's
Blaabeth
Bedford
England
Duchess of Cleveland
Jane Elliee
Queen Victoria
Michigan
Mme Berfiot Shyen
Bjornson
Claistuuim
Mary M. Barteline
Chiccago
Tanner
Queen's University
Kingston
Canaha
Countess of Aberdeen
Lady Aberdeen
Denmark
Queen Louisa
Princesa Louise of Hesse- Tassel
Prince Christian of Denmark
Christian IX
St. Paul Globe
Ryan Hotel
Misa Carrie Baron
Ohio
University of Wisconsin
Weiusser
University of Breslau
Silesia
Peter Fanning
Samuel Hodges
New York
First Avenue
Forty-second Street
Fanning
Hodges
Black
Fifty-first Street
Train robber James True held at Uintah Utah jail
Reports recall the 19th century train hold up at Uintah Utah where James True allegedly robbed the mail and express cars and terrorized passengers. Authorities pursued a lone robber after an initially claimed band. The inquiry details his failing to reach the safe and ongoing manhunt with sheriffs and constables.
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James True
United States
Uintah
Utah
Bmt
Cunelo Sim
Tien
Fields of Adventure and Daring on Land and Sea
A collection of hair-raising feats and frontier exploits features an Indian warrior Miss-Miss capturing a giant grizzly alive with help from young braves, an Alaska style trap tale of a lion captured in a creek, a New York police tale of a bicycle drag and a cow attack near Orient Long Island with a brave woman fending off the beast.
Kats Case Reported by Consul General Draws Debate
The Kats case report from the Department of State finds the unjust confinement of an American as the primary death cause. In Washington a caucus of Republican Senators discussed the matter while a new sugar schedule was adopted and tariff amendments debated.
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Washington
Stemn
Lee
Kats
Department of State
Gapera
Bacon
Georgia
Trassury
Miss Squires
William J. Calhoun
Fitzhugh Lee
United States
Havana
Nutz
Cuba
Tillman
Senate
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Puck
Toronto Globe
Ontario
Chicago
Fisher
Fair Building
Presbyterian Church
Union
Philadelphia Inquirer
Westminster Gazette
London
Kruger
Transvaal
Spandau
Great Britain
Italy
Russia
Anna Sheilds
Mrs. Reymond
Mra Raymond
Oshkosh (Wie
Marsh Say
Liverpool
Athens
J. D. Weeks
National Labor Bureau
Leo Metford
Bessemer
Bommer
Women In Horticulture
Gonalp
Eugenie
Constantinople
Black Sea
Burdett-Coutts
Mary Redfield
West Point
N. Y
Mary Isabella Potter
New Haven
Connecticut
Fashion Notes
Virot
Crocker
Furthe
Amlecrockery Wien
New York Ledger
Fields OF Adventure
California
Egerton Young
Hudson Bay
North America
Indiana
Miss-Miss
Miss- Miss
Equana
Miss Miss
Misa Mius
Mins-Mis
New York Sun
Hermosa
Californa
James Smith
Geneva
Noy
Nesidbor
Ana Ring Feam
Han' An
Mississippi
Delia Brown
Orient
Long Island
Domentic
Charles L
St. John
New Orleans
Switzorene
John
Cairo
New Baptist Church
Aonex
Halliday
Glynn
George FE. Wingate
Charlestown
Mass.) Navy Yard
Portamouth
Chauncey B. Brewster
Brooklyn
N. Y.) Military Academy
Silver Republican Party
Tollora
New York City
Stubsch
Ring
Essex County
New Jersey
Orange
Newark
Wilcox & White Organ Company
Meridan
Conn
White
W. H. House
Pittsburg
Penn
Western Penitentiary
Urbana
National Guard
United States Court
Jacksonville
Frs
Iibel
Three Friends
John W. Smith
Representative White
Annapolis
Bob Low
Columbia University
Citizens’ Union
Greater New York
PostoMco
Galveston
Texas
A. W. Fly
Fly
Robert Webber
Porter
New York Harbor
Navy Yard
Scotland
Randy Hook
National Democrats
Kentucky
Louisville
Court of Appeals
Nikola Tesla
Woodsocket
Albert Grandgeorge
Samuel L. Post, Jr
Stock Exchange
Princeton
John H. Dialogue & Son
Camden
N. J
Honolulu
Havwall
Venezuela
Grover Cleveland
Anglo-Venemelan Arbitration Tribunal
Globe Savings Bank of Chicago
Altgehr
Fourth Congressional District
Columbus
Ind
Holman
Griffith
Switzerland
Ohio State Board of Agriculture
Fifty-flat Street
Twelfth Avenue
William Frazer
Jacob Jacobson
Milwright
Spain
Turkey
Thessaly
Tophane Palace
Rogeheim
Bavaria
Rosen- Helm
Stephans-Kicehon
Rosenheim
Greece
Hawai
Hawaii
Andrew D. White
Jonehad Beeloa
Bucher
Uhl
Canadas
Antonio Cobselhetro
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