Biddenden Womans Gift Mirrors Ancient Charity Tale
In Biddenden Kent a village charity has persisted for more than 800 years from the tale of Elizabeth and Mary Crusthurch died joined at the shoulder. The sisters bequeathed land to fund 500 loaves with cheese and biscuits for the poor and strangers, a memorial that endures in village life.
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Biddenden
Saga
London Graphic
Edlza
Mary ‘Chulkhurst
Wilrty
Borh
Chen
Lydia Pinkham Advice and Indian Trolley Tale Parade
Story blends a Parkdale Tennis Club notice urging reliance on Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for female health with a collection of anecdotes and oddities including Indians testing a trolley, a sign of greatness quote about understanding women's minds, and animal acts from a French menagerie.
Doan's Kidney Pills Promise Relief for Kidney Ailments
A testimonial details severe back pain and urinary issues described as backache, swelling, and nocturnal awakenings. The speaker credits Doan's Kidney Pills with dissolving stones and gravel, easing sleeplessness, headaches, and nervousness, and restoring energy to a long idle lifestyle.
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Doan
Strike Riot in Bridgeport Ends in Injuries and Clash
Bridgeport authorities clashed as the Connecticut Railway and Lighting Company moved non union workers into the city. Mayor Mulvihill and Sheriff Wawley’s deputies argued over control, with stones flying and shots fired in the air as cars reached Barnum sheds. Nine officers and many strike breakers were injured.
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Bridgeport
Conn
Mulvihill
Connecticut Railway and Lighting Company
Sherif Wawley
Sheri
Menvere
Stoner
Thie Eity Iy
Stralley Company
Wheeler & Wilson
Sheritts Hendrie
Plumb
Hhm
Volka
Murvitiis
Mulvihil
Davis
Sheri Bendiie
Manley
Sherifauid
Killed by His Prisoners in Mindanao Patrol
Captain Clough Overton of the Fifteenth Cavalry and Private Harry Noyes were killed by rebel prisoners they guarded at Sucatian Mindanao after fifty Flores followers were captured and confined there. Private Harlow was wounded. The guard party faced a simultaneous breakout by the prisoners, leading to the deaths. In a separate note, Mrs. Quack Stewart was attacked at her home near Tenna Ind with neighbors suspecting three foreigners.
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Manila
Clough Overton
Fifteenth Cavalry
Harry Noyes
Sucatian
Mindango
Harlow
Overton
Misamis Department
Flores
Cameron
Fiores
Oveiton
Fee Vielen
Disputes and Deaths Highlight Curent Events
A Worcester pastor urged women to remove hats in church. Caracas manager Rudolf Dolge nominated as Secretary of the American mixed commission. Ottoman debt unification favored by Turkish ministers. Wilkinsburg police chief aided arrest. one suspect died of heart disease. A family quarrel in Hamilton ends in a father's murder. A mysterious box washed ashore near Paleo Cape containing a body. No dynamite found on the Umbria during Liverpool search. passengers unaware of dangers until Queenstown.
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United States
Caracas
Rudolf Dolge
Ty Weach
Ocean Betch
Paleo Cape
Post Office graft charges unfold in Washington inquiry
Washington reports detail charges by Tulloch against Post Office officials including Payne Wreath and Heath. He alleges improper bonding, misused funds, and phantom expenses tied to a letter box scheme and favored appointments with unearned salaries.
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Postofice
Payne
Publc
Post Office Department
Teelies
Wreath
Washington
G. W. Beavers
Ainglo
Campant
al Lowance
Senator Platt
New York
Post
Thiater
Talloch
Focal
Portoflice
Heath
Oliver IL. Smith
Milmnete
Ind
Hermit Todd Will Probate in Syracuse After Theft Case
Surrogate in Syracuse approved probate of hermit George Washington Todd whose will leaves about 10 000 to 10 000 to Syracuse and Rochester claims. If proven Mrs Peter J Jordan of Brockton Mass would receive a fortune to reimburse her for the purse theft alleged at the Brockton Fair in 1885. Todd known as the Wheelbarrow Hermit traveled with a wheelbarrow and carried an axe, without known relatives.
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Injunction Shuts Gossip in Nebraska Apartment Row
Mrs I B Oliphant Dodge files in the District Court for an injunction against Mrs Berge a neighbor. Judge Baxter issues a temporary restraining order barring Berge from talking to or about tenants or from entering or stopping before the apartment building. Berge protests the ruling as unjust.
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Fins
Oliphant Dodge
Berge
Daxter
Bergery
Jews Denied Self Defense and Kishinev Damages
Reports from St Petersburg note a ministerial circular forbidding Jews to defend themselves as Kishinev damages reach 1.5 million dollars. Russia prepares add presses on emigration while Governor von Ruben of Bessarabia is summoned. In Minnesota, ex-mayor A. Ames receives six years for corruption after mercy plea, with a bond set at 19000 dollars. Chile Bolivian treaty rumored to settle boundary, Venezuela pays Germany 63000 as seventh installment. Muncie Trades Council vows to curb Savita flow to Carnegie dedication of a 50000 Hay Society event.
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Russia
von Ruaben
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Ilis
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Kishinefs
Anos Gota
A. A. Ames
Emott
Minneano- Vis
Minn
Politteny Lveader
Cororonist
Lard
Dr. Ames
Supreme Court
National League chatter on players and prospects in hard fought season
The report scans a busy baseball scene with Wagner in ire as Chicago National eyes new catchers and Steinwedel among top NL clubs. Discussion covers Stort stup Steinwedel, McCredie as top outfielder, Dougherty and La Chance rumors, and critiques of Lajoie and Hines as season weariness grows.
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King
Raub
John Ganzel
New York Americans
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Claginnatl
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Ust
Stortstup Steinwedel
McCredie
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Brooklyn
Ti Caltifornia
Oufielder Dougherty
Boston
aAmmericans
Dave Fults
WA Kooler
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Phiger
Cher
Criger
Former Senator Busche Confesses to Circuit Attorney Folk
Ex state senator Fred L. Busche tearfully told Circuit Attorney Folk of alleged legislative boodling over the past eight years naming corporations and several lawmakers. Busche testified after an hour at the grand jury and suggested prosecution via alternate avenues despite time-limited statutes.
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Tle
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Breacher Warns Chamberlain in City Temple Rally
The Reverend J J Campbell, prominent Nonconformist leader in Bilton, told a City Temple audience of about 8000 that he would refuse payment of taxes under the Education Act and face seizure of his small stock. He warned Chamberlain about imprisonment for passive resistance, saying such a move would end his career.
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London
Iter
J. J. Campbell
Darker
Bilton
Tuister
Chamberlain
Chapiberlan
Nou
Monroe family remains moved to Hollywood Cemetery
Virginia House of Delegates approved a $500 appropriation to remove the remains of President James Monroe's wife and daughter from Loudon County to Hollywood Cemetery in Richmond. Monroe died in New York City and his descendants seek proper interment amid neglect of the London County graveyard. A separate report notes Sultan Warne warning Turkish provincial governors of accountability for massacres in their territories. Additional items: plots to kill consuls, dynamite tests, plague inoculations for Manila's Chinese residents, and Bolivian political tensions.
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Virginia
Wichmend
Welmond
Wal
Aller
House of Delegates
James Monroe
Loudon County
Hollywood Cemetery
Stehmond
Monroe
New York City
Odd Snippets of Celebrities and Leaders Mentioned
Recollections and rumors surface about King Leopold, King Edward VII, and Marquis Ito. Notable notes cover Frank D. Underwood’s rail career start, J. Wanamaker’s wealth, and Secretary Gaesh eier’s Master of Laws, amidst varied references to explorers and international figures.
Meat and dairy prices listed in local market report
A dense price sheet shows standards for milk butter cheese and creamery items with per quart and per pound rates. It also lists beans poultry produce and various vegetables with state and western references, plus grain and livestock prices for regional buyers.
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Penn
Beanar
PAB
Choice
Partakima
Lima
Ben Davis
Wien
Phila
Paites
Pacific Coast
Oranze
Duluth
Value of exports increases in ten months over prior year
The article reports that the value of major domestic exports for April totaled 1,567,860 with increases of 243,056 over the same month last year. It notes gains in breadstuffs and provisions offset by declines in cotton and coal products, and cites a ten month period ending April showing total exports rising to 690,251,072 with cotton higher and provisions down.
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Washington, D. C
ADEAO
Unrest in Minks of Labor and Trade Outlook Summary
RG. Dunn & Co.'s Weekly Review warns labor unrest has risen since May Day with frequent small strikes. overall idle labor and limited major disruptions. Weekly business failures number US and Canada, while machinery demand remains strong and prices drift. Coal demand in San Francisco rises. British Columbia coal strikes impact supply. Japan coal vessels head for market. Winter wheat yield projected at 64,205,000 bushels. iron prices ease. iron and ore markets weak. fruit outlook remains poor overall.
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RG. Dunn & Co
Weekly Review of Trade
San Francisco
Cah
Seattle
Japan
Fragmentary report on population growth delays in valleys
The brief text notes very slow germination and growth in all districts with ongoing but light conflict and caution for an extreme portion. It mentions central valleys and potential progression but lacks clear dates or names.
Spring Wheat Condition Report From Local Area
Spring wheat seeding is reportedly finished and stands look healthy. No notable change from recent wet weather. conditions remain favorable for germination and early growth.
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Revere Wether
Hungry Man’s Pledge at Sixth Avenue Restaurant
A broke man asked a waitress in a Sixth Avenue eatery to hold his gold bracelet in exchange for a week of meals. He promised to buy it back. a week later a patron noted the bracelet had been redeemed, suggesting the man’s sweetheart had helped him.
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Sixth Avenue
Cnatersa Ie
Carhler
Newark Press
Window Stalls On Suburban L Train Scene Sparks Laughs
A woman on the L train at South Ferry struggles to open a window and asks a lone man for help. He ignores her and returns to his seat as she grows flustered, then laughs at the mounting awkwardness in this New York Press snippet.
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New York Press
South Ferry
Lords of Creation
Renrid
Nw York
Rattleawake Decoys Birds and Curious House Dinner Tale
A Scientific American correspondent notes rattlesnakes decoy birds by buzzing like a bee in tall grass to lure phoebes and kingbirds. Brooklyn suburb anecdote recalls a borrowed dinner with a clever host supplying a lavish feast via a neighbor’s kitchen. Also mentions 100-year-old Navy veteran William Mackabee and a Canadian telephony idea using rails.
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Scientific American
Mail mixup and odd anecdotes from a Scotland trip
A traveler recalls a holiday in Scotland and a humorous telegram mishap at a sub post office. The message mentions scathing remarks by a postal clerk and includes a jumble of unrelated era notes about Mexico’s 1901 economy and other brief, faded items. The piece blends satirical vignettes with historical ads and clipped anecdotes.
Touch Cold Iron and Blame Shifting in Boyish Folklore
A fragment discusses the old saying touch cold iron as luck protection and a village game to avoid blame for broken items. It cites a Scottish anecdote of door knockers as a distraction during mischief and notes a Madagascar tree with vast size and remarkable seeds observed by missionaries.
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Majunga
Madagascar
London Express
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