Fragmented political and theatrical anecdotes from a St. Louis paper
A Chicago Record reader’s column weaves incidents from early 20th century public life. It recounts reporter Jones’s secret Governor interview, a theater crowd drama surrounding a drunk, medical ward tricks, calls about Disraeli and Grisi, and a tale of Mihadi Pasha’s assassination with rumored Armenian banker ties and buried papers.
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Jones
St. Louis
Darksin
Star
Jackson
Siilly
Richest Man in Turkey and Hidden Hoard Mysteries
The richest man in Turkey, a naturalized American citizen living in the United States, reputedly amassed a vast hoard by 1876. Rumors tie the money to Sultan Aziz’s concealed wealth, with estimates ranging from 19 to 40 million, largely in English French and German securities. Midad Pasha is suggested as a conspirator or beneficiary.
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London
Paris
Midad Pasha
Michadl
Alugh
Michad
Midad
Turkey
W. FE
Curtis
Chicago Record
Turkeymenian
Ster
Iis
Constantinople
Aziz
Russia
Europe
East End wedding ends in wild staged escape
Pittsburg society writers recount a sensational wedding farce in which Oscar A. Tanner and his bride were supposedly sent off in a stage coach by hired “ugly” crew. Conspirators seized the couple as carriages arrived, trapping them inside the old coach and sending them toward East Liberty Station amid trumpets and red fire. The stunt concluded with the couple boarding the train amid staged explosions.
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East
East End
Pittsburg
Times
Oscar A. Tanner
Tanner
Helena
Ft. Renton
Mont
Amoothly
East Liberty Station
Pittsburg News
Railway Time Tables East Bould Arrive Depart
Railway time table fragment lists trains to East Bould and Anaconda with partial times. It mentions Twin City Mail, Strom, Bridges, Pony, Norris, and routes to Oregon and Puget Sound with limited readable days and partial abbreviations.
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East Bould
Yoo
Tago City Express
Twin ‘City Mail
Strom Anaconda
Pony and Norris
Montana Central Railway
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Helena
Butte
Anaconda
Spokane
Seattle
Portland
Kootenai Country
Oregon
California
Alaska
Japan
China
Twin Cities
Great Northern Flyer
Great Falls
Great Norther Flyer
Main
J. E. Dawson
The Editors Trousers Poem Lost in Time
A fragmentary verse piece echoes Eugene Field as a speaker frets over worn pockets and holes in trousers. The poem muses on honest signs of life and the stern realities learned from everyday wear, celebrating modest objects as teachers.
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Eugene Field
Novel Decorating Tool For Raised Designs And Lettering
A new decorating tool enables raised designs and lettering on walls and vases. It features a clay reservoir at the tip, a piston to push material through a flexible tube to a nozzle held by the operator, guiding the nozzle to apply plastic clay onto the target surface.
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Toole
Trving
G Theatre
Irving
Uncle Dick
Kim
the Presiio
Bill
Third Street
Ike
York
Grisi
Mario
The
of Lords
Disraeli
Peer
Jenster Ges Roz
Fitthy Willie
Prodos
Pedro
Ansconda
Omaha
W. T. Merriam
W. Cor
Citas
B.G
Timres
Sean
Anaconda & Pacific Railway
Tut
Southern and
Best Route 1
Pullman Palace
Salt Lake
Denver
Ruue
Den
Utah
Union Pacific
Rio Grande
Southern Pacific
Colo
Queen City
Neb
Chicago
Ogden
San Francisco
Cal
Broady Butte
Mont. H
Wilson
D. E. Burley
Salt Lake, Utah
Joyce
Kansas City
H. C. Townsend
G. P
T. A
H. B. Kosser
E. J.flynn
FT O
Burlington
Phil
Hutte Tels
Monts
Atchison, Topeka & Santa FE
Santa Fe
Union
Galveston
Texas
of Mexico
New Mexico
Arizona
C. F. Warren
Chesapeake & Oliv Ry
Peoria
Cincinnati
Washington, D.,c
W. P. Deane
O. McCormick
P. T. M. Big Four
W. Fuller
G.pa. C&o. Rye
Washington, Dc
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