Nickey De Freest and the Albany governor scheme
A famed Albany character Nickey De Freest, known for sharp wit and heavy drinking, dies after being struck by a locomotive while crossing a Broadway railroad yard. He rose from farmer and militia colonel to a controversial political figure, famed for outspoken remarks and public ridicule.
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John Knickerbocker Dé Breest
Albany
Broadway
St.Peter's Hospital
Curley
Nickey de
Nickey
Rensselaer County
Qone
Bouck
de Freeat
de Freest
Sois
Messrs. Curning & Wasson
Blooming Grove postmaster tempers and ruin of a life
A fragment recounts a governor’s confidential talk about Blooming Grove postmaster prospects. It contrasts ambitions with Col De Freest and Colonel Knickerbocker, then traces Nickey’s decline into drink, destruction of his estate, and final years marked by poverty and ruin from rum.
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Blooming Grove
Nickey
Knickerbocker
Prince of Wales
Colonel de Freest
Rum
Assassination in Italy At Naples Theatre Knife Attack
A Rome paper reports Fiorestan Tavernier and Francesco Antonucci were seated at the Follie Drammatiche in Naples when two men created a disturbance. De Marco killed Antonacci with a knife as others fled. In Sinigaglia Ettore Ceveroni killed Amelia Stovani after a theft vendetta.
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Italy
Rome
Follie Drammatiche
Naples
Fiorestan Tavernier
Franesco Antonucci
Vincenzo de Marco
Thommaso Delvitia
Antonacci
de Marco
France
England
Sinigaglia
Ettore Ceveroni
Amelia Stovani
Profit of Sheep Raising in California
The Visalia Age asserts sheep raising yields high profits in the United States, noting average annual wool weight and revenue per sheep. It compares U S earnings with Holland Belgium Australia Spain Russia and Greece, and predicts growth as western flocks improve.
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California
Visalia
Cal
Holland
Belgium
America
Australia
Spain
Russia
Greece
Life in Colorado According to a Denver Correspondent
From a Colorado correspondent of the New York Tribune, Denver’s climate is described as exceptionally pure with a high elevation. The piece notes swift pulses, short breaths, and a dry atmosphere, cites elevations like 5000 feet in Denver and 9000 feet at Wagon Wheel Gap, and recalls a tourist who tried to walk to the mountains. It mentions clear moonlit nights, moonrise street lighting, mild summers, cold winters, health benefits, and the presence of physicians, undertakers, and marble-cutters in Denver.
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Colorado
New York Tribune
Denver
Union
East
Manitou
Idaho
Wagon Wheel Gap
Colorado Springs
Mount Washington
White Mountains
Rocky Mountains
Rheumatic and Nervous Ailments Confirmed by Sufferers
A strong claim notes that rheumatic and nervous affections are well established and widely accepted among its numerous sufferers, underscoring the pervasive recognition of these conditions in the community.
Copper king Para f gains fame in Chile business boom
A San Francisco Bulletin clipping reports a city man in close contact with Santiago relatives who has built three operations in Chile, organized an $8 million capital company, and spurred a copper boom. His famed ore tests show gold percentages from four and a half to thirty seven and a half, as he buys Quina on the Canada’s main street for $500,000, drawing Chilean worshipers of wealth.
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San Francisco
Santiago
Republic of
Chile
Paras
Paraf
Caracoles
Poras
Quinta
Canada
Harry Meiggs
Chili
Doctors on Whale Ships and a Pirate Medicine Chest
Mark Twain recounts a sea captain with no trained doctor onboard and a medicine chest with numbered remedies. A North Pacific skipper blends No 8 and No 7 to treat a patient after No 15 runs out, killing him in minutes, exposing dangers of improvised medicene and the chest system.
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North Pacific
Twain
Atlantic Monthly
King Louis of Bavaria Rejects Bride Over Forehead Shape
The narrative recounts King Louis of Bavaria refusing marriage to a proposed bride, citing her low forehead as a fault. He argues the sight of the face would irritate him, contrasting ancient ideals with contemporary tastes as patrons debate beauty standards.
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Louis
Bavaria
Council
Walike
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