Diamond Smuggling Suspect Nabbed After Neck Tie Diamonds
A Hamburg detective tracked a famed Antwerp smuggler known for concealing gems in his beard. The man, nicknamed Rosenberg, was found with seventy three diamonds hidden in necktie linings and a plaster ploy exposed by a bath search. He was seized at the Metropolitan Hotel as officers recovered the haul.
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Antwerp
Hamburg
Europe
Ison Rhynland
Metropolitan
Custom House
Rosenberg
New York
N. Y. World
Mystery aboard the Egypt ends in mistaken reunion
A New York letter recounts a voyage from Liverpool to New York aboard the Egypt. A woman fainted on deck as her husband, left behind at Queenstown, secretly rejoined her upon arrival, triggering a tale of mistaken proximity and dramatic reunion.
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Draccut
Mass
Messrs
C.I. Hoop & Co
Lowell
Steen
Hoop
Onathan J. Coburn
Kentucky
Louisville Courier-Journal
Sitting Bull
Sioux City Journal
New York
Nagtore
Chicago Tribune
Columbia College
N. ¥. Times
Baptists
Virginia
Calvary Baptist Church
Lockport
M. Y. Tribune
E. E. Hale
Boston
Massachusetts
Boston Herald
Rome
France
Pere Hyacinthe
Egypt
Liverpool
Queenstown
Catacombs
America
Farmers' clubs urged for protection against swindling lightning rods
In a Trovw Post note farmers are advised that clubs about five feet long and made of stout hickory offer protection against tent gate and lightning rod swindling schemes.
Quips and Jests From Historic Newspapers
A collage of witty excerpts and pointed quips from multiple papers includes observations on gender pay gaps and lecturing, purse placement, dinner warnings, and a gun incident. The snippets juxtapose social norms, humor, and moralizing tone across Chicago, Boston, Detroit, Philadelphia, Somerville, and Norristown sources.
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Business Directory
Wabash, St. Louis and
Pacific
Defiance
Lightning Express
Atlantic Express
Through Express
Baltimore and Ohio Railway
Widith
Krorz & Morse
Washington
Baltimore
New York Express
Paleta Ponscas Decscrennocesios Coseesebstoves
Vesses
Speier Enchant
Chicago Fastae
Chicago Express
Krotz & Morse
Krotz
Mors
Krotz & Morse’s
Deep Sea
Vince
M. E. Heller & CO
Morse’s
Calvert
Texas
Ayers
Churchill
Vicksburg
Ayer
J. W. Whitley
Dr.j.c. Ayer & Co
Lowell, Mass
Selwyn N. Poe
Jacob J. Greene
Jane
Cameron
P. Tittle
Lauster
Pderes
Michael Gorman
Svecerees
Martin Struble
Abram Razor
John P.frederickt Infirmary
Joe Englisa
W. Slagl
H. Once
F. M. Thompson
W. T. Harris
Third
Glinton Streets
Fourth
Wayne Streets
W. S. Powell
G. W. Bechel
Jefferson and
Second Streets
B. Roswell Hubbard
Krotz New Block
Holgate Avenue
H. W. Myers
Buffington & Co's
Ohio
B. F
Oe House
L. B. Peaslee
Ator
Lance On
Court Street
Defiance, O
Va Haymaker
J. Ww. Winn
Haymaker & Winn, Ttorneys AT Law
Keystone Block
W. D. Hill
W. C. Travis
Krotz Opera House
Clinton Street
Will
J. F. Deatrick
Karst
Clinton and
Third Streets
Henry Hardy
Wolsiffer Block
Court House
H. B. Harris
S.S. Ashbaugh
Harris
Milton
Ralston’s Block
Charles E. Bronson
LAW Real Estate and Collecting
Harley Bro
S. T. Sutphen
Nene
Wolsiffer
Frank W. Knapp
É&C
Wertheimer
Charles E. Scott
Lewis’ Drug Store
Clinton
3D Streets
Hhale
Defiance, Ohio
Karst & Tenzer
Perry Street
Wabash Depot
Munn & CO
Scientific American
United States
Rance
Germany
Sears
MUS & CO
Broadway
Af ‘Wesley Brown
Michigan
Grand Rapids & Indiana
R. R.co
W. Q. Hughart
Grand Rapids
Mit
Septer Rosalts
Baltimore Bakery
R. Brown
Zephyr
Germantown
Saxony
Afrench
Cor
4Th Sts
Fourth and
Clinton Sts
Willson & McCallay Tobacco CO
Middletown
Eresh
Snyder & Gleason
South Clinton St
Joseph Derheimer
Ely
ELY Brothers
Owego
N.Y
Sisson
Sisson & Son
R. Pengelly
Walnut Street
Kalamazoo
Itch
Solby & Scott
Defianee, O
James Ross
O. McCraney
Iowa
Keystone
Philadelphia
James Boss
Hood
C. I. Hood & CO
H.A. Bartlett &Co
iWinkers
Front St
Phila
James Chambers
Calvary Presbyterian Church
Harlem
S. P. Lewis
Eighth Street Baptist Church
St. Louis
Parker
Hiscox & Co
Arthur
St. John’s Church
Morocco
Washington Post
Chicago Journal
Boston Post
Chicago Sun
Detroit Free Press
Philadelphia Record
Westfield
Boston Transcript
Xedam
N. Y
Somerville Journal
Talmage
Vanderbilt
Norristown Herald
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