Ensign Jackson's Heroic Action At Samoa Storm
In a naval incident at Apia, Samoa, Ensign Jackson, 23, saved crew members of the Trenton during a perilous reef drift. Recognized by Admiral Kimberly and Secretary Tracy, his courage preserved both the Trenton and the Vidalia crews amid a great storm.
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Richard I Jackson
Mathens
Navy
Naval School
Saint
Cosigna
Bli
Apis
Samoa
Trenton
Kimberly
Mr. Jackson
Emery Bon
Tna
Tracy
Tremban
Vidalia
Remarkable Deaths and Oddities From Diverse Reports
A man in Alabama dies after an lifelong dirt eating habit worsens then he cannot find rocks and falls ill. Red cotton grows in Georgia offering potential fortune. A Soo Line train kills three deer near Gladstone. A Syracuse jury misstates verdict. judge notes error. A man bitten by a wood sliver mistaken for a snake in St Louis Marine Dock incident. Herman Zietung desires to be shipped in a box to New York. Adrian calf with barn door bolt of lightning spares the barn. Miscellaneous quips and oddities from European travel and jokes.
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Hani
Coosa County
Ala
Thomas ‘Aite
Verbenn
South and North
New Orleans Times-Democrat
Gladstone
Mich
Soo Line
Portrait of a dashing figure and naval notes in 19th century columns
A vivid sketch of a stylish traveler described with ornate detail, followed by brief dispatches on the British torpedo depot ship Valcan laid down in 1888 and a New York note on a bold autumnal dish by George Boldt, as reported in a Chicago Times style column.
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George Boldt
Astor House
Europe
New York
Trackless carette charms Chicago crowds on Chestnut Street
An exhibition run of a trackless carette, a light two horse drawn street car without rails, wowed spectators in Chicago. It seats twenty, stops at ends, avoids tracks and delays, and proves popular with women and children, while riders report a smooth ride over cobble paving. Separately a Springfield baby carriage scene shows a mother feeding grapes from a market basket, prompting a playful note on infant colic and maternal intervention.
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Chicago
Chestnut Street
Philadelphia Times
Springfield
Eldewalk
Springfield Republican
Steam Heated Wharf At New York Port Proposed
A steam heated wharf is to be built at the New York port to handle green fruit. The new structure measures 56 by 184 feet and aims to prevent frost damage by protecting fruit during landings, replacing the prior practice of unloading in all weather.
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Hearst
Islah
Black Hills
H. C. Rorapaugh
Deadwood
Metropolitan
Washington Post
Port of
New York
Philadelphia Ledger
Bermuda
Gulf States
Electric Bitters and Arnica in Early Medical Ads
The ad lists case notes for Electric Bitters curing neuralgia rheumatism and liver disorders in H Clifford Newcassel Wisconsin and Edward Shepherd Harrisburg Illinois. It also mentions Bucklen’s Arnica Salve curing a running sore and fever sores in multiple patients. Includes a brief pewter ad line and a family quote from Life magazine.
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H. Clifford
Newcassel
Wis
Edward Shepherd
Harrisburg
John Speaker
Catawba
Lin
D. J. Humphrey
Elopement and eloping couples spark a time of weddings
A chaotic set of elopements unfolds across cities as couples pursue marriage despite parental opposition. William Reno and Beatrice Harrig flee from Minnesota to Washington and San Francisco, then Tacoma, aided by kin, ending in lawful nuptials with a minster and justice of the peace. The second couple faces ferry delays, books a chartered engine to Jeffersonville, and marries before magistrate Keigwin.
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San Francisco
API
San
Tacoma
Minneota—Cor
St. Louis Republic
Wiliam
Trodeon
Mins
Beatrice Harrig
Jeffersonville
Stealey
Keigwin
Will of Micah Norton filed in Somerset probate court
The will of Micah W. Norton, a condemned murderer serving life, was filed in the Somerset county probate court. He bequeaths farms in Moscow, Concord, New Vineyard, and Solon to his four sons, gifts to Carleton and Albert Norton, and a note of $200 to the son. Sumner Norton is named executor, with the remainder to him if he supports his siblings, and his wife Eliza’s estate shares are to be divided among five sisters.
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Josephine Fes
J. J
Philadelphia
Micah W. Norton
Somerset County
Moscow
Concord
New Vineyard
Albert E. Norton
Solon
Carleton W. Norton
Sumner & Norton
Eliza
Sumner
Norton
Augusta
Boston
Rich copper mine deal and royal jubilee note
A laboring mine owner has leased a rich copper deposit and refuses a $59,000 offer to cancel his lease. He may become a millionaire while lessees hope otherwise. A London Standard report mentions the Indian queen and a Hindoo jubilee with sugar candy gifts amid celebrations in Gondal and British connections.
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Iupatica —Cor
Chicago
London
Gonilal
London Standard
Monster ritle snake slain near Wormsloe plantation
A seven foot rattler with twenty rattles and a button was killed Monday near Lizzie Jones’s house at Wormsloe plantation, nine miles from the city. A cat leaped when a wood bill hit the creature, and the snake nearly struck the cat before it was shot by a neighbor.
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Wormsloe
Lizzie Jones
Lizzie
The Fulminate Cap Attempt Near Mullan Idaho
A railroad laborer named Johnson at McLean and Jones camp three miles east of Mullan Idaho tried to end his life with a fulminate cap. He placed the cap between his teeth and struck it with a hammer causing a massive blast that badly shattered the inside of his mouth. The attempt was not entirely successful.
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Johnson
McLean & Jonse
Mullan
Idaho
Rocky Mountain News
Western genius proposes river view for G A R encampment parade
A western thinker suggests a new parade concept for next year’s Grand Army of the Republic encampment in Detroit. Instead of a traditional mass parade, veterans would be grouped to view the event from a vantage along the river.
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Grand Army
Detroit
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