Chicago Woman Claims Booth Escaped to England
Mary Crist of Chicago asserts John Wilkes Booth survived after Lincoln’s assassination. She describes his flight via Havana to Nassau with Captain Haggett and Captain Symmes, and says Booth later traveled to England with her former husband’s help. She provides a ring he gave her and insists Booth told of the escape.
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Abraham Lincoln
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Chicago
Chicago Inter- Ocean
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Marie Crist
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Thomas Haggett
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Lincoln
Mary
Tampico
Mexico
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Virginia
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Crist
Washington
Grant
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Johnson
Ford
E. P. Doherty
William Jett
Bowling Green
Garrett
Egg aging by salt solution tests described by scientists
A German scientist offers an age test for eggs by immersing them in a salt solution. Depending on age the egg sinks to various depths, and a Saxony awarded method uses an angle scale to gauge age from the egg's tilt. Fresh eggs lie flat, then rise upright as they age.
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Saxony
National Society of Poultry Breeders
Bible Characters Illustrious Types in Holy Writ
JF G argues for character as the core of religion, contrasting old style biblical insistent on character with modern revivalist excess. He discusses divine judgment in the Old Testament, New Testament tensions, and the dangers of theatrical religion. He urges study, integrity, and truth as the foundation of faith and society.
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God
JF. G
Travel tale links Henry Clay to a famed murder defense
A Chicago-based traveler recalls a story from Clay era Kentucky about a doomed murder case. Henry Clay took the defense, using a fearsome gaze to sway the jury, then revealed he spent days practicing the look. The jurors acquitted the defendant, proving the look as crucial as the evidence.
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Peweevalley
Henry Clay
Kentucky statesman
Mr. Clay
Clay
The Dollar as a Moral Balancing Force
A pamphletish reflection on money’s power to shape character. It argues that poverty breeds cowardice and desperation while wealth can corrupt, but a middle path preserves virtue. The piece ends with a paraphrase of a biblical line about avoiding poverty and riches.
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eneres
Ridgely
Solomon
Hunter novelist recounts Burrs in Bowser tale
Mr Robert W Chambers famed author and hunting dog enthusiast tells a true incident from his desk at home. While writing in hunting clothes he pulled burrs from his Blue Belton setter and dropped them into a wastepaper basket. The dog picked up burrs and dropped them into the basket himself.
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Robert W. Chambers
Chambers
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