John Alvord's Beverly venture meets looming crash
In Beverly John Alvord's store, stocked well yet selling slowly, battles debt and postponed marriage to Miriam Barnes as notes near maturity. A Boston trip reveals a tempting diamond scheme and a looming criminal clash, foreshadowed by a brutal Boston street fight and a wrongfully suspected arrest.
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Jerilem Press Association
John Alvord
Beverly
Miriam Barnes
Miss Barnes
John
Signaling devices replace cab driven signals in rain
A London Tit-Bits notice describes a signaling machine on hansoms with a roof disk showing stop go left or right options and an interior dial for fares to cue the driver by turning a needle. The invention promises fewer words and less effort for cab rides in wet weather. A Boston anecdote follows about a Vermont woman exposed to many lectures and fashion, lamenting reform and modern living. Cleopatra’s needles claim misattribution to the queen and credit Ramesses the Great.
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London
Vermont Hills
Boston
New York Times
Rarest python birth at Hagenbeck Zoo Hamburg
A female Indian python laid forty eggs at Hagenbeck Zoological Garden in Hamburg. The mother sheltered the clutch under her body and later the younglings hatched, measuring 1 to 2 feet and moving over the mother as the shell fragments lay about. The scene surprised guards and observers.
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Hagenbeck
Zoological Garden
Hamburg
Burglary Verdict Trims Crime to Parts of Man
A man indicted for burglary had only a tent entry through a hole. The judge allowed a verdict for parts of the body. The jury found the head, right arm, and right shoulder guilty, sentencing the head to two years hard labor while the rest of the body could be disposed of.
Jaffa Oranges and Earths Crust From a Bygone Year
The text discusses Jaffa oranges lasting 30 to 40 days with proper packing and notes Syria orange growing by natives. It covers Jaffa population growth and irrigation challenges, then shifts to geology detailing the earth’s crust as mainly gneiss and mica slate with crystalline structure and stratified appearance. It also offers a fine rug cleaning fluid recipe and brief notes on shells and grog.
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Jaffa
Syria
Inica
New York Sun
Castile
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WOW
Tunis & Bro
Wiber Company
Tunis Mills
All
R S. Fountain
W. W. Tunis & Bro. Lumber CO
Caroline
T J. M. Beaven
Queen Anne's
Talbot
Steeir
Jte
Rand Slaughter
Alen’s
Caroline County
Denton
William A. Stewart
Denton, Maryland
Queen Anne, Md
T. CO. Hackett
Baltimore Coal Tar and Manufacturing Company
W. Cammpden Street
Baltimore, MD
J.H. Medairy
J. H. Medairy
Medalry
North Howard Street
Baltimore
Maryland
J. O. Tayler
T. H. Evans’ & Company, Fruit and Produce Commission
CHAS
A. Dana
Lectter
the Sunday Sun
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SUN
New York
He Vanner
van Wago
Callon RB. T
Carter
Joseph Guest
Chestertown
Mad
Gey
Sample
Court House
Hiya
Reese» Galloway
Grain & Produce Commission Merchants
S. Charles St
Skultimore
Corn and Flour Exchange
T. L. Frampton
J H H. Nichols
H. C. Uobbs
C. W. Hobbs
J. E. Towers
T. F. Corkran
Nobbs
H. T. Nuttle
Bra
T. Nuttle
W. B. Nutttle
G. Lacey Stevens
Andersontown
E.W. Williamson
Williston
George W. Towers
GU. Todd
Two Johns
Col. Jay
H. Dotgliss
S. Elbert Douglass
R. Perry Taylor
James
Patton
Ee Patton
T. Taylor
MW. Chutes
C. A. Wright
Jesse Wright
W. W. Williamson
T. Fl. Flaherty
Walter Todd
T. E. Kelley
Preston
George A. Fisher
Gansevoort Street
West Washington Market
New York City
Gansevoort St
George A. Fisiter
Parker
N.Y
Surgical Hospital
E. F. Wilson
Cambria Hospital
Johnstown
aliPrici
Middleman
Baddle
Ai & Ielface U. Ss. Buggy & Cart CO
Lawrence
Totter
J.T. Gough
Boar Sun
Naw Castle Co
Del
Richard Nichols
Main St
Denton, Mad
J. H. van Gesel
J. H. Connelly
James Cronin
Miriam
Cronin
Roxbury
Chiapter II
Boston and Maine Railroad
Hilside
Abraham
Association For
Jolim
Finnerty
North Street
Finnette
Powers
Sheeny Ike
Hackman
Sheeny
Charlestown
Adams House
Pinnerty
Iko
Ulm
Calhoun County
Selma
Ala
Tayloe
Talladega County
Talladega
Taylor
Texas
Atlanta Constitution
Fellowship of Free Porters
Thames
Toronto Mail
Cleopatra
Rameses the Great
Philosphy
Mrs. Rifter
Mr. Rifter
Rednd
Megorra
Ballyhooley
Barrier Reef
Smithsonian
Naval
Bo- Secon
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