Gilbert Hanged for Murder of Alice Sterling in Boston
The 1835 Boston murder case ends with Angus Gilbert executed for the killing of eight year old Alice Sterling. He had hidden the body in a barn cellar after abducting her from the Dorchester home of Mr. and Mrs. George Sterling. The trial featured a dramatic courtroom confrontation with Mrs Sterling accusing Gilbert, and expert testimony delaying but not altering a guilty verdict.
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Ngusd. Gilbert
Charles Street
Boston
Alice Sterling
Alice May Sterling
George W. Sterling
Savin Hill Avenue
Dorchester
Angus D. Gilbert
Angus
Crnent
Ors
Childs
Litle
Alice
Friens
Gilbert
Firetithert
Atebarn
Con Kioned Hs
Charles River
Des Chester
Hart
Uilert
Flas
Tierchester
Mondry
Wisteter
Stevens
Thiag
Agether
Maeet
All- Perler Court
W. W. Doherty
J. Leach
Fielock
Geetage
Jelly, Cowles
Jorden
Chia
Mra Sterling
Doherty
Dunbar
Knowlton
Watt
Bis
Betten Wes
Thomas W. Finer
Mabel
Sphygmograph and bike innovations in one puzzled note
The piece details the sphygmograph as an early heart recording device with a wrist attachment and fine paper tracings. It also surveys Madison Square Garden bicycle show innovations including a quick release handle bar and a detachable component to deter theft and aid handling on the wheel.
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Madison Square Garden
Reny
Whieelmer
Fea
Aril
Caer Maecue Ceten
Juatte
Georges
Boston Herald
Marion
Colored minister conducts mass wedding in Pel the other day
Rev William ident of the State College presided over a ceremony at 689 Pejieng Hell in Pel involving eight couples and about 390 attendees. He described his effort to convert partners living together and noted he performed the entire wedlock to align with civil and religious law.
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Hell
Pel
William Ident
State College
Dasen
Prairies Christianity Debate Amid Harsh Winter Hardships
Fragmentary text argues religion is of little use when people suffer hunger and cold. It hints at a debate on spiritual aid versus immediate material need during harsh conditions.
New Photography Breakthrough Promises Medical Revolution
A report touts photography using heat rays to image bones muscles and organs. It describes living skeletons and bullet localization, notes heat-ray light penetrates flesh wood and metal, and predicts wide future applications for diagnosis and research.
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Aard
Wilkin
Berg
Gates of Hai and the Ship of Life Allegory
A fragmented text presents a convoluted allegory with references to gates, a sober journey, and moral tests. It weaves religious imagery with warnings about captivity, virtue, and the consequences of vice, culminating in calls for Christian living and repentance.
Fragmented Excerpts From Chicago Tribune Dysentery of a Fare
Disjointed OCR style glimpse includes Dr Skingpheint quote about edage and machine breath. A passenger recalls losing or finding money after reading a bi-cest piece on a car seat. The passage echoes mid twenty century newspaper diction with uncertain context and fragmented dialogue.
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Rnck
Dr. Skingpheint
Chicago Tribene
The Way They Do to China
A fragmented passage describes pestilence times and public displays in China with attempts to distract the population from an epidemic. It mentions large towns offering spaces where distressed individuals may quietly lay down and die, implying a grim social scene.
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China
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Tmna
MES. Sterling
Scientific Corner
Current Notes OF Science and Industry
Howe
Graphic Marvel
N. Y
Teach & Man
Christ
God
New York
Ahuweieed
Fimirani
the Youths Corner
Chret
de. Talmage
Mis
Ren
Bel Law
Ani
Kyriad Grenitead
Hopoket
Ely
Overboard In & Gale
August
Manuel Liouis
Otc
Gate of
Biebold
Itita
bin Pion
Au Angelewan
Upun
Peary Lewis
Indy Stter
Brooklyn
Lewis Bone
Phe
di Ayer
Heey
Ghent
Vie Meg Pty Ver
Ueheppy Man
Poe Cme
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