Farmer Discovers He Married His Half Sister in Alabama
Jacob Wells a Fayette County farmer learns his wife Dora Smith is his half sister tied to Hogue and Smith lineages from Georgia. They wed years ago and have a one year old child, choosing to stay together despite the taboo, after a chance family detail revealed the kinship.
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Dunningham
Ala
Jacob Wells
Fayette County
Wells
Sparta
Georgia
Miss Smith
Tamwater Church Cowhide Incident Shocks Quiet Village
In Tamwater Washington Territory a man named G W Manville entered the Methodist church during services and severely punished a youth named Ward with a cowhide. He pleaded guilty and was fined five dollars for assault and five dollars for disturbing public worship. The case stirs local opinion on the severity of the sanction.
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Olympia
W. T
Tamwater
G. W. Manville
Methodist
Ward
Manville
Justice Thompson
Wonder
Affray in Rumsey Ends With Wounding of James Thompson
James Thompson is wounded in a fight with E P Maher after a card game in a Rumsey cabin. Maher surrendered in Philipsburg after the assault, knife thrust into Thompson’s back near the left shoulder blade.
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Philipsburg Mail
James Thompson
Romeey
Thompson
Rumsey
Granite Company
E. PP
Maher
Philipsburg
Deep Sea Desolation and Ocean Awakening
A Catholic magazine article describes the ocean abyss as a barren, slime covered world fed by rain of carcasses with meteoric dust in the sediment. Near the surface life blooms with phosphorescent fish, sponges, and brighter lights, leading to kelp and reef-building corals closer to the sunlit zone. Helena Herald notes a post office mishap where a lady’s bustle is hung on the wall as a joke about an anchorless garment.
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Catholic Magazine
Helena
Grateful Life of a Girl Cited in Patent Remedy Ad
An 18 year old girl is described as grateful in an advertisement praising Dr Acker s English Remedy for consumption. The notice lists Mrs Wm Hare riman of New York and N M White of City Drug Store as endorsers or distributors.
Old Bors on a Bender Storm Tops New York Dispatch
New York dispatch reports the first winter storm raging along the New England coast. Telegraph wires to Philadelphia and southern points are down, and the Associated Press route is rerouted through Buffalo Cleveland and Pittsburg. Coastal weather from Hatteras to Sandy Hook brings feared marine disasters as reports trickle in.
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New York
Sandy Hook
Gleanings From the Rockies Rumors and Reports Across the West
Typhoid rages in Tacoma. tin ore near Siesons Cal. Fresno forms gas bore company. coal field found near St Helens Oregon. Spokane Falls attorney Horace Knox dies. John Wella killed near La Grande. Seattle and Lake Shore RR opens 30 miles. Various incidents across Nevada Oregon Washington and California noted with deaths robberies and railroad moves.
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Tacoma
Siesons
Cal
Fresno
St. Helens
Oregon
Horace Knox
Spokane Falls
W.I
John Wella
la Grande
Variety of queued items and oddities from Pomona to Madrid
A jumble of brief notes mentions blind fish surface at Pomona California, dog bite penalties near Pasteur's, Senator Cullom desired as German minister, native clay pipes near San Diego, John C. Eno winning $20,000 by bets in Montreal, Duchess Decazes' Parisian fashion, Staten Island railway hiring women, fourte en employees dismissed, Aneggro in Jacksonville on yellow fever risk, Matt Quay's Washington trip with Valmage sermon, Madrid riots and the King of Spain, and Mrs Choo Chay declared insane in Helena.
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Stix
Cullom
J Vois
Germany
San Diego
John C. Eno
Montreal
Quebec
Duchess Decazes
Miss Singer
New York
Bois
Staten Island
Aneggro
Jacksonville
Fla
Kansas City
Matt Quay
Washington
Valmage
Madrid
Spain
Montana Mines Yield Copper and Local News Roundup
The Benton and Montana mine reported October output of nyss tons of matte and ore yielding about 3 225 000 pounds of refined copper. Major Alderson of the Bozeman Courier reads a tribute to John S Dickerson after entombment. Salvation Army members in Helena arrested for blocking streets and released on bail. Twins born to Judge Sloane's wife in Missoula Frances and Grover christened. Northern Pacific disputes land title in Helena District Court. Rocky Mountain Telegraph completes a third wire Helena to Great Falls doubling capacity. Colonel Hawkins wins appeal over a fine for loud language. Adamson jailed in White Sulphur Springs for forging checks, cashing one for 100. Billings hosts a 175 pound squash exhibition from Crow Davie's ranch. Jefferson County records one prohibition vote in 2 523 total. Prohibitionists gain ground. same ratio would shift national trends.
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Benton & Montana
WW. Alderson
Bozeman Cltvea Courier
John S. Dickerson
Salvation Army
Helena
Sloane
Missoula
Frances
Grover
Northern Pacific
C. W. Catherine
Henry Cannon
Mrs Sherman Dies in New York After Illness
Mrs. Gen W T Sherman died in New York City as her family including Rachel Lizzie and Tecumseh were at the bedside after she weakened through the night. General Sherman notified he remained at home with the children while she passed away early in the morning.
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W. T. Sherman
New York
California Discovery for Consumption and Throat Diseases
Udine overicon More Velustie Than Gold presents Santa Alie and California discovery for Consumption and Diseases of the Throat Chest and Lungs. California Cat-A Cure claims to cure Catarrh Cold in the Head and related complaints. Sold at $1 per package or three for $2.50. Recommended by leading Pacific Coast physicians. Not secret compounds. Guaranteed by N. M. White.
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Santa Alie
California
Pacific Coast
N. M. White
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