Death of General N P Banks Ends Remarkable Career
Nathaniel Prentice Banks, veteran soldier and statesman, died at his Waltham home after a long illness. Born January 8 1816 in Waltham, he twice left public life and returned to influence Congress, later reemerging in modern times to again contend with former rivals. Banks’s death ends a distinctive arc from war to politics across several eras.
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fioldier-Statesman
Wautuam
Mass
Nathaniel P. Banks
Nathaniel Prentiss Banks
Waltham
Congress
War Governor Samuel J. Kirkwood Dies in Iowa City
Samuel J. Kirkwood, Iowa, celebrated war governor and longtime public figure, died Saturday afternoon at his Iowa City home. Born December 10, 1813, he moved from Maryland to Ohio, rose in politics, and moved to Iowa in 1855. He served as state senator, governor, U S senator, and headed the interior department under Garfield before resigning in 1882.
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Iowa City
Samuel J. Kirkwood
Maryland
Ohio
Kirkwood
Senate
Fort Sumpter
United States Senate
James Harlan
Garfield
Interior Department
Mr. Teller
Hundreds of Flower Boats Burned on Canton River
A huge fire on the Canton river near Hong Kong destroyed hundreds of flower boats moored in rows. The blaze rushed along the vessels quickly aided by wind, killing or starving hundreds of natives who leaped or perished aboard as boats burned and sank.
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Canton River
Hong Kong
Bank robbery in Salina area shocks Kansas
Bank at Tascott north of Salina was robbed by two masked men who killed the cashier and fled with a sizable sum. Sheriff Anderson organizes a posse to pursue as the suspects head south after the plunder.
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Salina
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Tascott
Here
Anderson
Boyd
Congress
Man rushes from theater amid possible alarm
A frightened bystander asks if a fire alarm is sounding as a long haired man bursts from the theater rear door. He half answers that officials may be calling for the author of the play before vanishing into darkness.
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Chicago Tribune
Never Too Late to Mend in a Midnight Exchange
A Detroit Tribune vignette quotes Mrs. Quickleigh and Miss Wonder sharing a wry exchange about marriage and a dramatic line from a rejected suitor who threatened self harm. The humor reflects old newspaper voice and social quirks.
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Detroit Tribune
Fragmentary 19th Century Snapshot From Detroit Free Press
A jumble of quoted phrases describes a soda ad line and a fleeting scene in Detroit with a summer girl and Tommy Chatters. The text interleaves a Chicago Record line about Mr Fishters and a fiery, terse image of a woman who responds with a beckoning gesture and a sharp businesslike command.
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Tommy Chatters
Mr. Fishters
Chicago
Polished Furniture and Elegant Evening Dress Notes
Fashion and home care notes describe morning to evening wear fabrics such as cherry pink chiffon with metal gleam threads and crocodile gauze for young ladies. An accordion plaited white china silk tea gown is pictured tied with cream ribbon over a trimmed lawn skirt. A polish product called Poolishene promises to brighten old furniture and pianos, sold by N. M. White and N. A. an druggists in Dillon, Montana.
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Poolishene
N. M. White
N. A. An
Dillon
Mont
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