Various Oddities and Labor Notes From a Past Era
Short items report Mae Hess of Paris refused 5000 francs for her six foot hair. Clergy numbers 28 across England. In New York only non women among goldbeaters and goldcutters. Pittsburgh iron mills employ over thousand women and girls making barbed wire. Alaska's Gov Switzer predicts a mammoth in interior. Italian Boggie heirs to 500000 left by a relative in Italy. Courcaut County Nevada at risk of splitting by a three foot crack. German law prohibits tin alloy utensils with over 10 percent lead. New York Herald notes 1 8 8 9 26 may witness executions under new law. Epison foresees electricity from coal without steam engines enabling dynamos and motors.
The Boy Who Made a Westward Grocery Dream Real
An Eastern boy named Jack Seaforth travels to Kansas City to seek opportunity. He starts as a reporter, buys a sand lot, builds a small storefront, and partners with a young helper to open a grocery. Five years later he owns property, a thriving store, and earns about twenty five dollars weekly from the paper with strong profits from sales.
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Everal
Illinois
Jack
Jack Seaforth
Hiss
Kansas City
The
Star
East
West
Daily Star
Main Street
Hal
Mrs Harrison's Father Revealed as Pension Office Clerk
A Washington report profiles Dr. Scott 89, father of Mrs. Harrison, as a small town Ohio educator turned Pension Office clerk. He works daily amid clerks handling incoming mail, rides streetcar, and looks forward to inaugural ceremonies with quiet pride.
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United States
Washington
Harrison
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Daily Mail
Hayes Family and Garfield Brothers Thrive in Cleveland
Wess C Hayes son of ex president Hayes and the Garfield boys Harry A and James R live quietly in Cleveland. The Garfield brothers have formed a law partnership and are performing beyond expectations. Webb Hayes remains unmarried and serves as Secretary and Treasurer of the National Carbon Company, noted as a steady businessman. A Philadelphia dry goods house received a playful postal remark about fabric samples from a Western customer in a missive praising ginghams batistes cambrics chambreys and lawns with a preference for pinks and blues.
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Hayes
Garfield Boys
Harry A
James R
Cleveland
Ohio
Webb Hayes
National Carbon Company
Philadelphia
Auld Scotia
Local theft ends with boot and hat held as clues
In Newton Kansas a youth robbed a neighbor’s hen rose. during the scuffle he lost his hat and a boot which the chicken owner kept as evidence. The next day the thief demanded them back, threatened to call the law, and the items were returned after refusal. A New Zealand governor named Lord Onslow is described. ZeBuLon Hancox in Stonington, Conn., is noted for frugal living and wealth from rental houses built with funds saved.
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Earl of Onslow
New Zealand
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ZeBuLon Hancox
Stonington
Conn
President Patron of Princeton College Statement on Man
The text notes President Patron of Princeton College declaring that man constitutes the apex of animated nature. It also recalls Professor Darwin’s longtime remark labeling him the ex-ape and mentions tax collectors’ work being dun.
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Princeton College
Darwin
A Conditional Divorce Negotiation Failing to Impress Court
A husband sought divorce and his lawyer proposed a compromise. The wife consulted her counsel, they conferred privately, and resumed discussions. The verdict hinted at a full trial report in tomorrow’s papers.
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Queensland
Lady Musgrave
Sir Thomas Mcllwraith
Thomas McIlwraith
San Francisco
The Butcher of Dangers: French Bill Sykes Arrested with Mastiff
Paris police arrest the notorious French criminal known as The Butcher after his ferocious mastiff attacked pedestrians in the Ternes district. The dog obeyed only him and rifled pockets, injuring a government employee before capture. The master faces condemnation and the dog will be shot.
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Ternes
Bheta
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London Telegram
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My Sweetheart
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