Vast mix of notices from Irish rents to Illinois school rights
A digest of varied items: Irish land court fair rents draw 70000 applications. Bourne's will bequeaths millions to Allen T. Rice. Springfield monument plan for Richard Yates. Dr Ryder urges higher licenses to curb saloons. Kansas City growth to 100000. Indiana breach of promise case ends with plaintiff paying. Illinois supreme court says colored children have school fund rights. barefoot Peoria man avoids corn doctors. weekly story papers decline due to cheaper novels. perpetual motion claim by Prof Garrett. Dunkers exempt from grammar in schools. Beecher urges larger congregational contributions. Colorado mining accident escapest and quarrel. murder trial in lurango interrupted by victim’s reappearance.
Rush Creek School Mischief and Wedding Costs Highlighted
A schoolgirl attack at Rush Creek Ohio left victims with a fractured skull and disfigured faces as nine big boys tried to seize her. A Cleveland paper notes marriage costs in excess of 300 dollars plus a wedding tour and furnishing rooms, while a reckless prank halted a train, causing multiple deaths.
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Rush Creek
Ohio
Cleveland
Dixon
H. Ford
Sterling
Sparrows at Episcipal Cathedral Stun Chicago Parish
Sparrows entered the Episcopal Cathedral of SS Peter and Paul in Chicago during communion, perched beside the wafers, pecked at them, and later attempted a second time to partake. The incident echoed a poem about innocent guilt and forgiveness.
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Episcopal
SS. Peter and Paul
Chicago
Practical joke linked to Wegner death in smoking car tale
The article suggests a ghastly practical joke may have caused the Spuyten Duyvil accident in which Senator Wegner died. It notes Tan Sun reported details last week and cites indications pointing to a dangerous merriment gone wrong aboard a smoking car with legislative representatives present.
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Wegner
Tan Sun
Ingersoll Oration at Washington Grave Explored
The Sterling Gazette notes the grave oration at a child’s grave by Col. Ingersoll and contrasts mournful tone with hopeful lines about life and death. It cites a Philadelphia paper revealing a poem echoing his thoughts and argues Ingersoll’s intellect prevents unworthy repetition.
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Col. Ingersoll
Washington
Sterling Gazette
Philadelphia
Gilda
Tree of Life
Babe
Colonel Ingersoll
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Dixon Sun
W.M. Kennedy
Dixon, Illinois
Irish Land Court
Mary M. Bourne
Boston
Allen T. Rice
North American Review
Springfield
Richard Yates
Ryder
Kansas City
Times
Indiana
Illinois Supreme Court
Board of Education of
Quincy
Peoria
Chicago Tribune
Garrett
Beecher
Cox
Null
Colorado
Lurango
Senate Appropriations Committee
Sherman
Senate Committee On Pensions
Lincoln
House Committees On
Dakota
Hiram
Brubaker & Carpenter
Brubaker and Carpenter
M. Cahill
G. Smith
Dixon, Illinis
Oregon, Ills
Ogle & Lee Counties
C. Connerman
Furnlce
Gonnerman, Dixon
Ils
Léyi
Thos, Dolan & Sons
United States
Canada
Cuba
England
France
Germany
Scientific American
Munn ~ CO
Patent Solicitors
Pub’s
Park Row
New York
Eicholtz-Wilhelm
Nachusa
A.J. B. East
Hiram W. Eicholtz
Sarah J. Wilhelm
Yocum—Nellis
Brewer House
Lock Falls
J. C. Stoughton
D. Yocum
West
Brooklyn
Maria Nelles
Amboy
W. W. Brookner
Township
Range
R. Petty
Joan Connors
Hugh Fitzpatrick
Bridget Kirk
Hvon FritzPatrick
Turney & Hennessey
Japan
Hyson
Fine Brand Cigars
Boot & Shoe Store
NEW Boot & A Shoe Store
A. ©. Specht
Boots & Shoes
W. J. Carpenter
Main Street
A. C. Specht
N. B
John P. Lind’s
Kirk’s
John P. Lind
Austin Brob
Main St. Dizon
Revere House
G. B. Holmes
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Hop Bitters Nfe. Co
Rochester
N.Y
Toronto
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