The Wayland law and remarkable local tales from 1882
A digest of oddities including Connecticut Sunday saloon seals under the Wayland liquor law, Denver’s famed theatre, a Glendale Missouri girl earning life passes on the Missouri Pacific, a near collision avoided by apron signaling, John Grismer’s church gift tied to a theft, and Pennsylvania reports on faith based cures for two crippled individuals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wayland
Connecticut
Glendale
Missouri
Missouri Pacific Railroad
Pennsylvania
Richard Huffman
Emma Rogers
Beer Drinking Warned By New York Scientists
A New York reporter quotes three eminent physiologists who warn that even moderate beer use harms health. They cite beer impurities causing fatty heart degeneration kidney problems and liver interference affecting all organs, especially the brain.
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New York
Opera House on Wheels to Tour Communities
A Kansas City based company organizes an eight car railway theater that expands into a full auditorium and stage. It will travel by rail to towns lacking facilities for plays and deploy a portable track to set up a temporary theatre.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
The Shoemaker Who Kept Von Bismarck Waiting
A shoemaker once delayed promised boots for Her Von Bismarck. Messengers asked every ten minutes from 6 am until dusk, receiving the same reply no until finally the boots were finished. After that the shoemaker never kept him waiting again.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
von Bismarck
Bismarck
Postage Reduction Considered by Government Authorities
The article notes a potential drop from three to two cents for ordinary letters and reports the Post Office Department nearing self sufficiency after curbing star route abuses. It cites rapid national growth, current high salaries and railroad mail payments, and forecasts a future postage surplus alongside calls for lower telegraph, land, and ocean charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Post Office
Bible in Public Schools Debate in Canada Prompts Demand
A Canadian movement presses for devotional Bible use in schools at opening each day while not requiring teachers to interpret passages. Separately, a Knowledge letter suggests turning cremation ashes into gypsum memorials cast in plaster or bust form with a glass case for protection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Dominion
Knowledge
London
Cinder
England
Plaster of Paris
Crime Trial Opens in Chicago Over Stiles Sturla Shooting
A jury is convened in Chicago to try Theresa Sturla for the shooting of Charley Stiles, with defense and state attorneys outlining the case. The July incidents include a ride to Downer's and a supper in a private Palmer House room, ending in a fatal confrontation.
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Chicago
Theresa Sturla
Charley Stiles
Dixon and Lee County
Stiles
Daily Press
Mills
State of
Illinois
Theresa Sturle
Effie Sturle
Madeline Stiles
Palmer House
Charles Stiles
Board of Trade
Trude
Wabash Avenue
Woman Follows Dead Lover to Murder in Palmer House
The defense portrays a long history of abuse by Charley Stiles toward Madeline, leading to a fatal confrontation at the Palmer House. A jury hears alleged brutality, manipulation, and a final self defense shooting by the defendant after Stiles attacked her.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trade
Mills
Trude
Owl Club
Stiles
Baltimore
Philadelphia
Chicago
South
Clark Street
Board of Trade
Charley Stiles
Salvini
McVicker’s Theatre
Italy
Camille
Fstiles
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THE
Dixon Sun
Ww.m. Kennedy
Dixon, Illinois
United States
Denver
John Grismer
Connellville
Grismer
Downer's
State Street
Watson’s
Ben. Shaw
Dixon
Shamus O’brien
E. B. Stiles
Charley
Madeline
Sturla
Busteed
Palmer
Galesburg
Sunnyside
St. Nicholas
Nicholas
NEST
America
Demuer
Tunkham Brothers Tide-Mill
J.T. Trowbridge
Our Our Young Folks
Jack Hazard
Frank R. Steeton
Rudder Grange
Robin Hood
Maurice Thompson
Brooks
William M. Baker
Ilis Majesty
Ellis
Elizabeth Thompson
Thompson
Villiers
Archibald Forbes
White House
Tad’’ Lincoln
Noah Brooks
E.S. Brooks
Land of Nod
Santa Claus
Louisa M. Alcott
Tar Century CO
New York, N
Brubaker
Ladies’, Gents’ & Children’s
Goode
Rees
Brubaker & Carpenter
Lee County
A. C. Specht
Main Street
Burt
W. J. Carpenter
A. C Specht
M. C Aesilia
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