Brice Rutherford Returns to Claim His Child at Park Visit
In Central Park Barbara meets Brice Rutherford by chance after Mrs Carson reveals Margery Benson’s marriage to Brice and the child’s true lineage. Barbara learns of Brice’s past and marriage, while Mrs Carson urges accountability for the child’s care. Brice pleads and Barbara forgives but declines reinstating him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mra. Wluga
Tony
Barbara
Croylands
Brice’ Rutherford
Croylanda
Carsot Sennin
Brice
Ettie
Benson
North
Qvich
Mra. Carson
Hhiouna
Abe
Larbora
Rie
Efe
Mamma
Navny
Carson
Dfle
Philadelphia
Mr. Rutherford
Uroylands
Gartara
Mr Rutherford
Flo
Mrs. Carson
Benson Gresy
Rick
Wile
Rutherford
Harorn
Beusey
Jon
Erlen
Heiresa
Craylirds
Mr. North
Mr. Gilmore North
Brice Rutherford
Margery Benson
Missy Wentworth
Dbelia
Mra
Srie
Chorita Dewan
Bie
Eric
Walt
Dent
Briga
Deilce
Simplified Oratorios and the Banbury Minister
The First Church in Banbury consults the organist about music for the new minister’s first Sunday. They plan two choir selections from real sacred music, with adaptations to fit untrained singers. The organist claims adjustments keep tunes within range. Also a humorous exchange has a wife joking about her corpulent husband needing a carpenter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Banbury
Handel
Two Button Coats in Spring Fashion Debate
In a light exchange Mr Stubb asks why only two buttons are on his coat and Maria replies she prefers style, noting that papers say two button coats are in this spring. The remark ends with a Lowell quotation about work and birth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maria
Mr. Stubb
Mrs. Stubb
Storms Kill Dozens Across Midwest and Oklahoma
A cloudburst and tornadoes devastated Norman Nebraska and surrounding towns, killing at least twenty one residents and injuring many. Fairfield and Pauline suffered heavy damage as homes and farms were wrecked. Enid Oklahoma faced a disastrous flood and property loss, with hundreds left homeless and extensive crop damage reported.
Idle Workers Strikes Freeze Gotham Industry
In New York City 105,000 idle workers idle amid union disputes and solidarity moves by employers. A standstill halts firms with $350 million capitalization and weekly losses near $3.9 million as strikes and lockouts ripple across multiple unions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York City
Conflagration Destroys Quebec Shoe Factory and Homes
A fire at Cote Bros shoe factory in St Hynacinthe Quebec swept through the plant and six nearby factories, leaving about 250 houses destroyed and nearly a quarter of the city’s residents homeless. Officials estimate damages around 400000 dollars as the blaze raged through the town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Enid
O. T
Illinois
Raymond Morrison
Curran
Virginia
Quebec
Cote Bros
St. Hynacinthe
New York Saloons drop with higher licenses in Greater NY
New York sees 84 fewer saloons up to year in Greater New York as license fees rose from 800 to 1200 in Manhattan and the Bronx and from 800 to 1000 in Brooklyn. Increase in fees and fewer licenses cut tax revenue by 2,045,037 versus last year, clashing with proponents of the exam bill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Greater
Manhattan
Brooklyn
Great Havoc in Iowa Tornado Reports Increase Death Toll
Des Moines dispatches describe widespread destruction across Botna Greston and surrounding towns as a tornado demolished homes, wrecked church and depot facilities, and injured several including Mrs S A troop. Ten miles north of Gray in Aulithon County two children are reported killed. another death at South Des Moines accompanies a rising Des Moines river with flood threats and factory stock removal underway.
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Nebrasta
Prairie Towne
Norman
Neb
Moa
Carl Bacon
Pauline
James O
Mumin
Frank Quigg
Lizzie Palmer
Jeannette Palmer
Walfield
Rollo
Des Moines
Lowa
Fong Oo
Fairfield
Burlington Railway
Eauline
Prosser
Missouri’ Pacific
Clay
Adame
Kearney
Elmo
Barna
Tress
Missouri
Nebraska
Notinan
Rolfe
Pong Woo
State Bank
Crayon
Hotel de Maio
Tochester
Minn
Zumbroa
Olmsted County
Ttockdell
Chicago and Northwestern
Dover
Oklahoma
Dame Hee
Iowa
Xaya O
Des Moines Dispatch
Bota
Selby County
Aur Dubon
Gays
Botna
Great Western Depot
Greston
S.A. Troop
Gray
Aulithon County
South Des Moines
Richard Wallace
Tia Des Moines
Marshalltown
Treas
Arrest of A. W. Machen for taking bribes in post office case
A. W. Machen former free delivery superintendent was arrested in Washington on charges of accepting bribes totaling about 20000 from contractors. Daniel Miller an assistant attorney general aide was dismissed for alleged conspiracy tied to John J. Ryan & Co. fraudulently using the mails. Miller faced a potential three times penalty and up to three years in prison. The Ryan firm operated turf investments in St. Louis and Covington Kentucky with methods linked to the Arnell company under post office scrutiny.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Acenach
A.W. Machen
Fre Delivery
Washington
Post Office Department
Daniel A. Dfiller
Postoffice Department
Payne
John J. Ryan & Co
Obeinati
Miller
Cincinnati
Ryan Company
St. Louis
Coyington
Arnoll Company
Ofice
British Steamer Huddersfield Sinks After Collision
A collision between the British steamer Huddersfield and the Norwegian steamer Uto near Antwerp Grimsby leads to the Huddersfield sinking with twenty to twenty two emigrants and several crew saved or ashore. The Uto bows damaged and many emigrants missing or presumed dead.
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Huddersfield
Iudderafield
Antwerp
Grimsby
England
Hudderafiell
Brom
St Fa
Wagfond
Grinsby
Labor Strikes and Wage Demands Across Markets
Reports from Syracuse to Toronto to New York describe nine hour days and 35 cent hourly raises, with unions teaching organization to Italian immigrants in New York. Alabama miners gain 10 percent for twelve months, French firms produce 120000 cars in 1890s era context, and Chicago employers celebrate a union recognition victory after a 1,000 tanners strike, maintaining pay while adopting a nine hour day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York City
New York
Walker County
Ala
Alabama
Tuntsville
Ayelve Whl
Menlands
Chicago
Uion
The Weekly Historian Recalls 100 Years Past
Napoleon began preparing an expedition to invade England. The Swedish secretary of legation in Stockholm was expelled for promoting Freemasonry among prominent Swedes. The Spanish census shows 257000 free whites in Havana and 450000 slaves. The United States covers 3,025,000 square miles with 76,000,000 people, noting overall expansion since then.
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Napoleon Bonaparte
England
Legation
Ob Stodlholm Savas
Cometry
Havana
Cuba
United” States
Alagka
Seventy Five Years Ago Lookback on Early U S Finance and Discovery
The Treasury secretary subscribed for 10 000 shares of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company amid claims it was a Washington favorite scheme. Reports note hundreds heading to North and South Carolina for gold discoveries and Spain imposing an $8 per barrel duty on flour at Havana. The text mentions vast distances and multiple states, highlighting Charles Carroll of Carrollton receiving congressional privilege as sole survivor signer of the Declaration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Secretary of the Treasury
Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company
George Washington
Caroline
Spain
Havana
Charles Carroll
Carrollton
Congress
Fifty Years Ago News Summary
Fifty years ago reports describe a Gyre passenger tram route from Syra teuse to Rochester crossing the New York Central Railroad, and the start of a suspension hedge over the Niagara Gorge. Turkey yielded to Aug tlia and Russia by agreeing to expel political refugees. The U S Treasury recorded Congress appropriations at a high level, exceeding President Pillmoore’s request by about 18.99 million dollars.
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Syrateuse
Rochester
New York Central
Niagara River
Turkey
Tlia
Russia
Register of the
Unite States Treasury
Congress
Pillmoore Howd
Forties era railroad plans and wartime price notes
Forty years ago reports described Perry H. Smith announcing a St. Paul to Chicago railroad plan with Mimu involvement. New York Central touted a luxurious sleeping car by W Wagner. Vilnois coal operators proposed Tonis Codex to Belgium for cheaper miners. Lincoln warned of a Pennsylvania invasion planned by Lee. Confederate pay scales for basic goods and a St. Louis steamer charter to aid wounded around Vicksburg were noted.
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St. Paul
Chicago
Perry H. Smith
Mimu
New York Central Railroad
W. Wagner
Vilnois
St Louis
Tonis Codex
Belgium
Americana
Lincoln
Gen. Schenck
Pennsylvanh
Lee
St. Louis Board of Trade
Concord Welcomes Emerson Family Afternoon Procession
Thirty years ago Ralph Waite Emerson and his daughter were greeted at their new Concord home by a procession of citizens and schoolchildren. Cuban insurgents attacked Guanju but were repulsed by the Spanish garrison. The Philadelphia Centennial communal donation arrived in the States for a full cabinet of Wilherits. Gladstone called American claims against Britain for damages by the Confederate ship Alabama a gigantic error. The U.S. Court of Claims awarded British citizens 640000 in damages for cotton seized by Sherman near Sughnat, Ga., during the Civil War.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph Waite Emerson
Concord
Guanju
Philadelphia
Gladstone
Great Britain
Alabama
United States Court of
Fragmented 19th Century News Montage Emperors and Trials
Twenty years ago Alexander crowned Emperor of Russia in Moscow. Jay Gould and Gen Grant did not sign a contract with Mexico for railway consolidation. Michael Magny hanged in Dublin for the Phoenix Park murders. Crook defeated Apaches in the Sierra Madre mountains. The New York and Brooklyn Bridge faced presidential opposition. Ingersoll defended Washington. Ten years ago a ball honored Spanish royals in New York. Presbyterian Assembly voted to try Prof Briggs for heresy. Salisbury condemned Gladstone on Irish bill as a “Imbecile measure.”
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Alexander To
Russia
Kremlin
Moscow
Jay Gould
Gen. B. Grant
Michael Magny
Dublin
Phoenix Park
Gun. Crook
Stereo Madre Mountains
Mexwt
Infanta Kulm Mu
Infante Don Antonio
Spain
New York
Presbyterian
Washington
Prof
Briggs
Hereny
Lord Salisbury
Ballast
Gladstone
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Frank H. Stauffer
O Walt
Portuno
Howe
Belen
Mra. Canson
Tor Presa
Tox Gothos
Aries
Ud Barbara
Brian
Mica Bradleigh
Aalad
Suge Geated
Lowell
Storm
Normal
Gotham
A. W. Machen
Syracuse
Toronto
Providence Street Railway
HE Weekly
TE Istorian
New York and Brooklyn Bridge
Chester A. Atthey
Guy
Grover Iveland
Manyat Tans
Robert G. Ingersoll
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