Fraud Unmasked as Servant Poses as Society Leader
Elgin Echo reports a social scandal where a former servant infiltrates high society as a titled foreigner. The deception collapses at a Bar Harbor reception, revealing identity doubts, a dramatic exposure, and fallout among Philadelphia and New York elites.
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Gerry
Bar Marhor
New York
Philadelphia
Micaefew
Scoge
Bar Harbor
Oowen
Sahoon
Is N Ingaters
Tils
Fatal Sleep Fire in Baltimore and Related Damages
A mother Mary B John and her 13 year old daughter Venrl died from burns in St Louis caused by lighted gasoline while her son Liuwry, 10, survived but gravely injured after attempting to light their stove in sleep. The Baltimore fire damaged multiple wholesalers at 322 376 West Baltimore street with losses estimated 200000 to 250000. most insured. Floods in Mississippi valley submerged farms near La Crosse Wisconsin driving evacuations. Three jail escapes reported in Jeffersonville Indiana. Counterfeit coin found buried near Los Angeles. Panama governor designation for Caldaria. Navalist Max Elizabeth Cherry Waltz and others noted resignations in Britain. Savings bank offers 0 percent interest to savers.
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Mary B. John
Venrl
St. Louis
Liuwry
Turin
Art
Pearl
Convicts in Pennsylvania Prison Linked to Counterfeit Silver Coins
Inspector George Vaux Jr reports counterfeit silver colon coins made by convicts at the eastern State Penitentiary. An inquiry continues into possible collusion between guards and staff. The probe connects irregular cigar department practices and missing revenue stamps to the broader investigation.
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Pennsylvania
Peonsylvania
Trison
George Vaux, Jr
Vaux
Eastern State Penitentiary
Cigar Department
Internal Revenue
Bussinger
Indiana man kills daughter in law then dies in chase
William Towe shot and killed his daughter-in-law in Noblesville Indiana before refilling his rifle and shooting himself. A posse pursued him toward a graveyard as armed townsfolk tracked the event, discovering a body with a bullet wound and noting the victim had recently divorced from Howe's son amid jealousy.
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Indiana
William Wtowe
Noblesville
Ind
Tie
Houtelay
Howe
Himelf
Wifes Death and Self Destruction Shocks Indiana Family
Rob ert Stockwell Hatcher of Lafayette Indiana killed himself in a St Louis hotel room after learning his wife had died. He previously worked as a clerk for Walter B Stevens of the Louisville Exposition Company and had served in Washington. Mrs Hatcher was active in the Daughters of the American Revolution.
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S. Hatcher
Lafayette
Ind
St. Louis
Robert Stockwell Hatcher
Planters Hotel
St Loui
Hateher
Walter B. Stevens
Tve
House of Representatives
Washington
Mar. Hatcher
the Daughters of the American Revolution
Brooklyn couple choose to keep mulatto girl as heir
A wealthy Brooklyn pair discovered their eight year old foster child was of African descent and planned to raise her as their heir. The child, once told she was white, faced relocation to charity homes before the couple reaffirmed their pledge to keep her. The story notes an expected large fortune as part of the arrangement.
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Brooklyn
Girl
Lake
Michigan
Wabash River
PLAN WATER WAY FOR INDIANA Canal survey to connect Lake Michigan and Wabash
Charlen Peters and Judge Burson of Starke County Indiana have engaged engineers to survey a ship canal linking Lake Michigan to the Wabash River With several surveys already done since 1831 this effort seeks to interest the Indiana Legislature secure an appropriation and attract capitalists The canal would shorten the Illinois waterway to the Gulf of Mexico by about 450 miles compared with the Chicago canal
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Lake Michigan
Wabash
Charlen Peters
Burson
Starke County
Ind
Indiana
Gulf of Mexico
Chicago Canal
Burnsides Sails to Lay Alaska Cable From Seattle
The US cable ship Burnsides sailed from Seattle to lay 600 miles of cable from the head of Lyon canal toward Sitka Alaska, aboard with Gen. A. W. Greely. The cable came aboard via Texan after being brought around the Horn from New York.
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Burnsides
Seattle
United States
Burnaides
Lyon Canal
Sitka
Alaska
Texan
Horn
New York
Gen
A. W. Greely
United States Army
Dispatcher in Centerville Saves Train Collision
A Centerville Indiana train dispatcher jumped onto a railroad bloyers and raced a eastbound freight passenger combo after a second order to cancel the first. He kept pace mile after mile until a grade stop. The conductor stopped the train and obtained the order preventing a collision.
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Centerville
Ind
Centervills
Prospector Abandonment Alleged At Nast Cape
Dane Ole Johnson, aboard the Danish ship Manacuse, claims captain abandoned thirty prospectors at Nast Cape Bebringsen. He reports men left cold and starving after being told of wealth. Johnson sent a detailed letter to the Secretary of State and requests immediate relief voyage. ship to be held pending investigation.
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Nast Cape
Bebringsen
Ole Johnson
Manacuse
Sewattle
Alaska
Nelson
Ferty
Wnaat Cape
Secretary of State
Johnson
Shot by rejected suitor wounds woman in Ohio then kills himself
In Lynchburg Ohio Samuel Shaper shot and seriously wounded Miss Cleo Woodrow as she left a party with Mr Mitchell after she refused his advances. Shaper fled to the woods where a posse tracked him and found his body the next day. he had killed himself with the same weapon. Woodrow is expected to recover.
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Ohio
Lynchburg
Samuel Shaper
Cleo Woodrow
Mr. Mitchell
Miss Woodrow
Shaper
Migs Woodrow
Adopts a Boy Burglar Finds a Home
A Crestline Ohio youth named Mickles who helped burglarize John Cumning’s home eighteen miles south of Bucyrus was spared jail. Cumning secured Mickles’ release and sought adoption. Also in brief, Cabinet crisis in England as Chamberlain resigns over imperial policy amid food tax debate.
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Charlie Mickles
Crestline
Ohio
Alickles
Oll
Dickson
John Cumning
Bueyiugs
Cumiming
Mickles
England
Joseph Chamberlain
G. A W. Ritchie
Exchequer
Lord George Hamilton
India
Mr. Chamberlain
Storm brings death and destruction across cities and plains
A onrush of hurricane force winds devastated Tampa and western Florida with at least seven deaths and about a million dollars in property losses. The Northwest wrestled with a severe autumn storm causing a fatality in Gretna, extensive stock losses, and snow and rain that halted grain movement and disrupted rail service across Manitoba to Minnesota.
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Louisiana
Montgomery
Ala
Bramaton
Binningham
Mobile
New Orleans
Miami
Tampa
Manitoba
Gretna
Tormey
Noot
Glenmont
Northwest
Pacific Coast
Turks Near the Border Raise Bulgarian Mobilization Fears
Advices from Bulgaria report Turkish forces nearing the border, prompting Bulgarian mobilization preparations. A Russo Austrian note states neither Russia nor Austria will aid either side in a Turkey Bulgaria conflict, with France expected to align similarly. A Berlin letter alleges a subterranean passage to escape and claims King Edward promised a safe asylum in England. A Turkish bivouac near Glothepe accompanies reports of refugees and fleeing Bulgarian women and children arriving at Lekandsche.
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Turkey
Russia
Austria
France
Berlin
Huxinograd
Pringaerdinand
Hlapoultion
Clementine
Ferdinand
Edward
Vienna
England
Glohtepe
Lekendsche
Indicted postal officials and chaotic city notes
A fragmented column mocks postal official indictments and Chicago crime. It jests about earthquake humor, marriage rumors of Capt Hobson, and grasping at straws in a car barn robbery probe. It mentions Omaha, the Masonic Temple, war in Macedonia, and a street fair impression amid unsettled events.
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Danville
Beavers
Machen
Colorado
Capt. Hobson
Ghicago
Omaha
Chicago
Masonic Temple
Macedonia
Trade conditions show uneven improvement amid cautious buying
Weekly Review of Trade notes uneven but improving activity across regions with better sentiment in some sectors. Livestock receipts rise 2 percent year over year while hogs, cattle, and grain markets show mixed responses amid favorable weather and export demand shifts.
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New York
R. G. Duncan
Review of Trade
Railcar Load of Mixed Commodity Prices Across Markets
The report lists price ranges for cattle hogs sheep and grains across Chicago Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Detroit Milwaukee Buffalo Louisville New York and West markets. It covers cattle values 4.50 to 5.70 at St Louis and 4.25 to 6.00 at Cincinnati, wheat around 79c to 88c per bushel, corn 40c to 60c, oats 50c to 70c, rye 56c to 68c, hay 8.50 to 12.00, butter 18c to 20c, eggs 12c to 18c, and pork MEs around 18.60.
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Sheen
Tle
Indianapolis
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Ste
Detroit
Milwaukee
New York
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