The Missing Finger Joint Mystery Of London
A solicitor narrator helps uncover a forged will and a secret marriage pressure. Eldridge Parsons, the nephew, is exposed after the narrator links a missing finger joint to a forged signature. Julia Parsons learns truth and marries the narrator after Parsons renounces the match. Eldridge later sails to Australia on the ill fated ship London.
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London
Southampton
George Dickson
George
Julia Parsons
Julia
Parsons
Eldridge Parsons
Doctors Commons
Recordi Ag
Kldridge Parsons
Australia
Florida settler replies to McDonald on state farming
A Floridian in Orange County rebuts John A. McDonald’s Florida farm claims. He argues sheep and cattle costs, poultry profits, and hay substitutes are exaggerated, notes high board prices, and urges readers to visit Florida to assess land and climate firsthand.
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Ottando
Orange Co
Inter-Ocean
Elkhart
Indiana
John A. McDonald
Mellenville
County
Chicago Evening Journal
Northwest
Florida
Union
McDonald
New York
McDonald’s
Afr
Elkhart County
Great Line of Chicago and North-Western Railway Promises Comfort
The Chicago and North-Western Railway touts extensive routes to Milwaukee, St. Paul, Green Bay, Omaha, Denver, and many northern points. Trains feature Pullman Palace Cars, safety platforms, and through service with telegraph-operated schedules, claiming superior track and equipment with no competitor in the west.
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Chicago & North-Western Railway
San Francisco
Sacramento
Ogden
Salt Lake City
Cheyenne
Denver
Omaha
Lincoln
Council Bluffs
Yankton
Sioux City
Dubuqié
Winona
St. Paul
Duluth
Marquette
Houghton
Hancock
Green Bay
Oshkosh
Fond du Lac
Madison
Milwaukee
Minnnénopolis
Fort Garry
Warren
Galena
Dubuque
Council
Bluffs
Pullman Palace
Miller
Westinghouse Safety Air &Breskec
Chicago & North Western Railway
Chicago
Omawa
Yanketon
Missouri Valley
Rockrorp
Steriine
Kenosaa
Janesville
Cedar. Rapids
Clinton
Freeport
Overland
Union Pacific
Missouri River
Inhughitt
W.H. Stennett
Sup
Brooklyns Scandal Trial Reopens In Crowded Courtroom
New York May 10 The Brooklyn City Courtroom is crowded as the great scandal trial resumes. The Beechers Tilton Perry Pierce Pryor Evarts and others attend with the plaintiff's counsel. Pryor collapses twice citing vertigo and leaves the bench seeking fresh air as arguments on witnesses and hearsay continue.
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New York
Brooklyn City
Beecher
Tilton
Stephen Pearl Andrews
Kate McDonald
Plaintif
Plaintiffs
George A. Bell
Roger A. Pryor
Mrs. Moulton
Mr. Beecher
Mr. Pryor
General Pryor
Mr. Evarts
Afr
Evarts
Beecher baptizes fourteen infants at church service
In New York on May 9 10 Rev Henry Ward Beecher conducted a morning service and baptized fourteen infants, children of believers, in a ceremony marked by parental faith.
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New York
Henry Ward Beecher
Agricultural colleges grow, professors rise, students linger
The Pittsburgh Commercial notes there are thirty eight agricultural colleges with 369 professors and 3917 students in the United States. It observes few graduates become farmers and mentions Herschel V. Johnson as a Georgia county judge, Marefoschl as Papal Supervising Architect, and a discussion over the lobster clause of the Washington treaty between the United States and Great Britain.
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United States
Great ’ Britain
Pittsburgh Commercial
Boschee
Germany
J. Bucklin & Son
Elkhart Chooses City Government by Narrow Margin
The Plymouth Mail notes Elkhart voters approved city government by a 12 vote margin after 1 138 ballots. The opinion states Northern Indiana town deserves formal governance. The result reflects local sentiment toward restructuring civic authority.
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Elkhart
Indiana
Plymouth
Magnet
Childs letters thrift and politics mix in old Tribune note
A brief reader letter from a young girl notes a penny pinching rule for thumbs and a one dollar donation for a child in Kansas. The piece also mentions Sylvanus Cobb seeking the position of Lieutenant Governor of New York, citing his claim of writing 500 novels.
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N. Y
Sylvanus Cobb
New York State
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Orlando
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Scientific American
Chicago and North-Western Railway
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Herschel V. Johnson
Douglas
Georgia
Count Marefoschl
Washington
A. I. Wilzinsei
Lewii
Main Street
Clifton House
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A Salle
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Racine
Wisconsin
Wilzinski. &.Co
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OPERA
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Alexis
Wiena
Hersome
Gatter
Erne
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Ryshi
Eplois
Heartifel
Fea
Remington & Son
Amet
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