Elkhart Men Die In Separate Lake Shore Train Incidents
Two Elkhart men died in separate Lake Shore accidents en route to Toledo and near Wauseon. Paul A. Borman 22 a fireman from Chicago died after being thrown against a baggage truck while attempting to board a fast freight at Delta. Harry Brown a metal polisher for Chicago Telephone Service Co. fell from a Lake Shore passenger train near Wauseon after riding a blind baggage car. Borman’s body to be sent to Chicago for burial. Brown’s identity confirmed locally.
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Lake Shore
Paul A. Borman
Delta
Harry Brown
Wauseon, Co
Borman
Law. Lychange
Law Exchange
Elkhart
Dearborn Street
Chicago
Aurora
Wauseon
Cosas
Unclear excerpt notes spread across locations and distrust
An unclear report describes notes in various places causing distrust. The passage references two dollar notes perceived as infected and cornerless notes appearing widely.
Remarkable brain operation cures insanity in London patient
Dr Bernard Hollander describes a cure of insanity via trephining in a London patient who suffered head injuries a year apart. After seven years of illness headaches neuralgia and personal crises the operation relieved symptoms. Three weeks later the patient recovered and remained healthy.
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Bernard Hollander
London
Hollander
Oysters Shortage Provokes Club Complaint
A renowned New Yorker dining at his club noted repeated short orders of oysters on the shell. After two evenings of receiving 11 instead of 12, he challenged the waiter who calmly replied the guest might not want to be the 13th at table, as per Harper's Weekly.
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Harper
Trishman
Two Young Men Enter Professions in Buffalo
In Buffalo two young friends pursue distinct careers, one a physician the other a lawyer. A late afternoon visit to the lawyer's office sparks celebratory notes as the physician boasts of finally securing a patient, prompting the witty exchange about seeing the legal friend and the plan to visit him and his son.
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Buffalo
Harper’ 'S- “Weekly
Sioux Woman’s Head Ornament Ended Family Tradition
Sarah Longacre Keen of Philadelphia died not long ago after 35 years as secretary of the Methodist Women's Foreign Missionary Society, a role rooted in her Sioux heritage and family legacy.
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Anen‘raver
The
Sarah
Longacre Keen
Philadelphia
Hier City
Methodist ‘Women’s Foreign
Missionary ‘Society
Parquet Night Ends With Applause For One Couple
At the Orpheum a young man and his companion refused to clap while others cheered for James H. Cullen. When the singer finished a final number the girl whispered to her escort that she must applaud, revealing the mystery to onlookers.
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The
Orpheum
Denver Post
James H. Cullen
Cullen
John
Nurse Sarah Cross Honored for Jamaica Earthquake Service
Nurse Sarah Cross, famed for aiding Jamaica earthquake victims aboard the R M S Port Kingston, received an illuminated address from Middlesex hospital during a board ceremony. She aided about 200 West Indian catastrophe victims under Dr Arthur J Evans.
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Jamaica
Kingston
Sarah Cross
Port Kingston
Arthur J. Evans
Middlesex
Hospital
Cross
Board of Governors
Peculiar Touch Sensitivity Noted In Blind Study
A fragmentary note hints at a study on tactile sensitivity among blind piano students and the role of touch in musical perception. The text is unclear but suggests heightened awareness of texture and key surfaces.
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Cavereee
Family Tree Mystery Ends With Hidden Piracy Link
In a tense scene, Mr Sharp probes a woman's progress on the family tree. She denies a key entry. After she leaves, Sharp discovers the ancestor was hanged for piracy, revealing a buried historical clue.
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Mr. Sharp
Young Lawyer Promises Aid After Stove Theft Charge
In a jail consultation, a young lawyer pledges to defend a client charged with stealing a stove. The accused offers 8 guineas, joking that 10 000 would cover it, as the lawyer proposes to retrieve a stove from the scene and bring it to his office to “square” the matter.
Quarrel Seems to End in Reconciliation on Car Ride
In a crowded San Francisco car near the Sutter Street ferry stop a quarrel between a couple escalates. The conductor calls from the aisle asking for the situation and the pair finally reconcile with soft, endearing words as the vehicle reaches Van Ness.
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Willard
San Francisco: Chronicle
Beaten by a Head Engages For The
Fragmentary text mentions a head defeat and engagement, with unclear subjects and roles. No clear names, dates, or places are readable.
Miss Polly and the Big House Mystery
In Lippincott's Magazine a tale recalls a well to do woman living in a large house twelve miles away. Three travelers return and face questions about guests dining in the room while the mother and eldest son answer with old memories. The boy Walt doubts the story and mentions a grave-eye concoction tasted like sop.
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Walt
Lippincott’s . . Magazine
The Band She Meant Memorably
A London exchange recalls a railway encounter where a courteous merchant converses with a woman who jokes that a band will meet her at Windsor. He learns the band is a husband, prompting his shocked exit to another carriage during the journey.
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London Exchange
Windsor
Henpecked King of Beasts and the Lion’s Subservience
A zoological painter argues the lion, while praised for courage, is tame beside the domestic male in subservience to the female. He cites the lion’s cowering in a queen’s glare and the male’s deferential posture when she smiles or frowns. The piece likens this to human husbands feeling dominated by wives.
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United ‘States
Zoological
First Oil Well Photo Shows Drake Group Figures
A early 1860s Drake well photograph by John A Mather captures James P Smith of Titusville among a group of oil operators and refiners in autumn 1861. The image is described as the only surviving photograph of the first oil era figures.
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James
P. Smith
Titusville
Drake
John A.mather
Fairies and the Hurley Game by a Lisa Toop
A tale describes little people distinct from others who appear tall briefly and play hurley with bare potatoes. Sullivan’s attention is drawn as the sun sets and the fairies move toward the Hiss, then vanish. Lisses are rough hillocks and depressions, believed to be doorways for fairies visiting the earth.
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Apel
Hurley
Sullivan's
Rosetta Stone and the Hidden Value of Ancient Texts
A fragmentary tale describes the Rosetta Stone in the British Museum as a black stone with hieroglyphs. It notes its gate to deciphering Egyptian writings and recounts a French tourist who sold it to an Englishman for 25 dollars, unaware of its true worth until his death.
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British Museum
England
America
Egypt
Paris
Kaiser's bridal kiss details from Roumanian royal wedding
Frederic Villiers recounts the German emperor at the Roumanian crown prince wedding where he first kissed the bride Marie in a crowded English naval uniform. The bride, anxious to protect her dress and decorations, feared disarranging the Kaiser’s oversized finery as he bent to bestow the kiss.
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Frederic: Villiers
Roumania
Marie
Saxe-Coburg
Circumstantial Evidence In Adirondack Guide Incident
Circumstantial testimony recounts Chick Bruce an Adirondack guide accompanying former President Cleveland on hunting trips. He found Cleveland sitting on a log with a gun muzzle aimed at his chest. Bruce shouted to stop and warned that a misfire could have killed the president. The incident highlights tensions between the guide and employer.
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Chick Bruce
Cleveland
Presidentia
Elkhart to Host Tour Participants in July Stop
The American Automobile Association tour will pass from Cleveland to Chicago and then New York with about 150 cars carrying 600 people. The Pathfinder is a six cylinder seventy horsepower Pierce Arrow driven by Teddy Dev Lewis and D Hy Lewis. Secretary Lewis and WF Ed Spooner photographed the party. they will pass through Elkhart July 11, but city hotel limits require the group to cover 161 miles to South Bend. Officials seek lodging in South Bend at Oliver and other hotels for the big tour.
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Elkhart
American Automobile
Association
Cleveland
Chicago
New’ York
Eing
J Chargées
Teddy
D. Hy Lewis
American: Automobile Association
Ed Spooner
Toledo
South Bend
Lewis
Oliver Andd
Efforts to Secure Pardon for Allison in Roaring Prison Case
Telegrams from Lansing report renewed moves to free Yeck Allison of the Lake Shore gang. His wife visits biweekly as he seeks clemency after a reforming period and a long petition from former associates. Governor Warner favors commutation and parole if the pardon board approves. Employers promise reemployment. Allison earns income in prison to support his wife.
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Lansing
Yeck” Allison
Old Lake Shore
Elkhart
Roosevelt
William January
Ft. Leavenworth
Liberty
January
Allison
Jackson
Moline
Ill
Alison
Pardon Board
F. M. Warner
Elkhart Couples Escape Hold Up Near Osceola
Elkhart youths Luella Colburn, Lucille Morgan, Martin Hultine, and Albert Cleland report a near hold up on a dark rural road near Osceola just before dawn. A drunken man loomed in the road ordering them to stop. the group managed to evade him and continue.
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Elkhart
South Bend
Luella Colburn
Daicille
Morgan
Martin
Hultine
Albert Cleland
Osceola
Elkart
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