Tragedy on St Mark's Steeple Ends in Wedding Bells
A London Tit-Bits tale recounts a perilous ascent on St Mark's steeple where a climber battles a fellow worker in a life threatening struggle. After a harrowing fall and near death, the survivor recovers, Jack dies, and the couple wed three months later, the sweetest belle returning from the gates of death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack
Bian
Tom
Masine
Tyler
Roth
Abe
Agasn
Mie
Sean
Memorial Week Delights and Washington Memorial Ceremonies
In Washington on May 14 President Roosevelt laid the McKinley Memorial Obie College cornerstone on Loughboro Road amid speeches praising McKinley’s memory and national unity. May 24 saw the Redemers statue dedication in Lafayette Square with French and American honors, while Lord Pauncefote’s death drew broad sorrow and reflection at home and abroad.
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Wasnixotom
D. C
Verdare
Moet
Meno
Hoosevelt
McKinley Memorial Obie College of Government
Loughboro Road
Sabarte
Ohio
College
Hurst
Bad Fabiem
Miter
Martiy
Teat al Haat
Ie University
Wiliam McKinley
Washington
America
Arlington
National Society of the Colonial Dames of America
Lafayette Square
United States Marine
Balogh
Count de Rochambees
France
United States
Count de Roehembau
Ce Latayet
Yorktown
Liberty
Lord Pauncefote
A Candle and a Box Trick Demonstrates Air Drafts
A historical snippet describes experiments with a candle and a box to show how air drafts move through two chimneys. A lit candle in one hole rises a sock through the opposite chimney while an outward draft pulls air downward in the other, illustrating how airtight conditions alter airflow and extinguish the flame.
Foreman’s Fire Damages Rail Fence Case Led to Settlement
A Cincinnati, Hamilton and Dayton foreman cleaning the right of way accidentally set fire to a rail fence. The fence owner demanded damages, a claim agent was sent to settle with Kia Danoy, and the section bench noted the rails were burned in two places. The fire caused more rails to be burned than before, leading to a company settlement reported by the Indianapolis News.
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Lote
Cincinnati
Hamilton
Dayton
Falls
Kia Danoy
Reid
Danny
Ianapolis News
Good Mansers and the Gift of Manners
A fragment praises good manners as a difficult but valued gift. It argues that even without genius, practice can surpass natural talent in diplomacy and statesmanship, claiming the adept pursues opportunity and aims for greatness through refined conduct.
The Knock at the Door from a Cleveland Plain Dealer tale
A despairing man harbors a mission to endure pain until a haunting midnight knock prompts him to descend to a frozen alley where he finds a dying child. He shelters the child, dies, and the infant later rises to fame and influence, echoing a charitable transformation within a grim urban fable. The piece ends by noting the origin in the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
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Gert
Earth
Christ
Cbim
Ths
Maelf
Cleveland Plain 1 Dealer
Submarine dory tale from old captain near Passamaquoddy
An elderly mariner, Captain Silas McKenzie, built a two-dory submarine craft near his Passamaquoddy home. He tested paddle wheels and air valves, then, during a second trial, flooding and failed pumps doomed the craft, sending him nearly to the bottom before rescuers saved him. He survived but never rebuilt the submarine boat.
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Silas McKenzie
Capt
Lim
Iater
Ne Sy
Abe
Bay of Fundy
Bost
Dee
Dory
Fellows
A Recent Scene In Court and Domestic Details
A court scene questions a defendant about actions between eight and nine in the morning. The passage lists caregiving tasks and daily chores including feeding two children, dressing, lunches, washing dishes, making beds, sorting laundry, cleaning, sewing on buttons, and errandlike interactions with service providers. The text also references motherhood and a claim about Dr. Fowler's Exirses of Wik Strawberry In the House for bowel complaints.
Estate dispute over Maine property title notes
Fragmented OCR records a legal notice concerning real estate in Hancock County Maine. It references D B Webber as administrator of William Webber and an estate battle involving adjacent parcels in Ellsworth and Eileworts with a decree for payment and possession, mentioning several parties and dates.
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Sumarre
Ellsworth
A. F. Bereer
D. B
Gothen
Wally Wilh
Webber
Nevers
Eileworts
Bascock County
D. &. Webbre
Wiltam Pensely
Fice Ie Elaworts
Hamcock
Cpanty
Maine
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St. Mark’s
St. Mark's
Tingan
Batie
Fifa
England
Weil
Ranber
IBA
Sime
Cole
Tanger
Fred G. Millis
Lewison Journal
Warroosen
Sherif
Wunar
Tate
Treaton
Hancock
Ape Mason
Beni
Eposik
M. Stanley
Booth
Ratoe
Iserse
Jana OF
Seager
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