The Chase for Titles in France Aimed at Heiresses
The piece notes Americans in Paris paying for fake titles as the aristocracy expands in republican France. It cites the Almanach de Gotha as listing authentic titles and mentions a well known American marriage broker profiting from such schemes. A Corsican noble titled Lecca is described as the Knight of the Sorrowful Visage and a poet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Duc de Montmorency
Count de Chateaubriand
Prince de Lecca
Colonnas
Men Who Think and the Power of Thought
A short inspirational piece argues for daily thinking to avoid costly mistakes. It compares the brain to a muscle requiring exercise, urges concentration and mental cultivation, and asserts thinking leads to success and greater possibilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
New York Weekly
Editorial defends women by lampooning catfish men
An editorial writer in the Washington Post counters the claim that all women are cats by noting catfish men frequently critique their own sex. The piece argues that envy malice and uncharitableness show that the so called stronger sex is not immune to flaws.
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Washington Post
How Banknotes Are Cancelled and Destroyed
When Bank of England notes are returned they are canceled by tearing off the chief cashier's signature. The notes are pricked off in the register, sorted by issue date, and stored in vault boxes. After five years they are burned in a furnace in a courtyard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bank of England
Paris hears Germany may buy the Philippines
A fragmentary news note discusses potential German purchase of the Philippines, a wry Paris stance on industry, and a bleak joke about a Brooklyn man killed by laughter. It mentions a New York social agency and Mrs Hetty Green inquiring about illiquid assets.
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Paris
Germany
Hetty Green
New York City
Chaos at Union Square Bombing Echoes Haymarket Tragedy
A bomb attempt at Captain Reillys squad in Union Square injures a bystander and four policemen, killing one companion. The bomber Selig Silverstein and ally Ignatz Hillebrand are identified. both linked to radical Chicago figure Robert Hunter. Seven suspects arrested, six Russians and one American, held on riot charges.
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New York
Haymarket
Chicago
Union Square
Reilly
Heseleo
Clark Street
Broadway
Brooklyn
Russia
United States
Cohen
Park Street
Goldstein
Eldridge Street
Hroome Street
Manhattan
Selig Silverstein
Beaver
Silverstein
Hillebrand
Robert Hunter
Berkman-Goldman
Berkman
Bellevue Hospital
Robbers' heads blown off in bank explosion
In Gentry Arkansas early Thursday a robber was killed when a dynamite blast aimed at blowing open a Farners bank safe exploded, leaving his body near the safe. Nearby in Danville Illinois two men robbed the Danville Water Company office at gunpoint and took ten dollars from the safe.
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Gentry
Ark
Farners’ Bank
Springtown
Danville
Bank of
Chrisman
Danville Water Company
Byers
Severe Michigan storm spares life but damages farms near Jackson
A Friday storm in Michigan produced a tornado near Jackson causing extensive farm property damage around Blackman and Woodville with no reported fatalities. A late night blizzard hit the upper peninsula as part of the same system, following a severe southern storm.
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Michigan
Detroit
Mich
Jackson
Upper Peninsula
Blackman
Woodville
Bank of Commerce Reopens With Major Cash Reserve
Kansas City National Bank of Commerce reopened Monday after restoring its credits with six million dollars in cash and exchange. It will pay a deposit account of twelve million, under the supervision of financiers of national prominence.
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Bank of Commerce
Kansas City
National Bank of Commerce
Col M. C. Langhorne Dies in Lynchburg Virginia
Col Maurice 8 Langhorne is reported dead in Lynchburg Virginia. The notice provides minimal details but confirms the colonel’s passing and city of death.
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M. BS. Langhorne
Lynchburg, Va
Maurice
Berlin Accepts Hill as Berlin Ambassador Nominee
Berlin and Emperor William affirm Mr Hill may now be received as American ambassador to Berlin. The German foreign office states that doubts about Mr Hill’s suitability are resolved and that Mr Tower remains loyal to both governments during the Hill affair.
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Berlin
William
Roosevelt
Dr. Hill
Germany
Charlemagne Tower
Associated Press
Hill
Tower
Express Messenger Slain on Santa Fe Train
Express messenger O. A. Bailey of Kansas City for Wells Fargo Express was murdered on Santa Fe train No. 115 between Florence and Newton early Sunday. The crime aimed at robbery. both safes were rifled and at least $1,000 in cash and jewelry were taken. Full amount unclear.
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Newton
Kan
O. A. Bailey
Kansas City
Wells-Fargo Express Company
Santa Fe
Florence
Korean's Bullet Fatal to San Francisco Official
San Francisco official W Stevens who advised the Seoul government died after being shot Monday by a Korean. Doctors reported a bullet traversed the intestines. an operation failed. The shooter blamed Stevens for Japan's Korea protectorate.
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San Francisco
Durham W. Stevens
Stevens
Japan
Korea
Seoul
Gen Horne Acquitted In Groves Murder Case
Gen R C Horne was acquitted of murdering H J Groves editor of the Kansas City Post by a criminal court jury. The verdict held him insane at the time of the shooting and unable to stand trial, and ordered commitment to an asylum.
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Gen. Horne
Kansas City
R. C. Horne
H. J. Groves
Kansas City Post
Groves
Two Killed in Rail Collision at JZ Tower
In Hornell New York a westbound Wells Fargo express and an eastbound freight collided early Friday at JZ tower. Two men died and five were injured in the Erie railroad wreck.
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Hornell
N. Y
Wells, Fargo
Erie Railroad
Earthquake Ravages Mexico City Region Injures Many
A severe quake devastates Chilpancingo and Chilapa with 200 to 300 deaths in Chilapa and widespread damage across the republic. In City of Mexico two hundred houses collapse and panic grips residents as officials understate casualty figures.
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City
Mexico
Mexican Republic
Chilpancingo
Chilapa
Conception
Tetiiilla
Coatepec
Hotel Leland in Flames Shocks Springfield
The Leland Hotel a political hub for 30 years burned on Thursday causing about 75000 dollars in loss to the Wiggins estate. Delegates at the nearby Republican state convention escaped without injury as flames threatened the Springfield Journal building next door.
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Springfield
Springfield Journal
Vaudeville Actor Kills Co Traveler Then Ends Life
In St Paul Minnesota William Trainor shot and killed actress Mrs William Pryor in their Clarendon hotel apartment then died by suicide. Coroner reports Trainor from West Union Ohio about 30 years old with a Reno brother. Pryor age about 25.
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St. Paul, Minn
Wiliam W. Trainor
William Pryor
Clarendon Hotel
Bear in Cabin Bears Four Prospectors in Bitter Root
Four prospectors in Idaho's Bitter Root shelter in a one room log cabin during deep January snow. A bear burst in, knocked down guns, devoured lard and bacon, then muzzled with a lard can as the men laughed and secured the door.
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Bitter Root
Idaho
Brain
Banker Robbed of 5000 in Lincoln Payroll Heist
Frank Freezer president of a Lincoln bank and owner of Lincoln Mining company was held up by three highwaymen on Wednesday at three o clock in Lincoln. They robbed the monthly payroll of 5000. two suspects were captured while a third fled with the money after a running clash with officers.
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Peoria
Frank Freezer
Lincoln (Ill
Lincoln Mining Company
Lincoln
Double Crime by Rejected Lover in Wellsville
In Wellsville Ohio on Sunday George Snowden of Steubenville fatally shot Mrs. Spires wife of Constable William Spires after she refused to elope with him. Snowden then killed himself. he died instantly.
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Wellsville
Spires
William Spires
George Snowden
Steubenville
Snowden
Korea to Aid Stevens Family Donation Motive Highlighted
Tokyo reports the Korean cabinet approved a 50 000 yen donation to the family of Durham W Stevens who was killed in San Francisco by a zealot. The decision reflects a gesture of support from Korea amid the tragedy.
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Korea
Stevens
Tokyo
Durham W
San Francisco
Rides in a Hearse by a philosophic minister
The Rev. Charles James Palmer of Lanesboro Massachusetts officiated at Elihu Ingrahams funeral on a cold day. After the hearse sat idle he walked six miles to the parish house and rode back in the hearse saying the ride was warm and cozy.
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Charles James Palmer
Lanesboro
Mass
Elihu Ingraham
Palmer
Berkshire
Harvard
Ingraham
Mr. Palmer
Oldest Newspaper Believed Found At Heidelberg
A 1609 brochure br de clares the journal has been published for several years. The 1609 collection of 115 leaves lacks only No 34 and contains weekly letters from 17 cities including Frankfort Amsterdam Brussels The Hague Lyons Rome Venice Vienna and Prague.
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University of Heidelberg
Johann Carolus
Frankfort
Amsterdam
Brussels
The
Hague
Lyons
Rome
Venice
Vienna
Prague
The Rise of Home Remedies to Patent Medicines
The article traces home-made remedies evolving into the patent medicine business. It notes popular formulas passed house to house, then commercialized by doctors who expanded production and advertised in almanacs. Peruna, linked to Mennonite origin Dr Hartman, grew from a local remedy to a widely sold product.
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Pennsylvania
Hartman
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Hotel Leland
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W. W. Trainor
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