Anarchists Riot at Cooper Union Meeting in New York
Police halted a labor meeting at Cooper Union after Anarchists led by Berkman clashed with officers. A young woman "Mary Stith" and Emma Goldman were involved, with Berkman dragged from the hall and jailed while crowds protested and red flags surfaced amid the unrest.
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Alexander Berkman
Henry C Frick
Homestead
Pennsylvania
Mary Stith
Berkman
Emma Goldman
Reds
Grand Central Psince
Win Haywood
Steunenberg
Idaho
and Brotherhood Welfare Association
J. Eads How
St. Louis
Brotherhood Welfare Association
Union Square
Drowning of Swimmer on City of Providences Deck
Report of a swimming incident near Alten where James Weegen, 27, an experienced swimmer and son of Alexander Weener, disappeared after being sucked under the steamer City of Providences wake. Four boys racing nearby fled as paddles churned, and Weegen’s body was recovered hours later by fishermen while companions were rescued or vanished in the wake.
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Lee Mahler
Emil Fitgrerold
Henry Elseen
Vahter
Lotier
Despondent woman shoots self in Louisville area
Despondent over years of woes, Thos. B. Warren of 4379 Pelmar avenue, sister of Fdresrd J. Nally, vice president and GM of Postal Telegraph Co, daughter of a Louisville family, shoots herself Monday night. bullet fl its left breast and she dies soon after. Detected in San Francisco and East St. Louis reports include capital punishment and frontier violence.
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Pelmar Avenue
J. Nally
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Louisville
Texas clergyman praises Dean's Kidney Pills for kidney trouble
Rev. G. M. Gray of Whitesboro Texas testifies he suffered four years with ery mis ery and lumbago until Dean's Kidney Pills relieved all pain after a short trial. He reluctantly allows public use of his name so others may benefit. Sold by dealers at 50 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
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Tex
Dean
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
An Optical Illusion Seen as a Man in the Moon
The speaker notes a striking optical illusion claiming to see a man in the moon, praising the vision as distinctly clear and describing the imagined figure as exceedingly plain.
Cuticura Cures and Christmas Cherry Lesson Go On
Newspaper clippings recount eczema cures attributed to Cuticura remedies including a brother and a child where the disease vanished after treatment. A Scottish wife and husband discuss burial costs and small-town prudence in Aberdeen. A Plumstead churchyard note recalls Master James Darling and a cherry season warning from a gravestone.
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Coldwater
Mich
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Plunstead
Bloomfield
Shooter's Hill
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Mother and Child Nutrition with Grape-Nuts
A mother credits Grape-Nuts for restoring her health and nourishing her baby. She says after illness she could not nurse until she started the cereal, and reports both she and her infant improved. The product is described as made from whole wheat and barley with phosphate fostering brain and nerve development.
Pointer by the pickpocket
A saloon encounter shows a skilled thief warning a man with a diamond stud. The pickpocket loosens the screw with a rubber band so the stone can only be taken by biting it off, illustrating a clever method to defeat security.
Lawyer Strands in Berks County Farmhouse Query
A New York lawyer, traveling for a large coal firm, stops at a Berks county farmhouse to ask for directions to the next village. A German woman answers in a rural accent and vague terms, leaving him unsure of the exact distance.
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Nat
Wall Street
Timid Pard D do es poetry goes around here
A fragmented note mentions timid pard do es poetry circulating locally with others dismissed as they were submitted and then discarded. The text suggests scattered phrases and a dismissed submission.
Critical Eye for Babies Reflects Doll Obsessed Five Year Old
A five year old girl, child of a man named eiyn, studies a newborn with a critic’s eye. The nurse asks if the baby is nice. the girl affirms it is nice but notes its head is the best part. The excerpt, cited from Lippincott's. Peonies valued as medicine, Paeon naming, the plant linked to cures and historic use.
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Astoria
Bateman
Godfrey
Hall
Journal of Health
Hale Catarrh Cure Promoted As Blood Remedy
An advertisement touts Hall's Catarrh Cure as a blood and mucous surface treatment with internal remedies. It claims a physician endorsement, asserts no quack medicine, and lists J Cheney & Co Toledo as manufacturers with a 75 cent price. A separate church notice reports a chime subscription drive ending with a parishioner joke about a whistle being cheaper.
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J. Cheney & CO
Prom
Toledo
Hare Family
No Automobiles There in Whitsett Courier Cartoon
A Whitsett Courier item jokes that no automobiles are on heaven’s golden streets yet many get chances to walk them. A tale describes a spooked mule causing chaos at town hall, clock damage, and the mayor being knocked down as it enters the doorway and retreats.
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Craeburn
Aberdeen
Crueburn
Heaven
The
Whitsett Courier
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