A Danish N Orleans Benefactor Lived In A Quiet Parlor
In Rainyart near Union and Frenchmen streets, Mr Peter M Peterson a 70 year old Denmark native and longtime New Orleans resident is featured. A former third district labor master he devoted the last years to healing arts, sawed by a private, unrecorded remedy collection and a towering tomb he built itself. He lives alone, prepares for death with a coffin and grave clothes, and treats patients from across the city and state in a parlor now filled with bottles and cures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter M. Peterson
Denmark
New Orleans
Walker, Hebert and
Wickhitse
Larbor
Thomas Overton Moore
Earth
Metairie
Peterson
Brazil
Fallen NAC nate and Marine Bank President Revealed
A gossipy profile questions the Marine Bank president James I Fish. It recalls his humble ship stores start, then banking rise, and later scandalous theater outings with actresses at Niblo's Garden. The piece paints him as a steady前 moneyed figure turned high society entertainment participant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Marine Bank
Wall Street
No. 16
South Street
Nible’s
Tarry Palmer
Poisoned candy scare at Mrs Allen’s New York home
A brown paper wrapped box addressed to Mrs H A Allen of 1534 Park Avenue New York held a tin box of crystallized fruit laced with arsenic. The fruit was found to be impregnated with Paris green, enough to kill twenty people. Police and private investigators pursue the would-be poisoner as Mrs Allen, 65, and her family remain under guard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moritus Journal
St Parkav, Allen, Talmagh & J Len
Dev Lirundway
New York
Allen Mansion
H. A. Allen
Park Avenue
New York City
Allen
Journal
Therce Battle for Life at East Pass
A ten foot man-eater shark and a seven foot alligator fought near Pilot Cove. The shark feinted, then charged and struck. After a burst of churning phosphorescent water the shark twisted, bit the alligator and partially swallowed its foe, leaving one half of the gator to vanish down the shark’s cavernous throat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
iAppalachicon Tribune
East Pass
Pilot Cove
Irregular Assault and Court Martial Over Guard Theft
A citizen claims two assailants robbed him of valuables and staged a suicide scene to frame the guards. Guardsmen reportedly released him after he yielded his valuables. a court martial gave lenient punishment amid bribery charges against the complainant. A printed narrative accuses the court and political bias influencing the case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geyerment
Ranaor
Tridan
Darcy Stein
Tale
Bogirk
Justine
Enirire Mls
Heroic Rescue as Workman Is Dragged by a Safe
Ernest Sanger, a fellow workman, fell from a window sill while the pulley raised a heavy safe. His hand caught in the rope and was drawn into the block. Colleagues cut the ropes, saving him as the safe dropped, smashing a sidewalk flagstone but causing no further injuries to the man.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest Sanger
Banger
Sanger
Western Phenomenon: Nickel In Duck Egg Yolk Discovered
Mr D E Meeker of 205 Eleventh street found a five cent nickel embedded in the yolk of a duck egg he cracked for breakfast. The egg came from four dozen brought by a local relative near Argo. The find challenges science and raises questions about how the coin entered the egg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. E. Meeker
No. 205
Eleventh Street
Mr. Meeker
Meeker
Colorado
Cherry Creek
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M. O. Vines Diocraty
Times-Demeocratis
John
Cran
Ward
Fishy Seney
Jon Co. Ens
Youn
Ry Uldy
Buat Ciass
Py Utoc
Enos
Second National Bank
Hhis Yeah
Tte Figeniin
Fifth Avenue Hotel
Mr. Eno
Amos SK. Eno
Young Eno
Fightone
T. Enos
Eno
Lim
Amos
Nigwarar
Arphive
James I. Fish
Tlaxcala
Rhode Island
Mexico
Arsenio IN
Wer
Dustard
MSV
Stad Paes Dia
Gita
Charias v Iy
Aiaensk Cabinestey
Denver News
Cincinnati
Pitteburgh Bank
Deas
Penn
Pittaburgh
God
F. D. Matteson & CO
Lion Street
Dunkirk, N. Y
M. Loeb
Third Street
W.G. Alling & Co’s
G. Alling & CO
Lion Street Hardware
Oakley
R. Cakley
Aadhive
West
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