Reading girl channels spirit of Balloonist Donaldson
A Reading Pa medium girl in a spirit circle describes meeting Professor Donaldson in the afterlife. She recounts his fatal Chicago balloon voyage, surviving near death, and asks families to remember him while asserting she saw him alive in spirit. The tale ends with a cautious claim of Donaldson’s desire to clear up his death mystery.
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Philadelphia
Reading
Abe
Profewor Donaldson
Dront
Chisago
Wahoo Giage
Shy
Din
Hire
Tlefti
Donaldson
Professor Donaldson
Chicago
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Tragic Glascock Family Slaying Shocks Fauquier County
A Virginia family massacre ends in murder suicide. John Glascock shoots his wife and three children and then dies by his own revolver. neighbors and a hired man uncover the grisly scene as the county mourns. No motive is proven though theories point to finances or jealousy. The family burial occurs near Middleburg, Virginia.
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Fauquier County
John Glacock
Sir
Derer
Thomas” Glaskock
Virginia
John
Frobesom
Mquor and Fondlow Company
Elatod
Frazier
Loudun County
Tobhim Glascock
Glascock
Glascack
California Ducks From the Pacific Coast Storm Trap
Quin Fletcher, venturing after a snowstorm, hunted ducks near Hot Springs in the valley. He found a large spring hole beneath a snow shelf where thirty eight mallards were imprisoned by wind drift. The birds would have starved if not discovered.
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Pacific Coast
Mierma Valley
Quin Fletcher
Woetcher
Fornia
Fletcher
Seashore Romance and Engagement Talks in Washington
In a lively society note from Wakkington Cor New York Journal, Allan Armatrip and Miss Katie Beach face family approval and public interest as their engagement unfolds. Allan, a junior in college, grapples with studies and a possible wedding before his father’s term ends, while Miss Beach’s family, led by Brigadier General Beach’s memory, weighs conditions for the match. The piece sketches social maneuvering, a seaside courtship at Narragansett Pier, and a cast of relatives, with wry emphasis on youth, romance, and the era’s high society expectations.
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Wakkington Cor
New York Journal
Moshia
Washington
Sotiety Thant
Ailan
Owe
Gene Society
Anther
Arthur
Yellowstone
College
Long Branch
Narragansett “Pier
Narragansett Pier
Ole Miss Beach
Allan
Koide
Princeton
Miss Beach
Alisa
Mr. Arthur
Katie
Maud Crowley
Tus Beach
Beach
Agnes Beach
New York State
Farragut Square
Unclear historical scene with gambling and war service tale
Fragmentary report recalls a Louisville dealer scene and a man who enlisted after losses at Mon- t icello, then shifts to a Northern Pacific lumber fire loss and levee danger from Baton Rouge to Vicksburg, noting insurance and public alarm.
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Minstarori
Nelson
Imurber
Northern Pacific Company
Seals Shot and Slaughtered Along Staten Island Shore
Two five foot seals lay on ice near Scoth Beach Clifton Staten Island when Rollinsons fired from a boat. One seal killed others fled as a second group used a lariat and failed capture. A third seal near Tompkinsville Basin was killed by a cod fishing crew using boat hooks.
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San
Scoth Beach
Clifton
Staten Island
Rollinson
Stapleton
Tompkinsville
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