Mooney Cow raffle leads to Lanaganville brawl arrests
In Lanaganville a raffle for Mrs Mooney's troublesome cow ended in a riot after Isaac Hindlebaum was allegedly attacked by Milesian Roberts and others. Warrants issued for nine inhabitants. six remain at large. Hindlebaum showed bruises and removed teeth as evidence while witnesses described beer aided disorder and a police hearing before Magistrate Lennon.
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Philadelphia Times
Lanazarville
Brophys
Maguires
Mooney
Isaac Hindlebaum
Milesian Roberts
Mr. Hindlebaum
Lennon
Lanaganville
Maguire
Hindlebaum
Mrs. Mooney
Chudge
Tragic Countess of Monaco Ends Life Over Gaming
A German countess living at Villa Clementina in Monaco allegedly ruined herself and her infant daughter through gambling. She killed herself with a razor after a night of high stake roulette, and her child was found strangled. Officials suppress identifying details while rumors link her to a German nobleman husband and a drastic scandal.
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Hunaco
Monaco
Monte Carlo
Clementina
Runior
Casino
Vila Clementina
Dog and Boy Rescue Story From Bennett Hill Well
In Lewiston Maine a dog named Shep was missing after playing with Spot the other dog. Mark Sampson dreamed of two stars at an old dry well and, urged by faith, found Shep at the bottom after four days. Spot had been feeding near the well, and a dogged rescue by George Russell brought Shep to safety.
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Carina Wells
Lewiston
Chase's Mills
Mark Sampson
Shep
Sampson
Spot
Bennett’s Hill
Mark
V. P. Bennett
George Russell
George
Mr. Bennett
Bedridden Bloodgoods face divorce suit in Hahnemann Hospital
In Hahnemann Hospital Ward A and Ward B consumptives Arthur and Mrs Bloodgood clash over a limited divorce. Referee Buel recommended the divorce with $2008 monthly alimony and child custody to Mrs Bloodgood, who may travel to California for life extension if funds are granted. Judge Lawrence will decide on the referee’s report as hospital physician Dr Ward cautions against visitors.
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Hahnemann Hospital
Arthur Bloodgood
Bloodgood
Lawrence
Royal Funeral Of Gannie Jeffery Queen Of The Gypsies
The Gypsy queen Gannie Jeffery died in Greenfield Tennessee on March 10 and was buried in Woodland Cemetery Dayton Ohio. About 1500 Gypsies traveled by wagon for the funeral which featured Christian rites a carved granite monument from Greece and a life size statue planned atop the grave. The ceremony drew a large crowd with emotional farewells and a derrick lifted the stone lid as mourners kissed the coffins.
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Bayton
Gannie Jefers
United States
Greenfield
Tenn
Nashville
Woodland Cemetery
Greece
Thisaty
Tortured Old Man Robbed and Tortured by Thieves Near Milton Pike
John Smith, a miserly bachelor living nine miles from town in a log house, was attacked by two masked men who beat him, looted $20 and a watch, then burned the kitchen floor and tortured him with fire to extract more money. He survived briefly but remains in precarious condition as neighbors search for the culprits.
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Ising Sun
John Smith
Milton turn _pike
Smith
Detective and Pawnshop Case Wins Sympathy Over Sellout
A detective and reporter on Madison Street recount a pawnshop sting involving a stylish young thief from New York. The officer pretended leniency, urged the man to return goods, and offered a warning while arranging a ruse to recover items. The suspect later kept a low profile as his salary rose at a new place.
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Madison Street
Lam
New York
Ime
They Started a Daily
The essay recounts the creation of a humor paper The Hebew by Reobert J. Burdette. Jerry Cochrane and I started it to fill a felt need, faced mounting debt, and brought in Frank Hitchcock the sheriff as partner to turn it into money before winding up with passes to Cincinnati and Burlington as the only remaining assets.
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Reobert
J. Burdette
Jerry Cochrane
Jerry
Frank Hitchcock
Cincinnati
Burlington
Beck's Bad Boy to Sick in Peck's Sun tale
In a Peck's Sun excerpt the sick young man known as the bad boy lies in bed pale and weak. A groceryman visits, jokes with him, and applies a mustard plaster while the youth quips that the plaster may stave off pneumonia. The scene mixes humor with illness.
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Beck
Peck
Hennery
Henry
Exploding a Georgia Chicken Swims After River Rescue
A Georgia chicken reportedly defied a hawk and swam a river after being dropped by a shooter. Marshal Pittman witnessed the scene as villagers, astonished, watched the drenched fowl return to shore and resume life as the yard’s pet.
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Georgia
Franklin Ga
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