Harrowing account of a man named James Watts
James Watts relates to Captain George Burton aboard the British Dsiice a life of danger and prize hunting in Cornwall and South Africa. He recalls hanging experiences and escapes from gallows after a string of murders, trials, and prison terms, ending with a move to the diamond fields and a perilous return to England. Watts speaks of brushes with the law, Dutch and Gretchen, and a dreamlike near-death while imprisoned.
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James Watts
George Burton
British Dsiice
Falmouth
Cornwall
Hind
Engand
Cape of Good Hope
Faas
Gretchen
Cape Town
England
Remarkable Career of an ex Convict Who Has Grown Rich
Wayne county Pennsylvania features a notorious former convict named George Avery. Born in 1849 he faced murder charges in 1870 but was acquitted. He later served prison terms for burglary forgery and other offenses while rebuilding his life as a lawyer in several states. By 1882 he reportedly prospered in mining and bonds living under an assumed name and planning a political future.
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Wayne County
George Oichery
Avery
John Haynes
Rowlands
Pike County
Milford
Avery Sereed
Dad
Offial
Ioe
Rowands
Oi City
Western Penitentiary
Jin Jove
Hle
Chim Tepe
Lazerne County
Eastern
Far West
Chicago
Ile
United States
Honesdale
Cremation gain sparks from New York dispatch
A New York Dispatch special reports the death of Dr. Charles E Blumenthal of Philadelphia then mentions incineration plans in Washington Pa and Chicago. It notes embalmed bodies are refused and a Le Moyne furnace trustee may accept the body to be cremated in a suitable box. The piece discusses opening more furnaces along a rail corridor and predicts strong interest in cremation.
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New York
Charles E. Blumenthal
Philadelphia
Washington
Tarding
le Moyne
Charles FE. Bhumenthal
Chicago
Slarding
Harding
LeMoyne
Washington, Pa
Pittsburg
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Colorado
Fogland
Lance of Accountanie We
Mequembourg
Willley Solid
Anime
Wiliams
Broker
Center Street
Denkirk
Y. Y
Fay
Ponts
Pond
Poad
Creaoure
Balpinetas
Wepa
Pomp's ““ Tract CO
Yal, P. Montior
M. van Develde
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Phird-st
Ball's
Ellis
Obelis
Ieg
Perry
Boston
Steuss & Fmmen
Ells
Spavin Cure CO
Sudbeery Street
Mess
Fourth Avenue
Parker
Hiscox & Chemists
Balyun
the City Drug Store
H. P. Monroe
Farmer and Observer Publishing Company
Buffalo
Milton H. Smith
Rochester
Robert Sneider
Masonic
ODD Fellows
K. of P
Good Templars Firemen’s
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Salos
Schumacher & Ettlinger
Speer
Bemng
Speers
Igs Purit
P. J. Sherry
S P. J. Brandy
Alfred
Lyon Bros
Wills, Richardson &O
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St. Louis
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