Remarkable Escapes From Death of Money Kings Within the Past Year
A Wall Street observer notes numerous near fatal incidents among prominent financiers over the past year. The report cites George Gould, Russell Sage, William K. Vanderbilt, Cornelius Vanderbilt, John W. Mackay, C. T. Yerkes, Eddie Gould, George Van derbilt, John Jacob Astor, and a Vanderbilt Jr. casualty, all escaping or suffering narrowly in accidents or violence.
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Wall Street
Windsor Hotel
George Gould
Adirondacks
Russell Sage
Norcross
Mr. Sage
William K. Vanderbilt
Cornelius Vanderbilt
John W. Mackay
California
Rippey
San Francisco
C. T. Yerkes
Chicago
Mackay
John Jacob Astor
New York
Cornelius Vanderbilt, Jr
Newport
New York World
Racing and saddle lore cross paths in era notes
Ed Corrison champions steeplechase visibility while dominos and dobbins tease a future clash. Auction buys, royal saddles, and regal embroidery figures mix with horse lineage, Derby sales, and a 1570 state paper entry on Elizabethan saddle cost.
Bishop of Chahors Executed for Witchcraft in Avignon
In a holed fragment from St. Louis Republic the bishop of Chahors is accused of sorcery against Pope John XII. He is deposed by cardinals and handed to secular authorities who execute him with a gruesome ritual, including skinning and tearing by horses, before burning.
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John XII
Clement V
St. Peter
Chahors
John
College of Cardinals
Avignon
St. Louis Republic
MacMahon reads prince imperial letter after protest
In a Paris council scene Marshal MacMahon, then president of France, interrupts a prosy debate to announce he has a letter from the prince imperial. Ministers urge keeping the letter private but he says he will read it later to them individually, and does.
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Marshal MacMahon
France
Prince Imperial
M. le President
M. MacMahon
Kate Field
Washington
Plush bedstead for Philadelphia millionaire described
A lavish bedstead raised about two feet above the floor is detailed with plush upholstery, a lofty headboard, no visible woodwork, and a cream white satin and gold embroidered spread. The canopy, plush lining, and fringe border complete the opulent bed cited by Good Housekeeping.
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Philadelphia
Rail labor force mirrors world powers in scale and pay
The United States employs 821 400 railroad workers, a force three quarters the size of Germany's army and six times Britain’s. The group is praised as the most intelligent and effective labor element, earning on average twice the wages of comparable workers worldwide. Volume and value highlighted by the Globe-Democrat.
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United States
Germany
Great Britain
The
Sun
Globe-Democrat
Opera prices rise in New York season and London plans
The season sees advance opera prices to five dollars in New York while Mrs. Othello by Fred Leslie heads to London. London’s Society piece Mirza features Nadage Doree at Opera Comique and Beerbohm Tree delays to next season after missing a boat. Several stage figures shift roles or tour as theaters and firms announce changes.
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New York
London
Croisette
Hoyt & Thomas
Tucson
A. T
Mr. Thomas
New York Lyceum Theater
W. J. le Moyne
J. E. Dodson
Kendall Company
Tavary
Odds and Ends from a Mixed Cape Town to Massachusetts Courts
A collection of curious notes: Cape Town’s mixed population, France’s shrinking pool of able-bodied men, common Scottish surnames Smith Macdonald Brown, beauty seen from the left, top law firm pay around 250 000 dollars, US State Department waste burning, a Montreal bride with a canary at her shoulder as the ceremony proceeds, rare Massachusetts capital-case outcomes, German jury rules on verdicts and appeals.
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France
Scotland
Smith
Macdonald
Brown
New York
United States Department of State
Rash Foolhardy Man Reads Out Loud in School
A fragment from a columnist lampoons foolish behavior in a humorous lecture tone. It mentions neighborhood quarrels, salvation on a bargain counter, and the value of avoiding useless acts, ending with a quirky remark about a man reading aloud before a schoolteacher.
Porter Fired Through Misread Order at Astor House
A new porter, cheerful and exact, allegedly fired out a guest after misreading a written command to “Fire No. 40 at 10:30.” The guest was Mr. J. B. Johnson, a railway chairman, who reported a startling intrusion and escape in the Astor House hotel.
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Astor House
J. B. Johnson
Northern Railway
Johnson
Mr. Johnson
Thomas
Nivir
Mercy
No. 40
Mr. Weekly
New York Mercury
Gentleman’s telephone call ends with cook’s sharp warning
A man trying to visit a young lady in a suburb called her home and struggled to be heard. After delays he heard a irritable female voice say she has a pie in the oven, revealing the caller was the cook, not the intended resident.
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Pittsburg Dispatch
Rain Drought Rituals In Japan Invoke Gods For Rain
The Yokohama Letter describes summer droughts in Japan, where rice fields yellow and wells dry. A 200 man procession prays over sun emblems near rivers, then at temples, seeking abundant rain. A night boat with drums paddles the harbor sounding prayers into the darkness.
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Japan
Yokohama
Hat making on a budget at Creighood's
Mrs Swiftly boasts she sews all her hats to save money. She reveals a 25 cent purchase for a hat and 18 dollars for trimming from Creighood's, much to Mr Swiftly's amusement.
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Swiftly
Mr. Swiftly
Mrs. Swiftly
Creighood’s
Chicago
Reading Ads Drive Mrs Guggins to Patent Medicines
A humorous exchange notes Mrs Guggins feeling poorly only to read pine advertisements and seek patent medicines. The Washington Star vignette contrasts public health talk with consumer ads.
What Polly Had Learned
A fragment notes Polly the parrot and a Lady of House returning, describing Polly as lonely and reacting with feverish demand for a stack of something, capturing a moment of domestic scene with an anxious animal.
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Polly
Parrot
First English forks Made in 1608 Cause Ridicule
The first forks in England were produced in 1608. Critics ridiculed their use arguing Englishmen were degenerating when a knife and spoon alone were deemed insufficient for table use.
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England
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Dr. Campbell
Wilson Block
South Side
J. Chester's
B. N. Gantz, M.D
Homeopathic
Haiford’s
Calvin Snook
D. G. Higley
W. Fordyce, M.D
Towa
Risk & Hufstedler’s
R. C. Sayers, D.V.M
Fairfield, Lowa
Gordon's Livery Barn
J. B. Monfort
Harris & Cuddy’s
South Side Square
T. L. James
Goodban, Fulton & Held
I. D
Jones
Jefferson County
Public Square
H.C. Raney
KE. F. Simmons
Raney & Simmons
Bell
Rocery
Northwest Corner Square
Owa
M. A. McCoid
Henry H. Brighton
Southwest Corner Square
Fairfield, Iowa
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Jas. F. WiLson
B.S. McElminny
Park
Parsons College
Ambrose C, Smith
J. F. Crawford
Sanford Zeigler
Lucky Millionaires
Domino
Dobbins
Ed Corrison
Budd Doble
John Dickerson
John Curry
Henry V
Lucky Baldwin
Charles I
James W. Page
Barus
Maxie Cobb
Westmont
White River Junction
Poon
Mahdi
Lori
G. W. Hawkins
Montana
Berlin
MacMahon
the Prince
America’s Army of Railroad Men
Odds and
Cape Town
Montreal
Massachusetts
Castoria
Samuel Pitcher
G. C. Osaoon
Lowell, Mass
J. F. Kixnenerer
Conway, Ark
H. A. Ancugr
M. D
Oxford St
Brooklyn, N. Y
Children’s Department
Boston
Mass
Auien C. Surra, Pres
the Centaur Company
Murray Street
New York City
the Press Claims Company
F Street
Northwest
Washington, D.C, P
John Wedderburn
Helen
Harry
Inter Ocean
Puck
M. M. Brusters
Montgomery
Ala Dean
Murs
Bradfield Regulator Co
Atlanta, GA
U.S
Lunn & CO
Munn & Co
Scientific American
Broadway
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