Brother of Mrs McKinley Shot Dead in Canton
George D Saxton brother of Mrs William McKinley was shot five times outside Eva Althouse widow of George Althouse near Lincoln Ave Canton Ohio. Ann C George arrested on suspicion of murder as investigations reveal Saxton had a key to the Althouse residence and a recent civil suit with the Georges.
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Canton, O
George D. Saxton
William McKinley
Eva B. Althouse
George Althouse
Lincoln Avenue
Ann C. George
Saxton
Althouse
George
Sample C. George
Dakota
State Supreme Court
Mrs. George
Canton
S. McKinley
McKinley
Anna C. George
George Saxton
Springfield
Mysterious Passenger Reveals Louis Philippe Duc D Orleans
The 1796 voyage tale tells Captain Ewing of a Dane passenger who reveals his true identity Louis Philippe, duc d Orleans, eldest son of the king slain by the guillotine on November 7. The captain misreads him as a gambler, while the noble passenger sees trust in the captain.
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America
Hamburg
Captain Ewing
Louis Philippe, Duc d'Orleans
Louis Philippe d’Orleans
No Gentlemen Admitted Without a Lady Scam
A gullible crowd in a small country town was lured by posters for a sacred concert and free tickets bearing the rule No Gentleman Admitted Unless Accompanied by a Lady. Ticket takers redirected patrons to the gallery and forced payment to avoid embarrassment, filling the theater.
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London
A Tart Old Lady in Court Bouts Bonnet Rule
A tale from Indiana years ago features a plainspoken old woman in a large poke bonnet. She answers distinctly as the judge asks her to speak up. The judge jokes about her bonnet and invites her to sit on the bench. She responds with wit and a curt remark about there being enough old women already.
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Indiana
Mark Twain Prefers Pyjamas to Clothing in Daily Life
The Ladies' Home Journal notes Mark Twain's strong dislike of clothes. He eats breakfast, hosts friends, and works in his pyjamas and writes lying on his stomach in them. He travels in sleeping clothes and only changes for appearances. He enjoys long walks in his nightwear, claiming it suits him best.
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Mark Twain
Wild fruit growth in Costa Rica noted
Report highlights oranges, limes, bananas and cocoa nuts growing wild in Costa Rica. Observers describe robust natural spread, suggesting potential implications for local ecosystems and agriculture.
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Costa Rica
Tramp Tickets Doomed in Lucerne Cantons Bordering Lake
Swiss cantons around Lake Lucerne eject vagrants by issuing tickets to cross the lake to another canton. Lyman J. Gage travels to Denver with his wife. A Labrador steamer Leopold is feared lost near St Johns North Dakota with crew and passengers. Wisconsin bankers hold sixth annual session in Milwaukee. Senator Spooner to open Republican campaign in Wisconsin with a Milwaukee speech. One dollar loaned for 100 years at 6 percent compounds to 540 dollars.
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Lake of Lucerne
Lyman J. Gage
Treasury
Denver
St. Johns
Leopold
Wisconsin Bankers’ Association
Milwaukee
Spooner
Wisconsin
Tobacco warehouse fire at Clarksville destroys thousands of hogsheads
A blaze in the Mill & Turmsey tobacco warehouse in Clarksville Tennessee consumed about 4500 hogsheads of tobacco and damaged the building, with total losses near 500000 dollars. Other brief items note Adelina Patti denying betrothal rumors and a deadly accident in Viroqua Wisconsin. The Long Exposition at Trans Mississippi and a Lowell Indiana business district fire are also mentioned.
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Clarksville
Tenn
Mill & Turmsey
Adelina Patti
Jocelyn Persse
Ole Gauper
Viroqua
Wis
Pennsylvania
Chicago
Rita McDonald
Nettie Berg
Lowell
Ind
Brooklyn Supreme Court rules transfer tickets must be honored
The Brooklyn court held surface railroads must accept transfer tickets even after the stated time if a passenger could not find a seat before expiry. The ruling affects travelers who cannot complete their journeys due to no available car seating.
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Supreme Court
Brooklyn
Jeffreys
Hillsboro
Louis Ball
Washington Court House
Budd
California
Cordelia Botkin
John P. Dunning
Joshua P. Deane
Third
Illinois
Sixth
Fort Monroe
Porto Rico
Fortune Hunter wrecked in Golovin bay Alaska
A schooner with Chicago gold seekers found wrecked in Golovin bay. Sailor Sterling Marton is believed drowned. The incident adds to a spate of misfortune for Chicago residents at sea this week.
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Chicago
Golovin Bay
Alaska
Sterling Marton
Phoebe Clark Crilley
New York
Wichita
Kas
United States
Secret Service
San Francisco
Thomas F. Bayard
Margaret J. Evans
Minnesota
American Board of Foreign Missions
Frank Hoffman
Commodore N. L. Weatherby
Troy
Yellow fever rages in Mississippi with rising cases
Statewide outbreak worsens with Harrison in Jefferson county reporting nineteen new cases, Harrisburg Perry county at fourteen, and Jackson seeing rapid infection marked by yellow flags. In Jackson North Jackson remains partly clear but has suspected cases under watch. Minnie Gordon and Ed Herbert added to Capitol street cases yesterday.
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Jackson
Miss
Mississippi
Harrison
Jefferson County
Harrisburg
Perry County
Capitol Street
Minnie Gordon
Ed Herbert
Knight Templars Conclave Draws Large Pittsburgh Crowd
In Pittsburg on October 11 the Knight Templars conclave opened with nearly 500000 electric lights illuminating the city. About 50000 pilgrims gathered last night, with most expected commanderies represented and in attendance.
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Pittsburg
Knight Templars
President McKinley orders Col. Andel restored to duty
A telegram from the President ordered Col. Andel of the Fourth Infantry restored to full rank and duty, overturning the Andel court martial findings. The message came to corps headquarters in Jacksonville Florida on October 0.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Il Corps
McKinley
Andel
Col
Fourth Infantry
Berry Renominated by Acclamation in Sixth Kentucky
Monday reports Colonel A S Berry renominated by acclamation by the Democrats as the representative from Kentucky's Sixth District. Fire in Atlantic City destroys twenty buildings and exceeds one hundred thousand dollars in losses. London wedding joins Lady Lillian Maud Churchill to Cecil Alfred Grenfell on Saturday. Paris labor situation shows signs of improvement as some strikers resume work. Panama Canal interests near offer to sell to the U S government. Dallas County Texas enacts quarantine against Mississippi and Alabama. The Russian imperial yacht Pole Star with the czar aboard arrives in Copenhagen.
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A. S. Berry
Kentucky
Atlantic City
N. J
Lillian Maud Churchill
Duke of Marlborough
London
Cecil Alfred Grenfell
Paris
Panama Canal
Dallas County
Tex
Mississippi
Alabama
Copenhagen
Choctaw and Chickasaw nations appoint trustees
Lemuel C. Burris and Napoleon Bains worth both Indians of Indian Territory named coal and asphalt trustees for the Choctaw and Chickasaw nations. The New York Times lowers its price to one cent a copy as panic grips Phillips Mississippi where a church was burned.
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Lemuel C. Burris
Napoleon Bainsworth
Indian Territory
New York Times
Phillips
Miss
Manila
San Francisco
Fifty-first
Iowa
Alfred Murray
Company H
Wisconsin
Brodhead
Wis
Commissioner Jones
Joseph Corcoran
Carlyle
Ills
Leila Shade
Rock County
The Tree of Tibet and the Heaviest Metal Osmium
A Tibet tale recounts the so called tree of a thousand images proved fake after a lama stamped leaves with sacred symbols. The article also notes osmium as the heaviest metal with high density and remarkable nonmagnetic properties used in alloys and bearings.
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Tibet
Pere Huc
Buddha
Lipnsar
Smithson Tennant
Joly
Moissan
Popular Science Monthly
Hard up men fail fourpence test at London shelter
At Medland hall the London Congregational Union Free Shelter tested 300 homeless men to prove their penniless state. Sixpence offered for any man with under fourpence drew only five volunteers. 295 of the 300 had less than fourpence, showing many were genuinely hard up.
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London Congregational Union
Medland Hall
London
Edward Wilson Gates
Union
Mr. Gates
Goldsmiths Generosity In Public Tales Of Kindness
A recount of Oliver Goldsmith giving alms to a beggar and misdirected charity to a woman feared to spend it on liquor. Later he settled a tailor’s £40 debt but shared the money with a friend in distress, justifying the act as humane and unavoidable.
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Goldsmith
Oliver Goldsmith
Fleet Street
Careless Smoking Sparks Office Fire Risk
Mr Addemup admonishes bookkeeper for lighting a match in the office waste basket. Papers catch fire, warning of a potential big blaze. bookkeeper promises to have the wastebasket emptied and the office boy to monitor it.
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Addemup
A Boy’s Recollections of the Great Chicago Fire
Charles F. W. Mieglatz recalls a vivid moment of the Chicago Fire on Wells Street in a St Nicholas piece. He describes flames leaping from a boot and shoe shop to a hat factory where boots and hats were hurled into the street and into a tar kettle and barrel in a dramatic display of destruction.
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Charles F. W. Mieglatz
Chicago
St. Nicholas
Mr. Mieglatz
Wells Street
Washington and
Randolph
Lake Streets
Wells and
Our Immense Railway System
The United States railway system shows 36000 locomotives and 26000 passenger cars with 8000 mail and baggage cars and 1250000 freight cars. A passenger train weighs about 184 tons while freight trains can reach 550 tons. Passenger cars cost 4000 to 5000 dollars and sleeping cars 10000 to 20000 dollars. The system reflects a generation of growth and may fade in wonder over time.
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United States
New York Tribune
Swiss Funeral Customs and Mourning Urn Traditions
The passage describes Swiss funeral practices with formal black edged notices seeking sympathy and the display of a mourning urn. A small black table with a black cloth and jar is placed at the death site for visitors to drop black margined sympathy cards. Only men attend the churchyard, following the hearse on foot.
Scots Candidate Receives Huge Thistle Gift
In a New Zealand town a municipal candidate, a pronounced Scotsman, received a large Scotch thistle placed on his committee room table. A friend, entering, quipped I beg your pardon I did not know you were at luncheon.
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New Zealand
San Francisco
Two Ways of Putting It in a Chicago Tribune remark
The exchange between Mr. Neggschoice and Mrs. Neggs choice features wit about clothing meant for the first husband. Miranda is mentioned as the observer while Cyrus notes the fit as a humorous mismatch of identity and attire in a syndicated Chicago Tribune vibe.
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Miranda
Mr. Neggschoice
Cyrus
Mrs. Neggschoice
Chicago Tribune
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Col. Andel
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WM. Ayres & Sons
Philadelphia
Tree OF
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Fairfield
B. N. Gantz, M.D
Harrison & Ball’s
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D. G. Higley
W. Fordyce, M.D
Risk & Hufstedier’s
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Court Street
R. C. Sayers, D.V.M
Gordon’s Livery Barn
E. G. Grove, M.D
Monfort Building
Savings Bank
Presbyterian Church
Frank Fourt
South Side Drug Store
J. B. Monfort
First National Bank
South Side Square
T. L. James
Fairfield, Iowa
Meld & Kerrick
E. R. Smith
North Side Park
M. A. McCoid
Southeast Corner Park
Postoffice
H. C. Raney
E. F. Simmons
Raney & Simmons
Bell
Rocery
Northwest Corner Square
Owa
B. 8. McElhinny
John A. Spielman
Frank Licut
Park, & and Exchange
Parsons College
Daniel E. Jenkins
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