Bowser Misled by Huckleberry Quest and Family Skepticism
A quarrel over fresh huckleberries drives Samuel Bowser to prove their ripeness in July. He travels to the country with a tin pail, encounters a skeptical farmer and his son, and ends up humiliated after a fruitless search. Mrs. Bowser remains unmoved while Bowser contemplates apology and Truthful John.
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Homer Sprague
Bowser
Mrs. Bowser
John
Mr. Bowser
Alexander the Great
Samuel Bowser
Mr. Botcher
Chicago Man Shot and Killed His Wife
A Chicago man confessed to shooting his wife Jennié Zauberbauer, 47, in their home at 326 W Twentieth Street. The incident occurred early morning hours. authorities report the husband claimed self defense amid ongoing investigations.
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Chicago
Jennié Zauberbauer
Stanly Acitlea
Ted
No Danger Whatever in Rebates Case Hint
An 1880s Harpers Weekly quip recalls a grand jury indicting an heiress’s father for rebate law violations. The heiress smiles, insisting no jail risk exists, claiming the rebates were obtained by an office boy during a brain storm, while her father declares preparedness to prove it.
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Papa
Judga
Bank of France Gold Reserve Stands Largest Worldwide
The Bank of France reports a gold reserve of 86 million dollars, the largest held by any bank globally. A controversial figure described as the most greedy in the formal realm is cited as looming over the situation.
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Bank of France
Recipes From A Home Cooked Menu Section
A long compendium of kitchen guidance lists beef ground round dish prep with butter and brown sauce, currant catsup, London hot cross buns, and assorted desserts and soups. Many items name exact ingredients and steps, including straining currants, mashing bananas, and boiling beans with cream, reflecting a 19th or early 20th century domestic style.
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London
Grafton Cake and Seasonal Recipes Preserve Home Cookery
A collection of kitchen instructions includes making a hazel nut filled cherry centerpiece with homemade mayonnaise and a delicate green tint, plus a Grafton cake method with butter sugar eggs water flour and baking powder. It also offers a cherry sauce for lamb with cherry puree, flour butter water seasoning and lemon juice for serving.
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Grafton
Mrs. Rover
Back to God in Public Schools Debate Rises
In Los Angeles, educators at a national gathering urged restoring belief in God and revealed religion in public schools. The piece argues secular schooling erodes morality and warns of a godless, immoral future unless religious instruction is reintroduced. It notes past denominational strife has lessened and supports renewed emphasis on faith in schools.
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Los Angeles Times
Teachers of America
Los Angeles
France
America
Prohibition Debate Pushes Southern Cities Ahead
A forwarded Georgia issue argues for a state prohibition law and party primaries to nominate prohibition candidates in all wards. The piece calls northern states to heed Southern progress in municipal reform and moral purification, citing Lincoln era Republican strength and the evolving party dynamics.
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Sentinel
Georgian
Atlanta
Georgia
Mason and Dixon
Texas
Kentucky
Tennessee
Indiana
Ohio
Michigan
Ilinois
Fort Wayne
Lincoln
Grant
Garfield
McKinley
Roosevelt
Democratic Party
Government rules loosen on pure food dyes salts and preservatives
Washington reports the food and drug inspection board approved by a joint panel a policy allowing certain salts sugars wood smoke vinegar and other common agents in foods while banning harmful dyes and preservatives. The rule requires label declarations for sulfur dioxide sodium benzoate and benzoic acid, permits some coal tar dyes only with manufacturer tests, and sets post decision prosecution limits pending proof of predate manufacturing.
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Washington, D. C
Secretary of Agriculture
Chicago
Department of Agriculture
Board of Food and Drug Inspection
H. W. Wiley
Frederick L. Dunlap
George P
Board For the Instruction of the Trade
United States
Bureau of Chemistry
Wiley
Panisoh
Cromé
Mark Twain Returns From European Journey
New York reports Mark Twain aboard the Minnetonka after six weeks in England. He appears well and jovial, smoking a fat cigar and joking with reporters while a young girl, Dorothy Quick, sits nearby. Twain recalls King Edward kindly and notes humor travels differently in Britain.
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New York
North River
Mark Twain
England
Windsor
Bobby
Mark
Mississippi
Minnetonka
Dorothy Quick
Plainfield
N. J
Miss Quick
Mr. Clemens
Four bodies found after Michigan farmer slays family
Muskegon July 22 four members of Henry Scutcheon s family, including his wife Polly and son William, are found dead in Nunica after Scutcheon attacks them with an iron bar and an ax before killing himself. Henry Green, 85, also killed. McClellan shoots Scutcheon as he advances. Scutcheon, once prosperous, succumbs to financial and personal troubles.
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Muskegon
Mich
Nunica
Henry Scutcheon
Polly Scutcheon
William Scutcheon
Henry Green
Scutcheon
Henry McClellan
Robert Green
Paris Green
McClellan
Jealous Man Shoots Three in Harrodsburg Tragedy
In Harrodsburg Kentucky on July 22 Bus ter Phillips a 50 year old city workhouse keeper shot his wife four times three bullets hitting her胸 and another through her abdomen He then fired at his sister in law Mrs Kyle Watkins wounding her left side and finally shot Thomas Lillee 18 in the shoulder The motive linked to suspicions of an affair Phillips fled but returned to attack Lillee and his wife Both women are in serious condition
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Mark
England
New York
Big Tim
King Edward
Mr. Clemens
Hamburg
Ascot
Dublin
Minnetonka
Mner
Clemens
London
Brown’s Hotel
Amcident
Harrodsburg
Buster” Phillips
Kyle Watkins
Thomas Lillee
Phillips
Lillee
Watkins
Bartender Kills Man After Ejecting Patron in Farmington
Ray Porter 19 of Tackney Missouri was killed in Farmington when bartender Chauncey Lemasters ejected him. Porter challenged a repeat, Lemasters struck in the neck fracturing the spinal cord. Porter died instantly as Lemasters laughed. Lemasters later jailed at Lewistown for safety.
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Canton
Ill
Ray Porter
Tackney
Farmington
Chauncey Lemasters
Lemasters
Porter
Lewistown
Death of Peru Educator Found in Barn
James W. Stewart, Civil War veteran and longtime Peru public schools teacher, was found dead in his daughter’s barn after neighbors heard a gunshot. Despondent since his wife’s death five years earlier, he had recently been at the National Soldiers' Home in Marion. He left four children, including son Orie Stewart of Indianapolis.
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Peru
Ind
Frank Gallaume
W. E. Hiatt
Mgr
Stewart
National Soldiers’ Home
Marion
Orie Stewart
Indianapolis
Rock Island Strike Order Issued Amid Labor Tensions
Chief Carman Bonmus issues a strike order affecting 400 men seeking overtime work. The directive, part of a broader labor dispute in Rock Island, has seen mixed adherence as the community watches for developments.
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Rock Island, Mh
Carman
Bonmus
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