Boldest Bandit Yet Robs Eleven Stage Coaches Near Yellowstone
Putte Mont Aug 25 A masked highwayman robs eleven Yellowstone park stage coaches at a bend near Old Faithful. He collects more than 2000 in cash drafts totaling 10000 and valuables before fleeing on a horse from the transportation company. Soldiers dispatched from Fort Yellowstone pursue within minutes as alarm spreads.
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Putte
Mont
Yellowstone
Upper Basin
Old Faithful Inn
Thumb Station
West Gallatin River
Park
Fort Yellowstone
Markets in Chicago Advise Mixed Grain and Livestock Quotes
Chicago and East Buffalo reports show wheat and corn futures edging mixed, with Sept and May prices listed. pork, lard, and short ribs set at varied ranges. Live cattle, hogs, and sheep quotations reflect steady to firm tone, with feeders and calves trading at established levels.
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Chicago
Pollowinz
Chicago Board of Trade
Close
Sao
Quay
Titneis
Indiana
Wisconsin
Tlinois
Tindhina
East Buffalo
N. Y
Dunning & Stevens
Live Stock Commission
Buffalo
Polite banter after village institute lecture
Two men returning from a village institute lecture discuss manners and London speakers. One says they are not as bad as claimed and notes his restraint with his wife. Bill agrees, joking about keeping women and manners in check.
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London
Bill
Uncle Jim and the Paris Niece at Dover Train
Joseph Saunders mayor of a town in England is drawn into a prank by Miss Ladue of Paris and Mrs Baxter of Framingham School for Girls. The girl claims him as Uncle Jim to escort her to Dover, testing his honesty and fear of scandal. He endures being paraded by the shrewd ruse until the incident ends with his public image intact.
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T. C. McClure
Joseph Saunders
England
House of Commons
Saunders
London
Dover
Ele
Mr. Saunders
Baxter
Framingham School For Girls
Ladue
Paris
Miss Ladue
Gravesend
Jim
Rochester
Canterbury
Ashford
Uncle Jim
War ‘Office
War Office
M. Quad
Weight of a Horse Across Military and Draft Uses
The Buffalo Commercial explains horse weights used by European militaries for service classification. Light riding horses weigh 800–900 pounds, coupe horses about 1,050 pounds, coach horses 1,000–1,300 pounds, draft horses 1,100–1,500 pounds, with Clydesdales and Percherons ranging from 1,300 up to nearly 2,000 pounds.
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Europe
United States
Hght Cavalry Corps
Ufe
Paris
Buffalo Commercial
Bond Street Rivalry Sparks Diamond Plot
A tale of jewelers on Bond Street where a high society dispute centers on a diamond necklace purchase offer of £1500. A powerful admirer seeks a gift for a renowned lady who, with deep knowledge of stones, visits the shop but finds nothing within her budget.
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Bond Street
Necklace Heist Ends With Rival Display
A woman, tempted by a 3000 guinea necklace, schemes to buy and have it shipped via a jeweler. She pays part by check, but the necklace never arrives. Days later she sees the same piece worn by a younger rival, confirming her deed.
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Grand Magazine
Remorse and Conscience Before the Bar of Memory
William George Jordan describes remorse as the insomnia of the soul after a life altered by a grave act. He portrays conscience as turning state’s evidence, memory’s revenge at the grave of four wrongs, and a self confessed standing prisoner before moral judgment.
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William George Jordan
New York Tribune
Facts About The Old Testament Structure
The Old Testament contains 39 books and 929 chapters with 23 214 verses and 592 439 words and 2 728 100 letters. The middle book is Proverbs and the middle chapter is Jol 29. The word and appears 35 452 times and Jehovah occurs 6 859 times. The shortest verse is I Chronicles 1 25. The twenty first verse of Ezra 7 7 contains all alphabet letters.
Flippant Flings and Surprising Quotes From City Pages
A collage of quips and notes from various papers. It mentions Russian game stats claiming peasants killed 25,000,000 squirrels last year and a girl discovering a man cannot tell a cheap shirt waist from an expensive one. It also notes a New York noise suppression idea and Washington officials earning 7,500 dollars yearly.
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Louisville Courier-Journal
Julianapolis
New York
Washington
Candidate signs and a wary farmer’s warning in Georgia
A Georgia farmer posts a gate sign reading Candidates We Pass On No Time to Talk to 'Em. His young son shouts a warning about a candidate who insists he will come in anyway. The farmer reflects that the man has been running since the war and cannot help it.
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Georgia
Atlanta Constitution
Man plans New York trip for The Merry Widow
A jealous husband arranged a surprise trip to New York to see The Merry Widow and informed a friend of earliest seat date. A telegram arrived, opened by the wife, stating Nothing doing with the widow until the 10th.
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New York
Courtship Gossip Quoted From Louisville Courter Journal
The Louisville Courter Journal reports public snippets of romance rumors. A man proclaims a woman as his first love while she signs she is his last chance only to a few confidants. The item captures social idle chatter in brief remarks.
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Louisville Courter-Journal
Boneless Bonefree Request Confuses Shopper At Market
A humorous exchange shows a customer asking for boneless meat without fat or gris tle. The puzzled butcher replies by suggesting an egg as an alternative.
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Aketeb
Walking Gallows: The Brutal Wicklow Militia Executor
A detailed portrait of Lieutenant Edward Hepenstall known as the walking gallows. He led executions during the 1798 uprising by using his own harness as a method of killing rebels. His cruelty drew praise from some officials but lasting odium from others, and he died in 1804 with a secret funeral.
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Edward Hepenstall
Dublin
Wicklow
Leutenant
Hepenstall
Tyburn
Old Bailey
Tiepenstall
Stephen's Green
Fleppenstall
Crow Street Theater
Lord Norbury
Mepenstall
Globe Trotter Describes India Sights And Tigers
A globe trotter extols India's scenery and distant mountains with valleys and wonders. An eager listener interrupts asking whether the man eating tiger is inside or in sight, reflecting humorous confusion in a New York Press tangle.
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India
New York Press
Prometheus Unbound Inquiry Sparks Library Snub
A culture loving citizen asked for Shelley's Prometheus Unbound at a public library and was told in haughty fashion that the library does not keep unbound books. The remark highlights a humorous clash between literary request and library policy.
Prodigal Son Writes Old Man for Ten Dollar Request
A humorous exchange centers on a prodigal who asks for ten dollars after claiming new religion. The old man retorts that religion is free and the request is the wrong kind.
The Best Part of Beauty Is Beyond Pictures
Quotation attributed to Bacon asserts that true beauty escapes depiction and lies beyond the camera lens.
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Bacon
Ten Years in Bed Kidney Cure Testimonial
A Oakville resident R A Gray reports a decade bedridden due to kidney disease. After trying top medical care with no relief, Foley's Kidney Cure was recommended and described as a God send. Also cited by H J Moogk and Wm F Jungkuns.
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R. A. Gray
J. P
Oakville, Inc
Foley
H. J. Moogk
Wm. F. Jungkuns
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Warren J. Lynch
G. G. Schoeffel
Galena St
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