The Counterfeit Trail From Barron’s Hut
An ex city editor recalls a 1880s Washington county case in which a bogus money ring centered at a mountain hut near a Barron home led to a dramatic stakeout. A detective trip uncovered six counterfeiters and a key suspect, Barron, who was later imprisoned along with accomplices. The case boosted a $1,500 reward and exposed widespread counterfeiting in Pottsville.
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Pottsville
Young Barron
Barron
Washington County
United States Mint
Memphis lad questions conscience after bed hammering incident
A Memphis mother debates her four year old son’s remorse after he admits to hammering a hole in her bedstead to avoid punishment. The boy claims he feels bad and jokes about becoming a preacher or a "wise gazabo" as his mother ponders his future.
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Memphis
Ile
Edo
Scimitar
People of the Day: the Wu Ting Fangs on Washington mornings
The Chinese minister and his wife are described as early risers wandering Connecticut Avenue near Washington. Mrs Wu Ting Fang wears blue silk with black trousers, while Mr Wu dons black silk with a skullcap. They use a tiny wheeled chair for travel, and the text notes their mincing gait and delicate feet.
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Washington
Wu -Ting Fang
WU Ting Fang
Yung Ikwani
Connecticut Avenue
Mr. Wu
Mrs. Wu
Pearl Aubigne and the ministerial glamour
Pearl Aubigne arcs from flirtatious flirt to elopement with Albert Delmar, leaving Percy Austin heartbroken. Years later Pearl, a penniless widow and mother, encounters Percy who has become a charity worker. He forgives her, guiding her to redemption and a holy peace through their reunion and the memory of their child.
Lady Sarah Wilson Narrow Escape At Mafeking
Lady Sarah Wilson and a companion were with her husband when a bomb tore through the room. Darkness fell as dust filled the air and Captain Wilson was thrown aside. He later was found unable to speak due to dirt in his mouth.
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Sarah
Sarah Wilson
Mafeking
London Daily Mail
Captain Wilson
Blue Eyed Billy Brady Hero of Press Club Days
Twenty years ago William A Brady worked as a billiard room boy at the Press Club in New York and earned the nickname Blue Eyed Bully. Popular with reporters, he sometimes received tips for delivering copy. After his father’s funeral funds were raised by club members, a reporter helped him gain work at a weekly paper, and Brady later left for the West before returning a wealthy man.
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William A. Brady
Press Club
New York
Nassau Street
Brady
Ile
A Shifting Population in New York
The New York World notes a yearly migration pattern as May 1 nears with moving vans and household goods shifting housing. Families and businesses frequently relocate, giving the city a moving day atmosphere and high turnover in residences.
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New York
A Second Chesterfield and a Mexican Tale
Sir William Harcourt’s private letters are said to be fresh and witty and mostly go to his eldest son. Lord Salisbury seldom writes private letters but has many correspondents. An Arizona man, asked why he did not move east, explains it is about knowing people. A justice lets him off with a fine after a chain of insults ends with throwing someone through a window. A few quips follow about fines and drinking in the East versus the West. An ad cites DeWitt’s Little Early Risers as the best pill for liver and bowels.
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Pearl
Percy
Albert Delmar
Percy Austin
Pearl Aubigne
Dvercy
Pearl Aublyne
New York News
Sir William Harcourt
Lord Salisbury
William
Sir William
Arizona
DeWitt
W.E. Lake
Happy Creek
H. J. Moogk
Improvements in New York Central Dining Cars
The Commercial Advertiser notes coding changes to reduce interior kitchen fumes by routing kitchen access through a platform vestibule. Dining car service will be under the General Passenger Agent to enhance quality and comfort for passengers.
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New York Central
The
New York Commercial Advertiser
Magnetic Healing Promises Cures for Chronic Diseases
Dr A L Newton asserts ability to cure diseases without surgery by locating trouble spots without questions. He claims to have cured many patients deemed operable by regular physicians and says prominent doctors acknowledge magnetic healing for certain chronic diseases, while criticizing a narrow view of this new system.
Dodd's Dyspepsia Tablets Offer Stomach Relief
A promotional piece argues modern slavery is self inflicted by indigestion and insomnia. It claims Dodd's Dyspepsia Tablets digest food without stressing the stomach, regulate bowels, and prevent gas buildup to reset digestion and enable better rest.
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Dodd
E. C. Dewitt & CO
Chicago
Winter in the South for Florida Gulf Coast Travel
Suggests winter escape to the gulf coast along the Louisville & Nashville line between Mobile and New Orleans. Highlights mild climate pure air hunting and fishing first class accommodations at moderate prices. Through cars from northern cities to Florida points via L N R R.
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Gulf Coast
Louisville & Nashville Railroad
Mobile
New Orleans
Florida
J. K. Ridgely
Chicago
The Raspberry Plant Described By Its Prickly Leaf
Excerpt from New York Press notes the raspberry’s leaf charecteristics with many small prickles. It claims the wild berry in Caribbean mountains grows enormous but tasteless. under cultivation it becomes highly valued among rubus species.
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Caribbean Islands
New York Press
Testimonials for magnetic healing by Drs Newton
The score of testimonials gratefully and voluntarily given by patients they have cured illustrates their success in treating diseases and alleviating pain. These accounts also show other instances demonstrating the marvelous powers of magnetic healing.
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Drs
Newton
Critic Plans Late Proof Review After New Play
In Collier's Weekly a critic tells the editor he will return near midnight to review proofs after sending a two column criticism of the new play. The editor asks where he will go, and the critic replies he intends to see the play.
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Collier’s Weekly
The Tribune Pledges Loyalty To Republican Policy
The Tribune era revival appraises its loyalty to the party and its public service. It highlights its broad contents and vigorous arguments for protection and sound money, crediting past labor with aiding prosperity, and promotes the Tri Weekly edition as essential to party success and business prosperity.
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New York Tribune
Tribund
The
Tribune
Cleveland
United States
Handsome Tri-Weekly Tribune Seeks Wide Readership
The Tri-Weekly Tribune, priced at $1.50 yearly, supersedes the late semi weekly and offers a fresh every-other-day newspaper. It equals a daily in quality, with news, editorials, market prices, and extensive extras like humor, reviews, fiction, fashions, science, and agricultural data. It promises accurate market prices and usefulness for buyers and sellers and is marketed as a family newspaper. The Weekly Tribune remains $1.00 yearly, a low-priced option for farmers and families, often available with local weeklies.
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Rand
Tri-Weekly Tribune
United States
New York Tribune
The
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