Tweed's Ring Sweeny and Allies Traced Across Europe
A Cincinnati Gazette summary reports on Tweed and associates in Europe. Sweeny remains in Paris with his family, lavishly living while posing as a wealthy debtor. Connolly travels Europe and Egypt, impoverished and erratic. Fields in Belgium in poverty. Genet in Spain after thefts. Sweeny mentally broken but physically fit.
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Cincinnati Gazette
Sweeny
Paris
Champs Lysees
New York
Ing Sing
Hudson
Modiste
Connolly
Italy
Europe
Egypt
Grand Hotel
Cairo
Townsend Connolly
Tom Fields
Belgium
Genet
Spain
England
France
Bible Society marks 25 years in Stephenson County
Fifty years ago a small group formed the Stephenson County Bible Society to spread the Master’s words locally and fund Bible work nationally. Over 25 years it has sent more than ten thousand dollars to the American Bible Society and urged broad donations to extend Bible distribution, with a countywide canvass planned for June through September 1875.
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Stephenson County Bible Society
General Fund
American Bible Society
County Bible Society
Freeport
Friends of the Bible
Friends of the Cause
Bible Societies
L Lfe
H. D
Jenkins
I. P. Cleveland
John Coates
D. B. Byers
H. Buchmuller
Kent
U. B
Florence
van Brocklin
Loran L
Silver Creek
C. Foster
Sad Family Meeting at Court Over Hoodlumism Origins
In San Francisco Post style, a drunken mother and father portray a cycle of poverty. The judge weighs guilt against mercy as the girl faces possible placement in an Industrial School. The father pleads for his daughter’s safety while the mother admits past drunkenness. The court nods to social realities of the era.
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San Francisco Post
The Old Woman's Treasure
An elderly woman dies in a lonely Croghan Street house on Monday night. Neighbors knew her by name but not her story until officers forced entry after the grim, silent scene attracted attention, revealing she had lived there for years.
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Jamie
Nan
Detroit Free Press
Croghan Street
A Temperance Sermon From Racine Advocate
A Racine College tale warns of drink dangers as 17 year old Frank Catlin from Central Illinois tumbles from reform to ruin. Expelled for drinking, he later left town intoxicated, froze in a bitter night, and was found with severely frozen feet likely needing amputation. The incident serves as a sober college lesson about temperance.
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Illinois
Racine College
Frank Catlin
Marshall County
Frank
Trotting Wonder Don Eli pha Arrives From Los Angeles
The buckskin mustang Don Eli pha, a non pedigree horse with a desert cavalry past, is expected aboard the steamer Orizaba from Los Angeles tomorrow. He has run five races in Orange Grove City, clocking 2 30 and once carrying a soldier 100 miles in a day. Purchased by Smith and Billings of Los Angeles two years ago, he won a two mile race for 62000 most recently and is forecast to rise to the stud’s twenties.
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San Francisco Bulletin
Don Elipha
Los Angeles
Arizona
Smith & Billings
Orange Grove
Souther California
Don
An English Murderer Discovered in Iowa story
Des Moines reports outline a February murder case in Hull England. Edward Brown’s assassin James Ward, his nephew, fled to America and was tracked to Wilton Iowa before extradition. The tale also notes a Paris pond feeding leeches incident ending in a child’s death.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Edward Brown
Hull
Eng
James Ward
America
Ward
Wilton
Muscatine County
Rock Island Road
Washington
Villenuve
St. George
Paris
Dog Valued At Least Four Dollars In Quirky Allegheny Case
Alderman Smith of Allegheny settled a singular dispute over a dog valued at four dollars. Blacksmiths Jedih Smith and two workers Joe Johnson and Lord Baltimore ran a white washing business, fought over tools, and Johnson fled with the stock. The tale ends with a comic receipt and a reunion of the three.
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Pittsburgh Dispatch
Alderman Smith
Allegheny
Jediah Smith
Joe Johnson
Lord Baltimore
Mr. Smith
Webber
Cigars and Economy Conversation
A father and daughter discuss money for cigars versus family needs. The girl calculates cost with daily ten cent cigars, weekly and yearly totals. The father offers to cut purchases for a year to save money, sparking a reflection on ongoing restraint and affection.
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Racine Advocate
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Nevada
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Jay Gould
Panama
Jones
Opera House
M. BE. Newcomer
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North America
Geo. P. Rowell & Co
Park Row
Sioux City Journal
Black Hills
United States
Dakota
Nebraska
Weekly Journal
Sioux City
P.O, Vickery & CO
Augusta
Advertiser's Gazette
Geo, P. Rowell & Co., Editors and Publishers
A.D. Ferris
Stephenson St
A. D. Ferris
N.b.loos
Loos & Bro
M. B. Loos
Sechrist, Crain & Co
Merchant Tailors
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Stephenson
Eady
Super Vision
Crain
Kundinger & Co
W. Nee
Bwarts & Stocking
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