Strange family history ends in Canada and Scotland
An Arbroath gentleman living in Canada married a Dundee Roman Catholic woman. After twenty years they raised seven boys and one girl. The mother pursued Catholic teachings for the children, while the father wished them raised Protestant. She, with Canadian church priests, allegedly removed three children to convents. The father spent thousands seeking them, with little success. He later sent two youngest boys to New York and Arbroath for safety. The mother followed to Arbroath, disguising as a widow to reclaim the children. A cousin aided, telegrams were sent, and legal steps were taken to limit the mother’s interference while the children remained with a relative in Dundee. The father was unaware of the visit until a telegram arrived.
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Dundee
Scotland
Arbroath
Canada
Toronto
United States
New York
Cheyne
Gratz Brown
Brown
Missouri Legislature
Farm life training for sons and daughters in a growing colony
A column argues farmers should tailor education to each child’s tastes, valuing farming as a base for learning many trades. It praises home training, warns against degrading housework, and highlights local growth in a colony near Denver with strong churches, new brick stores, and wheat production.
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Merchant's Daughters
W. D. Philbrick
Country Gentleman
Letter From Colorado on Greeley’s growth and prospects
The author admires Greeley Colorado for labor and economy fueling its rise. Construction includes a flouring mill now in operation and irrigation ditches stretching forty miles. A surrounding fence shields lands, gardens are hedged, and strawberry patches promise a bountiful fruit year as the town grows into a key farming district.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greeley
Hydrophobia case linked to town paper carrier bite
A 13 year old boy, Charles Schmidt, bitten by a dog while delivering Volksblatt papers at 8 Silver Street, develops hydrophobia. After initial wound care and feverish symptoms, his condition worsens, culminating in violent paroxysms and calls for a priest as doctors declare no cure.
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Greeley
Charles Schmidt
Orleans Street
Maple
Volksblatt
Charles Zimmer
Silver Street
Zimmer
Nighbor
Mulhaven
McGraw
Horrific Death of a Boy in a Detrait Free Press Report
The Detroud Free Press recounts a nightmarish death as a boy, tormented by a violent fever, biting and tearing at surroundings, barking like a dog, and dying in horrible agony. Parents resisted suffocation, and the scene left witnesses traumatized by the dreadful sight.
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Detrat Free Press
How Our Bodies Handle Swallowing and the Dangers of Choking
The article explains the windpipe’s swallowing mechanism, the trap door that seals airflow, and how large or improperly chewed pieces can cause death by suffocation. It notes risks from sharp knives, hair, string beans, and small particles, urging fine cutting, thorough chewing, and not speaking while swallowing.
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Hall
French inventor patents swimming apparatus with fins
A French inventor patents a swimmer’s device featuring large membranous hand fins and ankle fins. The fins reduce effort, improve stroke power, and let a swimmer move with little exhaustion, enabling long sessions or miles of swimming. The invention is praised for its leg fins that enhance water propulsion and tread.
Milk Itself Weighs More Than Quarts Claim
Mr Gail Borden of White Plains New York tested crude milk from several cows. After mixing and cooling, the US Sealer of Weights and Measures weighed it and found a quart equals 2 pounds 2 ounces to the nearest ounce. The method used several samples and times with consistent result.
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Gail Borden
White Plains
N. Y
U.S
Borden
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FORTE
Tfor McPhail & Co
Boston
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Willan
Stein
Cartag
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Maples Street
the Tribune
Masox
Stevens
Maple Street
Jefferson
Thompson
Gr. Higley
Walnut and
Sherman Streets
D. B. Bennett
Ombopathic
Spruce Street
Barnum House
A. B. Cannon
IVERY
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Park
Wighland Nursery
Denver
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Madison Streets
N. M. Boynton
DR. G. Law
Adams and
Pinestree
Flower & Cameron's Drug Store
A. Jingallee
the Bank
Main Street
Colorado
J. Leavy
Lorist
Main St
Grant and
Sherman Sts
J. MM. Moss
Monroe St
Higley
Mr. Moss
L. Childs
Mai St
Colony Hall
L. van Gohmren
Walnut Street
B. Talbot
Hollister & Savage
F. J. Percival
Arpenter
J. Flunky
Madison St
Main
Walnut
P. J. Rogers & Loy
Black-Smith
W. Hilton
J.D. Buckley
J. H. Paine
Spruce St
Madison and
Jefferson Avenues
J. Joyce
Babcock & Taylor
EAL
U. S
M. Babcock
Philip Taylor
E. Lowndes
Rom
Winchester Arms Co
New Haven
Conn
Oak Streets
Adams
Monroe
Caite
The
Baptist Church
Daniel Witter
Peety
Arapahoe County
Denver City
Washington Lands
W. Kirby
Kirby
Farmers’ Sons
Baptists
J. McDonald
Methodists
Presbwerians
Cheyenne
Chicago Standard
Briareus
Meadow
Hercules
Vulcan
Claudie
Steam
Grace Greenwood
California
Yosemite
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