Right Baby and Rail Journey Beatrice Hale in Focus
In a drafty New York train tale Clarence Hatfield and Clifton meet Beatrice Hale who rebuffs Hatfield after a comic seat dispute with an elderly traveler. Clifton’s courteous gesture wins Beatrice and seals a memory about her grandmother and Hale farm gifts.
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Mr. Hatfield
Hatfield
Stamford
Grand Central Depot
New York
Thomas
Miss Hale
Bee
Grandma Hale
Hale Farm
Horrible Father Kills His FiveYearOld Daughter
Boston May 2 Charles F Freeman of Pocasset Mass killed his five year old daughter stating a divine command and that she would rise in three days. He inspired a revivalist following and now claims to be guided by God while his wife and officers guard his home. The tragedy appears rooted in religious excitement and Freeman continues to hold his dead child. The report also notes his role as a mail carrier and his unusual bread yeast recipe from a later item.
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Clifton
Hatfield
Beatrice Hale
Bee Hale
Hatfield and I
Australia
Mount Morra Park
Jenkins, Jumberton & Co
New York
Lane
Jenkins, Jamberton & Co
Polly
Boston
Mass
Charles F. Freeman
Pocasset
Freeman
Abraham
Redding
Wood
Edith
Panther Attacks Child On Soda Springs Porch
Last Thursday evening a panther sprang on a 3 year old boy near the Soda Springs Hotel on the Sacrament o River. The beast bit the child on the hip and neck and scratched the chest before the panther fled up the mountain. George Mannon returned and killed the panther, described as a hungry lean creature about five feet long.
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George
Dick Mannon
Soda Springs
Sacramento River
Mannon
Yreka
Cal
Duel at Glendale Ends in Death of Two Men
Beaverhead travelers recount a Sunday morning duel at Glendale between J. Littlefield and A. H. Foster. Both men died after exchanging shots over a woman and a business feud. Foster survived a vital wound, Littlefield died instantly of a heart shot.
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Beaverhead
Glendale
J. Littlefield
A. H. Foster
Foster
Littlefields
Littlefield
Infantile Opium Eater Case Reported by Appeal Commissioner
A medical man reported a thirteen month old child as an opium eater. The infant, treated for belly-ache since infancy, was given paregoric then laudanum and finally morphine to soothe pain. The child now requires half a grain of morphine for rest, illustrating dangerous narcotic use in a case cited by the Memphis Appeal.
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DeQuincy
Memphis
Foretelling His Own Death on Mt Ida Road
A farmer predicted his death on a specific day and died that afternoon ten miles from town. Despite pleas from his wife, he behaved as if ill only after noon, saying death began at his feet and crept upward, then died in bed after his wife fed the fire.
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Bostwick
Farmer Bostwick
Land of Shade
Collamer
Calthrop
Syracuse Courier
Mt. Ida
Deacon Wilder Praises Hop Bitters For Health Savings
A Deacon recalls how Hop Bitters kept his family well during illness and saved large doctor bills. He notes three dollars’ worth kept them working all season, costing others much more in medicines and doctor visits. See other column, 28.
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Deacon Wilder
Taylor
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