Beatrice Mercer Embarks on a Bold Conspiracy
Beatrice Mercer plots to secure her lover’s fortune and save him from ruin. She confronts Colonel Marshall with forged notes, secures the documents, and enlists Dr Finn to carry out a plan that will bend the course of Raymond Marshall’s fate, testing loyalty and love.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beatrice Mercer
Sue
Raymond Marshall
Peyvess
Marshall
Mercer
Beatrice
Sarah
Mies
Leslie
Searson Raymond
Paes Mercer
Ana
Indy
Cori
Col. Marshall
Ned
Amaica
Edna
Raymond
Endna
Raymena
Porcraatura
Hin
Goitemsk
Irl
Beatrice Mercer scheme ends in dying act and confession
Beatrice Mercer feigns illness to manipulate Col Marshall and Raymond Marshall as Dr Simms orchestrates a moririal plot to secure wealth. A newspaper exposé about Edna Deane triggers the finale where the dying actress seeks forgiveness and a marriage proposal from Raymond to satisfy a fatal reckoning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marshalls
Beatrice Mercer
Beatrice
Simms
Miss Lesille
Doctor Simms
Colonel Marshall
Raymond
Miss Leslie
Half a Million in Ashes in Brooklyn Fire at Jurgens Building
A five story brick wholesale grocer building at Flushing avenue and Ryerson street in Brooklyn owned by Wm. C. A. Jurgens was destroyed by a blaze that also damaged adjoining properties. High winds endangered the entire block as three nearby structures housing a saloon and liquor dealers burned. Families were removed to safety as flames raged through the hull street side tenements. Police suspect incendiary fire. Thomas McCann was arrested. Loss estimated near 150000 on buildings and 20000 on stock, insured.
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Brooklyn
Flushing Avenue
Ryerson Street
Wm. C. A. Jurgens
Jurgens
Henry Beemier
George Tietjen
Hull Street
Thomas McCann
Gompers Re-Elected At Labor Federation Session
The Federation of Labor Convention in Philadelphia adjourned after re electing President Gompers Secretary Christopher Evans and Treasurer John Lennon. P J McGuire was re elected First Vice President William A Carney of Pittsburg was elected Second Vice President amid strong support. Chicago won the 1893 convention site salary rises for Gom pers and the law director were approved. Resolutions favored eight hour system condemned block Island telegraph hostility, the Baron Hirsch fund, and immigration limits. Clemency sought for Neebe and Schwab. The moral condemnation of socialism passed 198 to 57. Woman suffrage and excluding Chinese and Japanese also approved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Federation of Labor
Philadelphia
Compers
Christopher Evans
John Lennon
P. J. McGuire
William A. Carney
Pittsburg
Chicago
Gompers
Block Island Management
Baron Hirsch Fund
Neebe
Schwab
World’s Fair printing bid sparks labor dispute
A Chicago correspondent reports a controversy between World’s Fair managers and organized labor over awarding the Exposition catalogues contract to a non union printer. The prize bid requires $100,000 cash by May 1, a $10,000 certified check, and a $150,000 commitment, with 10 percent to the Exposition until receipts hit $150,000 and 20 percent thereafter. Critics call the price enormous and fear starvation wages and inferior work from a non union shop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Where is Davis Bond
Circles of concern rise over the disappearance and substitution of a Supreme Cashier Davis bond from Indianapolis. Local capitalists backed the bond with 50 000 indemnity, funds later found to be Iron Hall assets and unsatisfactory. As receivership proceeded, the bond vanished and a substitute bond proved worthless, with Davis’s personal property now tied up in the action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tron Hell
Tron Hall Circle
Davis
Indianapolis
Chicago Club Sold In Baseball Deal Shift
Chicago baseball interests transfer control from A G Spalding to a new corporation named the Chicago Baseball Club with a capital stock of 100000. The move comes after weeks of negotiations and is seen as a thunderous change by American cities. Berlin papers discuss Carl Schurz as potential U S minister. editors weigh its implications. Orders issue to execute captured Mexican revolutionists within one hour of arrest on the Mexican side.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santag
Jong
Pittory
Hobe-Democrat
Chicago
A. G. Spalding
Chicago Ball Club
America
Chicago Baseball Club
Berlin
Carl Schurz
United States
Imperial Court
Mr. Schurz
Graves Guilty in Dubuque Bank Case Des Moines
A garbled Iowa wire reads Graves and Harris of the defunct Commercial Bank of Dubuque were found guilty on all counts. Indictments allege falsifying reports to the currency controller and excess lending. Remaining assets sold for a nominal sum. case adjourned as Graves and Harris travelled to be extradited or tried. A rash of incidents includes a shooting death in Dubuque and a burglary at Burlington, plus a misfortune in Des Moines involving a milling and millinery firm assigning assets.
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Tas
Des Moines
Moses D. Sanders
Edgar Mouvrox
Riser
Chicago and Northwestern
Clinton
Keokuk BR
Owen
F. A. Whitn
Knoxville
Rawards
Chicago
Monmouth
M. Beaumont Apple
State University
Art
State Grange
A. A. Haskins
Gordon
Haskins
RE. Graves
Commercial Bank of
Dubiqua
Commercial ‘National Bank
Dubuque
United States ‘Grand’ Jury
Rufus RE. Graves
Charles H. Harvis
Graves
J. K. Graves
Colorado
Harris
Arizona
Jupaz Stevens
Fort Dodge
Thomas Gaffey
Ed Buggy
Supreme Court
Missouri Valley L
Tinkie & Co
Jacob Wertz
Burlington
Herman ‘Heckinburg
Hamburg
Los Angeles
Cal
Detroit
Mich
Kate, Morgan
Morgan
Varied 19th Century Remedies and Advertisements
A collage of old ad copy and notices touts Hall's Catarrh Cure with testimonials, petroleum discovery notes, and cures for croup and indigestion. It cites prices, endorsers, and druggists, plus a Vermont idea to memorialize Gen. Stannard and a note on ancient wine drinking customs.
On the Fence and a Laxative Gum Drop Pitch
A Republican paper extols fence-sitting with sun on, praising Laxative Gum Drops as the cure for stomach troubles. The ad claims they aid digestion, constipation, and dyspepsia, urging readers to buy from any dealer with small 10 cent and large 20 cent boxes from Sylvan Remedy Co, Peoria IL.
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Sylvan Remepy Coi
Peoria
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Mr. Marshall
Edna Deane
Aha
Bay
Edi
Conecit
Tun Benbow
Bond
Behurz
Iowa
Dubuque Bank
Liuwyer
Hall
T. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
Ojo
T. J. Ghanay
Frm
Meyerheed West & Truax
Waupine
Kinxon & Manvin
Ohio
Wayne County
Pennsylvania
Vermont
Gen. Stannard
St. Albans
Gettysburg
Garfield
Pastor Ens
Saveton
Bepamavinie
Hamilton Co
Pastor Koenig
W.huemefeld
Lil
Dee
Koenig
Sinter OF ST. Francis
Morton
Paator Koenig
Christian Kaufmann
Toenly
Fort Warner Ind
Koenig Med. Co
Druigits
Baker & Co
W.B Baker & CO
Dorchester
Mass
Co. B
McLemore
Henderson
Tex
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Atlanta, Ga
Neal
Price
J. Stephens
Lebanon
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