Magnolls Scandals Blog Through Marital Elopement and Local Defamation
The article details long running neighborhood scandals in Magnolls including a married man Henry Dean entangled with Miss Emily Simmons, an elopement, desertion, and a troubled family. It also covers a defamation suit by Miss Joanna Kelley against Ed Moore amid district gossip and a Baltimore magnate’s charitable endowments and death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Magnolls
Treverondoan
Emily Simmons
Dean
Hus
Kansas
Magnolia
Andrew Wable
Magiella
H. Dean
Perf Simmons
Mirv. Dean
Moore
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Johns Hopkins Wealth and Legacy in Baltimore History
A tribute recalls Johns Hopkins as Baltimore’s wealthiest citizen and leading benefactor. Born in 1795 in Anne Arundel County he built a grocery business in Baltimore then moved into banking and railroads. He served as Merchants Bank president and later as Baltimore and Ohio Railroad director and finance chair, shaping the city’s early commerce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johns Hopkins
Baltimore
Br. James Ross
John T. Russell
New Yorkribune
Battanore
Urielluess
Anne Arundel County
Maryland
Batthmore
Traver
Putnam County News Senachwinye Notes and Local Happenings
Oyster supper plea and hunting anecdotes mix with family events and church Christmas trees. Thomas Montgomery returns, buffalo meat gifted to neighbors, Hitchovek Mapes supplies nuts and oysters, and local club elects officers with plans to meet January 8 at the court house. John Alten of Hennepin plans a Texas trip and potential land purchases.
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Thonas Real
Barnhart
Coudit
Ju Kyfer
Matthew
Hitchovek & Mapes
Thomas Montgomery
W. Mapes
George Sparling
Sparling
Mircellankocs
Putnam County Farmers Club
Williamson Durley
John Foley
J W Hopkins
C Wood
J H T Patten
J B Foley
A D Fisher
Court House
Farmington
John Alten
Hennepin
Texas
Tun
John
Fort Biography From Poore's Congressional Directory
The record details Hon. Greensbury L. Fort of Lacon born October 6 1838 in Sciente county raised on a farm. He practiced law served as sheriff in 1850 clerk of the circuit court in 1862 and judge in 1867. He joined the Union army in 1861 and left in 1865. Fort served in the Illinois state senate in 1865 and was elected to the forty third Congress as a Republican with 13401 votes to 8504 for George Barnes.
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Ben. Perley Poore
Fort
Illinois
Ford
Roquois
Kankakee
Livingston
Marshall
Woodfield
Greensbury
Lacon
Scinte County
Marshall County
Atete Senate of
Forty Third Congrera
George Barnes
Government Railway Resolution Aims at New York Omaha Line
Congressman Fort endorses a joint resolution directing the Secretary of War to survey and estimate the cost of a double track railway from Omaha to New York City with branches to Chicago and Saint Louis. The plan seeks heavy transportation capacity and commercial use. Public school calendar notes classes begin next Monday.
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Fort
New York
Omaha
Congress
Secretary of War
New York City
Northern Pacific
Kansas Pacific
Chicago
Saint Louis
Senate
House of Representatives
United States of America
Omala
Fir
Kauras Pacific
Saint Louty
War Department
What Was the Matter at Memphis
A former Lyons resident now in Memphis writes the Mirror with stunning claims about Memphis water. He alleges the Holly water works drew from Wolf river with sewer runoff and slaughterhouse waste mixing in, producing cholera and yellow fever due to filthy pumps and dirty streets. He claims a local landowner influenced plant location to benefit himself, tying the epidemic to the water supply.
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Memphis
Dubuque
Iowa
Lyons
Lome
Wolf River
Guyuso Bayou
Gayoso Bayou
Mississippi
Nicholson
Wolf Creek
Mississippi River
Copperas Greek Dam Work Halted by High Water
Superintendent E Barber reported the lock excavation for the new dam suspended due to rising waters washing away the outer embankment. Piles had been driven and a channel to the river opened before the halt. If river levels drop, work may resume without time loss, though many workers face idle winter prospects. Peoria Transcript
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E Barber
Efe
Peoria Transcript
Council Proceedings Read At December Meeting
The city council held a regular meeting on Tuesday December 23 with full attendance. A liquor bond offered to Peter Bauman with Speer and Warner of Peoria as securities was read. Local notices mention a prose poem and printer debt critiques from several newspapers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter Bauman
Speer & Warner
Peoria
Local editorial turmoil and escape attempts ripple through towns
Mr John W Bailey editor of the Princeton Republican was fired by his staff on Christmas in a shelling of town politics. Hall of Castle ton reportedly vanished amid pecuniary trouble. D Schwarzman, once Peoria farrier, now in Bloomington, suffers insanity. Twelve Peoria jail prisoners escaped by wall last week, with many recaptured. Dwight Star and Morris Herald join the inside publication scene amid rural press shifts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John W. Bailey
Princeton Republican
Hall of
Castleton
D. Schwarzman
Dwight Star
Morris Herald
Landseer and The Twines Probe Prominent Artistic Deals
The article notes Sir Edwin Landseer as a leading English painter with high earnings from copyright, cites £3000 for some works, and mentions publishers Christian at Work partnering with editor Talmage and contributor Spurgeon to promote Landseer pieces. It invites agents and sample terms from 102 Chamber Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwin Landseer
Imperial Biography of Art
Thomas Lawrence
Landseer
Talmage
Spurgeon
Chamber Street
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Tucssday
Mopins
Mr. Johns Hopkins
Putnam County News
Q. L. Fort
the Government Railway
Public
Copperas
Brandon Republican
Panda Star
Tupelo Journal
Mendosa Bulletin
Princeton Tribune
Brimstone
Qu Sa
St James
Wataowana County
Aion
Barkepuith Serpagne
RN Clark
A &J O. Uoayland
H Windmareh
Kid Mettor
Martin Green
Koch
Ed. Penslergrass
JB. Smith Warabal
Snperviser
Sir Edwin Landseer
L. Kaufman’s
Henry
Agonla
Lewis Kaufman
I. Koehler & Co
Theo Soith
R. E. Hills
SFR Henry
Peoria Express
Frei
P. R. Wm
STONE
Pnoria
L’rorka
Indlanapolis
Columbus
Newark
Zanerville
Wheeling
Daltmore
Washington
Pittsburg
Philadelphia
Boston
Atlantic Express
P. ar-Soudey
Pan Lever Peorie
Ourbena Qulu
Pekin & Jacksonville
Jacksonville
St. Louis
Briacs
Randolph St
Fifth Ave
Rickcords & Huntoon, Propristara
Mney Chat Sa
Crook
C & W. Everett
Price
Robert J CU Verwell
M D
Culverwell
Chas J Ktimesz CO
Bowery New York
Postofice
George Schafer
Briery
Edwards Street
Henry, Ill
Paney
Alaska
GEO, Schay KP
Weary
Kooma
Clarks Hardware
Tula
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