Plucky Belle Outsmarted Red Bill in Mountain Camp
In a frontier hotel scene, Belle Sloan defies Red Bill Wilder to save the camp’s gold. She unreels a plan using a closet key trap, traps the robber inside the cupboard and guards the blue chest. The men reward Belle with silver mounted public safety items.
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Nile
Sloan
Belle
Lone Tree
Red Bill
Girl Howe
Floyd
Bil
Bill
Bill Wilder
Rascal
The Nose: World’s Costliest Wine in Bremen’s Vault
A 1663 Rudesheim Rhine wine stored in a Bremen town hall cask called Nose is never sold. It is replenished, washed, and dried, and given to the sick with a medical certificate. Eight glasses from a bottle are valued at about 4.5 million dollars, about 560 dollars per drop, once gifted to Emperors William I and Frederick and Prince Bismarck.
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Bremén
Bremen
William I
Frederick
Prince Bismarck
Folly as It Flies and Mixed Quotations
A collage of comic witticisms and pithy quotes from various papers including New York World Boston Post Yonkers Statesman Detroit Tribune and Indianapolis Journal. It features exchanges about honesty ambition and social scenes with a playful catalog of dialogue and tossed lines.
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Caddington
Maddox
New York
Boston Post
Bacon
Detroit Tribune
Congress
Chestnut
Indianapolis Journal
Farewell Letters of Nathan Hale Torn by Provost Marshal
The article recalls Captain Nathan Hale in New York City at sunrise on September 22, 1776. Hale wrote farewell letters to his mother his sweetheart and a comrade but the letters were torn by a provost marshal. He was executed at the Rutgers orchard on East Broadway witnessed by a crowd.
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City Hall Park
New York City
America
Nathan Hale
Necticut
William Howe
Henry Rutgers
East Broadway
Franklin Square
Hale
General Washington
Connecticut
Long Island
New York
Huntington
Con
Aremat
The
Republic
Lberty
Galesburg
Wim. C. Moore
Mendota
Ill
G. Baer & Co
Metropolis
Dr. Gould
Rockford
Hiram Powers
Aurora
Dana Buck
Sunny Hill
Ida Singleton
Canton
Henry Hannewacker
Hampton
J. A. Daniels
Danville
William Davis
Sangamon
Kilbourne
Eastern Normal School
Springfield
Kewanee
H. EB. Chubb
Mineral Point
Wis
Primitive Methodist Church
William @. Moore
New Jersey
Prophetstown
Walter McBride
Decatur
Chicago
John Crocker
Maron
B. S. Tyler
Turner
Peoria
Goddard
Bliss
Ford
Nathan Hale Sacrifice Echoed In Patriotism Lesson
A historic recount honors Nathan Hale as Washington’s spy who died for America. The piece links his brave words to a broader plea for teaching patriotism, especially to children, through Fourth of July observances and education about independence and the flag.
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Great Britain
Long Island
Washington
Nathan Hale
Knowlton's Rangers
Illinois News Briefs Spell Quick Local Happenings
Minor items from across Illinois include the Macon post office robbery in Chicago, deaths of Jesse Alberts and Mrs. Meyers, repairs and wagier wages in Decatur, a new mission church in Bloomington, smallpox in Aurora, and various accidents, trials, and civic notes from cities such as Urbana, Paris, and Rockford.
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Minonk
Macon
Chicago
Jesse Alberts
Urbana
Decatur
Springfield
Newell
Galena
Bloomington
Susan Meyers
Gatlin
Sigloch
Litchfield
Carver
Decatur Gun Club
Pekin
Aurora
Maggie Short
Livingstone County
Pana
Bert Hill
Galesburg
Joseph Beckman
Quincy
Anton Verniaud
Paris Green
Hal Cummings
Patrick Furlong
Santa Fe
Jacksonville
B. P. Morton
Blackburn University
Carlinville
Luella B. Barrows
Josiah Langenfelter
Canton
Rockford
Cr. Darrow
FX Schoonmaker
Opera House
Rockford High School
Monmouth
Colin Rhodehouse
Frank Marsh
Felix Katen
Wabash
Vail
Elgin
Jacob Brueck
J. Adams McGraw
McGraw
Champaign
University of Illinois
State Natural History Department
Dr-Gy-A Konold
Illinois River Biological Station
Oberlin
Harvard
University of Michigan
B. M. Dugger
Natural History
Flo
Mississippi Agricultural School
Adolph Hempel
University of LiMbis
Edwardsville
McAlpine
P .R. Walker
Board of Education
A. Edwards
Miss Carrie Ellis Wins Trilby Slippers in Boston Foot Contest
In West Dedham Massachusetts Miss Carrie A Ellis claimed the jeweled Trilby slippers after a public contest. Judges examined the feet of 500 women before declaring her the most envied woman in Massachusetts. The pink satin slippers and matching brooches drew wide attention at the Boston Theatre.
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Carrie A. Ellis
Massachusetts
West Dedham
Old Bay State
Miss Ellis
Jas. W. Morrissey
Boston
Ellis
What Becomes of Dead Fishes in the Sea
An eminent French scientist investigates the fate of fishes and other sea creatures after death. He notes they do not surface or sink to the bottom, as putrefaction cannot occur in the deep. The mystery of disappearance lies in scavengers eating the bodies before they descend.
Postmaster’s Dilemma Delivers Trouser Mail Oddity
A southern Indiana postmaster rushing to catch the early train grabbed his trousers instead of the mail pouch in a mad dash. He also now owns 14 alarm clocks and a new pair of pants after the comical miscue.
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Indiana
Stephenson
Pat
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Silverville
Jeb Sloan
Lil
Kendall
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the Patriot
Au. Eketty
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Trilby
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