Tragic end to sensational Chicago murder case
Dr Benny Martin Scudder dies by morphine self poisoning while awaiting trial for allegedly murdering his mother in law Mrs Mary Dunton. Prosecution claimed he forged a will to inherit, while defense cited insanity. Brother Rev Scudder laments, wife Mrs Scudder affected by shock as trial looms in India linked origins.
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Carcaco
Benny Martin Scudder
Mary Dunton
Ans Crnie
M. Scudder
Lt. Scudder
Pynchon
Scudder
George Painter
Painter
Mrs. Danton
Danton
India
Mr. Scudder
Henry
Mrs. Scudder
Reid Notified as Nominee for Vice President
June 22 report from Viit of Minneapolis notes Whitelaw Reid was formally notified of his vice presidential nomination by the Republican committee. Senator Dubois spoke for Iowa. Reid thanked the party, praising diplomacy for securing market access in France. Depew’s acceptances and railroad leadership moves follow in Cincinnati and New York.
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France
United States
E—Mrection
Minneapolis
Reid
Lumcheon
New York
Depew
Cincinnati
M. E. Ingalls
Chesapeake and Ohio Tailroad
Big Four
Vanderbilt Southern
Mr. Ingalls
New York Central Railroad
Chauncey M
Larrison
Calioom Srrecessor
Longing for a wedding postponed by Prudential tales
Miss Mabel McQuinney accepts Victor Spoonamore’s proposal but postpones the wedding awaiting approval from their families and the World’s Fair as their ancestors loom large in Chicago lore. The tale contrasts romantic hopes with family pride and a grand Spoonamore lineage.
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Mabel McQuinney
Victor Spoonamore
Victor
Bridgeport
Kalamakesh
Mabel
Spooniemore
George I
Virginia
New England
Boston State House
Madison
New Jersey
Spoonamore
Prairie Avenue
Chicago
Lroness
Chicago Tribune
Famine Widespread Across Europe and Abyssinia
An Italian report by Dr Leo Traversi describes severe famine across parts of Germany, Italy, the East Indies, and North Africa, with Abyssinia under King Menelik II also devastated. Prices soar, with poultry costing as much as calves in normal times. Military campaigns are plagued by starvation as skeletal relief lines appear.
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Russia
Germany
Italy
East Indies
North Africa
Leo Traversi
Shoa
Menelek II
Abyssinia
Menelek
Traversi
Secret of the Courtroom Key Revealed in Cross Examination
A famed barrister boasted he held the key to the legal situation and would pry it from an adverse witness. His forceful, confident warning unsettled the witness, who grew demoralized in expectation of the inevitable disclosure.
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F. A. Morton
Morton
Farmington
London
Novel Radiator Ventilation System at Penn Institute
The University of Pennsylvania Institute of Hygiene uses steam radiators placed under windows in wooden boxes with air from outside. Gratings in the box top allow heated air while cotton and cheesecloth filter dust, directing currents upward to avoid drafts on occupants.
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Institute of Hygiene
University of Pennslvania
Philadelphia Ledger
Burrowing Cake Tail Fears and Divorce Tips
Miss Hopley warns of a pale skinned Indian belief about a burrowing cake tail used as a lever. Separately a column suggests divorces are easy in Pittsburgh Cincinnati and Chicago, noting wives may seek divorce when husbands are ill or absent.
Creatures That Lay Eggs Across Species
Various notes compare egg counts among insects and birds, with silkworms laying 1000 to 2000 eggs, wasps 3000, ants 3000 to 5000, and debate over queen bee fertility ranging from 5000 to 6000 by Burmeister and higher estimates by Spence and Kirby. Also mentions Mother Carey's chickens observed over Weston, and marriage rates in Portugal and Hungary.
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Burmeister
Spence
Kirby
St. Louis Repubic
Mother Carey
Weston Mo
Journal
Public Sale of Marshall Young Heirs Property Fifty Acres
Public bale of property describes a fifty acre tract known as Marshall Young heirs property located about one mile south of Cookport on the Pine Flat road. About half the land is cleared.
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Marshall ~Young
Odds and Ends From a Curious Era
A collage of brief notes on everyday oddities and facts. Kerosene for rust, wax candles since the twelfth century, ironies of friendship and self-control, vinegar cautions, glass tube filing, Queen Victoria’s handwriting, digestion’s odd effect on the heart, London theaters used for church services, Queensland horse prices, Burton bridge record, Eiffel Tower revenue, counterfeit detection via ink spots, unfamiliar broom terms in London, antiseptics from coal tar derivatives, summer girl social notes, forger clues, and hop plant prospects in Alaska with Fort Wrangel land plans.
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London
Queensland
Burton
Trent
England
Eiffel Tower
Los Angeles
Cal
Pigmy City Found On Peruvian Andes
A rediscovered legend of tiny people in the Pacific lowlands is supported by ruins atop a Peruvian Andes summit. Researchers say a dwarf race built a city there and lived peacefully until driven to the mountains by a larger people. Relics are bound for the Smithsonian in Washington.
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South America
Peruvian Andes
Smithsonian Institution
Washington
Pacific Coast
From a British Fashion Note to a Lost Horse and Parliaments
A fashion blurb advises on racecourse attire including frock coats tall hats and silk hats while noting proper dress for different social settings. A Chester County man loses a horse tied to a plow then traces it via plow marks to Phoenixville. References to an 1886 Parliament and Prime Ministers Grey and Palmerston, plus a note on ship repairs and a popular salve claim.
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David R. Young
Charleston Township
Chester County
Phenixville
Young
Mr. Young
Phoenixville
Philadelphia Ledger
Poor Taste of Two Englishmen and Miscellany
A compilation of opinions and anecdotes on Anglo American manners, highlighting Lord Ronald Gower and Mr R L Stevenson remarks, Carnegie tribute at the University Club, Morell Mackenzie's high earnings, Enoch Arden quip, and various short notes on etiquette, finance, and curiosities from several papers.
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Ronald Gower
R. L. Stevenson
Thoreau
America
Colonel Higginson
Dr King’s Discovery Promises Relief for Coughs and Colds
An old advertisement touts Dr King’s Discovery as a guaranteed remedy for consumption colds and throat chest or lung troubles. It claims money back if relief is not achieved and emphasizes its usefulness for grippe and related illnesses with bold assurances.
National Competitive Drill results and horse racing notes
At Omaha on June 22 the National Fencibles of Washington won first prize of $5,000 and the Galveston Cup, with Sealey Rifles of Galveston second and McCarthy Light Guards of Little Rock third. Other drills awarded prizes to Maiden drill teams from Nebraska, Lima, and Denver, plus Zouave and artillery divisions. Racing at Latonia, Garfield Park, and Hawthorn produced multiple winners, while markets at Cincinnati Cattle Market and related livestock data followed with weather and wire reports.
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Omaha
National Fencibles
Washington
Sealey Rifles
Galveston
McCarthy Light Guards
Little Rock
Nebraska Cadets
Lima City Guards
Lima
Governor’s Guards
Denver
Hale Zouaves
Kansas City
Chicago
Artillery
Indianapolis
Dallas
Fort Wayne
Cincinnati
Domer
Bell
Durant Whipple
Governor's Guard
Pain Balm credited with curing severe sprain case
Ft Madison Iowa Democrat notes John Roth of the city sprained leg and arm, quickly cured by a 50 cent bottle of Chamberlain s Pain Balm. The ad extols the remedy for sprains bruises and other ailments urging purchase through Daugherty Bros Indiana Pa and Wm I Moore Homer City. Also promotes English Sprain Liniment for horses claiming to remove blemishes and treat blood spavin curbs splints sweeney ringbone and other ailments with a saving of fifty dollars per bottle from Hetrick Bros.
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Ft. Madison
Iowa
John Roth
Chamberlain
Daugherty Bros
Indiana Pa
Wm. I. Moore
Homer City
Hetrick Bros
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Fredeke
Robert Deter
Philip A. Soniye
Graceland
Deetary
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el Rayo
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Speculator
Cincinnati Cattle Market
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Humbert
William
Smith
Lane Seminary
Erie
Knights of the Maccabees
Cyrus W. Field
Irvington
Thas
Ayt-Lowry
Generalpde Merchandise
Church Street
Indiana, Pa
McKee Davis
Carpenter's Alley
Indiata
Pak
South Band
S Townsend & Son
South
Bend
South Bend, PA
S. M. McMasters
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