Wealthy man's fortune turned into gifts to friends
Camden Delaware December 5 1900 Alexander Jackson a 4 year old worth about 200000 distributes his wealth to non relatives gifting a hack driver 9000 to a clerk 9500 and a farm to a neighbor and 9000 to a wife among many other gifts he plans continued generosity funded by his surplus and loans destroyed to give debtors a fresh start
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Camden
Del
Alexander Jackson
Andrew Arnemie
Jackson
Frank Jackson
Wyoming Station
Clayton
Jackson Stubbs
Marydel
Henry R. “Draper
Justice of the Peace of
Wiliam T. Jakes
Wyoming
Mary Draper
Whatcoat M. &. Church
Alexander Draper
Averys Draper
Annie Booker
Hillsboro
Isaac Jackson
Sallie Jackson
Mr. Jackson
Dover
Pretty Jennie Gordon Wins Harris Wolf in Chicago Match
After a weeks long contest dozens of girls vied for Harris Wolf's hand a real estate man. Jennie Gordon 17 chosen from among many suitors her father says money did not influence the match. The couple plan marriage when Jennie turns 18 with a home and security promised by Wolf.
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Jennie Gordon
Harris Wolf
Wolf
Jennie
Celluloid Comb Fire Fatal to 13 Month Old
Irene S. Keffer aged 13 months died after a celluloid comb near an open grate caught fire. The child held the burning comb and her clothes ignited, burning her to death in Connellsville Pennsylvania.
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Connellsville, Pa
Irene S. Keffer
Minister's Widow Destitute in California After Lifelong Support
Mrs Florence A Hughston widow of ex minister to China Joseph A Hughston, tied by marriage to Collis P Huntington, faces extreme destitution in Alameda. She says Huntington was unaware of their distress and notes her eight years since widowhood with no close relatives to ask aid. The Alameda women’s charitable association is acting to help.
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Alameda
Cal
Florence A.”Hughston
Joseph
United States
China
Abraham Lincoln
New York
C. P. Huntington
Huntington
Alameda Women’s Charitable Association
S. A. O'Neill
Fulton milliner wins $50,000 from California will
Miss J. E. Murphy of Fulton receives a letter announcing she is to inherit fifty thousand dollars from a California woman friend. She had been trimming a hat for a customer when the news arrived, and the rival buyer departed thinking she had lost a sale.
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Fulton
Murphy
Miss Murphy
California
Lincoln's Home Restored To Original 1840s Condition
Springfield Illinois December 5 extensive repairs on the old home of Abraham Lincoln at Eighth and Jackson streets have been completed with $2000 state funds. The restoration preserves the historic structure, furniture, and layout as Lincoln left it, with the house now attracting about 50000 visitors yearly. Albert S Edwards nephew of Lincoln serves as custodian.
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Springfield
Abraham Lincoln
Eighth and
Jackson Sts
Lincoln
Washington
United States
Albert S. Edwards
Ninian Edwards
Illinois
Reform a burglar in Oakland after head injury recovery
Frank Ludwig Rickenberg, once a soldier with a skull fracture from an Indian war encounter, explains he became a burglar only after nine years of trauma. Doctors at Alameda county infirmary believe he can recover and return to honest life, with Dr. Clark signaling cautious optimism.
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Oakland
Cal
Frank Ludwig Rickenberg
Alameda County Infirmary
Clark
Rickenberg
Pine Ridge Reservation
Seventh Cavalry
Leavenworth, Kas
California
Frank Sture
Wealthy Man’s Evil Spirit: Sooty Owl Haunts Paterson Home
Peter H. Rowson, a wealthy silk manufacturer, noticed a drastic change in appearance and mood as strange noises filled his Paterson mansion. An owl sought refuge in a boarded chimney, its soot-covered plumage resembling a raven, until servants forced it out after a chaotic escape.
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New York
Peter H. Rowson
Paterson
N. J
Hackensack
Fort Lee
Cincinnati Man Refuses Help Despite $8000 Wealth
John Evans of Cincinnati, valued at about $8,000, resists securing a farm in South Dakota and refuses charity from the Associated Charities. Probate court found him sane, yet his hardship leaves his tenement family facing possible removal of his 10 year old daughter to a home for children. His story highlights pride and neglect of aid.
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Cincinnati
John Evans
C. M. Hubbard
Cincinnati Associated Charities
Sycamorest
South Dakota
Hamilton County
Associated Charities
Hubbard
Humane Society
Bome Institution
Mr. Evans
Across Ocean Wireless Telegraphy Triumph Stirs Commercial Future
London reports Signor Marconi has mastered a difficult breakthrough enabling transatlantic wireless communication. Antennas and air wave control could render masts obsolete and submarine cables superseded, promising near term global speaking terms and vast commercial impact.
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Snowdon
Signor Marconi
Southampton
Long Island
New York
Daily Express
High Court Rules Poker Loss Not Recoverable in Debt Case
The New York Appellate Division ruled there is no legal authority to allow a poker game debt to be recovered. Judge O Gorman wrote the decision, upholding a lower court judgment for $92 against former Detective Sergeant Charles Heidelberg in favor of Joseph Jacoby, who won the money.
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New York
Appellate Division
Supreme Court
O'Gorman
Beekman
Giegerich
Dan Finn
First District Municipal Court
Sergt
Charles Heidelberg
Joseph Jacoby
Heidelberg
Jacoby
Woman Charged With Throwing Stone In Brooklyn Dispute
Agness Spanelli of Fifty seventh street and Nineteenth avenue was arraigned in the Grant street police court on a charge of assault after August Schmidt said she threw a stone and cut his lip during a dispute. The magistrate referred the case to the court of special sessions for decision.
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Court of Special Sessions
Brooklyn
Grant-st
Agness Spanelli
Fifty-seventh-st
Nineteenth-ave
New York Herald
August Schimidt
Schmidt
Robinson
Special Sessions
Mystery of Harrington Death at Custer Massacre Solved
Fort Yates dispatch reports one Indian witness the last to see Lieutenant Harrington after the 1876 battle. Harrington rode free until a single Sioux pursuer fired, and Harrington shot himself to avoid capture. His bones rest in a dry lake bed away from the massacre site.
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Harrington
Fort Yates
Leutenant
Whipping Post in Delaware Claims Youngest Victim
In Newcastle Delaware on December 5 14 year old Johnny Anker a white boy received ten lashes with a nine tails in the jail yard before a crowd of blacks and whites His mother is overwhelmed by the disgrace The boy found a box of cheap perfume in a freight car and was punished after two railroad detectives took him to court and sentenced him to four months in jail.
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Newcastle
Del
Delaware
Johnny Anker
New York
Wilmington
Anker
Clock Foretells Death in Reading Diphtheria Tragedy
Elmer B Mosser aged 14 in Johnsville died of diphtheria after his parents claimed an old mantel clock in his room foretold the illness by striking one three times. The clock allegedly produced a third strike after the boy’s death, and the family fears for their 10 year old daughter Mabel. Mrs Mosser planned to demolish the clock if it strikes again.
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Reading
Elmer B. Mosser
Bonneville G. Mosser
Johnsville
Elmer
Mabel
Venedocia Town Boasts Strict Moral Standards
The Venedocia town report claims there are no saloons gambling pool or billiard rooms and even Sundays are strict. Ice and fresh meats are sold only on Saturdays and a stranger attempting to buy playing cards was refused.
Muscle and Not Fat How to gain flesh without fat and digest meals
The article argues that thin people need flesh for proportion, not fat which harms muscles and organs. It promotes Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets as a digestion aid to quickly digest flesh forming foods like eggs and beefsteak, claiming they help even thin, dyspeptic individuals become strong and plump. The tablet is sold 50 cents for full treatment by druggists in the U S Canada and Great Britain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stuart
United States
Canada
Great Britain
Male and Female Stenographers in the Business World
The piece notes a shift in employment with banks and firms replacing female stenographers with men, claiming men advance faster and are better suited for higher roles. It cites promotion access, understanding of finance, and attitudes toward salaries as factors shaping the trend and asks where displaced women go.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Big Western
Heeb
Indianapolis Business University
Cleveland Line City Ticket Office Timetable
Rail timetable notes trains on the Cleveland line with daily and Sunday-excluded options. It lists departures from Anderson at 6:45 am and 4:50 pm, connections to Union City and Cleveland routes, and several through services to New York Boston and Philadelphia with varying arrival times.
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Anderson
Mdat
Union City
N.Y
Bos
Pos
N. Y
Bos. Iim
Boston
Knickerbocker
Train Timetable Fragments from Benton Harbor to Cincinnati Line
Train schedule fragments list multiple routes and times including Benton Harbor to St Louis and Lafayette limbs. It notes numerous accommodations and express services with multiple departure and arrival times across Chicago Cincinnati and Springfield lines.
Cincinnati rail timetable highlights and departures
The Cincinnati, Hamilton and Dayton Railway lists city ticket office at 2 W Washington St Cincinnati with multiple trains showing times for Cincinnati fast mail Cin and Det ex Chicago ex Tuscola accom and connections with Lake Erie and Western R R schedule details include morning and evening departures and arrivals across several routes.
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Washington St
Cincinnati
Dayton
Dayton Lim
Toledo
Detroit
St. L.m
Chicago
Tuscola
St. L
Chi
L’porte
Chicago Indianapolis Louisville Railway Menon Route Timetable
Readable fragments show ticket office location at 2% W Washington Chicago and train times for Chicago routes. Entries mention Vandalia Lines and TT H. St. L. West connections with assorted departure and arrival times and pricing fragments.
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Chicago, Indianapolis & Louisville Railway
Washington St
Chicago
St. L. Ace
T. H
St. L. & West
Western Express
Effingham
St. L
St. L and
West
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Custer
Sitting Bull
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Central Printing CO
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Bowenmerrill
W. Wash
St. Mechanical Dept
Pennsylvania Lines
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Col
Ind. & Louis
Rich
Col. O
Piqua & Columbus
Richmond
Ind
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Sun
Ates Ea Stereesove
Col. Ind. & Louis
Vernon and Madison
Martinsoe & Vin
Dayton & Xenia
Pittsburg & East
Phil
N. Y. Woos
N. Y. Accenee
Logansport & Chicago
Martinsville Ace
Knights & Rich
Balti. & Wash
Dayton & Spring
Columb’s, Ind. & Mad
Colum
Cleveland Line
Benton Harbor Line
Benton Harbor
Wabash
ST. Louis Line
St. Louis Accera
St. L. S. W. Lim
T. Louis Limited
H. & Mattoon Ac
St. Louis Ex
Lafayette
Chicago Fast Mail
Cincinnati, Ex
Greensburg
W., Flex,'s
N. Ver
Lois
D.s
Louis
Peoria Line
Peoria
Bloom
M & Ex
Peoria & Bloomington
Fiex
Champaign
Peoria & Bloom
Columbus
Spring
Ohio
Lynn Accommodation
Dayton and
Xenia
Spencer Acc
Col., Ind. & Louis
Logans
Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton Railway
Indiana, Decatur & Western Ry
Iber
Fidveyeas
Dever Henen
Eytery
Guaba Bend
P.O. Bax
Sen Pransiaie
Cal Sloan Drug CO
W. Washington
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