Abduction Drama Ends With Rescue in Jadpore
Captain Ashby of the dragoons defeats the rajah's guard to rescue Miss Blatchford from Jadpore. Ali, a loyal Nubian servant, guides the operation and the rajah is deposed and fined as the returned bride becomes the officer’s wife.
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Calcutta
Chester Ashby
Dragoons
Blatchford
Ashby
Ashby Sahib
Ali
Sahib
Jadpore
Capt
Carleton
Miss Blatchford
India
Arrested Entire Tribe In Starvation At Hoonah
U S commissioner Folsom Marshall Hepburn and Prosecuting-atty Lions returned to Juneau after inquests into starved Indians in Hoonah. Victims were believed bewitched and punished by tribe members including tying a man to a tree for eight days and nights. Four responsible were taken to Juneau on murder charges.
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Tacoma
Wash
U.S
Folsom
Marshall Hepburn
Atty
Juneau
Hoonah
Juvenile Court in Cleveland Sparks Mixed Feelings
Cleveland on December 10 reports a six month old juvenile court under Judge Callahan provoking debate. Supporters praise it as a blessing while critics fear it creates tougher youths and relies on unreliable “official fathers” to sponsor punishment.
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Cleveland, O
Cleveland
Callahan
Juvenile Court
Reform School
Brave Officer Fergus Fights Suspects After Being Shot
Patrolman Michael Fergus was shot in the left thigh while arresting suspects in Cleveland Ohio. He pursued the shooter for six hours before medical treatment. Thomas McGarry was fined 200 and 9 costs with 30 days for carrying a loaded revolver and 30 days for suspicion. Fergus remained on duty against medical orders.
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Cleveland, O
Michael Fergus
Washington
Detroit-st
Fergus
Norton
Thomas McGarry
Fiedler
McGarry
Loved the Same Girl Bout Ends in Friendly Duel
James King and John Currie fought ten rounds in Port Huron Michigan to settle which would win the attentions of a local young woman. In upstairs hall, under shaded lamp light, about 20 friends watched. King won on a decision and the rivals shook hands.
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Port Huron
Mich
James King
John Currie
Harenave. Hall
King
Inverary Castle Put Up for Sale by Duke of Argyll
London reports Inverary Castle, historic seat of the Argyll family, offered for sale by the seventh and current duke due to upkeep costs. The property boasts Johnson and Boswell visits in 1783 and a famed defiance of expense, with the present duke occupying the castle since 1900 and debating sale after renting it to Lawson Johnson, who died last year.
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London
Inverary Castle
Argyll
Boswell
Johnson
Duke of Argyll
Lawson Johnson
Inverary
Baltimore Cardinal Praises Philippine Friars Example
Cardinal Gibbons urges the public to assess Baltimore's religious orders by the friars and sisters' charity and humility. He cites their daily devotion, simple living, and hard work, comparing their self-denial to the comforts of fashionable attire and stressing their social contribution.
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Philippines
Far East
Baltimore
Youth with Fortune Pleads Guilty in Home Burglary
Gustave Branckhoff an 18 year old heir to a $15000 fortune due at age 21 admitted breaking into his own home in Toledo court. Judge Murphy showed leniency noting the youth has future funds and urged him to live rightly. His mother and stepfather sought mercy while detailing family trouble.
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Toledo
Gustave Branckhoff
Recorder's Court
Murphy
Branckhoff
John Gutekunat
Larnedst
Sour Stomach Dyspepsia Remedies and Local Gossip
A column mixes medical notes on sour stomach and indigestion with anecdotes from Evansville and surrounding towns. It touts Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets as a remedy, then shifts to humorous local crime, accidents, and small-town misadventures from Bluffton, Kendallville, Columbia City, Louisville, Bardstown, and Greensburg, highlighting quirky incidents and social observations.
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Stuart
Reed
O'Leary
Craggiste
Miss Dismukes Found Unconscious in Memphis
Bessie Dismukes of Gallatin, daughter of State Senator W. C. Dismukes, was found unconscious at Calhoun and Caulby streets. She was taken to the City hospital where doctors say she was drugged after meeting a McKenzie man on a train. Senator Dismukes travelled to Memphis following notification.
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Memphis
Bessie Dismukes
Gallatin
W. C. Dismukes
Tennessee
Calhoun and
McKenzie
Tenn
Miss Dismukes
Dismukes
Love Stories From Toledo and Other City Tales
A Toledo court reports Mrs. Elen Everest of Sugar Ridge conspired with William Bush to chloroform her husband and children to escape, leading to a three month sentence for deserting her kids. The LaPorte Old Maids club dissolves leaving two singles. Richmond notes Miss Katherine Conrad dies at 66, a romance with Dick Ashby ending with his death and Turner Ashby’s later wars. Council Bluffs records Lena Mackison suing Dr J W Frazier for 10000 in a breach of promise case stemming from a revival encounter six years earlier.
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Elen Everest
Sugar Ridge
Richmond
Katherine Conrad
Frederick County
Miss Conrad
Dick Ashby
Ashby
Turner Ashby
Conrad
Southland
South
Virginia
Council Bluffs
Lena Mackison
Quincy
Ill
District
J. W. Frazier
Honey Creek
Mackison
United Brethren Church
Dr. Frazier
Miss Mackison
Insi
Hoosierisms and Small-Town Puzzles From Indiana Pages
A collection of humorous clippings and local tidbits. Mishawaka man misreads seidlitz powder doses ending in a comic explosion nickname living soda fountain. Household frictions over pockets and Christmas gifts. Logansport man wins $8000 damages after a foot is severed on a Burlington route. Ontario-like sayings and local name jokes from Waterloo, South Bend, Spiceland, Gowdy and Rush county towns.
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John Hudnot
Mishawaka
Mt. Pelee
John
John Stephens
Logansport
Brookville
Burlington
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