The Faces Behind Fame A Chronicle of Flaws and Foresight
A collection of brief notes on famous figures from Cromwell to Demosthenes detailing their maladies and deformities. It lists Napoleon’s seizures, Nelson’s eye and arm losses, Wolseley’s sight, William and Frederick’s ailments, Byron’s club foot, Pope’s hunchback, and other impairments cited as shaping or not hampering genius across poetry, politics, and art.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oliver Cromwell
Peter Lely
Hogarth
Napoleon
Waterloo
Duke of Wellington
Lord Nelson
Viscount Wolseley
Sebastopol
William
Germany
Frederick
Lord Broughman
Lord Byron
Byron
Cowper
Chatterton
Rousseau
Cervantes
Southey
Swift
Alexander Pope
Sir Walter Scott
Jas. Payn
Demosthenes
Chas. Kingsley
Man Survives Swallowing Iron Fork in Typhoid Case
Paris reports a young man swallowed an iron fork during a typhoid attack and later underwent surgery. The fork measured about eight inches, he recovered fully with no after effects. In Melrose Park Illinois a pork club forms pledging to eat only pork for six months amid debates over meat safety.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
French Academy :of Medicine
Melrose Park
Chicago
Pig‘club
Dowie
Fleeced Yankee Visitor Vanishes From Berlin Colony
A young man who claimed to be Harry Marshall of Cincinnati and a friend of Senator Foraker and John R. McLean conned the American colony in Berlin, gaining trust and funds by cashing fake checks. He disappeared Thursday after obtaining several thousand marks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Harry Marshall
Cincinnati
Senator Foraker
John R. McLean
Imported European Potatoes Shift NYC Market Amid Short Crop
New York City has seen four fifths of its potatoes arrive from Europe as domestic supplies fail. Ships from Antwerp and Glasgow bring 90,000 and 30,000 barrels respectively, while duties and freight push European prices to about 1.70 a barrel landed. Domestic prices hover around 2.25 to 2.55, with Scotch and Belgian varieties commanding premium quality. New Yorkers consume about 25,000 bushels daily and will likely continue paying high prices for imported spuds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
New York City
Europe
America
Southwark
Antwerp
Vaderland
Glasgow
Scotland
Ireland
Belgium
Emerald Isle
World’s three largest blue diamonds bring Christmas gifts
New York reports three giant blue diamonds may be the Brunswick and Hope stones with linked legends. Purchaser Benjamin F Cheney of Boston paid over 100000 dollars for a jewel for Julia Arthur, while experts debate the third stone’s identity and history from Tavernier to Hope.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Benjamin F. Cheney
Boston
Julia Arthur
Brunswick
Tavernier
Louis XIV
Hope
Lord Hope
Duke of Brunswick
Lord Francis
May
Young Strong
Return of Long-Lost Wife Ends Courtroom Vigil
A Chicago audience hears Jim Wilter reunite with his wife after seven years apart. He had pursued confidence men who swindled him, but the sight of his wife halted the case. Wilter vows to take her to New York. she later recounts her forced separation and hardships. A separate report notes Mrs. George Kemier reporting a purse loss on East Washington Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Witer
Chicago
Witter
Martin
Wilter
Jim
New York
New York State
William Hicks
Hicks
Halsteadst
George. Kemier
Bevilleave
E. Washington St
Enat St
Missing Ridgefield woman found in South Norwalk
Mrs. Lotte Spears, 54, long missing after boarding a New York bound train with a diamonds satchel, returned to a relative’s home in South Norwalk. She shows signs of exposure and fatigue, cannot explain her 15 day absence or whereabouts, and is now under care as police and family seek her full story.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norwalk
Conn
Lotte ‘Spears
Grand Central Depot
New ‘York
Ridgefield
James Russell
Spears
Woman Leaves Dane Husband Over Social Rank
In Omaha on December 20 Sallie Dillon Anderson, daughter of a Dane named Alfred Anderson, eloped with her husband. Her mother, descendant of Sidney Dillon the Union Pacific pioneer president, opposed the match and pursued the couple. The bride, 16, and her mother reportedly fled with the man driving them to the Dillon farm where she vanished. An officer assisted in the claim but both women were missing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omaha
Neb
Dillion
Anderson
Dillon Farm
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Burkharts
New
York
Beecham
Ness. Peon
Zlic
National Furniture Co
Washington St
Indiana
Washington and
Pennsylvania Streets
Rede Ratcy Dnes
People’s Credit Clothing Co
West
Washington Street
Indianapolis
Ind
J.goldberger
Mass
H. Cohen
Piazeona
S. Illinois St
Union Painless Dentists
Fast of
the Sun
California
Oregon
W. B. Kniskern
Chicago & North-Western
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