Superstitions Among Maryland Virginia Black Communities
The Baltimore World reports on widespread African American beliefs from Maryland and Virginia counties. It describes night doctors who allegedly seek victims for medical colleges, magic charms like rabbit feet and hoodoo voodoo, love powders, and folk remedies such as dog meat broth and bear grease. Graveyards frighten the community, with fear of ghosts guiding behavior after dark.
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Wah’ Darkey
Maryland
Virginia
Baltimore
All Black Hats Lead Spring Millinery Surge
New York imported spring hats in all black arrive in local millinery shops. Styles range from straw to chiffon and horsehair braid, with combinations in black. Prices run from 3.98 to 6.50, featuring flat crowns and tight pinning to the hair for a modern silhouette.
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New York
Chicago Girl Rides Elevated Road 56 Hours for Ten Cents
Mollie Fisher, 18, rode an elevated Chicago line for 56 hours on a ten cent fare. She slept little, drank coffee and water, and left her hat behind. Detained at the Metropolitan station, she was to be rested at Harrison Street annex while authorities seek relatives or friends.
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Chicago
Mollie Fisher
O’brien
Elevatea Road
Mollie
Polly
Ble
Eberhardt
Harrison- Bt ‘Station
Wholesale Robber Threatens Local Merchants
A wholesale robber, Ned Dean Man, is linked to a bold scheme as authorities pursue him. Local merchants report fear and increased security measures as police investigate the alleged crime and name potential suspects.
If They Were Only at Home Writing Poetry
A fragmented verse scene imagines lawmakers writing spring poetry at home. The speaker coins caricatured lines about robin, spring, and nature. Poised as light satire, the piece evokes writers Ben Parker and Kittinger in a back room, nib bitten, composing verse about chance and renewal.
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Ben Parker
Kittinger
Lassoed Maniac Oliver Glover Captured Near Charleston
Oliver Glover a raving maniac who had roamed the swamps naked for six months was driven from the swamps above Charleston by phosphate workers. He fought with bare hands as ropes were thrown in lasso style. He killed cattle that drifted into the area and reportedly ate the flesh. Officials and police investigated the incident as hospital authorities declined to accept him.
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Charleston
3. C
Oliver Glover
Glover
A Peep at The Simple Lives and Strange Mennonites
A feature outlines Mennonite origins in 1683 Germantown and growth to about 60 000 in the U S and 10 000 in Canada. It details beliefs church structure in Dort 1632 confession foot washing non resis tance and plain dress plus Elk Hart Institute and missions work in India and Russia Doukobor emigration.
Anarchist Most Is Now A Dramatist In Play The Strike
New York report outlines Johann Most turning novelist playwright as he begins rehearsals for The Strike a five act German drama with Most as a key character. The plot follows Francis Fischer son of a factory owner torn between peaceful tactics and armed revolt amid a strike at Baron Hartenstein's works. Francis kills the baron following a love affair and class conflict leading to a climactic siege and rescue while condemning capitalism. Over 300 citizens invest in Armstrong Park Addition shares via Land Co. offerings.
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New York
Johann Most
Francis Fischer
Cupid
Francis
Baron Hartenstein
Fischer
Arlot
Armstrong Park
Amputation With Spinal Anaesthesia Reported In Philadelphia
Philadelphia February 28 One of the most important spinal anaesthesia operations recorded in the citys surgical annals is an amputation performed by Dr William L Rodman at the Medico Chirurgical Hospital The patient an elderly Camden man had a troublesome heel ulcer and kidney trouble Ether and chloroform threatened his life so cocaine injected into the spinal canal rendered him insensible to pain while he was carved to the bone He remained conscious and even joked with surgeons during the operation which lasted about half an hour He is now in excellent health with an artificial leg expected to allow him to walk soon The report suggests wider adoption of spinal anaesthesia in the United States
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Elkhart Institute
Elkhart
Ind
Heatwole
N. E. Byers
Northwestern University
States
Canada
Russia
America
Thither
Austria
Minnesota
Kansas
Nebraska
Dakota
Good
Philadelphia
William L. Rodman
Medico-chirurgical Hospital
Camden
Germany
United States
Rodman
Millionaire Newcombe Lived Frugally From Start To Wealth
Willam F. Newcombe, a 75 plus Cleveland bachelor, lives alone in a Haymarket house room but owns vast property around the city and beyond. He runs a self made business, collects rents weekly, built a cheap worker friendly Factory-st block, and advises young men to learn a trade, save money, and avoid quick riches. He donates to the Salvation Army and keeps meticulous ledgers as he eyes his fortune and future.
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Cleveland
Willam F. Newcombe
Haymarket
Race St
Newcombe
Toledo
Minnesota
St. Block
Salvation Army
Mrs Jackson Denies Tree Rooted Grave Story
Charlotte, February 28. Mrs. Jackson widow of Stonewall Jackson denies a tale that a tree planted over his grave in Lexington Virginia grew roots into his coffin and fed on his body. She explains a tree stood nearby, cut years ago to avoid staining gravestones, and says even if roots reached the grave they could not pierce a metal coffin. The root seller was stopped.
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State Museum
Stonewall Jackson
Jackson
Lexington
Mare Works Only Nine Hours in Reading
Magie the mare owned by Aaron Yocum of Reading refuses to work more than nine hours daily. The 33 year old animal works in the morning after a 9 o'clock start, then returns to the stable at noon and again at 5 pm. She guides her schedule by the sun, not a clock.
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Reading
Magelie
Aaron Yocum
Maggie
A Minister and Undertaker in Waterloo's Early Days
Rev S W Ingham, a circuit rider and itinerant Methodist preacher who served Waterloo in 1850, died in Rutland at age 9. He rode from Marion to Clear Lake, sometimes built coffins and prepared bodies for burial single handedly, serving as cabinet maker undertaker and minister.
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Waterloo
S. W. Ingham
Rutland
Marion
Clear Lake
Court affirms decision from St Louis appeal court
In St Louis February 23 the court of appeals affirmed the prior ruling, upholding the decision in a case involving a Waeneaney party. The affirmation confirms the lower court’s judgment and closes the appellate review with no further action forthcoming.
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ST. ‘Louis, Mo
Court of ‘Appeais, Weaneaiay
Widow Discovers 550 Union Pacific Shares Worth About 50 Thousand
FELE Connecticut Feb 28. Mrs Hattle Thorp learned she was not doomed to life as a housekeeper when she dropped dead after realizing her late husband Frank Thorp bought 550 shares of Union Pacific stock for two cents a share at auction. The stock, found in his trunk, later valued at about 94.25 a share totaling around 50,000 dollars. She had started housekeeping for Thomas Marks of Stonington and left no children. Her death occurred after she attempted to convey the stock to a broker and died on a Montville trolley car from shock.
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Norwich
Conn
Frank Thorp
Westerly
Union Pacific
Thorp
Stonington
A Busted Nose Case Seeks 5000 in Damages
In Philadelphia on February 28, Herbert W. Geshwind sues Joseph Mathieu for 5000 dollars claiming a nose injury from an August 35 1900 incident at Mathieu's factory. Geshwind testified Mathieu confronted him over slow work tempo, then tackled him, breaking his nose and injuring his lip. Geshwind argues a broken nose reduces his face value by 5000 dollars.
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Philadelphia
Joseph Mathieu
Herbert W. Geshwind
Geshwind
He Wanted a License from a Nervous Brother
Miss Comer in the county clerk’s office overhears a stranger declare he wants to marry. He clarifies he seeks a license for his brother, prompting Deputy Fate to quip that the brother must apply himself. The moment ends with laughter and a reminder of personal responsibility.
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Comer
Fate
Revenue reduction bill conferees complete work in Washington
In Washington on February 23, conferees finished their work on the revenue reduction bill. A Wednesday meeting invited Democratic members, and the committee report from the Republicans was explained and agreed to.
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Washington
Morgan Stands By Sampson
Newport R I Feb 27 Guner Charles Morgan who drew national attention by the controversial Sampson letter arrived from Brooklyn navy yard to cheers at the pier. He finds himself flooded with congratulatory messages at home and says he deserves none, insisting he is a friend of Sampson and honors him.
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Newport, R. I
Guner Chas. Morgan
Sampson
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Morgan
Contagion and Infection Warned in Cold Season
Contagious diseases pass through the air with smallpox and La Grippe. Keep the body healthy and use Stuart's Catarrh Tablets at first cold symptoms to break up grip. Doctors recommend staying home briefly and taking the antiseptic tablets, safe for all ages, to stop fever and prevent pneumonia.
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Stuart
Anniston
Lewiston
Dying Woman Drives Husband From San Bernardino
E Sparks arrived in San Bernardino with his ailing wife seeking a change of climate for her consumptive illness. He found lodging refused at every house even for pay, convinced California inns deny admission to ill travelers. Discouraged he prepared to return to Michigan on the Santa Fe line.
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San Bernardino
Cal
E. Sparks
Sturgis
Mich
California
Sparks
Michigan
Mine Fire Kills Thirty Six in Diamondville
In Kemmerer Wyoming on February 28 a coal mine fire killed thirty six people. Eight bodies have been recovered as rescue teams work through the scene and assess the losses.
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Kemmerer, Wyo
Diamondville
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