Frohogn era of newsboy turns fortune tale ride to Minneapolis
The excerpt follows a former newsboy nicknamed Frog Horn who recalls his rise from selling papers to real estate wins. He describes pockets of fortune from Kansas City to Minneapolis, a move east and west, and his aim to settle back in Minneapolis with a home after years of travel and work.
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Katisana City
Minneapolis
O'Mara
Froghiorn
New York
Roghorn
Denver
Kansas City
Minneapolis Tribune
Jilted by a musician in Paris tragedy
Philadelphia on July 12 reports the death by suicide of Alice D. Moffett, heiress daughter of Edward Moffett. The artist and vocal student, famed in Plainfield and Philadelphia, sought fortune since youth. Her lover Leoncavallo wed another woman, prompting her to end her life with laudanum.
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Helen Moffatt
Geneva
Switzerland
Alice D. Moffett
Plainfield
N. J
Edward Moffett
Miss Moffett
California
Chas. N. Creade
Paris
Leoncavallo
Missing Hair Mystery Signals Child Found in Atlanta
Mrs Henrietta Crapp, an 11 year old girl from Atlanta, was found at Oscar Turner’s near Grant's Park after disappearing Saturday afternoon from H C Underwood’s home. She cannot explain the absence or the loss of her luxuriant hair, which she says she cannot account for.
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Atlanta
Henrietta Crapp
Thomas
Crapp
H. C. Underwood
Oscar Turner
Grant's Park
Miss Crapp
Chamberlain Finds Kru Ger Franchise Proposals Unsatisfactory
In London on July 12, Colonial Secretary Chamberlain told Liberal leader Campbell Bannerman in the House of Commons that Kru Ger's latest franchise proposals were unsatisfactory. The exchange occurred after questions posed Tuesday regarding colonial policy.
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London
Campbell Bannerman
House of Commons
Chamberlain
Kruger
Whisky Trust Incorporates in Major Syndicate Formation
Trent on July 12 reports the distillery company of America, a new whisky syndicate, has been incorporated. It unites most existing syndicates with authorized capital of 125 million dollars.
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Whisky Trust
Trenton
Distillery Company of ‘America
Whisky ‘Syndicate
Cyclone Johnson Strikes Greenfield Misses Audience
A religious whirlwind named Cyclone Johnson centered in Indianapolis again and struck Greenfield Sunday night. He had the opera house booked there but could not attract an audience and left.
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Greenfield
Johnson
Indianapolis
Doings of the World Summary Chaos in snippet form
Pontiac spring wagon works burns causing about 50000 in losses. Beals to aid Texas flood victims with money and provisions. American anthracite import discussion by coal operators in Pennsylvania. Shattuck killing case in Erie referenced. Duel challenge linked to Dreyfus affair noted in Paris.
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Mich
Beals
Texas
United States Worsted Company
Louislle
Charles Swartsinger
Erie
Clarence E. Shattuck
Cnnsylvania
el Schwartz
New York
Columbia
Eux
Paris
Sench
Apastie Coast
Army Appointments in the Volunteer Force Announced
Washington July 12 The president made volunteer army appointments listing majors captains first and second lieutenants. Names include David B. Case John Biddle Porter J. C. R. Peabody Chas S Campbell Edwin J. Griffith Guy V. Henry Jr Frank H. Peck W G Shhrieber Edmund G. Shields Chas P. Stivers I C Scherer Grant Gillespie Alfred Hasbrouck Lindsay P. Rucker Albert C. Thompson Jr Wm E Plummer Chas A Bear Richard H Brewer Wm H Clapton Jr Daniel Hyman Chas L Willard Jos W Avery Homer B. Grant among others in various regiments.
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Washington
David B. Case
Pennsylvania
John Biddle Porter
J. C. R. Peabody
Massachusetts
Chas
Campbell
Edwin J. Griffith
Missouri
Guy V. Henry, Jr
Cavalry
Frank H. Peck
New York
W. G. Shhrieber
North Carolina Infantry
Homer B. Grant
Leutenant
Uncle Sam's Strong Arm extends protection to Porto Rico ships
The president issued an order extending the navigation laws to vessels trading with Porto Rico and the Philippines. A customs certificate of protection may be issued to US citizen owners or native inhabitants who pledged allegiance, with masters and watch officers required to be US citizens or oath-takers.
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Washington
Porto Rico
Philippines
Officers of Customs
United States
Spain
Vandalia Line Train Schedule Fragments
Train marks show daily service with Vincennes Express arriving by 3 Cairo Express daily cost 4000m 13 Chicago Express. Cars include Chair Car Sleeper Dining Car marked Dy Daily C for chair car and sleepers. Times show 1200am 16 Chicago Express.
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Vincennes Express
Cairo Express
Chicago Express
Aged Woman Cynthia Lankford Dies on Farm Near Brightwood
Cynthia Lankford died Tuesday at age 65 from old age after living on a farm northeast of Brightwood for 65 years. Born in Wayne county, she survived by nine children. her husband died 16 years ago. She traveled from her farm to Indianapolis for years via a trail marked by blazed trees. Flanner Buchanans will conduct her funeral Thursday morning at Ebenezer Lutheran Church, once part of the Lankford farm.
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Wayne County
Brightwood
Schooner Ida Tull Wrecks Near Camp Island
The schooner Ida Tull went ashore on Camp Island near Machias Maine on Monday With 15 aboard no word on their fate. A group of men landed at Rogue Bluff and may be the crew.
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Machitas
Ida
Tull
Camp Island
Rogue Bluff
Prison Converted Into a Park near Andersonville Site
Atlanta July 12 The article recounts the transformation of the Andersonville site into a park. It notes sacrifice and memory, the 1864 deaths, burial unrest, and later restorations by the Woman's Relief Corps and G A R, with a flagstaff and markers marking the historic grounds and wells dug by prisoners. The prison dimensions and stockade details are described.
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Atlanta
Andersonville
Woman's Relief Corps
St. Paul
Colony Woman's Relief Corps
Fitzgerald
Association of
Ex-Prisoners of War
Connecticut
Seaside Outing Special Train Offered at Atlantic City
A promotional notice advertises a ten day seaside outing at Atlantic City for $15.00, including a dollar per day, with a special Pennsylvania lines train from Indianapolis at 2:30 p m on Thursday August 10, and return options to nine other coast resorts. Richardson D. appears as the contact.
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Indianapolis
Pennsylvania
Richardson, D
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