Australian bushranger Gardiner’s haunted treasure tale
The article recounts Frank Gardiner a famed New South Wales bushranger and his era of stagecoach robberies with Ben Hall and others. It details his life from Australia to San Francisco where he ran a saloon and later fathered a daughter with an Englishwoman, his arrest his marriage thwarted by imprisonment and his later fortune tied to buried booty and the daughter. The piece notes the possible burial sites and the eventual travel of Gardiner’s daughter and her husband Edward Forbes to England.
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Frank Gardiner
California
New South Wales
Ben Hall
John Gilbert
Jim O’ Malley
Dan Charters
Australia
San Francisco Chronicle
Gardiner
England
Sidney
Apis Creek
Queensland
Darlinghart
Sydney
Hercules Robinson
San Francisco
Kearney Street
Broadway
City Front
Rockhampton
Edward H. Forbes
New York
Forbes
United States
Montana
Engora
Hall
Gilbert
Charters
Food Commentary on Unusual Dishes and Tastes
A fragment discusses strange eating trends and safety concerns about foods like lobster and hot water soup. It notes European converts to grape and mentions eye plants and epicure fancies, ending with a remark about pins and a small mat.
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Europe
Stage Gossip and Dressed Up Stars on Tour
Lily Langtry leads a tour with twelve magnificent dresses Estelle Clayton shines in The Quick of the Dead Mies Clayton aided John A Stevens in Pession's Slave Genevieve Ward now housekeeping Emma Abbott and Maggie Mitchell welcome interviews Lotta dislikes press Clara Morris remains poised Nym Crinkle quotes on The Quick or the Dead framing Amelie Rives Barbara amid restrained passion play critics note the curb on Lively dialogue and modest staging
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Lily Langtry
Estelle Clayton
Mies Clayton
John A. Stevens
Pession
Genevieve Ward
Emma Abbott
Maggie Mitchell
Lotta
Clara Morris
Nym Crinkle
Amelie Rives
Barbara
No Flies On These and Other Oddities From California to Iowa
A quirky note from Elko California reports Hal Clayton a full fledged California Indian ordering visiting cards. A Connecticut police officer falls asleep while transporting a prisoner who escapes from a car. California Chinese seek to prevent boy laborers from fruit work by leasing large fruit farms at Fresno and building a packing house at Selma. An Iowa undertaker warns debtors with second wives who owe funeral costs to pay within sixty days or face public listing.
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Hal Clayton
Elko
Cal
Meriden
New Haven
Connecticut
California
Frenso
Selna
Cresco
Iowa
Eve's Descendants and Other 19th Century Society Notes
In Vanceburg Kentucky locals note the town has seen ninety five consecutive births all girls. Portland Maine resident Jane Shaw won a divorce after proving her husband attended a temperance meeting six nights weekly and church twice on Sundays. St Johnsbury Vermont elected a female public school superintendent and Fargo Dakota Territory named a woman to a Greek chair. Lewes England tradesman’s daughter Isabella Henwood faced parental arranged separation when she chose to write her lover and then leapt from a chalk pit cliff to her death.
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Vanceburg
Jane Shaw
Portland
St. Johnsbury
Fargo
D. T
Isabella Victoria Henwood
Lewes
Eng
The Short Line to Bloomington Peoria and beyond
The Short Line offers solid trains to Bloomington and Peoria with through cars to Missouri river points and quick service via Chicago. Through Sleepers and Reclining Chair Cars, lower rates, and through tickets to Urbana Bellefontaine Kenton Tiffin Sandusky. Special rates east to principal cities. Tickets from George Butler at 158 South Illinois or Union Depot. Look for local notices of excursions and reduced rates.
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Bloomington
Peoria
Missouri River
Danyile
Chicago
Springfield
Columbus
Ohio
Urbana
Bellefontaine
Kenton
Tiffin
Sandusky
Indianapolis Union Depot
Epiaiy
George Butler
Gent
South Ilnoisst
Union de OL
Moulder Recovers After Four Years With Dr Blair Treatment
In a corner frame cottage at Michigan street and Belmont, Fred Minger of Haughville credits Dr Franklyn Blair on 203 North Haineis Street with ending four years of throat breathing and stomach distress. He describes chronic symptoms from nasal blockage to gas and fatigue, and notes immediate improvement after treatment. He invites verification of his claim.
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Michigan-st. and
Belmont-are
Fred Minger
Melleable Iron Works
Haughville
Thas
Franklyn Blair
North Haineis Street
Underdog gas company promises price lock and loyalty clause
An Indianapolis gas firm pledges 30 percent discounts on contracts for homes and businesses and vows to continue supplying gas at or below any competitor's price even after termination. It also hints at preference for early customers when supply becomes tight and brands rival offers as misleading.
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Indianapolis Natural Gas Company
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Illinois Street
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Indianapolis
Believer
Irule Grate
Eus
Man
Fred. Minger
Grand Opera
Bartley Campbell
Advancs
0. G. Comb
Circle Street
English’s. Opera House
Hamos
Geo
Bartholomew
Family Circle
The
East Market Street
C. Eden and CO
North
Delaware
Grand Opera House
Lilly
Clay
Gatety Company
FRATV
ARGOS
J? Ark
Sisson
Company OF Comedians
Eden Musee
New York City
North Illinois Street
Indianapolis, Ind
Bright
Radfields
Washington
Victor
Bradley, Holton & CO
Washington St
Ind
Louis Reibold
C.m.rcm
Raschig
East Washington Street
F. P-Smith & CO
N. Dhinoissi
E. H. Eldridge &Co
Alabama
Maryland Streats
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