Farmer Who Traced Matrimonial Fraud in Nebraska Trap
In Chicago on Oct 11 a farmer Fred Specht from Dunbar Nebraska fell victim to a marriage hopeful scam. Marie Bellinger posed as wealthy hoping for marriage while Charles Blair an attorney faces charges for allegedly receiving funds via a confidence game. Blair denies wrongdoing claiming he only drafted notes. Detectives traced the affair and arrested Blair with warrants for Marie Bellinger. Blair to be arraigned before Justice Prindiville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Blair
LaSalle St
Central Station
Fred Specht
Dunbar
Neb
Marie Bellinger
Miss Bellinger
Fair Marie
Fred
Marie
Blair
Specht
Ripley
McGrath
Dubach
de Roche
Prindiville
Father Buries His Own Children in Diphtheria Tragedy
In Wilmington Delaware William J. Austin faced a harrowing outbreak as three of his children died from diphtheria aged 12 19 and 7. He buried them alone with his wife assisting as caretaker and undertaker until state authorities intervened to provide care and support for the family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilmington
Del
William J. Austin
Norman
Mollie
Austin
Emma
Lowther
Farquhar Reports On Newport Naval Maneuvers
Admiral Farquhar, head of the North Atlantic squadron, issued his Newport maneuvers report dated Sept 24. He commends the officers and men, notes searchlights' usefulness, and says no torpedo boat eluded the picket boats. He urges keeping numerous torpedo boats with the squadron and notes the Holland boat will play a major future role despite a late Holland attack on the Kearsarge during five torpedo boats’ drills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newport
Croker In Hock Portrait Pawned by Unknown Person
A life-size oil portrait of Tammany leader Richard Croker, owned by photographer Rockwood and valued at 1200 dollars, has been pawned for 25 dollars by an unknown party. Rockwood hires Gen. Horatio C. King to recover the painting which was meant as a gift to Croker upon his return from Europe, but events delayed the presentation and the painting disappeared.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tammany Leader
Rockwood
Horatio C. King
Croker
Europe
Ice Trust
Burial of Virginia Tonkin After One Year In Home
After a year of keeping Virginia Tonkin in her bedroom coffin at the Tonkin residence in Oswego New York the family prepares to move the 12 year old’s body to a Riverside cemetery vault. The board of health found sanitary conditions perfect and the family marked birthdays and feast days with private observances. The vault nearing completion will receive the remains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
We Oswego
N. x
Virginia’ Tonkin
J. J. Tonkin
Virginia
Board of Health
Tonkin
Mr. Tonkin
Riverside Cemetery
Will Seon
Actress Linked to Diamond Smuggling Case in Milwaukee
Special agents Gaffney and Schwartz pursued a young actress tied to a scheme smuggling over 100000 dollars in diamonds into the United States. The pursuit traced from Halifax to Montreal and Milwaukee where the poodle died after suspected poisoning, with diamonds hidden in fatty morsels fed to the dog.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
Wis
Gaffney and Schwartz
United States Customs Service
St. Paul
New York
Omaha
Boston
San Francisco
Liverpool
Halfax
Washington
Halifax
Montreal
St. Lawrence Hall
Canadian Pacific Railway
West
Gaffney
Physter
Attorney Lavinia Lally Seeks Fee After Court Substitution
Miss Lavinia Lally a young attorney acted as counsel in Julia Hayes Percy v Metropolitan Street Railroad Co. in Brooklyn. She objected to substitution and demanded a $2250 fee plus costs, then left the courtroom after the judge did not grant her full request.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Lavinia Lally
Julia Hayes Percy
Metropolitan Street Railroad Company
Marean
Brooklyn
F. de Witt Wells
Miss Lally
Bees disrupt honey sale in Cherry Creek village
Israel Carpenter tried to sell honey in a Cherry Creek store but bees swarmed the shop and chased him. The horse ran away when outside bees charged it. Bees waited at the hitching post before Carpenter was chased home, preventing the sale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cherry Creek
N. Y
Israel Carpenter
Carpenter
Widow of Calcutta professor found in Tacoma
In Tacoma the widow of Prof A M Nash, drowned in Alaska, is located as Mrs John Pence wife of a day laborer in two rooms. She stands to gain nearly 200000 from Nash bequests, while Pence’s relatives press for her to abandon him before inheritance. Pence recently had the husband arrested for beating her. she refuses to leave.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tacoma
Wash
A. M. Nash
English Government College of
Calcutta
India
Alaska
John Pence
Pence
Lost Sheep Threatens Newburgh Wedding Plan
Nicholas Chiralla of Cold Spring faced social disaster as a prized seven dollar sheep bought for his daughter's upcoming wedding vanished from his yard. Police searched, ads offered a reward, and locals awaited its return before Saturday night to avoid postponing the ceremony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newburgh
Nicholas Chiralia
Cold Spring
Chiralla
Matteawan
Centenarian Staten Island slave recalls seeing George Washington
Benjamin Prine born in 1759 in the Richmond settlement on Staten Island died at 111 at his daughter's home in Port Richmond. A former slave of the Van Pelt family he earned freedom in 1822 and later drove Staten Island stagecoaches before railroads. He claimed to know Commodore Vanderbilt and helped build fortifications in the War of 1812. He recounted Washington's visit at age ten.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Benjamin Prine
Port Richmond
Staten Island
Richard van Pelt
Richmond
van Pelt
Long Neck
Tompkinsville
Prine
Commodore Vanderbilt
George Washington
Truant House Found in Elm Tree in Lynn
Lynn Mass October 11 truant officer John M Newhall uncovers a crude but sturdy tree house built in an elm by dry goods box boards. It contains a mattress chairs and cooking gear. Two boys and two girls from well known families are arrested by the officer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lynn
Mass
John M. Newhall
Bride Delays Wedding To Wed In Washington Ride
Miss Annie Graham Miller of Grand Ave postpones her Chicago wedding for 24 hours after fiancé George Wayland Poe is injured in Washington. A special Pennsylvanian Limited car carries the bridal party to the capital where the wedding proceeds at Poe’s hotel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Oct
Annie Graham Miller
Grand-ave Boulevard
Thomas Miller
Burlington Railroad
George Wayland Poe
Washington
Pennsylvania Lmited
Miss Miller
Redding
Exotic French claimant seeks American heiress duchess
A young French man calling himself Rene francois Joseph, duc de Warren, stays at the Buckingham hotel in New York. He claims royal blood from William the Conqueror and Plantagenets and from Norfolk and Salisbury families, but his title is not in any peerage. He hints at seeking a wealthy wife to grant him the duchess title, offering many long titles and fashionably worn clothes with a large gold seal ring bearing a coat of arms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
William the Conqueror
Royal Plantagenets
Duke of Norfolk
Marquis of Salisbury
Buckingham Hotel
Rene Francois Joseph, Duc de Warren
Duke of Warren
America
Prince of Wales
Meridian mother’s baby learns to talk at carnival
A Meridian street mother reports her baby has learned to speak, proudly reciting lines taught at home. When the Illinois street merchant father arrives, he humorously corrects the improvised verse, declaring he buys no more bunting this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Meridian St
Papa
A Dog Helps Run Trolley Cars in Scranton
A stray dog named Jack works with Scranton trolley crews, riding platforms and clinging to car fenders as locomotives roll at up to 49 miles per hour. He guides cars daily, earns scraps from drivers, and is beloved by motormen and conductors, despite officials banning him from riding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scranton
Jack
Heartless Corporation
Mrs. Goldberg Dead From Mushroom Poisoning
Mrs. Edward Goldberg dies in Seneca Missouri from mushroom poisoning. Her husband died the previous day from the same cause.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seneca, Mo
Edward Goldberg
Fine California Wines Brandies Bottled Goods
Retail notice for Schuller a merchant at 210 N Meridian Street offering fine California wines and bottled goods including brandies with catalog phrasing suggesting availability and shop location.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
Schuller’s
Meridian-st
Old Nurse for Children and Teething Syrup Ad
An advertisement touts Mrs Winslows Soothing Syrup for teething pain in children, claiming it soothes gums relieves colic and diarrhoea. It lists prices and locations for sales and a travel schedule from Indianapolis to Indiana and Ohio points, ending with furniture cabinet pricing.
Stuart's Catarrh Tablets Offer Rapid Relief
An advertisement touts Stuart's Catarrh Tablets as a new combined remedy for catarrh of the nose throat and stomach. Testimonials from F N Benton and George J Casanova praise the product’s effectiveness, plus a Pittsburgh physician’s endorsement over inhalers or salves. The tablets, sold by druggists for 50 cents, are claimed safe for children as they contain no opiates or cocaine.
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Stuart
F. N. Benton
Clark House
Troy
George J. Casanova
Hotel Grifton
W. Ninth St
New York City
Pittsburgh
Railroad Time Card Notice Highlights Train Car Codes
Rail time card shows daily schedule with car types and codes such as P Parlor, C Chair, D Dining, and exclusions for Sundays. Indicates Big Four Route city ticket office at 1 East Washington Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Ticket Office
Washington
Cleveland Line Schedules and Connections Digest
Train timetable snippet lists departures and arrivals including Cleveland to Union City and Anderson routes with prices, times, and connections to New York Boston and Newark. Mentions mail service and a nickname “Knickerbocker” with fare figures and times in a compact transit notice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anderson Ac
Mdat
Union City-accom
N.Y
Bos
Boston
Knickerbocker
Pga
Benton Harbor Express Through Morning Schedule Note
Train schedule fragment shows Benton Harbor express times with partial notes and accommodations. Indicates early morning departure around 0.30 pa with a 43 pm reference and passenger names Liam and Sam.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benton Harbor
Liam
Sam Wabash
St. Louis Train Schedule Fragments
Partially legible rail timetable notes show St. Louis arrivals and departures with times like 7 am 9.45 am and 4 am. Mentions include St. Louis Limited and Mattoon connection events amid garbled symbols and abbreviations.
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St. Louis Accom
St. L. S. W. Lim
St. Louis Limited
H. & Mattoon Ac
T. Louis Ox, S
Lafayette to Chicago Train Schedule Fragments
Schedule fragments show Lafayette accommodation at 5.45 pm and 1 pm, Chicago fast mail departing HdGsam at 2 am, Chicago Wespea at 23 pm 6.10 pm, Chicago night express at 5.12 am and 3 am. The text is incomplete and lists multiple arrival and departure times without clear context.
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Lafayette Accom
Lafayette
Chicago Fast Mail
Chicago Wespea
Chicago
City Ticket Office
Washington St
Cincinnati
Chicace
Indianapolis & Sealselils Railway
Chicago Express
Chicago Vestibule
Monen
Cincinnati Line Train Schedule Fragment
A partial timetable shows Cincinnati express and local services with arrival and departure times at multiple stops. Greensburg and N Ver and Louis routes appear with morning and evening windows, indicating limited timetable entries from the era.
Transit schedule fragment for Peoria Bloomington and Champaign
Fragmentary timetable shows routes between Peoria Bloomington and Champaign with times around morning and afternoon windows. Mentions 7.5am 2.40pm and 4.10pm 5.0am with scattered abbreviations and fares indicated by broken symbols.
Columbus and Spring Schedule Snapshot in Ohio
Timelines show a sequence of times tied to Columbus and Spring in Ohio with early morning and afternoon slots. The note highlights accommodation at Lynn and lists several time marks such as 5.45am 16.35pm 2.50pm and 10.15am.
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Columbus & Spring
Ohio Special
Lynn Accommodation
Fragmentary schedule notice from multiple cities
Fragmentary OCR shows times and initials for a travel or transit schedule with scattered references to T D Chi and Lporte, including morning and afternoon slots and a late evening entry. The readable bits lack full context or complete names.
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Farquhar
North Atlantic
Hock
Tammany
Richard Croker
Warren
Melville
N. Pennsylvania
Indianapolis
Indiana
Isi Tee
Wale
Washington-st
Lake Erie & Western R. RB
Moton
Elwood
Alexandria
Muncie
Redkey
Portland
Hartford City
Bluffton
Fort Wayne
Ind
Celina
Lima
St. Mary’s
Ft. Wayne
Graham
Taggart Bakery
Dr.pierces
Golden Discovery
The
Indianapolis Gas CO
E. Court St
Tea of
Bowen- Merril Co
Tex
Indianapolis Cancer Institute
New York St
Ohio St
J.T. Copland
Ellliott
Wants
Bates House
Annie Donahue
Vinton St
Hoyt
R. F. Stone
Ohio Street
Ellsworth Glenn
Delaware St
BR. Dreithaler
Bizet
Peterson
Pennsylvania St
Lad
J. J. Hytoohe
E. Ohiest
Capital City
Indianapolis Paint & Color Co
Cate
Cleveland Line
ST. Louis
LIN
Linz
Greensburg
S.d
N. Ver
Louis
Peoria Line
Peoria
Bloom
M &Ex
Peoria & Bloomington
Champaign
Peoria & Bloom
Springfield and
Columbus
Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton Railway
Lake Erie & Western
BR. R
Mich
Chi. Lim
L’porte
Indiana, Decatur & Western Ey
St. Lam &Ex
Vandalia Lines
West T. H
St L
T. H
T. L
West Western Express
Effngham
T. L. Fast
St. Land West
Pennsylvania Lines
Station
Illinois
Washington-sto
Baltimore and
Rich
Col
Piqua
Phil
Balti
Dayton & Spring
Springfield
Columb’s
H -Colum
le Martins
Pittsburg
East Phil
Dayton and Xenia
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