The Home of a Poor Man McCall’s Shadow Lawn Estate
New York’s McCall, president of New York Life, presents a stark contrast between self described poverty and immense wealth. Describe Shadow Lawn in West End, New Jersey, with a towering white mansion, formal gardens, stables, 38 acres, and a staff of dozen-plus, plus a Bostonian brownstone home in New York City.
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Correspondence OF the Sun
New York
John A McCill
Simmer Castle
McCall
Jeessy
Hinds
Victoria
Bf Wsventy-Second-St
Shadow Lawn
New Jersey
Carrie Catt Answers Grover Cleveland on Women’s Ballot
Carrie Chapman Catt, head of the International Woman Suffrage Alliance, counters Grover Cleveland’s view of women’s role. She argues the ballot is a political right, cites suffrage results in the United States, and defends evolution toward equal civic participation despite opposition and misstatements about Colorado and other states.
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Carrie Chapman Catt
International Woman’s Suffrage Alliance
National American Woman's Suffrage Association
Newspaper Enterprise Association
Iink
Cleveland
Colorado
Shouts and pursuit erupt as conductor shot in crowded street
In Chicago a chaotic street confrontation leaves a conductor wounded. The assailant fled after an attack that produced a critical condition for the cane doctor William Kreort, while the victim’s condition remains dire and ongoing.
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Schipps-W'Raes Association
Chicago
Net
William ‘T Kreort
Marie Ute
Sanday
Liahat
A Living Monument to Dr Miles Heart Cure
A former patient testimonial extols Dr Miles Heart Cure as a life saving remedy for heart disease. The letter describes prior breathlessness and chest pain, claims full recovery after two bottles, and notes the drug is sold by local pharmacists with a money back guarantee.
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Miles
Miles Medical Co
Lebanon
Unmoerat Anager A
Octet
Nashville
Tenn
Mike
Ur Drugaist
Ellehart
Ind
DREADFUL STORIES FROM CONGO A KING'S ASSASSINS
Barry G. Farmer reports on Congo atrocities under Leopold II, detailing Belgian administration, mission inquiries, and widespread cruelty. The piece traces forced labor, brutal punishments, and the suffering of natives as rubber profits rise, with accounts of massacres and systematic oppression across Congo Free State.
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G. Farmer
London
Congo Free States
Leopold II
Belegum
England
Belgium
Africa
Leopold
Congo
Cimga
eecoUut
A Tale of Horror From Esanga Witnesses Accused
A cryptic report describes sixteen Esanga witnesses reporting killers in a vat and for rabher. The Boligaa chief spoke boldly repeating witnesses and tabhe W000 allege a tie for rabher. The fragmentary text repeats distorted names and phrases.
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Esanga
Gue
Rabher
Boligaa
The Lyceum and its famed literary circle
A historical note on the Lyceum as a vaudeville style theater edition with illustrated content and a roster of stars such as Groviey Reveber Agassiz Channing Geo William Curtis John Gough and Mark Twain. It details Chautauqua circuits and the era of high profile appearances by Bryan Lakollette and others. It cites substantial earnings from Lyceum work in Chicago and a 36 season western tour yielding about nine thousand dollars.
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Lyceun
Selwat
Laventi
Groviey
Reveber
Agassiz
Channing
Geo
William Curtis
John
G. Saxe
John By
Gough
Robi. Collyer
Mark Twain
Bud Nye
Canute Free
Chara Louise Kellogg
Mary A. Livermore
Bryan, Lakollette
Titmas
Gunkaulie
Hopkinson Smith
Champ Clark
Littlefield, Sands
Thomas Pixon
Newell Dwight Allis
Gen. Howard
Sam Jones
Elbert Hubbard
Bishop Vincent
Maud Ballington Booth
Mr. Bryan
Chiutagga
Rikey
Brookington
Marke
Fragmented account of raids and robberies in colonial village
A terse report describes raids, captures, and punitive actions in a village frontier area. References to baskets of rubber, imprisoned individuals, and executions are paired with testimonies from Mr Gammon and Mrs Lower about outrages. A sentry is cited as pursuing a robber and the community faces demands and violence amid colonial control.
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Iwenthy
Teery
Heme
NamMboy
Hewley
Hstas
Gammon
AC Tn Ale
Lower
Room to Pass
Reading fragmented item notes a local passage or transit challenge related to New York events. The text references a trio of individuals and a dated activity, with unclear context but indicates ongoing municipal or social matters affecting passage routes.
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New York
Figures Will Not
A dialogue from the Columbus Dispatch is quoted where Liz Smith Short owes $4 for one year and Joel Well suggests that longer terms reduce monthly payments. The exchange counts a dollar after one month, ten years to four cents per month, and three years to three cents per month, illustrating shrinking payments over time.
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Liz
Smith
Joel
Jonrs
Columbus Dispatch
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Dirk
Murray
Mes Aihausmalis
Mr. Metily
M'Calis House
Carrie Catt
Grover Cleveland
International Woman Suffrage
Turkey
Australia
Darburlam
Olay
Cleretaed
Arnate
House of Representatives
Cleveland Rohis
Denver
Ladies Home Journal
Grover Claveland
Gatorado
Utah
Idaho
Lemverky
Bironkel
Colmage
MES
Carrie Chapman
Catt
Samuel Fa
Plorphin
Wales
Kiig
Barry
Coor
Pav
Israel
Marstonarsy
Weeden
Mopsenie
Swamiy Eantry
Cue Sava
Moerain
Areber
Atte Omar NL
Benin
Latgel
Latoto
Twiga
Fane Heat FC
Butekere
Oncom
Snes
Shugdreds
Bentylis
Wip
Cong Free State
Tr Ring
Lemtoln
Bears
the Lyceum
Pet
Edmund Yance Cooke
Fort Erat Press
Asbocevtion Hayana
Our
Fethe End Party
Wenrae
Sham
Welsbach
Brant Welsbach
Pennsylvania Street
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