Lizzie Gordons Mischief and a Chicago Encounter
A narrator recalls Lizzie Gordon as a lively eight year old in Wilmington and later a married woman in Chicago. He narrates a dramatic train car meeting with a mysterious beauty who turns out to be Lizzie, now married to Harry Austin, culminating in a playful reunion and warnings to restrain flirtations.
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Lizzie Gordon
Jock
Bernard
Lizzie
Learning
Francy
Miss Gordon
Wilmington
Chad
Harry Austin
Chicago
Illinois
Indiana
Michigan
Kankakee
Harry
Chris
Loss of a Schooner with Every Soul on Board
The oyster schooner Adamantine found sunk in the bay off Bartowre Maryland. Captain Horace Parker of Philadelphia lashed to the topmast and the nine crew members bodies lashed to the deck as the vessel sank. Inhabitants of Smith Island sighted the wreck January 2 but rough seas delayed recovery efforts.
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Bartorore
Adamantine
Horace Parker
Philadelphia
Smith Island
Close of the Great Tragedy Wild Hog Commits Suicide
Special telegram reports Cheyenne chief Wild Hog fatally wounds himself in confinement at Fort Roxixson Nebraska. He dies or is expected to die from heart region stab wounds. Wives and children, totaling 33 squaws and 22 youngsters, are sent to Pine Ridge Agency and to be turned over to Sioux guardians.
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Tug
Pine Ridge Agency
Gambetta elected President of the Chamber of Deputies in France
Versalles reports Gambetta won 314 of 405 votes for President of the Chamber of Deputies. Du Faure’s status as President of the Council remains uncertain. A Grevy message to the Chambers is expected likely Thursday. A petrified prehistoric man found near Eureka, New, with lower limbs on display at Jack Perry's saloon, drawing awe and bar receipts. The Cardiff Giant believers face doubt about this new find and its travel costs.
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Dufaure
Grevy
Eureka
New
Jack Perry
Cardiff
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Rowland
Michigan Avenue
Mrs. Austin
Soul
Atteytown
South Bethlehem
North Pennsylvania Railroad
Iron Hill Station
Wild Hog
Wolke
Jefferson Street
Co. Fox
O. Fox
FIRST
NAT. Bank
Tasper Adler
Jeffersons Street
St. Nicholas Hotel
France
Gambetta
Mrs. Bush
Insurance
TNA
Hartford
Mperial & Northern
North British & Mercantile
Lancashire
Ifield JF. & M
Orient
Roger Williams
Rhode Island
Shawmut, Sprin and
Howard Insurance Companies
Ay Company
P. J. Hobbs, ¢. Knowlton
Joliet, Ill
California
STORE
Joliet
Mansfield Young
COAL
H.R. Knowlton
Hobbs
D. Meers § Son
Will County
D. Meers & Son
Joliet,llinois
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