Tom Smith the Cowboy Marshal of Abilene
Abilene Kansas honors Tom Smith legendary marshal in the late 1800s. He curbed gun play, enforced an anti gun ordinance, and battled rough crowds, notably defeating Hank Hawkins and Wyoming Frank before perishing while pursuing murderers three miles northwest of Abilene. His death sparked Speedy justice for his killers.
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Abilene
Man
Tom Smith
Western Plains
Union
Pacific
Texas
Joe McCoy
St. Louis
Louis
Hays City
Kit Carson
Fort Wallace
New York
Smith
Ald
Hank Hawkins
Lee Town
Hawkins
Big Hawkins
Wyoming
Frank
Marshal
Ned
Cam
Brave Mrs. Pulitzer as Fire Strikes New York Home
Mrs Joseph Pulitzer, wife of the New York World editor, saved her baby and nurse from a blazing fire at the Pulitzer residence. She woke her daughters Edith and Constance aged 14 and 12, guiding them to safety. The nurse and six year old Herbert were also rescued, though two house inmates perished. Loss estimated at 300000 dollars.
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Joseph Pulitzer
New York World
Pulitzer
New York
Edith
Constance
Herbert
Mra
Mrs. Pulitzer
The
Houe
Mia. Morgan Jellett
Toronto
Ont
Elizabeth Montgomery
Third Arm Shoplifter Warns of New Device
Police warn of a novel shoplifting method described as a three armed woman. The wax extra arm extends from under a cape while the other two hands clasped in front distract clerks. Origin linked to Denver with fears of an eastbound rise in thefts.
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Denver
Deadly Poisons and Their Lethal Traits
A historical summary notes the instant fatality of prussic acid when inhaled, warns that pure prussic acid is never sold, and describes dangers of mixtures. It mentions atropine, cyanide of potassium, and ammonia as deadly in small exposures, plus nitric acid’s destructive nature if spilled.
Divorces Rise Noted in Southend Scotland Similar Trend
Divorces are more common in Scotland and England with 222 actions tried in 1899, above the five year average of 168 and far above the prior five years. Only eight decrees were refused. Relief from marital obligations was sought by 70 husbands and 152 wives, infidelity cited in 19 wives cases, while it was alleged as the gravamen in 54 petitions against husbands.
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Southend
Scotland
England
An & Cauwo
The Matter of the Umbrella Owner in Dispute
Cleveland Fiala states a man may have been the original owner of an umbrella in a brief, humorous dispute about ownership and care. The remark hints at a social peculiarity rather than a formal claim.
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Cleveland Fiala
The Woman In White’s Jealous Night Of Flight
Julia Smith Bishop records a melodramatic scene from The Woman In White. The Woman in White confronts the Woman in Gray amid jealousy and danger, contemplating a final journey and a new life away from a forbidden love. The tone is tense and reflective as characters weigh love, duty, and vengeance.
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Damar
Womjee
Brazil
White
Alszo
John
Susan
Julia Smith Bishop
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Woman In White and Woman In Gray Meet at Mirror
In a tense exchange the slender gray clad Woman In Gray confronts the pale Woman In White in a mirrored room. The Gray woman recalls a shared youth and a doomed plan to support a future husband as he rises, while the White woman retorts with scorn and hints at danger to come.
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Rand
Roaming Scions of Pharaohs Camp in Philadelphia
A gypsy band led by Queen Mollie Markis camps at Point Breeze Philadelphia for winter trade in fortune telling and horse dealing. Great Chief Stanley and Mollie travel the world, with Annie Markis and others in the troupe. They praise western camps for abundance and say Philadelphia offers a good field for fortune telling and commerce.
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Momade
Egypt
Philadelphia
Point Breeze
Annie
Thomas
Maggie
Annie Markis
Markis
Stanley
Mollie
Omaha
Neb
Markla
Cairo
Bayat
Germany
Russia
Aula
Phyland
France
Mexico
United States
New England
Odd Tea School Opens In South Carolina
The United States hosts the most peculiar school in Pinehurst Summerville D C where thirty South Carolina children are taught the three Rs and tea picking under a competent teacher. Sir Thomas Lipton plans a $600000 investment in tea cultivation in the state and the USDA backs the venture financially.
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United States
Pinehurst
Summerville
D. C
New York Journal
Sam
South Carolina
South
Sir Thomas Lipton
Sir Thomas
Georgetown
United States Department of Agriculture
Would you start out on a journey on Friday
A dialogue from the New York World notes superstition lore and a practical punchline about paydays. The exchange contrasts Friday superstition with a blunt focus on wage timing. The short item reflects a light, human-angle humor brief in a 1910s newspaper style.
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Good Ranson
New York World
Sperstition
Nightingale Song Echoes Across Distant Mile
Fragmentary note describes a distant nightingale’s song heard a mile away and mentions a reese and a vow related to a dog. Text is garbled with unclear names and actions, rendering specifics uncertain.
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Neaviest
Ainge
Helen
Cowboy Ferrore
Pulitzen
Paris
Paty
Reese
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