Widely Mourned American Banker John W Gates in Paris
Paris mourns John W Gates American financier after a battle with illness. Wife Mrs Gates and son Charles G Gates endure long anxiety. Gates estate likely around 60 million. Body to return home on Wilhelm Der Grosse from Cherbourg. Valued securities and wide condolence messages flood in from U.S. and Europe. The death causes heart failure following abscess complications and prior surgeries.
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Upton Pinto Contest Vote Count Update
Three pass three million marks the tally from Wednesday last week August 9 showing contestant standings.
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Jonesville Mills Sold in Bankruptcy Auction
The Jonesville Manufacturing Company mills in Jonesville were sold for 125000 by Haynesworth of Greenville to satisfy creditors. Inventoried at 200000 with liabilities of 218600, the consolidated 1890 Alpha Cotton Mills project included building, dwellings, land and a few machines. Only two bids were received from Maynesworth and Melton.
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Bread Riots Threaten London As Dock Strike Widens
London reports bread rates rise amid dockworkers strike. Without a food import settlement within 48 hours, the city may face starvation as hungry families threaten to assault cold storage. About 50,000 on strike with potential doubling. 6,000 troops at Aldershot ordered to move to quell rioting.
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Three Bags With Apples Question Sparks Classroom Debate
In a classroom scene a teacher asks which is better three bags with two apples each or two bags with three apples each. A student named Paul chooses the three bags option, and the class weighs the reasoning as the practical mathematician chimes in.
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Sharpshooters Duel Between Len and Pete in Civil War
In a Los Angeles Times recount, Jon Doremus as a top sharpshooter of Gen. A. P. Hill’s division boasted of years earlier. Len and Pete Martin, once close friends, faced each other in 1863 amid woodland lines and tried to shoot each other. Both raised rifles, fired, and found neither struck the other, their mutual disdain deepened by the near miss.
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President Receives 104-Pound Watermelon From Texas
Washington August 11 President Tattlas received a watermelon weighing 104 pounds from Texas. He dictated a letter to the sender saying he was pleased and would relish every bite. The President learned later that the melon weighed 104 pounds.
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Hall's Catarrh Cure Notarized Affidavit Toledo 1886
Frank Cheney of I J Cheney & Co declares the firm will pay one hundred dollars for each catarrh cake not cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. A W Gleason notary public attested this on December 6 in Toledo Ohio. The advertisement promotes internal use and claims to affect blood and mucous surfaces.
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Marriage of Col Spradley and Miss Holstein in Augusta
Augusta Aug 10 Columbus Spradley the young man who claims he was forced by the Holsteins to leave Monetia after threats and pistol abuse due to engagement to Miss Gussie May Holstein was married to her here yesterday by Rev A D Behols The couple announced future plans and the ceremony followed a local dispute over the engagement. Also a note on kidney trouble and a testimonial for Moley Kidney Pills from Th Balont of Streator.
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First Circuit
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Court of Appeals
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Barton's Pharmacy
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Seneca
Tragic Gibraltar Collision Claims Many Lives
Ninety three people perish in a collision between the French mail steamer Mir bound for Transler and the British steamer Silvertown in the Straits of Gibraltar. Mir sank quickly after being cut nearly in two. Silvertown listed, small boats dispatched and twenty six rescued from the Emir.
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