Haunted hotel room murder tale spurs public belief
A narrator recalls witnessing a hotel room where a man died and a murder was suspected. Years later a dramatic sequence links a vision, a copy of a card, and a stranger’s death, prompting renewed belief in a haunting and a family tragedy involving a worried wife and a remorseful son. The tale blends personal memory with newspaper coverage and later inquiries.
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Adams
Laskey
Adana
Tong
Europe
New York
America
Neon
New York Son
Raportera
Adama
Miso
Privat
Bill Tweed
Carda
Coun
Amsoon
Walt
Pion
Bla
Jis
Taxes in Gotham tax payers and giants of wealth
A detailed tally of New York tax payments highlights names like John Jacob Astor, William H. Vanderbilt, Mrs A T Stewart and Mo ses Taylor. The article notes rising real and personal property values, the city’s rapid growth, and the shift of tax collection to Central Park West on October 1 with a crowd on opening day.
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Central
Villca
John Jacob Astor
Willam Hy
Vanderbilt
Astora
Jay
Mias
Kitty Wolf
Cpinstar
Keulin
Mra
A. T. Stywart
Addon
Thih Palace
Aroun
Muregan
Tilia
Mozes ‘Taylor
New York
Fusdranes
Trinity Extale
Avon
Ani
Jay Gould
Ruswell Sage
Vanderbilts
Wilain H. Vanderbilt
Stewart
Mhalfraillion
Nat Mie Astor
Fifth Avenue
Household and Farm Recipes From an Old Cookery Page
A long multilingual colonial style article offers practical home cooking and farming tips. It describes potato pies with cabbage padding, chicken soup with barley or millet, and tomato pancake batter with eggs and flour. It includes notes on frying with suet or lard, using currant cuttings in fall, and general farming reflections on efficiency and stock shelter during winter. It also urges careful care of stock and hoards ideas for better yields with modern machinery.
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Wien Chisia Dong
Eajae Odf
United States
Nauaily Rovich Lees
Shelter for Stock and Farm Buildings Urged
A long reader essay argues farmers must improve winter shelter for stock and reinforce sheds and roofing. It warns that weak walls and planks threaten livestock and profit, urging proper framing, weather boards, and secure hay storage. The piece stresses timely repairs for ready spring operations and notes flaxseed remedies and winter preparedness for household use.
No Country Like America Letter From London to Boston
A dated London letter from Hon. FO. Brine to a former Boston mayor reflects on America versus Europe. It praises American progress in art, notes resilience of the French republic despite monarchy debates, and remarks on French adaptability and republican prospects amid praise for American governance.
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America
London
FO. Brine
Boston
Miyor
Lome
Ameria
Paria
A Knickerbocker Family in Newport Correspondence
Newport notes describe the Havemeyer family of New York leaving town. The household numbers a dozen with few servants. Eleven people were employed at the villa during the summer, six in livery. The writer notes thirty horses and that most staff were sent back to New York. The mansion is described as capably maintained and very costly.
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Harper's Bazar
Hydney
Dima
Mora
Saxony
Abe
Shi
Chlaw Wlaa
Kup
England
Dublin
Birmingham
Wione
Stroud
London
Chicago
Switzerland
Switeerland
Ale
Brad
Ouserenn Tuyliallona
New York Graphic
Sith bin
Newport
Providence Journal
Havameyer
New York
Havemeyer Kent
Havensyel
O Uber
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Chad
Oller Barner
Amy Gepp
Husioens Reatsay
Bad Bose
Darya
Locke
Tony Medertater
Vallani
Gal
Canada Atlantic Railway
Cotona
Ottawa
Alexandria
Rnn
Bristol
Ludwig
Austwer
Belgium
Montreal
Enyenty Paraane
Pullman
Britain
British Association
University of Pennsylvania
Tnat
Tris‘teen
Tyasan
Pennsylvania
Pittsburg
Leachburg
Penn
Woit
Weatmoréland Aise
Iill
Gotham
Paris
Bitcher
Pari
Solu
Smaven
Han Hin
Fritz
Crosby
Montana
Wyomng
W.D. Howells
Balmore
Kingland
Vox
Vermont
Bine
Haifa
Verpiont Tribune
Justice Beglie
British Columbia
Trai
Vietnam
Michael Sheridan
Washington
Army
Indiana
Van
William
Awitier
Mnitt
Smith
Iialy
Anto Manuel Inge
Anil
Cina Sale
Wilkie Ito
Anil Heep
Awalciiligt
White Mountain
Tiptus
Mae Shark
Ravalve & Aev
Neoher
Bastun
Hinpire
Hiewo
Wigan
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