Warren’s clever refund scheme from a Wyoming trunk loss
The Washington Post recounts Senator Warren of Wyoming losing his wife’s costumes in transit. He hired a watchman to track a freight car, filed an attachment, and won a reimbursement via a railroad check within hours, then withdrew the suit. A second note mentions patent office busy season from December to April.
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The
Washington Post
Boston
Senator Warren
Wyoming
Cheyenne
Patent Office
Commissioner of Patents
Washington Star
Mules Rescued From Flooded Pennsylvania Collieries
Several mules imprisoned in Pennsylvania collieries for over seven weeks by floods have been saved alive. They survived by gnawing timber in mine gangways and endured extreme emaciation before being found.
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Pennsylvania
A Cataract Found In Waipio River Hawaii
A British Museum party in Honolulu reports a 600 foot Waipio cataract with an 8 million gallon daily flow during a dry season. Explorers ascended the riverbed thanks to low water as jungle growth blocked progress. The note also veers into local economics and a plug for a book on renters and thrift in Colorado.
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Waipio River
Hawaii
British Museum of
Honolulu
Bracelet Mystery Drives Frances to Livingstones
Frances Chenevix presses Lady Livingstone for the bracelet linked to S H marks. Alice Seaton travels to confirm ownership and urges investigation, while Sir Jasper reveals it came from a pawn broker, prompting detectives to pursue how the piece vanished.
Bracelets and a City Knight’s Wife at Garrards
Frances confronts a stranger claiming Garrard’s as the source of a bracelet identical to one she lost. The man refuses specifics, revealing a mysterious link to Garrard’s jewels. Frances learns the visitor is Lady Livingstone, wife of a knighted husband whose finances have tainted their high society debut.
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Sarah
Sarah Hope
Fanny
Frances Chenevix
Lady Frances
Gerard Hope
Mr. Netherleigh
Frances
Mr. Hope
Gerard
Lady Sarah
Garrards
Lady Livingstone
Alice
Livingstone
Sir Jasper
Messrs
Garrard
Miss Seaton
Jasper
East End
London
Hope
Garrard’s
Heresif
Frances Cheneygx
Cadogans
Olaw
Mrs. Cadogan
Jasper Livingstone
Fire in St Petersburg Sparks Ringing Clatter of Fire Parade
A vivid scene on Newski Prospect as a fire alarm triggers a rapid motorized response. Brass helmets gleam and firemen cross themselves before surging toward a towering column of smoke, while the street fills with the clamor of bells and hoofbeats.
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America
Una
St. Petersburg
Academy
Rses
Bellinger
Bell
Eikon
Alger urges German forest system for Michigan pine lands
Gen R A Alger calls for reforesting barren Michigan lands using Germanys Black Forest model. He plans to join a commission at his own expense to study the system in Germany and apply it in Michigan, aiming to involve seasoned German foresters and extend it to northern timber states. Also noted are various product ads and brief statistics on foreign-born voters and railway construction.
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R. A. Alger
Michigan
Germany
United States
Alger
Dear Mrs Pinkham Helps Mothers Now Comfort After Childbirth
A reader explains how Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound eased her postnatal exhaustion and weakness. She recalls fearing childbirth yet credits the remedy with restoring strength. The letter reflects broader 19th century testimonial advertising for patent medicines.
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Mrs. Pinkham
Lydia E. Pinkham
J. H. Waskine
Lydia E.pinkham
Indiana Ave
Gro
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Zeph. Chas. Felt
Boston Building
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Denver Directory
Larimer
Brown Palace
17Th Street
Oxfor Union Depot
Ford Jase
U.S
West
International Nurseries
Colo
Orado Nubsi; CO
Loveland
Dustless Brush Co
McClintock Bld
Denver, Col
Geo. A. Pullen
Lawrence St
Tee
George J. Spear
Greeley
Hartford Loan & Trust CO
Monte Vista
Windsor
Grand Valley
Northern Nursery Co
D. C. Matthews
17Th St
Cor. Curtis and
St. Louis de
the Central Trust CO
Champa Street
Colonel Hope
Alice Seaton
England
Knight
S. H
Putnam
Minnesota
South Dakota
Brooklyn
N. Y
Garfield Tea Co
Upper Nile
Hall
J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
Drugegises
Eng
United Kingdom
Reuben
Steuben
RM. Kuixy, Ltd
Arch St
Philadelphia
Bengal
Pito
N. W. Samuel
Ocean Grove
N. J
Johnnie
Ohio State Journal
Georgia
J. H. Haskins
Chicago
Iil
Chicago Arcade Club
St. Jacobs
Bright
Ganges River
India
Jaz. Thomas
St. WN. W
Washington
John H. N
New York
J. Thomas Esq
Board Oftreau of Pensions
Washington, D. C
R. C. Wood
Alkavis
Indies
FE. R. Dingnore
South Deerfield
Mase
Wm. Kelley
Lawrence Co.o
John A. Salzer Seed Co
Josse
Wis
LaCrosse
Mammoth
Market Gardeners
Fruit & Garden Lands
H. Atwater
City, Co
Alo
le Sons
Charles Tsultding
E. E. Burlingame & CO
tAsonato Laboratory
Mailer Express
Deen St
Coloe
Marshalls Ee Heu
Smith
Marshall
Davis-Bridabam Drug Co
Gregory Seed
Gregory & Son
Marblehe W. N. U
Colorado Seed House
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