Georgia Man Thought Dead Alive in California
A Georgia man once presumed dead after a 20 year lapse reappears in San Francisco with aphasia. His daughter, Mrs Acton of Atlanta, investigates, hoping the San Francisco man is her father, while relatives weigh travel to verify the match. County officials request documents to confirm her claim.
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Georgia
San Francisco
Anniston
Ala
Allen
Great West
California
Alice Allen
Dr. Acton
T. M. Acton
Atlanta
The
Constitution
Alabama
Acton
Alabama Y
J. M. B. Carlton
Commission
Georgia Allen
Atlanta Constitution
Love and intrusion in a New York romance tale
Macallister McIlhenny, a Brooklyn native, falls for a New York girl of striking poise and beauty. He proposes in a nervous scene but is bluntly refused to become an uncle. she directs him to end his plea and leaves him to wander Harlem. The notice is followed by light vignettes of city life and social quips from Philadelphia and Bridgeport.
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Macallister McTlhenny
Brooklyn
Philadelphia
Macallister McIlhenny
New York
Macallister
Macallister Mellhenny
Mr. McIlhenny
Ormolu
Macallister McIhenny
Harlem
Gates Avenue
New York Sun
Billy McHale
Third Street
McHale
Billy
Philadelphia Record
Amwell
Washington County
Philadelphia Times
Salvation Army
Seattle
Wash
Leavenworth
Kan
Eureka Chemical & Manufacturing Company
la Crosas
Wisconsin
Gold Lining in Rats and Microbe Gold Scheme
A Chicago Tribune report notes a fanciful scheme where watch factory workers allegedly use rats and oily rags to extract gold. Rats ingest gold from burnished rags and grease, then are burned to recover the metal, with fortunes tied to rat supply and market dynamics.
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I. B. Lake
Waltham Watch Company
Chicago
Bnll
Chicago Tribune
New Orleans Plans Massive Canal System to Drain City
The New Orleans project envisions canals pumps and reservoirs costing 8 million dollars over five years to drain the city into Lakes Borgue and Pontchartrain. General Rudolph Herring led the study proposing eight steam pumps to keep canals low during rainstorms. Leading businessmen back starting work immediately though adoption remains undecided.
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New Orleans
Rudolph Herring
Borgue
Pontchartrain
Mississippi River
General Herring
New York Post
Crazed by Religion in Cleveland Family Seizes Seances
A Cleveland family on Beaver Street is under police watch after a weeklong series of spiritualistic seances. Henry Buchwold and wife Charlotte, with two daughters Emma and Eva and three younger children, are said to believe one daughter is a spirit and another must die. Deputies halted the plan as authorities intervened.
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Cleveland
Henry Buchwold
Charlotte Buchwold
Emma
Eva
Beaver Street
Cincinnati Enquirer
Delievers In Nade Worship Defend Faith In Omaha
A Omaha ministers meeting condemns Rev John Morrow as a moral reformer promoting nude worship under his Living Pictures doctrine. A committee, led by Mrs. Thomas Grocox, investigates the case, presenting her testimony and a letter from Elmira claiming divine light and guidance. She recounts a storm sign and reliance on scripture to justify the faith.
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John Morrow
Omaha
Dia Cheeed
Thomas Grocox
Morrow
San Francisco Examiner
Bees Swarm Funeral Coffin in Parsons Area Mystery
A Kansas incident details a funeral near Parsons where a swarm of bees clustered on a coffin en route to the cemetery. Pallbearers were stung as bees clung to the coffin and some died with the body, leaving experts puzzled by the behavior and its meaning.
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Parsons
Kan
Samuel Carson
Kansas City Times
A Hero in Uniform Saves Runaway Horse in Park Row
A boy messenger prevented a serious incident on Park Row New York when a frightened horse attached to a soda wagon ran toward the Brooklyn Bridge. He leaped into the wagon seized the reins and jerked the horse to a halt before slipping away, refusing to reveal his name to a police officer.
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Park Row
New York
Brooklyn Bridge
North William Street
New York Recorder
Consolidation plans for Downer and Milwaukee colleges
Consolidation moves to unite Downer college at Fox Lake Wis and Milwaukee college to form a premier women’s institution in Milwaukee with a $225000 endowment and greater stability. Ellen A Sabin likely to head the new college. site and fundraising conditions require a $25000 additional endowment and campus location, with possible sale of current properties for a unified site around Milwaukee.
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Downer College
Fox Lake
Wis
Milwaukee College
Milwaukee
Ellen A. Sabin
Chicago Tribune
Little Robinson Crusoe at the Schiller Theatre
The Schiller Theatre hosts the burlesque Little Robinson Crusoe starring Elwin Foy and Marie Dressler among a wide cast. Critic lauds elaborate costumes, lavish scenery, and lively musical numbers as the crowd remains delighted and the production praised as Chicago’s finest operatic burlesque.
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Robinson Crosse
Schiller Theatre
Robinson Crusoe
Schiller
Elwin Foy
Ike Marie Dressler
Adele Farrington
Sadie MaeDonald
Babette Rooney
Hf. White
Douglas Flint
Crawford Brothers
Pee
Cheago
Chicago
Jockeys
W. W. Denslow
Fritz Schoultz
Nooo Soeh
Charun
Edwin Poy
Edwin Foy
Pain relief and tonics advertised in battered ad copy
An old time medicine module extols Cure for Headache and a general tonic, touts Bucklen Arnica Salve for wounds and skin troubles, Electric Bitters for constipation and headaches, and King’s New Discovery for influenza. Claims life saving cures, testimonials, and local drugstore availability with generic endorsements and minimal specifics.
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Bond
Deng
Road Improvement Bid Notice in Rose Creek Illinois
Public notice from Rose Creek commissioners announces the paving of MW rods of macadamized road along the Lanark Cemetery area. Bids will be opened publicly at a specified time, with plans available from the town clerk. The town reserves the right to reject any or all bids.
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Coveney
Nother
Commissioners of Highways
Rose Creek
County of Carroll
Uilnois
Austelle
Lanark
von Over Webler
Ely
Sail Road
Roek Crook
Laan
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Morrow's Heaven
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Rohenson
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Archie D
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Notwood
Tam Maud R
Kirkwoml, Jr
Sam Kirkwood
Kirkwood
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