Talk With Benson Reveals Silence on Mettmann Killing
Camden NJ October correspondent details Sam Benson's demeanor in custody as he disavows killing Mrs Mettmann. He admits identity to Deputy Sheriff Pickens but denies the crime, blaming newspapers for his arrest while recalling past Leavenworth days and a friend’s memory of Mrs Mettmann.
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New Smoked Halibut and Salmon from Columbia River
Hitcomb Bros offers smoked halibut salmon and herring along with large fat mackerel sourced from the Columbia River.
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Hitcomb Bros
Ladies Use Periodical Pills Sales Pitch Declares Menstruation
An advertisement touts a French remedy for menstrual suppression and claims it promotes regular menstruation. It warns against use during pregnancy and lists wholesale agents and suppliers in Chicago and Spencer Iowa with G M Lindley & Son in Lawrence Kansas as distributors.
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Stevenson Co
Chicago
Am. PI Co
Royality Props
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G.M. Lindley & Son
Lawrence Kas
End of Century Calamities Weigh on Europe
A New York Tribune summary reflects on the late nineteenth century as dominated by plagues famine wars and floods in Europe. It notes cholera famine and wartime devastation across Germany Switzerland France and Austria with vine pest phylloxera threatening Champagne and Rhine vineyards. It describes Vienna forming a rapid response department as flood waters rise and Carlsbruecke at Prague crumbles carrying away St John of Nepomuk.
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Switzerland
France
Austria
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Rhine
Empire
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Lake of Constance
Carlsbruecke
Prague
Moldau
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New York Tribune
Post Office
Department of Foreign Mails
Ais
Western Union
Fire Island
Aller
Uncle Sam
Telegraph Company
End of the Nordenfeldt submarine boat saga
London Broad Arrow laments the ill fated Nordenfeldt submarine lost amid war and wrecks. It recalls its coast stranding near Gotland, repairs in Copenhagen, and final breaking up while noting sympathy for crews and the perils of torpedo craft.
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London Broad Arrow
Remarried After Thirty Five Years in Arkansas Tale
Sept. 14 near Newport Arkansas Jackson Thomas married his divorced wife after a 35 year separation. Both had remarried after divorces and widowhood, then widowed again. They reunited, with her age 69 and his 81, renewing their old love as they joined again. Source Col St Louis Globe-Democrat.
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St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Pneumatic Shoe Sole Promises Lighter Footwear
A fragmentary note describes a pneumatic inner sole for shoes, suggesting tender footed wearers will be cushioned and comfort enhanced. Further details are unavailable in the readable text.
Scientific Photography at Cambridge Creates Star Atlas Plates
Cambridge science notes describe a series of photographic sky plates mapping the northern sky to eleventh magnitude. The glass atlas sheets offer superior study over engravings, revealing more than telescopic views. Observatories use this method for discovery, remeasurement, and continuous 24 hour work regardless of daylight or clouds.
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Cambridge
Boston Traveler
Pampered Paupers and Clergy on the Rise
A New York cleric laments sixty denominational clergy without a charge living in the city. He blames society’s push to fund ministry training for luring unfit men into the pulpit, calling it a free lunch route to the altar and a breeding ground for clerical bummers.
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New York
New York Sun
Senator Edmunds Taken Brief Leave From Senate
A senator named Edmunds obtained a six day leave of absence for ill health and withdrew to Welcker's hotel in Vermont. He reportedly recovered and returned to the senate. His Massachusetts Avenue residence features a private stairway for his dog to access the library. The home was boarded up with a sign reading Electric Alarm, though no alarm system was evident.
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Senator Edmunds
Senate
Vermont
Welcker's
Massachusetts Avenue
Cor
Chiragn Harnla
Love's Young Dream in a Woodland Glade
A poem from Vanity Fair recounts a pastoral scene of two lovers in a woodland glade. The couple exchanges shy gestures and a kiss as onlookers debate propriety, ending with the pair slipping away leaving the young man to vanish.
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Strephon
Adieus
Vanity Fair
A Proud Spirit and Missing Banking Clerk
Foldel-So Shorts has left the bank for abroad after auditors pried into accounts. Shorts refused to cooperate while the bank’s examination triggered the departure. The question remains when he will return, as the firm has reviewed his books and he is not expected back.
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Shorts
Lowell
Ode to Besant merits a cautious reading
A quoted exchange critiques a poem titled Ode to Besant. The dialogue notes rhyme choices like Besant with pleasant and decent and decant, implying a liberal minded, youthful muse. The remark remains evaluative rather than affirming.
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The Paternal Snore in Burlington Satire
A short Burlington Free Press piece features Mr Blobson waking and questioning if Johnny Dumpsey’s father is in the house. Johnny replies that he hears him asleep, confirming the father’s slumber by sound.
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Johnny Dumpsey
Burlington Free Press
Why He Was Whipped at School
A Philadelphia Times item recounts a pupil whipped after a natural history lesson. When asked how many teeth humans have the student replied with a “whole mouthful,” explaining the punishment and the humorous misunderstanding behind it.
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Philadelphia Times
A Truly Democratic Verdict and Wiggins Banter
A compact note from Texas Siftings presents a witty exchange about a lone fan and a street encounter. The piece hints at social observations with humorous phrasing and regional flavor.
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Tom
Wiggins
Texas
Cloth Dealer Promises Custom Quantities for Suit
A customer notes the dealer will sell any quantity of cloth desired and the dealer confirms selling in quantities to suit. Yenowine's News reports on the prompt and flexible supply approach.
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Yenowine
A Proper Reason Why She Is So Cool Toward You
A New York Herald line notes a quip about a “summer girl” who cannot instantly become an “autumn girl” without cooling down. The remark plays on seasonal change as a metaphor for changing affections.
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New York Herald
Grace Reveals Count of George's Kisses
In a domestic exchange Grace admits to ten kisses from George last evening as her mother expresses astonishment. The dialogue references a product display of Spratt's Dog Soap at Raymond's.
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Epoch
Spratt
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Facts Tumble From World’s Wide Notes of 19th Century Life
A collection of curious facts from 1716 inventions to long running novels. mentions a glass jar butter maker in Atchison Kansas, a sheep in Eureka California mine, famine lore in Japan, petrifying springs in Washtenaw County Michigan, phonetic Corean alphabet, Florida apple crops, French fowl income, Alps guides, a Latin newspaper, a Japanese epic novel, and Java’s death plant with killing perfume.
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Florida
Alps
Kioyte Bakin
Railway Breevities and Industry Notes
Engineer Charles Rogers marks forty years with the Erie road. The Big Four buys the St. Louis Alton and Terre Haute for 10000000. B and O tests electric signaling. William Sullivan dies in Lockport after thirty years as NY Central section boss. Pittsburg may charge one cent to access Union station platform before departures. A NY construction firm estimates wood ties with stone ballast cost 11977 per mile versus steel ties with gravel ballast 11055. A Burlington solid train of twenty one cars of canned fruits ran from San Francisco to Chicago at 35 mph, first such cross continent train. Massachusetts Shoe store displays extraordinary footwear inventory.
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Erie Road
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Terre Haute
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
William Sullivan
New York Central
Lockport
Orangeport
N. Y
Pittsburg
Union Station
New York
Burlington
San Francisco
Chicago
Continent
Oysters Plow Shoes Glasses and Lost Cape Notice
Go to Wm Wiedemann for oysters and fresh taffy. Wanted 100 men for Massachusetts Shoe Co plow shoes at $1.25. Call quick before gone. Lost brown cape trimmed with worsted braid. Return to office for reward. Barnum's circus in Topeka Saturday with 31.04 round trip on the Santa Fe.
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Barnum’s Circus
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