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Newspaper

Lawrence Weekly Journal

Location

Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America

Date

Dec 30, 1886

Page

7

Five Thousand Found On Jim Cummings Arrest

Pinkerton detectives trap Jim Cummings in a St. Louis area assignation house after two months hunt for the Adams Express robbery. About $5,000 found on Cummings and his corespondent. arrests taken to St. Louis aboard the Alton train.

Cuicano Adams Express St. Louis San Francisco Pinkerton National Detective Agency West Side Jim” Cummings Cummings Alton Wm. A. Pinkerton Robert Pinkerton Charles Weppenstein New York Argent Chicago Dilly Charley Wapnenstein Cincinnati Jimy Cummings Missouri Kansas Charley Wappenstein Fifth Avenue Tacks Twenty-second Street Pinkertons Union Depot Walnut Street Santa Claes Pinkerton Richard Roe Kansas City Criminal Court Capiases Ree Serret Milwaukee St. Paul Ashley Clover Washington Avenue Oscar Cook Cooper Pickerton Cook Leavenworth Kan West Lawrence Kan Jim Cummings Purington James and Younger Brothers Cirrenco Cummings Is Said To Be, Not the Noted Desperado Ayother Jin Cummings Adis Express Robery Lan Express Adams St. Louis & Santa Fe Arizona Mining Company Philadelphia Adams Express Company Ohio Mississiqgai Thio && Mississippi Express

Wall Street Giants and Their Beards, a 19th Century Portrait

A portrait gallery of financial powerhouses shows Jay Gould with a distinctive beard signaling strategic thinking, while Russell Sage counsels frugality with a chin whisker. Cyrus W Field blends ambition with two major ventures, Roscoe Conkling adopts Van Dyck trim, Horace Porter sports a moustache and imperial, and George M. Pullman sport chin-whiskers reflecting a pushing, inventive streak.

Jay Gould Samson Mr. Gould Russell Sage Wall Street Mr. Sage Cyrus W. Field Mr. Goult Field New York Mr. Field Roscoe Conkling van Dyck Horace Porter George M. Pullman

Clock with Virginia ticket heritage owned by Mrs Garden

In Lafayette Indiana, Mrs Henry Garden owns a tall grandfather clock with a history tracing to Jeremiah C Cleveland of Clermont County Ohio. Made about 1825 in Cincinnati for sale there, the clock traveled via Ohio and Wabash rivers to Lafayette and has kept time for over fifty years.

Meveland Lafayette Ind Henry Garden Jeremiah C. Cleveland Lucy Clermont County Prent Cleveland Jeremiah C Stephen K. Cleveland Philadelphia Jerry Virginia Wabash Babcock Earl Those Kirkpatrick Wea Township

Quirky wagers and feats from walking to donkeys

The piece surveys historical bets and odd feats from walking one thousand miles in a thousand hours to speed trials for donkeys and dogs. It recounts Bartley’s 1810 milestone, Baker and Head records, a London club wager involving a tray of coins, and Civil War musket findings, highlighting the broad span of wager incidents and their surprising outcomes.

Cincinnati Enquirer Harmon Stanwix Detroit Bartley Newmarket Baker Curtis Berkshire County Mass Head London Lonion Bridge George II Philadelphia Terra Firma United States England Fenham Park Newcastle Perkina Polly Davidson Royal Oak Park Manchester Gattysburg

Silly Girls Who Counted Seven Stars

Two Western girls tried the seven star superstition, counting seven nights and dreaming on the seventh. They found one would marry the Emperor of New Jersey while the other would be made into wine jelly for a picnic, and encounter moulds showing Bunker Hill Monument and the Central Park Obelisk.

Barpera New Jersey Bunker Hill Monument Central Park

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