Ferries collide injuring several women in Jersey incident
A collision between the Pennsylvania railroad ferries Cincinnati and St. Louis near the Jersey shore injures several women and disrupts passenger flow. Passengers were treated onboard and at St Francis Hospital, with Hester Etling and Anna Clock among the injured.
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New York
Pennsylvania Railroad
Cincinnati
Desbrosses Street
St. Louis
Jersey
Jersey Shore
Cincinnnati
Jersey City
Savas
Cincinnat
Mimus
St Louis
Decker
Cin
Hester Etling
Je City
St Francis Hospital
Anna Clock
Sarah Sparber
Brooklyn
Prussian housekeeping schools planned to attract workers' daughters
The Prussian government intends eight week courses in cooking, food preparation, dairying and general domestic work to be offered in every county. The move aims to provide training for the daughters of laborers and craftspeople as part of a wider program of domestic instruction.
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Prussiaa
Prussia
Rebel Attack Kills 150 Federals Amid Mexican turmoil
Dispatches say 150 Mexican troops were killed or captured as rebels attacked from rooftops near Chihuahua. General Plata reports 27 insurgents dead. rebels hold towns along the Chihuahua and Pacific road. Mexico braces as Texas border orders surround Madero supporters.
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el Paso
Tesx
Chihuahua
Adernaliés
Plata
Madera
Chihuahua and Pacific
Lujuntsa
Austin
Tex
Campbell
Rio Grande
Francisco I. Madero
Mexico
Madero
Texas
Zacatecas
Juehipila
Juchipila
Camilo Estrada
Marathon
Terlingua
Here
Paris plans to arm all honest men to curb apaches
Paris police consider a new plan to arm respectable men for a year while restricting weapons. M. Honnorat, head of the prefecture unit, proposes permits to carry arms and police searches for arms in public. The measure targets Apache violence and aims to reduce armed crime.
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Paris
M. Honnorat
Prefecture of Police
Tombigbee River Name Origins Explained
A Wichita Eagle note traces the Tombigbee name to Choctaw roots meaning the river where the man who makes boxes lives. It describes an early white carpenter among the tribe who made coffins and how the term evolved through Anglicized pronunciation.
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Tombigbee River
Mississippi
Alabama
A Comical Theater Box Office Misstep
An elderly woman tries to buy a gallery ticket at Crestnut Street theater but is directed to the wrong window. She mistakes the entrance and jokes about the crowded stairs as she searches for the proper box office, highlighting lighthearted crowd behavior.
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Crestnut Street
Iwo
Philadelm Ida
Crockett's Revenge in Silent Publisher Exchange
The tale centers on a Buckit Minister Crockett famed for defiant wit. A first volume to a Scotch firm was returned with a courteous note stating no market. The reply bore No. 3066. Later, when publishers sought another manuscript he asked them to consult their prior file marked 396b.
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Crockett
One of Tom Hood's Last Jokes
A reminiscence notes Hood being visited by a grimly dour clergyman and Hood saying that the cleric’s religion seems to disagree with him. The remark captures Hood’s wit near the end of his life.
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Tom Hood
Hood
Planche
Force of Habit and a Sunday Offering Joke
A street car conductor who recently embraced religion is asked to take up the Sunday morning offering and correctly tells a “Young man” he must pay half fare. The Chicago News comments on the scene as caustic and humorous while noting a noninflammable German moving picture film that cannot burn.
Personal Notes and Local Updates in Long Branch
Mrs L G Havens and Mrs F H Gifford along with Morris sailed from Jacksonville on the Mohawk to return home after a week in Long Branch. Postmaster Anthony T Woolley and Mrs Woolley head to New York for a day of business and pleasure. Frank Morris, who fell forty feet while painting at Consolidated Gas, recovers with only a torn nose and no fractures. Herman Wronkow, longtime real estate figure in Long Branch, dies in New York. services held at Hebrew Temple in Manhattan.
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L. G. Havens
F. H. Gifford
Morris
Jacksonville
Fla
Long Branch
Frank Morris
We Consolidated Gas Company
theVonmouth Memorial Hospital
Hyer & Flock
Joen
Mr. Forris
Herman Wronkow
Fed
New York
Hebrew Temple
Lexington Avenue
Th Street
Fort Faucolk mechanic returns home from hospital injury
Robert Hunter a government mechanic at Fort Faucolk, after a month in hospital following a steel rail injury, returned to his Highlands home on Thursday and is recovering rapidly. He sustained a badly lacerated leg and a broken bone from the accident at the reservation while working at his trade.
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Robert Hunter
Fort Faucolk
Highlands
D P Dance a Success at Highlands Lodge Ball
The annual ball by the Tona anda Council of the Degree of Pocahontas lodge at Highlands drew over 100 attendees in costume. Grant provided music, refreshments were served at intermission, and dancing continued into the morning with prizes for best costume and prettiest female attire and a prize waltz on the program.
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Tonaanda Council
Poahontas Lodge
Highlands
Grant
A Few Exceptions. Rufus Defies A Strict Teacher
Rufus clashes with a stern teacher who insists on proper speech. He retorts with earnest wit saying he is a letter and a pronoun, highlighting a clash between youthful mischief and classroom formality.
Jealousy and Retirement in Rossini’s Later Life
The article notes Rossini’s intense jealousy toward contemporaries like Meyerbeer and his 32 years of retirement after 1846 when he vowed to write no opera. He lived until 1868 enjoying good food and a lively circle at his home, while a separate elderly wife recounts regrets about past vows and courtship.
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Rossini
Meyerbeer
Ife
Pats
After Effects of the Grip and Vinol Claims
The Grip epidemic is milder this year but still dangerous with serious after effects. Vinol, a cod liver tonic with iron, is advertised as restoring vitality after grip or severe illness. A Long Branch woman credits three bottles with renewed strength. Grand Jury dinner attendees in Monmouth County include many officials and jurors.
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Vinci
Long Branch
N. J
Wert's Pharmacy
Grand Jury
Monmouth County Grand Jury
Monmouth House
Freehold
Thomas P. Fay
Siegfried Hirschfeld
C. Asa Francis
John A. Holand
John E. Foster
John 8. Applegate
Charles A. Hawkins
Edward Simonson
Willam M. Bergen
Joseph McDermott
Peter Vredenburgh
William Brien
Louis Y. Manning
Ed Bank
Charles 8. Ely
C. B. F. Hettick
William White
D. D. Denise
W. M. Thompson
W. H. Bagnard
A. C. Fisher
William. Ely
George D. Jay
George A. Smock
Thomas Beatty
John T. Tetley
Louis
T. B. Snyder
William L. van Brunt
George ¢. Henry
John L. Schneider
Wesley A. Palmatier
William Gill
Edward Dillatush
George Witkins, Jr
H. V. M. Dennis
Arthur C. Errickson
Charles E. Eldridge
James M. Stratton
Thomas J. Norman
Robert G. Poole
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Ing
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Signais
Transcaspian Railway
Aspien
Sussian
Mare
Mara
Burton
John
Alice
Youngstown
Nebraska
Ieee
Flubb
Clip
Mubb
Chicago News
Germany
Maryland
Reorkies
Keansburg
Comppany
Keanaburg
Perth Amboy
Rufus
Washington
The
Daily Record
Hanson
Adc
Parker’s
Zeb Zarrow
Leavist & Dunsmore
Kathlee Potter
Jordan & Brennan
Kaufman’s Meat Market
Joline Avenue
Cor
Laurel Street
Chuck Roast
Robeson
the Standard of America
Sheffield
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