Sketches of Life and Courtroom Quirks From Old News
A famed New York milliner excused from jury duty cites a box of matches catching fire. A Cape Cod body identification ends with a farmer’s stuttering remark. Judge Mages, a petite Pennsylvania figure, presides as a towering Irishman asks if Patrick O Minehan will be tried by a fairy.
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Benedictus Bamberg
New York
Cape Cod
Farmer Hall
Tompkins
Pennsylvania
Erin
Moses
Patrick O'Minehan
Modern travelers warned of cold cures and a dubious tonic
A 1894 note advocates a warming medicinal stimulant to counter chills and fevers and prevent dyspepsia and constipation. The writer claims daily use before and after exposure and refers to Morrison and Wagner pronunciations amid a Covington Kentucky address. A stray line ponders wide skirts and door width.
Ten Men of Money Island offer from Norton’s Monthly Sentinel
Norton’s Monthly Sentinel advertises a 4 page broadside edition for ten cents a year with 70 000 subscribers and a free Primer of Finance Ten Men of Money Island for subscribers. The notice invites readers to subscribe by mail from Chicago Illinois and notes a voter literacy bill passed in Connecticut requiring English clause reading.
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Sentinel
F. Norton
Ogden Ave
Chicago
Ill
Connecticut House
Sirup of Figs Promises Health and Comfort
Knowledge Brings comfort and improvement and tends to personal enjoyment when rightly used. The many who live better and enjoy life more attest the value to health of the pure liquid laxative Sirup of Figs. It cleanses the system cheering colds headaches and fevers and curing constipation. Manufactured by the California Fig Syrup Company and sold by all druggists in $1 bottles.
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Droggista
California Fig
Safe blown. Auburn State Bank robbed in 1900s
News of the Northwest reports the Auburn State Bank in Auburn, Springfield County, was robbed Tuesday night. Thieves used nitro glycerine to blow two doors, securing about $1,000. The explosion occurred around 2:40 am, leaving a missing sledge hammer as evidence. Three strangers were seen in a Surrey near Auburn late night, with others hearing wheels between 3 and 4 am. No further crew identified.
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Springfield
Auburn State Bank
Auburn
Gordon
Shot in Helena Courtroom Kills Robbery Defendant’s Gunfire
Eugene Stanley shot and fatally wounded Ida Wood during Helena court proceedings a trial over a robbery accusation. Two bullets struck the unnamed woman. doctors call the wound fatal. Stanley, once a Fergus County saloon keeper, had threatened Wood since the alleged robbery. He offered no statement and denied craziness.
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Eugene Stanley
Helens
Helena
Mont
Fergus County
Montina
Connecticut patent per inhabitant sparks curiosity
A Cambridge clergyman preached on Have You Read Tril by and puzzled old-fashioned hearers by asking where in the Bible he found it. The note highlights Connecticut last year issuing one patent for every 909 inhabitants.
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Connecticut
Cambridge
Kipling Targeted Over Pen Linked to Jungle Tales
People press Mr Kipling for the pen used to write his jungle stories and possibly a typewriter. The proposal to yield such memorabilia stirs curiosity and questions about authorship tools.
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Mr. Kipling
Parade of Veterans in Muncie Draws 10000 Visitors
The 16th annual Indiana G A T encampment in Muncie drew about 10000 visitors and featured a grand parade with an estimated 25000 pupils marching to the courthouse square. Pupils carried small flags as veterans were saluted with cheers and waving flags.
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Muncie
Munceie
Ind
Grand Army
Department of Indiana
Court House
Catarrh Cure touted as universal remedy and old ads
A collage of old advertisements and notices touts Hall's Catarrh Cure with a $100 reward offer, plus various patent medicines for teething, skin issues, and aches. Letters praise Hot Springs South Dakota as a health retreat, while items note local concerns and promotions from Erie to Atchison. The jumble includes names, places, and stray quotes from 1895 era notices.
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South Dakota
W. M. Tyson
Pennsylvania Soldiers’ and Sailors
Erie
Hot Springs
S. D
Smiles Between Sermons and Small Town Talk
Brady says another cook left due to no account while a suitor questions Bridget about the place. Beloved expresses gladness at remarks about honesty as a bailiff whispers of a hog thief who voted against the speaker in a prior election. Justice notes fines of ten dollars for hog stealing and fifteen for contempt of court.
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Bridget
Woman Tortured in Burglary at Mrs Berger Home
Springfield report details a violent burglary at 68 year old Mrs Mary Berger's residence. The assailants demanded $2000, gagged her, threatened with revolvers, burned her with straw, then chloroformed her. they obtained only $1. They escaped after she says she had no money.
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Springfield
Ill
Mary Berger
Detroit Defeats Patrick for G A R Department Commander
Michigan dispatch from Mount Clemens dated March 1 reports Detroit’s slate defeated in the G A R state encampment with Judge Cabolt of St Johns besting Alex Patrick for department commander by a good majority. In the W R C convention Mrs. Knapp of Howell won over Mrs. Halstead by a 1 vote majority. The organizations plan to meet next year in Saginaw.
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Michigan
G. A. Mount Clemens
Mich
Detroit
G. A. R. State
Alex Patrick
Judge Cabolt
St Johns
Knapp
Howell
Halstead
Saginaw
Farmhouse Fire Claims Mrs Annis North of Fenton Mich
Frank Annis farm house burned north of the village yesterday and Mrs Annis perished in the flames. Annis said he went to fetch a physician for his wife when the blaze began. An inquest heard testimony from his 10-year-old daughter supporting the fire being set on purpose.
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Fenton
Mich
Frank Annis
Headache Powders Deemed Harmful Women Warned
The New York Triguee warns that widespread use of headache powders among women is alarming as many contain morphine or opium. The article urges simple laxatives and liver tonics to address headaches and promotes Dr. Pierce’s Pleasant Pellets as a cure with a testimonial from E Varcason of Offer Lake Michigan claiming rapid relief after meals.
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New York
Doctor Pierce
Press accuses British minister of favoring Central American union
In Tegucigalpa on March 20 the press accuses the British Minister Goa ling of backing a Central American union with British protectorate ties. It claims Germany allies with Britain to harm American trade in Central America.
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Tegucigalpa
Oen
Goaling
Central America
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Morrison
Mousier
Wagner
Fise
F. R. Loz
Scott St
Covington, Ky
Norton's Monthly Sentinel
Mount Morris Bank
Northwest
the Royal Baking
Royal Baking Powe
Wall
New-York
Tas
Hall
F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
James Fitzpatrick
Derby
Atchison Globe
Mima Wilston
Wisconsin
Hegeman
C.A. Clara Co
New Buren
Mane House
Hannial Hamlin
Abraham Lincoln
Col
Fred Evans
Evans
Evans Hotel
Thal
Burlington
Mount Morris
Oregon
Vancases
Patrick Oparrell
Quincy 4
Nate
Waly Toter
Hal
Aim
Pagorr Fernt
Sane
Trim Deleuc Ternie
Apie
Ase
Ream
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Douglas
W. L. Douglas
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Bret
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