Spectral Shadows in a Decaying City Mystery
In a wintry New York scene, Walter Melmer teeters on suicide after losing work. A telegram from Frank J Law brings twenty five dollars and a plan home. A fortune teller wife Maud Lyle and a murdered suitor Andy White figure in a deadly tuberose curse ending on a churchyard grave.
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Walter Melmer
Hugh Cathere
Walter
Frank Lyle
Frank
Watt
Lily
Andy White
Clairville
Lyer
Frank J, Law
Clinton
Raymond
Mr. Lyle
Mr. Melmer
Walters
Melmer
Rovborn
Maud Lyle
Andy
Lyle
Special Election Rules for Presidential Vacancy Proceedings
The passage outlines fallback procedures when both President and Vice President positions are vacant. The President of the Senate or Speaker acts as President temporarily, and the Secretary of State issues notifications to states about electors. Rules specify timing for elector appointment, with variations based on the interval to December’s first Wednesday and the existing term end dates, and require written instruments to record refusals or resignations.
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United States
Senate
House of Representatives
Emerald in coal trade makes 18 days Liverpool to New York
In port, a sea captain recalls the Emerald a sister ship to the Amethyst. The vessel ran Liverpool to New York in 18 days and a few hours about fifty years ago. Ibis has never been beaten since and speaks well for the old style of ships. Aha California.
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Emerald
Liverpool
New York
California
Plan to reach the North Pole through Arctic colonies
The article reviews the pole quest after Capt Nares failures and favors Capt Howgate's plan to establish a chain of Arctic colonies from Discovery Bay to reach the pole. It notes the open polar sea theory, past expeditions, and calls Congress to appropriate funds to test the plan as a matter of national honor and American enterprise.
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North Pole
Howgate
Nares
Pole
Franklin
Stephenson
Liverpool
Manchester
Sulton
Arctic
America
Ross and Parry
Parryagain
Heela
Griper
Melville Island
N. W. Passage
Northwest Passage
Spitzburgen
John Franklin
Ross
Kane
McClintock
Great Britain
Hayes
Hall
England
U S. Signal Service
Arctic Circlé
Spe
Cially
Discovery Harbor
Lady Franklin Bay
Hongato
Requimaux
Capt
Congress
Centennial Paupers and the Centennial City
The Philadelphia Centennial left a surplus of able bodied men seeking work and charity. The city now hosts more outside paupers, crowding public relief and prisons, prompting private soup kitchens to open as charity outlets.
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Phila. Corres
New York Bulletin
House of Correction
Early Detection of Scarlet Fever Warned by The Lancet
The Lancet urges public health vigilance for scarlet fever, stressing early throat signs as the most reliable diagnostic clue. Reddened soft palate, hot skin, rapid pulse, sickness, and a furred tongue signal impending illness, with symptoms often appearing within 18 to 24 hours.
Cardinal virtues blamed for lawmakers’ lack of fortune
An exchange argues Congressmen cannot amass wealth like Cardinal Antonelli on a salary. it notes the Italian cardinal supported a wife and daughters in Washington, implying foreign elites versus domestic constraints.
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Cardinal Antonelli
Washington
Quips and curios from a busy era of oddities
A collage of short items notes quirks and incidents from 19th century life. Jests about tea, a fort Worth quip on prairie chickens, imperial jubilees, Pompeii roof plans, and a Paris murder trial weave with tales of quails and theater mishaps.
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Maine
Chicago
Fort Worth
Texas
William
Pompeii
AttHova
Lorp Sarissary
Constantinople
New Haven
Ashtabula
Grattan
Maryann Lyceum
Patrick
Honor
Norwich Bulletin
Santa Monica
California
San Francisco
Middletown
Marie Celvet
Joe
Paris
St. Ives
Trinity Church
William B. Astor
Can
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