The Original Interviewer and Bank Collapse Revisited
A historical note on James Redpath as a pioneering interviewer and editor. The piece cites his insistence on written interviews to avoid misrepresentation and honors his influence on journalism. It also recounts the 1877 Third National Bank of Chicago failure, its receivership, stockholders’ losses, and later gains from real estate, as reported by Chicago Journal.
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James Redpath
Redpath
Boston Advertiser
Dana
The
Sun
Varios
Allen Thorndyke Rice
Rice
North American Review
Review
Reapath
New York Telegram
Third National Bank of Chicago
J. Irving Peares
Luntington W.jackson
Maong
Jackson Park
Cicero
Chicago Journal
Real estate broker Israel Joseph dies hero in Times Square incident
Israel Joseph, a Brooklyn real estate broker, was buried at Cypress Hills after leaping to stop a runaway team at Broadway and Vesey, shielding two girls from danger. The effort cost him his life when a heart valve burst, leaving behind a quiet tribute to everyday heroes who toil unseen.
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Israel Joseph
Cypress Hills Cemetery
Broadway
Vesey
New York Press
Mr Gould and Wrenn Seek Lovers Oak in Dark
A Brunswick Georgia correspondent recounts Mr Gould and Mr Wrenn walking after dark in search of Brunswick's famed Lovers Oak tree. Despite eight blocks of wandering under electric lights, they could not locate the tree and returned to their car disappointed.
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Mr. Gould
Mr. Wrenn
Brunswick
Augusts Chrbninia
Gus
Washington county sea captain faces blaze incident
A Washington county sea captain was reported as involved in a fire incident described as an idle or idle of fire. Details on location, cause, and outcomes remain unclear from the fragment.
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Washington County
Living chess tournament at St Leonard's Hall spectacle
The living chess match at Royal Concert hall featured Hon Reginald Capell and Mr Shadforth Boger as players with each side winning once. Children acted as pawns and many titled figures appeared as chess pieces in a gala benefiting the Men's Help Society amid Tudor costumes and fantasy tableaux.
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Royal Concert Hall
Chésa Beard
Reginald Capell
Shadforth Boger
Alice
Lord
Lady Brassey
Muriel
Marie Brassey
Beatrice Capell
T. Brassey
Miss Forbes
Capt. Gaskell
Baron von Roemer
London
Philadelphia Telegraph
Mr Kanszier Struck by Peculiar Illness in Sandnaky
Mr Jacob Kanzler a Sandnaky businessman wakes unable to speak or write though his mind remains bright. He can move and use his hands but cannot express thoughts on paper. At about 55 he is described as hale and hearty, with doctors puzzled by the affliction. The Cleveland Leader notes it may be a unique case.
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Sandnaky
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Cleveland
John Potter
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Dallies Dally
County of
Calhoun
Michigan
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Marehall
Culhoun
Newton
Marter
Hugins
Fouey & Boutaworrn
Ateignoo
Michioft
County of Calhoun
la Chancery
A.D. Ibil
Cannds
Clark
David T. Clark
James B. Mead
Chancery
Marechal
A.D
H. E B. Winsor
Jeese M
Hatch
Circuit Court
Wiscor. Calhoun Co
Atrde
Cadetry arrival misleads officer. shock after recall
A Cincinnati Enquirer report recalls a canal boat journey from Cumminsville where a patrolman rushed after a supposed fight. He learned a murder had occurred weeks earlier, but returned just as news broke that he had been dismissed for not answering calls and his wife had remarried.
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Cumminsville
Cincinnati Enquirer
Sea Captain’s Curse and Rich Oil Magnates in Brief
A sea captain visiting land brings a Punta Arenas curse, while a rug of puanaco skins forms a four-slam animal pattern. Thomas W. Phillipe of New Castle Pa. returns to wealth after losing nearly $1,000,000 in oil. Mrs. King of Corpus Christi sells 16,000 two-year cattle for $22,000, cashes Texas cattle empire. Edward Lennon, 108, Irishman, famed in Blow Zork lore, holds a pike in a legendary Irish tale.
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Punta Arena
Straits of Magellanic
San Diego Union
Thomas W. Phillipe
New Castle
Congress
Keystone
Edward Lennon
County
Steam Crane Excavator for Manchester Ship Canal
A steam crane adapted as an excavator on a ten ton locomotive unit works on steel track. The bucket moves 2 feet via a steam cylinder controlled from the footplate, allowing cuts up to 20 feet deep and 40 feet wide. Output claimed 200 to 3800 wagons of 4 cubic yards daily on an eleven hour shift at under two cents per cubic yard.
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Manchester Ship Canal
Diaty York Commercial Adverer
Rare Angraecum sesquipedale blooms at Harvard garden
A Cambridge Cambridge Botanic Garden specimen of Angraecum sesquipedale, Madagascar native with a twelve to eighteen inch spur, six inch ivory white flower, four spikes each bearing three blooms, exhibits in a tropical greenhouse. The plant, famed for Darwin's interest in its long spur, was introduced in 1857 and grows to three to four feet with leaves about a foot long.
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Harvard Botanic Garden
Cambridge
Madagascar
Darwin
Cambridge Botanic Garden
Boston Journal
Legislature member on junket coins toothbrush mix up
A state legislator on a junketing trip aboard a special car used a toothbrush found on a dresser belonging to another member. A colleague exclaimed that it was his toothbrush, prompting denials and a quip about Welunga in the Indianapolis News.
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Welunga
Indianapolis News
Kellogg’s Columbian Oil Promises Quick Cures
An advertisement touts Kellogg's Columbian Oil as a universal remedy for rheumatism kidney issues and general pains. It claims rapid relief and life saving protection, urging readers to visit Hyde's drug store for full details and a circular.
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Hyde's
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