Mystery Murder at Warren Stuns Town of Four Thousand
In Warren on Oct 7 1879 clerk George Yates 28 is found stabbed to death in his store amid robbed cash and goods. A detective known as Little Mr Gray exposes a rival farmer Lee as the killer after tracking boots tracks money and a knife. Lee confesses and is sentenced to life imprisonment while Gray vanishes amid mob justice fears.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles B. Lewtin
James Shielda
Warren
George Yates
Oie
Ashelf
Hiram H. Gray
New Yor
Gordon
Mr. Gray
Jis
Gray
Wisren
Atere
Snr
Sian
Warrey
Yates
Mr. Amy
Efisa
Thotvork
Lee
Young Lee
Mordinn
Yong Lee
Micre
Leo
Farmer Lee
Shields
Young Yates
Young Les
Wayon
Eister
Sdéh'aniffé
Ud Bo
Inen
The Moat Costly Bible in American Auction History
The Gutenberg Bible of 1450 to 1455, famed as the first movable type printed book, with calf binding and brass corners, fetched high bids at a Longton sale before finally selling to Hamilton Cole of New York after a heated contest with Brayton Tyes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Ible
Johannen Gutenberg
Hamilton Cole
New York
Himsef
Brayton Tyes
Ives
Mr. Cola
St. Louis Republic
Knife Spoon and Fork as Table Etiquette History
An excerpt traces the origins of table implements among uncivilized peoples. The knife began as a weapon and eating tool, the spoon arose early via calabash and coconut shells, while the fork reportedly appears much later after about 4,000 years, with a French etique anecdote about Brittany.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brittany
Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets Endorsement Letters
Letters from readers in Iowa Louisiana New York and Kentucky praise Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets as cures for long standing stomach troubles. Testimonials claim complete relief after short use and urge others to try the 50 cent packages. The notes emphasize ease of taking the tablets and demand at local drugstores.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sarah A. Skeels
Lynnville
Jasper Co
Iowa
Waanty
Mas
Sarah A
Skeels
I. N. Beard
Lismore
Stuart
W. H. Lockwood
Weedsport
N. Y
C. B George
Winchester
Pyramid Pile Cure Praised In Endorsements
A letter from Rev Jas H Wesbrook of Bowne Michigan attests to lasting relief from piles after ten months with Pyramid Pile Cure. Local druggist Frank Smith of Ypsilanti confirms a year average customer reported cure after twenty years of itching piles. The ad notes nationwide availability and a pamphlet from Pyramid Co Albion Michigan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jas
H. Wesbrook
Bowne
Mich
Wesbrook
Frank Smith
Ypsilanti, Mich
Acyear Gol
C. C. Ponter
Hamilton
Ypsilanti
Pyramid Co
Albiou, Mich
Dr Price’s Cream Baking Powder World’s Fair Award
Gentle health remedy advertisement touts Dr Price’s Cream Baking Powder as a World’s Fair award winner. It urges readers to attend to family comfort and try Otte’s Cure for coughs colds asthma consumption and throat and lung diseases with free trial bottles and sizes 50 cents and up.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Price
Powell
Ward & Payne Bog-ilat sheep abesra agency in town
Miss Kelly has taken the agency for the old Dickerson Steam Dye Works of Battle Creek and offers cleaning and dyeing services for ladies and gentlemen at her millinery store Ip Marshall. The fragment mentions Castoria and a call to children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bicams Dye Works
Kelly
Dickerson Steam Dye Works
Battle Creek
Ip Marshall
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Charles B Lewis
Pitcher’s Castoria
Ward & Payne
O'Leary Gros
DRS. K.& K
John A. Manlin
John A. Maslin
Chas, Powers
OAS
Foweha
Kannedy & Kergan
Boshood
Dra. Kennedy Herman
Chas. Powers
Detroit
Dre. Kennedy & Kergan, “oussieKave
Armad Hammer Soda
Church & CO
Amn and Hammer
NEW American
American Harrow CO
Welsbach
Europe
St Wollna
Une
Isbee
Marshall Light Co
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