Tennessee Petition and Political Fights Highlight May News
The piece surveys legislative adjournment prospects in May, court actions on income tax, Democratic party stance debates, and a sequence of political and social notes including Tennessee election irregularities, a potential Nellie Sartoris marriage, and Michigan industry updates. It references Justice Jackson, Chauncey Depew, H. W. Seymour, and local notices on education and farming equipment.
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Supreme Court
Justice Jackson
Cassa
Hayes
Tennessee
Mr. Evans
Dolby Family of Elgin Runs a Self Sufficient Community
A New York Sun piece portrays Thomnd Goldsmith Farrington Dolby of Elgin as patriarch of a 21 member family that operates a Cedar Hill settlement called the Dolby family. The clan runs its own aluminium factory, buys goods in bulk, and shares stock in Dolby & Seventeen Sons. The household holds 28 meal covers, assigns Sunday church roles, and boasts a strict but pastoral ethos centered on honesty and industry. The Dolbys, English in origin, migrated in 1884 with 14 members and focus on butter exports and aluminium shipments, seldom hiring outside labor and pursuing numerous patents.
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Cedar Hill
Dolby & Seventean Sohs
Casa
Elgin
Dolby
Mr. Dothy
Chauncey Dopew
Mr. Dolby
Dolbya
New-York Sun
Hat controversy at New York theater sparks hat etiquette clash
Reports from the Academy of Music in New York recount a scene where two sailors from the United States ship Chicago objected to women wearing large hats during a performance. After friction over seating, the manager rearranged the sailors and allowed the women to continue, ending with a tense standoff and a peaceable accommodation.
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Academy, of Music
New York
United States
Chicago
Aot
Thyy Eald
New York Tribune
Violin Thriller Ends With Judge Dismissing Case
In a Louisville courtroom a Black man accused of theft of a violin is allowed to perform. He tunes the instrument and plays Arkansaw Traveler and Dixie to prove his claim, crowd reacts, judge halts, and the man is dismissed.
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Charles Romnmel
Figro
Tudge Smith
Hellave
Jurge
Dixie
Louisville Courier-Journal
Clerical Fisherman Beats Dam Anglers at Fly Fishing
A well known Episcopal minister, expert with a fly rod, visits a town on a fine trout stream. While locals fail to get a bite at the dam, he wades above it and lands seven to eight speckled trout, prompting an onlooker to exclaim he beat the devil, to which the minister modestly replies that fishing is his profession.
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Thi Elty
Thara
Pittsburg
Entertaining Forty club member shares Washington tale
Judge William G. Ewing, famed Forty club figure, recalls a Washington anecdote with Proctor Knott and two southern gentlemen. Knott declines to settle a Shakespearean contest over Hamlet versus Macbeth due to political risk. An accompanying note mentions a New Orleans observer and a hummingbird tale with mysterious sounds.
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Willian G. Ewing
Forty Club
Washington
Pennsylvania Avenue
Proctor Knott
Duluth
Mr. Knott
Chicago Times-Herald
Gren Melly Going and Farm Land Schemes
Gren Melly Going references efforts by Gravéd Land Companys of Chicago to form practical farmer companies across Wisconsin Clark County and surrounding counties. The notice warns buyers that land prices may rise soon and advises writing for specifics. Also listed are farm implements for sale by Marshall Wagon Co and an optician offering eyeglass fitting with prior Chicago schooling.
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Gren Melly
Fifth Avenue
Chioags
Til
Wisnonain
Clark County
Sao Wd Vertinamant
Thia
Marshall Wagon Co
Mays
G.C. Bexthry
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Mahshald, Migh
Tri Tlinoig
Free Aliver
Corinto
Chauncey M. Depew
Coin
Jts Finducial School
Bia
aVerege
H. W. Seymour
Chicago Herald
The
Evening Post
Times-Herald
Seymour
M. §& Russell
Nellie Grant Sartoris
Kyd Douglass
Maryland
Detroit Journal
Tribuna
Journal Financier
Jos. van Boyaard
Michigan Interior Wood Works
van Bogaard
Wm. J. Spoor
Peraous
Michigan
Marshall
American Harrow Company
Detroit
Ichigan House
Calhoun County
Board of Examiners
Cowber
Polby
Mabuunt
Basten
Mae
New Orléans
Coffes House
H. EB. Paeers
Dry Price
Abrott
East Mato
Battle Crank
Folding Bath Tub CO
M. Dapot
Datrow Beer
Baltimore
You
Bourke
Old National City Bank
Gingham
Weine
E. G. Brewer’s
Hyde’s Drug Store
East State
Herndon House
W. P. W. Mann
Edwd. Dobbins
J.C. Egeler
Dr. Bruce
Albion
C. J. Sawyers Merchant
Bellevue
C. A. Howard
Tekonsha
O. E. Miller CO
Petro
Mion
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