Oddities and Inquiries From Public Life History
A collection of quirky anecdotes and biographical notes about figures from politics and culture. W E Trull linked to Ezra Hyde. Henry Clay gambling tale. Gladstone funeral cost disputed. William Alden Smith rose from poor boy to railroad counsel. Pushkin centenary and African descent. Virginia daughters names from an eccentric father. Margaret Benson archbishop’s daughter Egyptologist with Karnak excavations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. E. Trull
San Juan Bill
Ezra Hyde
Henry Clay
Clay
Gladstone
William Alden Smith
Michigan
Pushkin
Russia
Virginia
Vienna
Vetura
Veluela
Veronica
Vermelia
Verbalina
Margaret Benson
Canterbury
Karnak
Whole Family Blown Up in Quarry Blast Accidental
Portsmouth Ohio reports an accidental blasting powder explosion. George Ferguson, a quarry worker, is dying. two children are dead. his wife and another child are disfigured for life. Ferguson tried to light a fire with a powder can, causing a blast that wrecked part of the house while the family gathered around the stove.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portsmouth
George Ferguson
Ferguson
Frozen to Death Near Ash Grove Mo
George and Ed Cotter two young married farmers were found frozen to death near Ash Grove Missouri after drinking heavily in nearby town. They were caught in a blizzard while returning to their farms and likely fell from their horses. News from Springfield Missouri reports their deaths as the consequence of exposure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George
Ed Cotter
Ash Grove
Springfield
Haunted room memories and faded beauty in verse
A fragment from a poem by Jonn Hay recalls a beloved and the room where her memory lingers. The speaker laments the loss as reflections and a glass reveal only his own weary face. A Scribner’s mention promotes Cheatham’s Chill Tonic with guaranteed cures in tasteless and bitter styles sold by Jackson Drug Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jonn Hay
Scribner's
Cheatham
Jackson Drug Co
Dance Tale of Sir Walter Scott and a Crown Gift
A school visit shows Scott asking who the dance is and rewarding the poor boy who kept his place. Also promotes One Minute Cough Cure from Pipkin and Hanes as a remedy for coughs, colds, croup, bronchitis, pneumonia, and grippe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sir Walter Scott
Scott
Wari
Pipkin & Hanes
Building Locomotive Engines in Mena
West Port Arthur avenue hosts a thriving local craft scene as J J Sullivan a Pittsburg and Gulf fireman builds a full size wooden locomotive. The mock engine will decorate the fireman's ball hall next month illustrating expert wood construction and model making skill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mena
Port Arthur Avenue
J. J. Sullivan
Pittsburg & Gulf
Knights of Labor to Press Broad Reforms at Meeting
The national assembly of the Knights of Labor in Chicago votes to urge the industrial commission to repeal government by injunction ban child labor under 16 ban stock watering by railroads establish postal savings banks advocate government rail control and direct issue of greenbacks with U S senators and president elected by popular vote. A three member committee will present the recommendations to the commission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
National Assembly of the Knights of Labor
Industrial Commission
United States
Commission
Notice of Dissolution of Salyers and Hawkins Firm
Mutual dissolution of the partnership Salyers and Hawkins dated November 18 1895. Fred Salyers takes full control, G W Hawkins retires. All pre dissolution firm debts payable to Hawkins and all firm debts paid by Salyers. Mena Arkansas notices dated November 17 189%.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Polk County
Mena
Arkansas
J. P. Laspis
S. J. Putnro
Rk. W. Jonsson
Court House
Salyers & Hawkins
Fred Salyers
G. W. Hawkins
Fred, Salyers
Fred Sawyers
G. W. Hawks
Ark
Stoves and Ranges Arrive at Lloyd Hardware Polle County
A carload of Bridge & Beach cook stoves and ranges has just arrived at the Lloyd hardware store on De Queen Street. Call and examine the neatest and best stove ever offered for sale in Polle county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bridge & Beach Cook
Lloyd Hardware
de Queen Street
Polle County
Roach Offers Fall Planting Field Seeds at East Depot Area
N. M. Roach promotes a full assortment of field seeds for fall planting at his wholesale flour seed and seed ware house located east of the depot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geo. W. Knowlton
N. M. Roach
Frieght Depot
Sherwood Avenue
Mena
Ark
Ogtf
Depot
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J. P. Lannpers
J. Putriot
R. W. Joussey
Lloyd's Hardware Store
St. Louis
Presbyterian Churoon
New Church
Amsterdam
Zwolle Etreett
Sundiy Hool
Ovclock
H.R. Scuimenory
M. BE. Church South
Ilaan
Soho
Loa. m
Christian Church
Sp. m
GP. Young
Methodist Episcopal Church
R. Stewart
A.M
A. M. Dallas Lodge No. 128
Thad M. Carder
W. M. V. Hertely
Ota
Mena Lodge
P. No
Castle Hall
G. W. Knowlton
HW. Demilton
Wooden
Byers
Matheny
Knights OF Equity
Masonie A Rahe
Tron Hale
K.P. Hall
Mark Whayne
Wiayets
Jones
Pusey
Sucick
San Bernardino
Cal
Overland
Daggett
Barstow
Hutchinson
Bockshot
Los Angeles
Knoxville
Tenn
Tennessee
Supreme Court of
Alton
Pittsburg & Gulf Railroad
Quay
Philadelphia
Richard
Benjamin J. Haywood
Peoples’ National Bank
Naval Yard
Norfolk, Va
Norfolk Navy Yard
Montgomery
North Atlantic
Washington
Columbia
Treasury Department
Missouri
Jefferson City
Minnie Gentry
Zachritz
Hobson
Ala
Alabama House of Representatives
Merrimac
Senate
Santiago
Leonard Wood
Ewers
San Luis
Trenton
N. J
International Silver Company
Silverware Trust
Georeta Cotton Mills
Augusta
Knights of Labor
Mena, Arkansas
Chicago Record
Harrisburg
America
New York
Prof
J. T. Hatfield
Evanston
Cago Record
Madison St
Mt. Priscasant, Terras
Black Bros
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