The Eccentric Merchant and Other Notables
A feature on Charles Broadway Rouss the eccentric Baltimore merchant facing total blindness after offering a fortune to restore his sight. The piece recalls his fortunes quirks wages and odd habits as well as other local notes on Winchester visits and a prison break of sorts. It notes the Fighting Seventh moving through town to forts Grant and Huachuca and a mining dredging scheme above Yuma as well as a bust unveiling of Eugene Field by Trentanove in Chicago.
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Charles Broadway Rouss
Mr. Reuss
Winchester
Forts
Grant
Huachuca
Lordsburg
United States
Isleta
Albuquerque
Trentanove
Eugene Field
Library of
Chicago
Union League Club
Mr. Field
Signor Trentanove
Milwaukee
New York Names Notable Women Lawyers in Early Era
The World reports on pioneering women in New York law. Nellie Titus, first prize winner at a regular law school, Florence Dangerfield, elected president of a class of 90 men, and Mrs. Theodore Sutro, valedictorian of her University of New York law class, are highlighted alongside Kate Stoneman, the first woman admitted to the New York bar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Nellie Titus
Florence Dangerfield
Theodore Sutro
University of New York
Kate Stoneman
Lozier
World
Publisher Purchases 4000 Acre Rancho near Los Angeles
Andrew McNally of Chicago buys a 4000 acre tract sixteen miles from Los Angeles along the Santa Fe road near La Mirada station to establish a millionaire colony. Each purchaser must make improvements valued at $25,000 and build a home.
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Andrew McNally
Great
Chicago
Los Angeles
Santa Fe Road
la Mirada Station
Lost man mistook house number in dawn confusion
A wandering man in a New York farm report becomes lost between 206 and 509 Irvington, arguing with a policeman until he realizes the transom misread. The tale includes a marriage fraud twist and notes ongoing Native American tensions at San Carlos and mining industry insights.
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Irvington Street
Cattle shipments from Tucson region approach ninety thousand head
The Tucson Star reports southeastern Arizona cattle activity with 600 cars from Tucson 1200 from Willcox 500 from Benson 200 from Geronimo and 200 from San Simon. At 35 head per car the total ships about 94 500 head. figures are round numbers and likely low.
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The
Tucson Star
Arizona
Tucson
Willcox
Benson
Geronimo
San Simon
Science and theology diverge in medieval lore
The text notes that astronomy and medicine, once allied with theology, grew hostile. A medieval priestly saying claims three doctors imply two atheists, and it observes that no planet or star is named after a saint or angel in the heavens.
Judge rules on calls and escorts as engagement
A Kansas judge holds that repeated calls and escorts to entertainments can create a legal engagement to marry. The remark suggests the judge may be easily swayed by outside influence and humorously questions constitutional limits of nature.
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Kansas
Denman the Saddle Horse Dies at 25 Near Trenton
James G. Blaine's old saddle horse Denman died recently at a farm near Trenton Missouri at the age of 25. After Blaine's death Mrs. Blaine sent the horse to the farm and paid a liberal annual allowance for its care.
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James G. Blaine
Denman
Trenton
Mr. Blaine
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Aes
B.M. Johnson & Bros
Akcil -Martin
Phoenix, A
W. Bailey
Kte Mesa
C G. Williams
ACI
J. L. Patterson
Mesa
A. T
ZUCK
L. van Horn
Vanhorn
Attorneys & Counselors
Law
Hineman &G Elk Teurz
H. C. Longmore
W. D. Morton
A. P.shewman
Morton & Shewman
Attorneys-at-Law
Mesa City
Ofrica
aArlington Block
Scientific American Agency For
Eee Er Pana Adam Memo Co
Farm Products
Leuis
Alhambra
E.J. Long
City Shaving Parlor
V.V. Wright
Colorado River
Yuma
St. Lawrence River
Ralph Seeley
Maggie Slovan
Dayton
Ohio
San Carlos Agency
San Carlos River
Best
Lamar Brothers
Needles
Norway
Richard P. Rothwell
U. S
Great Britain
Montana
Michigan
Colorado
Idaho
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