Tragic Chestnut Street Fatality and Arctic Bear Rescue
An engineer Harry Jennings collapses on Chestnut Street after a confrontation with contractor William Katz and dies. The report also recounts the Greely Arctic expedition survivor Francis Long describing how a bear hunt yielded food and saved the starving party after months of scarce rations.
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Arapimne
Harry Jenning
Chestnut Street
William ©. Katz
Jenning
Francis Long
Brooklyn
Greely
New York
Cincinnati Enquirer
Brainerd
Cemetery Ridge
Bear
Jan
Esquimaux
Brain
Tran
Defender George Scoville Nearing Enduring Recollection
On Adams Street a top floor room houses the aging George Scoville, once famed as the Guiteau defender. Years since the trial have etched wrinkles and a white fringe of hair remains on his otherwise glistening scalp.
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Adams Street
George Scoville
Guiteau
Chicago Tribune
Turkish Infants and Early Child Rites in Oriental Customs
The account describes Turkish infant care with immediate salting and swaddling in a long cloth, then placing the baby in a Turkish cradle with belts binding limbs, nursing by tilt, and later scarification called bajamet. It argues such practices explain Ezekiel’s lament and claims Bible records East life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ezekiel
Jerusalem
East
An Inducement to Early Marriage The Child Conny Speaks
In a humorous Harper's Magazine vignette Constance, a young girl, declares she is engaged to Fritz Ward. She explains she is tired of being spanked and hopes to marry soon, while her mother and playmate listen with amusement to the unlikely betrothal.
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Constance
Conny
Fritz Ward
Harper’s Magazine
First Class Job Work Dove at the Journal Office
A dove delivered a remarkable performance at the Journal Office as part of a display of skilled workmanship. The event attracted staff attention and sparked conversations about quality and process in the newsroom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Journal
Beautiful photo of Mrs. Cleveland and mother featured
A Washington Post note praises a portrait of Mrs. Cleveland reclining beside her mother, hailed as a gem of photographic art for presentation to personal friends. The feature notes the tender, exclusive gifting and the refined composition admired by viewers.
Seat Grab on Suburban Train Sparks Tug of Egotism
A Boston vocalist occupies two seats on a suburban train triggering an inebriated passenger to demand space. The singer refuses with cool scorn, calling the man a hog as he asserts control of the area. The incident published in the Boston Budget notes the clash and the sober reply.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Suley
Witit
E'S, Daniels &Co
Havana
Idle Visitor Rouses Editor In Telegram Office Exchange
A chronic loafer visits the Cincinnati Telegram office hoping to see the editor. The dialogue reveals a tense, humorous back and forth about weather, small talk, and implied annoyance before the visitor leaves. The editor remains unflustered, resuming his work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Telegram
Cincinnati
Wages assignments ruled illegal by Pennsylvania Supreme Court
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court declared all advance wage assignments void. In the Woodring v Lehigh Valley case the court held preemptive wage power of attorney to collect future wages creates no valid contract and harms workers. It compared such devices to slavery and warned of societal danger.
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Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
James Woodring
Lehigh Valley Railroad Company
Common Pleas Court
Northampton County
Supreme Court
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James Smith
Concord
Sussex County
Smith
Julia J. Outten
Arailrgad
Baltimore and Ohio
Washington
St. Louis
Chicago
Metropolitan
Hamilton Brossus
Baxter
Observatory
William Baxter
Joseph Haley
Haley
Arctic Regions
Cleveland
Oregon Immigration Bureau
Washington Territory
Oregon
Pacific Coast
California
International Line
California and
N.Y. Tribune
England
Regent Street
Frederick Douglass
Temple
London Cor
New York World
Weill
Hotte
George
Ilegal
Jacob Fisenhuth
D. I. Brown
House & Barn Spouting Ag
Just
D. B. Brown
Main St
Millheim, PA
Brown
Eisenhatn
Police Gazette
United States
Richard K. Fox
Franklin Square
N. Y
Keystone Hotel
Selinsgrove
Penna
U.S
U. S
A. Snow
Orfer
Washington, D.C
Phila
F. A North &Co
Cueerxur
George Stinson & CO
Portland, Maine
Grand Outfit Free
Address Taug & Co
Augusta
Maine
Domestic Mfg CO
Marion, Cho
H. Haver & Co
Portland
J. A. North & CO
Philadelphia
J. B. Mayer
Arch St. Phila
Keystone House
Reading
Ély
WAC
Andes
Nedy
H. D. Cushman
Three Rivers, Mich
Marleys Cylinder Bed
Battle Creek Machinery Co
Crete
Springfield
Ohio
Mali
Enterprise Vapor Medicator CO
Union Square
Suley JaIbads
Eas
Harris Remedy Co
Carlusta
Tenth Street
St.louis
A. J. Weidener
Sele
Pate
Second Street
Moore County
RWOOD
Hanwoon
N. C. Millstone 66
Parkewood, Moore CO
N.C
Essence
Jamaica
Joseph Burnett & CO
City Direct
J. Rantner
Reading Organ CO
the Palmer Boss
H. H. Palmer & CO
Rockford
Ill
H. H. Palmer & Gos
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