Scott Jackson Convicted in Pearl Bryan Murder
Scott Jackson was found guilty in New Art, Kentucky, of murdering Pearl Bryan. The jury fixed his sentence at death, prompting an uproar in the courtroom as spectators protested the verdict. Alonzo Walling supported the judgment and the Bryan family praised Kentucky justice.
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Kentucky
Scott Jackson
Newart
Pearl Bryan
Helm
Ifey
Martyhen
Yury
Plummer
Jackson
Red
Alonzo Walling
Bryan
Extraordinary Sextuplet Bicycle Race Against Empire State Express
Six cyclists led by Dan Cabanne of St. Louis race a single sextuplet bicycle against the Empire State Express over a five mile track beside the New York Central near Poughkeepsie. The test aims to show unaided man versus steam power with two miles required to reach full speed.
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Empire State Express
Dan Cabanne
St. Louis
New York Central Railroad
Poughkeepsie
Sextuplet bicycle to race on Greencastle track
News of a jury finding sparks excitement in Greencastle Indiana as crowds gather. A six rider aluminum bicycle trains along the track with a 156 inch length, 125 inch wheel base and 13714 pound mass. Pedal three times per second could beat the mile record. gearing and four sprockets yield 42 feet per pedal turn. Friends claim the sextet could prove fastest locomotion on earth.
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Friends of the Sextet
Progress at St Louis Convention Hall Nearing Completion
Satisfactory progress reported on the St Louis convention hall designed for the Republican gathering. The immense auditorium with thirteen thousand six hundred seats shows strong construction and safety checks by Sergeant at Arms Byrnes and Max Pracht. A dedicatory event is planned to test the building with larger attendance than the convention. Consul Read secured full payment of Baptist missionary claims in Se-Chuen riots.
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St. Louia
St. Louis
Minneapolis
T. E. Byrnes
Max Pracht
Read
Cheng-Tu
Baptist Missionary
National Solons Detail Proceedings of Senate and House
The Senate and House actions cover ousting Illinois Democrat Downing, a California harbor dispute compromise between Santa Monica and San Pedro, and a commission to decide. The river and harbor bill totals about 76 million with new bridge and port provisions. Dupont seat contest ends with a Delaware vacancy and tariff talk continues.
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Missouri River
California
Idaho
Washington
Maine
Massachusetts
Delaware
South Carolina
Georgia
Louisiana
Texas
Ohio
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Rhode Island
Mississippi
House
Downing
Illinois
Moody
Senate
Santa Monica
Southern Pacific
San Pedro
Frye
Commerce Committee
Coast Survey
Gorman
West
Yeas
Dalzell
Pennsylvania
Rinaker
Mississippi River
St. Louis
St. Clair County
Port Huron
Mich
Illinois River
Grafton
Ill
Dupont
O. M. Poe
Gen. Jameson
John Newton
United States
George FE. Spencer
Alabama
Smalls
Henry A. Dupont
Gov
Watson
Howard
Hoge-Otey
Virginia
Otey
Dem
Morgan
Congress
Committee On Foreign Relations
Spain
Havana
Style in Telephoning Sparks Local Dispute and Tragedy
A Brown County Indiana Methodist circuit rider objects to a neighbor courting his daughter and is struck after an attempt to separate the couple. In Ohio a loaded shotgun discharged by a 10 year old kills his sister and wounds another.
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Amos Carmichael
Brown County
Indiana
Fred Glants
Napoleon
Ohio
Charles Platt
Convict's bogus will used to ease prison life on Blackwell's Island
A 70 plus year old lawyer Samuel J. Adler was sentenced to two years ten months for fraud. While in prison he forged a will leaving 20 000 to Protestant Orphan Asylum and 20 000 to Catholic orphans. He feigned illness to gain sympathy and fruit baskets from charity workers. Executed by Warden Pillsbury and Deputy Warden Koppings, the will failed. a friend later said Adler possessed no money.
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Blackwell’s Island
Samuel J. K. Adler
Adler
Yorkville
Pillsbury
Koppings
New York Journal
The Meat Bill of London 1895 Outlook
The annual meat bill of London is described as wonderful. In 1895 the city slaughtered and sold flesh from 400000 cattle, 1000000 sheep, 500000 calves and 700000 hogs plus horses and fowls. The remark about women is noted as a satire on honesty.
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London
Mixed 1890s notes on politics science and oddities
A digest of disparate items: political trivia about vice presidents since 1856, mayoral marriage ceremonies, Isaac Pitman shorthand, European deficits, a Wilmington box watch theft from twelve years ago, and various curiosities. Other notes include Mount St Elias division between nations, Empress Eugenie plans, New Hampshire governor seat, sawdust fuel methods, Hawaiian idols return, Philadelphia co operatives, European banks capital, and educational and accident statistics.
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Warwick
Philadelphia
Isaac Pitman
Italy
Greece
Turkey
Portugal
Spain
Wilmington
Del
Mount St. Elias
Pacific Coast
United States
British America
Eugenie
Paris Museum of Decorative Arts
Tuileries
Benning Wentworth
New Hampshire
Council Chamber
Concord
Germany
American Board
Sandwich Islands
Hawaii
National Museum
Co-Operative Building and Loan Association of
Europe
London
Woodrow Wilson
Johns Hopkins University
Supreme Court of Ohio
R. A. Harrison
Columbus
W. 8. Groesbeck
Cincinnati
S. N. Owen
F. J. Dickman
Cleveland
L. T. Neal
Chillicothe
Supreme Court
Allen G. Thurman
South
J. W. Steers
O. E. West
James Morris
Columbus, CO
Newark
Remarkable horse roarer and stray cow tale from London scene
An English voter tale describes a dangerous horse roarer baited for tracheotomy tubes aiding breathing, shown in a white metal silver plated airway. A London carriage horse family reports a cow missing ten days found perched in a second story room after wandering upstairs, due to a spill attracting the curious animal.
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London
Charles Veltman
Veltman
Harris Place
An Oversight and the Mail Service in English History
An excerpt from Fifty Years in the English Post Office recounts a Baines tale of slow coach mail compared with modern rapid dispatch. A West Indies import bill prompts a delay while a dispatch bag reaches Exeter and sails before the returning post-boy catches up, highlighting enduring human energy and questions of service to God and man.
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Engli
F. E. Baines
England
West Indies
Falmouth
Colonial Office
Exeter
Falmouts
Devon
Cornwall
Pendennis Castl
London
Advertising Pays in New York Newspaper Test
A New York paper tested ad value by running a ten cent magazine promo. A misread line changed to send ten cents for a year, bringing hundreds of subscriptions. The publisher paid ninety cents per subscription after legal advice, and receipts rose from eight hundred fifty five to over a thousand letters in a week.
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New York
Feuttb
A Profitable Cat of Lewiston Returns After Each Sale
A Lewiston Maine woman owns a large brown coon cat sold seven times for eight dollars. Within a week after every sale the cat returns to the original owner’s home and appears at mealtime.
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Lewiston
He Thought It Phonasm In Cartoonish Dialogue
A Cincinnati Enquirer humorous note records Perry Patettic quipping about a newspaper line his spoofed poke-out of the word pore and the phrase dont use poor soap. He suggests omitting that word acknowledging the phonetic joke.
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Perry Patettic
Cincinnati Enquirer
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