Lizzie Clark Ghost Haunts Dallas Island Mystery
A long standing mystery surrounds Lizzie Clark an orphan who vanished from a Dallas City hotel twenty years ago. Reports claim her ghost haunts the island by the river with sightings by steamers and hunters alike. The tale blends alleged murder drowning and lingering specter sustained by local lore and detective efforts.
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Lizzie Clark
Dallas City
Lizzie
Hancock
Henderson
Henderson County
Hancock County
Abe
St Leo
St Paul
Gowa
Dallas
Chicago Times
Life in Victoria Pastoral and Modern Dreams Collide
In Victoria December recounts a slower era with open shops late, long dinners, and cheap food. It contrasts old timers’ calm, the arrival of roads and brisk modernity, and lingering tensions over labor, wealth, and development, with many cultural notes and names.
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Victoria
Spciola
Powat
Berlin hurdles Americans face in European marriage papers
A long account details the German required paperwork for American couples seeking marriage in Berlin. It follows a young American Egyptologist and his bride as they navigate birth certificates, parental proofs, and multiple witnesses before a legal functionary in Berlin grants the union. The piece ends with observations on German bureaucracy and the dramatic completion of their papers.
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Germany
Berlin
Hanns
Bedin
Geine
Courre
Cate
Fuyot
New York Sun
One of the Miamis Dead Ends Powerful Family Line
A Miami Indian woman Mary Mabala Richards died in a derelict home in the southern part of the county near Bomersst. She was the widow of Jesse Richards and a descendant of Waokaonah, once a prominent Miami figure who died in 1882 after land loans and gambling debts bankrupted his heirs. The article traces the family decline from land grants to mortgage foreclosures and white ownership of farms, noting Mabala’s marriage and her husband’s abandonment.
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Jesse Richards
Bomersst
Wacaconah
Treaty Station
Four i
Mabala
Jesse
Waltz Township
Wabath County
Read's Conviction for Florence Dennin Murder in London
The London Cor. reports that Read, a well off married man, was found guilty of murdering Florence Dennin after a series of depraved acts with several women. While the body was found and direct evidence lacking, his reckless denials and pattern of relations led to a death sentence and impending hanging in London.
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Gryce London
South End
Read
Florence Dennin
Denia
Shawn
Sevral
London Cor
New York Sun
Photographic Contest Promises Prizes for Falling Water Drops
The Revue Suisse de Photographie of Geneva offers three medals and three honorable mentions for the best photograph of a falling distilled water drop issuing from a tube. The drop size is not prescribed, but natural size is preferred. The tube’s internal and external diameters are to be measured, with no limit on image size.
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Revue Suisse de Photographie
Geneva
The Gentlemen Gambler John Scott of White's Fame
John Scott, famed among eighteenth century gentlemen gamblers, built a vast fortune at White's in London through disciplined play and occasional luck. He kept stakes affordable, never overextended, and remained reputed for calm nerves and consistent wins, contrasting with rivals like Charles James Fox.
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Winnings
White's
London
England
John Scott
Richard Bentley
Arlington Street
Horace Walpola
John Bland
Hazard
Duke of Bedford
S T. James Street
White
Angele
Sadler's Hermita
John
Scott
Kippax Park
Walter
Michael Scott
Charles II
Mary
Countess of
Anne
Monmouth
Sir John Bland
White’s
Charles James Fox
Pitt
Fox
Fox Padi
Baphocles
Amachylon
Horace Walpole
Escharve
Finland Boycott Forces Press Censorship on Salvation Army
In Finland the Salvation Army faces an intense boycott with such strictness that even mentions of the army in print or related advertising can trigger the cancellation of an entire newspaper issue. The Loudon Tit-Bite reports widespread suppression of coverage and strong public opposition to the movement.
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Salvation Army
Finland
Loudon Tit-Bite
Thunderstorm Zones Mapped By Odessa Observatory Chief
Professor Klossovsky of Odessa Observatory maps global thunderstorm distribution. He notes warm humid and rainy conditions foster storms. A color map shows an electric equator with three zones of activity, Asia Oceania and Indo China, Africa west coast to 10°S, and tropical Americas 20–23°N, with varying storm totals. Deserts and high latitudes see fewer storms.
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Klossovsky
Odessa
Equator
Asia
Oceania
Indo-China
Sunda Isles
New Guinea
Africa
America
Egypt
Persia
Central Asia
Europe
Falkland
Democratic Slump Evident in Election Returns Across States
The Philadelphia Press notes a clear Republican gain and Democratic loss in 24 states from the November results. It cites a total Republican gain of 840,486 and Democratic loss of 928,619 with a projected national loss near 1.6 million for Democrats and Republican gain over 500,000. The piece blames free trade, foreign policy, and perceived incompetence in the presidency and Congress.
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New York
New Jersey
Connecticut
Massachusetts
New Hampshire
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Indiana
Maryland
Delaware
Virginia
West Virginia
Kentucky
Missouri
Kansas
Nebraska
Alabama
Mississippi
Loulalana
Bouth Dakota
South Carolina
Josa
Congress
Philadelphia
Folly Coat Hero Month Trial in Paris
Grace Larmore Drew is sentenced to a month in jail in Paris for stealing small articles from the Bon Marche. Her lawyer says she bet at a London ladies club to travel solo in Europe and stole items as presents for friends.
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Grace Larmore Drew
Paris
London
Europe
President Invents Word From Proctor Tale
The President adopted a new word from Professor Proctor’s Kentucky tale, using it in cabinet meetings and social and official conversations. The anecdote centers on an old black Kentucky theologian famed for debate, who inspired the President with his phrase “Well, NOW, 180 8 Bpure.” The Chicago Record reports the word’s origin and usage.
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Alexander
Professor Proctor
Controversialiat
Dia Manning
Chicago
Balloon aided electric light in German training device
A captive balloon kept ready for military work carries an electric arc lamp of about 6000 candle power. Light is directed downward via insulated wire, illuminating space without lamp posts as troops maneuver at night. Also noted: Brooklyn jailers face family tensions as husbands balk at mother in law reception. New York Dispatch urges peace.
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Berlin
Raymond Street
Brooklyn
New York Dispatch
A Queer Ride Through Paris Cab Culture and Royalism
A satirical riff likens Parisian cab rides to royal privilege and old constitutions as a warning against privilege in modern times. The piece casts Theophilus and others as witnesses to a dingy gilded age, where pedestrians are at risk and money buys a fleeting medieval thrill.
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Theophilus
Paris
Jean
France
Louis XV
Davenport Union Depot Train Schedule Summary
Trains leaving Davenport for Oxford Monticello Marion Cedar Rapids and Delaware Maquo kota with numbers 28 48 2 65 42 66 and a 6 30 p m connection to Monticello. southbound No 42 arrives 10 Baer freight No 66 arrives 1 00 a m all trains listed run daily except Sunday.
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Omicago
Matlandexrp
Min
8. C
Monda
C. B
Denver
K. C
St. Jo
K C
Union
Moine
Davenport Kent
Oxford
Montic
Monticello
Delawar
Maquokota
Marion
Cedar Rapids
Burlington
Chdare Rapidy & N
Davenport
Pas Oger
Lyra
Freid
Paasencer
Baer Freight
West Daversrt
The Peoria Route Passenger Trains and Schedules
Eastward and westward fast mail service details timetable and stops between Peoria and Rock Island with through cars and depots. Provides station list including Springfield St Louis Indianapolis Cincinnati and Rock Island, plus through-ticket agents and notes on through service and accommodation trains.
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Fast Mail Mail
Fast Expressland
Pei
Princey
Peoria
Brito
Jackvil
St Louis
Louis
Milan
TaylorRdg
Egralda
PRARD
Sterrard Ty
Hock
Rock Lalana
Peput
Pallmao
Rock Island
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Sytmasins
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John Shriver
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Morton
Statehouse
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van Senden
R. J. Wynne
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Hill
Shriver
Van
Telegraph
Stump
Carliale
Loat
Bia Bovel
Wyone
Washington Star
Lake Ontario
Lac de Frontenac
Lac de Iroquois
Leece St. Lows
Biggar
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Saul
THE
Miamis
Chance Tor Camorists
Maray
Carl Parrot
Pittaburg
Pepp Eatin
Paris Cocher
Hostington
Ind
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Iowa
Ail. Sena
Rack Ixane & Peoria R & Blanket
F. H. Rockwill
R. Stockhouse
Twentieth St
Rookland
California
Philips Rock
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Phi Spa
Acer
Dicago
Kansas City Ft. Worth
el Paro
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Low Angeles
D & At
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Geo F, Lee
Clark Street
John Sebastian, Eo Pa
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Burnham
Gansevoort
Deonttey
Unitarian Church
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