Charlie Leslie Keeps Father’s Job After Courageous Thanksgiving
Charlie Leslie, a boy of limited means, substitutes as a streetcar conductor to support his ailing father. He works three days, earning trust and praise from crews, assists passengers bravely, and faces a feared dismissal before a superintendent reverses course, enabling him to keep the job and wages.
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Charlie
Jesse
Jamie
Mr. Leslie
Mr. Riawlinson
McElroy
Turnout
Mere
Tie
Charles Leslie
Riverwell Electric Transportation Company
Mr. Trask
Mr. Rawlinson
West Side
Charlie Leslie
Elizabeth Robbins
Chicago
Dressing for Turkey Takes Spotlight This Season
The Atchison Globe notes the season favors practical cooking over grand accomplishments as households focus on crafting good turkey dressing. The piece blends homespun advice with quiet appreciation for traditional holiday fare.
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Turkey
Atchison Globe
Burst of Franklin syndicate triggers massive dollar loss fraud case
New York November 25 William P Miller head of the Franklin syndicate and Cecil Leslie indicted by Kings county grand jury for taking deposits in Brooklyn with promises of ten percent weekly dividends. Miller assigned assets to John Daly and thousands of dollars in cash flooded the office. Bailiffs arrested Miller’s brother Big Sam while Miss Alma Gorley was questioned. Depositors ran on the business as banks rejected Miller’s accounts.
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New York
William P. Miller
Franklin Syndicate
Brooklyn
Cecil Leslie
Kings County Grand Jury
Miller
John Ll. Daly
Richmond County
Big Sam
Money Pound
Louis HT. Miller
William Kiam F. Milley
Young Miller
Floyd Street
Alma Gorley
Vernon Avenue
Miss Gorley
Daly
Wall Street
Hobart Passes Away in Paterson at 55
Garret A Hobart vice president of the United States died at his Paterson New Jersey home at 8 30 oclock Tuesday morning His passing follows a long illness and heart failure The proclamation by President McKinley declared national mourning and ordered public offices closed on the funeral day with flags at half mast and tributes from foreign representatives.
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Garret A. Hobart
United States
Paterson
N. J
Stobart
Hobart
Washington
White House
Executive Mansion
McKinley
Garret Augustus Hobart
Senate
Army
William Mkinley
John Hay
Mr. Hobart
Long Branch
Mutger’s College
Socrates Tuttle
Pascale County
Tuttle
State Assembly
National Republican Executive Committee
Garret A. Hobart Jr
Fanny
Italy
Son to Portune heir inherits fortune in New York
Wat son of Portune Springfield NL receives word he has fallen heir to a $75,000 fortune from his mother's brother in New York. Watson, employed on the Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern gravel train at Taylorville, will depart soon to claim the estate.
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Filipino Congress
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Negros
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Wildman
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Iacson
Toro
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Baltimore & Ohioo Southwestern
Taylorville
Immigrant Inflow Rises In Four Months
Reports to the immigration bureau show total immigration to the United States in the last four months at 115,276, up 30,544 from the same period last year.
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Washington
Immigration Bureau
United States
Money Back Offer For Dewey Home Fund Subscriptions
Washington reports that subscribers to the Dewey home fund may request refunds. John L. McLean for Mrs. Dewey says the family has received thousands of sympathetic telegrams after the attack on their domestic life. Emerson McMillan of New York offers to reimburse all applicants if he receives the contributor list and any trustee letters.
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Washington
Dewey Home Fund
John L. McLean
Dewey
Emerson McMillan
Home Fund
McMillan
Davitt Jackson Carriage Crash in Dublin
Michael Davitt was thrown from a carriage in Dublin on Friday and rendered unconscious. He revived after being taken to Mr. John Dillon's residence and doctors say his back and head injuries are not alarming.
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Dublin
Michael Davitt
John Dillon
Wreck at Monroe Mirror Office Sparks Town Fight
Unknown parties demolished the Monroe Mirror printing office in Omaha during the night dumping type into a creek. The act is tied to a local dispute and the newspaper serves as the Liberty party state organ. Ex-Congressman A J Hostetler Dies Near Bedford Indiana At 81
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Omaha
Neb
Monroe Mirror
The
Liberty Party
Brooks hanged for wife murder in Billings
William C. Brooks colored was executed in Billings Montana on Friday for murdering his wife in November 1898. He sang on the way to the scaffold and offered a silent prayer before the drop. His neck was broken.
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Billings
Mont
William C. Brooks
Adirondacks Deer Season Claims 23 Hunters
Plattsburg reports 23 people were accidentally killed by hunters during the just ended deer hunting season in the Adirondacks.
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Plattsburg, N. Y
Adirondacks
Emperor William in Woodstock Visit with Royal Escort
Emperor William arrives at Woodstock at 12 45 PM with the prince of Wales and the duke of Connaught. Soldiers in guard of honor greet the party at the station as streets glow with German British and American colors. Heins luncheon and plants a pine tree in the park to commemorate the visit.
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Woodstock
William
Prince of Wales
Duke of Connaught
Duke
Duchess of Marlborough
Oxfordshire Hussars
President Unable to Attend Nashville Greeting
Washington reports the president cannot travel to Nashville to greet Tennessee volunteers arriving from the Philippines due to heavy public duties tied to the upcoming congressional session.
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Washington
Nashville
Tenn
Tennessee Volunteers
Philippines
Congress
Recalled U S Official In Berlin Strikes Settled In Decatur
Berlin reports Prof Stiles scientific attaché to the U S embassy has been recalled over differences with the imperial health office. In Decatur Illinois miners end a nine week strike after operators grant eight hour day and union recognition to about four hundred workers.
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Berlin
Lokal Anzeiger
Stiles
United States
Imperial Health Office
Decatur
Murder at a country dance in Morehead Kentucky
At a country dance on Christy Creek four miles east of Morehead Kentucky on November 25 App Perry shot Harris Carroll through the heart, killing him instantly. Perry was lodged in jail.
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Morehead
Christy Creek
Here
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