Springfield News Sketches on Banks, Lights, and Trusts
In Springfield advances note ongoing Citizens Bank improvements including sidewalk work while Menagerie Hall gains new electric lighting with a dimmer to vary brightness. The column discusses the trust system, Mark Hanna, and the shift of industry to cities, citing the old oil mill turned brewery and the impact on Mankato workers. it also surveys taxes, transportation costs, and calls for a fair tax policy amid political debate led by Capt. Van Sant and Gov. Lind.
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Trusts
Mark Hanna
Mankato
Cnty
Uustoily
Isead of Trust
Jl- Hawes
Tia
Lowal
Wazoo
Conan
Mari Hasna
Aise Trust
Capt
van Sant
Gov
Lind
Cloud ‘Times
Osage Bridegroom Tall Elk Wins Red Eagle Bride
In Osage country near Vinita Oklahoma Tall Elk an Osage with a sizable wealth and his bride Mary Red Eagle daughter of the chief Old Red Eagle wed after the Indian custom. The exchange involved 48 ponies paid to the bride’s father and a ceremony in the Osage square with the bride presented on a pony and carried to the victory teepee.
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Vinita
I. T
Tall Elk
Mary Red Eagle
Old Red Eagle
Red Eagle
Bewitched in Salem House in Maine? No, Salem Mass tale
Salem residents flock to see Carrie Peabody Bly who claims she is bewitched. She lives in an old house addition near North and Essex streets and in the witchhouse she holds trances and levitates while spirits of Nathaniel Hawthorne Betsy Williams and others hover around. Bly says she received a message for Charles H Hoyt from his deceased wife Caroline Miskel Hoyt urging his release from an asylum.
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Salem
Mass
Carrie Peabody Bly
North and
Essex Streets
Miss Bly
Hoyt
Miners Find Stone Man in Boston Junk Shop
A six foot tall stone image of a man, found by two miners in Spring Gulch near Reno, Nevada, 25 feet deep, was damaged but recovered by a Boston dealer. The statue weighs over 400 pounds and resembles an Indian profile. Harvard Peabody Museum staff examined it, noting its antique look and mixed facial cues.
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Boston
Springgulch
Reno, Ney
George D. Burton
Peabody Museum
Harvard University
Compagnie D'Orleans
Strikes in Germany Reported by Consul General at Frankfort
Consul General Richard Guenther provides Germany strike statistics from the imperial office in Berlin. Of 303 strikes, 67 were entirely successful, 91 partially, and 145 unsuccessful, affecting 1 922 employers across multiple industries with 81 151 employees, 11 862 quitting, and 1 738 idle.
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Frankfort
Richard Guenther
State Department
Germany
Imperial Statistical Office
Berlin
Married a Whole Family and Other Hodge Marital Tangles
The Moore sisters of Laurel county accuse S W Hodge of Winchester Kentucky of repeated cruelty in four marriages. He wed Anna Moore then divorced her after two years and she died. He then married Anna’s sister, divorced again, reconciled, and remarried. The third sister helped bring about a fourth marriage two years ago and now also seeks divorce.
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Moore
S. W. Hodge
Winchester
Hodge
Anna Moore
Laurel County
Horses Die After a Duelling Stable Fight
Two Hartford, Connecticut horses owned by Jacob Johnson fought in adjacent stalls after a gelding kicked down a light partition. The mare defended herself with powerful hind kicks, both animals collapsing. Both were killed with a rifle, then buried together in the same grave.
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Jacob Johnson
Hartford
Conn
Johnson
Hawaii census near completion and postal reforms
The Hawaii territory census is almost finished, with one sugar manufacture schedule remaining. Washington will receive the compiled returns, promising the most complete portrait of the islands resources and industry yet. Star routes for postal service are to be established and bids advertised to speed mail delivery, and rural delivery will be extended to many districts.
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Territory of
Hawaii
Washington
Have You a Home Offer to renters for land at 4 to 6 per acre
An immigration agent promotes land ownership by offering inexpensive acreage to renters who pay nearly nothing for themselves. He urges those with families to seize the chance, promising trips and maps and detailing low rates east of the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Philippines
Lange
Cyril
Yori Abe
Lan Maevnding
C. A. Kundtwon
For Sale Two Story House on Franklin Street Near Center
Beginning sale notice for a two story dwelling on Franklin Street near Center. Six rooms and closets, large lawn, and a well, with two lots included. Reproduction indicates request for inquiries at the office.
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Franklin Street
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