Greatest Exhibition of His Iron Nerve by Grannan at Hotel
Riley Grannan, famed track plunger, noted for nerve and big bets, is remembered after a sensational moment in a Chicago hotel. A quiet Kentuckian challenged a stranger to a $10,000 wager on a horse, then walked away as Grannan stepped in to calm the scene and back the bet.
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Riley Granuan
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Pittsburg
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Riley Grannan
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Domino
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Grennan
Riler
Navarre
Colonel Johnson
Xou
Pinay the Stranger
Windine
Tikit
Jet Man
Geo
Riles Grinnan
Unien Staures
Local Notes and Familiars Across Counties
county wire reports a string of social visits and family ties. residents from Fair DeWings to Creagerstown host relatives and friends, with church announcements and a moving horse incident adding local color. Easter services planned, and roads, rail work, and home repairs feature in community notices.
Senate and Lords A Surviving British Aristocracy and American Senate Roots
The piece contrasts the British Lords with the Commons and notes the Senate’s origin in a federal compromise. It includes a discussion between a German and American about America, its landscape, and national ideals, ending with a Boston anecdote about a butcher asking for a porterhouse.
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Senate and
Lords
House of Lords
House of Commons
House of Fords
Commons
Senate
United States
Énstitutién
Fragmentary Tacitus quotation on truth and wisdom
A historical quotation reflects on fear, honesty, and anger. It argues that truth requires perfect candor and that anger can obscure reception of truth, attributing this to Tacitus.
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Tacitus
Local Social Notes from Frederick Surrounding Towns
Mr and Mrs Alva Smith of Frederick spent Sunday with her parents Mrs Smith Mrs and Miss Warner and son Harry visited Mrs Warner near Ystown last Thursday Mrs Florence Cook and daughter Irisle returned home near Jefferson after visiting relatives and friends Miss Viela Barber returned home after Freder ick visit Miss Yanne Smith went home after visiting Baltimore relatives Mr dos Fisher spending days with relatives at Point of Rocks Edward Fisher of Bo Rocks visited relatives Sunday Mr and Mrs Oris Swath and Mr and Mrs Daniel Smith visited Chas Green near Buckeystown
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Frederick
Mraig Smith
Her
Mirst Wimner
Harry
Wm. Kabnek
Ystown
Florence Cook
Lsrtle
Jefferson
Viela Barber
Nome
Yanne Smith
Howe
Reiames
Baltimore
Dos. Fisher
Point of Rocks
Edward Fisher
Bo Rocks
Oris Swath
Daniel Smith
Chas Green
Buckeystown
Ridgeville Visit Notes and Local Arrivals
Ridgeville report lists Earl Webb and sister of Cooksville visiting grandmother on April 3. Jesse Norwood and his son from Lisbon spent Sunday with his father. Dayton Beeralt of Baltimore was mentioned in the locality notes.
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Ridgeville
Earl Webb
Cooksville
Jesse Norwood
Lisbon
Dayton Beeralt
Baltimore
Untitled tale of Martha Gann and a royal drowning incident
A faded narrative describes Martha Gann and Thomas Sineaker in a tale about a prince who swam beyond safe reach. The boy’s guardian, Se Guupaauen, and a horse worker are named in a dramatic episode where the king’s heir nearly drowns and the guardian upbraids a fledgling prince.
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auFin
Hhide
Martha Gann
Thomas Sineaker
Anere
Thomas
Taysell
Catholic Jubites In Philadelphia Celebrate Hundredth Anniversary
The Itoman Catholic diocese of Philadelphia marks 100 years on a Lent anniversary with Easter Sunday as the start of celebrations. Cardinal Gibbons and Archbishops Farley Gabriel and Bishop McFaul are expected to attend Easter week ceremonies in Philadelphia. Trooper's Wedding Annulled By Court in Wilkes-Barre reports Miss Grace R. Eshick's annulment from William R. Funkel after his affair with another woman, Bliss Eshck, surfaced shortly after their 1906 marriage.
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Hong
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Marialberoks
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Daniel
Philadelphia
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Farley
New York
Gabiels
Ogdensburg
McFaul
Trenton
Wilkes-Barre
Grace R. Eshick
Luzerne
Here
William R. Funkel
Troop B
State Constabulary
Punkel
Bliss Eshck
Murder in Eis Snack claims elderly homesteader
John Hal, 70, was murdered twelve miles from Washburn Wisconsin on April 8. His body was found in a cabin with ghastly mutilation including gouged eyes and crushed limbs. The scene showed a fierce struggle with smashed stoves and scattered furniture.
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Washburn
Wis
John Hal
Eis Snack
Hal
Longtime resident dies at 96 leaving large family in Bridgeville
John R. Butz dies of pneumonia at age 96 in Bridgeville New Jersey. He is mourned by 61 descendants including two sons four daughters twenty grandchildren seven great grandchildren and two great great grandchildren. His father a Democrat once ran for governor of Pennsylvania.
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N. J
John R. Butz
Twen
Teenip
Tiven Ant
Pearsyhama
Women Dump Whiskey Into Gutter In Dry Town Protest
In Lexington Tennessee on April 3 forty gallons of whiskey seized from a Jackson saloon keeper were dumped into the gutter by members of the Women's Christian Temperance Union amid prayers and hymns. The women then paid the owner for the whiskey they had discarded.
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Lexington
Tenn
Jackson
Women's Christian Temperance Union
Strange testimonial from Mall Creek on a medicine claim
A fragmented ad-like statement from Mall Creek, Indian Territory, recounts a claim about a medicine named Gleciae Batters sold at Pearre's Modern Pharmacy, with a testimonial about recovery and a guarantee, amid garbled narration of a healer and customer.
Bigamist in Divorce Case Faces Court in Pittsburg
A man from Jeannette Pa believed a South Dakota divorce gave him right to wed Miss Anne C O'Donnell of Pittsburgh. The trial centers on bigamy and perjury after his first wife Mrs Sophia Wright sues. The case reveals a Dakota divorce later deemed invalid and a second marriage considered bigamous. The drama ties in a Westmoreland County grand jury and a missing wife who acted to uncover the fraud.
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Pittsburg
Calvin
Wingar, & Baker
Jeannette
South Dakota
Anne C. O'Donnell
Western Court
Sophia Wright
Ida Wright
Westmoreland County
Winent
Wright
Betler
da Wright
Bagomou
Sordid crime and disasters mark a chaotic news roundup
Reports detail the shooting of Mrs Fairy McClain Miller at Keltowne Indiana by a discarded suitor Werney Gshorn. Police officer Charles Miller was shot during a burglary in Salem. A tenement fire in Paterson New Jersey killed C William and Alexander Campbell. Knute Olmstead died after a 40 day fast protest. Limas liquor contest ends in mixed results with larger cities favored by saloons.
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Fairy McClain-Miller
Keltowne
Ind
Werney Gshorn
Charles Miller
Salem
C. Wiliam
Alexander Campbell
Paterson
N. 3
Knute Olmstead
Limas
SICK WOMEN ADVISED BY MRS PINKHAM FOR HELP
A health notice urges women to write to Mrs. Pinkham at Lynn Massachusetts for confidential advice on illnesses. It promises free guidance and claims the expert has helped thousands.
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