Dying as They Predicted The Mulatto Woman and Husband Die
In Dedham Street morning alarm a mulatto woman Fanny Leo and her husband Thomas Scott die within hours of a foretold death. A large Black community gathers as the pair die in the same room, the body of Fanny found in her husband’s arms hours after death. An investigation follows amid funeral turnout and public shock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fanny Leo
Wotan
Judge Hinton
Supreme Court of Appeals
Virginia
Ted Giel
Theose
Fanny Svottwy
Fanny
Thomas Scott
Rhori
Fairview Items February 3 School Epidemic Impacts District
February 3 dated Fairview items report across the public school system afflicted by an epidemic, teachers and pupils affected, with Miss Laura Dutrow unable to teach and one teacher unavailable. Noted are word drills, visitors from nearby districts, and local residents receiving attention as the illness spreads, while Col. Kline and Dr. Schley’s Family Cough Syrup appear in ads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laura Dutrow
Charles Sulmer
J. Herbert Rice
Florence Ro Mercer
Press Webster
Lewis Swift
Rochester
N. Y
Pon
Warner Observatory
Buckien's Arnica Salve Widely Praised Cure All
Buckien's Arnica Salve claimed as the greatest medical wonder of the world. It promises rapid healing of burns bruises catarrh cleers salt rheum fever sores canker piles chilblains corns tetter and chapped hands with a money back guarantee. Sold for 25 cents per box by Garrot & Steele.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garrot & Steele
M. C. A. Benefit at Kemp Hall Shines with Home Talent
The Kemp Hall benefit for the Young Men's Christian Association drew strong acclaim as the finest home talent entertainment yet. A varied program featured readings, solos, duets, debuts, and an Egyptian debate, with net proceeds around 28 dollars. Following the show, hotel arrivals across City Hotel and Carlin House are listed, highlighting a busy social scene and local figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kemp Hall
Young Mens Christian Association
My Lambe
Shepherd
Cornet Daett
Staich
MedKallip
Lewis Sintz
Bernard Steiner
Papa
Rosie Eirely
Studi
Mehran
Elie Birely
E. Sinn
Loy
Wareheim and
Hardt
Mary Heinlein
Prof. Hoffmen
Leap Year Ballad and Court Notices From 1884
A quirky Leap Year poem warns of bold unwed women and scarce men as months roll to February in 1884. The Orphans' Court week ends with administration letters for Benton and Palmer estates and a Bal Masque masked dance in Boonsboro with elaborate costumes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth E. Benton
Fred. W. Main
Daniel Palmer
Adam W. Palmer
D. S. K. Wilson
Boonsboro
Trish Tom
Henry Irving
Turkey
Thomas Castle
New Orleans
W. J. Willeary
Relbie
Katie English
D. I. Stonebraker
Downsville
Washington County
Katie
Norristown
Alphens Shriner
Lincoln Centre
Lincoln County
Kansas
This County
Mary M. Carty
Great Discovery Promises Cure for Colds and Coughs
Daily joy to homes as Dr King’s New Discovery claims to save lives from early graves. It offers relief for consumption bronchitis asthma or fever cough loss of voice tickling throat and chest pain with a guaranteed cure and free trials at Garrott and Steele’s.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. King
Conaum Mion
Douglia
Garrott & Steele's
Dr. Bull
First Prize for Captain Fortier in Military Drill
Captain Fortier, slain in the New Orleans disturbance, was a prominent Ogden figure and led Fortier's elite artillery battery. He previously won first prize at Louisville in a 1900s military drill, claimed a dispute at Indianapolis, and after a War Department review, was accorded the top honors. His detachment later won first prize at Nashville last summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fortier
New Orleans
Louisville
Indianapolis
Secretary of War
Nashville
Estimates of Crops and Fisheries Losses in 1883
J R Dodge, statistician at the Agricultural Department in Washington, reports preliminary 1883 crop yields with corn at 22.7 bushels per acre and overall abundant harvests for potatoes and oats. Wheat exceeds 400 million bushels and cotton around 6 million bales. Gloucester fisheries lost 17 vessels and 209 lives, with many widows and children left behind. 71 sailors stranded or rescued after capsizes.
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J. R. Dodge
Agricultural Department
Washington
Dodge
Gloucester
New England
Maine
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