A Business Visit Fades Into a Christmas Proposal
Elizabeth Fairchild a careful painter in a Highland village meets Stanley Callaman a Boston designer. After a day of social scrutiny and stubborn resolve they share a laugh and mortified pride. He asks to visit again in December to discuss more than china and she agrees to a future together.
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Elizabeth Vy
Fairchild
Oo Beng
Stanley Callaman
Elizabeth
China
Lem Brown
Lizzie Faircchild
Elisabeth
Fairchild House
Callahan
Mra. Bissell
Mrs Cavendish
Callaman
Callsman
Tom Lad
Callamann
Connecticut
Highlands
Callanian
Boston
The
Express
Sienc
Miss Fairchild
Xyca
Elizabeth Axt
Luncheon in Carriage on Chestnut Street
A Philadelphia Record note describes a carriage stopping before 2 Chestnut Street restaurant where a man and woman dined in the carriage while a waiter served them from the sidewalk. Passersby watched as the occupants ate, a scene linked to shoppers seeking crowded public dining. Astronomers at Janssen observatory aim to photograph the sun’s corona without an eclipse atop Mont Blanc summit.
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Philadelphia
Chestnut Street
Philadelphia Record
Janssen
Sumant
Mont Blanc
Barn auctioned amid flames ends with dispute
Clarence M. Ortlip auctioned a burning barn at Ox ford Pit on June 3 for Clark H Jackson's Rusellville property. James Yennock of Russellville bought the barn as flames consumed it. Purchaser Pennock later called it a lemon and repudiated the deal, leading to a resale.
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Oxford Pit
Clarence M. Ortlip
James Yennock
Russellville
Clark H Jackson
Pennock
Counterfeiters Arrested In Philadelphia Case
Philadelphia June 3 Samuel Tate aged 75 years was arrested by secret service agents on counterfeiting charges. Accompanied by Cuban ally Charles Bustamanta the pair were seized after a flood of 1882 silver dollars and coins. In Checron Nebraska a man identified as August Schoenberg 22 died by suicide after a $4000 robbery on a train. His stepfather allegedly led the Corn Exchange Bank in Philadelphia.
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Max
Philadelphia
Samuel Tate
Secret Service
Tate
Charles Bustamanta
Aty
Checron
Neb
F Schoenberg
North 50Th Street
Corn Excharge Bank
Snow Flakes Dust June Sky Over New York City
Snow fell in New York amid a remarkable June 2 day as flakes swirled atop skyscrapers and faded before reaching pavements giving a winter touch to the city. In Atlantic City, doctors plan a June 5 meeting of the International Medical Association for the Prevention of War to organize an American section.
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New York City
New York
Atlantic City
International Medical Association For the Prevention of
Association
Prince Seeks Citizenship in Watertown Note Rostov Change
Prince, Rostov by dropping letters, seeks citizenship in Watertown SD on June 3 after service with General Kuropetkin in the Russian Japanese war. In Bridgeport CT, fire destroys a five story brick building induced by Miner Read & Garrett, killed Carl Honder 11, with losses around 95,900 dollars.
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Prince
Watertown
Price Alexangel L F Ros Lovsky
Kuropetkin
Rostov
Bridgeport
Conn
Carl Honder
Miner
Read & Garrette 2
New Haven
Joe Chamberlain Arrives Flanked by Assistance at Shore
Joseph Chamberlain reached port from the south of France on June 3 and was landed with his baggage before stepping ashore leaning on a stick and supported by a fellow traveler. He crossed the water well but appeared pale and tottered during the landing.
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Joe Chamberlain
England
Joseph Chamberlain
France
Home for Army Mules in Pension Plan Faces Sale
Veterans groups push to pension army mules kept for U S services rather than sell them off. The movement seeks to place these aged animals on Uncle Sam's pension roll instead of auctioning them to cover expenses, arguing branded animals deserve care at forts in Virginia Texas and western posts. Officials of the War Department were to respond.
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Arcte Sam
Army
Congress Trohi
Rivson Washington
Caele Sam
Tom Wilmane
Wit Lowder
Miles Camp
Washinston
United States Army Service
Seruce
Texas
Sam Isteail
War Department
A Duke and a yacht tale ends in a tragic throat cut
Elden Harrison Rainey of Eldon reportedly married four times and, while in love with a fifth, stood by the road and cut his throat from ear to ear. He left a note claiming unhappiness in married life and fear of a fifth marriage.
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Elden
Harrison Rainey
Eldon
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