Pig Saves Bank Heist and Wildcat Rescue Tale
A boy passes a heroic morning in Catawissa when owner John Hulshizer frees his pig from a hole a bank burglars bored open. The animal’s squeal spooks robbers, doors are wired shut, and the safe nearly falls. In a second tale, a wildcat menaces a baby until Mr Edwards shoots the animal to save the child, ending with a mother and baby in relief.
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Catawiesa
Meyers
John Hulshizer
Modes
Halshizer
Hiulshizer
First National Bank
Hulshizer
St List
Baby and wildcat tale from Telare county California
A mother leaves her 3 year old asleep under trees as a wildcat roams nearby. The child pets the animal and the pair play until the mother returns armed with a gun. The wildcat then attacks, injuring the mother as she tries to protect the child and retrieve the animal. The scene ends with the mother seeking shelter inside the house.
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Telare County
Cal
Edwaris
Baby
Cary
Eddwards
Fateful switch mischief and other frontier tales
An odd California burro helps a locomotive move cars by manipulating a switch bar causing a delayed passenger train and a layoff threat. The feature also recounts frontier anecdotes from Montana prospecting to a dramatic hotel room rescue by a dog and a hog hunt misadventure.
Tree In His Stomach and Brains Found On Train
A man named Jehan Henry Lake died after stomach pains from a lemon seed sprouting inside him. Postmortem showed seed shoots growing around the mass in his stomach. In New York a transit worker found a tin can containing human brains in an advanced state of decay on an elevated train, prompting police investigation.
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Jehan Henry Lake
New York
World’s Fair Paras: devices to beguile visitors at the Exposition
A Chicago reporter warns of pickpocketing and deception near the Columbian Exposition gates. The piece details the "running through the battery" scam in a dirty tent, two blond women, three or four men, and a burly steerer. Victims are coerced to gamble or surrender money, sometimes by an electric shock, while guards close and reopen tents.
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Chicago
Dime Musee
Sixty-fourth Street
Spain
Perce
Cime
Iaee
Marnral
Dauber
Cracked Railway In Philadelphia Zigzags Through City
A Philadelphia ledge n notes a cracked downtown street railway route on the Dase ink avenue line. Cars cross Passyunk and Jackson streets and reach Teyelfth Morris Tenth Dickinson Eishth Washington Fifth Bainbridge, describing a difficult zigzag path for riders.
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Philsdelphia
Passyunk Avenue
Jackson Street
Teyelfth
Morris
Tenth
Dickinson
Eishth
Washington Avenue
Fifth and
Bainbridge
Philadelphia
Enterprising Woman in Pittsburg Case Attracts Notoriety
The Pittsburg sensational case centers on Alma Wetmore and her husband Frank Buffon, with arrest of Buffon’s daughter-in-law for forcible entry. Wetmore’s long history of alias marriages and high connections is detailed, tracing her origins in Georgia and exploits across multiple states including New York, Chicago, and Philadelphia.
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Pittebury Beneetton Reesties Bowe
Eva Mans
Dostat
Frank Buffon
Bellemme Medical Colleges
New York City
Metropolis
Post Graduate College
West Twenty-third Street
Wellmore
John McE. Wetmore
New York
Pittsburg
Wetmore
Bedy Farm
Plague of Fleas Afflicts West Earl Pa Inhabitants
Report describes a mysterious black and brown striped flea swarm destroying clothing and wool, spreading within homes and tents. Residents fight with sulfur as snow disrupts daily life, while a tale of snow and a child’s playful innocence follows in a local extract.
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West Earl
Escape at Sing Sing Spurs 11 Year Mystery Revival
A convict arrested and confessing after 11 years reopens the case of a body previously identified as the missing inmate. The arrest links to an escape of two murderers from Sing Sing, renewing public discussion of the long unsolved mystery.
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Roshi
Pal- Heter
Sing Sing
Notorious Jersey City convict escapes Snake Hill then vanishes
William Cox, jailed for watch theft at Jersey City in January 1880s, escapes Snake Hill after five months. A body in the Hackensack River was identified as Cox, then he is recaptured eleven years to the day of his escape. He recounts a dramatic breakout aided by a quarry gang keeper Joyce and disguises, fleeing to New York and Connecticut before returning.
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Snake Hill Quaeet
William Cox
Jersey City
Snake Hill
Cox
Hackensack River
Snakehill
Hudson County
Joyce
Erie
New York
Brooklyn
New Haven Railroad
Connecticut
Philadelphia
England
Titles and terms of endearment for presidents' spouses
A Washington News column recounts how first ladies and family members often avoid or soften the title president. It notes Mrs. Harrison, Mrs. McKee, Mrs. Russell Harrison and Mrs. Cleveland used familiar forms or declined the term, with an anecdote of Mrs. Cleveland guiding a ballroom escort.
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Marthe Washington
Mr. Washington
Cleveland
Robert Garrett
Baltimore
Mr. Garrett
Morton
Washington News
Esmeralda Longcofin at Columbian Ball in Garden
A fragment from Texas Sittings describes Esmeralda Longcofin at a Columbian ball, where she struggles with education and language yet remains poised. Gus locates her amid the crowd and speaks of friends as she offers to meet them. The piece ends with a cue to say you saw it in The News.
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Esmeralda Longcofin
Tunis
Gus
Esmeralda
Pontius
Pilate
Pilaste
Texas
Ages and marvels from the natural world and Japan
A roundup of curious facts on animal lifespans from squirrels to elephants, plus notes on Frenchwomen, tree growth cycles, a humorous laundry verse, Japan’s calm, red hair science, a Smithsonian fossil claim, and Rambler riding impressions. Includes diverse era curiosities and small interpretations.
Ssy You Saw It In The News
A brief classified item notes an alert from The News about a local event. The piece references a newspaper HALHIVE and hints at public notice or community update without providing detailed specifics.
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Montana
Philadelphia Times
Cheyenne County
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Grizaly
Betsy Jane Agin
Rothery
Boar's Head
Leeds
Robbert
Mrs. Burrill
John Worth
George Ellis
Coast Range
California
Lonesome
Ellis
Alaska
Elis
Salvation Anny
Salvation Army
Marcie Murphy
Jackson Park
Alma Wetmore
Georgia
Wellingford
Sherman
Wallingford
Washington
Secret Service
Kansas
Aissour
Dainois
St. Louis
Cincinati
Leavenworth
Camden
Cape May
Herzchen
Pasadens
Sanford
Enterprise
Berzchen
Boston
Rushville
Early
Medient College
Indianapolis
Indianapolis Sentinel
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Russia
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Seth
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Thorsday
Japan
Smithsonian Institution
Halhive
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