Prairie Queen Ellen Quinn Faces Raiders at Queen's Peak
A Belcherville correspondent recounts Ellen Quinn a Cherokee born frontier teacher who founded a primary school at Queen's Peak western North Carolina to New Jersey frontier. She defended settlers against Comanches firing from the peak while armed with rifle and pistol. Eleven Comanches slain and her own death crowned her legend.
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Ellen Quinn
North Carolina
Jers
Belcherville
S. Louis Globe Democrat
Trish Plood
Gherckers
Caroling Mountains
Tress
Texas
West
Clear Creek Cuxsom
Clear Creek
Gus
Eslee Quinn
Odds and Ends from a Fragmented Page
The text fragments discuss population growth, fashion influences, language, and various odd claims. It mentions Bindoo origin, immortality emblems, post offices, wine barrels, and a note on Castile soap from Nevada. It ends noting a tale about a ball claimed to be the world’s largest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
India
Immortali Fsa
Europe
Castile
Nevada
Jinz
Fight Against Crime and Counterfeiting Tactics
Chief Harrigan of St. Louis discusses crime economics and police methods. He traces counterfeiting to the Civil War era, notes famous criminals and the shift to time locks, bank cracking, and express theft. He emphasizes relentless pursuit and the government’s success against counterfeit networks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sarely
Harrigan
St. Louis
Lawrence Harrigan
Harrizon
Spiyren- Gerad
United States Treasury
National Bank
Poughkeepsie
National of Chicago
Flo
Ballard
McCartner
Whiteley
Manhattan Bank of
New York
Chemical of
East
New England
Northampton
Canada
Zoro Ten
Messenger
Clare WA Surround
Hemustam
Veiliance
Xpre
Healthy Cadavers and the Dark Side of Medical Contracts
A New York World report recounts surgeons seeking patients with incurable conditions to sign contracts pledging to donate their bodies or parts after death. Bellevue Hospital houses specimens labeled healthy cadavers, including a jawbone after inferior maxilla removal. A man known as Mike Kelly repeatedly sold his head to physicians, entering successive contracts after each death, a cycle that continued until his later years of apparent health.
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New York World
Eatelr
Bellevue Hospital
Wood
Seten
Goulle
Bellevue
Mike Belly
Melly
John R. Wood
Kells
de. Wood
Kelly
Mr. Kelly
Fragmentary crime tale snippet with garbled names
A highly damaged OCR fragment mentions butchers and meat preservation with unclear names and events. The text lacks a clear subject, date, or coherent incident to summarize into a concrete news item.
Death by own action among European soldiers of Europe
Among soldiers from Germany France England Russia Spain and others the favored self harm is death by crocodile. The Kondeh people near Lake Nyassa in Africa similarly choose to enter water and be devoured by a crocodile. I saw it in The News.
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Europe
Germany
Healy
France
Siam
England
Russia
Spain
Lake
Nyassa
Africa
Stanier
China
Himalayas
Thiber
Opium Addiction Confession Reveals Harrowing Nightmares
Charles Ferguson, a young man jailed after a raid on an opium den in St. Louis, recounts his drift into opium smoking. He describes sickness, relief from pain, and vivid, terrifying dreams of burial and heavenward paralyzing sensations, noting how nearing arrest interrupted a fatal relapse.
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Charles Ferguson
St. Louis
Sam
Tke Sholaweke
Enother
Alastanack
Beauty and Socialism Speech at Schoen Brenn Farce
An account recalls a recent meeting of women led by Sue Brunn near Schoen Brenn. The speaker, jauntily dressed in a sher hat and cotton dress with scarlet carnations, delivers a philippic against the established order. The text notes many pretty women among socialist ranks and calls Schoen Brenn’s speaker an exception.
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Schoenje
Schoenbrenn
Strange old tavern with a grim, welcoming crowd
A haunted inn gathers rich and poor by night and day where guests never turn away. The landlord is a pale, smiling host whose grin spreads among the fearful visitors. Leper beds, degenerate youths, and virtuous souls sleep side by side while the endless feast of a single dish binds all. The guests are bound to a distant land never found, with no clear departure time.
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Plessant House
Greece
Purple Land
A Brisbane Ball and a Bushranger Vicar Scheme
Edith Gaston becomes entangled with Murphy the bushranger at a Brisbane ball. A deception leads to a coup as the fake vicar and gang abduct parishioners in Leyburn, while Edith confronts Murphy about her father and the robber band’s loot.
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Brisbane
Edith Gastar
Edith
Cavalier
Mr. Murphy
Gaston
Jeremiah Jones
Leyburn
Mr. Jones
Tom
Cawain Murphy
Mrr. Jones
England
Supposed Relic of the Pequot Indians Unearthed
A large brownstone carved relic dubbed an old Indian god was found near Madison, described as a conclusive Pequot artifact by locals, with debate on its origin and awaiting Yale experts’ evaluation. The piece features a carved man’s face and a necklace, stirring reminiscences of Guilford and early Long Island history.
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Long Island
Madison
Tail’ Pond
Smith
Guilford
Connecticut
New York Times
Yale
el Paw
Americas
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Cainn’s Peak
Miss Quinn
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Hakim
Ostrange
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Murphy’s Lair
Niles
Flevagne
Anderson
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Mply
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Mrr. Smithson
Captain Murphy
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Breagh
Murphy
Zaston
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Chamberlain
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