Marriage by Telegraph Shocks Indianapolis Police
A stylish widow Mrs Sarah Orton from Parker's Landing Pa seeks police protection in Indianapolis after alleging a telegraphed marriage to a man calling himself Dr Thomas G Welch. The groom, a negro barber, posed as physician, bought a home and business, but the ruse unraveled when a rival warned of the deception. Welch is in custody and the widow details a marriage conducted without ever meeting her supposed husband. Hotel arrivals follow.
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Indianapolis
Parker's Landing
Sarah Orton
Cincinnati Enquirer
Thomas G. Welch
Welch
Pittsburg
Thomas Smith
Thomas Welch
Western Union
Reunion of Ancient Uncle Tom and Aunt Chloe in Leavenworth
Probate Judge Hawn issued a marriage license to James and Eliza Kelley, a former slave couple who had lived apart for decades. After years of separation ending with a fateful church sighting, they reaffirmed their union with a license. He is 94 and she is 66, and they once owned a farm west of Leavenworth.
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Tom
Chloe
Leavenworth Times
Hawn
James
Eliza Kelley
Pfoney
Louisiana
Tennessee
Kansas
Leavenworth
Eliza
Notable Curiosities and Historic Snippets From The Era
A collection of assorted notes mentions Mozart wearing ear rings and John Bright placing Whittier beside Milton, while Huxley is linked to the term agnostic. It cites the nanogenarian Earl of Buckinghamshire as Britain’s oldest peer and notes Napoleon’s charger Hero 33 years old. Other items include Figgeklit Hamlet birthplace for sale, De Soto bones moved to Washington, D.C., Matilda Field in Tennessee at 63, two colored women lawyers, Hugo aiding tenants in Paria, and Sheridan’s remark about hair being cut for a portrait. A ring inscription ties Garck and Edwin Booth to 1881 with Irving wearing it during Malvolio.
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Huxley
Great Britain
Earl of
Buckinghamshire
Napoleon
Matthew Bernold
Emerson
Marcus Aurelius
Mars
Figgeklit
de Soto
Helena
Ark
Institute
Washington, D.C
Davy Crockett
Matilda Field
Tennessee
United States
Mary A. Cary
Michigan
Louisa Bryant
Colorado
Victor Hugo
Paria
Sheridan
David Garck
Henry Irving
Edwin Booth
Irving
New Discovery Boasts Health Benefits for Lungs
Daily joy to homes with a claimed cure for consumption coughs colds asthma bronchitis hay fever and throat and chest pains. The advert promises a guaranteed trial and free evaluation at Garrots Eterie's for respiratory and lung diseases.
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King
Garrots & Eterie’s
Bucklen Arnica Salve Listed as World’s Greatest Cure
Bucklen’s Arnica Salve marketed as a universal remedy for city cures, ulcers, skin eruptions, fever sores, chilblains, corns, and more. Guarantee of cure or money refunded, priced at 9 1/2 cents per box, sold by outs and Beeale.
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Outs & Beeele
Social notes and advertised letters from Frederick 1884
Local society column records visiting relatives and friends from Manchester Baltimore Washington and West Virginia. A long list of advertised letters remains at Frederick city post office dated October 1884.
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Frederick City
A Steed That Objected to Music
Special to Tall News Exmitspurne reports an accident during a Republican procession in the town square. A sprightly horse driven by F. B. Sprenkler of Fountain Dale became restive and stampeded down the street, colliding with a buggy owned by Dave Meritz near the Gettysburg road. No injuries were reported and both vehicles were damaged. Excavations for the new public fountain are complete and masonry work will begin Monday.
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Sprenkler
Fountain Dale
Dave Meritz
Gettysburg
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Rochester
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Arm
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Schley & Delaplane
oSsiwrt
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John H. Stone
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West
Patrick Street
John &S
Umberzer
Monrovia
Ulysses Waters
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K Hoffman
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Lentz & Meyer
C. Brust
Geo. Brut4 Co
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St. Johns Church
Market
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Milton G. Urner
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Lisanne
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Balto
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Phila
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Springfield
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Mass
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Mabel
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Washington, D. C
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East Church Street
George W. Bell
Martingburg
W.va
Rev
Harry Nicodemus
G. R. Kolb
J. McP. Scott
Hagerstown
Essie Staley
Chan. B. Ogden
Port Elizabeth
N.J
George M. Gittinger
Frank Lechlider
Lilly
Misa Ella Baumgardner
Alice Smootz
Shepherdstown
Frank McDonald
Barrick
Allie A. Morris
Ciara Brunner
Annie M. Morrison
Frances Bowers
Anna Morgan
Mary_.E. Brooker
Louwesia Morningstar
Jen- Baubel
Melitienne Dorsey
Clara Nicholas
Elworthy
Lizzie Page
Charlott Filby
Clara Reese
Carne Fout
Mary BE. Rhodes
C. A. Gosnell
Kate Shipley
W. H. Hooper
Catherine Smith
Mary J. Haugh
Abbaloma Spriegs
Alice Hullet
Nellie Shipley
Emily C. Hammond
Mary Stupp
Katie Holbruner
Lucia Thomas
Elizaan Thompson
Mehaley Winpigier
Mary Warner
Martha K
Geo. F. Lghtnee
Henry Morgan
Andrew . Matthews
Brent
J.williams
Martha Webster
Hachel A
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