Grandmothers Thimble Mystery at Thanksgiving Quilt
A rural reminiscence centers on Grandma Ellis losing a gold thimble, Chris Chaffee’s past theft, and the child's marriage to Belle Harney. The tale traces blame, forgiveness, and the carding of reputations through years, ending with the rediscovery of the thimble and a family reconciliation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dock
Belle
Chris Chaffee
Chris
Grandma Ellis
Ohio
Baltimore
Inser
Ella Ellis
Ghosts and gallows haunt Tennessee moonshine tale
The report recounts John Bradley of Sumner County Tennessee, linked to John Headley’s moonshine crimes. Four Revenue officers vanished after seeking Bradley, with tales of haunted houses and spectral sightings. A deputy marshal Charles Miller died in the case, and Spurrier and Moore testified to eerie visions and a buried body later exhumed as Captain Miller. Bradley and son were tried, bail posted, and James Bradley later confined as insane. Mrs. Moore was acquitted. A rubber horseshoe trend ends the item.
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Fountain Head
Sumner County
Tenn
John Bradley
Charles Miller
Washington
Miller
United States
Bradley
Nashville
Joe Spurrier
Revenue Inspector Wheat
Wheat
Spurrier
Texas
Dalla
Tex
Flemming
Capt. Miller
Jim
Tennessee
Moore
Young Bradley
Young Moore
Miss Bradley
Appal
Joe Spurrs
John Brad—Bradley
Revenue
Bradleys
James Bradley
Middle Tennessee
Miscellaneous Notes From Court and Camp Fires
A miscellany mentions Dr. Martin Van Buren Stevens at Kansas State University age seventy, Mark Twain on a world lecturing tour in Australia drawing enthusiasm, and Paul Bourget in Dakota disentangling a past French horse ranch venture. Senator Jones of Arkansas may gain wealth through inventor Graves of Arkansas for a cotton baling machine. Queen Victoria’s vicinity near Loch Venna char recalls Princess Louise seeking velvet with purse forgotten. Prof. Dewar’s low temperature tests show iron’s tensile strength doubling at 100 degrees below zero, needing sixty tons per square inch instead of thirty at room temperature.
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Martin van Buren Stevens
Kansas State Universit
Mark Twain
Australia
Paul Bourget
Dakota
Johnny Crek
Black Hills
Senator Jones
Arkansas
Allionaire
Graves
Queen Victoria
Loch Vennachar
Scotland
Louise
Callander
Dewar
British Royal Institute
Oddities and facts from a national column
A digest of curious figures reports the cost of the anti Sunday flower war at 900 per day in New York. It notes the fixed star distance at 20 trillion miles, steel pen usage at 3.5 million daily, Green Lake Colorado height at 10 230 feet, snow weight five and a half pounds per cubic foot, and a Montauk Point weather station planned for unique observatory advantages.
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New Ear
W York
Atl
Imkana Paper Trade
Green Lake
Colorado
Montauk Point
Fragmented 1900s News Snippets From Across The States
A panther killed in Butler County Missouri weighs 150 pounds. Ottingen University changes reported. Middletown Connecticut doctors note grip reappears with many cases. France solves compulsory military service for priests by ambulance work. Virginia black owners hold 11 million of 203 million in state real estate value. Turin missionaries: 89 Frs and 20 Sisters to South America. Two Toledo divorces granted for cruelty. Mrs Orria S Whitten linked to Mrs Phelps. Age record from Lake Me: log 75 years underwater remains sound. Dr Carines of Atlanta trepanned Hagenbeck lion skull after fight at exposition. Full score of Medelausohn’s Midsummer Night's Dream scarce. 100 copies sold in 50 years. Insurance for navigation.
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Butler County
Missouri
Ottingen Univ
Middletown
Conn
France
Turin
Order of St. Francis de Sales
South America
Toledo
Orria
Whitten
Lillian Phelps
Tean Lake
Carines
Atlanta
Hagenbeck
Atlanta Exposition
Medelasohn
Notes of the Day Highlights Curiosities and Facts
A roundup of brief items covers Lynn strike settlement, Milwaukee adopting berillon system for criminals, new optics colony farm incorporation, Arkansas river named after Quappa nation, Jalootaa Mexico volcano emitting smoke and lava, a boa with diphtheria in an Indianapolis sideshow, Europe life expectancy by country with Sweden and Norway highest, Lord Waterford’s death impacting Irish landlords, Baltimore trolley incident causing spilled garden truck, and 1884 coffee imports of 550 million pounds and 93 million pounds of tea from the East.
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Lynn
Mass
Milwaukee
Pennsylvania
Arkansas River
Jalootaa
Mexico
Indianapolia
Sweden
Norway
Italy
Austria
Dublin
Lord Waterford
Baltimore
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West Township
Marshall County
Brazil Bradley
Hi Rank
Seven Mile
Deck
Ellis
Max
Dorothy
Ephraim Drew
Prue
Commonwealth
Johnathan Drake
Johnathan
Laura Spencer Porter
Harper's Bazar
John Headley
Tenneson
United Revenue Service
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