Advertisers urged to keep selling with steady effort
A spread of brief items notes that persistent advertising lowers the cost of selling goods, a London marriage of a prominent artist’s child signals changing social patterns, and science groups in Brooklyn weigh in on chemical behavior. It also covers Russia’s brutal knout, a White House paint critique, Pompeii’s long fame, St Helena as a health resort, Suez traffic changes, a method to revive suffocated patients, and looming forest fire protection needs.
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Hell
Bank
The Broken Heart Victim in Brooklyn Woman’s Death
The piece claims Mary Agnes Wolfe died of heart failure and grief. It recounts examples of heartbreak causing death, including stories of Alice McCiba and Nellie Pret, detailing how harsh words and lost loves led to fatal collapses and lasting remorse.
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Brooklyn
Mary Agnes Wolfe
Alice
Mra Wolfe
Ohio
Alice McCiba
James
Nash
Kingston Bank Robbery Tale Reveals Wax Key Clue
In a sprawling confession jug in Kingston the author recounts a bank robbery linked to cashier Bell. A wax impression of bank keys uncovers the inside scheme as Annie Skidmore and partners are captured and the missing loot valued near 36000 dollars recovered.
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Kingston National Bank
Liney Larsen
Bell and
Degan
Hell
Bell
Wall Street
Libby Larsen
Mrs Larsen
Ann Skidmore
Bill Skidmer
Annie
New York
Kingston
Albany
Wily Mitchell
Bill Noble
Wily
Bill
Fourteenth Street
Greene Street
Clinton Place
Mercer Street
Beil. Teg
Nellie Cawlins or Broken Heart Inspires Romantic Tale
A historical note dated June 4 1880 references Nellie Cawlins or Broken Heart as a tale linked to a romantic legend. The passage mentions William Cawlins of Vire and alludes to a story crafted with novelist-like cunning, drawing a parallel to events in 1578.
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William Cawlins
Mer Beast City Boy Swampland Summer Trip
A fragmentary memory recalls a scorching summer visit to a place called Mer Beast City Boy Swampland. The speaker recalls a heated day and a conversation with Mrs Stuelup about who carried the illness and a pet.
Conversation on ice cream warming effect sparks odd exchange
Mr Slimpurse questions ice cream warming effect while Pretty Girl notes the topic’s absence last winter in a witty back and forth. The fragment captures a playful, era voice exchange in a casual scene.
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Mr. Slimpurse
Pretty Girl
Futurity race and players language in sports notes
The Futurity is discussed with focus on winners and young horses like Butterflies and Potomac, noting Brand wine as a top colt and predicting future clashes to settle 1501 supremacy. A separate commentary by Joe Quinn condemns vulgar language, proposing fines and suspensions to protect patronage and salaries in professional baseball.
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Pittsburgh
Joe Quinn
Wheel racing news and cycling records collide across Europe
Titus dominates Class B handicaps while Zim nets three day profits totaling 350 dollars after a nasty fall. Wheel er places second in the quarter mile from a field of fifteen. A government built track at Lille, France will serve military cyclist trains. Elmer Davis of Balti Niagara trains for the twenty hour road record with trials planned in Ning or Buffalo as England and France fail to produce a rider to beat him. Holland reportedly has Jaap Eden Perhoys as the needed man.
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Zim
England
Wheeler
Lille
France
Elmer Davis
Balti Niagara
Ning
Buffalo
Ngland
Holland
Jaap Eden Perhoys
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