The Fatal Three Continues in a Quiet Village
Lola Greswold grows weaker as doctors debate her condition and a Scotland journey is deferred. The polluted garden well sparks an epidemic while Lola clings to hope, and George Greswold faces a loss that seems to erase his past and cast him into an uncertain present.
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Mr. Porter
Miss Greswold
Mrs. Greswold
Dr. Porter
Miss Laura
Tie
Greswold
Scotland
North
Lola
Porter
Southampt
Polly Rainbow
George Greswold
The Lake of Thin and a Mourning Household
George Greswold and his wife retreat to a secluded Italian villa on the Lake of Thin to grieve after Fay’s disappearance. Mildred, still young at thirty-one, confronts a fading love and an absent husband while memories of Fay haunt their restrained life.
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George Greswold
Lake of Thin
Evermore
Mildred
Mildred Greswold
Lola
Papa
Sue
Mildred Fausset
Hook
Fay
Brussels
Fray
Leip- Sic
Paris
Meeting of two fates at The Hook reshapes a family
Mildred, seventeen, meets George Ran some Greswold, elder by thirteen years, whose mother’s fortune and title shift his name and fate. The tale traces a strained marriage, inherited manor Enderby, and a mournful, conflicted love amid old English lineage.
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Mildred
George Greswold
Oxford
Hook
Enderby Manor
England
George Ransome
William
Greswolds
Tudor
Stuart
George Ransome Greswold
God
Nemesis
He Took the Prescription in Germantown Camp Tale
William Bradey a Civil War veteran in Germantown told a joke on himself after a doctor wrote a prescription for his illness. His wife hid the paper in jam and he swallowed it, waking the next day feeling better, much to the doctor’s surprise.
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Philadelphia
William Bradey
Treland
Germantown
Ellis Post
Bradey
Maternal Solicitude in Playful Measles Exchange
A humorous Baltimore American snippet shows a worried mother scolding a nurse about keeping the family dog Fido away from the nursery to protect the infant from measles. Theexchange highlights domestic concern and maternal vigilance in a light tone.
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Marie
Fido
Baltimore
Fragmented Exchange on Engagement and Rail Costs
A playful quarrel over engagement ends with a push while a Philadelphia Bulletin quote contrasts a romantic moment with rail infrastructure costs. The note compares foreign railroad mileage at about $108,000 per mile to U S lines at roughly $58,000 per mile.
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United States
Robbery and Arson Strike Savoy Hotel Gary Indiana
Theodore Jackson watchman says three masked men drove him away at 1 30 am then set fires in three areas of the Savoy hotel Gary causing about 8500 in losses. Owner Simon Hessler escaped unharmed as three cars of furniture sat nearby. No arrests reported.
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Theodore Jackson
Gary
Wabash
Jackson
Simon Hessler
Boy Kills Brother With Target Rifle Near Crown Point
In a Crown Point area home a 10 year old boy Frank Krone fatally shot his 3 year old brother Henry in the kitchen. The boys had been playing near the field and Frank had been shooting at crows. He confessed after initially denying the act that the rifle was loaded.
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Frank Krone
Henry
Crown Point
Frank
Combination Too Strong Ends Dairyman James Wenley Carpenter
James Wenley Carpenter a prominent dairyman from west of Brazil died after a heavy supper and two lemonades followed by two cherry pies. He suffered acute indigestion and died within minutes at age 57 leaving a widow and children.
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James Wenley Carpenter
Brazil
First Trip Fatality: Railway Worker Frank Cheyney
Frank D. Cheyney aged 22 from near London England died after a railway accident at Osborn. While making his first trip as a railway employee from Fort Wayne he was crushed by a freight train. He dragged himself free but died en route to the hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank D. Cheyney
London
England
Fort Wayne
Osborn
Tie
Bathing Party tragedy claims teen swimmer
James Marquardt age 17 son of Fred Marquardt of Michigan City drowned while bathing with a crowd. Companions saw he was in distress from cramps and before they reached him he sank and did not rise.
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James Marquardt
Fred Marquardt
Michigan City
Fire Threat in Wabash District Confined to One Building
Flames menaced Wabash business district but firefighters confined the blaze to a single structure. Losses include Reechman & Rindberg druggists eight thousand dollars, W. B. Lowenberg general store three thousand, and Mrs. Alvah Taylor on building one thousand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wabash
Reechman & Rindberg
W. B. Lowenberg
Alvah Taylor
Two Women Die By Their Own Hands In Separate Incidents
In Laporte a 22 year old waitress at a local cafe drank carbolic acid on the street and died at Moly T Family hospital. In San Vierre 62 year old Mrs. Fred Zabel, wife of a nearby farmer, hanged herself, ending her life.
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Watel Trycor
Laporte
Moly T Family Hospital
Fred Zabel
San Vierre
Henderson capture ends manhunt for wife killer John Janz
John Janz, accused of fatally slashing his wife, was taken into custody in Henderson Kentucky after arriving in Evansville where he confessed to police. Authorities say jealousy motivated the murder committed with a razor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Janz
Henderson
Evansville
Ile
Miner Shelby Johnson Killed at Union Mine Shaft
Shelby Johnson 35 died at the Union mine in Sullivan when backing toward a shaft car he did not know had gone down into the shaft. He leaves a family.
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Shelby Johnson
Union
Sullivan
Crushed Beneath Train Kills Greek Worker at Rolling Prairie
Nikola Drien, a 30 year old Greek immigrant, died after being crushed while boarding a freight train at Rolling Prairie. He fell beneath the car and suffered fatal injuries. He leaves a widow and six small children.
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Trrain
Nikola Dricn
Rolling Prairie
Drien
Live Stock Buyer Robbed of 1000 Dollars in Peru
Nathan Lewis a stock buyer was beaten and robbed of 1000 dollars by three highwaymen in Peru while checking funds to pay for live stock. Flo had checked out the money for the purchase.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nathan Lewis
Peru
Flo
Drowns Learning to Swim
Nathan Mills aged 15 drowned at Richmond while learning to swim.
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Nathan Mills
Richmond
Minor State Items
William Mason aged 12 drowned while swimming in First creek Washington entangled in underbrush. Dr H M Shaw 30 of Gaston drowned in ten feet water at Tippecanoe lake. His friends on shore mistook cries for help as hoax. His wife and two children witnessed the accident. William Moore farmer and three horses killed by lightning near Warsaw. William A Oldfather of Hanover elected professor of Greek at Miami University by board of trustees. While in bed at New Albany William A MacPherson shot himself died two hours later age 24 employed at Ohio Falls iron works despondent for days per family reports.
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William Mason
First Creek
Washington
H. M. Shaw
Gaston
Tippecanoe Lake
William Moore
Warsaw
William A. Oldfather
Hanover
Miami University
Board of
New Albany
William A. MacPherson
Ohio Falls
Trade activity and bank clearings show mixed recovery
The commentary notes creased temporary stress but clearer signs of strength in grain provisions livestock and hides with rising ore coal activity and demand for pig iron and steel. Tanner prices prompt railroad inquiries and bank clearings fall 9.5 percent from the 1907 week. Failures in Chicago district total 33 with liabilities over 5000.
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Chicago
New York Trade Leads Quiet Week and Fall Cautiousness
New York reports show little new in trade beyond continued bet ter zone and textile expansion. Retail stocks are not large but fill-in orders stay frequent. fall buying is steadier in eastern and central western centers, yet conservatism and crop and political uncertainties curb heavy purchases. Collections lag. US business failures for the week ending June 18 total 254, versus 253 prior week, with Canada at 23, down from 24.
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United States
Canada
Market quotations for livestock and grain across major cities
The listing compiles cattle hogs and sheep prices in Chicago, Indianapolis, St. Louis, Cincinnati, Detroit, Milwaukee, Buffalo, New York, and Toledo. It includes cereals and products such as wheat, corn, oats, rye, butter, eggs, creamery butter, and clover seed with price ranges and grade designations for each locale.
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Chicago
Indianapolis
St. Louis
Svec
Cincinnati
Detroit
Milwaukee
Tyre
New York
Toledo
Amador Mining Collapse Triggers Stockholder Notification
The Amador Mining and Development Company of Montana, a 10 million dollar Chicago headquarters corporation, has collapsed. Letters notified 1,400 stockholders that the copper gold mine near Amador in Missoula county Montana is worth less after a $560,000 investment. The piece also notes a Chicago board of trade clash between J A Patten and J Ogden Armour over corn and wheat positions.
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Amador Mining and Development Company of
Montana
Chicago
Amador
Missoula County
Mont
Chicago Board of Trade
J. A. Patten
J. Ogden Armour
Patten
Armour
Calgary
Gréat Northern
Winnipeg
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Notable 19th Century Milestones and Historical Dates
Chronicle of events from 1815 to 1907 including Wat Tyler’s slaying in Smithfield 1381, New York City’s incorporation 1665, Ogden as Chicago mayor born in Walton New York, Quatre Bras battle context two days before Waterloo, Kingston Ontario first United Parliament 1841, Marble Arch moved 1851, Greytown bombardment 1854, Port Jackson 1868, fugitive slave law repeal 1864, Maximilian and Carlotta entry 1864, Mt Denis Alpine railway 1868, Livingstone Congo reach 1869, Republican convention 1876, Abbott ministry 1891, Cuban filibusters proclamation 1895, Behring Sea award 1898, wheat market fix attempt Joseph Leiter collapse, Hawaii annexation resolution, Nan Catterson 1904, assassination of Greek Premier 1905, Roosevelt Oklahoma and Arizona statehood 1906, Hague peace conference 1907, Mayor Schmita ex tortion trial.
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Wat Tyler
Smithfield
New York City
William B. Ogden
Chicago
Walton
N. Y
LST
Trench
Marshal Ney
Quatre+ Bras
Belgium
Waterloo
United Parliament
Kingston
Ontario
Buckingham Palace
London
Clyde Park
United States
Greytown
Worcester
Mass
Gen. Banks
Port Judson
Thuse of Representatives
Maximilian and Carlotta
Mexico
Mt. Denis
Alps
Dr. Livingstone
Congo River
Wheeler
Abbott
Cleveland
Behringsen
Joseph Leiter
House of Representatives
Hawaii
Nan Catterson
Cesar” Young
New York
Delyanius
Greece
Roosevelt
Oklahoma
Arizona
The
Hague
Schmita
San Francisco
Abe Attell to fight Moran in San Francisco August
The bout pairs Abe Attell and Owen Moran in a twenty round battle in San Francisco this August under promoter Jack Gleason. The card includes track and racing notes from several circuits and other sports developments across the region.
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Abe Attell
Jack Gleason
Owen Moran
San Francisco
Klamline
North Dakota University
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Mrs. Fausset
Bell
Philadelphia Bulletin
Indiana State News
Savoy Hotel
Gary Burns
Trade and Industry
St. Paul
Louisville
Minks
Churchill Downs
Tourenne
Musgrave
Belmont Park
Larney Oldfield
Oldfield
W. Whipple
Andover
V. Powers
Downs
Fluff
Grinnell
University of Ilinois
American Baseball Association
Minneapolis
Kansas City
Duluth
Young Miller
Otto Sutter
James T. Sheckard
Signorietta
Ginistrelli
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