Wages of Sin A Desolate Life of Alice Snell McCrea Green
Delayed oblique obituary recounts Alice Snell McCrea Green once famed in Chicago society who rose from a beauty to a controversial figure. Her marriages and public escapades with Douglas Green end in social ostracism and a dying hospital scene in New York. Her Chicago family retrieves her remains for burial at Graceland, a somber pirate tale of squandered promise.
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New York
Alice Snell McCrea Green
Chicago
Amos Snell
Alice Snell A
Snelly
McCrea
Green
Douglas Green
Allie Mc- Crea
McCrea Wees
Monroe
Dt Ois
Jo. C. Aver
J.C. Aver
Our Hundred
Hygeia
New York Society
Arthur E. Bateman
Seabright
Windsor Hotel
Jess Tian
Alice Snell
Delia de Molle
Spiders Invade Maine Home Driven Out
Millions of spiders swarm through every crack and room in a Southport house forcing Julia Pierce and her daughter to flee. They suffered painful bites while furniture was ruined, and the board of health ordered the home vacated with possible demolition funded by town or state. A tarantula-like species is suspected after a five specimen was sent to Bowdoin College for study.
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Julia Pierce
Hmmin
Southport
Board of Health
Tfealth
Robinson
Bowdoin College
Gunman in Beaver Dam Shootout Foes Eleven Wounded
Adam Hammer of Beaver Dam Wisconsin armed with a shotgun engaged about a score of workers wounding eleven before a sharpshooter discharged from the army ended the attack with a rifle shot Hammer was considered erratic and the district attorney ordered a preliminary hearing as injuries prevented court entry Neimann sustains minor injuries and will recover.
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Adam Hammer
Beaver Diam
Wis
Hammer
Romell Manufacturing Company
Plank
Michael Neimann
Neimann
Great Irish Generals Honor England’s Military Glory
A long piece praising Irish-born officers who served Britain, noting Kitchener and Wellington as celebrated chiefs. Claims Irish lineage amplifies England’s war achievements from Khartoum to Candahar and traces roots to Dublin, Woolwich, and the Shannon.
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England
Ireland
Horatio Kitchener
Khartoum
Nile
Behr al -Khartoum
Kitchener
Wellington
Dublin
Napoleon
Lord Wolseley
Lord Roberts
East Indies
Candahar
Turkish Evacuation of Crete Ends Sultanate Rule
The transfer of Crete from the Ottoman Empire to international authority followed Prince George of Greece taking the reins. The narrative recounts riots mass killings and a public execution of seven Bashi-Bazouk on the Canadia ramparts after the powers moved to end Turkish suzerainty.
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Crete
Prince George
Greece
Candia
Highland Light Infantry
Hood's Sarsaparilla Promoted as America's Greatest Medicine
An advertisement urges buyers to choose Hood's Sarsaparilla for health, claiming it cures when others fail and delivers best value for money. The copy presents Hood's as America's greatest medicine with a single price noted.
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Hood
America
Mierzwinski Denies Cannes Porter Rumor
Mrs. Ladislaus Mierzwinski denies in the Dresden press that her husband the Polish tenor is working as a porter at Cannes. Dr Jelenkiewicz calls the report a mischievous mystification and says Mierzwinski is in Paris with plans to begin a new winter singing season.
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Mierzwinski
Ladislaus Mierzwinski
Dresden
Cannes
France
Paris
Jelenkiewicz
Scribe
Chicago Chronicle
Grain-O: a new grain based coffee substitute
Try Grain-O the new food drink that replaces coffee. Children may drink it without injury and adults like it. Grain-O resembles mocha or java in color but is made from pure grains and is gentle on the stomach. One fourth the price of coffee. 5c and 25c per package. Sold by all grocers.
Society of the First Man Up San Juan Hill
A Philadelphia Press excerpt features a major praising a button as the outward sign of the largest military society in the United States and naming it the Society of the First Man up San Juan Hill during dialogue with a Young Thing about a Sons of the American Revolution inquiry.
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Sons of the American Revolution
United States
San Juan Hill
Philadelphia Press
Diploma and Gold Medal Awarded to Chicago Scale Company
The Chicago Scale Company of Chicago Illinois received the Diploma and Gold Medal at the Omaha exposition for the best stock and hay scales among first class makes. They ship more scales than any other and offer lower prices than reliable rivals. They also handle hundreds of useful farm specialties and send catalogues free.
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Chicago Scale Company
Chicago
Ill
Family Spares Skirt Incident At Home
In a Cleveland Plain Dealer clipping a playful family exchange centers on a bicycle skirt deemed too short for Sarah. The mother notes the garment was borrowed from her own mother in a light domestic moment.
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Sarah
Cleveland Plain Dealer
One or the Other. Barkbee’s borrowed sums raise questions
A Detroit Free Press fragment notes Barkbee borrowing a large sum, hinting at confidence in his plan or possible doubt. The text references Cout’s Headache Capsules and promises a money back offer if headaches aren’t cured, mentioning prices 10 and 250. Also cites a proverb about giving to God and ingratitude.
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Barkbee
Detroit
Ree Press
Cout
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Woolwich
Bute of
Gwellington
Sir P
Gunsborough Oud
Sir Dare
Dorchester
Mass
Walter Baker & CO. Ltd
Buckingham
R. P. Hall & Co
Nashua
John W. Morris
Washington, D
U.S. Pension Bureau
Ainee
Kay
Ripans Chemical Co
H. Evans
F. Wash
D. CG
Thompson
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