Ruined Earl Offered New Life by Lawyer Father Figure
In a London office Arley Ransome confronts Lord Caraven, detailing Ravensmere ruin. Ransome, a self-made financier and father of a daughter, offers the heir a chance to escape ruin by marrying his daughter with a two hundred thousand pound dowry. The saga continues.
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Earl of Garaven
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Earl of Caraven
Lord Caraven
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Ailey Ransome
Mr. Ransome
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Ransome
Milton
Lord Cara
Caraven
Sorry ending for the last of the Caravens
KE speaks calmly as Arley Ransome urges a plan. The Earl Cara ven faces ruin and contemplates ending his life. Arley urges patience and reveals his lifelong drive for wealth and ambition, hoping to avert a tragedy and save the Caraven name.
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Arley Ransome
Fune
Ulric
Ulric Caraven
Jord
Winter Food Hoarding by Weasel and Chipmunk
The article details how the weasel stores food at its den entrance, dragging dainty items inside after entering the round ground doorway. It then describes the chipmunk’s careful hoarding, using dry leaves and cheek pockets to transport nuts and seeds, including maple keys and cherry pits, observed by a student.
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Popa
No Correct Map of Cuba, Neglect in 1492 to Present
The New York Sun laments Cuba has no reliable map or charts with coastlines largely uncharted or poorly drawn. It argues Spain’s rule left coast surveys incomplete while draining resources, reflecting historical governance in Havana and major ports. In other unrelated items, a village marriage story ends in tragedy with Mary Burns dead before Lynn Taylor's arrival. A separate Rochester case notes Wesley Webb, 16, suspected of shooting his stepfather after a prior quarrel. a warrant is issued.
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New York Sun
Cuba
Havana
Wesley Webb
Rochester
N. Y
Wesley
John Smith
Smith
Webb
Bright Inside, Cold Outside Quip Sparks Whimsy
A playful exchange describes a contrast between indoors being bright and cheerful and outdoors being cold and gloomy. The line about a slip between a cup and the lip humorously segues into a pun about being “without you.”
Lovers Die By Their Own Hands In Kentucky Tragedy
Mary Burns a village heiress and Lynn Taylor a quiet Kentucky boy grew up as childhood sweethearts. Both died by suicide after a tragic mistaken belief about their romance, Mary buried beside Lynn found hanging two weeks later in a barn.
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Mary Burns
Lynn Taylor
Mary
Mr. Burns
Kentucky
Robbers Torture 80-Year-Old Man In West Virginia
Eli Ballinger of Clinton West Virginia was bound and gagged by three robbers who searched the house for hidden money. Finding only 60 cents they burned his feet and left him in critical condition as a county reward was offered for the capture and conviction of the assailants.
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Eli Ballinger
Clinton
W. Va
Morgan Confesses Triple Murder Motive in West Virginia
John Morgan alias Raines of Jackson County West Virginia, a recorded triple murderer, says he killed the Prost family because they talked about his own kin. He sets the date for his hanging at Ripley on the 16th and recounts a new confession tied to family insult.
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Mary
Tie
John Morgan
Raines
Jackson County
W. Va
Ripley
Morgan
Brutal Confine and Torture Reported in Saghalien Penal Settlement
London dispatch details harsh conditions for convicts in Saghalien including heavy shackles a wheelbarrow torture on a wooden horse and knout punishment. Eyewitnesses describe underfed prisoners driven to madness by brutal officials with escape punished by long terms. Women and nonconvict inmates suffer similarly amid alleged systematic cruelty.
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London News
Odessa
Russia
Saghaten
Eazhalien
Mlle
Two Children Murdered In Oconomowoc Wisconsin
In Oconomowoc Wisconsin two young children of Iernest Cornell were found dead in bed while their father lay on the floor with his throat cut. He survived and claimed uncertainty about his involvement. John Lewis known as the Eloise Skinner brought whisky and induced drinking. Lewis was arrested. Whether Cornell acted alone or with Lewis remains unclear.
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Iernest Cornell
Oconomowoc
Wis
Cornell
John Lewis
Eloise Skinner
Lewis
Open air exhorter recounts conversion in Chicago meeting
An exhorter at a Salvation Army open air gathering in Chicago says he found religion three years ago and has abstained from profanity since. He notes he has since focused on a business of putting up stoves despite prior temptations, prompting praise from the crowd.
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Salvation Army
Chicago
Hypnotic Cure Ends Hiccough Ordeal for Girl
Ida Steele a 16 year old girl from Gloversville New York suffered persistent hiccoughs for days. Doctors feared death but a hypnotic treatment was tried as a last resort and the hiccoughs stopped.
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Ida Steele
Gloversville
log job near Estella sparks fatal house blaze
A fire broke out at a burnt house near Estella Pennsylvania after a dynamite box placed under a stove ignited. Two men named Shoemaker and While were on site. one tried a box triggering flames before escaping through the door. A woman named McIntire rushed in to reach her asleep ex, but the house was destroyed.
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Estella
McIntire
Turkey Cracker Causes Rib Injury in Pennsylvania Farmyard
Mrs. Eleanor Hess of Black Sltcle valley Montgomery Pa reports a tame gobbler attacked during a barnyard sale. The bird sprang at her, causing a forceful impact that cracked one or more ribs and sent her to the ground in pain. The incident occurred after a purchase attempt by a man and likely spooked by the bird’s sudden leap.
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Eleanor Hess
Gomery
Texas tragedy in East Dallas boarding house
In a cottage on Germania and Gaston avenues Mrs. Emma Smith ran a small boarding house. James Boswell shot her in the throat then killed James Barton with two shots before shooting himself. Both wounded men are expected to die.
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Germania and
Gaston Avenues
East Dallas
Emma Smith
James Boswell
James Barton
Boswell
Mule Attacks Driver in Madison County Wounding Man
Henry Hart guiding a mule near Madison County Georgia last week swung his arm to peel an apple the frightened animal jerked the knife across the youth’s throat causing a serious but not life threatening wound to the young man involved.
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Madison County
Georgia
Henry Hart
Burglar Scaves a Girl to Death in Chicago
A 17 year old Chicago girl, Petle Murray, died after a burglar confronted her in her room at midnight. He threatened her with a pistol, she screamed, and she collapsed from shock. Police investigate the break in.
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Petle Murray
Chicago
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