Castle Haunted by Phantom Tales at Tarrytown School
The Castle on the high land east of Tarrytown famed for its picturesque Hudson view is now a girls’ school run by Miss I. Matson. Local legends say spirits and a ghostly coach appear, with tales of hidden passages, secret doors, and a mysterious “last room” explored by two teachers.
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Tarrytown
Hudson
New York Tribune
Dr. Herrick
I. Matson
Edson Valley
Tappan Zee
Nyack
Ramapo Mountains
Rockin County
North Tarrytown
Croton Point
Haverstraw Bay
Verplanet¢s Point
Stony Point
New York City
Veraciy
Verdi Keeps La Donna e Mobile Secret Until Debut
A Cornhill Magazine tale of Verdi guarding the famous aria La Donna e Mobile. He refused to reveal the aria to the singer, fearing Venice would sing it early, yet the city overheard and the melody became celebrated after the Rigoletto premiere in 1861.
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Venice
Verdi
Diay
Cornhill Magazine
Arizona Air Claims and Scottish Echoes in Idaho Tales
A Washington delegate from Arizona boasts of exceptionally clear air as compared with California, while a Scottish clergyman counters with similar clarity in Scotland suggesting longer sightlines. A factory dispute features an Irish worker Daniel demanding weekly pay instead of fortnightly. A Montpelier granite cutter tests a sapphire diamond saw with $4000 worth of diamonds and about $10,000 in construction costs.
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Arizona
Judge Murphy
Washington
California
Leo
Scotland
Dan
Daniel
Ivery Min
Montpeliey
Taos Pueblo Life in adobe houses and ovens
A vivid account describes Taos Pueblo near the Rio Grande, detailing adobe construction, brick making by Mexicans, roof and oven designs, multi story homes, trap doors for defense, daily life of Indians, bed and meals, and seasonal migrations. The piece also notes village routines and early bedtimes, with observations on childhood, clothing, and living spaces.
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Puebdie
Thos
Rio Grande
A Little Tyke From Wilkesbarre Weighs Ten Pounds
A three year old baby boy named Jesse James Long, born to feeble parents, weighs ten pounds and is perfectly formed with full faculties. He was brought from a country district and is now a guest of a charity organization. His mother died when about T years old and his father 79. At birth the child weighed eleven and a half pounds.
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Wilkesbarre
Jesse James Long
Woman of the West Peattie champions Nebraska women and libraries
Ella W. Peattie, president of the Omaha Woman’s Club and editorial writer for the Omaha World-Herald, leads a campaign to organize a circulating library for Nebraska women. She defends women’s editorial roles, shares life lessons from childhood, and notes strong public interest, support, and correspondence from across the state.
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Ella W. Peattie
Nebraska
Omaha Woman's Club
Omaha World-Herald
West
Omaha
The
Woman’s Club
Great
Michigan Woods
Wild Justice by Margaret L. Woods in England
The dramatic poem Wild Justice by Mrs. Margaret L. Woods, daughter of the dean of Westminster and wife of Rev. H. G. Woods of Trinity College Oxford, portrays a struggle between good and evil on a rock bound island. A tortured family tale unfolds as a man’s tyranny drives one child toward mania, another to drowning, another to life in shame, set against roaring waves and a somber yet not wholly pessimistic note.
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Elia Prattie
Mrs. Peattie
Peattie
Frederick J. Titus
United States
Bob” Peattie
England
Margaret L. Woods
England's Greatest Woman Florence Nightingale
England's greatest woman stands beside the queen and the princess of Wales in prominence. Florence Nightingale's fame, earned forty years ago in the Crimea, marks her as a defining figure in English history.
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England
Princess of Wales
Florence Nightingale
Crimea
Age and Quiet Grace Mark Nightingale On Birthday
The famed nurse Florence Nightingale, famed as a household name across the British Isles, shows signs of age yet remains serene in mind. On her recent seventy sixth birthday she received many congratulatory messages, while she seldom appears in public nowadays.
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British Isles
Miss Nightingale
Dickens Lived Faithfully to the End and Died Sudden
Macmillan's Magazine recalls Charles Dickens's swift death on June 9 1870 after a day of uninterrupted labor at Gad's Hill. He had resumed writing The Mystery of Edwin Drood in 1869 and died before completing the novel, leaving the work incomplete.
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Dickens
Macmillan
Edwin Drood
Gad's Hill
London
Not So Rich Now Miss Mary Garrett Wealth Falls
The Baltimore and Ohio railroad coverage recalls Miss Mary Garrett once touted as the richest unmarried woman in the United States. Her fortune, once $15,000,000, has declined with securities drops. She is under sixty, of strong character, shares her father’s virility, and resides in Baltimore in a roomy old city house.
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Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Mary Garrett
United States
Miss Garrett
Baltimore
Old City
Greeks Honor a Cyclist Spiro Louys After Marathon Victory
The article celebrates Spiro Louys, the cyclist who won the Athens to Marathon race during the Olympic revival. It notes widespread Greek honors and many offers of advancement, yet says Louys declined most of them due to modesty, contrasting with American attitudes toward athletic success.
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Spiro Louys
Athens
Marathon
Ruste
Burkeville
Greece
Oriental Nero Dictated Cruel Persian Rule End
The article cites the death of Nasr Ed-din and portrays the Persian shah as a cruel ruler. It recounts the boiling of governor Abdullah Kulah in oil for embezzlement and describes tax oppression and torture from roadside tombs in Hamadan.
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Persia
Nasr Ed-din
St. Louis
Globe- Democrat
Great Britain
Russia
Matzender
Abdullah Kulah
Hamadan
Mexico
Controversial editorial sparks criticism from Plunkville Bugle
The Plunkville Bugle denounces an Indianapolis Journal editorial as a lying sheet with its first claimed truth in a long run of alleged deceit. The exchange frames a clash over editorial integrity and responsibility among local papers.
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Plunkville Bugle
Indianapolis Journal
Why New England Conservatory Pupils Excel as Teachers and Performers
The article credits the New England Conservatory for student success due to its superior equipment, top American and foreign faculty, and Boston as a cultural hub offering premier operas and concerts. It states one year there outweighs two elsewhere and mentions free prospectus.
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New England Conservatory
Boston
Art Centre of
America
Convict's Cash Hidden Then Found for Heir
William W. Baird died in a Columbus Ohio prison after admitting in 1890 that he hid $800. The hoard was located and will go to his son in Columbus Georgia.
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William W. Baird
Columbus
Ohio
Salt Robbery Inquiry Echoes Through Farm Talk
A farmer questions a passerby about paying seven dollars for salt. Achelmer demands the robber’s name, claiming the man earns twenty five dollars a week in any clothing house on earth. This dialect rich line from the Indianapolis Journal captures rural doubt and a hint of streetwise inquiry.
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J. W. Herrick
Marinery
Aitr
Pueblo OF
Taos
Mannera
Bar
N. M
Rio Grande del Norte
Pueblo
Rilo Grande Valley
Santa Se
Empreas
Riviera
Woman OF the West
Elia W. Peattie
Magaret L. Woods
Oriential
Nero
Sarenam
Wrthy
Dr. Kilmer & Co
Cripple Creek
Oo W. Crawford
Masonic Temple
Chicago
Dr.Kay
O. C. Thater
Anita
Iowa
Dr. Kay
John W.tiorris
Ghatrne
Ms. Rete Ingenkion Bursa
B. J. Woolley
Atlanta
Gay
Thompson
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