Tragic Love Leads to Double Tragedy in Chicago
Miss Burke, a talented Chicago stenographer from Paw Paw Michigan, pursued a controversial malpractice case against a physician and grew close to attorney David J. Wise. Discovering Wise’s marriage and child, she confronted heartbreak and shot him at the Hotel St Anthony before killing herself in the parlor.
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Miss Burke
Mark Hanna
David J, Wise
George Doane
Champlain Avenue
Woodlawn
David J. Wise
A. S. Trude
Wile
Mr. Wise
Miss
Hotel St. Anthony
Wabash Avenue
New Yorks Woman Burglar Caught With Large Jimmy Near Ferry
Police report a female suspect Mary Seaman arrested near the Thirty-fourth Street ferry landing in Long Island City with a nearly 15 inch long heavy jimmy and a sewn shoplifter pocket in her skirt. She claimed to sell pencils while detectives noted evasive answers and took her to the station.
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Mary Seaman
Thirty-fourth Street
Jimmy
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Maginn
Sixth Street
Kaiser a Dead Shot and Empire’s One-Armed Marksman
Kaiser a dead shot famed for shooting with one arm. He reportedly landed 897 head of game last year at court shooting parties. The Emperor William is cited as a premier European rifleman. Also notes Rookwood Cemetery in Australia as the world’s largest at 2000 acres with 100000 burials across 200 acres used.
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William
Europe
Rookwood
Australia
Stratton Sells Independence Mine For Life Abroad
Winfield Scott Stratton of Colorado plans to sell the Independence mine at Cripple Creek to escape wealth attention and live in New York or London. He says he will give to the poor, noting his long mining career and sole ownership of the mine and others in Cripple Creek.
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Battle Mountain
Portland
Paris
What the Women Want London Visit Speeches
The New York Commercial Advertiser notes American women attending the international congress in London will not get lost thanks to a detailed hospitality subcommittee guide. It includes hotel costs and travel distances to Westminster while a literature sub committee map marks meeting halls and landmarks.
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Fin London
London
New York
Westminster Palace Hotel
Broadey Reid
Longfellow
Regent Street
Telegraph Hero of Civil War Receives War Department Honor
Frank Miller of Frederick Junction Maryland, long time Baltimore and Ohio employee, earned a war department certificate of honor. As a Civil War telegraph operator at Alpine West Virginia he evaded capture by Lee and Ashby, swam the Potomac to Maryland, cut a telegraph wire, and relayed word to the war department enabling Union reenforcements.
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New York Sun
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Frank Miller
Frederick Junction
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Miller
Potomac
Maryland
Old National Turnpike
Thomas Eckert
Western Union Telegraph Company
Williamsport
Shall We Let Them The New Voice of New York Debate Heaven
The New Voice of New York discusses whether distillers should be allowed into heaven. The article probes morality and alcohol policy with reference to temperance debates, quoting contemporary religious and civic voices. It frames a public moral question for readers.
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New York
The Indian as Landlord in Oregon's Eastern Tribes
The article notes eastern Oregon Indians rent their 160 acre farms to white tenants at $1.50 to $3 per acre with wheat profit around $25 per acre, production cost about $4.50. It claims most Indians do not farm themselves and warns of white tenants driving out red landlords. It adds 1886 87 allotments and a sham initiation fee for some whites to acquire lands. It ends with a grim forecast of the racial demise.
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Oregon
Andian Garries
Long Range Firing in Philippine Conflict
The Philadelphia Record notes modern combat in the Philippines features long range, quick firing with few direct hand to hand encounters. Casualties come mostly from sharpshooters hidden in jungle cover as Filipinos stay out of range, teaching harsh lessons to Allied troops.
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Philippines
Philadelphia
What a Memory and the Yorkshire Fisherman Returns
An old Yorkshire fisherman returns to his village after fifteen years away seeking the home of his deserted wife. He greets Maria with uneasy civility as she resumes her chores and contemplates her planned tirade. He asks Ben to bring the items to the fire while she considers apologies and repairs.
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Military enlistment urged during baseball season
A reader questions the writer's military enthusiasm asking if enlistment is planned while the baseball season runs, noting Indianapolis Journal tone and perspective on war and sports.
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