Notable Miscellany Flows From A Bustling Era
A collage of brief notes covers Cupid mischief, a Maysville case on buttermilk days, a famed juror in an insanity inquiry, and European headlines. It notes the Kaiser’s doubts, Mexican bull fights, Spanish Cuban officers, and a U.S. court ruling on Chinese citizenship. Also recounted are moving-train thefts, Vanderbilt insinuations, congressional chatter, NY rail-baggage bills, Amelie Rives Chanler’s remarriage, and local curiosities from Chillicothe to Korea hair orders.
Man Finds Hidden Gold After Bank Losses in Philadelphia
In Philadelphia, Adam Benner recovered $1,295 in gold and $4.15 in silver from an iron pot hidden in a cellar, where he and his wife had stored about $1,000 after a bank failure. The couple had hidden the treasure in August to avoid banks and later sold scrap iron that led to the chase.
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Monte
Adam Benner
Viena Street
Philadelphia
Marly
August Benner
Shackamaxon Bank
Lieut. Tuttle
Reading
Benner
Eleventh District
Kenny
Sergeant Kenny
Pittsburg
Politicians of Maryland and their Varied Names
From the New York Sun a look at Maryland politics notes that a euphonious name does not guarantee success. It cites candidates in districts around Baltimore and names several figures such as Boose Rusk Cluck Spates Spinner Stim Abr Gineh Brandy Spinder Mets Sik Shuck Snook Nock Ate Trax Puck.
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New York Sun
Maryland
Baltimore
Boose
Rusk
Cluck
Mets
Prohibition Party
Mr Sik
Mr. Shuck
Snook
Mr. Nock
Pet Ate. Trax
Mr Puck
Unfortunate Friend Feeds Dog Mystery in Pimlico Cellar
A writer recounts a long tale of a well known journalist Percy Grege and a small black and tan dog. The dog regularly left home after breakfast to share a bone with a starving, ownerless terrier in an empty cellar next to Denbigh Street. London Spectator.
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St. George's Square
Pimlico
Denbigh Street
Percy Grege
London
Wis
Conite
Jimmie
Jimmies
London Spectator
Iowa Creameries Produce Butter and Cheese in Past Year
Iowa had 88 creameries and cheese factories producing 70,561,710 pounds of butter valued at 18 million dollars and about 2,500,000 pounds of cheese worth 250 thousand dollars. A large part of butter is shipped out while most cheese is consumed in state.
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Lowa
Morab and religious forces centered in cities
The text advocates cities as hubs for morab and religious influence. It argues churches should be strongest by numbers and by faith and love, with strength in all Christian elements. Mentions Creighton Jones and characters like Rey.
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Cheracter -Rey
Creighton Jones
Hins Receives Brief News of Abroad And Kings
Hojack asks about royal permit galleries while abroad. Jeek Potts describes viewing portraits of three kings, noting two Greens and two sped pines.
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Jeek Potts
Umbrella Borrowing Ring in City Involves 62 Items
A local scene reveals a collection of sixty two borrowed umbrellas tied to a circular exchange. Citizens swap and safeguard umbrellas amid light rain on an ordinary day.
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Rekeson
There Is No Selling Mhega in Cumso Mrs Darley twins
Mrs Darley presents her husband with twins Caunker. Duplicate previous events imply he must keep them. Teaspoons are deft in the saucer not in the cup.
Queen Maria Pia Aids Forlorn Italian Singer's Lisbon Escape
Chevalier de Bassini, an Italian baritone once favored at the Portuguese court, faces police orders to leave Lisbon after gossip links him to Dowager Queen Maria Pia. He seeks protection from the Italian minister as he and his family are escorted to the Spanish frontier amid newspaper attacks and court intrigue.
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Tanecers
de Rossini
Pacti
Alban
Lisbon
Luis
Chevalier DE Bassini
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Rome
Portugal
Maria Pia
Victor Emmanuel
Europe
Ife
de Bassin
Maria Pino
de Biusiud
Nolies
Qlucet
King Charles
Charles
Iev Majeaty
Police
Commissary
Offiial
Spain
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Donna Maria Pia
Lisban
Queer old man Hertlein found dead in Yonkers home
Hertlein an eccentric 53 year old farmer who wore his dead wife’s clothes and lived as a hermit was found strangled to death in his Yonkers house three months after his wife Elizabeth Abram died. Neighbors believed he killed himself after preparations for a future marriage and a lifetime of hoarded belongings.
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Ohn
Adam Hertlein
Ngo
Yonkers
N. Y
Hertlein
John Rivinski
Wiertlein
Elizabeth Abram
Beegan
Rivinski
M. C. Burton
Woodlawn Heights
Caleb van Tassell
An Hertlein
Caleb van Tassel
Burton
Tar for a Preacher in North Platte Mob
Rev William Bailey a Christian Scientist preacher was tarred by a mob in North Platte Nebraska. He was driven from a house where he stayed and later from another home after rumors of alleged improprieties spread. He was covered with tar and asbestos then released with a promise to depart at sunrise.
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Willam Bailey
North Platte
Neb
Apache Kid Prey Rumor Spurs Wisconsin Runaway Trio
Three youths from Ovonomowuc Wisconsin Otto Behrendt 11 Frank Selie 11 and John drubner 16 fled together seeking the wild west life. They carried $40 and three revolvers and aimed to win a 10000 dollar reward for the capture of the Apache Kid of Arizona. They likely rode a westbound freight train. One companion was detained by parents.
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Ovonomowuc
Wis
Otto Behrendt
Frank Selie
John Drubner
Apache Kid
Arizona
Disappearance of Mrs Grace Cody Baffles Authorities
Grace Helen Goodrich Cody wife of Chicago lawyer A B Cody vanishes after visiting Tacoma relatives with her mother. Described as mentally troubled since a prior birth she sought to see her eldest son and never returned with the family car. Husband offers 1000 reward good until May 1 1896.
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Mra Grace Cody
A. B. Cody
Chicago
Grace Cody
Tacoma
Wash
Puget Sound
Cody
Grace Helen Goodrich
H. P. Goodrich
Dupage
I. Lane
Grave robbers disturb Morris town burial
Mrs. Elizabeth Dennis of Morris town Indiana died of paralysis and was buried. Passersby found the grave opened with a hole dug to the coffin. the inner casket glass door broken and the robbers fled after exposing the right arm and head.
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Elizabeth Dennis
Morristown
Ind
Ballet Girl Settles Damages Suit in London
Birdie Sutherland Watkins, a ballet artist, settles out of court with Hon Dudley Charehill Majorbanks son of a baron and a lieutenant in the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders for 20000 pounds damages for breach of promise of marriage. The plaintiff sued through her father a former Bank of England clerk.
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Birdie Sutherland
Dudley Charehill Majorbanks
Baron
Tweedmouth
Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
London
Miss Sutherland
Watkins
Bank of England
Attempted assault on Governor Morton prompts mansion patrols
An unidentified man, posing as a messenger, gained admission to the Albany executive mansion then dashed toward the governor’s rooms before being stopped by a butler. Authorities believe the intruder intended violence and have since stationed patrols from the first and fourth precincts around the mansion.
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Gov. Morton
Executive Mansion
Albany
Man Shoots Self in Hoffman Pawnshop Incident
Theodore Werner entered Isaac Hoffmann's Chicago pawnshop to buy a revolver for self harm. A worker showed him the weapon when it discharged accidentally, the bullet entering Werner’s chest. Werner survived briefly after being rushed to hospital. Hoffmann was arrested.
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Theodore Werner
Isaac Hoffmnn
Chicago
Werner
P Eritics
Iloifman
Peter Jackson In London The End Of An Era For The Prize Ring
The piece portrays Peter Jackson living in London after years of boxing glory. Once the world’s greatest fighter, he is praised for his former prowess while described as aged, detached, and financially stable. Locals note his decline, yet Americans recall his polite demeanor and enduring fame.
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Peter Jackson
Strand
London
Jackson
Ted
Mr. Fitzsimmons
Peter Maher
Corbett
Slavin
Sullivan
Egg-Eating Contest tops Owensboro event with 14 bites
In Owensboro Kentucky three men competed for an egg eating prize with scores 14 9 and 6. A Kansas tale recalls a 25 19 21 feat by three competitors. Barbourville claims twenty two drummers while a Williams town district weighs teachers and trustees at 940 pounds total.
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Owensboro
Kansas
Willis Gleed
Stuart Kenry
Barbourville
Williamstown
Stage News Anew Tolstoi Drama and Duse Publicity Silence
Reports say Count Tolstois Anna Karenina is dramatized in French with a shocking finale where the heroine is run over by a train before the audience. Mme Eleanora Duse denies writing a memoir or any book and shuns publicity. J M Barrie works on a sequel to The Professors Love Story but its appeal may mostly attract women.
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Count Tolstoil
Mme
Eleanora Duse
E. §. Willard
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