Prison Break Attempt at Rowd City Jail Surfaces
Eight prisoners confined in Rowd City Minnesota jail attempted escape on the eighth. Ex sheriff Holcombe heard noises and fired a shotgun through the jail window to intimidate inmates. Prisoners had sawed bars and gained access to the corridor before discovery. A ring leader named Hamilton plotted the break with others, aided by contraband handcuffs and a man named Smith who previously worked on repairs.
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Rowd City
Minn
Pins County
Sherif Holcambs
Court House
Euwn
Marty
Holcombe
Bahd
Smith
Dara
Hamilton
Chicago
Missouri Kansas City Murder Confession Reported
Police in Kansas City received a Denver chief's message that Dayton, jailed there, confessed to killing James Wade two years ago. Wade, a river and collector for Jacob Cold Packing House, had cash on him. A Dayton woman claimed she killed him by throat slitting and discarded the body in a river, stealing about $300. She implicated Oscar Collins and Brall Green, both named, as accomplices. they were jailed but released for lack of proof. Johnson's Anodyne Liniment was mentioned as a remedy in the report.
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Dayton
James Wade
Wade
Iriver
Jacob Cold Packing House
Oscar Collins
Brall Green
Wile
Willy Hie
Minta
Te Costa
Inod
Like Another Woman Uses Favorite Prescription
An ad-like notice extols a female tonic claiming to revive health, vigor, and appearance for women. It asserts the remedy cures functional disturbances and irregularities, promises guaranteed satisfaction or money back, and notes buyers pay only if results appear. Counts on Dr. Pierce's guarantee and low price.
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Pierce
Ier
Funeral of King Kalakaua in Honolulu Follows Episcopal Rites
The funeral for King Kalakaua on the 16th featured services in the palace throne room and at the church, with the bishop of Honolulu leading and clergy from the city present. The procession, the largest on the island, included officials, island delegations, harbor mariners, and a Charleston band, with a catafalque adorned in black and plumes, and minute guns fired as bells tolled.
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Mason Phillips
Conjugal Infelicity In Grand Rapids Divorce Case
The Gill divorce case in circuit court centers on deser tion and infidelity. Clayton Gill, once Grand Rapids & Indiana railroad freight chief, now head of the Trunk Line freight classification committee, faces a cross petition for absolute divorce filed by his wife Mrs CG B Gill nee Delia Davie. The couple married in 1887 and have seen a troubled marriage, with Gill seeking separation and his wife accused of riotous temper.
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CG. B. Gill
Clayton
Gill
Grand Rapids & Indiana Railroad
Grand Rapids
Mich
Trunk Line Association
Delia Davie
Grand Rapid
Faust and Follies of the Age and Laxative Pills
A garbled historical note mocks the overuse of laxative pills, praising Hiaototer's Stomach Bitterwa as a safe remedy. It claims the patent medicine cures constipation, relieves stomach and liver distress, and offers pain-free relief.
Imperial orders on emigration and intimidation policy
The emperor, mollified by recent appeals from his mother and grandmother, considers withdrawing a pre April 1 order to Aluice-Lorraine that would require foreigners to announce their presence and changes of residence. Berlin expects a possible reversal. In Chicago, Covnertman’s elevator was entirely destroyed by fire, with losses around $100,000.
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Emean Broderick
Reichsland
Berlin
Covnertman
Chicago
Almont
Ure
Luan
Alice's Temptation and a Wife's Hidden Conflict
Alice Arden, wife of Hugh McLeod, muses between duty and desire after a life of monoty. She loves her husband yet feels a restless pull toward a forbidden romance with Basil Forest, torn by family expectations and messages of devotion to a life she cannot fully embrace.
Lovers Reconcile as Duty and Love Unite
In a tender domestic crisis, a wife confronts whether her husband truly loves her. She resolves to honor duty and her unborn child, while her husband reveals deep affection. After a tense night, he proves his love, promising a renewed life together and a lasting bond. The scene closes with their reconciliation and a quiet hope for happiness.
A Wonderful Baby Praised by Family Visitor
A family friend visits and jokes over a baby’s talents. The mother boasts the infant is the smartest, capable of imitating a locomotive and performing the Highland Fling in arms. The amused observer agrees this baby seems wonderful among many.
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Riy
Mr. Seacool
Mel
Mr. Sancook
The Heavenly Door Opens After a Year of Prayer
A fragmented poem describes a Beloved’s door, a lover’s return after twelve months of prayer, and a new opening. The text shifts to Richard Harry Stoddard discussing a lawyer’s reputation, a Christmas misgiving, and a strolling surveyor who causes calm farming disputes until a county surveyor corrects the line.
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Rea
Richard Harry Stoddard
Farm and Household Advice on Poultry and Crops
Practical guidance for farmers on keeping fowls productive and tame, potato profitability, buckwheat as feed, oats experiments, wood care, dairy cow management, kitchen tips, and safe use of cold for injuries. Emphasizes replacing old stock, early hatching, near-market marketing, and efficient farm practices.
Advertisement and notice of Beechnan's pills and a mine death
Fragmentary ad style text promotes a patent remedy with claims of kidney and liver benefits and urges readers to buy from druggists. It also reports the body of manager Swift recovered at Spring Hill Mines on the 27th after a drowning in a shaft, noting a $1,000 reward by Johnson & Co of Boston and a free pamphlet offering full details.
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Spring Hill Mines
N. 8
Swift
Johnson & Co
Boston
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