Female Hermits Take Up House in Pittston Village
In Gardiner Ohio line area Pittston residents report three women living in a barred, clothes-covered house for weeks. One elder and two younger women formerly wealthy from Reston were said to have been forced to an insane asylum before escaping. Rent paid months ago, but no further purchases or contact with neighbors, and several threats noted as townsfolk grow wary.
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Gardiner Me
Pittston
Cgore
Reston
Ipe Thess
Fisiciae
Iveefanany
Raviotuk
Gaynige
Inmate Sentenced to Life Behind Penitentiary Gates
A young inmate, Boterae Peloutstel, receives a life term for murdering fellow miner Frank Chuta after a Lagoon row. John Ilise, a minor miner, stands as the officer in charge and witnesses the scene on the prison steps. James Porter and Bishop Austhey also arrive in custody for unspecified durations.
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Convathise. O
Penitentiary
John Ilise
Trateau Armstrong Fatally Burned At Buckeye Farm
Miss Trateau Armstrong of Buckeye, a few miles east of here, was horribly burned to death when her clothing caught fire inside her house. Neighbors rushed to help but arrived too late as her clothing burned away and her flesh was scorched. She died within minutes.
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Cuarle -Ton
WL Wa
Trateau Armstrong
Buckeye
Here
Nimont
Harney Dunning Inmate Inherits $500,000 Estate
Information from California says Harney Dunning, a county poor farm inmate for 22 years, has fallen heir to an estate valued at $500,000. The fortune was left by his brother William Jho who went to California in 1849 and built wealth, recently dying and leasing his estate to Barney of this city.
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Wyitrspeneya
California
Harney Dunning
Dunning
William Jho
Barney
Election wagering rattles Cincinnati as Cleveland win looms
In Crattancoca Tennessee a curious betting scramble unfolds as Cincinnati factions bet on property deals tied to a Cleveland victory. The Stoops brothers offer all their holdings at 100,000 with the idea that no trade means no harm.
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Crattancoca
Tenn
Cincinnati
Cleveland
Stoops Brothers
Home Secretary Orders Smoking Rooms in Poor Houses
Mr Herbert As quith, the home secretary, has ordered that disabled paupers or those in objectionable work shall have the privilege of smoking and sunning. Smoking rooms will be provided in the poor house.
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Lonpoy
Herbert Asquith
Home Secretary
Weaver electors urged by state committee
Democratic state central committee advised voters to back Weaver electors. If carried out, the legislators would also align with fusionists.
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S. D
Democratic State Central Committee
Democratic Party
Indiana road congress to discuss better state road system
The Commercial club of Indianapolis calls a road congress in Indianapolis on December 6 7 and 8 1892 to examine road making methods materials faults of the current system needed legislation and the benefits of good roads. Delegates from boards of commissioners municipalities commercial groups and institutions will attend with credentials required.
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Indiana
Commercial Club
Indianapolis
Congress
Teniturail
House of Revatatives
Sinte Eng Tal
Io’elork
Feria Snoshab Rattroad
Crow Chase Genrting
Salvation Army
Droeyess
Michican
Smokat
James McNeil
Elmais
McNei
Alehiwan Gite
McNeil
Prrindenent
Lyle Rt
Lanarolis
Yarrison
Burg
Vie Hat
Imo
Valparaise
Frankfort
Pauldae University
Heavilon
van Cunningham
Grunk
Amuck
Evansville
Dupie
Harold
Curt Bas
Meney
Ry Dent
Pete
Brownsville
Dlamiliten
North Madison
Advaner
Fredericusburg
Minesa
SOE M Tilitown, Meelsville, Scotland, Strynghn, Whiteland, Permterion
Howls Lesippe
Seven Oaks
Sneeds
Sparc
Wankeenah
Wiersdale
Fulton
Montmorence
Outwell
Millville
Agr
Rank
Moorefield
Itherland
Ansin Annpott
Dilisborough
Evaxsvinte
James Groeorg
Rockport
Mr Grate
Wiliamsburg
Isaac Clements
Clements
Sam FY
Jeffersonville
SAE Lafayette
Joseph W. Linn
Enitiek
C. Bauer
Seles Tian
Oldest Temple in San Francisco Housed Goddess Worship
The Temple of the Queen of Heaven on Waverly Street is cited as San Francisco’s oldest josshouse. Owned by the Sam Yap company, it venerates a Chinese goddess from a Lum clan merchant family of Fokien, famed for prophetic insight. Her legend tells of seas, typhoons, rescue attempts, and eventual self sacrifice.
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San Francisco
Queen of Heaven
Waverly Street
Sam Yap Company
Fokien
Lum
Minu-Heaven
Composition of Gems Reveals Common Material Riches
A scientific note explains that the most valuable gems often come from common substances. Diamond is pure earbon, similar in composition to ordinary ciarenoal sans impurities. Alumina, or corundum, forms many gems such as ruby sapphire oriental emerald and others whose hues come from trace metallic oxides.
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Thornby
Intelligent Cat Leads Kittens Into Bag Hideaway
A motherly cat on Beekman Street New York watches four kittens play. One kitten crawls into a fluttering paper bag, soon all four follow and are carried away by the mother cat who hauls the bag and the litter into a hallway.
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Beekman Street
New York
Okdeat
Learnt to think right and you will not have much trouble
A brief aphorism from Roth's Morn advising that disciplined thinking limits behavior problems and offers practical guidance for self control.
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Rist
Roth
Baby Show at Pottstown Sparks Ire Over Judges
Sixty-five babies competed for a kitchen range at a Pottstown show. One child named Schlicher won the prize, provoking anger from mothers and harsh words about the judges including a biased accusation. A mother sold her kitchen store to win, then repurchased it for more, and another parent boasted of an enormous eleven month old who could say elephant.
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Pottstown
New York Sun
Schlicher
Schilcter
Curious Coincidence Inheritance Mix Up
Edgar E Hill recalls a San Francisco bookkeeping episode where a letter claimed his New Haven uncle left five thousand dollars. He traveled to New Haven, identified the estate, only to learn the real deceased uncle matched another Edgar E Hill in Scotland born John o TH. The mistaken legatee had not appeared.
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Edgar E. Will
St. Louis
Scotland
John O. TH
Edgar E. Hill
Tobacco Consumption by Nation Reveals Austria Leads
A recent statistical study shows Austrians consuming 273 pounds of tobacco per year, the highest among European nationalities. The report lists per capita figures for Spain 10, Italy 128, Great Britain 158, Russia 182, Denmark 224, Norway 229, with Austria at 273 pounds.
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European
Spain
Italy
Great Britain
Eussia
Denmark
Norway
Austria
World’s Fair Route Views Offered With Pallian Safety
A quirky ad describes sending ten cents to multiple recipients in Cincinnati for World’s Pair Route Views of the action Exposition. It touts the CIE and Di connection with the Monon as the World’s Fair Route, claiming Pallian Perfected Safety Vestibulated Drains and dining cars between Cincinnati and Chicago. A fragmentary note closes with playful nonsensical lines.
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Bb. O. Amccormick
G. Po
Rhoa. Clow
DD. Root
Cincinnati
CIE & di
Monon
Chicago
Hostetter’s Bitters Promoted By Mysterious Advertiser
A spoofed Washington Star blurb touts indigestion cures with fake authority. It promotes Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters as a universal remedy for ailments from malaria to rheumatism, attributed to a “specunious young man” and a dubious cult.
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Hostetter
Syrup of Fepotlaale Ignored as Permanent Cure Claim
Readers dismiss the claim that Syrup ut hi permanently cures habitual constipation and prefer other laxatives that act briefly but harm the system. A tongue in cheek note cites a line from the Philadelphia Record about a young lady and matrimony to illustrate prudence.
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Per- Mahenky Begesien
Cure for Catarrh Promised by Dr Sage Remedy
Advertisement asserts catarrh is curable by Dr Sage's Catarrh Remedy. Claims apply to all severities and durations with a permanent cure.
Homestead Openings in Northern Michigan Draw Settlers
The United States government opens November 23, 1892 for homestead settlement of unginned lands in Sinrgquette and Little Bay Du Nequet Railroad region in Northern Michigan. At the same time the Outonagon and Brule River Railroad tract in the Upper Peninsula is withdrawn from entry, offering a rare chance to locate timber and mineral lands along the North Star Route via Milwaukee and Northern Railroad. For details contact C. Eb. Rowtixa, Land and Immigration Agent, 161 La Salle Street, Chicago.
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Little Bay
Michigan
Outonagon & Brule River
Upper Peninsula
North Star
Milwaukee & Northern Railroad
Chicago
Lake Superior
C. EB. Row
Tixa
la Salle Street
Free trial of Schifmann's Asthma Cure offered in Minnesota
An ad from St. Paul physician Dr. R Schtremanxs promises a free trial package of Schifmann's Asthma Cure to any sufferer. It claims instant relief in worst cases and cures where others fail. Readers are asked to name this paper and send their address.
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R. Schtremanxs
St. Paul
Minn
Schifmann
Patent medicine muddle claims and quips in oldAdvertisement style
A garbled ad shuffle touts Hanus Catanan Cure as a liquid taken internally and claimed to heal blood and mucous surfaces, mentions PJ Cuexey & Co of Toledo, and includes quips about Adam the swiftest runner and Bates Heney. It references Pike's Foothache Drops and Speeches Pill for headaches and rheumatism in a faux testimonial tone, from Demorest's Magazine.
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PJ. Cuexey & Co
Toledo
Bates Heney
Pike
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