Margaretta Drexel the Fair United States Heiress in London Society
New York and London society buzz over Miss Margaretta Drexel of the Drexel fortune as the season’s prize. London matrons eye eligible titled suitors while Miss Drexel captivates in pale blue and pink, with a yacht, Grosvenor square mansion, and plans for lavish entertainments. Her father’s wealth funds a grand future in Mayfair.
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Margaretta Drexel
Anthony J. Drexel, Jr
New York
Philadelphia
Drexel
Jean Reid
Whitelaw Reid
Anthony J. Drexel
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Miss Drexel
Drexels
Margarita Armstrong
Uae Tala
Carlton House Terrace
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Prince Francis of Teck
Queen Alexandra
Grosvenor Square
Mayfair
Lord Caledon
Edward
Europe
Leonardo da Vinci
Cholera and the Ganges Pilgrim Bathing Practices Highlighted
The Indian Review notes shocking Ganges pilgrim customs including mixed bathing by the healthy and ill and drinking from bathing sites. The piece contrasts the river's famed reputation with alarming public health concerns amid a cholera context.
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The
Ganges
Indian Review
Hindoo
India
Curious Marine Growth Called Miniature Spirit Tree
Visitors to Mayor Wing's office study a coral base with sheep's wool sponge attached and a central tree-like marine plant about 18 inches tall. The black trunk, twisting branches, and flower-like tentacles suggest a living freak of nature, drawing observers toward its eerie grasp.
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Polynesias
Ganges Water Shows Antiseptic Power Against Cholera
E H Hankin notes in the preface to the fifth edition of his pamphlet that water from the Ganges and Jumna resists cholera microbes. He cites lack of food materials and an antiseptic in the waters as factors, though he cannot explain the antiseptic's origin.
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India
Ganges
E. H. Hankin
Jumna
Midlands roundhouses: tiny old parish lockups surveyed
The Sheff field Daily Telegraph notes several Midlands villages retain ruined parish lockups called roundhouses. Breedon in Leicestershire shows a stout stone 18 foot high 8 foot 6 inch interior diameter, 15 inch thick walls, oak door with iron nails, iron plate keyhole guarded by a spanner, and 6x7 inch ventilation plate. Worthington preserves a seven sided brick lockup needing restoration, beside the pound. Beedon, Smisby, Ticknall also have similar roadside lockups near cattle pens, kept for rogues and vagabonds awaiting police handling.
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Midlands
Sheffield Daily Telegraph
Breedon
Leicestershire
South
Derbyshire
Worthington
Beedon
The Big Noise Underdog in a Fight in Yonkers Statesman
The Yonkers Statesman notes the underdog often draws attention due to persistent vocalizing as the big noise in a boxing or combat scene. The piece frames the dynamic through a humorous exchange about who deserves more focus.
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Bill
Jill
Yonkers Statesman
Grand Jury Upset by Hallam Claim in Illinois
Mrs Mabel Hallam declares George Richardson did not assault her, throwing grand jury and police plans into turmoil. Her husband and she faced questioning with Chief Morris present, but no major disclosures emerged. City faces $10 708.90 in additional claims from riot losses.
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Springfield
Mabel Hallam
George Richardson
Special Grand Jury
Hallam
Grand Jury
Morris
Probating of Will Defeated in Peoria Case
Heirs of Phoebe Rose of Alta Illinois won to block probate of her will valuing $15000 left to Presbyterian Home and Foreign Missionary Service and other charities. Probate Judge Eagleton found insufficient evidence that the document was signed by Mrs Rose. Appeal noted, case to resume after further litigation.
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Peoria
Phoebe Rose
Alta
Ill
Presbyterian Home and Foreign Missionary Service
Supreme Court
Eagleton
Two Killed in Collision at Ottawa Railroad Crossing
A collision near Ottawa six miles away between an electric car on the Illinois Valley Railway and a carriage killed two, fatally injured a child, and left three seriously hurt. Walter Snell, a wealthy farmer, was in the carriage with six others. his daughter and the Townsend child died, while Mrs Townsend and other Snell family members suffered critical injuries. Poor lighting and late sighting contributed to the crash.
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Ottawa
Ilinois Valley
Walter Snell
Snell
Mamie Townsend
Peach Thieves Target Medora Orchards at Night
Peach thieves with epicurean tastes raid Medora fruit trees nightly, stealing bushels of peaches. Local authorities struggle to catch the culprits as Stephen Day, a Democratic politician, lights a tree with lanterns to deter theft, but the fruit disappears by dawn.
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Medora
Stephen Day
Brothers In a Death Pact Near Springfield
In Holmburg stockmen Ben F. and Elmer Woolaver, facing financial ruin like two friends, ended their lives in a double tragedy. Ben rode to the Sangamon River and leaped from his horse after Elmer’s drowning, as searchers later found both bodies recovered.
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Springfield
Ben F
Elmer Woolaver
Holmburg
Elmer
Ben
Sangamon
Kilbourne Teacher Declared Sane After Poker Sunday School
The Springfield county court in Havana ruled Thomas F. Edwards of Kilbourne sane after his Sunday school class played poker. An inquisition before Judge McComas noted Edwards attempted to imitate a professional fire eater from a circus side show.
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Springfield
Havana
Thomas F. Edwards
Kilbourne
McComas
Edwards
Lost Girl Missing From Circus Reunited With Family
Miss Effie Smith, 15, was taken from a fairground show in Carmi and returned to her stepparents in Fairfield, Illinois. She says a well dressed stranger lured her a week earlier with talk of work as an amateur actress to make her rich and she was brought to another city and sold to a dancing troupe.
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Carmi
Effie Smith
Fairfield
Ill
Buried fortune found in tin can near Mattoon
Thomas Burwell of eight miles northwest of town hid his money in the ground. His two sons dug up four thousand five hundred thirty five dollars from a tin can buried years ago after Burwell’s death, ending a long hidden wealth search.
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Mattoon
Thomas Burwell
Here
Burwell
Homecoming a Big Success at Pana
First annual home coming featured slack-wire balloon ascension trapeze acts and a large parade. Mayor H Clay Wilson and Mayor Schuyler spoke. Carrie Gudehus crowned queen. Anna Hans and Harry Quoso wed. Ball concluded the festivities. Former residents attended from a distance.
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H. Clay Wilson
Schuyler
Carrie Gudehus
Anna Hans
Harry Quoso
Editor Scolds Timid Bard for Poem Submission
A cruel editor chides a timid bard for poetry that failed, saying the last batch submitted went out of the window and urging sharper work.
Hall's Catarrh Cure and Family Pills Ad
An old advertisement touts Hall's Catarrh Cure as an internal remedy that reaches the disease by acting on the blood and mucous surfaces. It claims physician endorsement, lists Toledo firm F J Cheney & Co as proprietors, and notes price 75 cents. Also promotes Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & CO
Props
Toledo
Nickel Cure Quip Shapes City Wit in Philadelphia Press
A humorous Philadelphia Press mockery notes that a man named Muggsy failed to quit drinking and only a “nickel cure” would work, meaning keeping nickels away from him. The joke hinges on a pun about monetary temptation and a supposed medical cure.
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Philadelphia Press
Danger on New York Roads Report Highlights Daily Collisions
A historical brief notes an average of seven car collisions daily across New York steam, subway, elevated, and surface railways. It also references Lewis' Single Binder as a cigar that is rich and satisfying, with a note that the man who talks about himself rarely offers help to others.
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Lewis
Lewis’ Factory
Peoria
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