Pheasant poachingwealth on great estates exposed in detail
The article outlines a flourishing poaching trade from April to June with pheasant eggs selling for 4 to 5 pounds per hundred and 20 to 25 cents each. It notes widespread theft by shopkeepers and even keepers, describes the large estate labor network supporting poaching, and details methods from smuggling to night plunder and the annual October to Christmas hunting cycle.
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Demesnes
Milord
Wealthy couple found murdered in broad daylight
Andrew J. Borden and his wife were discovered dead at their home at 11 this morning. Both were severely mutilated in their heads and faces with an ax or knife. A servant recalls entering the room shortly before the alarm was raised. Mr. Borden had been seen on the street and in banks up to 10 o’clock.
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Fa. River
Mass
Andrew J. Borden
Mr. Borden
Lizzie Borden
Special Excursions August 9 and 12 From Toronto to Lake Chautauqua
Advertisement notes August 9 excursion to Ningars Falls and return and August 9 Toronto trip and August 12 Lake Chautauqua return. Tickets valid fifteen days. Also a note about room rentals and a cent a word classifieds prompt in The Dispatch.
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Ningars Falls
Toronto
Lake Chautauqua
Stanbadeeteccensean
McDonald field production holds at twenty thousand barrels
The McDonald oil field shows an estimated production of 20 000 barrels daily despite few new wells finishing. The four wells listed average 90 barrels per hour totaling about 2 160 daily, leaving 17 840 barrels to be produced by other wells amid widespread declines.
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McDonald
Greenlee & Forst
Marshall Farm
Noblestown
Fitzgibbon & Co
Walker Farm
Sistersville
Pittsburg
Senate
Derricka
LeComte & Wallilee
Hubbard
Miller's Run Oil Company
Cyrus McCue
Browneville
Ohio
Brenneman& Forsyth
McOnoy
O. William Johnson
Forest Oil Company
Mrs. Campbell
Devonian Oil Company
McDonald Heirs
Dambach & Co
Garvin, Weir & Co
John Covert
Alfred Benninger
Cranberry Township
John Benninger
Payta
Peru
Mr. Benninger
United States
Rand
Ganges
Sinclair Oil Company
People's Gas Company
Forst & Reenlee
McMurray
Fitzgibbons & Co
Walker
Barker declines Wyllie challenge to 100 games at Glasgow
In a long letter Barker the American champion refuses a 100 game match in Glasgow as unreasonable and offers a 2 or 60 restricted games contest in America. He argues Wyllie still holds the World title while noting other American players could beat him but won’t cross the ocean.
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James P. Reed
Clark Street
Pittsburg
James Smith
England
Scotland
C.F. Barker
Reed
Trunk
Mofr
Smith
C. F. Barker
American Checker Review
Wyllie
Glasgow
America
Barker
Wyille
Chanticleer
Oil Market Summary and Trading Figures
The report shows September option prices opening near 51 or lower and closing around 51 30. London and Antwerp prices noted with openings and lows. Barrel counts include 194000 barrels in exports, 74444 barrels in shipments, and 79147 barrels in runs.
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York
London
Antwerp
Slsgc
Henney
Pittsburgs Boy Wonder Checker Champion
End of June burst with news of Pittsburgs boy wonder who never lost a checkers match and drew crowds to see the prodigy. By July heat a rival, a girl from 42 Cliff Street, emerged to challenge as champion lady player of the world, father proud, name not yet learned.
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Pittsburg
Checkers
Cliff Street
Will
Andres
Lauvely
Deakin Plans New Play From Edwin Arnold Manuscript
Henry Deakin, who bought American rights to Light of the World and lost money on speculation, arrives from Japan to present Sir Edwin Arnold’s new play Adsuma or the Japanese Wife. He aims for a Chicago World’s Fair production with oriental splendor.
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San Francisco
Henry Deakin
Globe-Trotter
US Consul Returns Body of Boatswain's Mate Riggan
United States Consul McCrary arrives in Panama from Valparaiso with the body of Boatswain's Mate Riggan, killed during the Baltimore attack. He will depart for New York aboard the Columbia.
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Panama
United States
McCrary
Valparaiso
Riggan
Baltimore
New York
Columbia
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