Makers of America and a Life of Hamilton Reviewed
A mixed review of works on Alexander Hamilton by W. G. Sumner and Joseph Jefferson. The piece praises Sumner’s clear focus on Hamilton’s role in founding America and lauds Jefferson’s Autobiography for its engaging, straightforward storytelling. It also notes John Ericsson’s biography shines with vivid detail and eccentric brilliance.
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Makers of America
Alexander Hamilton
W. G. Sumner
Yale University
Dodd, Mead & Co
J. BR. Weldin & Co
Sumner
France
George Washington
Paris
Marat
Danton
Robespierre
Washington
Adams
Jefferson
Hamilton
Prof
Alexander Kamiitosd
Donnelly's Cipher and a Successful English Trial
Rev. D A Nicholson of Leamington explains and proves Donnelly's Shakespeare cipher can be forged with alternative root numbers. He uses Mahomet's Hijra date as his root and extracts a Donnelly sentence referencing the Bishop of Lincoln ecclesiastical trial, challenging Donnelly's claims.
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Toronto Mall
Ignatius Donnelly
D. A. Nicholson
Leamington
Eng
Lincoln
Minnesota Statesman
Nicholson
Christmas gifts from ex councilman to widows noted
Ex Councilman P. W. Siebert gave Mrs. Watt five thousand dollars, a gift in memory of Griffith D. Watt. This year Penn Assembly No 95 records three deaths and nine thousand dollars paid to widows, Baer and Alford's widows among them. Western Star Lodge No 24 gave each widow a turkey with trimmings, funds sent from Wisconsin and Delaware to cover birds.
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P. W. Siebert
Wisconsin
Delaware
Marvin's crackers and Palace bread touted as daily fresh
Pittsburg bread and cracker makers trumpet Marvin's crackers as thoroughly pure and fresh. Ovens run nonstop and wagons deliver to grocers in two cities while shipments go coast to coast. Palace bread is praised as finest in the market with daily baking and wide distribution.
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Pitteburg
Pittsburg
Marvin
Union
Maine
California
Marvin's Palace
Tulsa
Reading Ad Promotes Today and Tonight Offers
A display ad invites readers to take advantage of today and this evening deals from Boces and Bust, urging action in the current issue.
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Boces & Bust
Arguments Heard In Sunday Oil Well Case
Judge Stowe heard cases of Gillespie & Bros. and Patterson & Jennings in the Criminal Court over Sunday pumping under the 1794 act. Gillespie admitted Sunday work. Patterson & Jennings claimed only late Saturday start and automatic run. Experts testified on necessity to prevent salt water crystallization and rock damage. judge to rule soon.
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Io Criminal Court
Stowe
T. A. Gillespie & Bros
Patterson & Jennings
Wishart
Haysville
Gillespie Bros
Clarence Burleigh
James Knox
J. 8. Ferguson
Judge Bredin
William Yost
Law and Order Society
Yost
Mr. Yost
Mr. Burleigh
Ferguson
Bredin
List of Persons to Stand Before the Criminal Court Bar Next Week
The following is the roster of individuals to be tried in the Criminal Court next week. Names include Joseph Aland, Thomas Beadling, Mary Cregan, John Hoefler and others such as Frank Hoefler, George Hoefler, Phillip Hoefler, J A Hay, William Menniger, John Thompson Jr, Andrew Water, and many more with aliases and multiple spellings noted.
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Criminal Court
Joseph Aland
Thomas Beadling
Mary Cregan
John Hoefler
Frank Hoefler
George Hoefler
Phillip Hoefler
J. A. Hay
William Menniger
John Thompson, Jr
Andrew Water
W. B H. Thackeray
William Weitzel
Curtis Hesaner
James Davis
M- Liston
Luckett
Frank Miller
David Grass
F. M. Stewart
C. W. Barton
William Bennett
Moses Horenstein
James Mitchell
James O’shiea
Edward Schweringer
Jessie Pallett
Alias Green
Mary Burke
Robert Brown
Chertes Colesian
Alias Joe Gardner
O Soneph
David McKin
Josephine Geen
Isaac Wormeer
J Wormeer
W. eGregor
Mercantile License Costs Settled by Harrisburg Warrants
The County Treasurer received from Harrisburg warrants for payment of costs in mercantile license cases involving Aldermen and Justices of the Peace.
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Harrisburg
To Day's Trial List in Criminal Court
Surety and desertion cases set for trial include Commonwealth against John Bopp Bernhart Micos John H. Lewis James Lappan John Burns Alfred Miller Franz Kl4t Job Smith. autres matters not specified.
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Criminal Court
Commonwealth
John Bopp
Bernhart Micos
John H. Lewis
James Lappan
John Burns
Alfred Miller
Franz Kl4t
Job Smith
Wild Pursuit of 4 Bad Bovine in the Maine Woods
Thomas McResvey bought four yearling steers from William C. Holway for beef in the woods. He pursued them for four days across a six mile township, using 40 foot ropes and fire closers, finally recovering one steer after a series of rough attempts and exhaustion.
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Lewiston Journal
Thomas McResvey
Washington County
William C. Holway
Whitneyville
Machias
Bacon Barn
McKeavey
Mot
McReavey
Dougnuts
Overcoat dispute aboard train sparks heated exchange
A brakeman confronts a passenger aboard a train over a chinchilla overcoat and English purchase claims. The quarrel escalates with taunts about Gilbert damage units as Brooklyn Tompkays calls for swift action. The episode ends with the brake man urging pace toward the station.
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Brooklyn Eugie
England
Thander
Brooklyn
His Kind of Argument
A melancholy looking man boards a Brooklyn streetcar on Grand Avenue and challenges a thin newspaper reader over a counterfeit coin. The exchange escalates until the brakeman ejects the man at the next station, while a seller promotes a future Dispatch issue.
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Brooklyn Eagle
Grand Avenue
Nutter
Seaeh
Paris
Ike
Veritas
White mates in two moves in endgame puzzle
Chess problem from The Dispatch by Dr. Ackey Aspen of Kentucky presents White delivering mate in two with a three-piece setup. The endgame study emphasizes precise execution and positional theme.
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Dr. Ack Ey
Aspen, Ky
Puzzle and chess notes from the Detroit press
The section covers Problem No 17 solution RK to Et 6 xvi Oregon defense and a Pittsboro Library puzzle. It notes a chess match GUNSBERG STEINITZ and includes obituaries for Thomas P. Bull, longtime Michigan Central Rail Road employee and chess columnist. The piece reflects early 20th century chess reportage and local notices.
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Thomas P. Bull
Detroit Free Preas
Michigan Central Railroad Company
Bull
The
Detroit
Luis So Deigeset
Germany Criticized for Excessive Schooling and Strain on Youth
Lewiston Journal notes Germany frets over overtaxed memory focused schooling, long hours, dim lamp light, and early mornings. Inquiries target reform as cadets aged 12 or 13 visit Castle. American observers describe a rare moment of carefree play and nostalgia amid strict discipline.
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Germany
Lewiston Journal
Empire
France
Future Hope and Literary Teasers in The Dispatch
In this column a meditation on mankind seeking progress and a better future contrasts with mortality. It notes Kipling and Black works ending in tomorrow’s issue and announces Joaquin Miller’s City of the Desert starting Sunday January 4.
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Dispatch
Rudyard Kipling
William Black
Craig Royston
Joaquin Miller
City of the Desert
The Game of Draughts Reference Board Missives
Correspondence from the Checker Headquarters requests positions problems and games. Messages to Samuel Seeds and Penn Avenue East End Pittsburg Pa welcome input. Notes suggest white and black men movement and that white moves first.
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Checker Headquarters
Way
Eighth and
Ninth Streets
Samuel Seeds
Seventh Avenue
Penn Avenue
East End
Pittsburg
Des
Copeland
Blaze
Sixth Avenue
Pittsbur
Ww. H. Copeland
Pawell
A Chess Insight On Endings From Ollock
The excerpt contrasts strong and weak players, noting that a expert’s endings resemble a completed pyramid while a weak player blunders, wasting time and effort, as if mutilating a corpse. It frames station changes and the beauty of finishing plays as measure of skill.
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Dent
St. Pavel
Sphia
Ollock
German Opera Singer Seeks Aid After Fremont Company Collapse
Emil Laga, a young German opera singer, sought relief from Chief Elliot after his company failed in St. Louis. The troupe, formed in Germany, moved west and vanished with the funds. Laga later reached New York seeking support as others, including Willis and Edward Ryan, were sent elsewhere.
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Emil Laga
Elliot
America
Germany
St. Louis
New York
Willis
Philadelphia
Edward Ryan
Beaver Falls
Cleveland
City Championship Challenge Casts Doubt On Pittsburg Title
The Dispatch reports a 90 day window for a checkers challenge between Thomas Boyle and challengers. If Sherrow defeats Borie, Pittsburg may recognize him as champion. Boyle is regarded as superior. The notice notes varied city players visiting and a sensational brain graft story in tomorrow's edition.
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Checker
Dispatch
Thomas Boyle
Pittsburg
Sherrow
Borie
Boyle
Rae
Buena Vista
Joseph Maaze
McDonald
Falling Out Over Taste Endangers Family Harmony
The piece argues that mismatched tastes and manners split families even when affection remains. It cites a wife bored by her husband’s cattle chat and warns that youth often resist stepping in line. Two rules emerge: stand firm on principle, but go with the current on taste.
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Ben
Modern ideas advance empire and reform across nations
The piece argues that modern enterprise exceeds older systems of force, noting peaceful colonial boundaries in Africa, political unifications in Germany and Italy, and India’s Indo European identity. It praises 1940s science, expands on education, urban growth, legal reform, and the need for state attention to land labor sanitation and monopolies.
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Lewiston
Europe
Germany
Bismarck
England
India
Great Britain
John
Italy
Late News In Brief With scattered 19th century items
Supposed Padlewski in Bulgaria and Kennedy House fire in mergers with losses to 15 000 dollars. Lake Shore superintendent orders Brotherhood Telegraph to withdraw or resign. Washington Protective Association forms to aid negro immigration. Fire in Viroqua Wisconsin wipes out stores with 150 000 dollars loss. Italian socialist factions seek unification for vigorous campaign. Dalmatian Italians push toward union with Italy. Body of Frank McGovern found in Bristol block ruins after Wednesday fire. San Augustine Texas fire destroys stores and houses, about 150 000 loss. William Carnavan killed after being thrown from his cutter. Mrs Ellen Gibbons burned dead at Saratoga New York unclear if accident or suicide. James Walker burglar shot by watchman in Philadelphia. Canadian customs fines German schooner for false reporting. General Charles S Taylor of Mt Hywnwig drowned in creek where his brother died. Henry Fisher & Co Council Bluffs faces assignment with 200 000 liabilities. Abandoned farm statistics compiled by Matthews commissioner. Total assessed taxation around 1 248 000.
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Knee
Lake Shore
Brotherhood Telegraph
Washington (State) Protective Association
Voroqua
Wis
Italian Socialist Party
Croatia
Italy
Frank McGovern
Bristol
Boston
San Augustine
Tex
William Carnavan
Susquehanna
N. Y
Ellen Gibbons
Saratoga
Ny. Y
James Walker
Buzz
Thomas G. Kane
Philadelphia
Canadian Custom Department
Charles S. Taylor
Mt. Hynwig
Creek
Laws
Henry Fisman & Co
Council Blutts
Omaha
Missouri
Matthews
Christmas Week and a Mother's Gratitude Story
Christmas the time of joy and reflection is recalled in a narrative about a mother’s happiness for a child’s rescue. The article notes December 25 as the celebrated birth date of Jesus and highlights American enthusiasm for Christmas amid broader traditions. Mrs. Walker of McKeesport shares the rescue story and maternal gratitude.
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Bethlehem
Cragny
America
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