Bumps and Poetry: A Phrenologist Poet in Crawford County
A writer introduces A S McCoy of Springboro Crawford County a poet phrenologist and fruit tree agent who travels the country bumping heads and shaping destinies He recounts meeting Will Carleton at Hillsdale Michigan in 1870 including Carleton's early poems and the phrenologist’s advice that he write rural subjects for wider fame The tale blends humor and reminiscence about Carleton’s parents and early career shaping his rise in poetry with the strange practice of head analysis.
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Cneittes
A. 5. McCoy
Springboro
Crawford County
Will Carleton
Betsy
Post Carleton
Carleton
Hillsdale
Mich
Joseph Soper
Hillsdale Standard
Bros
Hudson
Lenawee County
Florida applicants settle on likely district judge pick
Florida candidates for the district judgeship favor the President selecting the Solicitor of Internal Revenue. The scene centers on Quay and others at Mamaux Sen's, 539 Penn Avenue, as rumors point to a preferred nominee.
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Wasrrcros
Florida
Internal Revenue
Quay and
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Sen
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Deaths and Injuries Mark Frankford Thirteen Club Anniversary
A Frankford incident on the club’s fourth anniversary left three dead and four seriously hurt. H Clinton Yonker of Penn street died in a doctor’s office from heart disease. Two club members were killed and four injured in a Brideburg grade crossing crash while returning home.
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Frankford
Jerusalem No
H. Clinton Yonker
Penn Street
Bridesburg
Confesses His Crime Blaming McClelland Town Outlaws
Ami Myers formerly of Ashurst Town WV is said to have confessed that Sullivan and Lewis led the McClellandtown band in a robbery of farmer Ami Myers of West Virginia about a year ago. Webster Myers was arrested. the grand jury at Preston County has returned true bills against Sullivan and Lewis and will pursue them after Somerset and Fayette counties.
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Preston County
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Fayette
Near-fatal corset case warns girls against tight lacing
In Philadelphia on May 4 Maggie Sullivan of Valeria street upper Sixteenth fainted on Spring Garden Street and was carried home in an unconscious state. Doctors attributed congestion of the brain and heart trouble to tight lacing after she wore 24 inch corsets on a dressmaker’s advice. She revived after loosening the garments and returned home later.
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Philadelphia
Maggie Sullivan
Valeria Street
Sixteenth
Spring Garden Street
G. M. Bradfield
Indiana Miners Out of Work after Coal Mine Shutout
EvANsville Ind May 4 All the coal mines in Evansville were closed today by operators in protest of a wage dispute. Miners refused 65 cents pay offer while tying 70 cents, leaving about 350 men unemployed. The shutdown may last weeks as demand for coal is low seasonally.
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Local Youth Dies After Fall From Train Car
Wheeling May 4 Loucien Besil a well known young man fell from a car of the Pittsburg Wheeling and Kentucky Railroad at the foot of Eighth Street around 7 PM He was 27 and the son of Grafton Beall creating a fatal city rail incident for the evening report
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Loucien Besil
Pittsburg, Wheeling and Kentu
Grafton Beall
Stage Coach Held Up Near Crest West of Carrolles
An early morning stage coach from Harrison to Eureka Springs was robbed by highwaymen near Crest west of Carrolles. The bandits stopped the coach on the open road and seized the mail and packages before fleeing. Local authorities opened an investigation and searched for suspects.
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Everika
Incredibly Odd Knit Between Nations Proposed
The New York Telegram reports a curious plan to wed Prince Albert Victor to an American heiress. The suggestion draws sharp ridicule and is labeled absurd and comic. Sir Edward Sullivan is cited as proposing the idea, seen as a mad scheme that would strain the British exchequer.
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New York Telegram
Prince Albert Victor
Prince of Wales
Edward Sullivan
Musical Instrument Bargain List at Lechner & Schoen
An auction style list offers pianos from Chickering Emerson Haines Bros Steinway and more priced from 40 to 175 dollars. Listings claim superb instruments in good condition with full warranties and easy payment options. Call Lechner and Schoen at 60 Fifth Avenue for details and room clearance sale.
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C. Fischer Saeuboicerees
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Essencesees
Eeeessereesens
Haines Bros
Emerson
Miller
Teeceesersseeeess
Steinwar Pam
Becca 'S
Fairmoun Acre
Penn Avenue
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Mello OS
Sud
Partie Baxter
Dentehesala
Fifth Avenue
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Fourth Ave
Mystee
Mies Mo Meters
Crick
Gronte
Clus
Hess
U. H. Lum
Lima
ap2y-Hatu
Dickson the Tailor at Fifth Avenue Corner Wood Street
A brief notice places Dickson the tailor on Fifth Avenue at the corner of Wood Street on the second floor near the post office. The fragment suggests a quiet, inconspicuous location for the shop. No further details are readable.
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Dickson
Fifth Avenue
Wood Street
Reno
Guyadr
Leamington Avenue
W.C. Stew
Fourth Ave
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