James Gordon Bennett in New York for brief visit
James Gordon Bennett, head of the New York Herald, returns to his New York office after a Paris sojourn. He visits for a few days, keeping a steady grip on the vast Herald organization and his West Twenty first street residence. Lord Dufferin once recalled meeting him on an American prairie.
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James Gordon Bennett
New York
Herald
Paris
The
West Twentyfirst Street
Mr. Bennett
Lord Dufferin
Rome
India
James Creelman
New York World
Unclear fragmentary text with scattered phrases and misprints
The readable parts describe various odd phrases and product lines with no clear event or individual. It references Putnam fadedness, Bravaege on the Sunny Side, Detance Starch, and a ship prisoner scenario, but lacks coherent narrative or verifiable facts.
Silent scraps of verse and commerce in a faded page
A jumble of lines satirizes beauty, honesty, and brands like Defiance Starch. It riffs on phrases about mothers, thieves, and appearances, interlaced with odd notes about a ship’s port side and women kissing in mixed company, all from a damaged historical newspaper fragment.
Information Bureau Opened At Omaha For Fairster
A St. Louis World’s Fair information bureau is set up at 1601 Farnam Street Omaha Nebraska, under Harry E Moores. The office offers friendly free factual guidance and materials to visitors and residents alike.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farnam St
Omaha
Neb
Harry E. Moores
Cough Suppressant and Cold Remedy Ad Repeats Prices
An old ad repeats Bromo Quinine tablets claims to stop coughs and cold, noting a 2 cent price. The text also includes short, miscellaneous social observations and an old laundry blue powder promotion for Red Crows Ball Blue.
Declines to Wear a Hat in Clyde N Y Style Note
The region’s most eccentric figure is Floyd Sickmond known as Curly a past sixty year old Clyde Kotel employee who travels shirt sleeve in zero weather with no hat or gloves claiming his casual dress aids health. His barefoot past includes shoes only in extreme cold and he adopts aboriginal styling to defy norms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Floyd Sickmond
Curly
Clyde Kotel
Clyde
N. Y
Snowy Owl Found Aboard Campania Near Queenstown
Officials aboard the Campania report a snowy owl measured thirty eight and a half inches from wingtip to wingtip was chased by sea gulls after approaching south of Nova Scotia, finally tiring on the deck near Queenstown after arrival from New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Campania
Queenstown
New York
Nova Scotia
Miss Stella Mayhew Organizes City Clean-Up
Actress Miss Stella Mayhew, amid a popular season in St. Paul, posted a call for fifty volunteers to clean dirty city streets. She led the effort in downtown thoroughfares, earning praise as crowds returned to theaters and her company drew large audiences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stella Mayhew
St. Paul
Bond Street Tailor Alfred Miles Dies Rich Man of Advertising
Alfred Miles a famed Bond Street tailor died leaving a fortune of 1.5 million dollars. He was well known to Americans and recalled starting his business about sixty years ago with only 50 dollars. His favorite advertising plan was printing handbills and having cabmen leave them in their cabs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfred Miles
Bond Street
London
Miles
Last Survivor of Booth Pursuit Exposed to Lunacy
William Collins of Albion New York once helped capture John Wilkes Booth the Lincoln assassin. He has become insane and is confined in a lunatic asylum as the final surviving member of the twenty five man party that started from Washington in pursuit after the tragedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Collins
Albion
N. Y
John Wilkes Booth
President Lincoln
Washington
Booth
Young Chippewa Boy Convicted of Theft in Minneapolis
Edgar Richter, 13, son of the Chippewa Indians queen of Wisconsin, convicted of stealing money from his uncle in Minneapolis and sent to the state training school for youths.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edgar Richter
Wisconsin
Minneapolis
Bears Overrun Pennsylvania Village Panics Women
A Lewistown dispatch reports bears are abundant and hungry in the region. A large black bear wandered through Lockport, three miles from here, frightening residents as it killed and consumed parts of poultry before heading toward Stone Mountain.
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Pennsylvania
Lewistown
Juniata
Stone Mountain
Lockport
James H. Teaver
Hale Mansion among Washington's grand public homes
The Hale residence of Senator Eugene Hale in Washington is noted for its colonial design, 100 foot frontage on Sixteenth Street, a rear courtyard, and so imposing that visitors often mistake it for a public building. The article counts it among the most magnificent of political houses in the city and the world.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Eugene Hale
Meine
Hale
Sixteenth Street
Old Circus Performer Marie Harrison Dies at 101
Mrs. Marie Pigrum Harrison of Brooklyn died aged 101 after a career as a famed circus performer. She early served as a pet of English dukes and duchesses and was linked to John W. B. Harrison in the era before railroads. She traveled the western United States on horseback with circuses half a century ago in her prime.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marie Pigrum Harrison
Brooklyn
Dukes and Duchesses
England
George
Tom Thumb
John W. B. Harrison
West
Crestline Boy Homeless No More as Adopter Steps In
Charlie Mickles of Crestline and a companion broke into the home of John Cummins. They were caught and arrested but Cummins went to court to release Mickles and seek adoption by the Cummins family, granting the boy a new home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlie Mickles
Crestline
Mickles
Dickson
John Cummins
Cummins
Feeney Holds Five-Time Victory Record in Massachusetts
Mayor Feeney of Woburn Massachusetts was the youngest city chief magistrate when first elected four years ago. In five years in office he loses that title but gains the distinction of being the only five-time winner in the bay state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Feeney
Woburn
Mass
United States
Bay State
Harvard professor’s Buddhist library leads in the nation
Prof. C. R. Lannan of Harvard houses the finest Buddhist literature collection in the United States, built through years of research and careful selection by the Sanskrit scholar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. R. Lannan
Harvard
Sanscrit
England Amazes Red Man by Returning Indian Tells of Ignorance Abroad
An Indian, stopping in Philadelphia en route to Omaha, recalls London's wild west drama and describes English beliefs about his race. He notes the idea that a red man can run 200 to 225 miles daily, and an Apache could chase a deer, plus misunderstandings about generosity and pain tolerance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Omaha
London
Golf Match Ends In Controversy At Lakewood Club
N B Coles and Daniel Bacon played a 1900 dollar side golf match at the Country club of Lakewood New Jersey. A tomato can and pins were found in holes affecting play. Club girl members are alleged to have staged the prank and a complaint was filed with club president George J Gould.
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N. B. Coles
Daniel Bacon
Country Club
Lakewood
N. J
George J. Gould
Rob ert Goelet to wed noted Philadelphia beauty
Wealthy society figure Robert Goelet, brother of the Duchess of Roxburghe, is said to be engaged to Miss Elsie Whelen of Philadelphia. Miss Whelen, famed beauty and Newport belle, is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Whelen. The engagement is expected to be announced soon with a speedy wedding to follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elsie Whelen
Ert Goelet
Statistics of Street Railway Read Like Empire Budget
The yearly report of American street railways shows enormous scale with three times global population carried, cars traveling far beyond the sun’s distance, and capital exceeding U.S. national debt. Gross earnings reach 250 million dollars and taxes exceed 13 million. Employee ranks surpass the U.S. army, though the casualty list notes 1,218 killed and 47,249 injured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Pension for Garibaldi Widow Proposed in Parliament
The Italian government has presented a bill awarding an annual $2,000 pension to the widow of Menotti Garibaldi with reversion to his children for the services of the Garibaldi families to the nation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garibaldi
Menotti Garribaldi
Reconciled Enemies Aid to Recovery in Hospital
North Dakota figures Senator Jud La Moure and Sheriff Alexander McKenzie once bitter rivals have reconciled. McKenzie, after Alaska trouble and a near prison sentence, lay in a St Paul hospital near death but improved as La Moure tended him. He hopes to leave soon with La Moure escorting him to Bismarck. McKenzie once stood 6 feet 4 inches and strong in build.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Dakota
Jud la Moore
Alexander McKenzie
Bistmarck
McKenzie
Alaska
St. Paul
la Moure
Bismarck
Pope Pius Aged Amid Changes Since Accession
A traveler returning from Rome reports visible aging in Pope Pius as four months pass. He notes the Pontiff once rosy and vigorous now more bowed and subdued. The Pope spends less time outdoors, cutting back on walks and garden exercise due to growing duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Welkis
Uncle Joe Defies Senate Etiquette and Smoking Rules
Speaker Cannon refuses to bow to the secretary of the Senate and defies the anti smoking rule in the House. After ordering enforcement he lights a cigar once the chamber adjourns, then hurries to his private room.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cannon
Senate
Uncle Joe
House
Preacher Turned Cowboy Is Buffalo Pastor
Rev. Clyde W. Broomell of the Swedenborgian church on West Utica Street and Atlantic Avenue in Buffalo once worked as a cowboy in Colorado's Bear River cattle country. He served as a ranch foreman before health inspired a return west to study theology. He later graduated and won the Buffalo pastorate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clyde W. Broomell
Swedenborgian Church
West Utica Street
Atlantic Avenue
Buffalo
Bear River
Colorado
Bromell
Memorial Gun Reaches England for Earl Roberts
The gun that Captain Roberts, son of the British army commander in chief, used in the Colenso battle rescue arrives in England. It will be engraved and later presented to Earl Roberts as a family bequest.
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Capt. Roberts
Bortrs
Colenso
South Africa
England
Earl Roberts
Aricom
Knoxville pastor declines East Liverpool call
Rev. W. A. Jones of the Presbyterian church at Knoxville Pa. refused a call to East Liverpool with a raised salary of 1200 a year. His congregation voted him the most exceptional clergyman in the Keystone state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. A. Jones
Presbyterian Church
Knoxville
East Siverpool
Keystone State
Atlanta Woman Denies Insanity in Court
Mrs. Edna Hellen of Atlanta Georgia proclaimed she is sane and not feigning insanity as she was ordered to the State asylum at Milledgeville by Judge Wilkinson in the court of ordinary. The statement followed a jury finding her insane amid a dispute over money left by her husband for their daughter.
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Lydia E. Pintham
Dean
Paxxmas
Mo Llaid Bright
Lydia E. Pinkham
Ora Strona
Dalton
Mass
Judis K. Finkham Medicine Co
Lynn, Maso
Edna Hellen
Atlanta
State Asylum For the
Miliedeville
Wilkinson
Deafness and medical scam advertised in old notice
A damaged OCR text fragment describes a dubious plea about deafness cure devices and a promised reward for testimonials. The piece references a deceptive plea to cover costs by sending money and requests for payment to a dubious address, with threats of personal loss if not acted on.
Nine-year life arc of a church figure mentioned in Venice talk
A Pall Mall Magazine writer recalls a past life told to a friend in Venice before a papal election. The dialogue sketches a nine year sequence from schoolboy to priestly roles in Padua Tomholo Bas Mane tta and finally cardinal patriarch at Venice, implying a possible pope tenure another nine years.
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Venice
Rating Wax
Pall Mall
Frure
Padue
Tom Holo
Bas
Manetta
Tinos Cure Reported As Mysterious Patent Remedy
Local item notes a claim of a cure named Tino's Cure presented in Minneapolis Minnesota with uncertain efficacy. The brief mentions a January date and a attributed endorsement by J W OTanN from Saint Louis Avenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tino
J. W. Otann
Luied Ava
Minneapolis
Minn
Gambling in Human Lives at Blackburn Court
A Blackburn police court heard a remarkable case about a woman who held over forty life policies on men she had never met and paid premiums of 25 shillings weekly. She admitted paying 14 shillings weekly to cover policies and claimed to have harmed several lives, highlighting life insurance cruelty among certain social classes and its impact on family dependents.
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Blackburn
Uing
Phila Pamtiling
Farmers Mutual Insurance Co of Omaha Annual Meeting
Stats Farmers Mutual Insurance Co of S Omaha Neb has $20,000,000 insurance in force. The company operates perpetual policies that renew before a fire. Annual meeting set for January 12 1904. BR R Stouffer Secretary T Ed Holman President.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farmer's Mutual Insurance Co
S. Omaha
Nebr
R. Stouffer
Y. T. ED. Holman
Had a Job that Suited Sailor Meets Swedish Miner Camp
A Philadelphia glerсyman visits an old schoolmate in Montana. Revival services are held in a large camp of Swedish miners. A minister addresses a powerful man: work for the Lord. The man declines, saying Norden Pacific folks are better to work for.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Montana
Eider
Quater City
de Norden Pacific Fellers
Defiance Starch Price Patch Noted
Defiance Starch sold in 16 ounce packages at 10 cents, with a note that anime money would buy one third more starch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Defiance
Cecil Rhodes Bequest Nominees Named by German Emperor
A Rhodes scholars contingent is in residence at Oxford as the will is settled. By Rhodes mandate, the German emperor nominates scholars, with the first two nominees being Roman Catholics: Herr von Muller, Bavarian minister’s son, educated in Munich, and Count de Talleyrand Perigord, Mandalen entrant, descendant of the Duc de Talleyrand and a Prussian Herzog.
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Cecil Rhodes
Rhoades
Oxfond
Herr von Muller
Munich
Mandalen
Countelor de Talleyrand Perigord
Duc de Talleyrand
France
Herzog von Saetn
Kingdom of
Prussia
Society Talks Politics At New York Election
Society groups gathered at clubs uptown to express surprise that Low was not re elected as New York voters largely abstained from casting ballots. crowds at Union Calumet Knickerbocker and Metropolitan clubs followed Admiral Crowninshield’s nephew defeat and Robert Winthrop Unanler’s Tammany victory while General Sickes barely held his alderman seat against a saloonkeeper candidate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Low Wa
Union
Calumet
Knickerbocker
Metropolitan
Ers
Admiral Crowninshielns Nephew
Tammany
Robert Winthrop Unanler
General Sickes
Defiance Starch Guarantee Offer Promises Big Size
Defiance Starch markets a 16 ounce container with a money back guarantee claiming the product is the biggest and the best, price listed as 10 cents. The ad urges customers to try it now.
English Nicknames of English Counties
The article explains county nicknames across England. It notes Liverpool residents called Dicky Sams and Cornwallis called Cousin Jack while Lancashire folk are Tim Bobbins and Lincolnshire Yellow Bellies due to local lore and habits. It also mentions Yorkshire Tykes Suffolk Dumplings Kent Hogs and Isle of Wight Calves with unclear origins.
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Iiverpool
Dicky Sams
Corninshman
Keelies
Tim Bobbins
Stolen Kisses Inspire Candy Store Mischief
A fragment notes a kleptomaniac in a candy shop and remarks that stolen kisses are sweetest. The quirky line suggests a playful but vague incident without additional details or proper nouns.
Surveyor Defends Line Drawing Amid Contested Claims
A surveyor asserts the need to draw a line in disputes while addressing debates over blood money and the nature of compensation. The remarks suggest caution in discussing financial terms and imply discipline in public discourse.
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