Foragers and forged deeds shock Chicago land titles
James Reed and the Turner brothers are under bonds of 25000 dollars each as Chicago investigates a widespread gang forging land deeds. Authorities say counterfeit seals and forged abstracts enabled clouded titles across Illinois, with quarries in Hyde Park and Hyde Park and other counties. The case ties to a Joliet prison informant turned witness and a growing network of notaries and notarial seals used to dupe property owners.
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James Reed
Chicago
Hill
Quincy
Reed
Illinois
New York
Missouri
Adams
Colittera
Army of the
Cian Reed
B. K. Turner
Grand
Jory
Teynes
Strong
Haines
Awindiers
New Yark
Alsli
Mesars
Chittick
The
Tribune
Rundolph K. Turner
Hyde Park
George W. Hinl
J. ¥. Scammon
United States District Court
Rao
R. P. Robinson
Empson Hamilton
Helen O'Hara Harrell
George A. Ekiobe
Tunner
Massachusetts
Mr. Hill
Joseph Hoxie
Turner
Recorder's Office
Mbe
Hugh Chittick
Reuben Street
Fity-first Street
Fiftyfifth Street
Washington
Helen O'Hara Herrell
Providence Hospital
Cook County
Hoe
Howard
Rubinson
Empson
Turners
James B. Strong
Air Chittick
Justice Haines
I+a
Turners and Strong
Toe -Wauk
the Times
Lake
Fingnioth
Ashland Avenue
George W. Hill
J. Y. Scaaiwon
Chicago Land Company
J. MecGoverin
Lanchtemeyer
Blue Island
R. K. Turner
Howard A. Turner
Washington Street
J. B. Strong
Chicago Tribune
Mr. Turner
R. K
Howard Turner
Mercer
Knox, Heary, McDonough
United States Circuit Court
Heaven
Hell
Knox County
Fato
George W. Dill
Dr. Boone
Fulton County
Fanning
New Orleans
Notary
Crescent City
Tha
Saratoga
Turners Granted One-Week Continuance in Trial
In a courtoom discussion the defense argued against delays and the prosecution cited fragile evidence. The judge emphasized the defendant's good name and allowed a one week continuance. Bail remained at $25,000 for each Turner and $2,500 for Strong, with Reed still in custody.
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Turners
Strong
Reed
Mator-Making Cham berlayne Sues Holmes for 50000
The breach of promise case in Marine Court over May Chamberlayne’s suit against J B Holmes continues after a lengthy testimony. May, aged sixteen, alleges Holmes promised marriage after pressuring her mother, while Holmes contests the claims and recounts prior associations and a contested letter.
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New York World
Chamberlayne
Holmes
Marine Court
Speading
May Chamberlayne
George W. Chamberlayne
Mount Upton
Chenango Co
Sgain
Williams
New York
May
Bacon
Chenango
Miss Meyacon
Maysaya
J. B. Holmes
Nassau Street
Fom
Utasaid
Muay
New ‘York
Maddox
Dan Wrrs
G. Courtney
Brooklyn
Gorrity
Fullerton Foiled in Test of Miss Turner
The New York Tribune reports Fullerton’s defeat in his confrontation with Miss Turner ended before recess. After a rest he declined to renew, signifying he was done with the witness. Miss Turner maintained composure, admitting minor discrepancies but explaining them as unprepared testimony given earlier.
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Sults
Hill
Mr. Fullerton
Miss Turner
Tribune
Tilton
Prosecutions for Surgical Malpractice Discussed by Medico Legal Society
At a Medico Legal Society meeting, Prof. Frank H. Hamilton reviewed Prosecutions for Surgical Malpractice noting surgeons faced frequent suits from 1833 to 1860, Amputations and fractures being common bases. He argued outcomes reflect achievable cures, not incompetence, and cited his 1849 fracture statistics.
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New York Times
Medico Legal Society
Frank H. Hamilton
Kofminell
Hamilton
Stephen Smith
Justice and the Brooklyn Trial in The World
An excerpt from the New York World discusses the Brooklyn trial with emphasis on public sentiment toward the proceedings. The piece notes journalistic restraint in covering the case while hinting at broader questions of motive and fairness.
Important to bee keepers guide on winter hive care
Beekeeping advice urges closing hive entrances during snow covered ground to prevent mass bee deaths. Keep hives dark and exit passages blocked at dusk after sunny days to avoid crowding and cold exposure. remove dead bees and maintain air flow when weather is mild to help colonies survive spring.
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T. B. Miner
Model witness shaken in Beecher trial coverage
The Burlington Hawk-Eye laments the loss of Mrs. Moulton as an infallible witness while reporting new telegraph evidence showing Beecher in Peekskill and traveling to Boston with Mrs. Beecher. The piece notes the defense gaining leverage as this contradicts prior testimony and weakens prosecution witnesses.
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Burlington Hawk-Eye
Beecher
The Apoplectic Stroke Explained by Dr Black
A physician described an apoplectic stroke as a brain bleed from a weakened blood vessel with high arterial tension. Poor elasticity plus abundant food and little exercise raise pressure, causing a clot that compresses the brain and causes fainting. Prevention lies in reducing vascular tension.
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Dr. Black
Popular Science Monthly
Taball
Amusing spelling play at Pike's ends in verbal farce
Ben Pitman reports from Cincinnati that a comedy at Pike's on Saturday night nearly turned tragic as nine patrons debated the many spellings of a word faked as bleym or bleem. The jokers catalog forty three thousand possible spellings with elaborate letter-changes and justified variants, provoking much amusement among the crowd.
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Ben Pitman
Cincinnati
Pike’s
Cockburn
Coburn
Seragno
Usll
Victualler
Thileis Gm
Hautboy
Pipbeskeelpman
Speech sounds and spelling in English diversity
The passage argues that the sound b appears in English orthography in seven different spellings, and the word like “bleyme” could be spelled in 43,600 justifiable ways. It critiques the chaotic methods of representing English sounds and compares to alternate spellings.
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Isle
Lodge
River Navigation Dates and Oddities Across Years
A long excerpt lists Mississippi River navigation resumption dates from 1832 to 1875 with open winters and closures. It blends scattered notes on records, then shifts to humorous anecdotes about fleas, a Park Street resident, and a woman’s method for handling them abroad that involves a blanket, water basin, and meticulous removal of clothing.
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Dor
Park Street
Italy
No Lovers Quarrels After Marriage Say Experts
The passage argues married couples rarely forgive after a quarrel. It portrays quarrels as damaging, likening them to wounds that may reopen unexpectedly. It states once love is banished, the relationship cannot be restored to its former idol status.
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Quarre
A Chinese Hammond Meets On Street Revival
From the Sacramento Herald a Chinese revivalist group continues street prayer meetings at Third and Tatreete. A Mongolian crowd gathers daily to hear a Chinese missioner explain the path to everlasting life aided by a parlor organ and a choir of six to eight converts.
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Hammond
Sacramento Herald
Third and
Tatreete
A Beautiful Law On Water Expansion By Cooling
A discussion of natural law notes that most substances contract when cooled, but water uniquely expands as it cools to a point. This anomaly prevents ice from sinking bodies of water and preserves life in lakes and rivers by keeping a protective layer of ice on the surface.
Flea Monologue From Florida Beach Leaves Reader Both Amused and Bemused
A Baltimore Sun correspondent from Jacksonville describes playful beach fleas as prolific in Florida sands. The piece mocks their independent, liberal temperament, comparing them to trained London fleas and noting their curious “regiment” like movements on skin.
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Baltimore Sun
Jacksonville
Florida
London
Fls
Old Rock Battles Revived By City Youths Butchertown Feud
A Richmond Whig report describes a planned revival of historic rock battles between Butchertown and Sidney cats. About thirty up-town youths gathered with slings and rocks at the Butchertown flats, but the clash was canceled due to misunderstanding of the date. Police expect future capture of the phantom army.
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Cats
Sidney “Cats
The
Whig
Butchertown Flats
Richmond Whig
The Reign of the Chignon and Romantic Hair
An antique prose meditation on the chignon as a symbol of beauty and romance. The piece critiques money’s power over appearance while praising hair’s natural grace, citing Lucrezia Borgia, Kestart, Byron, Swift, and Stella to illustrate hair’s timeless allure.
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Harper's
Dszar
Chignon
Ichabod
Lucrecia Borgia
Stella
A Woman's Nervous Ride and Street Scene
A woman hails a passing car on a busy avenue and boards it with nerves. She becomes restless, rings the bell repeatedly, and insists the driver stop. After a tense moment she relaxes, glares at the driver, and settles back into composure as the car proceeds along the street.
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John
Lake Champlain spiritualist scheme collapses amid arrests
The Lake Champlain spiritualist venture is defunct and decomposed. Promoter Wilcox, jailed by Shipman for alleged $70 theft, accuses Shipman of cruelty and hints at darker charges. Foreclosures mount on the property while he remains in jail. Island members denounced Elder Shipman as a fraud and secured a warrant for his arrest, avoiding New York patrols.
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Lake Champlain
Wilcox
Shipman
Chipman
Valcour
Oren Shipman
New York
Trout and White Fish in California
B. B. Redding and J. G. Woodbury of the fish commission toured through the city Saturday en route to Summit from Berkeley with 15,000 brook trout. Half were to be planted in the north fork of the American River near Sods Spring.
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B. B. Redding
The
Fish Commissioners
J. G. Woodbury
Berkeley
North Fork
American River
St Sods
Ertepee
Herkeley
Tulare Lake
Clean Lake
Sacramento Union
Visit to the Wayside Inn in Sudbury Recalled in Detail
A Boston Globe recounts a winter visit to the Wayside Inn on the Worcester turnpike in Sudbury. The piece recalls historic rooms from the old days, the tap room with its now-silent bar, Lafayette’s room, a modern dance hall, a dance hall, and the parlor kept as in earlier times. The author notes the cold, the fading echoes of drinking songs, Major Monreau’s window inscription, and ends by indicating the guide’s polite reception and the departure with a tip.
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Worcester
Sudbury
Howe
Squire Howe
Lafayette
Thia
Olaf
Sam the
Major Molicaux
Boston
French Government Agrees to Postal Convention
The French Government has agreed to the Postal Convention. Internal revenue receipts for the past month total $8,200,000. Reports of riots, political moves, rail plans, and border tensions abound as officials seek to stabilize regions from Charleston to Havana.
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Council Blas
Ransom
United States
Colorado
Havana
Walte
West Virginis
Charleston
Wheeling
Rhode Island
R. A Hogerd
Daniel E. Thayer
Pottsville
Dougasa
Brazil
Europe
Manning
Rome
Burlington
Burlington & Northwestern
Hichigan Central
Michigan Southern
Pittsburg
Fort Wayne
Boston
New York
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Washington
Gov. Cooke
Tex
Rio Grande
Department of Texas
Corpus Christi
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