From Egg to Ax in a Courtroom Tale
In a courtroom scene set before Thanksgiving, Orr faces suspicion after a jewelry theft. A janitor Hogaa is questioned while Orr defends his innocence, insisting he could not have left the room to view horses in the alley. The case hinges on a ring found in Orr’s overcoat pocket and the mystery endures.
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Hogaa
Prank
Jefferson Market
Nave
Frank
Hogan
Bowery
Tingle
Sing Sing
Hogan's House
Frank Orr
Song of the Thankful Time in Harvest Imagery
The verse by Rose Hartwick Thorpe reflects on Thanksgiving at seeding and harvest times with rich imagery of earth, abundance, and gratitude. Orr has spent many Thanksgiving days in New York, but none compare to the day he arrived there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Orr
Fervand
Vermont
Howe
King’s Highway
Rose Hartwick
Thorpe
Frok Orr
New York
Devoted Lawyer Aids Wrongly Accused Vermont Boy
A New York attorney finds a missing jewelry theft case mislaid at a jeweler’s shop. He interviews Frank Orr, seeks to clear him, and follows Hogan the janitor and Tingle to recover stolen rings. A police court adjournment leads to decisive evidence, freeing Orr and exposing the real culprits.
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Providence
Broadway
Fourteenth Street
Mercer Street
Innozent
Lawson
Frank Ory
Frank
Vermont
New York
Lereh
First Thanksgiving Dinner With Pilgrims at Plymouth
Indians welcomed by Pilgrim Fathers in 1621 at Plymouth Massasoit attended the feast in Dame Brewster's house the feast prepared under Priscilla Mullins later wife of John Alden, with gunners hunting wild turkeys and kitchens readied for the grand dinner on the early November Thursday in a growing settlement of seven houses and four dwellings.
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Gov. Bradford
Plymouth
Clifford Howard
The
Ladies’ Home Journal
Dame Brewster
Priscilla Molines
John Alden
Massa
Massasoit
Government C and C P report on corn yields across states
The November 1897 report from the Department of Agriculture cites 22.7 bushels per acre as the average corn yield, with state figures for New York and Pennsylvania near 22 and 21 bushels respectively. Buckwheat and oats yields are given, along with potato, hay, and quality percentages, and European crop conditions.
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Department of Agriculture
Department
New York
Peninsylvania
Ohio
Indiana
Miinvis
Theaverw York
Pennsylvania
Igbarrs
S&s
Europe
India
Argentina
Australasia
Ena
Canadian Northwest Territory
Coolie labor debate flares in Illinois coal strike
Northern Illinois miners react to plans to import Chinese coolies for Garden Hill and Braceville mines. Spring Valley workers denounce Braceville settlement below scale while vowing to hold out for higher pay through May. Labor leaders dismiss coolie gains as insignificant to the overall strike, urging governor to keep out Chinese miners.
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Garden Hill
Spring Valley
Inois
Braceville
Bracerville
Springfield
Ladd
Seatonville
la Salle
Pere
Timois
Wilmington
Tanner
United Mine Workers of
Dinois
Miners’ Federation
Trial of Frank A. Novyak Opens in Cedar Rapids
The murder trial of Frank A. Novyak for the death of Edward Guur ray at Walford Iowa resumes in Cedar Rapids with jurors sworn after the noon recess. County Attorney Tobin outlines the plan to prove Novyak sought insurance payouts amid alleged financial ruin and the Murphy killing as a devised fraud.
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Frank A. Novyak
Edward Guurray
Walford
Iowa
Cedar Rapids
Tobin
Novak
Menard Murphy
Ney
Monument dedicated to Elijah Lovejoy in Alton IL
The Elijah Lovejoy monument at Grand View Cemetery Alton Illinois was formally dedicated on a Monday with many visitors. The dedication coincides with the anniversary of Lovejoys death after mob violence in 1837. The Lovejoy Monument Association raised funds aided by state support after Gov Altgeld delayed final appropriation.
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Elijah CL Lovejoy
Grand View
Alton
Ill
Lovejoy
Alton Observer
Missouri
Godfrey & Gilman’s
Ware
Tey
C. A. Herb
State Senate
Altgeld
Atton
Tore Joy Monument Association
Goverme
Association
Dedication program recalls Lovejoy monument effort
The monument cost F30,000 with Lois Mulgnard of St Louis as architect and Robert Bringhurst as sculptor. Speakers included Thomas Dimmock, Lieut. Gov Nortcott, and Dr Wilkerson representing local colored citizens. The White Hussar band provided music as Alton residents and Greenhill, Illinois participants attended the dedication.
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Lois Mulgnard
St. Louis
Robert Bringhurst
Thomas Dimmock
St- Louis
Ger
Dimmock
Lovejoy
Hving Msn
Alton
Wilkerson
Tye Per Alton
Gov. Nortcott
Hussar
John W. Harned
Greenhill
White House conference orders relief for icebound whalers
A Monday White House meeting with Secretaries Gage Long and Alger Commodore Melville Commander Dickens and Capt Shoemaker of the revenue marine service decided to send the revenue cutter Bear to aid the American whaling fleet said icebound in the Bering Sea. Bear is at Seattle after arriving from Alaska and will be commissioned and provisioned quickly to sail at once.
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White House
Washington
Gage
Long
Alger
Melville
Dickens
Navy
Shoemaker
Revenue Marine Service
Bering Sea
Bear
Seatte, Wash
Alaska
Durrants Fate Sealed Supreme Court Denies Writ
The United States Supreme Court refused a writ of habeas corpus for William Henry Theodore Durrant, condemned to death for the 1895 murder of Miss Blanche Lamont in San Francisco. The decision allows execution to proceed as the court cited authorities but offered no remarks. Additional unrelated items note a Dayton marble works assignment, a health officer resignation, and a Little Rock wolf attack on children.
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United States Supreme Court
Circuit Court
California
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Lawrence Lawson
Ephraim
Goa
Pindar
Miles Standish
Lont
Theo
Wills
C&cp
Knots
Diana
Hudson Bay
Canso
Halifax
Hiram L.L. Holden
Central National Bank of Pueblo
Colo
Flo
Ell, le
Aborionist
Lovejoy Monument
Altos, Ill
Barron
Durrant
Staniland, Merkle & Staniland Marble Works Company
Dayton
C. Haa
C. A. Bonner
Little Rock
Ark
Seth
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