Salem Press Editor Charles A Allen Profile
The Salem Press issue from November 14, 1878 features editor Charles A Allen with notes on the newspaper's leadership and publication details.
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Charles. A.allen
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Newspaper
Salem Press
Location
Salem, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 14, 1878
Page
2
Temperance Tale Turns Into Comedy of Errant Night
A narrator recounts attending a temperance lecture in N- and a stormy afterparty with a dazzling woman who guides him to a mansion. He enters a bedroom by mistake, surprises the husband, and narrowly avoids danger before escaping after a dramatic apology and a humorous reference to Othello.
American chicken survives guillotine at Paris Exposition
An exhibit at the Paris Exposition features a spring chicken from an American boarding house. The bird was placed under a guillotine but jerked free as the knife fell, retreating to its keeper. The knife was later sent to a foundry for repairs.
Newark Girl Sues for Divorce After Abduction Or Drugged Marriage
Miss Mary J. Morris of Newark aged eighteen files for divorce in Trenton. She recounts being followed from Brooklyn to New York and Brooklyn with threats of arrest, drugging, and a coerced marriage performed by Rev. Chas Plumly. Leeuw, Kitty Hound, and Charles Miller are named in the episode, with a later abduction suit pursued against her father and uncle Mr. Westervelt by lawyer Price.
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Mary J. Morris
Walnutstreet
Newark
Albert
Westervelt
New York
Bowery
Charles J. Leeuw
Second Avenue
New York City
Leeuw
Brooklyn
Kitty Hound
Charles Miller
Five Points
Chas. Plumly
Price
N. Y. World
Hewen Woman Buys Meat In Half Hour Deli Drama
A humorous scene unfolds in a butcher shop as a woman, intent on mutton roast, ends up selecting a variety of cuts including ham veal pork chops and beefsteak. The shopkeeper humorously guides the weighing and trimming while she negotiates what to buy for her family.
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Borzas
Jigen
Indiana Man Gets New Note After Dog Chews Bill
An Indiana man sent two fragment pieces of a five dollar national bank note to the U S Treasury claiming his dog destroyed the rest. Treasurer Gilfillan refused a replacement but later issued a new note after the man swore an affidavit corroborating the destruction.
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Indiana
Treasury
United States
Gilfillan
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