Cosmopolitan Suit Over Photographs of a Forensic Ploy
George M. Porteous sues Cosmopolitan Magazine for damages over an article and photo set claiming to show a famous criminal. Porteous says a borrowed set of his own self portraits was used to illustrate the piece without proper proof, prompting a legal fight over identification methods and publication ethics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
the Sun
Ami
Cosmopolitan Magazine
George M. Porteous
Delancey Nicoll
Porteous
Sahia
Ruriogity
Rh. W. McClaughney
Pontiac, Mich
Chicago
Soli
Cosmopolitan
Major McClaughney
Crofton
A. F. B. Crofton
Mr. Porteous
Myonda
Widow Dies At Funeral After Husband's Suicide
Mary Schnyder, wife of Frank Schnyder of Her man avenue Guttenburg, took poison during the funeral service as guests filled the parlor. She died while her husband’s body was moved to the hearse. Both will be buried in the same grave.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Frank Schnyder
Hermann Avenue
Guttenburg
Mary
Schnyder
Uaiil
Killings by Apaches Spark Frontier Outcry
Reports from the lower Gila valley near the San Carlos reservation detail four additional white bodies found after the Merrill double murder. Large-scale Apache activity prompts pursuit by volunteers and troop units from Grant Hua Chuca and Bayard, with Fort Apache forces marching toward cattle killings near Cibicu Creek.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phoenix
Ariz
Mr. Merrill
Lower
Gila Valley
San Carlos Reservation
San Simon
Pilais
Grant
Huachuca
Bayard
Fort Grant
White Mountain
Desperate Thief Caught After Hudson Valley Raid
Deputy Sheriff Byrnes and three officers captured Martin Slater, longtime gang leader in the Hudson River valley. Found hiding in a woods hut west of Esopus, he and his brother owned a sloop used for loot shipments to New York from Roundout boats. Slater feared by locals, others in the gang pursued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Poughkeepsie
Dec
Byrnea
Martin Slater
Hudson River Valley
Slater
Esopus
New York
Pella Landing
Martin
Byrnes
Sang
Human Skeletons Found in Kansas Cellar
Workmen uncover a perfect skeleton in a ruined cellar near Larned Kansas. Four more skeletons are found, likely of land buyers who traveled from Pennsylvania to western Kansas in 1880 and were never heard from again, possibly murdered for their money by cowboys.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania
Dodge City
Hedding College President Condemns Football
Dr. Evans of Hedding College Abingdon denounces football as a disgrace to college life and Christian civilization. He bans the game at the college and criticizes the press for sensational coverage, claiming football corrupts students and demoralizes women amid vivid images of brutality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evans
Galesburg
Hedding College
Abingdon
Hedding
Daily Press
Found by the Roadside Murdered in Albany District
W P Edwards a wealthy Preston Hollow farmer was found dead by the roadside a half mile from his home near Albany New York early today. His skull was crushed and his body bore bruises and a large sum of money he was known to possess was missing. The investigation has begun.
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Albany
N. Y
W. P. Edwards
Preston Hollow
Peng Ao Enos Sea
Patriots of America organize secret order for 1896 silver plan
The Patriots of America, a secret political order led by W. H. Harvey, aims to restore free silver coinage at 16 to 1 and sway the 1896 elections. Chicago hosts the National Bimetallist league and a Chicago headquarters for nationwide drives, with charters planned in over a thousand local groups and messages seeking party defectors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Patriots of America
W. H. Harvey
Colin
Financial School
National
United States
New Eingland
Harvey
Bir
Disasters in Germany Rock Baltic Coast Cities
Gales sweep Germany causing shipping chaos in Bremen Hamburg and Kiel. Inland traffic halted as rivers F ul da Saale Jazel and Kinziga overflow large tracts inundated. Oldenburg workhouse blown down killing three injuring seven. Hankhausen Inn struck and three burned. Baltic Sea canal dykes burst and Copenhagen mail halted amid widespread property losses.
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Berlin
Germany
Bremen
Hamburg
Kiel
Fulda
Saale
Jazel
Kinziga
Kocher
Oldenburg
Hankhausen
Baltic and North Sea
Rendsburg
Holstein
Copenhagen
Jutland
He Sues His Wife's Cousin in Oklahoma Divorce Case
In Perry Oklahoma Mrs Alicia Breese Ramsey sues for divorce from Dr Etam Ramsey of Kansas City Kansas alleging neglect and incompatibility. Dr Ramsey counters with a $50000 suit against M V B Moree of Chicago claiming Moree alienated Mrs Ramsey's affections. Moree is linked as a grandson of Mamuel F B and connected to a New York matter.
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Lansing
van Rensselaers
Livingstone
William City
Ramsey
Carlisle
Tfl
Phin
Morse
Perry
Okla
Alicia Breese Ramsey
Etam 8. Ramsey
Kansas City
Kan
M. V. B. Moree
Chicago
Adirandson
Mamuel F. B
Meee Savene
Capreh
New ‘York
Mig Guiet
Ilinios
Insurrection Reported in Venezuela Against Crespo Government
From New York comes news of a serious insurrection at Maracaibo and Coro against President Crespo. Crespo sent two armed schooners, with 600 men, to suppress the revolt as Maracaibo’s business stalled and rumors swirled about the boundary question with Great Britain. Leader said to be Rojas Paul, recently at Curaçao planning actions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crespo
New York
Venezuela
Maracaibo
Coro
la Guayra
Tuga
Red D Line
Rojas Paul
Curacoa
Great Britain
Porto Rico
Lehigh Valley Stock Fight Resumes With Dick Brothers Outlook
The clash over Lehigh Valley Railroad management returns as Dick Brothers & Co. gains large stock blocks and seeks support from nonaligned investors. A letter urges cooperation to restore high standing and dividend strength, comparing management to rival railways and hinting at major changes ahead. The piece notes a restructured steel rail pool for 1896 and bids by the Pennsylvania Railroad for 2,000 freight cars, signaling continued industrial mobilization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lehigh Valley Railroad Company
Dick Brothers & Co
Beeen
Lehigh Valley
Packer
Pennsylvania Railroad
Delaware, Lacawkanna and Western
Railroad notes on fare cuts and new equipment
General Passenger Agent Ford of Pennsylvania urges directors to cut upper berth rates by 26 percent to ease costs, boost Pullman earnings, and aid the public. Rail managers discuss limits on duty hours and monthly mileage for engineers, with pay implications. Southern Pacific tackles ticket scalping. Richard H. Collier faces false personation charges as a test case. Pennsylvania plans modern passenger equipment across its lines, matching eastern standards.
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Pasenger
Ford
Pensylvania
Pulman Company
Pullman Company
Southern Pacific
Richard H. Collier
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Western Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania
Pittsburg
Classified Help Wanted and Real Estate Notices
A collage of classified ads offers employment for salesmen brokers and agents with various commissions and salaries, plus rental listings for six room houses furnished halls and commercial premises. Also advertised are Chevrolet like deals on cigars and gold silver plating jobs, and local property sale notices in Scranton.
Wanted ads for various domestic and clerk positions in Scranton
A flood of help wanted notices lists positions in general mercantile, clerk or manager roles, coachman, janitor, housekeeper, washer, stenographer and typewriter, nurse, and more. Addresses include Tribune office, Wyoming avenue, North Sumner avenue Hyde Park, Dix court, and Adams avenue with schools like Lackawanna and kindergarten offerings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
General Mercantile Business
Tribune
Siepare
Lagementa
Cs Dres Kk. G
Pribua
Coachiman
Wyoming Avenue
Beyonce
M. E
Washington Avenue
Stuation
Tribune Office
A. Trapold
Wyomin Avenue
Spruce Street
Scranton
G. Edgar Dean
Court House Square
Kay
Penn Ave
W. E. Allen
School OF the Lackawanna
Thomas M. Cann
Walter H. Buell
Worcester
Adams Avenue
Central Railroad of New Jersey Nov 17 1896 Time Table
Timetable for Central Railroad of New Jersey Lehigh and Susquehanna Division lists trains from Scranton to Pittston Wilkes Barre and beyond with daily and Sunday departures. Notes express trains to New York Newark Elisabeth and Atlantic City plus connections to Philadelphia Allentown Bethlehem and Harrisburg and Ocean Grove. Tickets available at stations. Baldwin and Olhausen, General Supt.
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New York
Newark
Elisabeth
Philadelphia
Ferminal
Mauch Chunk
Alientown
Bethehem
Boston
Philadelphiss
Bunday
Lenig
Ocean Grove
Maine
Iabanon
Harrisburg
Allientow
Pattaville
Librty Street
A. m
Burtt Parlor
Baldwin
J. H. Olhausen
Scranton
Easton
Trenton
South
Washington and Way
Binghamton
Oswego
Filmira
Corning
Bath
Dansville
Mount Morrin
Buffalo
North West
Southwear
Nicholson
Hinghamton
Elmira
Nanticoke
Plymouth
M. L. Smith
City
Lackawanna Avenue
Depot
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Forteous
Clearing House
Cosmopolis Wegger
Mooney
Boland
Mooney & Boland
The
Silver Society
Ohio Steel Company
Carnegie, Ilinois, Cambria, Lackawanna
Bethlehem Steel
Pensylvania Railroad Company
Washington
Uber
Vaey Bec
Gelle
Sieht
Tay
Dealera
Anneonssay
Ities Beep and Manufacturing Co
Cincin
Saave Capital Feed
Ud Ward
Fi Fish & CO
Borden Mock
Tribune Offica
Seranta
Mango Chemical Company
No. Tyson Street
GAHCO
Igaro CI
van Buren
MFG
An Buren
Galesman
Addrew L, N. CO
Station L
TONCR
Conti
Bolgiano
Hindes
Univer
Meee
Adarens
Saleamen
New York City
North Beventh
Capouse Avenue
Capause
Lackawanna Avenues
E. Evans
Luserne
Sao
Ludge Rooms
John Jermy
Wyoming Ovenus
Spruce Bt
Fontave
Ponseosion
O Street
Fenn Avenue
Corher
Ramo
Rodolph Bloeser
Scranton Tribune
Sorairs
Cliff Street
Wyoming
Frank Leakie
Adama Ave
Sheen
Court OF Common Pleas
Coopey of
Lackawanna
Atliiam
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Beranton Club
Act of Assembly
Ee Nerett Warren
J. W. Carford
Nash’s Real. Estate Agency
NASA
Rota
Eeee
Connolly
Wallace
Milford
Brighton
Monarch
Jerome
Avondals
Paris
Connolly & Wallace
Court House
Areo
North
Sumner Avenue
Hyde Park
Tate
Prill
William A. Taft
D. C
Laubach
R. M. Stratton
Office Coal Exchange
C. A Frey
Wyoming Ave
Vine Street
L. M._ GATES
Madi _son avenue
J. C. Bateson
Linden Street
Warren & Knapp
Republican Budding
Beranon
Patterson & Wilcox
Beranton
Robewell H
Atterson
William A. Wilcox
Alfred Hand
William IF Hand
Commonwealth Building
Frank
Okell
Coal Exchange
James BW
OR Oak Ford
Commonwealth Lt
Samuel W. Edgar
Oiee
Spruce At
Boranton
L. A. Waters
Lackawanna Ave
Urie Townsend
Dime Bank
Weeny
R Pitcher
Smythe
C. Comegys
Spruch Strent
D. B. Replogle
Killam
Wyomian Tee Ave
Mamiron
Commonwealth Bid
Lacka. Ave
Cor. Adams
Architects
Edward H. Davis
Rooma
Commonwealth Builetin
B. L. Walter
Lewis Hancock JR
Spruce St
Cor. ‘Wash. Ave
Brown & Morris
Price Deliding
Ranton
Republic Savings and Association
N. Callender
Leeds
G. R. Clark & CO
Reedsmen and Nurserymen
Green House
North Main Avenue
Bauer
RK. J. Bauer
Hulbert
Megargee
Brothers
Washington Ave
Frank P. Brown & CO
Weet Lackawanna
Thomas Aubrey
Williams Building
Rex
Frankun Avenue
P. Zeigler
Scranton House
L Law
Victor Koch
Westminster
Irvin Phong
E. N. Anable
Banikae
R. R
Greranton
Pittston
Wilkes
Barre
Fefgr
Ll & W
Bee To- Franda
Bel Ithaca
Me Enere
Ate Pointes
de Wem
Take. Toren
Rochester
Buffal
Niagara Vale
Detroit
al Foils Ret Y Ad
W. BR
Erie
Wyoming Valley
Newba
Erie Road
Honesdale
Hawley
Trafa
Wilkes-Barre
Achanton
Eifect
Gowet
Ates Veer
Ae Wae
rCemtos Park
Comerca
Jermyn
Ines
Leta d .Reren
Fienaghoomaen
Delaware and Hudson Railroad
New Lackawanna Avenue
Palate Carbondale
Warview
Waymart
Honesdal
Gor
Adirondacks
Ue Iit
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