The Haunted Sprigley. A North Pennsylvanian mine tragedy
In a 1960s style reminiscence set around a Sprigley shaft in northeastern Pennsylvania a rope breaks sending ten miners to their deaths. Survivors and families endure grief as legends and warnings grow about the haunted shaft. Nell Gordon, awaiting her fiancé Dick Morris, dies of heartbreak, joining him in the mine’s grim fate and folklore of wandering spirits.
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Pennsylvania
Brown
Davy
Godel
Ned
Tom
Old the Penfield
Amine
Hite
Dick Morris
Nell Gordon
Iavera
Siyl
Silent Land
Sprigley
The Fashions Plays and Players in New York
New York fashion notes reveal constant additions to dress pieces with laces ribbons and trims. Ada Rehan plans a late August return to America while actors and managers announce new productions and casting across Klaw & Erlanger and other venues.
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New York
Ada Rehan
America
Sailor Hat Fashion Returns With Fancy Bands
Readers note the upcoming sailor hat trend as popular yet traditional. The style features both smooth and rough straw designs with a new decorative band around the crown, secured by a gold or silver buckle, promising broad appeal for shirt waist suits.
Japanese Water Colors by Hasekawa at Philadelphia Academy
From the Philadelphia Ledger. Tojiro Tsuvekawa, a 26 year old Japanese artist, displays water colors at the Academy of the Fine Arts in Philadelphia. The artist, trained at Hijiten Gakke Tokyo, blends Western subjects with native delicacy of touch and color, showing motifs from Japanese farms to Fuji and ponds in a Westernized yet instructive exhibition.
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Hasekawa
The
Academy of Fine Arts
Philadelphia
Tojiro Tsuvekawa
Academy of the Fine Arts
Wasekawa
Atu
Hijiten Gakke
Imperial Art School
Tokio
Thorrent
Dipan
Europe
Iasekawa
Calor
Jotua
Lincoln Gettysburg Speech Authorship Contested by W J Cook
William I Cook asserts Lincoln wrote the Gettysburg Address before delivering it, contradicting Governor Curtin and others. He cites Colonel Harry Yingling’s account of meeting General Cameron, and maintains Lincoln was the guest of Judge David Wills in Gettysburg, with the speech written earlier in the White House.
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Wm. J. Cook
Chambersburg
Curtin
Edward McPherson
Simon Cameron
Lincern
National Cemetery
Gettysburg
Harry Yingling
Trangerstown
Gettysburg Springs
Yingling
Lincoln
Franklin Repository
Alexander K. McClure
Philadelphia Times
Judge Wills
New York Independent
Independent
Seward
David Wills
Judge
Oettyshire
L Jtm
Edwin McPherson
Congress
Gettlehare
House of Representatives
Washington
Pennsylvania Paritners’ Club
Cabnel Fuller
Deniers
Pine Grove
Cumberlain County
Simon Tanjeron
Greneral Cameron
Colonel Virgting
Cameron
White House
Crottysburg
Paulns
Bis
Wills
Linvold
William I
Thumb marks and identity claims challenged by a doctor
A New Orleans physician dismisses thumb print myths as exaggerations, recounting experiments that show marks can change with skin wear and injury. The article contrasts thumb patterns with perceived national traits, noting how French and American women are described, then labels the English woman as shy and diffident.
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New Orleans
National characteristics of women by Lady Jeune
Lady Jeune humorously surveys national traits of women, noting American Austrian and other profiles. She remarks on height, figure, bearing, and airs of breeding, describing an Austrian woman’s walk, voice, and table conduct with witty generalities.
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Heh
Gonhing
Solgnee
Table D'Hote
Happiness of Thrift Becomes Local Dream Realized
A Washington Star human interest tale recalls a couple who paid their first Nona mortgage and dreamed of a sunny future for their children. The tale, told by a teller and witnessed by clerks, highlights thrift, sacrifice, and the joy of home ownership. The story ends with a clerks’ reflective note on how such themes should be encouraged.
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The
Washington Star
Woven Catate
Poly UN
Jailel
Ino
Hamok
Iowa
Martha
Tom
Catule Min
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the Tribune
the Fashions
Thomas Brown
Whistler
Frank Meee
Veter FL Dalley
Angustin Thomas
Thomas Evans
Klaw & Erlanger
Giss
Max Rogers
Tagers Brothers
Directoire
Rich & Morris
Andrew Mack Fiolistic
Poin Moore
George FF Nach
Theodore Babcock
Meron Calive
Eddie Heron
Frank Maxine
Roo Millon
Giles Sting
HI Stone
Mhonis Dinkson
Denephine Levett
Margaret Fielding
Jane Payton
Susie Wikinson
Conpmy
Mary Mannering
Dumen KK
Tackett
Nen
Seth
France
Mies Manion
Meredith
Gib
Max Hogers
Harlem
Mey
Wailer
Klavw & Erlanger
Wall Street
Center Park
Frank McKee
Unnce Meredith
Janice Merediti
Amy Ricard
Rabitha
Mary Miannerdine
Ninety Aid Ninehia Ipo
Evangelist Dra Sunkog
Tdi
Klaw & Erlaizer
Marre
Smith
Shich
Eell
Chestnut Street
Miladelphia
Cage
Cyril Seat
del Sliwin
Etta Butler
Comedienne
Aniinia
Sandol Milliken
Frank Melvee
Nugestis Thetis
Owhiel
Peter BR. Diallo
Chimpagne Olle
Hines
Dalley
McKee
Mienas
Dailey
Whaw & Urlinger
Jacob Litt
Broadway
Mr. Litt
London
Theater Royal
Dery Tate
Reces
Joseph Bycoles
WHHL
Khaw & Belanger
England
Srrangemonte
Eeson
New York City
Nijou Theatre
David Warfield
Gliagt
Pn Academy of Music
Arizona
Tourtomth Street
Pewtie
Herald Suave
Andren Muck
Rom Moore
Wallich
Jpjujee BK
Hackett
Don Carsae
Koickerbouker Thiatre
Hegert Brothers
Arden
Sothern
Hamlet
Metropolitan Opera House
Alfred
Anrona
Rivov
Lavine
Daly
Theatre
Messenger Boy
Join Dew
Philadelphia Ledger
Office Ours
DR. Mackenzies
Pauli Building
Spruce St
Scranton
Pion
New Orleans ‘Times
Lady Jeune
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