The Mistress Rosemary Allyn Attends A Levee
In a crowded London levee scene Mistress Rosemary Allyn arrives with an entourage, sparking rivalries as I confront Sir Raoul Dwight and Master Quentin Waters. I vow to meet her again in three days after court duties, while she tests my resolve with coquettes and sly challenges.
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Bow Street
Rosemary Allyn
Rooks
Gibbons
Paris
Snalls
Raoul
Cousin
Allyn
Lodge
Raoul Dwight
Coz
Quentin Waters
Tam
George
Montague House
Tests to detect cotton in wool and linen items
The article lists methods to test fabric authenticity. A lighted match can reveal wool versus cotton by burn rate, unraveling threads shows cotton content, damp finger tests the fabric surface to indicate linen, and a grandmother’s method confirms wool or linen admixtures.
Islands quarrel pits nations over western Pacific lands
Nations clash over the New Hebrides amid Anglo French aims and local desires for annexation. The piece notes Britain and France profiting from rule, Cook's naming of the islands in 1773, and local inhabitants' mixed feelings about imperial control.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Australia
France
Hebrides
Western Pacific
England
Capt. Cook
Ialands
Pacifica
Millionaire J Phelps Stokes to marry Rose Pastor
New York April 6 J Phelps Stokes heir to a fortune and Rose Pastor a former Jewish Daily News writer plan marriage. Relatives object on religious grounds though Stokes family notes Pastor's character. Pastor moved from Russia to London then Cleveland before joining the Jewish Daily News in New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
J. , Phelps Stokes
Anson Phelps Stokes
Millonaire
Rose Harriet Pastor
Star
Jewish Daily News
Miss Pastor
Stokes
Jewish Duly News
Balk
Mr. Stokes
Baroness Halkett
Anson Phelps Stokes, Jr
Yale University
Yale
Arts
Knickerbocker
Pastor
Augustovo
Suwalk
Russia
London
Jewish Free School
Cleveland
Earl
Nn Celyar
Eigars
Explaining DAR Memorial Fund Use for Hall
The National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution says its board has not misused funds. Five thousand dollars will be used to improve Memorial Continental Hall and finish permanent features beyond the existing 95 thousand dollar contract.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Board of Management
National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution
Memorial Continental Hall
Famous Chicken Suit Appeal Reaches Supreme Court
Columbus Ohio April 6 the famous chicken sale from Seneca county has been appealed to the supreme court. W G Burger a farmer was awarded 500 damages by C J Swadner in the circuit court of Seneca county for false imprisonment for twelve hours after being charged with stealing a load of hay twenty four chickens and a box of chop feed in a case that drew attention to the local agricultural trade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Seneca County
Supreme Court
W. G. Burger
C. J. Swadner
Burger
Blown From Sleep to Death at Tres Amigas Mine
T O Lamb, superintendent of the Tres Amigas mine near Tucson Arizona, was killed when an infernal machine exploded under his house. dynamite sticks were placed under the corner of the residence and a five foot fuse ignited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tucson
Ariz
T. O. Lamb
Tres Amigas
Thunder Death Reported In Limestone County
In Limestone county a man named Mike Grace Yancey collapsed and died in a doorway during a severe thunderstorm. Authorities note the fatal event followed a loud thunderclap.
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Decatur
Limestone County
Mike Grace Yancey
Fatal Automobile Accident Near Monte Carlo
Frank Stevens one of two Americans injured in an automobile accident near Monte Carlo has died. His companion Louis Kay who was hurt at the same time was said to be making progress toward recovery.
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Monte Carlo
Frank Stevens
Here
Stevens
Louis ‘Ay
Wealthy Dixon businessman dies by suicide in domestic crisis
Henry Reinhardt, a prominent resident and businessman of Dixon WL, ended his life at home on April 6 following domestic troubles. The tragedy highlights the strain of marital discord in a influential local figure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Luicide
Dixon
Henry Reinhart
Columbus discovery too soon by a century says Prof Goode
Chicago April 6 professor J Paul Goode of the University of Chicago told junior college students that Americas great misfortune was Columbus discovery coming too soon. He argued delaying discovery a century would have allowed Europe to advance and better settle new lands while praising Columbus as a great admiral and noting his good intentions.
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Chicago
America
J. Paul Goode
University of Chicago
Europe
Columbus
Prof. Goode
Girl Gets First Hero Medal In Des Moines
Lavina Steele formerly of Coon Rapids received a Carnegie medal for saving a companion skater, George Hi, from drowning after he broke through ice. Steele, now an assistant state librarian, pulled him from ten to twelve feet of freezing water, risking her own life. the Carnegie Hero Fund Commission sent the medal after learning of the incident from manager B. M. Wilmer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa
Lavina Steele
Coon Rapids
Carnegie
George Hi
Miss Steele
B. M. Wilmer
Carnegie Hero Fund Commission
Boy and Fortune Disappear in Muscatine
A 14 year-old Richard Hooligan arrived from Deadwood with 5,000 dollars in gold to stay with grandmother Mrs. Mary Leonard in Muscatine Iowa. Within two hours of arrival the money disappeared and the boy vanished. The grandmother appeals to police for help as the family mourns the loss of the father and his savings meant for a life in his old home.
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Muscatine
Towa
Deadsond
S. D
Mary Leonard
Richard Hooligan
Musentine
Proclamation Bans Cattle Imports From Fever States
Springfield Wisconsin April 6 a proclamation by Governor Deneen prohibits cattle imports into Illinois from southwest states under Texas fever restrictions. Exceptions allow animals passing inspection at National Stockyards East St. Louis where they are quarantined on arrival.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfeld
Deneen
East St. Louis
Governor's store raided for patent medicines in Rockland
In Rockland on April 6 a wholesale grocery store owned by Gov. William T. Cobb and partners was raided by the sheriff and deputies who seized a large stock of patent medicines reported to contain high alcohol content. Authorities claim selling the preparations violates the prohibitory law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rockland
William T. Cobb
Schoolboys Hug the Girls in Staten Island Ride
A complaint to the board of education alleges that older boys in southern Staten Island have been hugging girls on a closed trolley car for several miles without a teacher present. The incident has caused parental scandal and concern over student conduct.
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New York
Board of Education
Staten Island
Montana declares sheep quarantine across multiple states
Helena April 6 J. K. Goy Toole proclaims a quarantine on sheep imports from California Colorado Minnesota Nebraska Kansas the Dakotas Ohio New York Wyoming Washington and Oregon amid concerns of sheep scab.
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Montana
Helena
Mont
Goy
J. K
Toole
California
Colorado
Minnesota
Nebraska
Kansas
Dakotas
Ohio
New York
Wyoming
Washington
Oregon
Keokuk Banker Is Indicted In Bank Failure
Keokuk Iowa April 6 the grand jury indicted Edmund Jaeger owner of the closed Commercial bank for receiving two points after he knew the bank was insolvent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keokuk
Iowa
Edmund Jaeger
Jaeger
Two Die in Cripple Creek Fire at Pan Wilson Building
A Pan Wilson building blaze in Cripple Creek Colorado killed William Davis and another man named Dig Walsh. Several others escaped with minor injuries.
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Colorado
Cripple Creek
Col
Pan Wilson
William, Davis
Dig" Walsh
Bones of John Paul Jones Found in Dumfries Grave
Joseph A. Wheelock reports from Redlands California that John Paul Jones is buried in Dumfries Scotland not Paris as once thought. Mrs Preston a Dumfries native claims Jones' mother moved the remains from Paris to bury in Dumfries cemetery and a stone allegedly reads John Paul Jones the Black Pirate.
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St. Paul
Joseph A. Wheelock
Pioneer Prose
John Paul Jones
Redlands
Cal
Wheelock
Paris
Ambassador Porter
Dumfries
Scotland
Preston
Jones
John Paul Jance
Chicago Produce Market Report Highlights Varied Prices
Latest cash market reports show packed city trade for dairy including extra high grade cream and full cream daisies, with prices ranging across butter, cheese, and stocks. Poultry and live fish prices list turkeys chickens ducks and various fish, while vegetables note Burbanks and Michigan S Wisconsin carrots with assorted grades and lots.
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Chicago
Limburger
Tower Springs
Wisconesly
Minnesota
Michigan
Burbanks
Unclear OCR Fragment on Food Firms and Markets
Fragmentary OCR text lists New York Produce and cheese firms with unclear descriptions. Mentions state and regional references such as Pennsylvania and Western sequences. Content unreadable in parts. preserves few concrete facts or proper nouns for a solid summary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Pennsylvania
Market Prices for Grains Livestock and More Across Cities
An OCR fragment lists bid and ask figures for corn and oats across Chicago New York St Louis Milwaukee and other cities. It also shows live stock prices in several markets with cattle sheep and lamb values and various regional price marks, mixed with garbled punctuation and partial figures.
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Clicuzo
New York
Africapolis
Northern
Brig. St. Lowis
Trottern
Kansas City
Milwaukee
Chicago
Irgeasay On
Felverpool
Lewis
Doe
Sam Milwaukee
Ag Lye
St. Louis
St. Joseph
Pittsburg
Omaha
Atia
St. Lowis
St. Joneph
Buffalo
At. Joseph
Pittsburl
Threaten a Wealthy Woman Sterlng Letter Demands $1000
Mrs Jennie Nevitt of Albany Whiteside county received an anonymous note demanding $1000 be left Tuesday evening at the northeast corner of the George Hill property in the village. Police used a decoy package and watched the site but no one appeared. Postal authorities have been notified.
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Sterlng
Jennie Nevitt
Albany
Whiteside County
George Hill
New York financiers named as Wells Fargo Nevada bank directors
In San Francisco on April 6 banking and financial circles say Jacob H. Schiff J H Harriman and Col Dudley Evans all of New York are to be three of the directors of the new consolidated Wells Fargo Nevada National Bank.
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New Yorkera
New Bank
San Francisco
Jacob H. Schiff
J. H. Harriman
Col. Dudley Evans
New York
New Consolidated Wells-Fargo Nevada National Bank
Harriman Lines Control Centralized in Portland
General Manager RR. A. Worthington takes control of the Harriman lines of the O. R. & N. and the Southern Pacific company, succeeding W. H. Calvin. The move consolidates railway oversight under Worthington in Portland, Ore. April 1.
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Harriman Lines
Portland
Ore
RR. A. Worthington
Southern Pacific Company
EH. Calvin
Officers to Be Docked for Overstaying Leave
General Chaefe proposes docking pay of officers who overstay their leave. The practice is described as flagrant in the army.
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Washington
Chaffee
Army
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Robert Hunter
Daughters of the American Revolution
Famous Chicken Suit Appeal
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