Sensational Victims and Confederate Reunion Notes
A long feature reflects on historical fragility of sensitive people through tales of a homebound Indiana widow and Victorian vanity. Memphis hosts Confederate reunion planning with President McKinley invited, while the Creek nation votes and Choctaws enforce anti mixed marriages. Charles M. Hayes rises to top railroad pay. Newark tragedy ends with suicide attempt thwarted by accident.
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Memphis
Tenn
Washington
McKinley
National Capital
A. D. Langstaff
General Committee
Live corpses and uncanny wedding at a graveyard
Tales recount eerie events where the dead supposedly feign life. A Russian cemetery wedding saw a bride wed beside a grave, the body then lowered back. A bicycle race in Australia ended with a dead rider crossing the line, later declared dead mid-ride. A derelict vessel near British Columbia revealed a dead man at the wheel, aboard a seemingly unmanned ship.
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Australia
James Somerville
Arietis
British Columbia
San Francisco Bulletin
Tallest Chimney in America at Con Stable Hook N J
The government is erecting a chimney at Con stable Hook New Jersey that will be the tallest in America upon completion. Excavation twenty feet deep and forty five feet square created a firm base of fireproof brick for a 360 foot brick stack. The top diameter will be ten feet and the structure will weigh about 20 000 tons with an erection cost around $50 000.
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Constable Hook
N. J
America
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Indiana
Victoria
England
Coventry
Gunnings
Horace Walpole
Lord Fane
Duke of Newcastle
Apollo
Charles M. Hayes
Southern Pacific
QiReult
AAC Spal
Albert G. Woodruff
Newark
Essex County
Arbuckles
Arbuckle Bros. Nation Dept
New York City, N. Y
Cascarets
Brooklyn Citiz
Gro. W. Bow Las
Baird
Miss
Sieatea
Pion
Joao
Bote
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