Judge seeks clemency for two wrongly convicted men
In St Paul Judge James Egan, now aged and ailing, pleads before the board of pardons for the release of R. L. Underhill and George Washington, life-term inmates he once prosecuted. He claims their confessions were coerced and that they were unjustly imprisoned for a Summit Avenue robbery and fatal shooting. The board will review the case.
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St. Paul, Minn
James Egan
State Board of Pardons
Egan
R. L. Underhill
George Washington
Summit Avenue
Pardon Board
Girl to Fly in an Airship Promoter from Berkeley
Miss Bernice Cunningham a 19 year old Berkeley resident promotes a new heavier than air machine. Daughter of James R Cunningham she advocates aerial flight and shows keen enthusiasm for the aviation venture.
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Ing
Miss Cunningham
Sather Station
Fruitvale
Peter English
Alameda
English
Berkeley
Cal
Bernice Cunningham
James R. Cunningham
Star and Garter Hotel Richmond Fails to Sell
The Star and Garter hotel in Richmond was offered for sale by auction for the second time in two years with no bids. Once a famed resort for royals and dandies, it cost 700000 dollars and could be used as a hotel or rink but remained unsold despite a provisional bid of 150000.
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London
Star and Garden
Richmond
the Mart
Albert Chancellor
England
Christopher Cream
Duke of York
Queen Victoria
Prince Consort
Louis Philippe
Napoleon II
Emperor Maxmillian
Star and Garter
Thackeray
Meredith
Richard Feverer
Bellona
W. &. Norris
Zu- Zu
Laura Lelas
Beauty
Lady Guenevere
Gould Fis e Grand Opera House Sold in New York
The Grand opera house at Twenty third street and Eighth avenue was sold by the Jay Gould estate executors for $1,000,000 to a company. The building houses a heavy masonry vault used by Gould and Fisk during the Black Friday mobs of 1873. The theatre includes a Gould box seating 20 to 30, never occupied except by the Gould family.
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New York
Twenty-third Street
Eighth Avenue
Jay Gould
Jim” Fisk
Gould
Fisk
Mr. Gould
Wall Street
Audubon Statue Completed by Edward V Valentine
New Orleans reports the Audubon Monument association finally near completion as the John James Audubon statue by Edward V Valentine sits in his Richmond studio awaiting final payment. Three-fifths of the price already paid. one-fifth on hand and one-fifth still due, hoped to be collected with renewed public interest. Relatives and friends praise the finished work as a remarkable likeness of the famed ornithologist.
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New Orleans
John James Audubon
Edward V. Valentine
Audubon Monument Association
Richmond
Valentine
Audubon
Wife of Nicaraguan envoy arrives in Washington
Senora de Espinosa, wife of Senor Don Rodolfo Espinosa the Nicaraguan minister, has joined her husband in Washington to begin life in the capital. The young diplomat’s wife quickly adapts, speaks English with a foreign accent, and hopes for a long residence here following her husband’s official duties. Senor Corea, former minister, has left diplomacy for law practice in New York after a decade of service.
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Washington
Senora de Espinosa
Senor
Don Rodolfo Espinosa
Nicaragua
Senor Espinosa
Aplomats
Senor Corea
New York City
Oil Strike Discovered in Egypt Near Suez
News from Suez reports a syndicate prospecting 150 miles south on the Red Sea coast struck oil. The gusher yields increasing daily, with large reserves indicated. The well is capped pending storage. The discovery could provide a cheap liquid fuel supply and holds strategic value for the British navy.
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Egypt
Suez
Red Sea
Indian education and health drive framed by Gates remarks
Merrill E Gates, secretary of the board of Indian commissioners, décrit the board's work to wipe out tuberculosis among American Indians. He notes sanitation education is needed and reflects on widespread ignorance among Indians, comparing it to an old Warsaw farmer's honesty about bacon.
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Merrill E Gates
Board of Indian Commissioners
Gates
Warsaw
Washington Post
Selfishness and a Missoula anecdote in tariff talk
Senator Dixon denounces a tariff proposal as selfish and cites a Missoula anecdote about George Cartwright who endured a week of groans. The piece then shifts to a promotion for Allen's Foot-Ease, touting 30,000 testimonials and arguing against imitations as inferior to the original foot powder.
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Dixon
George Cartwright
Missoula
George
Allen
Aller
Allen S. Olmsted
LE Roy
N, Y
Curious Fragments and Remedies Highlight Daily Life
A jumble of quips and ads appears in a column style piece. Notes on Hilda in French classes, phonograph musings, and a Marine Eye Remedy promote soothing products. Beecher quote, Hamlin Wizard Oil praise, Pettiv Eye Salve ad, and Mrs Winslow teething syrup pepper the page with light domestic references.
Mothers Who Have Daughters in Winchester Ind
In Winchester Indiana women recount relief from severe menstrual symptoms after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. The letters praise the remedy from Mrs May Deal and others, noting doctors warned of dropsy and pain but recovery followed the treatment. The company invites letters to Mrs Pinkham for free confidential advice.
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Winchester
Ind
May Deal
Lydia
Pinkham
Lydia E Pinkham
Lynn
Fass
Lydia E. Pinkham
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Niagara
Kaieteur
Potaro
Easequibo
British Guiana
Minnesota
Greely
Fort l Latham
QO. A. Gordon
Gould-Fise Theater
Wisconsin
Clinehinst
Washington, D
Isaac Stephenson
United States
Stephenson
Senator Stephenson
Congress
Audubon Park
Husband
Hilda
Baltimore
Fonda
Marine
Marine Eye Remedy Co
Chicago
H. W. Beecher
Pettiv
Howard Res
Buffalo, N. Y
Dodds
Carters
THE
Paxton Toilet CO
Bobton, Mas
Lit
Cascaret
Daisy Fly Killer
de Kall Avenue
Brooklyn
Oei Shiro
Parker
Western Newspaper Union
W. Adame
Whatsor E.coleman
Washington, D.C
Thompson
Ww. N. U
Denver
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