Horse Thief Hunt Sparks Frontier Suspicion
Dick Brayton learns of horse theft near Averill's farm as a community search unfolds. Rumors swirl around Wayne and Samantha hints at a possible thief, while Bill Green presses for answers and Dick plans to confirm a pitch source linking a suspect. The crowd threads through suspicion and hope as two days pass without clues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dick Brayton
Averil
Averill
Kentry
Averill’s
Mr. Boone
Mr. Porter
Wayne
Samantha
Deer Creek
Samanthy
Iezra
Persn
Bill Green
Bill
Rhoda
Bill Greenad
Ranke
Curi
Dick Krayton
Spy Theorist Bill Follows Dick Through Night Woods
Bill Green spies Dick Brayton after nine o'clock as he leaves Mr Boone's, sneaking along a path toward the crossroads. The cloudy night limits visibility while Bill trails ahead, intent on uncovering Brayton's movements and possible misdeeds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Green
Bill
Averill’s
Cottonwood
Mice Fear Belief Debunked By Rat Dissection Tale
A Philadelphia Record report recounts a Gonshohocken guest who boasts a fondness for mice and rats. She describes wanting to dissect a rat to reveal its heart, recalling a boarding school professor who performed such demonstrations to the delight of female students.
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Philadelphia
Gonshohocken
Frank Stockton's New Home Claymont
Clif ford Howard in the Ladies' Home Journal describes Frank Stockton's new home Claymont in the Shenandoah valley near Charles Town West Virginia. The 150 acre estate features forest fields and terraced gardens with a Colonial mansion set on a gentle rise, reached by a winding driveway through oaks and vines.
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Frank Stockton
Claymont
Shenandoah
Charlestown
West Virginia
Clifford Howard
Ladies’ Home Journal
A Newspaper Without Print Using Stereoview Journalism
Paris based Stereo Revue pioneers photo news printing. Reporters with double picture cameras cover events, develop exposures, and print sets on transparent film rolls. Subscribers receive a viewing apparatus and weekly installments of pictures.
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Stereo Revue
Paris
Not with the Hounds Remonstrance at a Fox Hunt
A bishop quibbles with a clergyman over fox hunting and leisure. The clergyman notes he never attends balls while the bishop recalls a Duchess of S party. the clergyman adds neither horse nor he stays in the same field as the hounds.
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Aly Lord
Wisdom of the West Foreman Says Gun Accidents Risk Society
The Western jury foreman argues that if a shooting was accidental the shooter should be hanged, asserting guns must be used to kill or not at all and that accidents with a gun endanger society and justify harsh action. The remark reflects a harsh vigilante stance reported by the Philadelphia North American.
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Philadelphia
North American
Biggest Skyscraper of Them All
The three champion skyscrapers of the United States are the Syndicate p building on Park Row New York the Masonic Temple in Chicago and the Exchange Building in Boston. Plans call for a monster structure to be built in Philadelphia by New York and Philadelphia capitalists occupying a full city block and to be the largest office building in the world.
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United States
Syndicate P
Parkrow
New York
Masonic Temple
Chicago
Exchange
Boston
Philadelphia
Telegraph Time Distances by City
Telegraph messages from London reach Alexandria in twenty minutes Bombay in about an hour Pekin in two hours Melbourne in three hours and New York in 244 minutes illustrated in a time chart.
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London
Alexandria
Bombay
Pekin
Melbourne
New York
Suitors Seek Single Men for Marriage Listings
Notice aims at women seeking husbands and notes a man dislikes marrying into an entire family, signaling a matchmaking or matrimonial theme and social expectations of the era.
Is This St Patrick’s Grave Resting Place Found
The London Daily Graphic reports the traditional burial site of Ireland’s patron saint in Downpatrick cathedral yard has been marked with a memorial stone. A seven ton granite boulder from Slieve na Largie bears an Irish cross carved to resemble a cut on a rough stone from Inisclothran Island.
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London Daily Graphic
Ireland
Downpatrick
Slieve-na-Largie
Inisclothran
Saint Patrick Monument Project Near Lough Lee Unveiled
The article notes a late antique style monument near Lough Lee marking St. Patrick's era with an inscription “Patric” under a cross. Initiated by F. J. Bigger of Belfast, it drew broad support across classes and creeds. W. J. Fennell of Belfast supervised the work as architect.
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Lough Lee
Diarmid
Patric
F. J. Bigger
Belfast
W. J. Fennell
Maritime and global trade notes span ships and peculiar laws
A collage of historical items reports stamp abolishment dates, ship losses, alum mines in China, Belgium organ license laws, and a local Hooksett landmark from 1798. It also compares national fleet tonnage, noting Britain hosts 90,903,966 tons with 10.6 percent British ownership and urges growth of allied fleets.
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China
Liou Chek
Belgium
George H. Allen
Manchester
N. H
Hooksett
Stanstead
Quebec
Newburyport
Mass
Britain
United States
Germany
Norway
France
Italy
Spain
Russia
Sweden
Holland
Denmark
Austria-Hungary
The American Girl's Marriage
Edward Bok notes in the Ladies' Home Journal that American girls wait longer to marry. He cites historical shifts from teens to late twenties, with many brides under 20 still choosing younger husbands, risking marrying boys rather than men.
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Edward Bok
Ladies’ Home Journal
Hustling Hoosiers Doings of Our Neighbors
Indiana notes highlight local weddings and deaths, crimes, and general news from nearby communities. Reads as a compact daily digest of events affecting residents and regional happenings.
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Indiana
Rushville week fair and county crop woes reported
A Rushville week long street fair is planned starting July 9. Scott County farmers face widespread wheat loss due to a fly infestation, while numerous local incidents and legal actions appear in the region including theft at Delaney’s jewelry in Hammond and a series of local accidents and crimes involving Indianapolis, Muncie, Bedford, and Greencastle areas.
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Rushville
Scott County
Cr. W. Delaney
Hammond
Marshal Hoff
Bedford
State Ministerial Association of the Christian Church
Anderson
Hanika Architectural Iron Works
Muncie
Edward Langston
Elmer Conway
William Heil
Indianapolis
T'h
J. M. Wright
Thor1town
First Presbyterian Church
Galena
Ill
John H. Lovell
Emma B. Jackson
Washington
Greencastle
John C. Ridpath
New York
A. G. McGregor
Boston
Harvard
W. Dudley Foulke
Richmond
Law School
Indiana University
Michael Tracey
Moore’s Hill
Belle
Alta McConnell
Marion
Kokomo
James McConnell
Godfrey Gordon
Charles Mitchell
Loogootee
Mitchell
Gordon
Bessie Hannon
Alexandria
Gilboah
Greenfield
Jed Semple
R. W. Lewis
2. T. McDonald
Fort Wayne
South Africa
Col. Plumer
Mafeking
Lillian Read
P. G. McCarty
Logansport
Castarrs Stone Company
Fairmount
Danville
Elizabeth Hospital
Harry Percival
Percival
Dr. Ross
Arthur D. Miles
New Carlisle
Laporte
United States Navy
Santiago
Fred Lewis
Ohio River
Utica
Jeffersonville
Congress
Commercial Exchange of
Goshen
Noble Manufacturing Company
Hoosier Rubber Company
Indiana
Joseph Copper
Central Insane Asylum
Copper
Hargrove
George Hires
George Kelly
Ah Schafer
Elwood
Elwes
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the Swamp Secret
Nannie
Rhody
Nancy
Mr. Wayne
Robert Bonner’s Sons
ST. Patrick's Grave
Fatrick
Eterna
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