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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 1889
Page
3
Bridewell verdict crowns romance in a public hearing
In Chicago a justice conducts a quirky civil case over disturbing the peace on a suburban train. John Manley pleads guilty to annoying Mary Wellspring after a court romance develops. The judge sentences him to three months but then the couple instantly wed with a license produced from his pocket.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Manley
Mary Wellspring
John Mauley
Tribune
the Times
Times
The
Tony
Mary
Clerk
Chicago Times
Fortunes in trifles and exotic leathers in New York
A New York Star survey traces costly leather goods and novelty accessories dominating women’s fashion. Elephant, lizard, and other skins supply purses, traveling bags, and umbrella stands, with prices from $20 to $380 per item, plus elaborate walking sticks and enameled heads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rage
New York
The
New York Star
Morocco
South America
Charm Girl Agent Earns Five Figures A Year
A New York observer describes a famous book agent, a beautiful married woman who targets men to secure sales. She earns five to seven thousand dollars yearly from catalog sales and theater invitations, with a five-figure bank balance. She dresses to accent her figure, using sharp social tact to close deals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Evangelist Wills Defends Faith in Street Car Clash
Detroit dispatch recounts H. O. Wills the evangelist who restrained a taunter named Dalton on a crowded street car. After warning and failure to stop, Wills prayed then struck, beating Dalton until he admitted his meanness. The judge praised him as he sobbed afterward, and a science column closes with odd notes on phrenology and observation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Chicago
Tnter
Ocean
H. O. Wills
Wills
Dalton
Brother Wills
Dolton
The Meeting of Sulejmann Pasha and Moltke in Cairo Chess Match
In a Cairo cafe Sulejmann Pasha challenges a gaunt stranger who arrives late to play chess. The game ends in twelve moves with Moltke predicting mate. Pasha recalls a battle at Nizib and identifies Moltke as the North’s master strategist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sulejmann Pasha
Nile Terrace
Cairo
New York Sun
Sultan Mahmud
Nizib
Hafiz Pasha
von Moltke
Ulema Reshid Aga
Egypt
Ulema Resehid Aga
Pasha
Tam
Jeshid Aga
Suleimann
Colonel von Moltke
Moltke
Smart Alligator Tamed by Dan Warner in Eustis City
A four foot alligator named John was captured on a city sidewalk. Dan Warner trains the reptile, noting his intelligence. John stacks bread pans, bows to the band music, avoids cider, and wields a palm leaf fan to swat flies, with a harness awaiting completion.
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Eustis
Pla
Dan Warner
Dan
John
Schmidt & Warner
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