Astor Mansions and Riverside Drive Vision in Charleston News
The New York Cor in Charleston News notes the Astor family will build anew on outlying property and hints at Riverside Drive becoming a premier Hudson River enclave. It describes the lineage from Jon Jacob to the late John Jacob and the family’s pattern of locating mansions away from town. The avenue is praised for its sweeping river views and potential prestige compared with European locales.
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Astor
Jon Jacob
Washington Square
John Jacob
Park
Harlem
Riverside Drive
Hudson River
Seventy-second Street
Hudson
Europe
New York
Charleston News
New Substitute for Platinum in Lamps Reported
An English chemist is said to have found a practical substitute for platinum in incandescent lamp manufacture. A reliable electrical journal notes the potential of this discovery, given platinum’s high cost. If valid, it could transform the lamp market and profits.
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Electrical J
New York Telegram
Veteran Dunn Buried After Stage-Long Embalming Delay
Abner L Dunn a Civil War veteran was buried at Burlington after a prolonged delay at his own request He died aged 56 several days earlier Doctors had declared him dead years ago but he revived in a coffin and later lived again He feared being buried alive and requested the postponement of burial Philadelphia Ledger reports on his remarkable episode.
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Abner L. Dunn
Burlington
Dunn
Philadelphia
Moore Secures Island Title In Atlantic City Waters
William J. Moore brick mason and contractor gains title to an island in the thoroughfare between Atlantic City and the mainland. The fourteen acre land, valued at 5000 dollars, was found ownerless and located by Moore with a survey filed with the West Jersey board of proprietors. The claim cost under 150 dollars to establish.
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William J. Moore
West Jersey Board of Proprietors
Atlantic City
New Found
Board of Proprietors
William Morris Cooper
Philadelphia
Pregs
Meriden Man Suffering Record Hiccups For Twelve Days
An inhabitant of Meriden aged 45 and a coach painter endured a continuous hiccough for twelve days and nine hours. Doctors deem it extraordinary that he survived noting ancient medical opinions about hiccoughs.
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Meriden
Hippocrates
Galen
A Peculiar Natural Phenomenon Seizes City Terrace
A curious event occurred Monday evening in the city upper area as an almost clear atmosphere transformed into a sudden fog bank. The cloud settled rapidly in a solid-like layer, covering the ground for about five minutes before rising heavenward as quickly as it descended.
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Albany Argus
Tin Box Story Involving Henry V Tucker Of Westfield
A tin box once held five thousand dollars in securities belonging to Henry V Tucker of Westfield Connecticut. Around the same time a farm hand and a local person linked to a grain bin in a barn were noted, with rumors of related schemes and concealed losses.
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Henry V. Tucker
Westfield
Conn
Safe-cracking tale and Thomaston tribute in one report
The article recounts a safe opening by a youth and the promise of $10 for opening a vault, noting changes of combination and a vault opened easily later. It also covers Capt Samuel Watts presenting a new town building in Thomaston Me expressing forgiveness and reminiscences at the ceremony.
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Thomaston
Samuel Watts
Boston
Yonder
Jold Mariner
Boston Journal
Parallel Estate Dispute Shapleigh Case Reaches Dedham Court
A probate fight in Dedham concerns R W Shapleigh's $700000 Brooklyn estate left to thirty heirs. A handwritten unsigned paper seemed to distribute half to relatives, prompting a family meeting to honor apparent wishes and set aside funds for a West Lebanon cemetery. Lawyers note the case is unprecedented.
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Norfolk
Dedham
R. W. Shapleigh
Brooklyn
Merve
Whith
Shapleigh
West Lebanon
Shagleigh
Springfield Republi
Queer Maine tale links Rev Hanson to $500 gift
A Maine tale recounts Rev. C. V. Hanson receiving $500 from a stranger in a Lewiston train car, later revealed to be Chee-Norton of New Portland. Hanson kept the money in a bank receipt found among his papers, the Somerset Reporter notes.
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Maine
C. V. Hanson
Lewiston
Skowhegan
Hanson
First National Bank
Jer Page
Chee - Norton
New Portland
Norton
Somerset
A Costly Cow Dispute in Squire Schwab's Court
A West End dairyman Groneman sued for return of his cow found in neighbor Koester's stable. The jury awarded Groneman the cow plus $1 damages after a lengthy examination of witnesses. The event was chronicled by Cincinnati Times-Star. A separate note mentions a new insulating material claimed by Dr Purcell Taylor of London, similar to gutta percha but with higher dielectric resistance and available in flexible or rigid forms. Also a brief item on a very large sunflower reported by Arkansaw Traveler.
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Squire Schwab
Prabi Grongman
West End
Fred Koester
Groneman
Squire’ Office
Cintinnati Times-Star
Dy. Purcell Taylor
London
Arkansaw Traveler
Louisiana moves to break up cotton oil monopoly suit
The state of Louisiana has instituted a suit to break up the cotton oil monopoly. Hood's Sarsaparilla is cited as a radical reliable remedy with an unequalled record of cures.
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Louisiana
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Unders
Plumbers’ Trade Journal
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Fen
Castoria
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Baltimore, Md
Ashy
TATE
Pierre
Erie
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Atlantic
New England
Columbus
Ashland
Xtra
Cage City
Clark Arborn Athe St
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