Castle Haunted by Ghost Tales at Tarrytown School
The Castle on the Hudson east of Tarrytown, now Miss C. E. Matson's girls school, draws attention for its ghost lore. Tales include a hidden “lost room,” a hidden passage discovered by pupils, a secret silver room with tricky keys, and a spectral carriage during a winter evening. Nearby views span Ramapo mountains to New York City on clear days.
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Tarrytown
Hudson
New York Tribune
Dr. Herrick
C. E. Matson
Hudson Valley
Tappan Zee
Nyack
Ramapo Mountains
Rockland County
North Tarrytown
Croton Point
Haverstraw © Bay
New York City
Callig
Music Room
J. W. Merrick
Spike Brady Reflects On A Mississippi Valley Preacher
Spike Brady, a former noted Mississippi Valley baseball figure, attended a Dubuque church with his team on a special invitation. The preacher spoke at length and Brady was asked for his view, joking that the preacher reached third base well but needed help getting home, likening him to an ice wagon.
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Spike” Brady
Mississippi Valley
Dubuque
Iowa
Spike
The Largest Kitchen in the World in Paris Bon Marche
The Paris Bon Marche claims the world’s largest kitchen with kettles up to 500 quarts and fifty roasting pans for 300 cutlets each. Potatoes require 225 pounds per dish and 78 000 eggs are used when omelets are on the menu. Sixty cooks and 100 assistants work at the ranges daily.
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Bon Marche
Mother's Search Leads to Son in Northeast Ohio
Ohio tale relays a mother named Mrs. Whalen who posed as Thomas McCarthy to find her missing son Tom. She registered at Williamsport City Hall in male disguise and traveled by rail and road to Bethlehem and beyond, locating him in a northeast Ohio town and planning divorce to live with him.
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Williamsport
Thomas McCarthy
Ohio
Philadelphia
Philip Whalen
Whalen
McCarthy
Thomas
Cleveland
Tom
Pittsburg
Mrs. Whalen
Eccentric Rector Tollemache Dies A Wealthy Noble Figure
The Rev. Ralph Tollemache, godson of the Duke of York and linked to the Dysart line, died after a life marked by eccentric behavior. He once preached with a shrill silver whistle, walked thrice around the lectern, and wore an enchanted ring. He left many children with lavish Christian names and spent years in penury in two dingy London rooms, rarely seeing anyone but his lawyer.
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Ralph Tollemache
Queen Victoria
Duke of York
Earl of Dysart
Leicestershire
Daugher
Lyona
Lyulph
Cromwell
Odin
Todmag
Lord Dysart
Strand
London
Buffalo Commercial
Oil Rumors Hit Rugby Tennessee Town In Rumored Field
Rugby Tennessee once noted for its founders and forgotten pieces of history again draws attention as oil speculation rises. The Cincinnati Times-Star notes a report that Standard Oil leased 300,000 acres near Glen Mary by the Kentucky line, signaling a potential large oil field or empty futures for original English colonists.
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Rugby
Tenn
Tom ‘Hughes
Standard Oil Company
Glen Mary
Kentucky Line
Cincinnati Times-Star
Apollinaris in the Senate Expense Report
A Washington correspondent reviews the Senate expense accounts for July showing 1728.66 spent on Apollinaris lemonade and mineral waters. The Milwaukee Sentinel notes if each senator drank his share, support for prohibition would be overwhelming in Congress.
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Apollinaris
Senate
Washington
United States Senate
Congress
Milwaukee Sentinel
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