Public Penance and Ancient Manuscripts from Taunton
Ancient Taunton manuscripts dated 1424 describe public penance in church for misbehavior during services with offenders standing in the aisle wearing white garments and a white wand while confessing after the sermon. Separate notes discuss a piano piece Nymphs of the Mist from Tolbert Ringram Music Co of Denver and other modern literary and musical items.
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Taunton
England
Akhigate
Jane Webber
Tolbert Ringram Music Company
Denver
Colorane
Cassie Chadwick Dies in Prison After Scandal
Cassie Chadwick, once reputed daughter of Andrew Carnegie, died in a Cleveland-area prison ward after a coma. The Canadian-born Chadwick duped financiers, forged Carnegie notes, and pilfered millions through loans and schemes linked to Oberlin banking figures. Her arrest followed federal charges tied to a national bank failure and criminal conspiracy with A B Spear.
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Andrew Carnegie
Columbus
Ohio
Cassie Chad Wick
Wirne
Graf Oberlin
Otelock
Chadwick
Mra
Coelle
Reynolds
Carnegie
Newton
Brookline
Muss
Mire
Tedwith
Spear
Lawton
Stenell
Mining News From Western Fields Aids Industry
Reports show ongoing stock at Weber Idaho and Nevada Deedee dredge loss of 1 million dollars in California. Utah and Montana investors back new finds in Blacksmith Fork canyon and Keystone ore assays average 171 and 108 dollars per ton. Copper costs per pound approach 10 to 12 cents with scale expanding at Butte Lake Superior Calumet & Arizona.ные
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Weber
Idaho
Park City
Daly Jide
Nevada Deedee Company
Oveville
Cal
United States
Vial Copper Company
Goldfield
Utah
Colorado
Grand Central
Cra
Fish Springs
Welser
Baker City
Boise
Butte
Lake Superior
Calumet
Ogden
Monarch
Bagdad Chase
Atlanta
Maho
Helena
Montott
Montana
Washington
Landers
Wen
Experta
Via
London
Cotujany
Adran
Ula
Ominlin Qallaes
Tisheart
Lak Ane Howton
Dubai
Arie
Itm
Renmrysie
Blue Hook Mining
Nampi
Peart
Idane
Ocean steamer on fire reported at sea
Fragmentary OCR describes a maritime incident with an ocean steamer on fire and unclear details about location, time, and parties involved. The legible parts indicate a dramatic blaze and potential rescue or investigation, but names, places, and outcomes are not recoverable from the text.
Bythematic Robbery and Flight to Denver Reported
Fragmented OCR text describes a robbery involving Burtington Cove, a flight to Denver, and unclear events with mentions of instruments, eyes, and a meeting. The passage includes garbled names and places, with scattered references to a town, a vigil, and a sequence of suspicious activities. The reverberating disjointed lines suggest a crime narrative without coherent details.
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Burtington Cove
Floute
Denver
A Young Composer Rachel And Printer Side Notes
A young writer named Rachel drafts poems about wild flowers and remarks on printing on both sides of paper. A convalescing merchant, fed by a nurse with tapioca, imagines a grand meal while the doctor calls for restraint. Later he pleads for a postage stamp to read.
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Rachel
Dell and Dale
Local tobacco fad echoes Booth era secret blends
A Southern accented man requests a tobacco package per a formula used by Ed win Booth, revealing a nationwide craze for famous smoker blends. Dealers report many visitors from New York and distant states seek these strong, storied mixtures, a trend that lures them to try famed recipes before tiring of the overpowering strength.
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Edwin Hooth
Booth
New York
New York Sun
Mound City legends and stray strips of old notes
Fragmented items describe St. Louis sobriquet Mound City from ancient elevations and a limestone bluff foundation scene. A roadside encounter with a speeding motorist leads to a village perch and a comic exchange about police presence and town life.
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Mound City
St. Lola
Stan
Ohio
Missiasipy Val
Tee
St. Louia
The Way of the Chile A Amail Boy and the Age Test
A narrative fragment discusses a boy, his mother, and age questions in a ritual like setting. It mentions a Newtinn and a Mowald figure, then shifts to reflections on success, belief, and public acclaim driven by certain broadcasted ideas. The text then contemplates the role of education, fame, and virtue in society through a long, disjointed montage.
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Chile
Hawney
Juntiy
Hunch Helps Goon Kay Spence Win Big in Louisville
Mexico Missouri breeder Kay Spence, a well known torsenan, won ten dollars at a Louisville horse show after a discarded laundry ticket led him to notice an entry by a Chinese name Wing Ting. The favored Wing Ting paid ten to one, while Spence’s “hunch” attributed to his seven son of the seventh pon line led to his upset.
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Kay Spence
Mexico
Louisville
Spence
Loutrville
Wing Ting
Kause City
Collier's Yellow Press Sparks Public Debate
A lengthy critique of Collier's Weekly and its libel suits, aired by a divinity professor turned editor, debates the paper’s methods and motives. The exchange touches on sensationalism, monetary loss, and the role of propaganda, with readers urged to judge the controversy for themselves.
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Calliers Weelly
Orters
Aloo
Calliers Dgalest Ss
Conoentine
Presa
Pitt
Nadine
Mimi
Lila Pont
Ewidenly
Eliewry Lane
Collier's
Erica
Utmont
Petvoite
Cullier
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Etary
Peipe
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Pepingula
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Baletay
Mamaia Wall
Ely
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Sinmede Mainye
Lang Sion
RT Ee LS
Faneerogay
Pel Eiteeily
Eeerlinne
Leon
Rooderb
Stbery
Goma
Uhebin
Fender
Aamir
Garade
Cassie Chadwick
Grew
Siow
Coo Otesill
Nevada
Deaton
Elvig
Polibynel
Philadelphia
Delaware
Pau Hon
Juanty
Chandler
Coillers
Denoncins
Pratt Teal
Malawi
Wore
Postum Co
Abeorbet
Appendieltie Wien
Ximptone
Poaiuin Coraal
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