Mercy For Bill Tripp Ends In Grim Execution Twist
An old man seeks clemency for Bill Tripp on death row for murder as a lawyer battles for mercy. Despite hope, appeals fail and on the scaffold Bill smiles at his mother before a rifle shot ends his life, leaving a graveyard scene with four new mounds and grieving parents tending flowers.
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Walla
Tom
Bil Tripp
the Commonwealth At
Bill
Hinself
Coen
Tripp
Bill Tripp
Billy Tripp
Australia
The Morning Summons by Richard Burton
A fragmented poem appears to evoke morning’s call and awakening. Vivid imagery contrasts dawn’s glow with winter’s receding grip, urging high endeavor and inward discipline as the soul stirs toward growth.
My Rosary and the Morning Prayer Song
A reflective verse recalls awakening devotion to follow a master with steady steps. The speaker embraces a daily ritual of prayer while balancing toil, play, and self discipline, seeking inner peace through humility and consistent faith.
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Jeada
Genuy
Coloumbus Well Encounter Sparks Racial Exchange
An unidentified negro in Columbus Mississippi confronts a stranger by an artesian well on Main Street. The exchange turns accusatory with the visitor asking about the town’s water quality. The reply asserts the water is good, followed by a hostile remark about lingering Mississippi race bias and ethnic stereotypes.
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Columbus
Miss
Artesian
Cole
Monkey Feared Rail Adventure On New York Central Engine
A large Boston show animal escaped at a way station above Tarrytown on New York Central Engine No. 326. Admiral Farraguet the monkey boarded the cab during a freight pull, attracted by the fire glow, and rode to Tarrytown where a keeper retrieved him.
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New York Central
Tarrytown
Boston
Admiral Farraguet
Edwards
Martin Kelly
New York Times
Ice Footracing At Fifty Degrees Below Zero
Sandy Frew recalls ice footracing as a novelty and explains the conditions of a Dawson race run when the temperature was 50 degrees below zero. He notes the elastic ice allows good foothold and bounding, and that under proper conditions he could beat ten seconds for an ice race.
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Sandy Frew
Seat- Ue Post-Intelligencer
Charlie Lee
Omaha
Rnce
Dawson
Vivid Clips From A Times Column On Women And Work
A column surveys modern domestic service, female sketching tours, and virtue in relationships. It notes a virtuous worker theme, a woman’s club praising a kind suitor, dress reform urges in Vienna, and counts female locomotive engineers and conductors in the United States. The prose dwells on social expectations and female empowerment through education and professional pursuits.
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Vienna
United States
The many charms and quirks of modern women
A collage of notes on women's voices fashion and manners includes elocution struggles of European teachers in America, playful church fair washing contest, a Swiss student's costly kiss, accidental train jumps by two women, a bizarre beauty recipe, and a rural New York city visit. A nurse touts Doan's Kidney Pills with a five year endorsement and free trials offered nationwide.
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Europe
Cora
Perfectly Natural Explanation and Bitters Nostalgia
A fragmented exchange blends a truth claim about screaming during an assault with stray notes on remedies and luxury wine. The text references a 1778 Madeira shipwreck recovered in 1814 and a testimonial praising Burdock Blond Bitters for scrofulous sores, ending with a personal revival claim.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moat
Secheldt
Oddities and Advertisements in a Turn-of-Century Paper
A mosaic of dramatic claims and ads on topics from medicine to insurance and cotton deals. Mentions New Orleans cotton sale of 4900 bales, Jewry in Palestine, catarrh cures, and sea lion hunting profits, with various product pitches and notices from Putnam and Dr Wood.
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New Orleans
N. W. Saunt
Ooomn Grove
N. J
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Dairy Story PeoListina Company
Richard Burton
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Channel Islands
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Zurich
Winterthur
New York State
Waldorf-Astoria
Clara J. Sherbourne
Cumberland Street
Portland
Maine
Donn
Dean
H. H. Hay & Son
Doan
Grat
Kitty
Beatle
B. B
Abs
Chas
Hutton
Borrille
New York Press
Winstone
Dews
Palestine
Jehee Hay
Mall
F's J. Cheury & Co
Toledo
Ohio
Elreytary
ACT Enkey & CO
Ola
Putnam
J. R. Mullins
Detroit
Mexico
California
Garpentaria
Sydney
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