Wakefield 1887 Annual School Meeting and Ore Prospects
The Wakefield district No. 1 held its annual school meeting with low attendance but approved reappointing A Schindler as assessor, elected Walter Goodland as director, two teachers for eight months starting Nov 1, and taxes of 680 for teachers and 200 for debts. The board to build a schoolhouse was appointed. construction plans and $8000 for building were ratified as the meeting adjourned. Nearby iron prospecting at Crown Point and Pinton sites reported bottoming ore shows with shafts sunk to depths around 152 158 feet. Wakefield’s Lake Shore switch engine runs steadily, the town bought a Mosler safe for the treasurer, and saloon Sunday closing debates stir alarm amid local tensions. The article notes strong mining activity and civic developments in Wakefield.
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Leonard’s Hall
A. Schindler
Walter Goodland
Sunday Lake
Wakefield
Crown Point
Semer at heart views Sunday closing agitation
The text condemns the Sunday closing debate and forecasts continued agitation led by Simp son and his few fanatical allies, likening Bes semer to a city of the dead in another year.
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Semer
Simpson
Bessemer
Something Wrong Proud Father
A father questions his son about a failed attempt to make his new bouncing baby brother bounce after dropping him on the floor, highlighting a troubling scene of cruelty and confusion from a domestic moment.
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Tommy
Paw
Writer Declares Humming Birds Are Great Racers
In Bird Lore, Robert 8. Wood notes male hummingbirds spend spare time chasing rivals and courting danger. They dive from heights, whistle, and engage in playful pursuit that may resemble tag. Females join in the sport, showing neither harm nor hostility in these springtime pursuits.
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Robert 8. Wood
Famous Lawsuits That Lasted Over Century
London Tit-Bits reviews historic legal delays from 1745 murders to 1863 Crown prosecutions. Notable cases include Eugene Aram executed 1759 for 1745 crime, Horne for child murder 35 years earlier, Governor Wall hanged 1802 for 1782 murder, plus land litigation begun in 1776 and ongoing disputes with the United States over Revolutionary War era property.
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Eugene Aram
Lytton
Hood
Aram
Horne
Wall
United States
Crown
London
No Escape Shriek Sets Scene at Quiet Cottage
A crowd gathers as a policeman intervenes in a chaotic scene. A boy explains his brother cries because their mother is hard of hearing while mending trousers, revealing the confusion and the officer’s sympathetic remark.
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Los Angeles Times
Wealthy Father Tests Groom With 50 000 Check
A witty Vanity Fair quip has an old gentleman telling his new son in law that a 50 000 check among wedding presents was only for effect. Henry admits knowing this and notes the bank cashed it that morning.
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Henry
Vanity Fair
How He Knew trains and the neighbor riddle
A short exchange reveals logic about train timing. Gerald asks about the neighbor’s train to town and deduces the neighbor’s train by noting his own schedule. The humorous paradox hinges on the neighbor following the speaker on the same timetable.
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Gerald
There Was Hope Lady-Tobe in a Divorce Tale
A fragment noting a divorce between Lady-Tobe and her husband in a rural exchange. The dialogue mentions the wife returning to Alabama and the husband admitting he will remarry, with a regional, folksy tone from the Cincinnati Advocate.
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Tobe
Yessum
Alabama
Cincinnati
Too Trusting After Night Burglar Slips into Bank Strong Room
A burglar enters a bank via an entrance then discovers the strong room door with a sign claiming the safe is unlocked. He turns the knob, the alarm sounds, electric shock incapacitates him, a bulldog bursts from a wall panel, and he is captured. He laments that his excessive trust in human nature led to his downfall.
The Thinness of Terrence
Two Irishmen meet after a year apart and gossip about Terence O Toole. Mike laments Terence’s decline, noting he grows so thin that he is thinner than he himself and Tim, a grimly comic exchange from Everybody's Magazine.
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Terence O’toole
Tim
Mike
Terence
Everybody’s Magazine
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Pinton
Geanore
Lake Shore
Overland
Toledo
Home & Tourist Service
Harry Barr
Ironwood
Terrence
WM. D. Triplett
Cor
Suffolk & Aurora Sts
Ironwood, Mich
Roberts Land Company
Chicago
Daniel H. Raess
J. JI. Novak
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