Georgia Man Driven to Poison After Stranger Death
In Conyers Georgia a man, influenced by a strange episode, shot himself after seeing a stranger die by his own action. The victim collapsed, a crowd gathered, and the killer then swallowed morphine at the Commercial hotel before dying. Investigators note no clear motive beyond a depressed mood.
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Georgia
Conyers
Baide
Hethet
Almand
Maddox
Commercial Hotel
Heann Cersati
Blind Man's Long Walk Across Alaska Stuns North
Beattie Washington February 1 A remarkable journey unfolds as Shubert Nichols, a blind man, completes a trek across Alaska from the Ko river region to the coast. He endured long miles, crossing five mountain ranges and surviving harsh conditions before arriving in Finida.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shubert Nichols
Finida Beattie
Wash
Shut Nichols
Wikon
Eetaese Bight
Catarrh of Stomach Cure Promoted by Digestion Aid
A pamphlet extols digestion as the key to curing stomach catarrh. It recommends after meal tablets containing Diatus, Pepsin, Nux, and fruit acids, marketed as Hallanson’s safe treatment, with testimonials praising relief from indigestion, appetite, and fatigue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hallanson
N. J. Booker
Dearborn
Eatarri
Stuart
Remarkable North of Dawson Miners See Cold and Packs Survive
A fragmentary report notes climactic hardships north of Dawson where cold reached below zero and a miner named Ames faced tough trekking. One pack of water failed while another man endured, highlighting the harsh conditions and effort of miners on the Koyukuk route.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dawson
AL Ames
Rocky Ford Melons Organization Faces Market Split
St Louis firm secures disposition of this year’s Arkansas Valley melon crop as lightning spread across associations. Seven groups push federation. six oppose. Denver and Kansas City bids vie for Colorado territory. Oluer leads split with local committees forming competing markets.
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St. Louis
Arkansas Valley
Ta Junta
Arkinyan
Rocky Bardart
Tata
Ferry
Geng
Port An
Denver
Colorado
Smeitzer & Co
Kannis City
Eget
Kansas City Western
Pauierynd Game Company
St. Loure
Pallee United Bision
Seeaion
Hockyard
Grand Valley
Engagement of Alice Nielsen Opera Company Promises Spectacle
The Crawford theatre hosts the Alice Nielsen Opera company with The Fortune Teller, a Herbert and Sorich collaboration hailed across New York and major cities. Miss Nielsen shines in a role fitting her dramatic gifts as critics praise the ensemble, libretto, and production. The program also features Giraffe Girona by Dorothy Mourton, The Beggar Student, and My Cetenene cade at ae theater next Wednesday.
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Alice Neilsen
Crawford Theater
Aent
New Opera
New York
Wiewer
Victor Herbert
Harry
Sorich
Nelsom
Tha Rastonians
Dorothy Mourton
Miss Morton
Herbert Wilkie
Edwand Webb
Competena
Souchet
Ae Theater
D Ennery Millions Claim Fortunes Share
Paris Feb 3. Relatives of the playwright D Enery claim a fortune of over 1 million francs. The estate promises to produce a flood of legal work as heirs fight for their portion and guardians argue over the will.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fortusa
Paris
D’ennery
Only Two Men Have Held Money Packer's Post
A long Washington feature details the Treasury currency packing system, focusing on John F Brown and James F Meling. It explains how government notes are counted, packed, and secured, with Brown’s cageed work station and the risk of silent fraud if a dishonest packer slipped forged notes into standard bundles.
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Money Packer
Washington
James F. Meling
United States
John 3
Brown
John BR. Brown
Bureau of Emeracing
Genin Brown
Ethaes
Manila
le Brown
Simoes
Treasury Department
Anmniza
Barnes Dem
Ark
Lincoln
Montcomery Walt
Barnes
John F. Brows
Arown
Garnes
Sind
Sonar
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Suc
APO
Fuaklng
Texas Stockman Wins Big Gambling Cash From Denver Gamblers
Fort Worth stockman Charles Whitney at a national convention in Denver entered a gambling game and built a large pile of winnings. He reportedly won around twelve thousand dollars in the week and reached about two thousand on Monday evening before a police raid disrupted the game. other players were arrested and the operation shut down.
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Texas
Denver
Charles Whitney
Fort Worth
Kimmel
Uncle Sam
Apex
Whitney
Bun
Phillips
Gambiers
Son Appears as Claimant in Beehelder Estate Case
In Fanta Crus Caln on Feb 2 a son of Captain d. A. Bachelor emerged as claimant to the Beehelder Estate in California. The estate, to be shared among the deceased's brother's children, faced delay after an Iowa attorney reported Bachelder's son F. F. Bachelder ready to prove kinship. The deceased had lived in the county for thirty years and no east family was known. The estate case proceeds with the new challenge.
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Thin County
Evtare
Easley presses consolidated city county plan insights
Ralph M. Easley, secretary of the Civic Federation, returns from New York and Philadelphia with observations for Chicago’s joint charter amendments committee. He argues that combining city and county functions mirrors Greater New York and Philadelphia patterns, warns against overreach, and supports phased powers while delaying final vote until November 1900.
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Kansas Prairies
Chicago
Tribne
Ralph M. Masley
The
Civic Federation
New York
Philadelphia
Committee of Charter Amendments
Cook County
Easley
St. Louis
San
Lkely
Greater New York
Recorders of Deeds
Harrington
Hanover
Sivanston
Oak Park
Austin
William C. de Witt
Comittee
Committee On Revision
Municipal Assembly
Manhattan
Brooklyn
Richmond
Queens
Bronx
Tammany
Séth Law
Chicaro
Mr. Eassey
Queen Victoria's Name and the Wettin Lineage
In J B Oconnor's Mainly About People, the article explores Queen Victoria's potential legal name if she became a commoner, noting the Wettin surname from her marriage to Prince Albert and tracing its use among royals including Leopold of Belgium, Albert of Saxony, Ferdinand of Bulgaria, and Charles I of Portugal. The piece references the historic Wettin lineage and notes the long-ago death of Wettin in 1156.
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J. B. O'Connor
Victoria
Wettin
Prince Albert of
Saxe Coburg-Got
Ralbert Wettin
Leopold
Belgium
Albert
Saxony
Ferdinand of
Bulgeria
Saxe-Coburg
Hotha
Saxe-Mein- Insen
Prince of Wales
Charles I
Portugal
Dr Miles Remedies Promised To Relieve Grip Sufferers
Severe grip symptoms demand prompt care not untested remedies. Dr Miles Restorative Remedies, Nervine, Anti Pain Pills and Nerve and Liver Pills touted as a complete grip treatment with free samples by mail to readers in Elkart Ind. The ad warns against drugs like morphine and cocaine and explains how to request a free trial by postcard.
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Miles
Grip
Miles’ Nervine
Dr. Miles
Milex
Miles Menicat Co
Elicart
Ind
Royal Lineages Tie European Thrones to Wittikind Roots
A historical note traces European royal lineages to Wittikind with many rulers bearing the Oldenburg patronymic. It cites Denmark, Greece, Oldenburg, and other crowns, clarifies Russia's imperial line, and mentions the British Este usage tied to the Este founder.
Roosevelt Memorably Falters In Poem Recital
A religious paper reprints a long anecdote about Theodore Roosevelt struggling to recall lines from Marco Bozzaris. The tale, dated and worn, mocks the boyish memory lapse while noting the professor’s quip and Roosevelt’s later fame.
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Theodore Roosevelt
Sevon
Ted
Marco Bozzaris
Bour Reece
Roosevelt
Greece
Mms
Theodore
Epworth Herald
Boodle for Charity in Clark Election Money Split
Helena Feb 8 final disposition of the 31000 alleged to fund William A Clark’s election is being considered by a legislature investigating committee. Reported that 10000 has already been given to an orphan’s home with likely steps to allocate the remainder.
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Montana
Clark
Helena
Mont
Wiliam A. Clark
Man Found Dead in Trunk in Philadelphia Lodgings
Robert T. Rink Jr. of Pitman Grove New Jersey an aerial exhibitor was found dead in a trunk at his 21 North Juniper Street lodgings. A half filled laudanum bottle lay on the bureau and a remark about a Penn Yan New York woman dying in a trunk preceded the discovery. Rink fell from a balloon at Pitman Grove last summer and had not been well since.
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Philadelphia
Penn Yan
Robert T. Rink, Jr
Pitman Grove
N. J
New Jersey
North Juniper Street
N. Y
Rink
Laudisdry
Astor yacht Nourmahal to cruise from Marseilles to India
Mr and Mrs John Jacob Astor will join their yacht Nourmahal at Marseilles with six guests and plan a voyage possibly through the Red Sea to Calcutta. Mrs Astor disclosed plans before leaving for England. The Nourmahal sails Saturday to Gibraltar then Marseilles, with Miss Atherton Blight among guests on the Mediterranean cruise.
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John Jacob Astor
Marseiles
New York
Nourmahal
Marseilles
Mrs Astor
England
Red Sea
Calcutta
S. C. Teitland
India
Marcellies
Gibraltar
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Rocky Ford
Treasury
Ralph Easley
Queen Victoria's
Bradfield Regulator
AtentaGa
Scendant
Wittkind
Charletulis
Europe
Wittikind
Christian
Denmark
George
Peter
Grand Duke of
Oldenburg
of Fossils
Russia
Azon
Leichtenstein
Duke of Cumberland
Saxe-Coburg-Gotha
House of Azon
Margrave
Marquis of
Este
Royal House
Great Britain
Duke of
Sussex
George TH
D'Fiste
J. M. Knight
Kansas Avenue
Kohl
Charles W. Koll
Banras Ave
Topeka
Eas
Bernhardt
Nice
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