Indian fighter tale shows peril of dime novels
A twelve year old German boy read American dime novels depicting Indians as villains and planned to slaughter them in America. He traveled to New York via Battery Park and White Plains before stealing a farmer's watch and buttons. Police arrested him in the Bowery before he could act, illustrating the dangerous influence of dime novels on youth.
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New York Morning
Hamburg
Ernest Brandt
Opce
America
Battery Park
Broadway
White Plains
Yonkers
New York
Bowery
Right to Privacy in Courtroom and Statues Contested
Two tribunals rebuke invasions of privacy. Mississippi Supreme Court frees a man who defending his home from armed intruders. New York Supreme Court upholds family wishes against a public statue of a private individual. The piece warns of growing intrusion into private lives and its harm to public sentiment.
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Eupreme Ecout
Mississippi
Tady
Laddy
Supreme Court of New York
Immigrant arrivals rise with strong growth from several nations
A treasury bureau statement shows 555,496 arrivals in the last fiscal year, up from 451,219. Italy Germany Austria and Asia supply the largest increases, with China and Canada/Mexico affecting totals. Russia/Jewish persecution noted as potential future effects.
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Treasury Bureau of Statistics
Canada
Mexico
China
Italy
Austria-fanuary
Germany
Asia
Poland
Russia
Ten Year Old Mother and Checkered Life of Hodges Drayton
The Pittsburgh Telegraph notes Hodges Drayton, held on a thousand dollar bond for assault at the next Supreme Criminal Court term. Born February 1 1554 in Taunton Almshouse to a ten year old mother and fifteen year old father, he spent his youth in the almshouse, reform school, and the house of correction. He later served in the army, faced desertion and court martial, and led a nomadic life before returning to Taunton where he was arrested for horse theft. He has since married at Wall River and is described as six feet tall and upright despite a troubled past.
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Hodges Drayton
Fall River
Mass
Supreme Criminal Court
Pittburga Telegraph
Alms Lowse
Taunton
Elizabeth Drayton
Curtis
State Registrar of Statistica
Drayton
Reform School
House of Correction
New Bedford
Mle
Government
Kansas
Wali River
Historic patent medicine boasts and guarantees to citizens
The advertisement proclaims long time sales of Dr Kings New Discovery for Consumption, Dr Kings New Life Pills, Bucklin's Arnica Salve and Electric Bitters. It states universal satisfaction and guarantees refunds if results are unsatisfactory. J. R.
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Dr. Kings
Dr. King
Bucklin
J. R
Military Rule In Europe Exalts War Over Public Welfare
The essay argues European states prioritize military power over education and health, with budgets diverted to armies while publics face costly wars. It claims war drives policy, with ministers using war reports to quash protests and a ruling military class shaping laws and borders.
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Mara
W.L. Thayer
Europe
War Department
Rome
First Syrian wedding held in St Louis marks a cultural event
Kalel Waseff and Adilaid Miken wed at St Marys church and celebrated with about seventy five Syrians. The reception featured perfume spritzing and a long Syrian chant while guests, many unable to speak English, enjoyed beer wine and food in a festive late afternoon gathering.
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St. Louis
Syria
America
Kalel Waseff
Adilaid Miken
St. Mary's Church
Severty
Electric Bitters Remedy Promoted As Universal Tonic
A leading medicine claims Electric Bitters as a universal tonic for stomach, liver and kidney ailments. It is said to cure sick headache indigestion constipation and malaria. Satisfaction guaranteed with money refunded, price 50 cents.
Opportunity to visit the World’s Fair offered by San Francisco firm
A leading San Francisco house plans to sponsor deserving Pacific coast youths to the Columbian Exposition in Chicago. The Great History Company will cover rail fare round trip and seven nights lodging plus six Exposition tickets and theater passes. Applications are expected amid broad interest.
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San Francisco
Chicago
the Woods
Great History Company of
Weekly Miner offers cheap premiums with six month or yearly subs
Splendid Free Premiums entice readers of the Weekly Miner with a dollar for six months or two dollars for a year. Subscribers may choose dominoes or illustrated autographed Americana for six months, and two colored French pictures for a year, all shipped with the paper. The notice promotes samples and broad readership across Eastern trends and frontier communities.
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Lincoln
Mixer Puawwuiwe Co
Batte City
Montana
Notice of Authority and Claims at Silver Star Mining Company
Notice states no person has authority to contract debts in Montana for Silver Star Mining Company of Montana. Creditors must present just, attested claims to the Council Bluffs Iowa office for auditing and payment. Signed by M F Rouer president and J C Boxman secretary. Toledo Blade. The Blade seeks readers for distribution of sample copies and invites addresses. A lighthouse family's daughter cured by Dr King’s New Discovery after measles and prolonged illness. Trial bottle offered free.
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Montana
Silver Star Mining Company of
Main Street
Council Blais
Iowa
The
J.C. Boxman
Toledo Weekly Blade Free
Toledo Made
United States
Blade
Toledo
Ohio
Loren Trescott
Sand Beach
Mich
Detroit
Dr. King
J. R. Weston
Official World's Guide for 1893 Chicago Exposition
Announcement of the Official Guide to the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago 1893. Describes 400 page book with color illustrations and cyclorama view. Pacific Publishing Co. seeks agents, details via advertisement and offered prizes for word lists from The Queen Souvenir Spoon letters.
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Chicago
Pacific Publishing Co
San Francisco
California
Heroes off Unknown Seas and Savage Lands
J. W. Buel publishes a long awaited book chronicling heroic and thrilling discoveries as humanity moves from savagery to civilization. The volume features 300 original illustrations and oil color plates, tracing early encounters with wild races and pivotal eras, with Pacific Publishing Company as general agents offering strong agent incentives.
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J. W. Buel
Tims
Pacific Publishing Company
San Francisco
Portland
Polite Society at Home and Abroad Training Ad
Energetic individuals sought to join a new etiquette program titled Polite Society at Home and Abroad. No experience needed, daily wages range from three to ten dollars, with duties including representing the organization and promoting proper conduct.
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