Late Col Davis Promoter of Great Exhibition Dies in Chicago
Col George R. Davis former director general of the world’s fair and a Civil War and Indian Wars veteran died in Chicago. Born January 3 1840 in Palmer Massachusetts he served as captain and later major before earning the brevet rank of colonel. He held political office, helped organize the Columbian exposition and directed the 1893 fair project. The narrative also notes his business roles and a separate New York Herald description of difficult timber handling tasks requiring 18 workers for an 11 ton block on a rail route.
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George R. Davis
Chicago
Palmer
Mass
Williston Academy
Springfield
Eighth Massachu
Congress
Davis
Republican National Committee
National Executive Committee
Methods at Carrara Marble Quarries Through the Ages
The article describes Carrara Italy as a longtime marble source near Genoa where 6,000 workers and 1,600 sculptors rely on centuries old methods. It notes the limited modern improvements, aside from powder, and explains how blocks are transported from high quarries to road and rail.
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Carrara
Italy
Gulf of Genoa
Apennine
Massa
Augustus
Census Measures Show 140 U S Cities Over 30 000
The Department of Labor releases statistics on U S cities with 30 000 plus population. It identifies Albany as oldest incorporated city, notes New York Chicago and Philadelphia as million‑plus metros, compares land area and ownership of utilities across cities, and highlights health stats for McKeesport and Salt Lake City.
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Congress
Department of Labor
Washington
United States
Albany
N. Y
Philadelphia
New York
Chicago
Taunton
Mass
Boston
Baltimore
New Orleans
Newark
N. J
Pennsylvania
Massachusetts
Ilinois
Richmond
Louisville
Duluth
Minn
Des Moines
McKeesport
Denver
Col
Salt Lake City
Pittsburg
Indianapolis
New Haven
San Francisco
Toledo
Wheeling
May wed Holland queen if Berlin report holds true
Berlin reports Queen Wilhelmina of Holland may wed Crown Prince Frederick William of Germany. The prince, born 1882, studies at Bonn University and once made a chair with his own hands, while his brother Eitel Fritz learned goldsmithing and Kaiser Wilhelm is a skilled bookbinder.
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Berlin
Wilhelmina
Holland
Frederick William
Germany
Hohenzollern
Prince
University of
Bonn
Prince “Eitel Fritz
Stray Stories Exchange on Advice and Regret
A fragment from Stray Stories centers on a tense exchange where Mrs Cross O asks for silence, and Mr Cross notes the public verdict that the plan was a mistake. The brief dialogue hints at strain in a relationship and reputational judgment from those around them.
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Mrs. Cross
Mr. Cross
Forty Year Old Murder Case Stricken From San Patricio Docket
The long dormant murder indictment against John McDonald, once a Scotland-born ship captain, is dismissed for lack of evidence. McDonald fled to Mexico after the 40 year-old fight with James Mowat, later learning of his wife’s death, and spent years at sea before returning to Beeville area.
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State of Texas
John MccDonald
District Court
San Patricio County
John McDonald
Orkney Islands
James Mowat
Mowat
McDonald
Mexico
Tampico
Great Lakes
John A. McCullum
Beeville
Tex
Robert Weir
Pat McGloin
H. D. Sullivan
Texas
Linton
Too Violent to Suit Him Jack Meets Miss Fair Girl
Nellie questions if Miss Fair girl is an athlete and confirms she has defeated Jack in a romantic sense. The dialogue hints at sports prowess without explicit harm, reflecting a plotted exchange in Stray Stories.
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Jack
Minnesota’s Spectral White Moose Again Baffles Hunters
A sensational tale from the New York Herald in Minnesota stirs rumor of a giant white moose seen only in stories. Reporters note no eyewitness has proven sighting, yet many riflemen seek a shot amid ongoing speculation and curiosity.
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Annesota
Minnesota
Kipling
New York Herald
New York
Minnesota Woods
Tragedy at Murphysboro ends in double death
Samuel Coad Sr killed his wife in Murphysboro after a dispute and then took his own life. Their bodies lay in the dining room as neighbors and a daughter who found them alerted the sheriff and coroner. Coad, 60, and his wife, 30, had ongoing marital troubles with possible separation talks.
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Samuel Coad
Murphysboro
E. B. Cox
Margaret May Bevans
Coad
Earl of Wemyss Plays Golf In Subtle Finish
On a Fife course the Earl of Wemyss nudged a ball to the hole with his boot after nearly sinking it outright. His old caddie balked, flung down the clubs, and gasped in disbelief, muttering that golf is golf. Grief and hate at their height are silent.
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Earl of Wemyss
Fife
Fifth Husband for Jessie L Bridges Johnson Farrar
Jessie L Bridges Johnson Davitt Morton Koessler Farrar, 19, formerly of Cuba Missouri now in St. Louis, has wed her fifth husband in an elopement. Her life spans multiple locales and marriages beginning at age 13, with earlier unions and exploits recounted amid family and household tensions in St. Louis and surrounding cities.
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Jessie L. Bridges-Johnson-Dayvitt- Morton-Koessler-Farrar
Cuba
St. Louis
Belleville
Oscar E. Farrer
Stange Avenue
Clayton
Jessie L. Johnson
Farrar
Market Street
Jessie L. Bridges -Johnson
David Johnson
Steelsville
James Bridges
Jessie
New Orleans
Hot Springs
Ark
Will Morton
Morton
Stelway
North Broadway
Kessler
Joseph Kessler
Emma Kessler
Prayed for Lucy Grey ends with a steeplechase win
Very Rev Dean Hole recalled a Yorkshire parish tale where a curate asked for prayers for Lucy Grey. After three Sundays the clerk revealed she had won the steeplechase, making the curate a local power in the parish.
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Lucy Grey
Dean Hole
Rochester
Yorkshire
London Chronicle
Very Important Things. Master Name Unknown 100 Years Ago
London Tit-Bits notes items today unseen a century past. It lists technologies medicines and concepts now common such as radio waves, airplanes, vaccines, computers, and spaceflight. The piece hints at daily life shifts and new scientific wonders shaping modern society.
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Tommy
You
London
Flattery Sparks Quarrel Between Clara Dora and Clare
Dialog shows Clara and Dora mock Mr Loftie as a flatterer while Clare notes he claimed Dora was setty. The terse exchange captures social tensions and witty remarks in a domestic scene.
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Clara
Mr. Loftie
Dora
Setty
Clare
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