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Townsend Messenger in Townsend, Montana

07 May 1896

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Newspaper

Townsend Messenger

Location

Townsend, Montana, United States of America

Date

May 07, 1896

Page

3

Scanlan's Last Days Ailing Star at Bloomingdale

The article details Billy Scanlan's rapid decline in Bloomingdale asylum with his wife visiting, while years earlier he topped stages, wrote hits like Peek-a-Boo and Mavourneen, and inspired fans across two continents. It notes his early rise in vaudeville, partnerships, and later successes of his songs in Olcott's repertoire. Maggie Jordan Scanlan remains devoted, linked to Sharkey's 1872 murder case, and Scanlan's career arc from boy soprano to legendary minstrel.

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Billy Scanlan Bloomingdale Asylum White Plains Fourteenth Street Theater Scanlan Fortunatus Chauncey Olcott New York America Clecott East Twenty-second Street Olcott Clare Bloomingdale Maggie Jordan William F. Sharkey Robert Dunn Hudson Street Sharkey Dunn Cuba Havana Jamaica Scamlan New England William Cronin Cronin Minnie Palmer John Rogers Lillian Russell Pastor Broadway Killarney May Jordan William J. Scanlan Bartley Campbell Augustus Pitou Canada Great Britain Shane Na Lawn My Nellie Molly Little Dot Cortland Washington DuPont Delaware Gray Carlisle Emily Ann Andrew Wilmington Charles Princeton George St. Paul's School Josiah D. Hicks Pennsylvania Williard’s Hicks Maryland Frederick County Mr. Hicks Tyrone Altoona
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Washington Gossip and Spin ner Statue News at Court

The Washington gossip column covers Senator Gray and Congressman Hicks amid looming renomination buzz, Hicks family life, and Mrs Hicks active social role. It notes a Spinner statue in progress funded by women, plus Harrison portrait praise and British envoy Pauncefote as a composer.

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Gray Hicks Spianer Harrison Josiah Duane Hicks Jennie Douglass Elizabeth Stoner Home Magazine Congress House of Representatives General Harrison White House Eastman Johnson Julian Pauncefote Carlisle
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Spectacled stranger exposes a phony sponger on a Buffalo car

A mild man on a Buffalo Express train offers a newspaper to a beggar. The donor learns of a philanthropic society that gives rope to hang dead beats, while the borrower protests. The tale ends with the sponger retreating amid a cold car corner and a remark on Japanese farmers and land.

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Buffalo Express Morning Express Alonc
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The Meanest Millionaire in a New York Court

In a New York civil case a millionaire landlord demanded $1 rent from a poor family. The judge, appalled by the cruelty, paid the dollar himself and the spectators contributed to help the laborer until better days.

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New York
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Me Imposed Upon Won't Be Imposed Upon

Mrs. Carlisle, famed for thrift and hospitality in Washington, dismisses the idea she is ever imposed upon. Her strong Scotch ancestry shapes a blunt, charitable strength as she defends her autonomy and kindness.

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Mrs. Carlisle Washington
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Ohio man seeks Quay head X rays for nomination check

A dusty Ohio visitor with a large camera and X ray gear arrives at the capitol lobby to photograph Senator Quay’s head. He says President McKinley urged him to verify Quay’s nomination interest, but the senator is unavailable. The episode ends with the man departing discouraged.

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Capitol Senate Cleveland Senator Quay Mr. Quay Ohio
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Mis Washington Gossip Emily Gray Cadle William Hicks Bedford Cora General Spinner Henry Ellicott Hancock Spinner Chase Cora Hicks Mrs Boston Boston Herald
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