Death of Gen John M Palmer Acknowledged in Springfield
Gen John M Palmer died in Springfield Illinois last week born September 1 1817 in Eagle Creek Scott County Kentucky. He moved to Illinois in 1832 practiced law, served in the state senate 1852 54, and held multiple national roles including presidential elector in 1860 and governor of Illinois 1869 1873. He later served as United States senator and was nominated by Gold Democrats at the 1896 Indianapolis convention.
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Palmer
John McCauley Palmer
Springfield
Eagle Creek
Scott County
Kentucky
Illinois
Carlinville
State Senate
Philadelphia
Washington
John M. Palmer
Fremont
United States
Senator Palmer
Indianapolis
Prohibitionist S F Pearson Elected Cumberland Sheriff
Rev Samuel F Pearson of Portland Maine was elected Cumberland county sheriff, the best paying Maine office, pledging to take only 3000 dollars and return the rest of his fees to the county. He won 6440 votes as Prohibitionist over Despeaux and Barton, signaling strict enforcement of the prohibitory law in the county.
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Samuel F. Pearson
Portland
Cumberland County
Maine
Despeaux
Republian
Barton
Pearson
Rev
S. F. Pearson
Lighthouse Keeper’s Widow Emily Fish at Point Pinos
For six years Mrs Emily B Fish has served as light house keeper at Point Pinos on the Monterey coast. Widow of a former US Navy surgeon, she previously lived in an Oakland mansion known for its refined social scene, cuisine, and stylish hostessing.
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Point Pinos
Monterey
Pacific Coast
Emily 8. Fish
Fish
United States Navy
Oakland
Prominent Broker Foote Collapses from Speculation
Charles B Foote a junior partner in Hatch and Foote a Wall Street firm for 40 years has been driven to mental and physical torment by unchecked speculation. His breakdown began September 1 and paralysis followed as an investigation revealed unauthorized dealings forcing an assignment.
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Ot Oceanic
N. J
Charles B. Foote
New York
Foote
Hatch & Foote
Wall Street
War Board Likely After Ludlow European Study
Gen William Ludlow plans a Europe visit to study foreign army methods likely leading to a war department board of general managers. He previously served as military attache in London and in 1896 reported on European and Asian ship canal systems. He is noted as a brilliant engineer officer and a veteran fighter in the Civil War.
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William Ludlow
Europe
War Department
Ludlow
London
Asia
Engineer Corps
Elected an Insane Man Boutelle Re-elected to Congress
Charles A Boutelle of Maine was re elected to Congress despite being an inmate of an asylum. He represented Bangor for twenty years and as naval committee chairman helped shape naval policy. Mental strain worsened last spring leading to admission at Waverly Massachusetts asylum where he was a raving maniac before his renomination and landslide victory.
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Charles A. Boutelle
Maine
Congress
M . Boutelle
Boutelle
Bangor
House of Representatives
Washington
Naval Committee
Navy
C. A. Boutelle
Waverly
Mass
Hermit of Kingston: Frank D Van Nostrand’s Reclusive Life
Frank D. Van Nostrand of Kingston New York a once wealthy educated man has lived as a hermit for twenty five years after his family fortune and a mysterious romance with a New York girl. Elders recall a stately mansion a secret behind his retreat and a guarded past. May share few street sightings.
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Frank D. van Nostrand
Kingston
N. Y
van Nostrand
Elias T. van Nostrand
van Nostrands
Frank
New York
Frank van Nostrand
Hermitage
F. D. van Nostrand
Bad Morals in Trade in Chicago Grocers Bags
Chicago consumers accuse grocers of weighing in heavy colored paper bags as groceries, a practice revived after a brief protest by the Chicago Federation of Labor. Editorials liken the deceit to theft, urging bags be supplied at cost and customers receive the exact weighed items.
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Chicago
Chicago Federation of Labor
Chicago Daily News
Thomas Lipton
Ceylon
Sir Thomas
Italian expedition reaches farthest north surpassing Nansen
Captain Cagni led the Duke of Abruzzi’s party from Stella Polare in Terpitz Bay to latitude 6.33 marking a new northern record. Food shortages halted further progress while extensively mapping unknown regions. A commemorative tablet is planned for the Fitchburg station in Boston recalling Jenny Lind’s first U.S. performance at the city’s largest venue.
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Cagni
Duke of Abruzzi
Stella Pollare
Terpitz Bay
Nansen
Fitchburg
Buston
Jenny Lind
United States
Dig
Boston
Romance in a Suit Uncovers Virginia Ancestry Claim
Mrs Mazie Winston of Chicago seeks possession of 50000 and reveals African blood in her veins. Her father Dorie Hamner, a Virginia settler, died by his own hand after providing in his will for Marie born in 1873. Lawyer Luther Laffin Mills plans to travel to Virginia to secure evidence for the claim.
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Mazie Winston
Chicago
Dorie Hamner
Virginia
Dorse Hamner
Marie
Luther Laffin Mills
Humorous Misadventures of a German Music Supply
A city tale recalls a suave stranger selling “late music” to Herr Hopf, claiming a German origin but revealing a mix up with tunes and a penny-ante transaction. The anecdote shifts to another desk tale of the poet Watson and a whisky bottle, testing trust and propriety in the office.
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Teuton
Hopf
Old Kentucky
Philopene
Herr Hopf
Noddin’ Sherman
Hans
Chicago News
Atlanta Constitution
Watson
New Era
Bard
Novice Poker Theorizes Four Card Hands For Laughs
A comic Omaha World Herald item recalls a novice poker player who misreads hands. He asks if four cards with one spot each have value while others mock and win with a pair of trays, a seven, a jack, and the cuter. The gag hinges on newspaper humorists and vaudeville trends.
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Candor
Omaha World Herald
Worth Trying and Left the Doctor In Doubt In LITER
A collection of quips and dialog from early 20th century papers. The snippets include Diddler testing a tailor and Robison doubting the plan, a doctor’s bedside warning about a mother in law, and a neighbor sufferer of loud piano.
Rony of Fate And The Lazy Man Of Hall Caine
A bank clerk narrator recalls a Manx exchange about Hall Caine now living near Greeva Castle. A farmer and his wife mock the author as the “lazy beggar” while a bank manager laments transfer limits and the era of authorship. The tale ends with the correspondent noting the writer’s collapse.
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Hall Caine
Isle of Man
London
Greeva Castle
Caine
It Made Him Weary
A Chicago Post excerpt portrays Frayed Frawley questioned by a woman at the door about drinking. He retorts with blunt, weary humor about his patched clothes busted shoes and lack of employment while denying any need to prove sobriety.
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Frawley
Chicago Post
When you are sure you are right you should suspect you are wrong
A dialogue snippet presents a philosopher instructing a student that certainty invites doubt. The emphasis is on humility in judgment as a guiding axiom from Life.
Pure in Compassion and the mercy of insects
A quoted exchange from an Indianapolis Journal item contrasts mercy to insects with family duty. The text juxtaposes a child’s instinct to aid bugs against helping an elderly relative, ending with a reflective line on tender, guardian love akin to that of a devoted old maid for a new minister.
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Dicky
Jane
Indianapolis Journal
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Ilinois Volunteers
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Ster
Collis P. Huntington
Knaus Hung
Huntington
GA Ec Cveekly Paznorame
Mrs. Winston
Diddler
Robinson
New York Telegraph
Detroit Free Press
Rhades
Dobbs
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