New York Group Plans Irvington Casino Resort
A New York finance group forms the Irvington Casino Company with a $600000 capital to develop land near Irvington on the Hudson into a Monte Carlo style summer resort. A stone casino for 200 guests, hunting preserves, park grounds, and entertainment facilities are planned on forty acres with lakeside views.
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New York
Carlo
Monaco
Europe
Westchester County
Irvington-on-the-Hudson
Monte @arclo
Irvington Casino Company
Isaac Burr
Aaron Burr
Irvington
Burr
Irving Heights Association
Henry
Platt
Willet F. Cook
Gould
Cyrus W. Field
United States
Death Reveals Old Romance in Atlanta
Miss Carrie Wilkerson, who died in Atlanta, was the lifelong sweetheart of Alex H. Stephens. They grew up in neighboring counties as youths, stayed engaged though never marrying due to Stephens health. Wilkerson, a white haired woman past sixty, was left in grief and collapsed after his death.
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Altanta
Carrie Wilkerson
Alexandder H. Stephens
Wilkerson
Mr. Stephens
Miss Wilkerson
Stephens
Macon
Mesmerism Belief Tails To Explain Train Injury
Samuel Werner, walking near Haltiport, was struck by a Pere Marquette train and left unconscious. He claims mesmerism by a man who influenced him since childhood, citing past accidents and near drownings blamed on the same influence.
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Haltimort. Md
Samuel Werner
Pittsburg
Ravenna
Ohio
Allegheny City
Wireless Telephone Found in California
Stockton California April 11 A system of wireless telephone has been discovered by J H Lillie of Lodi superintendent of the Sunset Company who says he will soon place an instrument on the market that will revolutionize communication Lillies alleged discovery came by accident while testing barbed wire lines four miles apart when he heard another rancher talking more than eight miles away He has since perfected a system and instrument and reports practical tests solving long distance communication.
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Stockton
Cal
J. H. Lillie
Lodi
Sunset Company
Lillie
San Joaquin County
Metal and Money Market Report
New York price quotes show Mexican dollars at 41 cents and silver at 53 cents per ounce. Copper is listed around 12 to 121 cents with fluctuating casting values noted.
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New York
Living and Dead Attacked by Rats in Detroit Home
In Detroit on April 11 a three year old child, Robert Schurank, was bitten by rats while sleeping beside his mother at 1506 Canton Avenue. A recently born infant's dead face lay on a trunk beside them and was badly disfigured. The ro dent problem unsettles the household, which fears sleeping at all hours in a two story stone dwelling from ante Revolution era. Dr. H A Schell offers optical services amid the distress.
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Detroit
Mich
Robert Schurank
Lena Schurank
Canton Avenue
Sleeping Im Spectacles
An optician reports two customers who sleep wearing spectacles to bed to aid sleep. A woman confessed she cannot sleep without them, claiming the habit started recently after years of use, with twisted bows observed by the optician and nightmares arising from poor sleep.
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Boston Herald
Curious Tartar courtship by smoking pipe proposal
The article describes a quirky custom among the Tchulian Tartars where a would be groom hides to observe if his beloved woman will smoke a pipe left in her sight, signaling acceptance if the pipe is lit. An English garden tribute by Mrs. Rothschild features yews formed into a table, armchair, peacocks, a sundial, and a golden clock shadow with a heart shaped bed at each corner and the motto light and shade by turns but love always.
Indian Tribesmen Escape Police By Clever Tactics
London Express describes Bhils and Mahsuds as expert thieves who evade pursuit through stealth, deceptive disguise, and lifelike camouflage. They wear little clothing, oil their bodies for speed, and use shields to hide garments as they blend with night shadows.
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London Express
Earl of Arundel Holds Castle by Right of Ownership
The Arundel Castle fortress is uniquely tied to its owner as the Earl of Arundel in England. No similar peerage privilege is known for other castles and a future sale to a millionaire could not block the title's seat in the house of lords if the owner fell on hard times.
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Arundel Castle
Earl
Sunday school lesson on kindness and scripture
A Carthage Press excerpt describes a Sunday school teacher sharing a week’s incident with her class of girls. She asks for a verse to illustrate the tale and a girl replies with the line Whatsoever God has joined together let no man put asunder.
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Carthage Press
Express Elevators Shock Upstate Visitor in New York
A city visitor described the rapid express elevators in New York skyscrapers as terrifying. Taken from the sixteenth floor by an express ride, he found the sudden plunge to street level via the ground floor switch startling and compared it to jumping. The anecdote, attributed to the New York Post, highlights the fear of extreme elevator speeds.
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New York
New York Post
Fine Tiffany Glass At Low Prices From BE Capo Jeweler
An enamelled line of Tiffany glass pieces is advertised at reduced prices by BE Capo the Jeweler located at 83 West Congress, urging shoppers to inspect the collection.
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BE. G. Capo
the Jeweler
West Congress
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Los Angeles
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