The Wayward Lovers and a Landlord's Odd Room
A mild young man asks for another room in a private hotel claiming the next suite holds a widow, her daughter and a lover who practice a waltz. The landlord offers No. 13 as the only vacancy while the suitor laments the situation and contemplates the comical bedrock of hush kissing. A second brief item shows a man rushing to catch a train at Brush Street station and threatening a blow if it has not left. The rest advertises patent remedies and health products with dubious claims.
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Tiee
Ray
Detroit Prep Press
Brush Street
Elise
Lonz
Harvard Lampoon
Richmond Dispatch
Galveston News
Albany Argus
Guossip
Royal Nuptials at St Petersburg Crowned by Imperial Ceremony
An ornate report describes the wedding of Czar Nicholas II and Princess Alix of Hesse Darmstadt in St. Petersburg. Crowds filled Alexander Platz and the palace quay as the procession to the cathedral unfolded. The ceremony in the Orthodox rite lasted two hours with brimming pomp and the metropolitan leading the service. Paris dispatches note New York papers splitting with the Associated Press of Illinois over contract terms, while the Southern Associated Press officially repudiates relations with the Western AP.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Petersburg
Winter Palace
Alexander Platz
Nicholas II
Alix
Hesse-Darmstadt
Palace
Aniteheff Palace
St. George’s Hall
Council of the Empire
Louor
Alia
Dologerenki
Count Verontzull
Perial
Nicholas
St Peterstarge
Holy Synod
New York
Associated Press
Illinois
United Press
Causa
Chicago
Victor F. Lawson
Associated Press of
Lilinois
Associated Pres
J. H Estrin
Vice Pres
Tillman’s farewell message in South Carolina General Assembly
A Columbia special reports Governor Tillman presented his farewell message in both houses, noting reforms from Clemson College to the primary system, and defending dispersary and liquor laws. He criticizes lynch law and urges state police control. a later note apologizes to Solicitor Bellinger for actions and explains delays in prosecuting a case, citing miscommunications and Brown murder trial focus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia
Tillman
General Assembly
G. Dancan Bellinger
Barowell
Bel
Reform Party
Clemson College
Couss
Winthrop Normal and Trndustris College
South Carolina
Iis
Bellinger
Cilimia
Gever
Iiv
United States
Furman
Hy Nee
South Carolina Legislature Enters Session With Key Picks
The South Carolina legislature opened after reelecting Speaker Jones. Dr. Sampson Pope, ex-senator Hemphill as senate clerk, and Greenville's Earle pushing a $50 telegraph delay fine. Pope contests the governor election as illegal under 1882 act amid a looming constitutional convention and judiciary selections.
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South Carolina
Jones
House
Sampson Pope
Gav Toor
Senate
Hemphill
Earle
Greenville
United States
Butler
John Gary Evans
Committee On Privileges and Elections
Dr. Pope
Washington News Roundup: Cholera in Brazil and Treasury Bond Sale
Surgeon General Wyman reports cholera in Rio Janeiro and Sao Paulo states Brazil while dispatches hint at British enmity in Bluefields politics. The treasury accepts Stewart Bond Ltd bid to purchase fifty million dollars in five percent bonds at 117.077, with outside funds and simplified handling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wyman
Rio Janeiro
San Paulo
Brazil
Ambassadeur
Postmaster-Genial
Congress
House
Washington
Cleveland
Stewart’s Bond Ltd
Secretary of the Treasury
Juina A. Stewart
United States Trust Company
Isve
Fires and robberies span world and nation in brief dispatch
A Raleigh wire notes fires in the Tennessee bottoms killing eight and destroying $1,000,000 in property while the Anniston Cordage plant runs long hours to April 1. Antwerp reports a factory burned for £80,000. In Texas masked men robbed a Sub Pacific train at Elka Station. Birmingham cotton warehouse fire claims $75,000. Jersey City factory fire damages $3,000 in machinery with explosions. Madagascar responds to France with mixed court plan and limits on arms import.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Asheville
N. C
Stevenon
Tennessee
Anniston
Ala
Rowbax
Antwerp
Belgium
Depite
Sub Pacific
Elka Station
Texas
McKnight & Chichester
Jersey City
N. J
Jaimes
Raltpetre Works
Charles Ryan
John Bergman
Madagacar
Euil
Diego Suuries
Telegraphs Report World Events and Local Incidents
A barrage of brief notices covers royal decrees in Spain, a December parliamentary summons in Italy, General Miles temporarily directing the East, Lord Randolph Churchill’s frail condition, and the Kansas or Ohio bank closures. Reports from Kiel on Brazilian cruisers, foot and mouth outbreaks in England, and Javanese troops near Wei-Hai Wei are noted, alongside U.S. governance, finance, and industrial headlines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spain
Nelson A. Miles
Department of the East
London
India
Randoulph Churchill
Kends, S. D
Iank Examiner
Ohio Coal Traffic Association
Ohio
West Virginia
Mississippi River
Kiel
Germany
Falmouth
Sitlingbourne
England
London Standard
Tokio
Peking
Georgia Central
New York City
Georgia
Southern Railway Company
Governor Flower
New York
Fellows
German American Reform Union
Caure
New York Herald
Buenvos Ayres
Avery
Ailante, Ga
Rio
Crane
National Shoe and Leather Bank
Frederick Baker
Bishop
Baker
Seley
Baker Suicide at Sand Point Sparks Bank Scandal The New York Sun report
The newspaper claims Frederick hk. Baker a lawyer tied to 206 Broadway and 25 West Seventieth Street drowned at Sand Point while facing a potential arrest for allegedly plundering the Shoe and Leather Bank of over 354000. His sons challenge the accusation, noting no known account, while bank official Gilbert Sayers testifies paying Baker checks weekly for eight years. Baker reportedly died wealthy with an open account.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
New York Sun
Frederick Hk. Baker
Broadway
West Seventieth Street
Sand Point
Samuel C. Seley
Rouaway
Shue Ao Leather Bank
Gilbert Sayers
Baker
Port Arthur Captured Sparks Shanghai Excitement
Central News reports the fall of Port Arthur to Japanese forces sparked wild reaction in Shanghai's native quarter. British steamer Chee-Foo delivered the dispatch via news of torpedo boats breaching harbor defenses and Chinese forts falling. Princess Bismarck Dies in Germany as Prince Bismarck mourns deeply.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shenghai
Port Arthur
Shanghai
Chee-Foo
The
Star
Quips and Quirks Across Newspapers of the Era
The excerpt compiles humorous lines and witticisms from various papers. It includes jokes about doctors barbers and customers and playful quotes on topics from horses to umbrellas. It also features garbled telegram-like exchanges and light social satire reflecting press humor.
Memorizing Bible Passages Highlights Remarkable Memory Feats
The Brooklyn Eagle recounts instances of extraordinary memory among men and a Moscow monk. Blind Alick in Stirling could recite book, chapter, and verse by heart and detect verbal errors. Others include a fifteenth-century Moscow monk, Daniel McCartney as a New Testament concordance, Professor Hoyt with scripture paregnes, and Lord Cartaret who recited the Greek New Testament from Matthew to Revelation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stirling
Scotland
Alick
Fuera
Moscow
Daniel’ McCartney
Hoyt
Lord Cartaret
Brooklyn Eagle
Electric Divining Rod and World Water Sources Claim
An old German technical article describes an Austrian nobleman Von Sedezier using an electric apparatus with platinum chains and balls to locate water. The device allegedly tracks subterranean watercourses as one ball activates over water, aided by a magnet and watch in the other hand. The piece notes his topography and geology study aiding the method, and mentions a complex setup with materials from sixteen countries and forty-five different heads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
von Sedezier
Dirizci
Bizarre Clippings Range From Stamps to Sailors
A jumble of notes cites William Gillespie’s wall of canceled stamps worth 2000, Victoria’s vast realm, Don Cameron as a summer idol, and Lady John Scott’s song origins. Cyclists Zimmerman Wheeler and Banker claim substantial earnings. A Rochester man parks a fare in a traveler slot, baffling a conductor, followed by light jokes on domestic life and a Tetterine testimonial. The Atlantic liner scene ends with a Greenwich longitude quip.
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William F. Gillespie
Middletown
Queen Victoria
New York
Don Cameron
John Scott
Annie Laurie
Prase
Maxwelton
Téig
Zimmerman
Europe
Wheeler
Banker
Rochester
Buffalo Express
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Linty Run
Tn Oden Times
Ki'mer
Binshamton
N.Y
Suse
Poters Susines College
Macon
T Sy
Ius Elbbi
Reiler
Ucafoni
Nin
Rorer
T Mac m
Cheny & Co
Toelo
Ann
Toledo
Davin
J. Cheney
Tipnans Tobnies
Unie
Mr. Winsow
Isaac Thoma
James H. Ashtouw
Hool
Hood
J. H. Aston
Islinston Bridge
West
Wells
Sarsa
Parilia Ures
Rochester, N. H
Czar Nicholas II
Princess Alix
Southern Association
Western
Richmond
Czar Nicholas
Gov. Tillman
Affairs of
Carolina’s
National Capitol
Massachusetts Cotton Company
Boston
Mass
Waterbury, Conn
Waterbury Brass Company
John Kelly
Princess Bismarck
Bismarck
Varzin
Prince Bismarck
Human Nature
Jim
Tals
Toronto Globe
Philadelphia
Blank
Scott
Chicago Inter- Ocean
Ublime
Boston Courier
Doc D
Philadelphia Record
Bessie
Gussie
Liath
Trna
Pierce
William Hoover
Bellville, Richland Co
Walter Baker
U.S
Andalussia, Ala
C. LS. Castracy
J. T. Shuptrine
Savannah
New Yorker
Greenwitch
Evelyne
Teal Book
Elestro-Eesmetial & Syennunre St
Cinelunati
Nassau Street
New Youn
Ydouglas
Brockton
W. L. Douglas
N. D. McDonald
P. D. Box
Atlanta
Johnson & CO
Vas
Catarra
New Voeu Clee
Hull
Ces W. Harder
Willismaport
Scott & Bowne
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