Finger of God in the Witch Trial Bloodline
A disturbed Dorothea Ingram in Sagunauk is accused of murder and witchcraft after a baby is found dead in Hillary’s cabin. A lightning strike on the minister’s house coincidences with the crime as villagers suspect witchcraft, Achsah’s nervous illness, and a Salem trial looming.
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Childre
Dorothea Ingram
Egbert
Lennox
Dorothea
Henry Granville
Achsah
Granville
Achsad
Hillary
A Wild Wet Night Shatters Dorothea Ingram’s World
In Dorothea Ingram’s collapse, the Puritan trial and fever drive her toward insanity. Egbert Ingram remains by her side as villagers suspect protection by an unknown benefactor. Medical walks and suspicion frame a village’s grim tale of superstition and sorrow.
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Egbert
Aer Saguauck
Old England
Mark Hillary
Dorothea
Granville
Cme
Mr. Grangilie
Mysician
Achsah
New Hypnotism Method by Dr Luys Proposed in Paris
In Paris Dr Luys unveils a fascination technique using a revolving stand of colored glass fragments to captivate groups of patients. He claims the rotating bright surfaces induce a retinal and nervous state akin to animal fascination, producing anesthesia and immobility within five to thirty minutes.
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Faris
Luys
Atlanta Markets Groceries Prices and Provisions Listed
A dense list of grocery items with prices covers staples from sugar, tea, spices, and canned goods to flour, grains, and meats. The note includes ranges for salt, rice, molasses, and oil, plus produce such as cabbage and potatoes, concluding with a nod to cotton market chatter and a humorous closing line about April fools.
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Arbuckle
Lion
New Orleans
Cuba
Jamaica
Singapore
Japan
Hawley
Virginia
Boston
Tennessee
Coxey Speech Blocked on Capitol Steps in Washington
Coxey and his followers march to the peace monument and onto Capitol grounds as police bar Coxey from speaking on the steps. Arrests occur after a tense confrontation while the Army of the Commonweal continues its protest for roads reform in Washington.
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Metropolitan Police
Capitol
Guardians of Peace
East Front
Coxey
Congress
Second
Capitol Grounds
New Jersey Avenue
Kelley
Washington
Marshal Carl Brown
Elizabeth A. Haines
Brown
Capitol Steps
Christopher Columbus Jones
Philadelphia
Miss Coxey
Resignations and social notes mark Washington scene
Samuel Thanhouser resigns as consul in Mata Mora Mexico and forwards his letter to Washington. Harriet Blaine marries Troxton Beale at the Blaine residence near the White House. Congress confirms several nominations including James D. Yeomans for interstate commerce commissioner and various Baltimore and Georgetown posts. Washington observers note Coxey’s Capitol visit and the large crowd. A Berlin report condemns peanut flour for military use. April debt figures show net increase in public debt with detailed balances and gold reserve at 100 million dollars.
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Samuel Thanhouser
Cleveland
Matamora
Mexico
Washington
Harriet Blaine
James G. Blaine
Troxton Beale
Persia
Greece
Blaine
Lafayette Square
White House
Walsh
Brooklyn Tabernacle
T. DeWitt Talmage
D. D
Coxey
Capitol Steps
Capitol
Senate
James D. Yeomans
Iowa
Frank T. Shaw
Baltimore
William H. Manogue
Georgetown
D. C
C. Ridgely Goodwin
Treasury
Coxey Dreams of Reform Move Reaches Capitol Grounds
Coxey leads procession toward the capitol in a phaeton as protesters, numbering in the hundreds, press on to a new camp on M street between First and Second, southeast, about a mile from the capitol. The demonstrators, who walked more than five miles, press plans amid widespread threats.
Congressional Briefing on Army Bill and Stockbridge Death Delays
The house debated the army appropriation bill and delayed a resolution on Senator Stockbridge's memory to await a later hour. The body adjourned in his honor. In the senate, discussions over the tariff bill continued with modifications uncertain, Stockbridge's death pausing legislative action. The chamber later opened an executive session and postponed the Chinese treaty.
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House
Crisp
Senate
Senator Stockbridge
Coxey
Congress
Stockbridge
Johnson
Ohio
Committee
Capitol
Treasury Department
Hatch
Finance Committee
Wolcott
Harris
McMillan
Lodge
Morgan
Illinois AG Declares Tobacco Trust Violates State Law
Illinois Attorney General Maloney rules the American Tobacco Company alliance of Virginia North Carolina Rochester N C and New York City houses formed under New Jersey law is a trust doing business in violation of Illinois law and plans to file a chancery bill against the company and about 200 Chicago agents. The concern is described as one of the world’s most gigantic trusts.
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Maloney
Illinois
American Tobacco Company
Virginia
North Carolina
Rochester
N. C
New York City
New Jersey
Chicago
Army Camps Under Big Tent in Washington Special
The 400 commonwealers slept on straw under a canvas awning then in a large tent at their camping ground and had bread and fried fish with coffee for breakfast. Some were sent to hospital for malaria likely from the unhealthy site. The state funding board and Secretary Morgan departed for New York with 1,000,000 in redemption bonds sold to Blsh Co at 98 cents. Bonds bear 4 2 percent interest and will redeem 500,000 of Gs and 500,000 of Ss,Saver in annual savings of about 10,000.
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Washington
Nashville Dispatch
State Funding Board
Morgan
New York
Blsh & Co
Senator Stockbridge Dies in Chicago After Illness
Francis Browne Stockbridge United States senator from Michigan died in Chicago Monday night shortly after 7 o'clock. He had been confined to his bed since arriving from Washington April 2 and his death was sudden despite a period of illness. He had been complainant about his health for some time. The report mentions no further causes.
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Francis Browne Stockbridge
United States
Michigan
Chicago
Washington
Gold Exports Surge as Spring Movement Gathers
Treasury reports show about 1.5 million dollars in gold shipped by the Teutonic with 4 million more engaged for shipment Saturday. The total export volume will depend on foreign exchange rates.
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Treasury Department
Teutonic
Earthquake Shocks Cardiff District Wales
A sharp quake was felt across Cardiff district on Thursday. Crooked furniture toppled in homes and miners in Pontypridd fled their mines in fear. Little damage was reported overall.
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Cardiff
Wales
Ponti-Pridd
Ugly Man Contest Offered in Brussels for Big Prize
Prizes for hideous men spark a novelty event in Brussels at a venue called the North Pole. A grand ugliness prize awaits the man with the most repellent countenance as English admirer adds 2 pounds 10 shillings. A judge in Westminster refuses a divorcee's claim tied to a husband who objected to building the morning fire and to taking her to the World's Fair.
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Belgium
Brussels
North Pole
Daily News
Westminster Gazette
Unio
Romance of Cotton Seed Revival and Profits Across the Industry
The piece traces the cotton seed’s rise from waste to valuable byproducts. It notes prices from five to thirty-two cents per bushel, a $40 million American Cotton Oil Company stake, and diverse uses from oil for soap to cattle feed and paper hulls. It highlights mills, refiners, and regional players like Emil Bohn and Houston, St. Louis, and Kansas City facilities.
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King Cotton
Cotton Seed
South
American Cotton Oil Company
Europe
Rotterdam
Emil Bohn
Brenham
Texas
Houston
St. Louis
Kansas City
Globe-Democrat
Advertising That Paid In German Journal Claims Potatoes Profit
A Mainzer Nachrichten piece asserts advertising pays by recounting a man offering five marks to the sender of the largest potato. Within two weeks he received many sacks of fine potatoes, and after paying the five marks for the largest specimen, the venture proved highly profitable.
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Mainzer Nachrichten
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