Haunting Irish body snatcher tale of Mrs Bell's return
The Inter Ocean recounts a chilling Kilmore case of Mrs Bell buried with a diamond ring who rises in her coffin on the night of her funeral. The distraught husband and community witness a spectral revival. a thief attempts the jewel, leaving teeth marks on the corpse. The tale links to a later confession by James Binns of Belfast as a long-time body snatcher.
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Chicago Inter-Ocean
Kilmare
Ireland
Bell
Kilmore
Mr. Bell
Julia
Belfast
England
The Belfast body snatcher and the Bell family mystery
In Belfast a graveyard plot centers on a known physician hiring a man to steal a corpse for autopsy. A nurse or lady of rank is caught attempting to steal a ring from the coffin, the coffin vanishes, and a parsonage confrontation reveals a blackmail plot. The woman pays to keep the secret, and the husband resigns his living.
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Belfast
Church Yard
Kilmore
Bell
England
Girl's Composition on Girls and Other Fragments
An odd collage mixes a teen’s rambling essay on girls with stray notes about a New York region wheat crop, an escapee from Rochester asylum, a quip about a turkey meal, and a brief exchange between Blis Spriggs and Mr Wilkins. The pieces reveal period voice and fragmented readability.
Cosmic perspectives and fashion in a 19th century voice
A reflective piece contrasts timeless skies with human progress, noting star motions and vast cosmic distances while pondering civilization's direction. It quotes James Freeman Clarke and Burtington Mawkeye on innocence and natural beauty, then recounts a violent lunch counter incident and a financial crime brief from Rochester, all in a historic newspaper tone.
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Orion
Hunter
Sirius
Arcturus
Job
James Freeman Clarke
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New York
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Abram de Mallie
DR. Pierce
Animal Kingdom
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Rockport
Mass
Intervala
Ledger
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Pennsylvania
the Ledger
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Wells & Noyes
Wellls & Co
Wells & Co
Wells and Co
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Conarro
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Catarrah
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Weeks
Muateria Medical
D. W. Gray
California
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Eusgoron
Minn
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Houxe
Evita Jax Duffield
L. McGill
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W. C. Moore
Tates
Canadas
Weeks & Potter, Proprietora
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Quincy Score
Penn Avenue
Fittaburgh
Scott
Pittsburgh
Dr. Sage
A F Downs
New Geneva
DI Brown
St Joseph
BO Bewis
Rutland VI
Levi Springer
Nettie Lake
Chas Norcrop
North Chesterfield
Milton Jones
Scriba
D B Soller
Bridger Station
Wyo
J Cersiman
Logansport
Ind
J W Bailey
Tremont
Pax
Post
HB Ayres
Loa Porte
Jesse M Sears
Ft Branch
L Williams
Canton
Thayos
Onarga
Nichola
Galveston
Tex
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Stonesville
Lush
McFarland
Wis
Jobraon Williama
Helmick
Jones
Charleston Four Corners
Geo F Hall
Pueblo
Cal
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Sterting
Mary A Warne
Darien
John Eoelor
Carlisle Springs
James Tompkins
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Innnoch Dner
Pawnee City
Neb
Joseph T Afiller
Xevitt
Ohio
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Preacott
Ariz
Nancy Graham
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People’s Common Sense
R. W. Pierce
M. D. World's Dispensary
Buffalo
Rosareatt
A. W. Morck & Co
M. A. W. Morck
New York College of Pharmacy
Cor. Water and Hickory
Warren
NEW Wagon Shop
Was. Wagner
Water Street
Struthers’ Iron Works
John Sagee
F. Wells
Dodgers
Bill Heads
Hodder's
Mote
Convenience & Economy
Hodder
Warren, Kik
Forest
Warren Planing & Saw Mills
JAS. Clark, Jr. & CO
Memioek
Pecan
Greenland Brothers
Walley’s
Lambre
High St
Front &T
Carver House
Warren County
Auch
A. Whisss
Joan Grindley
Bond
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Remget Monett & Son
A. Ruhlman
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Warren, Pa
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Carver House Drug Store
Foyer
Variety Hall
Burcess
Fameily 'Ag
Second Street
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Ighhouse & Brother
Suspension Bridge Toll House
Ern Warren
Wigumocer A
Hazeltine & Davis
Allen Block
Liberty
Rta
C. Rowland. Hickory
Dully
Price & Knickerbocker
State Street
Albany
N.Y
B. Platte
Eraaa Rs
Rices Secording
St Cer Araeae Ae Ee
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