The Wrong Man in a New York Court Mixup
A young physician recalls a mistaken identity scare in a New York police court after a shopkeeper wrongly identifies him as an accomplice to a missing money case. He endures a night in a dirty cell, a dangerous harbor of fear, a special hearing, and a final dismissal, costing him sixty dollars in the end.
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New York
Gaid
Tribune
Pera
Pennsylvania
Hudson
General Grant
Riverside Park
Day
Well
Ihou
Anylibi
Mickey and John in Cleveland Leader tribute story
John McCullough rose from childhood coal shoaling at the Philadelphia gas works to the highest ranks of his profession. An old fellow-workman recalls being surprised and delighted by his generous treatment when they reunited, noting McCullough dressed simply beside his former rough clothes.
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John McCullough
Philadelphia
McCullough
John
Fragmentary Bonaire Conversation in Chicago Hotel
A garbled dialogue records a scene in a Chicago hotel where Bonaire and a companion discuss leaving as one man looks rough. The speaker names Mickey and John and hints at a prior connection, expressing casual familiarity and a wish to escape the moment.
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Bonaire
Cracy
Chicago
John
Mickey
Thrifty Indians on Devils Lake Reserve Farm Progress
A Boston Journal corresp describes Devil’s Lake Reservation along the southeast shore, detailing crops, farming methods, and improvements. It highlights Shipto’s transformation since 1862, growing wheat and oats, building granaries, and supporting family welfare through education, mills, and agricultural machinery. Blue Shield, a prominent ruster, builds a beaverlike homestead and urges eastern readers to praise Indigenous progress.
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Iomanes
Devi’s Lake
Boston Journal
Devil’s Lake
Shipto
Minnsota
Devil's Lake
Ghipte
Clude
Bard
Aera
Blue Shield
Detectives Use Clairvoyant Ruse in Stolen Coat Case
In Brooklyn a missing overcoat leads Detectives Curran and Reynolds to trick George Brown, a Black coachman, with a staged trance and phosphorus marks. Reynolds fakes a psychic vision to reveal a wall message accusing Brown. Under pressure Brown confesses and begs mercy.
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F. N. Ackerman
St. John’s Place
Brooklyn
George Brown
Curran
Reynolds
Brown
The Hawk Meant Business
North Stonington resident F. N. Peabody set a steel trap to catch a hawk that killed his turkey gobbler He failed to secure the trap to the earth and while digging potatoes he heard a bell like sound and saw the hawk dragging the trap toward the woods leaving with it a one dollar trap attached to the hawk
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New Haven Register
F. N. Peabody
North Stonington
Grant's Narrow Escape Flora His Memoirs
An amusing New York hypochondriac with a gloomy mood and rich background is described visiting theaters and riding in a showy dog cart. The piece contrasts his despair with a gaudy entourage and amused spectators as he lingers on constant misery. Grant's Narrow Escape recounts a Civil War transport near Belmont where a musket ball struck the sofa and lodged in the foot, narrowly missing him. A Detroit Free Press vignette ends with a whisky-witted shopper and a broom quip about hitting a loafer, ending in a pratfall of apples.
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New York
Our
Albany
Journal
Fifth Avenue
America
Grant
Belmont
Mississippi
Detroit Free Press
Woodward Avenue
Shay
Amusing Sport. Hartford Tees at Noon Bridge
A track cart driver halted on a bridge to seek dental aid from a Naue physician. The surgeon pulled three teeth with tools from his buggy, stopping traffic as crowds gathered. Another man soon had a tooth drawn, while nearby a hunter questioned bears at a Pennsylvania station as a train neared eastward.
White Antelope Captured Near Wall Rock Canyon
Wyoming hunters T D Abbott and Charles Rathbun chased and captured a rare white antelope near Wall Rock Canyon after a six week search. The animal, about one year old, was described as the first white antelope ever seen. the hunters regret it could not be kept alive for a traveling menagerie.
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Laramie
Wy. T
Wyoming
T. D. Abbott
Charles Rathbun
Wall Rock Canyon
Mr. Rathbun
Mr. Abbott
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Mickey and
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Cleveland
Thrifty Indian
Flora
Hartford Tees
Warren County
Johnson & Siegfried
Variety Hall
Pruggists
Warren, Penny
Furnitur
Greenland's
Front Street
Episcopal Church
Warren
Undertaking
Iimbalming
Eage
P. Greenland
Water Street
High Street
Hazel and
Laurel
H. A. Jamieson & CO
Lake Shore
National
Syracuse
Dupont Powder CO
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