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Newspaper
Warren Ledger
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1891
Page
9
Within half a decade the couple planned to elope but fled to the United States leaving most possessions behind. The wronged husband exposed the plot in Detroit. McCord blamed his partner while she lamented abandoning her children. Pinkney showed mercy and chose not to prosecute, leaving an uncertain outcome for all.
Siegfried Gosch, a Holstein native who sought fortune in America, tired of hardship after arriving in San Francisco. He met the Sternitzky tannery family, whose modest status contrasted with his sense of importance. His tale ends in tragedy as events spiral from his perceived superiority toward a fatal culmination.
An American observer notes Parisian bathing habits among the wealthy and in hotels. Large bathrooms mix luxury with nap culture, while the Champs Elysees area offers baths via white establishments or in-home services. Sunday mornings a copper tub cart and driver arrive to serve clients, reflecting mobile bath trends in the city.
A man named Siegfried, once an aristocrat by marriage, becomes a resorting figure through marriages and work in a tannery. After dowry and precarious trades, he murders his wife and one child with a hatchet, then hangs himself. The devoted mother shields baby Robert as blows fall, dying in the process.
In Roseburg Oregon Charles Minkler and Lottie Critzen planned a wedding when Mannis a young dry goods clerk rose to object at the ceremony. He demanded a private talk, was removed from the venue, and a pistol was found in his pocket. He said he had long wished to marry the bride.
Jumbo, the largest Connecticut horse, stands near seven feet tall and weighs 1700 pounds. Owned by a Savin Rock shipbuilder, the powerful animal has dragged a two ton load with apparent ease.
Reading fragments note animals consuming peanuts at the Central Park menagerie as children coax lions and pelicans into the habit. Other excerpts discuss blanching celery, with Old World methods using leaf tying and brown paper. The 1861 November marks a unique political note with Lincoln in Washington and Davis in Richmond.
The Montana sapphires occur in placer gravels between Ruby and Eldorado on the Missouri River, sixteen miles east of Helena. Sapphires were long seen as a byproduct of gold mining but a few companies have formed to mine gems alone or with gold. Colors vary across light red, yellow, blue and green, with blue-green stones noted. most cut stones show a metallic luster unique to this locality. no true blue sapphires or tea rubies have been found.
A street encounter with Jesse Eaton reveals a daughter finding an egg containing a second egg resembling a partridge egg. Another observer recalls a double chicken hatch on his property, noting the backs of the twins.
A curious tale from New York tells how pugilist Swipes the Newsboy and Mike Silverman known as Waller the Butcher wooed Minnie Rosenblatt. After a mock battle they wed before Judge McGown and headed to Swipes’ modest room, with Minnie boasting of family approval and Swipes hinting at trouble if rival Yaller returns.
A sensational wrap from a historic page detailing brutal clashes among Chinese secret societies in San Francisco, with blunt commentary on police inaction and frontier-style vendettas. It includes a bizarre portrait of Adolph Isaacs enacting a wartime war on rats and a satirical critique of early photography studios.
In Bull Run alley a watchman found the body of Yung Leung, a Suey Sing Tong member, after a season of violence between Suey Ong Tong and Suey Sing Tong factions. The conflict, begun in Alaska canneries, continued to San Francisco with stabbing and shooting affrays and extensive blackmailing against authorities.
Mr J W Battle, a Williamsport Pennsylvania merchant, faced a dangerous incident when, walking near the river bank, he was nearly engulfed by sawdust from an incident he did not anticipate.
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