Notable Contemporaries and Their Varying Fortunes
Michael Davitt credited with shaping California as a home. Baron Hirsch, a Turkish railway fortune founder, is Bavarian by birth. David B. Hill may lose influence if he seeks the Senate, occupying last-row desk. Alan Arthur, son of ex President Arthur, is tall, young, bachelor, recently toured Europe. Max Dieulafait, Baltimore youth, claims eleven language fluency. Eugene Kelly, New York banker valued at ten million, began as an itinerant peddler.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David B. Hill
United States Senate
Baron Hirsch
George Vanderbilt
W. Mellor
Ann Arbor
Mich
Harriet Mellor
Lord Redcliffe
England
Alan Arthur
President Arthur
Europe
Max Dieulafait
Baltimore
Earl of Derby
Lord Granville
London University
Marquis of Hartington
Eugene Kelly
New York
Notable Women and Their Pursuits Across Society
Edda Lewis receives $750 annual salary at Lime Rock lighthouse. Mrs. Grover Cleveland aids in a mission kindergarten and serves as vice president. Mrs. Kate Pier of Milwaukee is a lawyer and court commissioner whose daughter is entering the legal profession. Mrs. Potter Palmer maintains a winter fruit and herb conservatory supplying bouquets. Sophia Braeulich advances from stenography to business manager at The Engineering and Mining Journal after visiting major mines. funds cover Miss Matilda Ashton’s Melbourne university training for three years. Middy Morgan, tall stock and cattle reporter for the New York press, works Hoboken yards and lives on Staten Island. Moncure D. Conway praises Carlyles but notes Mary Carlyle’s lack of domestic gifts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edda Lewis
Lime Rock
Grover Cleveland
Cleveland
Kate Pier
Milwaukee
Potter Palmer
Sophia Braeulich
Rothwell
Matilda Ashton
Melbourne University
Middy Morgan
New York Press
Hoboken
Staten Island
Around the Thrones and European Royal Figures
A round of royal and political notes describes Denmark's queen as a skilled dressmaker and pastry cook, the Prince of Wales recovering from illness with rheumatic pain, efforts to build a new imperial throne designed in Teutonic style, Grand Duke Sergius of Russia as a religious fanatic, and King Otto of Bavaria's health and erratic behavior including confinement and hunger strikes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denmark
Prince of Wales
Doepler
Sergius
Russia
Victoria
Paul
Romanoff
Otto
Bavaria
Remembered for Her Kindly Acts
A Western Pennsylvania piece recalls a New York born minister’s wife who cares for a long siege of a dying parishioner. After the woman’s death, the daughter gives a parcel of her mother’s false teeth, a token of gratitude that defies easy acceptance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania
Miss Wilkins
New England
New York
Ohio
Keystone State
New York Times
Arsenic Poisoning: Risks and Detection by Medical Experts
Medical men warn arsenic can be criminally administered with fatal effect though rarely used. Arsenic, known as arsenicus acid, is odorless and tasteless, dissolves in water, and mimics cholera morbus, misleading diagnosis and death. Suspected cases lead to strong evidence gathering. intentional poisoning carries first degree murder charges and possible hanging.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zating
Kansas City Star
Bear and Fish Story Frames Soldier Anecdote
A humorous Civil War era tale shares a captain fishing near Fort Apache who battles a bear to land a trout, then jokes with a general about the bear and fish. Separate note recounts three Springfield men in Boston chasing museums and finding themselves back at the same exhibit, amusing locals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Carlos
Fort Apache
New York
A Sensible Query About Ancestry Across Ireland
A newspaper snippet recounts Mr. Ashmead-Bartlett’s tale of visiting Ireland for the first time and seeking ancestral roots. An Irishman questions why he searches there if his kin left about a century ago, highlighting wit from London Tit-Bits. The piece also notes a light exchange between Dora and Jack from New York Epoch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ashmead-Bartlett
Ireland
London
Warren Ledger Ad Claims Exclusive Goodrich & Feldman Line
An 19th century Warren Ledger notice urges readers to buy a range of crackers and sweets including Sea Foam Salt Water Waters and Macaroons Bismark sugar wafers from Goodrich & Feldman. It also promotes White Cloud Flour as the sole product carried by Gooffrich & Febman and signs off on behalf of THE F SCHUMACHER MILLING Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren Ledger
Warren
Goodrich & Feldman
Holmes & Coutts
Crown Acme
Goodrich & Feldman_ ACME OIL COO
Gooffrich & Feb
F. Schumacher Milling Co
Preservation of a Fight Witnessed by Police Man
A bystander notes two men fought with similar injuries, but the one with mudded hair appears to be the worse for wear. The police officer detains the muddy haired fighter and takes him to the station.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Calaboose
Chicago Tribune
John Sill & Son
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Michael Davitt
California
Herbert Spencer
The
Society For the Prevention of Cruelty To Children
Springfield
Boston
Springfield Homestead
Dora
Jack
Core
New York Epoch
Fehlman Brothers
Mass
Goodrich & Fehrman Wenslow
Rand & Watson
New York City
Akron
Wm. Spinner
Oneida Valley
da. EH. F
Butterreto
Syracuse, N.Y
N. Kk. Wendelboe’s
Woman's Work
Athens
Georgia
Emil Amann
F. M. Lesser
Amann
Carver House
Water and
Hickory Streets
London Herald
Courrier de la Semaine
Johnson
Ieee
Maul
Ls, Johnson & CO
L. G. Bayes
Warren. Dy
Haentze’s
Nervalin
HENTZ@ MEDICINE CO
Philadelphia
Morris & Mullen
Evry Bom
C.&e.bartsch
Water Street
Diamond Block
Waren
Fox
Siegel's
BRR UE & CO
Augusta, Bare
Castoria
Samuel Pitcher
G. C. Osadon
Lowell
Mas
J. F. Rischenor
Conway, Ark
H. A. Arcurn
M. D
Oxford St
Brooklyn, N. Y
Children's Department
Umirep Hospital and Dispensary
Maga
Auusa
the Centaur Company
TT Murray Street
Pennsyvania
Front Street
Peter Greenland
Warren, Pa
T. W. McNett
Second St
Geo
Davis’ Drug Store
Short Street
Penn
L. G. Noyes & CO
Gqwanda
Wiard
Bissell
Amora
Robison
R. Edmonds & Son
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