Kate Judd's Escape From Rhode Island State Prison
Rhode Island paper reports Kate Judd, a notorious inmate, repeatedly escaped from Cranston jail. She used a ladder fashioned from a plank, a skeleton key, and a created hole to flee the sixteen foot wall and yard gate. Accomplices outside and a fellow prisoner aided further escapes before capture.
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F Garfford
Kate Judd
Rhode Island State Prison
Cranston
Providence
Kate
Newport
Bellevue Avenue
John G. Weave
Tupsfill
Weavers
Deacon Ambrose
Boston
Amesbury
Mr. Weaver
Chapman
M. Reeves
Macy
George Rounds
Ka'e
Rhode Island
Rich Davenport man steals labor cistern payment
A Davenport employer hired a man to build a cistern for 312. After completion the owner seized the worker's tools and claimed the cistern leaked to force a reduced pay. The laborer pretended to quit, then attacked the cistern with a club to guard it.
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Clingis
Weoria
Ill
Davenport
Rudderless steamships novel steering device
A St Louis inventor, Wim H Burns, unveils a new steering mechanism for propeller steamers that eliminates the stern rudder. The device uses a swinging iron frame at the propeller shaft so wheelmen can direct turns by moving the frame, with the screw shifting position to push the stern. Burns plans an experimental 120 by 30 foot vessel for 300 passengers, costing under 10000 dollars, and aims to patent it worldwide.
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St Louis Republican
Wim. H. Burns
St Louis
Burns
Biras
Vention
Enzinas
Married for a Lark in New England Divorce Case
In Newport Dispatch coverage two youths Catharine Wildes and MrG Merwin aged fourteen and sixteen wed secretly in early 1382. The match sparked family notice and now Mrs Merwin seeks a divorce on grounds of desertion after years apart since 1852. Chicago testimony is filed under seal as evidence in the case.
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Newport
Catharine Wildes
Mrg Merwin
E. G. Wedes
Judea L. Elias Merwin
Boston
Merwin
Marl+ berugh street
Wildes
Chicago
Levins
Edwin F. Watkins
Richard H. Garland
Minnie Watkins
GH. Poresli
M. Fletcher Gruih
Jaw-Rending Surgery Removes Half of Man's Jaw
Joshua Booz of 512 Wyoming Street lost half his jaw when surgeons at the Medic-Chirurgical College amputated the lower maxillary bone from chin to socket under the jaw. The circular saw carved bone at 18 000 revolutions per minute. The operation, though dangerous due to nearby arteries, succeeded and Booz remains in remarkable condition despite heavy blood loss and nourishment challenges.
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Walt Ris
Philad
Yhia
Joshua Booz
Wyoming Street
Medic - Chirurgical College
Boog
Cure-all touted Hop Bitters claims across diseases
An old advertorial text promotes Hop Bitters as a universal remedy curing Bright's disease liver complaints rheumatism scrofula neuralgia and numerous female ailments. It warns against imitations and touts nationwide proof of cures while urging readers to avoid other so called tonics with hops.
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David Kennedy
David
N.Y
Deveath
Kennedy
Rondoutr
Daily Times
Bright
Cragg
Oysint
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Bucklen
A. W. Merck
W. W. Heed
Winchester
Ind
Louisa Vike
Bartonia, Randolph Co
A. Morek
Ely
Albert A. Perry
Smithborn
Tee Bryant
Stratton & Smith
Pears School
Meadvilie
A.W. Smith
Meadville, Pa
Johnson & Siegfried
AJL
Watt Paper and Decorations
Warren County
Hangi
Liberty Sts
Warren, PA
Schellhammer & Lesser
F. H. Myers & Bro
Horce
Warren
H. A. Jamieson & CO
Lake Shore
National
Syracuse
Dupont Powder CO
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