Wheat corner leads to ruin and a clever wife
In Warren on April 22, 1897, Mr. Madax becomes entangled in a wheat market corner that crashes after he partners with Sir Cesar Camp and others. His wife Joan, ambitious and calculating, manipulates events to recoup losses and pockets a £50,000 profit, sending him to Monte Carlo while she claims mastery of the market.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Madax
Old Gold Alley
John Madax
Bullion Court
City
Madax
Joan Mapax
John
Sam
Pine Bar Club
Hotel Metropole
Carlton
Reform
Cesar
Eolborn
Billy
Joan
Mrs. Madax
United States
India
Baltic
Brighton
Monte Carlo
Sir Cesar
Madox
London
Tata
Goodby
Endurance Tales From the Seventh Cavalry Troop
Captain H L Scott recalls L troop Chiricahua Apache endurance and speed. A deer was chased and caught nine miles from camp. nine men on foot pursued and captured a coyote chasing a calf after two hours. The Sioux view these feats as near supernatural, illustrating life differences within the same race.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. L. Scott
Seventh
United States Cavalry
Arizona
Sioux Falls
Gardens of Leo XIII and Italian Style at the Vatican
F. Marion Crawford notes in Century that the pope frequents the garden near the iron gate and a closed visitors gate. The Italian styled grounds appear larger than they are with box hedges statues and water jets providing playful surprises amid restrained atmosphere.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leo XIII
Carpineto
Italy
F. Marion Crawford
New Anti-Toxine Findings From Plague Research
Dr. Alvah H. Doty reports progress on an anti toxine for bubonic plague. A temporary Swinburne island lab began Feb 17, horses were inoculated Feb 26 and Mar 9, and serum from March 15 extended life or cured in one case, with variable curative results in tests on white mice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alvah H. Doty
New York
Wilson
Health Board
Egypt
India
Swinburne Island
Great Explosion Lifts 150000 Tons of Rock for San Francisco Dam
A massive blast on a San Diego area mountain produces 150000 tons of rock tossed 50 feet into a canyon and 125 feet to rest. Over 100000 pounds of powder used as engineers prepare the site for the Morean dam to supply water to San Francisco 45 miles away.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Diego
Morean
San Francisco
Depew NY Town Bets On New Cotton Mill Growth
Chauncey M Depew announced negotiations secure a large cotton mill for Depew New York. Joseph McCreery of Fall River Mass leads the project with planned capital of 500000 and a 40000 spindle mill powered by Niagara Falls. 1280 Kilburn and Lincoln looms to be installed as the town expands its manufacturing base. The town, three years old near Buffalo, already prospers as a railroad hub and grows rapidly with new industry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chauncey M. Depew
Depew
N. Y
Joseph McCreery
Fall River
Mass
Mr. Depew
Lincoln
Negro skin color may be removed by electricity says professor
Professor Lucien L. Blake of Kansas University claimed in a lecture that skin color stems from carbon pigment and that electricity in moist tissues could decompose and transport elements in the pigment. He suggested experiments using a water bath and battery poles to diffuse a current and remove carbon without harming tissues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lucien L. Blake
Electro-Chemistry
Kansas University
Cat and Family Provider in Bethel Vermont
Samuel Bovens of Bethel Vermont trains a cat that brings in partridges for family dinners as a curious domestic routine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel Bovens
Bethel, Vt
The Culinary Art Through Histories of Court Feasts
A survey of chef tales from the French court and Italian origins, noting Princesses de Conde, Mailly, and La Vallière and their dishes such as the breast of mutton a le Conde and duck au Douillet. It cites Napoleon and Carlyle for dining habits and praises Gladstone's measured meals as life extending. It also mentions American cycling paper traditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Princess of
Soubise
Princess of Conde
Duchess of Mailly
Louise de la Valliere
Mme. de Maintenon
Louis XIV
le Conde
Pere la Chaise
Princess de Conde
Italy
France
Bechameil
Louis the Magnificent
Vatel
Prince de Conde
Napoleon I
Carlyle
Gladstone
Farm strewn with gold coins on Narcelle estate
A North Dakota frontier scene details a farm 50 miles north of Fort Pierre where Paul Narcelle hid large sums of gold coins in cans across his property. He died without revealing the caches, and heirs have since dug up portions, estimating totals well below the remembered treasure. Residents offered help but were declined. some were caught mining on their own.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bulldog
Narcelle
Fort Pierre
United States
Paul Narcelle
Dakotas
Heirs Disappointed as Choquette Estate Valued at 30000
Probate court determined the wealth of Alfred E. Choquette, once rumored between 500000 and 1000000, actually totals about 30000. The supposed strong box held only aged papers. Milwaukee Trust vaults held the securities and property. Administrators Joseph and Michael Choquette were qualified with a 10000 bond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Paul’s
Alfred E. Choquette
Milwaukee
Canada
Choquette
Milwaukee Trust Company
St. Paul
Michael
Joseph Choquette
Kankakee
Ill
Mann
Joseph
Michael Choquette
Chicago Girl Wins Debating Victory in Boston
Miss Mary Maud Barnes leads three Chicago educated women to defeat three male orators in a Boston debate between Kidder Debating Society and Young Men's Christian Association. Judges praise the effort as Barnes, 20, daughter of publisher C. M. Barnes, earns laurels amid applause from friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Barnes
Boston
Mass
Association Hall
Fair Daughter
Chicago
Kidder Debating Society
Emerson College of Oratory
Young Men’s Christian Association Congress
J. G. Gosselin
J. B. Ferber
H. H. Long
Congress
Mary Maud Barnes
Inez Packard
Edith M. McDuffee
School of Oratory
Olin
Samuel L. Loomis
James E. Cotter
Miss Barnes
C. M. Barnes
Howland
Plymouth Church Christian Endeavor Society
Kidder
Emerson School of Oratory
Unlucky Harrison Baby Horoscope Foretold by Reader
The St. Louis Republic reports Mrs. Ellis, famed occult reader, predicts the Harrison infant faces frail health and grim years ahead. The analysis warns of possible early death, risky years through childhood, and a difficult marriage, with the father’s days numbered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ellis
Louis Kossuth
Henry Clay
Wilson
Harrison
St. Louis Republic
Saturn
Herschel
Mercury
Pack of Mad Dogs Menace Gainesville Area
Reports tell of a pack of six large ferocious dogs terrorizing near Gainesville Florida. Attacks include Marthus near La Crosse and a horse dying from hydrophobia, two boys bitten with one dead, and several school children assaulted while a posse hunts the beasts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gainesville
Fla
Marthus
la Crosse
Remarkable ice cream cure ends hiccoughing saga at Fresh Ponds
New Jersey man Thomas Kaywood, bedridden by hiccoughing, regained health after his friends coaxed ice cream. A physician urged the treatment, a messenger fetched the ice cream from New Brunswick, and Kaywood felt relief as attacks ceased. He credits the confection with an unlikely recovery and reflects on the ordeal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Jersey
Thomas Kaywood
Fresh Ponds
New Brunswick
N. J
Kaywood
Mr. Kaywood
Mr. Raywood
Specie Room Dimensions on Ocean Steamships
The specie room on ocean steamships is typically 16 feet long, 10 feet wide, and 8 feet high. It is built from quarter inch thick steel plates with a burglar proof combination lock on the steel door.
Store ad touts large Christmas stock and bargains
The notice invites customers to inspect stock and notes record Christmas trade. It claims broad daily availability, fair treatment, and two seasonal bargains highlighted for the year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
China
Banquet Lamp Offered At Bargain Price
An ornate banquet lamp with decorated globe center draft burner and removable joint is offered in gold or silver plating with a Cupid figure. The ad urges buyers to act soon as it is a bargain that may not last.
English Dinner Set Offer at a 9.98 Price
A 100 piece English semi porcelain dinner set with brown underglaze and gold lines is offered at 9.98. The ad promises no crazing and calls the price a two dollar present. It invites customers to inspect and notes a full stock of first class crockery in Warren county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren County
Peary outlines Arctic colony plan to reach north pole
Lieut Peary proposes a nontraditional arctic expedition using Eskimo families as a mobile settlement base on Greenland s northwest coast. A small white team would accompany, supply lines would endure three years, and the pole is targeted within three years, possibly longer, with conditions to wait up to ten years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lieut. Peary
Council of the American Geographical Society
North Pole
United States
Lieut
Peary
Greenland
Eskimos
Seven-Child Birth Reported Near Dopat Gere Many
Dr. Dietrich Barruth of Dopat Gere Many reports a rare birth near there with seven children born at once. Only one such case is recorded, dating to about the year 1600.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dietrich Barruth
Dopat, Geremany
Literary Lights and Notes on القراءة
The piece surveys writers and works from Charles Reade to Kipling and Twain, cites Venosa’s plan for a Horace monument, and notes Richard Le Gallienne’s marriage and anniversary notices. It mentions South Sea Islanders taking to bicycles, with a Bulawayo club of 26 members in Matabeleland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Reade
Venosa
Venusium
Horace
Mark Twain
London
Harriet Shelley
Kipling
Richard le Gallinne
South Sea Islanders
Africa
Bulawayo
Matabeleland
South Africa
Stamp speculation and rare finds draw investors and collectors
Enterprising Sa moa residents propose running the post office as a business by selling vast stamp quantities. Peru earns 19950 from commemoratives, while protests surround a Washington clerk jailed for selling stamps. A rare 1850 British Guiana two cent pair could be worth about 3000 as a London dealer buys for a wealthy English collector.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samoa
Washington
British Guiana
Demerara
London
Bronze Vanderbilt Statue Unveiled at Vanderbilt University
Italian sculptor Moretti completes a bronze statue of Commodore Cornelius Vanderbilt for Vanderbilt University in Nashville. The statue shows Vanderbilt in a modern suit with a classic pedestal 9 feet 1 inch high. Grandsons Frederick W. and William K. Vanderbilt and Dr Chauncey M. Depew approve the likeness. Unveiling set for May in Nashville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University At Nashville
Moretti
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Vanderbilt University At
Nashville
Vanderbilt
Frederick W
William K. Vanderbilt
Commodore
Chauncey M. Depew
Commodore Vanderbilt
Mr. Vanderbilt
Hats and Accessories Parade in Dry Goods Description
Immense carriage hats in leghorn mousseline and ribbon, feather trimmed hats with shirred mousseline brims, changeable taffeta caps with lace, black chip hats with white straws, steeple crowns with flower wreaths, numerous collar ruffs, satin corselets with large two tone bows, black chiffon parasols with red bows, red birds and quills in cherry and cardinal hues.
Portraits and Sculptures Reveal Ada Rehan and Other Models
Artists agree Ada Rehan is a highly satisfactory model. Susan B Anthony endured as a patient model until questioned on women’s suffrage. Irving Morris, famed actor, posed for The Card Tagers group and held poses for long stretches. Judge Noah Davis transformed from a painting challenge to a gleaming portrait once the artist mentioned Conkling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ada Rehan
Susan B. Anthony
J. S. Hartley
Irving Morris
Hartley
Noah Davis
Conkling
Davis
Train timetable fragment shows New York to Falconer route
The daily Sun North and South timetables list stations from New York to Falconer with multiple stops including Albany Syracuse Rochester Niagara Falls and Warren. Times for arrivals and departures are shown interspersed with station names and mileage notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren
New York
Philadelphia
Washington
Baltimore
Daly
Erie
Williamsport
Kane
Renovo
Ridgway
Segrey
Sheffield
J. B. Hutchinson
J. RK. Wood
Sun. South
Boston
Albany
Sytacube
Rochester
Niagara Falls
Bumaio
Coseree
Dunkirk
Fredonia
Cassada
Ffewsdale
Russell
Tivinetomseeseess
Youngsville
Pittsfield
Gatiang Scsceeese Os
Ceee Eee
Grand Valley
Titusville
Oil City
Pittsburg
Sun, North
Ar. Falconer Junct
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Warren Mall
Warren, PA
By Robert Barr
Pope’s
Berum
New Yorker
Jupiter
West Angle
Sebastian Leprestre Vauban
Vauban
Stewart Oliver
Olga Nethersole
West
Miss Nethersole
Georgia
Siegfried & CO
Consumer
Kopf & Henry
Grocers
Water Street
H. S. Thomas
East St
D.A. V. & P. Railroad
Telephone
Acme
Acme Cycle Co
Elkhart
Ind
Literary Lights
Castoria
Pisa
Vanderbilt's
England
Pennsylvania
Harrisburg
Philadelph
Sunbury
Lancaster
Philadephia
Pullman
Williams Jn
Rce
Eriespm
Dunkirk, Allegheny Valley & Pittsburgh Railroad
New York Central
Hudson River R. R. Co. Lessee
Falconer
D. C
EVAR
Lilian
Kinzua
Bradford
Salamanca
Olean
Olean Express
Pittsburg Express
Ievinetes
Tionesta
Buffalo Express
Oil City Express
Lerrarpd
R. Brx1
J. A. Fellows
Mooney-Brisbane
Snd
Clinton Streets
Buffalo
Tionesta Valley Railroad
Sheffield Junction
Lamona
Ona
Shef
Gall
Heffield
Jerry Crary
Supt
Cincinnati
St. Louis
East
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