Deathly calm and a paper on Wright estate criminal plot
A tense scene unfolds as Col Franklin confronts lawyer Everett over a pivotal 20 year old agreement tied to Wrights estate. Franklin threatens violence to seize the document while Merivale schemes to secure power and control of mining assets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John T. Wright
James Franklin
Wright
Magnolia
Parish
Louisiana
Coahoma
Mississippi
Queen City
Arkansas
Maine
Niles
Linden Street
Bayou
Front
Madison
Shelby Real Estate and Investment Company
Young County
Texas
Shelby County Real Estate and Investment Company
Colorado
Diamond Mining Company of
Denver
Col
Jeremiah Baxter
John Wright
Irving
Everett
Frederick Merivale
Shelby Real Estate & Investment Company
Fenton
Register
Diamond
Franklin
Mr. Everett
Col. Franklin
A Keg of Silver Dollars in a Conestoga Wagon Tale
A Detroit Free Press account recalls a family chest of silver dollars in a large keg carried by a Pennsylvania emigrant in 1837. The keg survived a wagon tumble, though a skillet was lost, and the story endures as a cherished memory of hidden wealth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit Free Press
Pennsylvania
Tye
Elastic Skinned Puffers Enter Aquarium Exhibit
A batch of puffer fish was moved to the aquarium near the city. The puffers inflate quickly when alarmed or out of water, resembling balls with protruding eyes and a tail. Their exact inflation mechanism remains unclear, but air suffices to puff them up.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aquarium
New York Tribune
Spencer
New York
Bishop of London curtly answers aunt's escape tale
At a social gathering the late Dr. Temple then Bishop of London is told by a excited lady that her aunt escaped a deadly railway accident. He replies that he does not know her aunt and cannot say if the escape was providential.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin
Irving
Merivale
Hillsman
Warde
Wright
New York
Frank
Mr. Everett
London
Dr. Temple
Canterbury
Two Old Relics Sell in London Auction
A sword once owned by Warren Hastings sold in London for five and a half guineas. The cello named Royal George, made for George IV by Forster senior, fetched 52 guineas at the sale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren Hastings
London
Royal George
George IV
Forster
Sen
Doyle Called to Account Over Black Swan Remark
Critics cite Herbert Spencer George Meredith Dr Samuel Smiles Manville Fenn Tolstoi Ibsen and Sardou to challenge Sir Arthur Conan Doyle after he said at the Authors' club dinner in London that a septuagenarian author is as rare as a black swan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Authors’ Club
London
Herbert Spencer
George Meredith
Samuel Smiles
Manville Fenn
Tolstoi
Ibsen
Sardou
Sir Conan
Homemade Pieciure Frames With Sanded Glue Coat
A brief step style note by Blineits Freeman describes making frames from rough boards. Join neatly, sprinkle with coarse sand, apply glue, let dry, then gild to finish.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blineits Freeman
The American Banking System in the National Era
A discussion by Prof Charles J Bullock in Atlantic argues that the US long favored many small institutions over a central federal bank. National banks retain note issuing power and lead in resources, but state banks grow faster as note profits decline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrew Jackson
United States
Canada
Scotland
Charles J. Bullock
Atlantic
Nicholas Biddle
Tennessee
Large Dairy Farm of N W Ayer in New York State
N W Ayer, the Philadelphia millionaire, owns the largest dairy farm in New York located at Ferndale in Delaware County covering 1000 acres. The site houses the nation’s largest creamery producing 65,000,000 pounds of milk daily into gilded butter and 250 Jersey cattle, with the property including the owner’s country seat. Farming this scale began as a novelty a few years ago.
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N. W. Ayer
Philadelphia
New York State
Ferndale
Delaware County
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Edmond Vance Cooke
Evening Post
A. N. Kellogg Newspaper Co
Ely
John ‘Tr. Wright
Irvying
Col. Fr
Anklin
Ife
Miliar
Mystery
Walker Kennedy
American Banking System
New York Tribune Farmer
New York City
the Tribune Farmer
the Mail
Warren
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