Hobbs and His Flag in Neutral Waters Escape
Retired skipper Hobbs of the Humming Bird recalls the Civil War era and his daring use of a British flag and later the stars and stripes to evade the Alabama. He defies harbor authorities in Hong Kong as Semmes' Alabama looms, showcasing Yankee bravado and stubborn shipmen who refused to surrender to orders.
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Alabama
Hong Kong
Hobbs
Humming Bird
Boston
Semmes
Sumatra
Patagonia
England
Hobbs Went Below. “Semmes
Kearsarge
New York Sun
Decoration day crowds fill World's Fair grounds
Decoration day drew a large well dressed crowd to the World's Columbian Exposition with concerts and illumination in the court of honor. Wheelmen staged a major race the previous day before Burnham halted their parade plans for safety and access.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Court of Honor
Chicago Columbia Wheel
Marinus Nelson
M. Nessel
Wor V’s Fair Grounds
Burnham
Worwp
Kentucky
Enid Yandel
Daniel Boone
Filson Historical Club of
Louisville
Minnesota
Nelson
Minnesota Press Association
Governor Flower
Company Win
Worup
Charles H. Schwab
Art Institute
Archbishop Ireland
Bonney
Aaron M. Powell
New York Committee For the Prevention
Ballington Booth
Salvation Army
J. M. Cleary
Minneapolis
National Christian League For the Promotion of Social Purity
Bishop Fellows
Wor.Ld
Farr
Worntv
Jackson Park
Columbia Avenue
Eulalia
Comforting Assurance From Mrs Placey to Robbie
An elderly Mrs Placey tells Robbie she will not live long. He replies that he will honor her memory by placing flowers on her grave every Saturday and raising a United States flag, in a brief Springfield Homestead reflection.
Paris Merchant Bequeaths 6000 to Unmarried Former Sweetheart
M Colombies of Paris left to a Rouen woman a $6000 legacy in his will, saying her refusal to marry him twenty years earlier allowed him to live as an independent bachelor. The will cited his independence and happiness as the reason.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. Colombies
Paris
Rouen
San Francisco
Argonaut
Days of Grace Abolished in Six States
In California Vermont Oregon Idaho Utah and Wisconsin the days of grace on maturing notes drafts acceptances and bills of exchange have been abolished unless the contrary is expressly stipulated.
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California
Vermont
Oregon
Idaho
Utah
Wisconsin
Detroit Free Press
Pitcher’s Castoria
Sunday Opening Case at United States Court of Appeals
A large crowd packed the United States circuit court in Chicago as the government sought an injunction to stop the World’s fair from opening on Sunday. On the government side were Milchrist Judge Hand Aldrich High and Fales. defense included Walker Mason and Clingman’s counsel. The case advanced through June 2 3 with ex-Solicitor General Aldrich arguing for the government and High for the exposition authorities.
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Cuhicago
United States Court of Appeals
United States
Milchrist
Hand
Aldrich
James T. High
David Fales
Edwin Walker
Clair
W. E. Mason
C. W. Clingman
Chicago
United States Circuit Court
Buffalo Markets Report Shows Grain and Dairy Prices
Buffalo June 5 market notes list wheat with several grades from No 1 hard at 75 cents to No 2 red at 70, corn dull with No 2 yellow around 44 to 45 cents, oats weak with No 2 white at 38 3/4 cents, flour dull with spring patent around 4.50 to 4.65 per barrel, rye nominal, barley quiet, butter from Otter Creamery at 19 cents, cheese full cream 12 to 12 1/4 cents, eggs strictly fresh at state and family rates.
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Buffalo
Graham
Michigan
Bbc
de Otter
East Burralo Market Report For Cattle Hogs And Sheep
East Burralo June 5 market report lists cattle prices with quotes for extra export steers to calves and veals, hogs with ranges for heavy medium Yorkers and pigs, and sheep and lambs with values for wethers and spring lambs, showing varied demand and price spreads.
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Burralo
Pitcher’s Castoria
Quiet wedding for Marie Nevins Blaine and Dr Bull
In New York on May 31, Mrs Marie Nevins Blaine and Dr William T Bull wed at South Reformed church in a small ceremony attended by relatives and close friends. The bride wore a pale gray traveling suit with white lace and carried roses and lilies of the valley. Guests presented numerous gifts including a house on West Thirty seventh Street as a wedding present. The couple planned a brief Belmont reception and a early departure aboard the Fuerst Bismarck to a nearby resort.
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New York
Marie Nevins-Blaine
W. T. Bull
South Reformed Church
Terry
Blaine
Dr. Bull
West Thirty Seventh Street
Fifth
Sixth Avenues
Belmont
William Tillinghast Bull
Slayer Martella Electrocuted at Clinton Prison
Scipione Martella, murderer of Giovanni Parrello, was electrocuted at Clinton Prison in Dannemora. The private execution followed a quiet ritual as Warden Thayer read the sentence and a priest offered prayers. The 1892 Saratoga street killing drove the jealousy motive behind the crime.
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Clinton
Dannemora
Scipione Martella
Giovanni Parrello
Thayer
Martella
Saratoga
Wood
Loth
Russell Sage Sued Over Shielding Bomb Victim
William R. Laidlaw sues Russell Sage for fifty thousand dollars claiming injuries while being used to shield the financier from a Norcross bomb. The case set for trial before Justice Lawrence in New York Supreme Court. Laidlaw, then a clerk at John Bloodgood & Co., says he entered Sage’s 71 Broadway office December 4, 1891 and witnessed a handbag bearing stranger converse with Sage, who turned him to shield the bomber.
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New York
William R. Laidlaw
Russell Sage
Laidlaw
Norcross
Lawrence
Supreme Court
John Bloodgood & Co
Nassau Street
Sage
Joseph H. Choate
Noah Davis
J. Henry Work
Mr. Sage
E. C. James
Dillon
Rush Taggart
Ex-Minister's Daughter Weds Dr Von Rottenberg in Berlin
Miss Marion Phelps daughter of ex United States minister William Walter Phelps in Berlin married Dr Von Rottenberg yesterday at the Phelps residence. Twenty four guests attended including Minister Runyon Frederick Krupp Chapman Coleman first secretary J B Jackson Mrs Jackson and Mr Evans. Count von Waldersee was absent. The bride wore white silk and silk mull dress by Doucet of Paris with a blue traveling gown.
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von Rottenberg
Berlin
Marion Phelps
William Walter Phelps
United States
Dr. von Rottenberg
Phelps
Minister Runyon
Doctor and Visitor Die After Fatal Op Blast
In Chautauqua New York Mrs Colton visits Dr Elderkin for unknown reasons and is found dead on his floor. The doctor dies soon after from morphine poisoning, leaving a grim scene in a house occupied by Mrs Harwood.
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Chautrauqua
N. Y
Jewell Rainmaker Plants Melbourne Plan in Kansas
Torpedo Kan June 3 C B Jewell the Rock Island rainmaker began operations at Meade Center at 1 pm He claims to have learned Melbourne plan for rainmaking and added improvements His apparatus sent gases into a clear sky for six hours and rain began to fall by 10 30 pm continuing until daylight with clouds collecting and discharging rain.
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Jewell
Torpedo
Kan
C. B. Jewell
Rock Island
Meade Center
Melbourne
Uncle Sam's Money Matters May receipts versus expenditures
Government figures show May receipts at 30,971,497.64 and expenditures at 30,872,502.79. April receipts reached 328,590,942.92 with expenditures of 33,771,365.72. Customs receipts rose to 15,424,853.83 from 15,418,637.53. Internal revenue climbed to 13,212,103.42 from 11,799,367.72. Pensions payments increased to 14,268,020.35 from 12,871,761.38.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam
Washington
Written Statement Links Doctor to Fatal Operation
A statement by Dr. Elderkin found in Chautauqua on June 5 claims he performed a criminal operation on Mrs. Colton that caused death by shock and heart failure. He states he could not endure the consequences and gave a morphia hypodermic dose.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chautauqua
Elderkin
Colton
Eleven Hurt In Nashville Train Wreck Near Newsome
A Nashville area wreck on the Northwestern division of the Nashville Chattanooga and St Louis line injures 11 as rear coach of passenger train No 54 from Memphis jumps the tracks and rolls 30 to 40 feet down an embankment. Cause is not known.
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Nashville
Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis Railroad
Newsome Station
Memphis
Two More Chicago Concerns Suffer a Hard Run
A bank run hits Dime Savings Bank at 104 Washington street with $600,000 in deposits. Directors include Col Robert C. Clowry and ex Senator C B Farwell. capital stock $100,000, surplus $5,000. Meantime Hibernian Bank faces a major run as $3.5 million in deposits are paid out at three per minute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cyriaco
Dime Savings Bank
Washington Street
Robert C. Clowry
Western Union Telegraph Company
C. B. Farwell
Bailey
Hibernian Bank
Good Crops in Oklahoma
J. P. Platt, a Kansas farmer, reports from ToPrEKA Oklahoma that crops are large. He says wheat is nearly ready for the reaper and in splendid condition. He predicts a heavy corn crop and a surplus for the market, placing the territory in a prosperous condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma
Topreka
Kan
Platt
Kansas
Electric Sparks and Club Dissolution in Brooklyn Life
The item discusses electricity definitions, cheapened cable rates to China, and notes the New York Electric club dissolving. A playful train-side exchange from Brooklyn Life frames the era's social humor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
China
New York Electric Club
Heat Wave Prostrations Hit Washington City
A severe heat wave in Washington caused several heat prostrations and one death. Engineer William Bibbs collapsed and died as the thermometer recorded a maximum of 89 degrees in the shade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
William Bibbs
London telephones cut price with five year contract
London charges for private telephones fall from 20 to 10 pounds yearly under a five year contract. An electric horn for ships replaces bells when AC power is available. An indigo making process uses oxidizing current from copper electrodes. A rapid electrical clinical thermometer is introduced in France. Seattle plans electric power from Snoqualmie Falls offering 10 000 to 15 000 horsepower.
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London
France
Seattle
Wash
Snoqualmie Falls
Health Tips From An Old Home Remedy List
A collection of folk cures advises using Indian meat poultices with Young Hyson tea for burns, hot water and rubber bandages for sprains, flaxseed decoctions for coughs, and a suggested position to relieve heart palpitations by lying on the right side or face down.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hyson
Outgrown and Rejoined Hearts in Old Plane Meeting
A speaker recalls two lovers who met on a plane five summers ago. She loved him then in the bloom of life but now does not, and this change is not her fault. The piece reflects on evolving feelings and inevitability of parting.
Grimy Handed Fellow Brings Bright Smile and Salvation
A poem fragment praises a grimy handed figure whose cheerful smile and apron hide a strong, reliable character. It hints at reform through his judgment offering a remedy for clumsy parts, promising an eventual long vacation if he fixes the issue.
Though justice be thy plea in mercy we seek salvation
A fragment reflecting on mercy within justice, urging restraint and humility as a collective moral consideration. The lines explore the tension between judgment and compassion.
A Life History of Willie Will Billy Bill Ends in Tragedy
A Kansas City Journal piece traces a man’s changing names from Willie to Bill across childhood to adulthood. It notes his mother’s affection and his father’s indifference, then reports he has now been killed.
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Willie
Will
Billy
Bill
Kansas City Journal
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