Little Robert Gross the Mountain Boy Murderer
Beat by the sheriff to Lee county jail in Kentucky, 13 year old Robert Gross defended his mother by shooting his drunken father who threatened to kill her. The mother had sheltered him from his father’s cruelty after years of hardship in the Kentucky mountains. The boy’s act is described as a chivalrous defense that led to his confinement among eight other inmates.
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Beattyville
Robert Gross
Lee County
Cain
Robert
Kentucky Hills
Rob Gross
One Tale of Big City
A New York Sun reader recalls a dramatic apartment tale from the West Side where a mother and child defend life during a drunken husband’s attack. The man dies after a fatal turn in events as the child and mother tend him, and the boy Robert Gross ends up jailed for bond, awaiting the law. The piece ends with a reflection on neighborly invisibility as the reader learns a musician couple in a summer music room disappeared and a funeral passed unseen.
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Upper West Side
New York
N. Y. Sun
Origin of the Frankfurter sausage traced to 1805 in Vienna
The Frankfurter or Frank furter was offered for sale in 1805 marking Vienna as the origin. Johann Lahner named the sausage after his birthplace Frankfurt. The business began a century ago by a poor man, stayed in one family, and is now run in Vienna by Franz Lahner, the original maker's grandnephew.
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Vienna
Butchers’ Guild
Johann Lahner
Frankfurt
Franz Lahner
Change of Life Dangers Warned by Lydia E Pinkham Ad
The period of change for women brings anxiety and health risks such as suffocation sensations hot flashes dizziness and nervous irritability. Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound is promoted as the preferred remedy to ease symptoms and support a healthy transition to later life. A testimonial from Mrs A E G Hyland of Chestertown Md describes relief from womb issues and nervous distress after using the remedy. Women are invited to write to Mrs Pinkham for free advice regarding this life stage.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
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