A Missouri Traveler Helps a Struggling Man on Train
A sympathetic Missouri traveler Tom Good shares a dollar and a stack of banknotes with a distressed man whose wife is mortgaged and traveling to St. Jo. The story unfolds on a sleeper journey where Tom’s quick aid and gentle humor resolve the tense moment as fellow passengers admire his kindness.
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Price
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Bo Tun
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Mississippi
Missouri Showings in Cripple Creek Tale of Charity and Dice
A Cripple Creek man recounts a train dining car scene where Tom, convinced by charity and luck, bets the dinner bill with dice and a bottle. The incident spirals as profanity, bluff, and a Missouri-brimmed realization expose the farmer’s forgotten forty nine dollars and the peril of ego on the road.
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Botties
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Cripple Creek
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Chicago
Hester's Cotton Report Shows World Visible Up Since Last Year
New Orleans September 22 Secretary Hesters statement on the worlds visible supply of cotton reports total visible at 2 746 828 bales up from 2 846 662 last week and 1 422 797 last year American cotton totals 181 985 828 bales up from 1 812 662 last week and 65 797 last year. all other kinds at 791 000 bales up from 834 000 last week and 537 00 last year. Afloat and held in Great Britain and Continental Europe 1 7 000 bales up from 659 000 last year Egypt 34 000 bales down from 61 000 last year in India 621 000 bales down from last year and in the United States 761 000 bales up from 429 000 last year.
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New Orleans
Hester
Egypt
Brazil
India
Great Britain
Europe
United States
Gulls Start Eating Sparrows in St James Park Raid
Feathery cannibals in London stir panic as two large gulls ambush sparrows at St James Park Lake. The male snatches five birds in succession, swallowed feathers and all, while the mate sometimes takes sparrows for herself. A keeper notes growing taste for poultry may push gulls away from fish.
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London Mail
St. James Park
Westminster Gazette
Supreme Court Equity actions and probate notices DC
The Supreme Court in the District of Columbia handles multiple matters, including Greene versus Palmer with an injunction until further order, Thompson versus Thompson alimony returnable Oct 4, 1905, and other equity cases. Circuit Court items include United States versus Boyd and ex rel Smoot versus Poynton with rulings and deadlines. Probate Court dispositions list several estates with wills filed, administration granted, bond amounts, and appointing collectors, reflecting routine probate activity.
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Dodge
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D. Bradley
Charles F. Willson
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Hazard
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C. F. Cartisi
Bryan
C. A. Keigwin
C. Clinton James
William A. Meloy
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Smoot
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Carlisle & Johnson
Thomas Va. Parker
Pete. P. Hoover
Ralston & Biddown
Cole & Donaldson
B. W. Parker
Felix Fountain
Andrew Wylie
Horace Wylie
Worthington, Heald & Frailey
Heinrich W. F. Dukehart
Wolf & Cohen
Julia M. Adams
Herbert Glesy
E. Hilton Jackson
S. Herbert Gresy
Jack I. Mons, Jr
B. Hilton Jackson
Hannah L. Bartlett
Ise
Jenne
Dorsey
Catherine McGuinn
Real estate transfers across Washington in the 1900s
A list of property conveyances showing transfers by trustees and individuals across DC neighborhoods including Whitehaven Ethel M Clark to Frank Mn B Clark lot 22 310 H Street NW and many other parcels from Parker Place to Columbia Heights. Amounts range from 6 500 for part lot transfers to 2 060 for a southeast lot.
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Lottie M. Atwood
Park Place
Eleventh
Twelfth
John McC. Hicks
Mary F. Hicks
Seventh Street
Charlotte
Pretbert
Richard R. McMahon
Columbia Heights
Mary W. Purman
Air
James J
Glendle B. Young
M and Robinson
Charles C Savage
William HE. Pearson
Frederick L. Siddons
Simon Rube
Buena Vista
Rebecca P. Warner
Robert P. Sowerbutta
Mount Pleasant and
Pleasant Plains
Helen M. Twombly
H. H
Lewis H. Breuninger
Florence V. Creamer
James W. Doory
Andrew McGarraghy
Second Street
Myrtla A. Gillam
Frank
Harry L. Galladay
Eighth Street
Albert F. Marth
Vincenzo Marino
Liberty Street
Florida Avenue
Wolrest
John W. Pirling
Nathan Sickle
Achuetzen Park
George W. Ashton
Oscar Wilkinson
Oscar Wilkingon
Twelfth Street
Mary Warner
William L
Simon Potts
Myrtle Street
Nomh Capitol
Fliat Streets
Daniel H. Safford
Teresa O'Brien
James A. Cahill
Henry Bloxs
Visions of Llanthony Abbey statue to be unveiled today
A statue honoring a Llanthony Abbey vision will be unveiled today at the Monmouthshire abbey set in the Black Mountains. The apparition, seen 25 years ago and tied to Our Lady of Llanthony festival on August 30, was first witnessed August 30, 1880, with subsequent sightings recorded by Father Ignatius.
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Hugh de Lacl
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Father Ignatius
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Deeds of Trust in Owanwood Heights and Surrounding Areas
A lengthy entry lists numerous deeds of trust across districts including Owanwood Heights, Squarh, Effingham, Mount Pleasant, and Columbian Heights. It details grantors, debt amounts from $60 to $85,000, terms from 1 to 9 years, interest rates from 4 to 8 percent, and securing properties such as lots and squares. Also noted are ongoing equity suits and several court actions involving various parties and attorneys.
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Setah Gray
Thomas L. Jones
James R. Cousins
Robert W. Gilliam
Squarh
Alfréd B. Dent
Marmaduke
H. Dent
Charles W. Brown
Laula H. Dent
Lillie C. Mueller
Frank T. Rawlings
William DB. Odmonston
Elisabeth A. Douglas
Floyd Davis
Clarence J. Gesaford
Adrian H. ‘Cox
Serais
Mary & Lynham
Floyd J
Walter G. Davis
Clarence J. Geasford
John M. Henderson
Joh J. Hamilton
Charles
Hillyer
Lanlee F. Dyer
David Belasco
Shubert Amusement Company
Henry C. Bryan
James FR. Ash
Lafayette Square Opera
Rouse
Dennis Fogarty
Jemea M. Burns
James W. Hoany
Thomas Heany
Gibsboro Manor
Charles G. Taylor
Charles F. Diggs
Reginald W. Beall
Henry ©. Hatley
Effingham
Samuel
Thomas Et al
Ramuel A. Drury
Whitfield McHinlay
Edward FP. Caverly
Mount Pleasant
Pleasant Plains
Russell Burton
John Taylor Arms
James B. Nicholson
Samuel A. Drury
Mary F. Bicka
Benjamin
Roger T. Mitchell
Alexander Marshall
Walter R. Ijcox
George F. Hane
Annie Reich
Benjamin F
James K. Forrest
Joseph H. Bradley
Harry W. Blunt, Jr
William Clabaugh
Columbia Hrighte
Glendie B. Younget
Louisa Swasey
Arthur T Brice
William J. Flather
William A. Greaching
Ghorghtown
M._E. Church
Joeph H. Stewart
Thomas Walker
Edward W. Lampton
Vincenzo Marino
Wharton E. Lester
Michael J. Colbert
National Permanent Building Association
Harry L. Galladay
Henry Bergmany
German-American Building Association
Thomas T. Hersperger
J. Clinton
Tribby
Paul N. Mitchell
Charles E. Trit
George W. Ashton
Thomas W. Stubblefield
Garfield A. Street
Oscar Wilkinson
John D. Sullivan
John Mc Kenney
Roosevelt as a Boy in Germany
Louis Viereck recounts Theodore Roosevelt as a child in 1873 in Germany. The story notes his quick adaptation, linguistic flair, and early fascination with natural science. It describes his playful mischief with a German marmot and a kitchen experiment culminating in a skeletal study.
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Miss Minkwitz
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Fraulein Minkwitz
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Brehm
Thierleben
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All the Bad Ones Sold from the Philadelphia Press
A fragment from a 1900s Philadelphia scene features a housekeeper seeking fresh eggs but only finds a dealer with no other kind due to last night’s Uncle Tom's Cabin show at the opera house next door. The piece mentions insurance syndicates and a Bryan abroad joke as tidbits from other papers.
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Make the Right Investment in The Post Advertising
Washington merchants push The Post as the right medium for ads. Notices list parties returning from Canada and Europe, local purchases, wartime gear, and services from printers to cleaners. Readers learn about hotel stays, dinners, and new ventures including a new church building site and estate management services.
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Not a Good Entertainer and Other Cartoon Snippets
A collection of ironic cartoons and quips from Chicago Tribune Columbus Dispatch and Philadelphia Inquirer. Pelican and flamingo exchange jokes about dining from a pouch. A humorous line questions bachelorhood amid social inducements. Bryan is uneasy as Col Watterson steps into Democratic leadership during absence.
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