Witchcraft Case and Rescue in a Colonial Court Scene
In a Massachusetts court Jessamy Wright is condemned as a witch. John Hapgood, her lover, confronts Maj. Golden with forged testimony and a forged debt note. Hapgood is wounded. Mistress Anne Spencer then uses her influence to free Jessamy and arrange Hapgood’s rescue and a pardon for Jessamy.
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Jessamy Wright
Virginia
Maj
Goldem
Jessamy
John Hapgood
Massachusetts Soldiery
Dobn Hapgood
Cornhill
Maj. Golden
John Hap
Hapgood
Golden
Han
Slral
Boston
Anne Spencer
Mistress Spencer
Delirinai
Spencer
Scott L Littlefield
Utica Globe
Womanly strength mocked by doctor in grim groan tale
A treasury official recounts how a doctor told him to "be a woman for once" after he groaned from a painful headache. He recalls the startled reaction of the physician and the remark that followed as he left without serious diagnosis.
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Treasury
Jack
Washington Post
The Sick Child and Theater Hiss Rights
Poem excerpt portrays a feverish child and maternal heartbreak, followed by commentary on a Boston judge ruling that theater spectators may hiss. The piece contrasts personal grief with public liberties and questions whether this right will be misused by patrons.
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Boston
Learned Court
Benjamin F Jones of Jones & Laughlins Dies in Allegheny
Benjamin Franklin Jones head of Jones and Laughlins Steel in Pittsburg and former Republican national committee chairman died suddenly at his home in Allegheny. Born August 8 1824 in Washington county he began as a shipping clerk and built a vast steel and iron business with Jones Lauth and later Laughlin. He helped shape party policy and served as Pennsylvania member then chairman of the Republican national committee.
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Benjamin Franklin Jones
Jones & Laughlins Steel Company
Pittsburg
America
Republican National Committee
Allegheny
Mr. Jones
Washington County
Pennsylvania
New Brighton
Mechanics’ Line
Philadelphia
Samuel M. Kier
Jones
American Iron Works
Jones, Lauth & Co
James Laughils
Lauth
Fear for Count Cassini prompts guard of embassy
Detectives guard the Russian embassy in Washington after a surge of anonymous threats to Count Cassini following the Kishinev massacre. Secretary Hay requests heightened Secret Service protection to prevent potential injury or damage to the ambassador and Russian property.
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Washington
Kishenevy
Cassini
Count Ustering
State Department
Hay
Secret Service
Count Cassini
Masher Well Punished At New York Stage Door
A young actress kissing her mother goodbye at the stage door was challenged by a flashily dressed man who demanded a kiss. She slapped him, he reeled, the stage doorkeeper aided him with a sharp blow, and the offender fled the scene.
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New York
Type of Western Manhood
Carl Schneider died at Burlingame Kansas at age 63. He went to California during the 1849 gold excitement and made a fortune in Mount Shasta placer mines. He moved to Kansas in 1874 to farm and remained a bachelor until over 60 when he married a young wife in Osage County. The text notes farming as a notable aspect of his life.
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Carl Schneider
Burlingame
Kan
Schneider
California
Mount Shasta
Kansas
Osage County
Tale
Movement to relocate Patrick Henry’s remains to Richmond churchyard
A Richmond movement seeks to move Patrick Henry’s body from Charlotte County to St. John's churchyard in Richmond and erect a white marble monument. The plan aims to inter his remains beneath St. John’s near the apse, honoring the famed orator who cried Give me liberty or give me death. A meeting and preliminary group are to be formed next week.
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Richmond
Patrick Henry
Charlotte County
St. John’s Churchyard
Virginia
Henry
St. John's Church
Berty
Capitol Square
Yachts in Demand for International Cup Races
Wealthy clients across the United States seek to hire yachts to entertain during the America's Cup races this summer. New York agents report growing inquiries as demand exceeds tighter supplies, with eastern yacht owners likely to keep vessels for themselves.
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New York
Memorial Column Erected for Lewis and Clark in Portland
President Roosevelt dedicates cornerstone of a memorial monument in Portland Oregon's city park. The handsome column overlooks the river explored by Lewis and Clark, praised by Roosevelt alongside other dignitaries in attendance.
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Roosevelt Tays
Portland
Ore
Great River
Lewis
Kansas Notes and Various State News Bits
Kansas notes report a range of small items from across the state. Topics include court cases in Kansas City and Emporia, press freedom remarks by Judge Madden, a temperance lecturer’s haunting anecdote, a Salina wedding, prison budgeting plans, a gas well firestarter’s insurance worries, and a farm packing idea to beat meat trusts. Also noted are a manslaughter conviction, crop pests in Sedgwick, a watch advertised with initials, stock farming debates in Stockton, a law school debate, rising railroad valuations, a new county superintendent in McPherson, and a divorce case in Iola. Continuous local curiosities conclude with a standout student in Nortonville.
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Kansas City
Kas
Supreme Court
Silas Porter
Nathan Cree
Gilbert
F. Hutchines
Doster
Craddock
Madden
Emporia
Dewitt
Salina
Dodin
Kansas Penitentiary
Jewett
Cherryvale
Lawrence
Roosevelt
James Cummins
Sumner County
Sedgwick
Larne
Stockton
Meat Trust
Winfield
State Board of Railroad Assessors
Teleae
McPherson County
Thomas Coons
Kansas Mutual Life Insurance Company
Sallie Campbell
Iola
The
Register
Miami County
Nortonville
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Lewis and Clark
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