Tragedy on Baronne Street Recalls a Wealthy Woman's Death
A detailed tale of a silent grand room on Baronne Street where a poisoned drug rendered a young wife lifeless while an Old World male heir plotted murder to seize her inheritance. A month later the crime was uncovered as the mad house held the killer, and the widow was memorialized in local memory.
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Venus
Vesta
Baronne Street
Europe
Grandpa
John
Earth
Beldwin Street
Elmira
An Indian Version of the Delugs The Musquakies
A newspaper excerpt describes the Musquakies of Tama county Illinois observing rites like biblical Hebrews. It notes a Bible in twenty seven parts with unreadable language, and a chief’s cue about Noah and the deluge. Also includes a blurb on Hamilton’s wife helping his rise and a Hop Bitters testimonial.
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Tama County
Towa
George Davenport
Davenport
Comic Rabbit Tale From The Glinston Sentinel
A humorous excerpt from The Glinston Sentinel described by Rome Sentinel tone about a rabbit with comical attributes and antics. The piece paints the rabbit as clever and peculiar, noting its knee reach and stiff ears. It includes playful lines on fur, movement, and eating, with light nods to audience reaction and a cash in advance note.
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Bob
Heze
Jackass
Rome
Johnnie describ es a monkey and its odd traits
The passage humorously describes a monkey with unsettled feet and hands alike, awkward dancing feet, and poor clothes wear. It notes the animal hanging like a grapevine, jokes about its diet and appearance, and mentions a Richmond doctor recommending hot air baths. It ends with an ad urging Dr Bull's Cough Syrup.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Noted Authors and Their Hidden Writing Nooks
A survey of famous writers reveals where they produced celebrated works. Moore sheltered in a Derbyshire cottage, Buffoon wrote in a garden pavilion, Cowper penned in a summer-house, and Goldsmith created in a dreary court near Newgate.
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Moore
Lallah Rooke
Derbyshire
Buffoon
Cowper
Goldsmith
Newgate Prison
Raleigh
Tower of London
Washington Irvin
Sleepy Hollow
London
Isaac Walton
William Penn
Christopher Smart
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Dé Delauney
Paris
Evansville
Arkansas
Tennessee
Zack Bolton
Wash Tompkins
Mt. Zion Church
Red River
E. S. Williams
Greensboro
N. C
Brown
Congress
Thatcher
Jacob Dutche
Jesus Christ
China
Great Wall
Aldus Manutius
Hamilton
Illinois
Ohio
General Logan
The
Glinston
Sentinel
Mitchell
Robert D. Johnston
Merchant Tailor
Winston, N. C
New York
Jacob Tise
J. H. Masten
Jacob Tse & CO
Squae
Jwe
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Ferry & Save
Ane
Uly
M.ferry & CO
Detroit
Micu
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State & Monroe Sts
Chicago
Crutchfiel
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D & McArthur
Cpa
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Seritachl
J. E. C. Barham
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