A Difficult Client in a Missouri Lynching Tale
In Sunup a mysterious stranger is jailed amid mob fear after a telegram about a stolen horse. Lawyer Andrew Denison argues for due process while a deputy sheriff pressures swift punishment. The horse is revealed doctored, the man escapes, and a bloodless resolution ends with a wary Denison reflecting on justice over mob rule.
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Joplin
Leonard & Co
Zion
Hiram Jackson
Sunup
Denison
Missouri
Andrew Denison
Fevler
Airin
Ion
Strength of the Czar Army in 19th Century Russia
A concise sketch outlines the Russian army formed since 1874, with 1.2 million liable for service yearly, 850,000 to join, and 209 infantry regiments plus guards and Cossack units. It notes uniforms, equipment, Cossack roles, and the integration of Finland’s army into Russia’s system under new rules.
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Japan
Russia
Guard
Emperor’s Hussars
Ural
Paris
Don
Sea of Azov
Horse Guards
Finland
Newport Fashionables Drift Toward Summer Abroad
Newport faces a fashionably anxious summer as wealthy residents consider selling homes and leaving for abroad or elsewhere. The piece notes Newport’s reliance on summer cottagers, limited permanent industry, and the social frictions among leading families like the Fish, Oelrichs, Vanderbilt, and Belmonts. It contrasts Newport’s beauty and climate with social upheavals and the lure of New York nightlife.
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New York
Newport
Saratoga
Boston
Salem
Sag Harbor
Rhode Island
Fish
Oelrichs
Cornelius Vanderbilt the Younger
Vanderbilt
Washington
Naval College
Naval
Thlinois Central Railroad
Alfred Vanderbilt
Portsmouth
Goelets
New England
America
Bar Harbor
Cornelius Vanderbilts
Cornelius
William K. Vanderbilt
O. H. P. Belmont
Mr. Vanderbilt
Perry Belmonts
Belmont
Sloane
Astors
Cornelius Vanderbilt
An Astor
Wilson
Morristown
N. J
Long Island
Lenox
Finds Diamonds in Cave at Madison Island Camp
James Wilson of New Haven unearthed a sealed wooden box buried under a rock at the Y M C A boys camp on Madison Island near New Haven Connecticut. Inside the first box was a smaller sealed box containing a valuable diamond and a diamond bracelet along with newspaper clippings about Lincoln’s assassination and a directions paper. Coins were scattered beneath the box in the rock cavity.
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New Haven
Conn
Madison Island
Treasure Island
James Wilson
Lincoln
Servia Time Up in Balkans War Talk
The Chicago Daily News notes Bulgaria may seek war and argues Servia cannot monopolize all Balkan notoriety.
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Servia
The
Chicago
Daily News
Bulgaria
Balkans
Feminine Judgment in In Town Topics brief
Belle-She appears older than her years while Claire questions her observation. Belle-She drew attention during dinner as the good-looking man nearby drew a murmur from onlookers.
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Belle
Claire
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Czar
Imperial Guard
Gossip OF
Gotham
George Barcroft
Bryant
Roslyn
New
London
Coney Island
Owen Langdon
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