Trial of a Widow and a Wealthy Heiress in Brooklyn Romance
Esther Braddon, daughter of Thaddeus Braddon of Braddon & Burridge, accepts Richard Raymond, a western suitor, stirring a web of secrets. Robert Stanton, a Brooklyn lawyer, wrestles with a veiled past and a coerced marriage pledge while press reporters and trustees jockey over wills and revelations. Esther refuses public acknowledgement of past meetings, while Stanton faces a deadly blend of duty, love, and danger as events unfold toward a perilous future.
Kansas City to Host Democratic National Convention
The Democratic National Committee chose Kansas City Missouri as the site for the national convention on July 4 with Milwaukee as the rival. Kansas City offered free hotel, hall, decorations and music, while Milwaukee pitched 50 000 in inducements. Delegates discussed political impact on German American voters and anticipated Bryan’s renomination with the Chicago platform likely reaffirmed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Kansas City
Democratic National Committee
Raleigh
Milwaukee
W.j.stone
National
E. C. Wall
Bryan
Chicago
A Conversational Monopoly
Hicks and Wicks discuss Sildins in a Boston Tran script. Sildins is described as quiet, carrying things to extremes. He was told to speak only if it benefits him, leading him to say nothing at all.
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Hicks
Sildins
Wicks
Boston Transcript
Snarley’s irascible temper noted in playful exchange
In a brief dialogue Mrs. Hoon-Old art jokes about Snarley’s fretful demeanor. Hoon quips he’d grow irritable even if money rained from the sky, a light Puck style quip about weather and mood.
Review of Trade Signals Price Recoveries and Industrial Uptick
New York February report from R G Dun & Co. notes easing material prices boosting the country, with new iron furnaces India’s hides higher stocks of sheep and renewed metal mine openings driving anticipated activity. Failures and manufacturing values show mixed changes versus prior years with weekly US failures at 201 and Canada 33, while trade totals edge higher than last year in several sectors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
R. G. Dun & Co
Weekly Review of Trade
India
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
Bessemer
United States
Canada
Chapter of horrors from multiple grisly accidents
A Sentinel dispatch from Platteville reports a massive explosion at Platteville powder mills killing three men and injuring one. The mill's presses and mixing mill burned. super intendent E F Newton escaped. Additional blasts follow in Arkansas, New York, and other states with multiple fatalities and injuries in each incident.
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Milwaukee
Platteville
Wis
Thomas Bass
Wiliam Rottiger
Fred Genthe
H. S. Beck
Bethlehem
E.F. Newton
Pleasant Prairie
Little Rock
Ark
Pullman Lumber Company
Pullman
Texarkana
Hoover Thompson
al Hutton
J. W. Dicus
Taylor Brown
Loyd Busby
Jim Busby
Dr. Baldwin
James Brown
Thompson
Buffalo
Geneva
Midnight Express
Lehigh Valley
Tuttles Crossing
Rochester
Amy Smith
Bert Smith
Miranda Smith
Glee Smith
Catherine Smith
Porter Smith
Gardner Smith
Providence
R. I
Narragansett Pier
Gen. Wiley
Harold
San Francisco
Kojima Shinjo
Komeijimura
Japan
Art in Architecture and Frugal Home Design by Kintz
A detailed description outlines a low cost home plan costing around 1400 dollars. It emphasizes simple construction using local materials, tin fixtures, Georgia pine finish, fieldstone veranda walls, and a two story layout with nine foot ceilings, a basement, and a broad veranda.
Populist Party Sets Sioux Falls Site for May Convention
Lincoln Neb Feb 21 The next national populist convention will be in Sioux Falls S D on May 9 Representation is based on the 1892 vote for Gen J B Weaver or any candidate with a larger recent statewide vote Two delegates at large are allotted per state The fusion wing of the national committee made the decision in a lengthy but harmonious meeting.
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Lincoln
Neb
Sioux Falls
J. B. Weaver
National Committee
Purdue President Dr James H Smart Dies at Home
Dr James H Smart president of Purdue university died in Lafayette Indiana on Wednesday night at 10 30 o clock after years of ill health from overwork in his zeal to advance Purdue s interests He had been able to perform duties until a month ago and had been confined to his house since then with death not anticipated until a few hours before occurring.
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Richard Raymond
Stanton
New York
Esther Thorndike
Robert Stanton
Jeing
Raymond
Beaver
Brooklyn
Dr. Borden
Russell
Charity
John Olmstead
Sam
Lafayette
Ind
James H. Smart
Purdue University
Purdue
Resignation of Michigan GOP Chairman Marsh
Arthur F. Marsh, former state inspector and Republican state central committee chair, resigned from the post at a Wednesday meeting. Charles Flower of Detroit was chosen to fill the vacancy, Detroit named as the convention site with the gathering set for May 3.
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Detroit
Micch
Arthur F. Marsh
Michigan National Guard
Republican State Central Committee
State Committee
Charles Flower
Beard dies. noted animal painter born in Ohio
New York reports painter William H. Beard died Tuesday night from apoplexy. Born in 1825 at Painesville Ohio, he began his career in 1846, studied in Europe ten years later, and married the daughter of portraitist Thomas Le Claire. He joined the Academy in 1862.
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New York
William H. Beard
Beard
Painesville
Europe
Thomas le Claire
The
Academy
Leander J McCormick Dies in Chicago
Leander J McCormick who arrived in Chicago in 1843 from Virginia helped found the McCormick Harvesting Machine Company. He died Tuesday morning at the Virginia hotel from pneumonia.
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Chicago
Leander J. McCormick
Virginia
MecCormick Harvesting Machine Company
Virginia Hotel
Fire Hits Baraboo Village Wonewee Wipes Out Firms
Seven business firms in Wonewee Baraboo Wisconsin were destroyed by a fire. The blaze threatened the entire village and caused about 60000 dollars in losses. The fire's origin remains undetermined.
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Baraboo
Wis
Wonewee
Republicans pick New York for state convention date
The Republican State Committee chose New York City as the site for the state convention on April 17. Delegates will be elected to attend the Republican National Convention in Philadelphia.
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New York
Republican State Committee
New York City
Philadelphia
Fatal Detroit Steel Plant Fire Claims Fireman
A blaze at the Detroit Steel and Spring works on Michigan Avenue destroyed rolling mills and caused one fatality. Fireman Timothy Keohane was killed when an 80 foot iron stack toppled, with an ambulance crash injuring Driver Frank Bertheaur and Dr. J. T. McKittrick. Property loss about $100,000, all insured.
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Detroit
Mich
Detroit Steel & Spring Company
Michigan Avenue
Michigan Central Railroad
Rolling Mills
Donoble Rolling Mills
Spsing
Timothy Keohane
Hubbard Avenue
Harper Hospital
Fourteenth Avenue
Ash Street
Frank Bertheaur
J. T. McKittrick
Elevator shaft death shocks Jacksonville community
In Jacksonville Hawaii on February 26 James Murray a 17 year old candy store employee was killed after entering a cellar by an elevator that ran up without a lock. He attempted to stop the elevator and was fatally trapped between the elevator and the floor.
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Jacksonville
James Murray
Initial move toward removal of rate cases to federal court
Omaha Neb Feb 26 An initial step has been taken to remove rate reduction cases now pending from the state to United States courts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Court
Omaha
Neb
United States
Scarcity of Laborers Hits Northern Woods Work
Milwaukee workers report a severe labor shortage with wages at twenty dollars a month. In Fort Benton Montana the Great Northern railroad cannot hire enough men for a new cut off project, signaling widespread construction delays.
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Milwaukee
Woods
Fort Benton
Mont
Great Northern Railroad
Norfolk editor dead in city
Norfolk editor CoL William C Elam former chief of staff at the Norfolk paper has died in the city on February 26.
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Southern
Norfolk,Va
William c
Elam
Bacteria Destroy Masonry and Water Cement
Water engineers face deterioration of reservoir mortar attributed to carbonic acid and other solvents. A Stutzer Hartleb paper finds mud extracts rich in nitrifying organisms producing nitrous acid and nitrites, likely accelerated by oxidizable nitrogenous matter in water.
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Stutzer and
Hartleb
Abuse of Austrian Soldiers Hearing Impairment Ban Issued
In Austria the practice of boxing soldiers ears has caused widespread hearing loss among thousands of troops. The minister of war has issued a prohibitory order to stop the custom and protect recruits from injury.
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Austria
Not Yet Entirely Germanixed Phrase Fragment
A fragmented OCR line notes a discussion on Alsace and Lorraine at a late date, mentioning a number of men and the word Germanixed.
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Alsace
Lorraine
Eye pictures and the Sussex duke’s unusual collection
The piece notes that eye pictures long ago fascinated collectors. The Duke of Sussex had a miniature painter render each eye on ivory with a pearl ring, a practice later admired by Queen Victoria and various private collectors across England.
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Duke
Sussex
Queen Victoria
England
N. Y
French capitalists seek 25 year control of Venezuela match sales
French capitalists from a syndicate with monopolies in Colombia Bolivia and Guatemala submit a proposal to govern match sales in Venezuela for a 25 year period. The law would set prices but not exceed current levels as fixed by the government.
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Venezuela
Colombia
Bolivia
Guatemala
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Thaddeus Braddon
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Capt. Thorndike
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Miss Braddon
Braddon
Braddon & Burridge
Bradden
Wall Street
Richard Raystond
Review OF Trade
ART IN Architecture
GEO
A. W. Kintz
Farlor
Berg Nd
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Will
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