Pawn Shop Comedy Leads to theft at St Louis
A man posing as Otis Skinner visited Ben Levy's pawnshop in St Louis and offered destroyed clothes to raise funds for his supposed acting career. The ruse led to a $500 loss at the actor's apartments before detectives recovered some items. The scheme misled the pawnbroker and police, with about one fourth of the loot recovered. The hotel register showed a man named Kerns occupied No. 19 briefly before departing with baggage. Frank Webling of Fremont, Neb., saved his fiancé by wresting a charging bull to the ground, sitting on its neck until help arrived. Rural free delivery costs are rising from $20,000 in 1891 to nearly $7,000,000 this fiscal year.
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Levy
Otis Skinner
Olympic Theater
Laclede
St. Louis Republic
Planters
Skinner
Kerns
Ursus
Nebraska
Frank Webling
Fremont
Neb
Ureus
Vehling
Vebling
Gravy Sparks Senate Debate On Health And Diet
Senator Pettus of Alabama argues gravy harms health and the race, urging a ban on gravies and sauces even as a young correspondent questions his habits. The octogenarian senator insists his own diet was plain, deflecting praise for regular hours and lifelong abstention from late nights.
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Senator Pettus
Alabama
Congressional
Sam
A Mexican Beauty and One Man Who May Rise
A profile of Senorita Dona Belen Garcia de Aspiroz, daughter of a Mexican diplomat, described as charming and well educated. Her sister is Senora Luz de Perez. The piece speculates on her social rise if her father becomes dean of the diplomatic corps, and notes the family’s prominence in Washington society.
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Senorita
Dona Belen Garcia de Aspiroz
Mexico
Washington
Senora Luz de Perez
BENORITA DE_ASPIROZ
Loree to lead Rock Island in place of Leeds
L. F. Loree, president of the Baltimore & Ohio, has been elected president of the Rock Island railroad, succeeding William B. Leeds. Loree, 45, has risen rapidly through railroading, with a career at the Pennsylvania system and B&O, and is expected to implement changes amid tensions with Frisco interests.
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Rock Island Railroad System
L. F. Loree
Baltimore & Ohio
Loree
William B. Leeds
Moors Brothers
Daniel G. Reid
Rock Island
Leeds
Road
Fulton City
Engineer Corps
The
Pennsylvania
Transportation Department
American Railway Association
Paris
International Railway Congress
Cleveland & Pittsburg
Erie
Mrie
Pennsylvania Company
Pennsylvania Lines
Pittsburg
Warren
Frisco
Yoakum
Rock Island Securities
Col. Loree
Baltimore
Leonor F. Loree
Franklin’s first dollar turns into a silver tea strainer
A historical note explains how Benjamin Franklin earned his first dollar as a printer in Boston and had the coins melted into a Franklin tea strainer. The strainer, tied to Franklin and Parker’s early days, passed through generations to Miss Henrietta Bedford and was donated to Delaware’s Historical Society.
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Benjamin Franklin
Boston
Historical Society of Delaware
Misa Henrietta Jane Bedford
Franklin
James Parker
Parker
Mr. Parker
Frank
Nnco
Jane Ballaroux Parker
Gunning Bedford
Delaware
Henrietta Bedford
the Historical Society
Baseball Magnate Pulliam Reelected NL President
At a New York meeting Harry C. Pulliam was reelected president of the National League, praised for steering reforms, handling umpires and players with Ban Johnson, restoring the league’s standing. The report covers his career from Scottsville Kentucky to Louisville and Pittsburgh, noting his influence and the long arc of baseball politics.
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Harry C. Pulliam
The
National League For Coming
New York
National Baseball League
Pulliam
Ban Johnson
Standing
Hurlburt and Mills
Scottsville
Zach Phelps
Louisville
American Association
Nick Young
Mr. Pulliam
Harry
Cousin of the pope cites Sartori kinship and reforms
A lengthy profile traces Father Luigi Sartori of Midland Maryland as cousin to Giuseppe Sarto the newly elected Pope Pius X. It notes Sartori's anti dancing stance, his book The Evil of the Modern Dance, suppression of its circulation, and plans to visit Rome before retirement. It mentions wealth, church politics, and a proposed monastic path if displeased. It also cites opium growth in Turkey and an 1850 wealth comparison.
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Giuseppe Sarto
Venice
Pius X
Luigi Sartori
Midland
Maryland
Father Sartori
Grigno
Sartor
Pope
New York Sun
Sartori
Catholic Church of
New York
Bers
Cardinal Gibbons
Baltimore
Rome
Tyrol
Holy Father
St. John
Jerusalem
Association of Protestant Ministers of
Cumberland
Generational Spanish statesman Montero Rios leads party
Senor Montero Rios, aged about 71, has been chosen leader of the Spanish Liberal party. He led opposition to the American war, helped draft the Paris peace terms, and has held deputy, senator, and multiple ministerial posts across a long public career. He is noted as a capable lawyer and diligent, tireless public servant.
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Senor Montero Rios
Spanish Operal Party
Spain
United States
Paris
Ton Bue
Gene Montero Rios
Europe
Pontevedra
Don Montero
Don Monero
Senor Rios
Lfe
Liberal Party
Senor Sagasta
Mrs. Manning Elected President of St. Louis Fair Board
Albany New York social leader Mrs. Daniel Manning was elected president of the St. Louis world's fair board of lady managers, receiving 14 of 15 votes. Nominated by Miss Helen Gould, she is widow of former Treasury Secretary Daniel Manning and a longtime DAR leader with strong Washington ties. A German scientist adds curious body facts, claiming 7,000,000 skin pores and 54 kilometers of blood vessels, with a $1,000 reward for any error proven.
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Daniel Manning
Albany N. Y
McKinley
United States
France
America
Albany
Washington
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Pawn Shop
Owser
St. Lewis
Ben Levy
Haylin
St. Louis
Straigee
Pettus
Abd Dauia
Benator Pettus
Uppper House
Count Cassini
Keukalake
New York State
Bluff Point
Jemima Wilkinson
the. Helm
Rock Island System
Baltimore & Okie Man
WB. Leede
James Willis Sayre
Strainer
Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson
South Sea Islanders
Turkey
Genor Montero
Igeia
Senor Montero Rio
Liberal Party of Spain
Board of
Lady Managers A Souls Exposition
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