Minnesota farmer linked to Servian throne heirs
London says John Boyn, a Minnesota farmer and son of August Boyn near Princeton, is claimed as a descendant of Milos Obrenovitch and connected to the Servian king. The tale recounts his father’s 1887 trip to Servia, alleged assassination, and the family Bible’s loss after Belgrade.
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Minnesota
Milos Obrenovitch
Peter
London
Eng
Servia
John Boyn
August Boyn
St. James
Rum River
Princeton
Mina
Sergia
Europe
Clarmer
Belgrade
Boyn
St. James Gazette
Peter Karageorgevitch
Saxony
August
John
Wonderful Catch of Fish at Oceanside Los Angeles
A record catch at Oceanside California by T. J. Mc Garvin and three assistants filled nine tons for Los Angeles markets while the remaining six tons were dried at the Gab drylog works. The haul included yellowfin croakers and clackfin croakers about 18 inches long and eight to ten pounds each, requiring multiple teams to land.
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Oceanside
Los Angeles
Cal
T. J. McGarvin
Gab Drylog
Williams Retains Seat After Coon Hunt Tale
Jackson Miss special recalls John Sharp Williams’s re election bid and a famed 1880s coon hunting contest with Wash Gibbs of Yazoo. Williams used a science joke and Roman candle demonstration to outpace Gibbs, winning Kemper County and sweeping the district.
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Gibbs
Kemper County
Williams
Socoba
Kemper
Mr. Williams
Williame
Lttle
Right Man for the Place in the Philippines
Boston special notes Hon. W Forbes Cameron named by the president to the Philippine commission with full charge of commerce and police. Harvard graduate and Emerson’s grandson, he has led electrical power firms across MP, GA, WA, MA and TX, proposing audited accounting and practical system for roads rails and power plants.
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Boston
Mass
W. Forbes Cameron
New England
Philippine Commission
Department of Commerce and Police
Forbes i
Massachusetts
Harvard
Ralph Waldo Emerson
United States
Minneapolis
Savannah
Seattle
Terre Heute
Lowell
Tampa
el Paso
Houston
Philippines
Strange Ice Tower in Sheffield Mass A Stone Grave Gem
The New York Special reports a house in Sheffield Massachusetts with a tower built from soldiers' grave markers. Built by Albert Curtiss for E F McCormick, the stones double as an icehouse and decorative underpinning, with numerals like 269 and 504 visible. The tale links civil war memory, local quarry history, and Tammany-era intrigue. Also notes an elopement case from Fort Wayne where a 13 year old bride and 18 year old groom sparked a custody dispute and a jail term for kidnaping.
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New York
Sheffield
Mass
E F. McCormick
Hudson
New York Tribune
Berkshire
New York City
Tammany Hall
John R. Briggs
Tammany
Tweed
United States
ShoMeld
Lucius Little
Sheffeld
Little
Albert Curtiss
McCormick
Curtiss
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Swayne To Be Impeached In Congress Action
Washington reports a majority of judiciary committee members voted to impeach Judge Charles Swayne of Florida for absentness non residency contempt and witness issues. Six managers would present the case to the Senate while Swayne presents his defense. Appointed in 1890 by Harrison the judge faced earlier residency objections. Impeachment history cited includes Johnson Pickering Chase and Peck. Senate outcome could delay Congress and suspend his judgeship.
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Washington
D. C
Judiciary
Charles Swayne
District of Florida
Swayne
House
Judge Swayne
Senate
Sunday in Earnest Converts 100 Men in Galva Sermon
Rev William A Sunday former baseball king tells Galva crowds that gambling and drinking ruin men. He calls on husbands and workers to reform, urging wives to save their families as 100 men, many over 40, come forward for prayer and pledges amid vivid reform rhetoric. Captain Anson recalls Sundays baseball fame and restraint.
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Galva
William A
Ilinois
Bill
Capt
Anson
Chicago
Scott
Marshalltown
Typical Russian Soldier Sakharoff Named War Minister in Russia
Bt Peteraburg Special notes Gen Sakharoff named minister of war succeeding Gen Kuropatkin. Renowned for tireless work and fighter record with 17 scouts routing 100 Turks at Shipka pass under fire. Former chief of general staff since 1898, praised for mobilization department. long hours daily.
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Peteraburg
Gen. Sakharoff
Gen. Kuropatkin
Shipka Pass
Sakharoff
Pulitzon
Turkestan
Champion Cigar Conran Bet Sparks London Challenge
A London man Mr Goodman gambled he could smoke 96 cigars in under 12 hours. He reportedly finished the feat with 42 minutes to spare, claiming the effort as a remarkable display of endurance.
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Conran
Goodman
London
Veritable Child Samson of Manchester
Alfred Pelletier, a nearly four year old boy from Manchester New Hampshire, amazed observers with strength feats. He lifts eight and ten pound dumbbells with ease, carries a 49 pound stone-filled box, and performs various dumbbell movements. He weighs 34 pounds and was ten pounds at birth. His father is a mill worker, and he is the youngest of five children.
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New Hampshire
Boston
Samson
Manchester
N. H
Alfred Pelletier
Omer Pelletier
Hanover Street
Alfred
Aunt Margaret 102 at Salem county almshouse
Margaret Mullica focusing on 102 years, a long-time inmate at the Salem county almshouse in New York. She is almost totally blind and slightly deaf but enjoys sunny rooms and occasional lawn visits. Birth details vague. born in Duchess county, distant from the present home. A distant relative has been the sole visitor over four years.
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Margaret Mullica
Salem County
Almehouse
Tui
Margaret
Duchess County
Almshouse
Eloped in a Calico Dress Involving Windsor Couple
A. L. Graw of Windsor Missouri and Ethel Hewitt of Glen Rose Texas eloped from Windsor. The bride wore a calico dress and was visiting her aunt who objected. They cut telephone wires to avoid alarms and fled to Wichita where Graw spent on suitable clothing and married the 18 year old bride.
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A. L.graw
Windsor
Ethel Hewittt
Glen Rose
Tex
Wichita
Mr. Graw
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John Bharp Williams
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Forbes Cameron
Commerce
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Mais
Jalil
John Hines
Esther Truebenback
Fort Wayne
Ind
Florida
Federal District Court
Tria
Gib
W. A. Sunday
Evangeliat
Czar
Russia
Veritable Child
Margaret Mollca
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