Donner Lake tragedy and memories of pioneer hardship
Long reminiscence on the Donner Party tragedy of 1847, with details of the journey from Springfield to the Sierra, the starvation and cannibalism, the Donner monument, and Lincoln's connection. Also notes on Dickens Christmas stories and a Miami letter urging parental understanding, plus a brief line about a mother harmed by drugs.
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Sony
Donne Lake
California
America
San Francisco
Sierra Nevada
Donner Lake
George Donner
Salt Lake
Nany
Mr. Reed
Lesert
Iing
Reno
Nevada
Sierra Mountaine
Reed
Donner
Parity
Tamsen Donner
Donners
Mexico
Fremont
Donner's Lake
Donner’s Lake
Frick
Charles Dickens
Carnegie
Rockefeller
Dickens
The Drug Habit and a Crime at Atlantic City
A reflections on the danger of drug addiction contrasts with a murder case in Atlantic City where a mother killed her five year old son James Blake by throwing him into the sea. The piece warns that drug use is rising even among the educated and calls for attention to hidden addictions and family fear.
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Springfield
Ill
California
F Land
Pacific Coast
Abe Lincoln
Reed
Lincoln
Reed-Donners
Rtil
San Francisco
Oodby
Patty Reed
Mr. Reed
Come
James Blake
Atlantic City
Winchester
Campaninni Dies of Pneumonia at 1860 Birth Italy to U S Opera Leader
Cleofonte Campaninni, director general of the Chicago Grand Opera Company, died of pneumonia in Chicago. Born in Italy in 1860, he led operas across France, Spain, Italy and South America, spent nine years at Covent Garden, and helped form the Chicago Philadelphia Grand Opera Company in 1910, shaping a renowned orchestra and directing many major singers.
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Chicago
Cleofonte Campaninni
Chicago Grand Opera Company
Campaninni
Italy
France
Spain
South America
Convent Garden
London
Chicaco-Philadelphia Grand Opera Company
Campaniani
Experts To Watch Mrs. James Blake
Judge Ingersoll commits Mrs. James M. Blake to the county asylum for observation after she is charged with murdering her five year old son James Blake by throwing him into the ocean. A board of alienists will study her sanity for a later report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Atlantic City
N. J
Ingersoll
James M. Blake
County Insane Asylum
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Etta
Anza Grim
Shryock & Co
Ward Conner
Harry Brown
East Piccadilly St
Virginia
People’s Drug Co
Franck Baker & Son
Troy Cleaning and Pressing Establishment
Graham B. Conner
Water St. Bell
Good & CO
Thomas
Messer Co
Nemo
Tim
Nell
Lesa
Wwe
Eadera
Miami
Fla
Chapman’s Auto Supply
Companinni
Mrs. James Blake
Diagnostigian
Fahrney
Hagerstown, MD
New York
Cornell
Home Fire Insurance Company
Rouss Avenue
Dewey C
Washington DC
Dewey Hotel
14Th
L Streets
White House
Fife
Frank P. Fenwick
Queen Insurance CO
Hansbrough & Carter
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