Lemon Tree in His Thumb Surprises Washington Waiter
William E Barron of Washington recovered from surgery to remove a young lemon tree that grew in his thumb. The waiter noticed swelling five weeks earlier and endured pain before doctors removed the embryo fruit. The tree is preserved in alcohol and Barron reports no other trees in his body.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Mr. Jack
Luther Burbank
California
William E. Barron
Barron
Sisters as fire fighters save 200 deaf mute children
Six Sisters of Mercy volunteered as firemen at the Buffalo asylum fire, holding a hose amid flames and smoke until regular firefighters arrived. They guided the children to safety as a two story frame building sustained about 10,000 dollars in damage.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Sisters of Mercy
Sisters of Mercy Asylum
Necklace Smuggling Case Costs Mrs Adriance Big Fine
New York December 13 A pearl necklace valued at 8000 dollars cost Ada F C Adriance of Poughkeepsie over 25000 as she pleaded guilty to smuggling after a August Europe return. Authorities seized the necklace and clothing, she was fined 5000 dollars and repaid foreign value duties about 4000, plus original 8000 payment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Ada F. C. Adriance
Poughkeepsie
Europe
Adriance
Oil Trust Must Pay Fine for Transportation Concessions
The Standard Oil Company of New York must pay a $20,000 fine imposed by the district court of the western New York district for accepting concessions in transporting petroleum from Olean to Rutland. The Supreme Court refused to review, leaving the Elkins Act case unresolved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme Court
Washington
Standard Oil Company of New York
District Court For
Western District of New York
Supreme,court of the United States
Olean
N.Y
Rutland
Vi.o
Reading Road Prepared For Strike
Reading Pa December 13 The Reading Railway company has strong telephone lines to all offices on the New York and Philadelphia divisions to report train movements by telephone if telegraphers strike occurs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reading Road
Reading
Reading Railway Company
New York
Philadelphia
General markets note Philadelphia flour and grain prices
Philadelphia market report shows flour near 3.65 to 4.10 per barrel for No 2 red and No 2 yellow, rye flour steady around 4 to 4.10, oats steady at 38 to 39 cents, poultry live prices hens 13 to 14 cents, dressed turkeys 25 cents, butter 32 cents, eggs 44 to 46 cents, potatoes 58 to 60 cents per bushel.
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Philadelphia
City
Live Stock Markets Pittsburg Beef Cattle at Strong Prices
At the Pittsburg Union Stock Yards cattle show strength with prime and choice ranges from $6.25 to $6.50 and $6. With prime and good grades also listed, sheep rise with wethers at $4.20 to $4.46 and calves bringing $9.50 to $10. Lambs trade between $4.50 and $6.85. Hogs stay active with heavy and medium hogs $7.80 to $7.25, Yorkers and pigs $6.75 to $7.15.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Union Stock Yards
Methodists Report 63047 New Members Through Spectacular Meetings
The Methodist Episcopal church added 63047 members last year, Rev. David G. Downey told the Chicago Methodist Ministerial Association. He urged more spiritual character building in Sunday schools and warned that gains come only from spectacular, sporadic meetings rather than routine class grading. Amelia Folsom Young, widow of Brigham Young, dies at 72 in Salt Lake City, once linked to Brigham's palace landmark in Utah.
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Methodist Episcopal Church
Chicago Methodist Ministerial Association
David G. Downey
Board of Sunday Schools
Brigham Young
Salt Lake City
Utah
Amelia Folsom Young
Dartmouth Receives $400000 Gift From 1862 Classmate
President Nicholas announced at Dartmouth College a gift of securities worth 400000 dollars from Lidward Tuck, class of 1862, given at the December board meeting in Boston.
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Dartmouth
Hanover
N. H
Nicholas
Lidward Tuck
Boston
Estate partial distribution pays Mills heirs cash
In San Francisco on December 13 the superior court ordered a partial distribution of D. O. Mills estate. Ogden Mills and Myr. Whitelaw Reid each received 250000 dollars in cash.
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San Francisco
D. O. Mills
Ogden Mills
Mryr
Whitelaw Reid
Great Britain
Persian Sheep Arrive at Goodnight's Buffalo Ranch
Persian karakul sheep arrived at Goodnight Texas site. The flock, signed by Charles Goodnight, the buffalo ranch man, costs $500 each.
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Texas
Goodnight, Tex
Charles Goodnight
Buffalo
89 KILLED ON RAIL LINES OF 72 MEETING DEATH
Harrisburg Pa December 12 statistics from October show 72 killed on steam railroads and 17 on electric lines in the state. Of rail deaths 31 were trespassers. Injured list includes 223 brakemen. Eastern League Elects President New York December 13 Edward G Barrows of Toronto was chosen president of the Eastern League of Professional Baseball Clubs at the fall meeting. The vote was five to three against P T Powers who submitted a resignation letter the magnates refused to accept.
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Harrisburg
State Railroad Commission
New York
Edward G. Barrows
Toronto
Theastern League of Professional Baseball
Hotel Victoria
P. T. Powers
Danville
Lewis Robinson Henry Bowman
Lewis Waddill
G. O. McAlexander
Salem
Martin and
Swanson
McAlexander
Parsons
L. C. Bailey
Manassas
C. Vernon Ford
Board of Supervisors
James FE. Herrill
Prince William County
Herrill
Supreme Court of Virginia
John J. Smyth
Norfolk
F. W. Sims
State Senate
Supreme Court of Appeals
Rev. P. le Basross
Rapidan
St. Mark's Episcopal Church
Berkeley Springs
W. Va
Lynchburg
Aygela
Ora
Len Hughes
Chesapeake and Ohio
Charlottesville
Zarl
Jon. M. Price
Page County
Thought No One Loved Him Hangs Self in New Bertinville
John G. Seasholtz, 32, hanged himself in New Bertinville. He believed no one loved him. He leaves a widow and three children.
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Reading
John G. Seasholtz
New Bertinville
Prominent Shenandoah County Leader Dies in South
The long‑time Shenandoah district leader and Republican figure died Monday in the southern region of the county. The obituary notes his prominence and party work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shenandoah
Repub
Deathbed Jest and Historic Snippets of Uganda and Pompeii
A deathbed joke from Dr. L P Frank on April 21 1821 as eight doctors surround him ends in laughter and death. A note on Uganda’s early white arrival Isan bin Hussein and his 300 wives, then Pompeii’s burial and the later bronze find that uncovered the city.
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L P. Frank
University Hospital
Vienna
Wagram
Uganda
Frederick Treves
Isan bin Hussein
Pompeii
Demand an Export Duty Letter From Citizen Gets Grave Consideration
A New York man Joseph Curcio writes to the President urging an export duty and Sherman act amendment to punish offenders. The letter, forwarded to the secretary of the treasury and then to the speaker, prompts Ways and Means Committee review. Curcio modestly notes his low status beside statesmen.
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Washington
Joseph Curcio
Spring Street
New York
Secretary of the Treasury
House
Cannon
Ways and Means Committee
Curco
Contrariwise Best Sausage Joke Quips from Baltimore American
A short comedic exchange appears in the Baltimore American where a dealer jokes about sausage quality, phrased as a quip. The line plays on opposites and polite address to deliver a humorous bite.
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Baltimore
Self Raising Fame and a Car Ride through Time
Fragmented reminiscences recount a political meeting with Senator Dash and Uncle Calhoun, a driver narrating Howard Bidwell’s birthplace tale, and a series of observational vignettes from explorers and daily life. The collage blends jokes, lectures, and small moral anecdotes.
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Washington Square
Fam Howard Bidwell
Bill
Bo Gee
William Howard Bidwell
Lee Times
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Rayo
Standard Oil Company (Incorporated
China
Geo. W. Kurtz
Miami
Footer’s Dye Works
Cumberland
Maryland
C. A. Heller & Co., Agts
Winchester
Charley Rouss Cgarace
I Packard
Speedway
William M. McKenzie
Myc OK
Aesual
Phoni
Hos. B. Byrd
Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Company of
Virginia
OIL Trust
Methodists
Hampton H. Wayt
Staunton
West Augusta
Governor Montague
Organization of “Boy Scoute
Richmond
Susan Lutbelts
Maurertown
Rules
Nature
Postum Cereal Company, Ltd
Battle Creek, Mich
Dash
Uncle Webster
Calhounster
Uncle Calhoun
Cotton Fields
Astronor
Adam
Benham
Beni
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