Your Uncle Jonathan Turner Opens With a Stranger’s Night Request
Melvin, weary and hungry, finds a rough cabin and begs shelter from a wiry, bluntly spoken man named Uncle Jonathan Turner. Turner probes about Melvin’s origin and purpose while Melvin stalls for supper. The meeting hints at a larger scheme involving mineral speculation in a sparse frontier region.
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Almin
Melvin
Turner
Mr. Turner
Jonathan Turner
Jonathan
Shrewd Pickpocket Outwitted by Gentleman Thief Tale
A Washington Star report recounts a detective noting a pickpocket of pleasant demeanor who nabbed a $40 gold watch from a careful elderly man in a department store. The professional thief explained his method and even produced the pawn ticket, revealing the watch hidden in a soak.
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Washington Star
Red House Haunting and Prank Test of Courage
In Yorkville the famed red house built by John McKnight became haunted in locals’ lore. Abernathy from Charleston rented it with his family and nightly noises spurred fears of spirits. A prank by friends turned eerie sounds into slapstick terror, ending with Abernathy fleeing in the starlit rain and the cat recovered while the house remained unsettled.
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Yorkville
Colonel Witherspoon
Mr. Whit
John McKnight
Red House
McKnight
Florida
Abernathy
Charleston
Dr. Crenshaw
Wiliam McCaw
Randolph Ervin
William McCaw
Mr. Smith
Smith
Millinery Spies Outs In Spring Hat Trials
A tale of rival milliners guarding spring styles as spies roam shops. A swaggering stranger orders a hat and attempts to delay payment from a hotel. an insider recognizes the customer, revealing rival spying. The customer had not paid, confirming the ruse.
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New York Sun
Broadway
High Altitude Squatter Wins Land Battle Over Monument
A Union Pacific effort near Sherman on the Laramie range faced a shabby prospector who claimed the site under homestead law. After three years of empty prospecting the railway paid 5000 dollars to secure title to the land containing a 60 by 60 foot stone monument to Oakes and Oliver Ames. The 8300 foot summit gives travelers a perilous two minute run to the landmark where locals warn inexperienced riders risk fainting or nosebleeds.
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Laramie Range
Sherman
Union Pacific Railway
Oakes Ames
Oliver Ames
Western
Union Pacific
Saturday Evening Post
End of the War Hopes in Manila Dispatches
Manila reports say Aguinaldo may end the conflict with American aid and be urged to retire to private life. He may visit the U S, learn more about Americans, and reject office. A Manila note says McKinley may invite him. unconfirmed. Washington questions Mr Scott’s St Louis expo credentials amid party patronage debates.
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Edzackly
Mebby
Scott
Manilla
Aguinaldo
Philippines
Arellano
Taft
United States
Manila
McKinley
Jones
Washington
Arkansas
Hanna
Croker
St. Louis
W. E. Curtis
Chicago Record-Herald
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