Unwritten Law in Murder Trials and Thaw Case Revisited
The piece surveys unwritten law across Europe and its rigid codes on dueling and honor, citing Archduke incidents and a diplomat’s surrender. It weighs the Thaw trial, arguing Stan Ford White’s alleged insult before Mrs Thaw would justify killing only if the act was witnessed, given Thaw’s prior knowledge of White.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stanford White
Harry Thaw
Ber
Harry K. Thaw
Meyerling
Emperor of
Austria
Marie Vetsera
Stephanie
England
Frederick Wellesley
Earl Cowley
Duchess of Wellington
Great Britain
Vienna
Col. Wellesley
Queen Victoria
Count K
Wellesley
Sion
Atlantic
Orient
Thaw
Madison Square Roof Garden
White
New York
Paris
New York World
Home remedy for cold via Virgin Oil of Pine whisky mix
A 1906 advisory claims a simple home treatment for colds and coughs using Virgin Oil of Pine Pure, glycerine, and whisky. It prescribes teaspoonful doses every four hours and notes the pine oil comes in sealed druggist vials, prepared by Leach Chemical Co., Cincinnati.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leach Chemical Co
Cincinnati
Just Deserts For A Village Poet
A village paper editor admitted he had falsely signed the druggist's assistant poems in the papers weekly. The assistant thanked the editor for credit, and the editor replied that responsibility belonged with the writer. The incident highlights misattribution of authorship and curiosity about credit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weekly
Bugle
The
Stires
Johnson
Home Remedy Claims Relief For Rheumatism And Kidney Ailments
An article extols a simple home-made mixture believed to relieve rheumatism and backache and to cleanse and strengthen the kidneys and bladder. The formula combines Fluid Extract Dandelion, Compound Karyon, and Compound Syrup Sarsaparilla, taken in teaspoonful doses after meals and at night. The piece notes the ingredients are plant-based, harmless, and affordable, urging those with kidney or rheumatic concerns to try it, claiming notable benefits for some users.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brighi
Inventive Doctor Uses Hot Potatoes to Warm Hands
Dr. Herbert Claiborne of New York, famed for medical skill and looks, freezes in winter but stays warm with hot potatoes. He walks five miles an hour each frosty morning, carrying two silk wrapped potatoes in overcoat pockets and grips them to keep his hands warm, claiming they last for hours and suit football games and sleigh rides.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert Claiborne
New York
Brandreth's Pills Promote Blood Purity and Cleansing
Brandreth's Pills are advertised as a blood purifier laxative and tonic. They claim to cleanse the system through the bowels kidneys and skin by stimulating the blood to shed morbid humors. One or two pills nightly are recommended with extracts of sarsaparilla and other vegetables, sold for over a century everywhere in plain or sugar-coated form.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brandreth
Cardinal Fond of Golf
Cardinal Merry del Val the Pope's secretary of state is a keen golfer. He plays twice weekly on a private course in the Villa Doria Pamphili grounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cardinal
Cardinal Merry del Val
Villa Doria-Pamphili
Garfield Tea Gains Steam as Pure Herbal Laxative
Advert says Garfield Tea is a pure mild and potent laxative made wholly of herbs. It claims to aid liver kidney and blood purification and is guaranteed under the Pure Food and Drugs Law.
Number of brigadier generals in US Army stands at 25
A military fact states there are twenty five brigadier generals currently serving in the United States Army. This count reflects general officer strength at the brigadier level amid ongoing force development and staffing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Army
Value of the Newspaper in Public Service
Republican congressmen debated President Wilson's suggestion to bar from the mails newspapers printing indecent details of the Thaw trial. Mr Littlefield of Maine praised the press and its functions, saying the vigilant press, with its representatives in Washington, guards Congress from excesses and serves the nation inestimably.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Littlefield
Maine
Corps of
Washington
Congress
Free Your System from Neuralgia with Pink Pills
A Detroit woman details years of neuralgia relief after using Dr Williams Pink Pills. She suffered headaches back ache eye strain and weight loss before reporting improvement and eventual perfect health after three months. Sold by druggists or postpaid by Dr Williams Medicine Co Schenectady NY at 50 cents a box or six for 2.50.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evelyn Creasere
Boulevard West
Detroit
Mich
Dr. Williams
Dr. Williams Medicine Co
Schenectady
N. Y
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Brussels
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John Delacour
Duke of Cambridge
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Wellsley
Francis Joseph
Otto
Marie Josepha
Archduke Otto
Europe
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Prince Bal Owa
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Loward
Archduke Orre
Dercon
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National Lead Company
Boston
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Philadelphia
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