Police Corruption Abroad Quietly Suppresses Scandals
A lengthy account argues police in London Berlin Saint Petersburg Paris and other cities hush crimes to protect powerful figures. It cites Lord Somerset and royal connections as examples and claims officials use arrests evasion and theft of letters to avoid scandal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
United States
Scotland Yard
Arthur Somerset
Prince of Wales
Cleveland Street
London
Calais
Edward Bradford
Duke of Clarence
British India
Lord Dysart
Criminal Investigation Department
Howard Vincent
Edgar Vincent
William Vincent
Berlin
Police
St. Petersburg
M. Durnovo
Interior
Durnovo
Foreign Office
Paris
M. Loze
Vienna
Philadelphia Times
Don Juan
New Burglary Tools Highlight Craft and Craftsmanship
A report outlines the chief burglary tools including the jimmy, nippers, and the drag. It notes drills and bits of all sizes, the practice of tempering tools, and how burglars exploit key handling and lock vulnerabilities. The piece discusses ongoing arms race between safemakers and thieves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jimmy
A Curate’s Miracle and the Beggar Woman
A charitable curate helps a beggar by gifting a found five shilling coin from his own pocket. The tale ends with a sharp joke from a calculating priest about whose breeches are being worn, illustrating contrasts in motive and faith.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Contemporary Review
Daltons gang rumored in Detroit Tribune excerpt
The Detroit Tribune quotes Charon denying payment across the Styx while noting Bill Dalton may have organized a gang. A boat party admires bold, rugged scenery as the exchange occurs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ala
Charon
Styx
Shade
Bill Dalton
Detroit Tribune
End of Whisky Antidote For Snake Bites Nears
Experiments testing strychnine as a snake bite antidote show highly satisfactory results, suggesting whisky as a treatment is declining in use. The shift reflects a move toward more effective remedies based on early trials and medical evaluation.
Nonsense Lines and Quick Quips From a Curio Chorus
A collage of quips and punchlines routes through social bite sized humor. Characters like le-Young Pluyleigh Mrs Placid Champ and Rejected Suitor spar in a rapid volley of jokes about dogs theater pranks and critics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amy
Colonel Snorter
Placid
Champ
Sharpe
Bashful
Fingle
Flirtena
Robert Louis Stevenson
Pacific Ocean
Haunted Cottage in Scotland Inspires MacDonald Portrait
George MacDonald recounts a haunted Loch Lomond cottage experience that inspired his Philadelphia exhibit. He and his wife witnessed a phosphorescent head apparition, heard rappings, and fled after a fire and a mysterious death linked to the Cocoonery owner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George MacDonald
Philadelphia
Scotland
Loch Lomond
Will McClintock
Lomond
George
McClintock
London
Mrs. MacDonald
Bull and Lion Fight Astonishes Madrid Crowd
In Madrid a lion named Regarde and a famed bull Caminero staged a cage duel at the Plaza de Toros before 15,000 spectators. The bull triumphed, tossing the lion thrice. Regarde died the next day in his cage as fans hailed Caminero as the king of beasts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madrid
Castile
Plaza de Toros
Lion Regarde
Spain
Caminero
Cigar Advice Sparks City Editor Row
An exchange between City Editor and Mr Faberpusher features a sharp taunt about buying a cigar. The editor admits disliking tobacco but notes smokers often whistle off key tunes, including Sweet Maria and Washington Post March, while lingering with the habit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Faberpusher
Bossem
Washington Post
Texas
South Carolina has sixty gold mines and other coastal notes
A mixed report notes South Carolina gold mines, a 290 pound porpoise shot in the Harlem river, a Honolulu steamer named Likelike, Northampton grade crossing costs of 750000 with a new union station, Brazil’s first settlers paying 1500 for a cat, a 1869 Sydenham cat show offer of 2500 for a Persian cat refused, and English adventurers in the reign of James II bringing home 1500000 from sunken cargo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Carolina
Harlem River
Honolulu
Northampton
Mass
Union Station
Southey
Brazil
Sydenham
James
South America
Curious Superstitions Across Europe and a North Carolina Divorce
The item lists beliefs from Germany England Austria and Ireland about mistletoe kissing sleep and protection from fire. It notes a North Carolina judge who sought divorce then remarried the same wife and mentions mince pies shaped like cradles and the custom of eating twelve pies for twelve months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Carolina
Europe
Early Pittsburgers Unearthed From Trinity Churchyard
Bodies removed from Trinity churchyard on Sixth Avenue Pittsburg include Dr. Phelix Brunot born in Morey France in 1752 who arrived with Lafayette in 1777 and fought in the revolution. The Brunots grew wealthy and Brunot's Island in the Ohio ten miles below Pittsburg still bears the name. No burials have occurred here for years as the yard lies in the city heart near the Duquesne club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trinity Churchyard
Sixth Avenue
Pittsburg
Phelix Brunot
Morey
France
America
Marquis de Lafayette
Brunots
Ohio River
Brunot
Duquesne Club
He Was Friendless Jack
A fragment shows a dialogue about lending a friend and feeling alone with no friends in the world. The text conveys loneliness and a request for companionship. No clear event, person, or place anchors the piece beyond the shared sentiment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack
Tom
Father and Son Exchange Jokes About Grandfather’s Service
A brief dialogue shows a boy asking about grandfather’s country work and the father quips that he was “a member of congress.” The humor hinges on national service versus political office, reflecting a bygone era in casual conversation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Papa
Congress
Unspeakably Miserable Dyspepsia Remedy Ad
A Victorian tone advertisement touts Stomach Bitters as a thorough remedy for dyspepsia. It claims relief from heartburn sour stomach nerves oppression and emptiness in the stomach and promises permanent results with systematic use. It also asserts relief from constipation biliousness rheumatic and malarial complaints.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Letter
He Was Remorseful A Snow Drift Teesee Scene
Dialogue shows Willie Wade reacting with disgust as A Snow Drift reflects on cursing the heat last summer and predicts future remorse for a harsh word. The exchange captures regional speech and character tension in a compact vignette.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willie
Willie Wade
Cheney declares oath over Catarrh Cure patent promise
Frank J. Cheney sworn that his firm will pay one hundred dollars for each case of catarrh that cannot be cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. The notice promotes a testimonials offer and states the remedy is taken internally and acts on blood and mucous surfaces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State of
Ouro
City
Toledo
Lucas County
Frank J. Coengy
F. J. Carney & Co
Frank J. Cheney
Hall
F. J. Cheney & CO
Seed Company Catalog Seeks Postage for Sample Seeds
The John A Salzer Seed Co of La Crosse Wisconsin offers a seed book and sample of Giant Spurry. A call is made to send postage for the material, but the charity mentioned is noted as not meeting the request.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John A. Salzer Seed Co
la Crosse
Wis
Wnu
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Police OF Europe
Scot
Germany
England
Austria
W. Gleason
Fiail
Chicago Great Western Railway
F. H. Lord
G. P. & T. A. Chicago
Hood
Hood's
Hood’s
Reimer
High St
Davenport
Iowa
Hayfever
Catarrhely
ELY Brothers
Warren St
Cole
Leas
Seedeman, Buckner
Theeriess
Davis & Rankin
MFC. CO
Chicago
el Ae
Chicago House ‘Wrecking Co
Halsted ST
Docks North Union
Colchester
Colchester Rubber CO
Walter Baker & CO
Walter Baker & GO
Dorchester
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