Death Calls Robert R Hoe Printing Pioneer
London obituary reports Robert R Hoe aged 70, head of R Hoe & Co. in New York and London, dies after kidney trouble. Pioneer of the Hoe cylinder and color printing presses, he helped advance mechanized printing and was a founder of the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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Ie Great Printing Pres
London
Robert R Hoe
R. Hoe & Co
New York
Robert Hoe
Iucese
Robert H Hoe
Robert
Robert Hos
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Hard labor sentences for suffragettes at Birmingham meeting
Ordinary imprisonment for two ringleaders Mary Leigh and Charlotte Marsh after riot at a Birmingham meeting September 17 where Premier Auguste spoke on the budget. Leigh and Marsh receive two and three months hard labor, respectively, as others get one month or simple terms. A riot in court followed the verdict, with suffragettes hurling missiles and wrecking windows.
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London
Birmingham
Mary Leigh
Charlotte Marsh
Augusth
Aimple
Fuller prohibition bill nullified in Alabama case
In Mobile on September 22 Judge Jules A Alford ruled section 24 of the Fuller prohibition bill inoperative, dismissing Louis Early and Matthew Cody who had wagons carrying whisky and beer. He based the ruling on a similar Supreme Court precedent and noted the provision blocked police powers. The decision is seen as a blow to prohibitionists statewide.
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Mobile
Ala
Inferior Criminal Court
Jules A Alford
Louis Early
Matthew Cody
Alford
Ssyre
Supreme Court
Wedge
City of Bessemer
Adopter Strangles Babies in Ontario Case Shocks City
Toronto reports a baby found dead beside a railway near Niagara Falls with Authera on a ticket on its back. Police arrest Maud Turner after she had been paid to adopt the child and feared she may have strangled multiple infants. Officers believe she disposed of bodies in Lake Ontario or similar waters. Her arrest comes amid a flood of letters from other adoptive families seeking information.
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Toronto
Ontario
Niagara Falls
Authera
Maud Turner
Mra
Mra Turner
Lake Ontario
Burial insea sparks crowd anger at Mousehole
London reports that John Davidson’s burial instruction to lay his body in the sea off Cornwall nearly triggered a riot among Daher folk at Mousehole, who opposed the sea burial without a service. The coffin was moved to Penzance where a clergyman read the service before the body was finally committed to the deep.
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London
John Davidson
Sea of Cornwell
Mousehole
Penzance
Glimmering Trimmings for Arks and Frocks
Describes trims for fabrics as essential to their beauty, arguing Shakespeare would not forbid gilding refined gold. The author praises iridescent shine, crystal, steel, pearl, and jeweled accents as necessary complements that enhance the fabric’s true tone and brilliance.
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Shakespeare
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Scribner’s Magazine
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