Housebreakers Union Meets Amid Spat and Protests
A 1909 Housebreakers Union No 18 meeting opened with Three-fingered Hennessy in the chair. Dommy the Dago led roll due to the secretary’s detention, while candidates Mollou Zzer Mike and Lead-pipe Larry were reported for membership amid objections to their dedication. A Pittsburgh dispatch warned members to stay away as a strike raged, and Vance Cooke and Reddy Ruggles offered resolutions railing against wealth centralization and police favoritism. The session closed as Hennessy adjourned to avoid further legal risk, citing cautions on boycotts and court integrity.
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Edmund
Housebreakers’ Union
Hennessey
Pete the Penman
Dominico Torroni
Dommy the Dago
Weasel-eyed
Ike
Sammy the Dip
Tin-eared
Smith
Glycerine Jack
Picker Johnson
Moll-ouzzer
Mike
Larry
Pittsburg
Bull Corrigan
Hennessy
Housebreakers
W. G. Chapman
The Bacillas Prodigiosus By H. M. Egbert tale
A professor forces John to hire a cook, while his lab holds a dangerous bacillus. A mishap with a tube leads to hair loss and fear of a citywide outbreak. The professor reveals the baldness bacillus was a joke, and the wife learns the danger was accidental.
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John
Mary
Chicago
Congress
Johnnu
W. G. Chapman
Sugarless Solon and the Athenian Reformer
A humorous historical sketch portrays Everett P. Solon as an idealized Athenian alderman of the Third ward famed for wisdom and honesty. He reforms taxes to burden the rich while easing debt for the poor, clashes with franchise holders and leverages Roberts rules to entrench power, then flees Goldfield and dies to avoid roll call.
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Everett P. Solon
Solons
Bill Draco
Solon
Anaconda
William J. Bryan
Traction Company
Draco
Offanders
Roberts
Goldfield
Nev
Cn Puncilman
W. G. Chapman
New Frocks Highlight Linen Fashions for Summer
The season shows heavy linen gowns with oversleeves and sheer under sleeves, plus long modest sleeves trimmed to mid forearm. Dutch necks with braized collars in hand embroidery suit simple dresses, while high collars remain prestigious. Hand embroidery and eyelet motifs appear in openwork batistes and linens, with subtle color accents of blue, pink, green, and lavender.
Practical hints to ease long illness for home nurses
A guide for home nurses on reducing patient distress during convalescence. It advises quiet doors and hinges, avoiding creaks, speaking softly or not at all on sensitive topics, minimizing noisy conversations, using felt slippers, and maintaining a calm atmosphere. It warns against overloading the patient with visitors or loud reading, and encourages cheerful, thoughtful care tailored to the individual patient.
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Tal
Making a Frugal Dressing Table From a Packing Case
A young girl room center piece, the dressing table, can be homemade from a packing case. Costing 25 cents for the case and 30 cents per yard for cretonne, it becomes an attractive, dainty item. With a white enamel finish, brass rod for curtain movement, and optional under storage, it suits furnished rooms or summer houses. The mirror can be oak framed and placed horizontally for daintiness, with adjustable screw eyes.
Madame Remier and the French Commune Martyrdom
A firsthand reminiscence traces Madam Remier a republican leader amid the 1848 Paris unrest. It recounts her escape and capture, her husband M Remier's collapse, and the brutal executions on the See and later during the Commune.
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H. M. Egbert
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Insideroom
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