Led Double Lives and Notoriety of Criminal Authors
The piece compares famed miscreants who mixed crime with letters. It cites Karl May as a German philanthropist novelist allegedly moonlighting as a burglar, alongside Charles Peace a notorious thief, Thomas Wainewright a forger and poisoner, and George Barrington once a pocket picker who reformed to become a high constable in Paramatta.
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Herr May
Charles Peace
London Standard
Peckham
Peace
Thomas Wainewright
Charles Lamb
Talfourd
de Quincey
Postures of Children in Lecture to Mothers and Teachers
A lecturer on child posture explains turning feet results from training and prescribes outer muscle development through exercise to remedy toe in. She argues excessive crying is not harmful but a natural development that expands the lungs and strengthens circulation and respiration.
Heart of Spanish Count Sent to Madrid In Coronation Tradition
Mme Blanca de Ovies widow of Count Julian de Ovies seeks to send the heart of her deceased husband to Spain to meet royal inheritance laws. The process requires embalming and affidavits from physicians and officials, with state identification from Washington, D C, to accompany the heart to a Madrid sepulchre.
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Pittsburg
Spain
Mme
Blanca de Ovies
Julian de Ovies
Madrid
Mme. de Ovies
Count de Ovies
Washington, D. C
Sight Restored to New Jersey Musician After Blindness
Peter Mayard of Mercerville, once blind from a childhood eye injury, reportedly regained full sight after a sudden fall and the joyful news of his ten pound baby girl. Physicians termed the recovery marvelous, linking it to the shock of the accident and good news. Mayard, a skilled pianist, married Mary French five years ago and now adores his wife even more after seeing her for the first time.
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Mercerville
N. J
Peter Mayard
Mayard
Mary French
Dan Cupid
Rag Sorter Finds Rare Gems in Paper Mill Waste
Herbert Streuble, a rag sorter at a Whippany New Jersey paper mill, earned $1800 last week from valuables found among waste rags. He unearthed a stocking with two diamonds worth $500 each and a sapphire with a ruby wrapped in a handkerchief. Following press reports, letters claim others misplaced gems.
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Newark
N. J
Herbert Streuble
Whippany
New York
Alexander and Porus in Triumphal Exchange
Alexander had defeated and captured Porus. Porus asked how he should be treated and answered like a king. Alexander agreed and considered Porus a worthy foe, noting he might use him as a plaster in the future.
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Alexander
Porus
Imparting a Lesson at the Cornered Sermon Text
A playful exchange between Nan and Jack during a church service as they discuss the preacher's text "A new commandment I give unto you, that ye love one another." They quip about language nuance and personal blushes.
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Nan
Jack
Chicago Tribune
Pine with the longest needles riles classroom humor
A teacher asks which pine has the longest needles. Tommy answers with a pun, saying the porcupine. The class erupts with a joke at the expense of the pine question.
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Tommy
Old Housekeeper Weighs In On Fine Dinner Taste
A newly married woman often has a pretty table yet relies on an older housekeeper whose worn china and seasoned routines ensure a dinner that tastes good.
Giving Uimsaci Away. Local quarrel over taxes and property
A fragmentary exchange portrays a speaker lamenting ruinous taxes and desiring another's wealth to cover them. The dialogue hints at resentment over earning versus living on others' money, ending on an unfinished, clipped note.
Phrase Illustrated Ophelia Damlet Love Question
In a fragment from Star’s column Maud asks if Ophelia truly loved Damlet. Mamie replies that Ophelia was crazy about him, suggesting strong affection despite the confusing wording.
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Ophelia
Damlet
Maud
Mamie
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