Infant Toilers in Gotham Stir New York Hearings
New York hearings by the state factory investigating commission reveal infant and child labor in tenement factories. A physician investigator found an infant eighteen months old at artificial flower work and a three year old on corset covers. Four year olds toil. families earning five to six dollars weekly. Many workers diseased. tuberculosis noted in about a third of families. Stricter home factory laws likely. abolition possible.
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New York
Metropolis
Public Park Plan for Equitable Site in New York
New York considers converting the burned Equitable Building site into a downtown open square valued at 15 million dollars. Critics note it would preclude playgrounds for thousands of children, while the location would restore sunlight once enjoyed by a historic garden from 1688 when Philip Stoutenberg once owned the ground and grew tulips for sale.
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New York
New York Park
Equitable
Wall Street
Philip Stoutenberg
Worth What It Pays To Lose A Body Part
A New York court list shows absurd damages for lost body parts and harms. Items include a woman's three toenails valued at 250 dollars, a disfigured pair of arms at 9600, and other odd sums such as eyes at 1284 and manuscripts priced at 750 each.
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New York
Anna Elliott
Steer Hide Reveals Old Curiosity Items in Tennessee
Moorehead Tennessee amid dressing a steer William A Allen found a vial with dissolved pills in heat two keys a penny a collar button an iron washer a prompty cartridge 16 nails broken piece from false teeth a penknife two stones three marbles eight bomb pieces a small iron bird image an iron nipple spoon two screws scrap metal and more items uncovering a long standing rivalry over the town’s location and elites dispute.
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Moorehead
Tenn
William A. Allen
Child Killed by Kate in Muskogee Case
Virginia De Pip left her three year old child alone in Muskogee Oklahoma leading to a fatal incident. Details indicate a custody or negligence concern with authorities investigating and listing Kate as a person of interest in the case. The tragedy underscores child safety and legal scrutiny in the local community.
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Kate
Muskogee
Okla
Mia
Virginia de Pip
Giant forest pigs donated to New York museum
Two specimens of the giant forest pig captured near the Channa river in Africa have been presented to the Museum of Natural History and mounted by F Blaschke. The animal, known for its nocturnal habits and grassy jungle habitat, ranks only behind some extinct species in size.
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New York
Alfred J. Klein
Channa River
Africa
Museum of Natural History
F. Blaschke
Mount Kenia
Carl B. Akeley
Central Africa
D. G. Stapleton
Eemeraldas
Ecuador
Colombia
Baggage Stuns The Clerks At Atlantic City Station
Mrs N Bramber widow of wealth arrives from Atlantic City with an astonishing baggage list including sixty three barking dogs sixteen trunks five bundles of golf sticks a full grown horse and five boxes of dog rations. Mr and Mrs C Klots oversee kennels and take charge at transfer points as the dogs and puppies are loaded amid busy baggage jams. Calculative express employees note costs of moving the kennel paraphernalia at about 1000 dollars and 470 dollars for the horse trotter affair.
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Los Angeles
Elk Like Homing Pigeons From Yellowstone Elk Herds
Montana sportsmen and game wardens believe Yellowstone elk possess a homing instinct. Two carloads were trapped near Gardiner and shipped 300 miles to Hell Gate reserve in Hamilton. The elk disappeared from Hell Gate then gradually returned to Yellowstone National Park.
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Boseman
Mont
Montana
Yellowstone National Park
Ferguson
Gardiner
Hamiton
Hell Gate Reserve
Hamilton
Hell Gate Forests
Yellowstone Park
Elgin women offended by dice and eyeing men in waiting rooms
Elgin Illinois urged city action after women complained that men may shake dice for cigars and stare at them in public waiting rooms. The mayor promised to intervene. In Newburgh New York a bear paw bones mystery ends when a taxidermist identifies the bones as the remains of a bear’s paws from a horse head case.
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Elgin
Tate
Woman's Christian Temperance Union
Srintine
Fehlerman
Newburgh
Enforced Law in Colonial Massachusetts Stocks Lesson
A colonial Massachusetts justice, acting as accuser, jury, and judge, convicts a traveling guest of profanity. He orders an hour in the stocks, aided by his son, then escorts the man back to the house for a lenient, edifying night before the traveler leaves next morning. The Green Bag notes the tale as a historical example.
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Massachusetts
Heat in hay stacks blamed on bacteria and fungi
Historical notes show heating of hay in stacks, once thought chemical, is a physiological process caused by bacteria and fungi. Researchers find bacilli and a fungus drive temperatures up to 60 degrees C, with different bacteria responsible at higher temps. The heat can kill the bacteria themselves or be due to their toxins.
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Miche
Composer De Koven Mistakenly In Knickerbocker Barber Tale
Reginald de Koven, composer of Robin Hood, visited a barber near the Knickerbocker theater in New York after a rehearsal. A playful barber asked if he was an actor or stage hand, until De Koven reminded him he composed Robin Hood, sparking a light misunderstanding about a horse.
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Reginald de Koven
Knickerbocker Theater
New York
Knickerbocker
Mr. de Koven
Bure
Probably He Did a Doctor Mystery Perplexes Case
Gene Stevens denies knowing a new story. He describes a sick friend with a good doctor who is puzzled. Four doctors consult, shake heads, and depart. The fire doctor informs the wife the husband is in a bad way and advises sending for a minister at once. The wife asks if a single minister suffices or if a consultation is needed.
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Gene Stevens
Cleveland Plain Dealer
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