Trials and Punishment for a Mule Thief in 1904
Roy Fife faced open court and pleaded guilty to stealing a team of mules from S. W. Cooper in November 1904. Judge Towner sentenced him to one year in Fort Madison, with credit for good behavior potentially reducing time to eleven months. The case featured leniency pleas and letters praising Fife’s past conduct from employers and family.
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Evans
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J. M. Shipley
D. H. Myerhoff
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Fort Madison
Larson
Corning Free Press
Dr Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery Endorsed Glycerine Action
Glycerine in Dr Pierce medicines boosts medic inal extracts and serves as nutritive antiseptic and anti ferment. It enhances Black Cherrybark Golden Seal Stone root and Queen's root in lingering coughs bronchial throat and lung issues. It will not cure consumption but helps chronic coughs and may aid early cases. Free booklets and confidential correspondence offered from Dr R V Pierce Buffalo NY.
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Dr. Pierce
R. V. Pierce
Buffalo
N. Y
Pierce
The Mexican Ocelot in Tropical Jungles and Its Feats
The ocelot, a small spotted cat of tropical Americas, is noted for agile tree climbing and day hunting parrots. It follows prey into forest thickest areas and along streams, relying on powerful jumps to reach prey on fragile limbs. Forest and Stream cites close observer accounts of its hunting and jumping prowess.
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New World
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Central American
Americas
California
The Andalusian Girl Sale Brings 40000 Francs
Three Paris friends lacking funds sell a song to a music publisher after a trial performance. The text author is Alfred de Musset, the composer Monpur, and the singer Dupre. The 15 franc sale earned the publisher 40000 francs.
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Paris
Alfred de Musset
Monpur
Dupre
Harper’s Weekly
Strength of a Bear in Extreme Feats
A four hundred weight grizzly bears a heifer over two-thirds its weight for two miles up a steep mountain without rest. The cinnamon bear closely rivals the grizzly and the polar bear also performs extraordinary feats of strength.
Giving Impressively and the Psychology of Gifts
The text reflects on gift giving styles and impressions. It cites Samuel Pepys from 1660 noting that a dinner featured offerings to newly married servants, with him giving ten shillings while others gave more, illustrating social emphasis on generosity’s outward display.
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Samuel Pepys
Sleep Reveals Swindler's True Speech at Trial
A Paris woman arrested for pickpocketing pretended to speak an unknown language but in sleep she confessed in fluent French. Interpreters from Turkish to Hungarian failed to understand her until one noted a Parisian dialect. The magistrate ordered confinement in the prison infirmary under surveillance.
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Paris
Persia
Emissary of Courtesy in Quiet Study Scene
A Washington Journal excerpt describes a caller charming a girl in her father’s study. The man, a noted writer, is at dinner while the child assists by handling chores. The girl answers gravely and the caller invites her to sit.
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Washington Journal
Wise Man Cartoon Quote Fragment
Fragment from a newspaper feature shows a back and forth about a girl's suitor. It includes a pun on time and wisdom, mentioning a father who objects but remains prudent, in a dialogue style attributed to a Louisville Courier-Jewrizal audience.
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Louisville Courier-Jewrizal
Conference of National Civic Federation Meeting in Chicago
At Mrs Palmer s mansion 100 Lake Shore Drive Chicago the National Civic Federation held a January meeting to explain aims to employers and employees. Over 600 guests attended as Franklin MacVeagh presided and speakers included August Belmont Seth Low and W Stone among labor and business leaders from across the country.
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National Civic Federation
Chicago
Franklin MacVeagh
August Belmont
Seth Low
New York
W. Stone
The
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