Spiritual adviser faints as Chester Gillette dies
Grace Brown's body was found near shore after a lake tragedy in a case that led to Chester Gillette’s first degree murder conviction. Gillette claimed self defense and denial of the act, while investigators cited a hidden tennis racquet as the fatal tool. The death sentence was affirmed and set for execution but later appealed.
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Grace Brown
Gillette
Eagle Bay
Herkimer
Supreme Court
Court of Appeals
Albany
Hughes
Thomas Godfrey and the Quadrant’s American roots
A brief note on Thomas Godfrey, glazier and early American inventor of the double reflecting sea quadrant. He drew a triangle from sunlit glass and water, studied Newton, tested the device on a Jamaica voyage, and influenced Hadley in London, though credits often favor Hadley.
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Thomas Godfrey
Philadelphia
Godfrey
England
West Indies
Jamaica
Hadley
London
Threw Coal at Engineer During Train Collision
Between Graham and Flat Top Sunday around noon a white rider on No. 1010 threw a lump of coal at Engineer N. B. Ferguson in No. 169, hitting him above the right eye and wounding him. Ferguson saw the assailant but did not know him.
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Graham
Flat Top
N. B. Ferguson
Ferguson
Testing Drugs On Animals And Humans In A Chemical Plant
The Los Angeles Times reports on a chemical plant using chickens to test ergotine and basheesh on dogs, and frogs for Digitalis. It notes some chemists test drugs on themselves, risking harm or insanity.
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Los Angeles Times
Diamonds and desire in the London Chronicle remark
The London Chronicle notes diamonds seem costly as they are merely dust and ashes and claims women love them because they are expensive and useless. The piece questions what makes diamonds valuable beyond practicality.
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London Chronicle
Approaching Infinity First Lady and Second Lady Duel at Party
The dialogue from a Punch cartoon shows the First Lady lamenting infrequent visits and the Second Lady retorting she is always coming. The exchange captures a satirical clash of attention within social circles.
Wolves of France A Picture of their Eighteenth Century Ferocity
A nature student quotes a 1700 Duchess of Orleans relic and recounts brutal wolf attacks in France. Descriptions include packs ravaging sheep folds and a single officer slaying a wolf after a horseman is attacked. The tale notes a mounted bandit and soldiers arriving to kill wolves and rescue the troops.
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Nature
France
Marly
Clever ruse nets $1,000 from jewelry firm
A financier, Mr Morgan, used a deception to save $1,000 by substituting a $5,000 check with a $4,000 one in a jewel box. The jewelers, unaware of the swap, sent back the sealed box with the $4,000 check. The box returned unopened left Morgan with the larger amount.
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Mierpout Morgan
Huton
New York
Mrr Morgan
Mr. Morgan
Pearson's
East End Pharmacy Ad Offers Bulbs and Plants
An East End Pharmacy advertisement promotes bulk sale of tube rose bulbs nasturtiums and sweet peas. It also lists Lustro Finish for interior woodwork as a product line.
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East End
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Madras
Iddia
Paris
E. S. Pedigo
Princeton Ave
Bluefield
West Virginia
Follansbee
Bland Street
Belmont
B. Mastin
W. Va
J. F. Thompson, Mgr
Muétigig Book & Stationery
Elk’s Building
Chester Gillette
WHITE
Hanna’s
Eureka Hardware Co
Pride of the West
N B. Ferguson
Manhattan
Metropolitan Men’s Furnishing CO
Elks Building
Saddlery Sale
M. G. Whitlow Hardware Co
Bluefield, W. VA
Samuel Turk
Princeton Avenue
West Va
Wolves OF
Sublette & Warnes
New
Harvard
Schloss Bros. & CO
Galtimeré and
Edwin Clapp
Shumate Clothing Co
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