Proposals For A Heroine Attract Flood Of Mail
New York July 20 Mary McCann a one and a half year old girl recently released from North Brother Island hospital after scarlet fever saved six people from a burning steamer General Slocum. She has received over 1000 letters offering marriage. She demands the child custody dispute be settled and says she may harm herself without access to her baby boy. The hearing adjourned to September as her counsel negotiates temporary custody arrangements.
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New York
Mary McCann
North Brother Island
General Slocum
Judge Seeks Public Whipping Penalty for Wife Beater
In Derby Connecticut Tofel Marchak a Polish man flogged his wife with a three stranded whip after a quarrel over household files. Judge Clark sentenced him to six months in jail and a $100 fine expressing regret Connecticut lacks a public whipping law. The whip measured 89 inches with an 18 inch handle, shown in court, and over twenty lashes left the wife’s back discolored and injured. The defendant said he crafted the whip to beat her for not respecting him.
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Derby
Conn
Tofel Marchak
Clark
Marchak
Connecticut
Lovelorn Girl Ends Life by Gas
Miss Rose Levy a 17 year old of 62 West One Hundred and Thir teenth street New York ended her life by gas in her bedroom early yesterday morning. For months she showed strong affection for a young man in the same neighborhood and an engagement was suspected but opposed by her parents who said she was too young and ordered the engagement terminated.
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New York
Rose Levy
West One Hundred and Thirteenth Street
Champagne
Miss Champagne
P. S
Jilted lover says there are others in York Penn
In York, July 20, Claude Erb, jilted by Elsie Spangler who is honeymooning in Littlestown, proclaims his heart unbroken and boasts he can win others. He notes it took him an hour and a half to reel in another rival, while calling her fickle.
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York
Penn
Robert Stover
Elsie Spangler
Littlestown
Adams County
Claude Erb
World-Weary Maine Girl Shoots Herself
Miss Pearl Stevens, 23, of Augusta, shot herself through the heart at her home on Franklin Street. In a note to her brother she said she was tired of life and asked him to sell her piano and other articles of value.
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Augusta
Divorcee demands baby after hearing in Newark
Mrs Laura Taber sought an absolute divorce from Frank A Taber at a hearing before Vice Chancellor Stevens in Newark. She created a scene when her lawyer's request to allow her to have the child was denied.
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Newark
Laura Taber
Shk
Frank A. Taber
Brooklyn
Stevens
Philosopher barber plans mute staffed shop in Chicago
A Chicago barber proposes to equip his shop with mute barbers to inspire patrons to bow and hail him. He already has a few mutes but notes deaf and dumb barbers are scarce and has advertised for them.
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Chicago
Immodest calls over Igorrotes clothing at St Louis fair
Professor Frederick Starr of the University of Chicago argued that the demand to clothe the Igorrotes at the St Louis fair stemmed from innate vanity rather than modesty. He warned it would be cruel and dangerous to force trousers, noting heat and disease risks, and contrasted with a prior Japanese change influenced by American views on modesty.
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Chicago
Frederick Starr
University of Chicago
St. Louis Fair
Starr
Dear Miss Champagne Advises Waiting For True Love
In a reader’s query Waiting asks if she should demand exclusive devotion from a popular suitor. The adviser cautions that a man who loves many is true to none and urges Waiting to wait, letting him prove exclusive affection rather than asking directly.
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Miss Champagne
Anxious Lover Seeks Advice On Open Affection
A youthful writer asks Miss Champagne whether to display deep feelings to a casual partner. The columnist warns against signaling affection without reciprocity and urges awaiting a clear declaration of love from the man before committing.
Lady delegates elect officers at A O H convention
Three sessions of the national convention of the Ancient Order of Hibernians were held today at St Louis. Tomorrow Irish Day at the World's fair includes a long expo visit and a banquet in the Irish village. For the first time officers of the ladies auxiliary were chosen by delegates. President Mary A. Quinn Joliet Illinois. vice president Rose I. Keating Baltimore Maryland. secretary Katherine E. Sheridan Randolph Massachusetts.
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Louts
Ancient
Order of Hibernians
Ladies’ Auxiliary
Mary A. Quinn
Joliet, Ill
Rose I. Keating
Baltimore
Katherine E. Sheridan
Randolph
Mass
Wedding feast for 86 hours tops Southbridge event
The 86 hour wedding reception in Armory Hall for Theophil Parzych and Miss Camilla Dzingielewska will be remembered as a record in Southbridge. The couple from 15 Central street and Schenectady New York celebrate their marriage with an unprecedented long celebration.
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Southbridge
Theophil Parzych
Central Street
Camilla Dzingielewska
Schenectady
N. Y
Armory Hall
Paper left unattended prompts reader’s wary glance
A reader remarks on the habit of leaving a newspaper unattended and vows to inspect it themselves, expressing frustration and disappointment at the lapse. The quick jab implies concerns about reliability and lingering responsibility. The tone is informal and pointed.
Quips of a Sleeping Man Over a Fiery Cigar
A quirky exchange describes a man’s odd behavior and a tale of waking after swallowing a lit cigar butt. The speaker questions whether any intoxicants were involved, while another character, Wriggling William, is mentioned in a humorous domestic scene.
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William
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