Railway Surgeons and Fraudulent Injury Claims
The New York Advertiser exposes railway surgeons as players in defending against fraudulent injury claims. It details how some doctors and lawyers prey on accident victims, inflate injuries, and manipulate juries with supposed spinal damage. It contrasts this with claim agents who investigate real damages and notes examples of dubious cases from Illinois and Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim General
Galen and
Hippocrates
Esculapius
Relief Corps
National Association of Railway Surgeons
Newarentleman
Alpha
Omega
Pennsylvania
Central Railroad
New Jersey
Illinois
Texas
Ben Blunt
Blunt
Express
New York Advertiser
Wild Hogs Roam Colorado River Frontier Near Yuma
The wild hog population along the Colorado River above Yuma grows to over 10 000, descendants of stock released near Lerdo. They cross rivers at high water and feed on tules, roots, and fish. Hunters seldom pursue them. a dramatic chase ends when a hunter narrowly escapes a charging boar while his dogs are dragged off.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yuma
Colorado River
Castle Dome
Thomas Blythe
Lerdo
Colorado
Hardie
Gulf
San Francisco Chronicle
Differences Between Tribes and Nations in Iroquois History
Mrs Harriet Maxwell Converse explains that tribes and nations differ among Indians. The six nations of the Iroquois confederacy included Onondagas Cayugas Senecas Mohawks Oneidas with Tuscaroras added in 1723. The name Iroquois was French not their own term Ho de mans an ne means people of the long house. Only Mohawks Cayugas Oneidas remained in New York after the Revolutionary War with Brant and Johnson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harriet Maxwell Converse
France
Germany
England
Europe
Long House
New York State
Canada
Brant
Sir William Johnson
Low Steerage Rates Attract Emigrants From Britain To New York
An American writer in London warns sharp attention on New York arrivals as steerage fare cuts draw a questionable class of emigrants to Liverpool and continental ports. The nine dollar rate from Mersey to New York covers bedding and the railway journey from London and Liverpool and may include rail fare differences for passengers from the south and southwest of England and South Wales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
New York
Liverpool
Mersey
England
South Wales
Southampton
Kentucky Violinist Currie Duke Captures Kentucky Pride
Miss Currie Duke, daughter of General Basil Duke, returns from five years of studying in Germany to headline in Kentucky. She is engaged as a soloist for Thomas' orchestra next season and praised for her violin mastery. Boston and Louisville papers note her as a star of first magnitude and a superb type of womanhood.
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Kentucky
Miss Currie Duke
Basil Duke
John H. Morgan
Miss Currie
Germany
Thomas’ Orchestra
Lawrenceburg
L. H. Carter
Orpheus
Europe
Currie Duke
Louisville
Teach Children to Swim for Safety and Health
The Philadelphia Press urges parents to prioritize swimming instruction for children to reduce drowning risks and provide a healthy, enjoyable activity. It argues that lifesaving and physical welfare outweigh purely academic gains and that swimming fosters practical usefulness beyond the classroom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Vimes
New Zealand suffrage voters impact noted in London
The Woman's Signal reports New Zealand enfranchised women voting in recent elections. Of 109 461 registered women, 90 290 cast ballots, while 193 536 men registered with 129 792 voting. The letter notes women’s presence restrained crime more effectively than police.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Zealand
Boston Transcript
Henry Somerset
Woman's Signal
London
Antipodes
Prison carpet woven for Queen and German emperor
The Agra jail superintendent finished a 77 by 40 feet Poona patterned carpet with 6,000,000 stitches. Twenty four convicts worked on the piece planned for the queen in Osborne's Indian room. A second carpet is being made for the German emperor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Agra
Osborne
Apra
Manchester Examiner
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Arizona
Indian Tribes and Nations
Lady
Philadelphia Times
Birmingham
Birmingham Mail
Women Officeholdera Abroad
Dombes Company
East Company
North Company
Paris-Lyons Mediterranee
Orleans Company
I Jenza
Bames
Aver
Rootbeer
Charles E. Hires Co
Arch St
Monu's
Walter Lowneys
Cor, Hove and State Sts
Gelb & Norton
Cefe St. George
Westminster St
Providence, BR. Ivy
What Cheer Cottage
Roger Williams
Charles C. Lenz
Edison General Electric Company of
Siemen’s & Halske
Room
Providence, R. L
Geo, H. Peck
Mutual Life Insurance Company
Hamburg-Bremen
Delaware Fire Insurance Company
H.w.johns
H. W. Johns Manufacturing Company
Maiden Lane
Chicago
Boston
Jersey City
Merchants’ National Bank
Westminster St., Providence
Royal C. Taft
J.W. Vernon
CashIer
Frank Mauran
Frank E. Richmond
Samuel R. Dorrance
Geor
John W. Danielson
Edward D. Pearce
Horatio N. Campbell
Frederic C. Sayles
Smith
Siucreys
Epps
Gladding’s Market
Bristol
P Tigen Euly
Dway
New
Parker
eLet
Challen
Chalen
Spruce St. WN
Addison H. White & CO
Market Square
Providence, R. I
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