Fainting Bertha Lebecke: Notorious Pickpocketed Escape Artist
Bertha Lebecke, 27, labeled the most troublesome plaintiff crossing Illinois lines, eludes guards through feigned fainting and deft theft. Her detention history spans Glenwood, Joliet, Elgin, and Bartonville asylums, with escapes and multiple relocations. In a Christmas Eve escape from Elgin she seized keys, rode to Peoria, stole $80 plus merchandise, and continued a crime spree before police traced her.
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Illinois
Bertha” Lebecke
Bertha
Glenwood
Insane Asylum
Nevada
St. Bernard's Asylum
Council Bluffs
Joliet Penitentiary
Kankakee
Ill
Asylum For
Joliet
Elgin
South Bartonville
Gates of Steel
Elgin Asylum
Aurora
Peoria
Omaha
National Hotel
Melbert
George A Yelle
E Bertha
Expensive Hobby of a Rothschild
The Hon. Lionel Walter Rothschild of London and Tring Park maintains a vast private zoological museum and funds costly expeditions. He publishes Extinct Birds at a high price, risking a large loss, while his brother Charles fetes fleas with Arctic sample hunts.
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Lionel Walter Rothschild
London
Tring Park
England
Zoological Museum
Baron Rothschild
Tropics
Charles
Charles Rothschild
Pierpont Morgan
King Albert
New Guinea
Mantell
In Nile
Jamestown Tercentennial Exposition Illuminates Historic Virginia
Robertus Love argues the Jamestown Tercentennial Exposition, opening April 26, offers a fresh, regionally significant fair highlighting maritime displays and historical sites along the James River. Visitors can tour remnants of Jamestown, historic buildings, and nearby farms, with Norfolk area history abundantly evident.
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Robertus Love
America
North
South Carolina
Uncle Sam
Virgin Territory
United States
Jamestown
James River
Virginia House of Burgesses
James
Norfolk
Jamestown tercentennial exposition shifts from displays to display of war loom
The Jamestown tercentennial fair emphasizes military and naval pageantry over mere exhibits. Nations plan naval displays and troops, while Virginia hospitality and state houses form a backdrop. The arts, crafts village, and seaside resorts frame a broad cultural and promotional event along Hampton Roads.
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Hampton Roads
Miles
Jamestown
Virginia
Georgia
Bulloch Hall
Roosevelt
Massachusetts
Ocean Shore
Old Point Comfort
Newport News
Virginia Beach
California
Chicago
St. Louis
Portland
War Path Named for Jamestown Exposition
General Fitz-Hugh Lee, veteran commander, first president of the exposition, named the War Path. Lee led in support of the Jamestown tercentennial before his death. Hon. H. St. George Tucker later became president and continued the work. The U.S. government participates with dual piers in Hampton Roads for aquatic events and ship maneuvers.
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Fitz- Hugh Lee
Lee
Jamestown
Hampton Roads
Pretty Bit of Stage Business at Manhattan Opera House
Mme Donaldo introduced a novel gesture during The Last Rose of Summer at the Manhattan Opera House New York. She held a pink rose and plucked petals while the audience urged a reprise. It was nearly a farewell performance for Mme Donaldo at the venue.
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Mme, Donaldo
Martha
Manhattan Opera House
New York
The
New York Times
Mme. Donaldo
Manhattan
Rebuilding San Francisco One Year After Earthquake Fire
A New York Tribune correspondent notes 40 000 men have rebuilt San Francisco with wages from 2 to 8 dollars daily. Bricklayers and carpenters led rapid reconstruction across business and residential districts, with many homeowners building their own houses at North Beach and Mission.
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San Francisco
New York Tribune
North Beach
Mission
Observer
Telegraph Hall
Merchs
Kohl
Alvinza Hayward
Montgomery and
California Streets
Merchants’ Exchange
Flood
New Chronicle
Mutual Savings Bank
St. Francis Hotel
Merchants
van Ness
Powell Streets
Post and Market Streets
Montgomery
Sansome
Kearney Street
Post Street
Grant Avenue
Market Up
Sutter Street
Inwood
Nob Hill
Chinatown
Powell
Mason
Taylor
Jones
Leavenworth
Bush
Sutter
Cornell Much Alive Says Royal Society Secretary
Dr. P Chalmers Mitchell secretary of the Royal Zoological Society of London told Cornell students that Cornell is far more alive and well organized than Oxford and that American education pushes men to rely on their own resources while Oxford tutors do much of the work. He praised Cornell’s beauty and comfort noting Oxford lacks a bathtub and many traditions.
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Cornell
Oxford
English University
P. Chalmers Mitchell
Royal Zoological Society of London
Ithaca
N. Y
New York
Mitchell
How Carnegie Does Things and His Hospitality
Leslie's Weekly notes a grand display of Carnegie generosity in founding libraries and endowments and in hosting foreign guests for the Carnegie Institute dedication in Pittsburgh. Guests were flown and lodged at Carnegie’s expense, setting a new standard for American hospitality to international visitors.
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Carnegie
Mr. Carnegie
Leslie
Sea
Carnegie Institute
Pittsburg
Restoring Old Leather With French Polish Techniques
Instructions advise using French polish with a camel hair brush to revive leather. If color is worn, apply polish to match the leather color for a uniform finish.
The Male Mosquito
The male mosquito does not bite and subsists on plant and flower juices.
The Fat Man's Burden in Paris Heist
Paris police observe a stout man aided by two friends as he is escorted toward a hospital. Upon warning, the two companions flee while he collapses, revealing sixty feet of copper cable wound under his vest. He had stolen the cable.
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Paris
Hessian Fly Pupae Look Like Flax Pupa Phase
In the pupa state the Hessian fly can scarcely be distinguished from a flax pupa, indicating challenges in early identification of pest stages and potential implications for control timing and crop protection strategies.
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Bertha Lebecke
New World
Pocahontas
Powhatan
Williamsburg
Seven Seas
Lord Cornwallis
George Washington
Yorktown
York and
James Rivers
Exposition Site
Richmond
Exposition
Exposition Grounds
Mooro
Jefferson Davis
John C. Calhoun
Norfolk Navy Yard
Jamestown Fair
Europe
Orient
Cornell Much Alive
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