King of Forgers Freed and Paid to Be Good
Charles Becker known as the king of forgers is released from San Quentin. Investigators note that some parties may offer him 500 dollars a month to refrain from further crimes, while Becker’s past crimes include numerous forgeries totaling at least 300 thousand dollars and leading the Gainsborough theft linked to the Agnews of London.
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Charles Becker
King of
San Quentin
Cal
American Bankers’ Association
Becker
Gainsborough
Duchess of Devonshire
Agnews
London
Joe Riley
Little Joe
Joe Chapman
Carlos Suskowitch
Bunco
James Wilmont
Adam Worth
Harvard Law School Admits Two English Students
Two young Englishmen enter Harvard Law School. Frederick John Pollock, 24, son of Sir Frederick Pollock of London, Cambridge graduate, will stay about a year. Marry Gorell Barnes, 21, son of Sir John Gorell Barnes, graduated from Oxford last June.
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Harvard Law School
Frederick John Pollock
Sir Frederick Pollock
London
Gorell Barnes
Sir John Gorell Barnes
Pollock
Cambridge
England
Barnes
Oxford
First Boer Student Enters Cornell for Graduate Work
Leopold Reinecke from Wellington Cape Colony becomes the first Boer student at Cornell University and one of the earliest delegates from South African universities to study in the United States. Of Dutch descent with slight German ancestry he has spent his life in South Africa and begins graduate work at Ithaca. Until now no student from that region attended an American university.
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Cornell
Cornell University
South Africa
Ithaca Institution
Leopold Reinecke
Wellington
Cape Colony
Florida
Great South
California plan to inoculate squirrels to curb pest
Contra Costa farmers seek UC of California support for a new method to spread a disease among gray squirrels. They propose artificial inoculation by capturing diseased animals, extracting the plague germs, and inoculating many others to spread the illness. The scheme aims to reduce the squirrel pest by biological means.
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California
Contra Costa County
Board of Supervisors
University of California
University
Privileged Darky Snaps At Longstreet In Hotel quarrel
Gen James Longstreet at Mount Airy Georgia, eighty two, deafened by an ear tube, enjoys health and uses silence as a buffer. A former nurse visits and jokes about his churchgoing, remarking that something changed him to a harsher edge. The exchange highlights lingering tensions and postwar attitudes toward the famed Confederate leader.
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Darky
Longstreet
James Longstreet
Confederacy
Mount Airy
Marse Jim
Gen. Longstreet
What Farm Life Can Do
John McAleese former superint end of police and Pittsburg politician has forsaken politics to farm. During a visit to his former beats he offered a carload of pumpkins and a barrel of sweet potatoes for any case of insomnia indigestion paresis political helplessness or gold brick age he cannot cure. Cure by living three months yearly on a farm without knives or surgery.
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John McAleese
Pittsburg
Marriage Concealed for Eleven Years in California
Mrs. Jessie Burbank of Oakland entered a contract marriage with George Wickware Galloup eleven years ago. Galloup has been dead for years and the union was only just recorded in San Rafael last week. The contract dated February 16, 1892, was not acknowledged by a notary until November 1, 1839.
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Jessie Burbank
Oakland
Cal
George Wickware Galloup
Galloup
San Rafael
Sorin
Jaws Narrow Escape At Charity Hospital
A New Orleans Dispatch report describes Henry McClennon arriving at Charity hospital with jaws dislocated after attempting to eat ice cream with a girlfriend. A student attempted to reset the jaw, describing a tense scene as the patient cried and finally shouted that his mouth was shut. The account portrays a dramatic, emotional recovery and relief.
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Oman
Webber
Sumboddy
Henry McClennon
New Orleans
Dear Little Girl Inspires Faith Amid Hard Times
An excerpt from Irene L. Dearing in Boston Transcript offers consolation for a young girl, promising God’s care and eventual joy as clouds part and she endures temptation, want, and woe. The second excerpt recounts an old tale of a marines voyage and a humorous steward quip about the absence of pints.
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Irene L. Dearing
Boston Transcript
Hobson
Her Majesty’s Royal Marines
Fashion Endangers Lizards and Snakes Across the United States
The piece warns that fashion and demand for animal skins and shells threaten numerous reptiles and tortoises. It notes the alligator's decline from overhunting, the value of diamondback rattlesnake hides, and the extinction risk for pythons, tortoises, and edible lizards like chuckwallas and iguanas. It highlights snaking fashion’s grave impact on wildlife and recalls regional markets in Texas and Death Valley.
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San Antonio
Tex
South America
United States
Death Valley
California
Philippines
Cuba
Southwest
Mzard
Texas
Great Southwest
North America
Secretary Shaw Satire At Expense Of Government Official
Secretary Shaw’s light mockery targets a bureaucrat who shaved off a beard on his wife’s birthday, prompting colleagues’ praise. A Philadelphia Post-tied anecdote parallels a wife’s hair change with a husband’s praise. The other item notes Dr. Morris Bailey erasing $42,000 in old accounts on his eighty fifth birthday, leaving about $10,000 still unpaid.
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Shaw
Philadelphia Post
Morris Bailey
Titusville
Penn
Labby Labou chere's cigarette habit and love of redecorating
M. Labby Labou chere is described by T. P. O Connor as enormously rich yet to enjoy few ordinary pleasures. He smokes constantly choosing quantity over quality and frequents smokerooms during debates. He shows a preference for very inferior cigarettes and dismisses luxury for volume.
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Labouchere
T. P. O'Connor
Labby
Height and Depth: Earth’s Deepest Mood and Everest Peak
The deepest low mood on earth, as measured by sounding, is five and a fourth miles. the highest mountain, Mount Everest, rises to five and three fourths miles.
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Mount
Everest
Sten in Advance wagons to get bells for fire crews
London fire company wagons will be equipped with bells to signal their approach, replacing the need for firemen to cry out to clear streets. This change aims to reduce noise and improve efficiency for emergency responses.
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Sten
London Fire Company
Effect of Rain on Animals Brightens Some Creatures
A keeper notes that rain elevates mood in wolves and many wild mammals while cats such as lions fret unless given extra meat or warm milk. Reptiles stay active, deer bears goats tolerate rain, but birds become especially dreary and silent on rainy days.
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London
Indian Baskets Excellence Attracts Collectors
Collectors of Indian baskets acknowledge the finest beauty in form and design among works from certain parts of California. They concede that specific California regions produce the most admired basketry in quality and style.
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California
Secretaries to the Sultan Translate Foreign Works for Delegation
The Sultan of Turkey keeps fifteen secretaries tasked with translating foreign books for his delegation. Their work supports court communications and scholarly exchanges within the Ottoman administration.
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Turkey
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Alfred Lyttleton
Joseph Chamberlain
Oxford University
Lyttleton
Lord Stanley
Austen Chamberlain
War Office
Graham Murray
Scotland
Necno
Charity Hospital
Chameleon
M. Alp
Labb
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